Evening star., 1928-06-17
CONQUERS SHOREY
ON THE 10th HOLE
Makes a 45-Foot Putt to Win
After His Foe Has Made
Fine Comeback.
BY WAITER Il. McCALLUM.

p champion CT the Middle Atlantic Coz,
Association
The 23-ycar-old Manor Club star
= outstanding sensation Of the Spring
tournament season, clinaXed an omi-
nently successful early campaign yes
tcrday by anncxing the final round OF
the championship tourney played yes
te-day afternoon at the Congressional,
Country Club. Pitt won the title c.
iaulted by George j. Voigt, when he
ran down a twisting IS foot putt on
the nineteenth green to beat John c.
Shorey OF Bannockburn, after the
latter had staged a game comeback
over the last nine 10 twice square the
match when it seemed that Pitt would
win before the eighteenth
Pitts victory is the first for player
from the Manor Club in the Middle
Atlantic Colt Association Journeys. al
though A. L. Houghton was runner-up
to George VoiGt last year at Norfolk
The Manor Club team also won the
team championship played in coniunc-
ton with the qualifying round His
victory carries with it eligibility for the
national amateur championship. to BE-
played al the Brae Burn Club, near
Boston, in September
Pitt Starts Well.
Pitt started like a house afire. VIM
ming the second hole. losing the third.
and anneXing the fourth, fifth and
seventh to become up on Shorey. Il
had all the earmarks Of a runaway
match, as most final rounds are apt
to be, but Shorey, getting better and
more accurate as the round wore on,
kept plugging away, and when Ptt's
usually lengthy tee shots began to 60
s"ry. Shorey's pars began 10 win holes
1nceeo, Pitt did rater we'll TO finish
even. for only with the aid of two
birdie two5 on the last nine did he
finish the regulation ls-hole distance
on even terms with his Bannockburu
rival. -
For the first seven holes Pitt was I'M
oeatable. He did make a mistake on
The third, when he took three puts. en-
an!lng Shorey 70 win with a fine after
missing the green with his tee shot. But
from the third through the seventh
PiIt was shot better than par and
lmpeccability itself. At the eighth the
nrst manifestation of raggedness be-
came apparent in Pitts game. Here he
skieo his tee shot TO bunker and lost
the hole. Then came a series Of poor
tee shots. He did not hit a good wooden
CLUB shot until the extra hole. MISSING
his tee silots at the tenth, twelfth, four
teenth. fifteenth seventeenth and
eighteenth, even though some of them
enabled him to falve the hole.
Pitts putting stood him in good stead
throughout the match. for not once did
ne miss a noleable putt Of any respect
ao.e length. And he holed four very
valuable puts on the fifth, eleventh.
tixteenth and. last Of adj and most val
usble. on the nineteenth. a 45-footer
that thundered across the full width of
the green and dropped into the cup fo-
piroie 4 and the championship.
Both Reg ,sicr 7ss.
Neither of the frnIists vag III To the
form he displayed i! recai1inc the final
round, fer both scored 70 for the reeGI-
l2tion distance, and Pitt Won the extra
hole with MS birdie 4. Either would
p%ebao.y have beer BEATEN II the eariier
rcuneS had b. p.ayed the Mediocre
CcI ne displayed in the final. Pitt
v2n his Hoy 70 tlle ultimate round
ny downing Page Eufsy Of Co1gTess!on-
al. and ., while Ghorey was defeating
Frank K Roesch Of Washington by the
same margin.
Pitt gave an mixing OF tho way re
vas 70 go@fo- the first seven holes On
the first mole Of the match, for here he
oroFe fIliy 900 yards do2n the middic
OF the fairway. a towering hook that
6n0e1 Just short OF fEe bluger intended
u cst@f the second shot. They halyed
f.ie hole In IS. with Storey making q
fv1e @fGot oycr lj'zy1ieg near the green
We pacea PITTS tie shot on the Secono
ard u r2@aGIT2d ftiet 145 p2ces from
tn2 teo ~ reached t1c green WITH
f1s1<c f3as-74e a.3d Yon 1ae t4cle WITH
q re~ T.
6neEe" got The aole back a. the third.
ae.l PIT to3k {sl-ee puts and ShorcY
sa2c cGiD si1o. within 10 feet and
heied tFo PITT. Pct @on the fourth
WITH great pitch after f5noYey
Iao put ms second in the ditch. AND
paif ai20 son the long nth with
b..c.e 4. holding q putt from the edge
~ 'ro G"can for the bird Tie sixth
''.1s h&3F,1 n loIrs, and Pit annexed
fre sffnt. Mfser ile laid chip shot
ftf< freu 0e1.no ti1e green and Gnosey
f9c1 'r@ea puts.
Pitt + Bunkered.
T.ta ffe fnot xas bunkercd 81 the
: IN anc Re hGlGf out IN 7 enabling
f,n~9ey 10 w.n the hole with a 5 Tne
~ q 49, satcd aud PITT turned z up.
fla !oo4e1 his tee shot far into the
tcgg}3 ~ the tenth ana !9st the hole
- f5-s@.cy.s Hail played s. Both played
f.at tnobs ~ the z09-yafc elege5lfn
fn9 Til sank his putt fer birdie 2. "
"!1 an@fey naGc 2 sorry mess If The
tHflli2 irr aete Pitt sm0tnered hih
m c4a yet g1t half in &. Tor shcrey
tfi~t@c hYertgoter tor Il fqe which
@Tci1so naY1 Ucu Thea Pitt started She
y@1 s}rf"k taat VAS NJ cagry rim
- t1e nineteenth ~ win. I.S tee Ga10t
- En@ 9>~Tarc fatr}a, 0t1 W@a bunkerad
@c1 ne iQst tnc HJ.e ~ y gar 3. HE
slc%c iee Es30g AZ 2ae fourteenth was IN
~ a1zEGrEec gfaG ana ae lGst that
ta1ie ~ 4 par Z by Snofcy. sn1afing tne
Hsten.
faey haired 'he nfleentn. With Pit
fa@klE@ .1tle masale EbG3 from the
fD'4gk ~ ipe gErcG Then came the
f1znenlh apG pair If Gfe&t shots
;eETfeP. 9;tJ %" N1Eg. hid his ! alj
ftrHi fret Ea~ fsg~ pin 81 n 1ifect ne
f411 lalf 81 ~ =. t'}.f aDA 30 resp If. 20
ny l@%eD HlH bah .tss,,n IL fGHeys
fo.'F f@et fF45a tin e.;J f,aog@y lnlssf0
Jf g9t' an6 5s.sf ho.fd his tour -f00t >
= ~ prtfmr J m SIN - ~. IEf
ser"H't@nln #a9 scDrjy p.aYed. Pift
n}s@yfG j.la re 9'Gf aEG pa ms SecouG
on ne j3naf eGga ~ fGe prceu EnofeY
Djaeec blg aecpisc nat IN a bInker. aLd
fge Eole #as h&lVc6 ~ iyee. That left
ts5tt 6Gym.e J - hno,nef sniotnereq
fce SfGt e@n1e ~ tue elHnteenfh y I'M
ghg9ey far ~ tne nlccie. abnDst "
fFse green Fitt oYerpiapd ne green III
= an }4gl16 III s cp8cfd.ng 5i3oreg
M WIN when the EarflckD4fn iad, WIN
q 4 St1cent ~ GepYge Washington
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foct gaas fHe he.e
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blah men rFankiH2 Dut fjne Lee shots
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