Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-12
led to G1f Roster Jones in Strategic Position to Win Title
CARDS OF D. C. GOLFERS
IN TITLE TOURNAMENT


trees with an almost impossible shot
across bunker to the green. He had
to chance hitting the trees, and in some
manner the ball scooted through. Then
he canned 20-footer for his 8 when
all the odds we're that 4 would be fine
golf.
His tee shot at the eighteenth. where
he needed 4. and knew it. was pushed
again. 1t took bad kick to the right,
climbed halfway up bank and brought
up against the exposed root of tree.
From here he played over against the
base of wall around the tennis courts.
his ball coming to rest in Clump of
small elms. The lie was practically
unplayable. Harry swung at the bail
twice and didn't move it. He then
shopped it out. put it on the green and
missed the try for Z, to finish with
an g.
The Manor lad should not be ashamed
of his showing by any means. for he
has done unusually we'll in his first
championship. All through the medal
round his tee shots were off. and sell
dom did he play his second shot from
the fairway. But even with this handi-
cap, he came within a hairs breadth
of qualifying. A passable lie on the
bank at the eighteenth and he probab-
ly would have made it.
AL Houghton, club mate of Pitt at
Manor. led the Washington entrants
for the 36-hole medal test. adding
70 yesterday to his 80 of the previous
day He and Pitt were the only ones
with a real chance to qualify as the
pair got hot yesterday after the slow
start of Monday and the boys went
for everything in sight. Houghton was
out in 80 yesterday. Notwithstanding
nv, fIn It11tnV1 1i,1f1 1n10 L,,f
he ran into another 6 at the tenth
and even though he obtained a birdie
2 at the seventeenth and finished with
a it was too late. His 159 total was
out by two shots.
Miller B. STEVENSON. even though he
ran into brace of IS on the first
nine, was out in 40, with a fighting
chance to qualifJ. Too many SIS coming
in, coupled with 6 at the fourteenth
hole spelled ruin for the determined
Columbia player. He finished with an
81 and two-day total of 1853. Stevin-
son was paired with fine golfer named
Hancock from Connecticut, who has
the misfortune to have acquired the
golf heebie jeebies. Hancock never play
ed shot in the two days without sur
veying the ground from both sides. TAX
.ng at least 10 practice waggles and then
doing toe dance before he struck
the ball. Needless to say it didn't help
the high-strung STEVENSON to play with
man of that type. although Stevin-
son didn't say word about it.
Roland Had No Chance.
Roland Mackenzie never had a chance.
His SO of Monday left him needing
| GO or SO to be sure of getting in. and
that was too much to ask of lad who
scarcely has played any golf for 10
months and really hasn't gotten the feel
of the club after such long lay-of.
Roland never got started in either half
of the medal round At no time did
| he appear to be hitting his shots crisp
| ly, showing plainly that lack of prac-
| tice and that alone lay at the founda-
ton of his poor showing. He did an 81
yesterday to add to his 88 of the previ-
Gus day and left for Washington this
morning. Roland naturally went for
/ everything yesterday, knowing what he
needed to qualify. and the puts would
| MT drop After he got out in 40 there
was no hope and he loped over the last
nine in A. Had he been out in "a or IS
| he might have had a chance, but the
40 killed all hope.
Page Hufty had a grand chance
also, for the Congressional lad breezed
| through to the turn yesterday in 80
end was going we'll until he struck the
fourt at this 55S-yard affeir
| he Pit his tee shot in the rough c1d
took Z. He followed with on tile
tricky 3l1-yard fifteenth. A 5, 8. 5
| finish left HIM too far outside to get
| IN. and his total was 1872 Mark Flan-
| agan. Huftys partner. and student
at Georgetown University, was out in
So but ran into peck of trouble
coming back for AZ. to finish with
159, two shots too high.
Reid Diggs, who has only been play
| ing golf for four years. had scarcely
any chance to qualify and knew it. He
went into the championship with a
care-free mind that looks good for him
in future years. but never played we'll
here. He took Sc yesterday for two
day total of 1862 Diggs took z at the
tricky ninth. where he played three
consecutive pitch shots to the hilltop
green and the ball came back each
time. He ran into brace of IS at the
thirteenth and fourteenth from bad
tee shots and came back in 43 for
his IS.
Washington really has two men in
the championship. even though they
are not registered here from Capital
clubs. George Voigt is a nonresident
of Bannockburn. or so he said today.
and Maurice j. Mccarthy is a mem
Der Of Washington and a student at
Georgetown. Mccarthy was one of
four who won places in the champion
ship in the play-off of seven-cornered
tie. Mccarthy. William F.. McPhail
OF Boston. Tommy Taller of Newport
and Carl Nettlebladt were the success
ful ones in the play-off. which saw
Eddie Held. Nicol Thompson and Bon
Steun, former Western champion, nosed
out.