Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-23
FLASHES A RALLY
TO BEAT PITT, 81
Washington G. c. c. Cham
pion Downs Manorite for
First Big Tourney Win.
BY WALTER R. McCALLUM.


narentlv conclusive lead over
~ the first six holes, Frank h.
Roesch champion OF the
Washington Golf and Country CIuD.
annexed the invitation golf tourney OF
the Bannockburn Golf Club yesterday,
Gouninp Harry C. Pitt of the Manor
CIh by 3 and ! in the final round
It was Roeschs first big tournament
victory around washington, althouen
he won the District junior tltle C%o
years ago. In his march TO victory He
eliminated two men who were accepteu
bv the United States Coll AsSoclaIlon
as contestants in the national anlaVeul
chamnionship. although RoeSch's ap-
nlication to play in the same tourna-
noent was rejected by the authorizes
If the national golf body.
Poesch has won the championship OF
the washington Golf and Country Cluo
for the past two years and Is regarded
as likely winner in the tourney to be
played next month.
pitt won the championship OF the
Middle Atlantic Golf Association III
June, after having won the CHEVY
Chase tourney a few weeks previously.
Pitt started out by playing the nrst
three holes in one under par, TO WIN
two of them from RoeSch, hollng
seven-foot putt on the second green for
a birdie 4 and annexing the third when
Roesch underplayed his second shot.
Roesch should have won the fourth.
but took three puts and Pitt won the
fifth when the Washington lad under
plaved his pitch to the hillside green.
they halved the sixth in par IS, with
Pitt running down 10-footer for the
half and Pitt holed a 20-footer on the
seventh for half in 4.
Tide Turns at Eighth.
But at the eighth the tide of victory
which apparently was carrying the
Manorite on to an impressive victory
definitely turned to RoeSch, for here
the Washington lad started streak of
steady golf that OverShadowed the
ragged work Of Pitt. won five of the
next seven holes and enabled him to
close out the midatlantic titleholder on
the seventeenth green.
From the sixth hole through the sew
enteenth RoeSch was exactly par and
against such golf Pitts ragged work,
especially around the putting green's,
did not avail. Time after time Pitt
lost hole by poor work on and around
the green, usually the best part of his
strong game.
Roesch. on the other hand, was stead
mess itself He played the third, fourth
and fifth holes poorly. but soon settled
down into the steady drive which gave
him his first big tournament victory.
Roesch is one of two local lads who
have beaten George j. Voigt in match
play in recent years. He eliminated
Voigt in the Columbia tourney two
years ago.
Roesch won the 130-yard eighth with
@ par when Pitts shot went across
80 lAAk &c AvAl
Roesch won the ninth to turn only
down when Pitt overplayed the green
with his second shot and missed Is
footer for the half.
They split the long tenth in par IS.
with Pitt playing a fine pitch to get
the half The match was squared at
the down hill lI0-yard eleventh, where
Pitt took three puts to enable Roesch
to win, with par 3. The Washington
lad played fine second shot over the
green at the twelfth, while Pitt reached
the green with two shots. But again
Pitts putter failed MIN and he got
only half when he blew a three foot
er to win with 4.
No. Is UnIucky for Pitt.
The tide of battle swung definitely
toward Roesch at the 160-yard thir-
teenth hole. for here RoeSch's tee shot
was hole high on the green, while
Pitts shot went far to the left and he
failed on a l0-foot try for the half
In 8.
RoeSch also won the fourteenth, with
a par 4, when Pitt underplayed a chip
shot, although the Manorite made
bold bid for the half in 4, hitting the
cup from 20 feet around a partial
stymie. They split the short fifteenth
and the long sixteenth in regulation
figures and Roesch won the severn
tenth to establish the winning margin
of and /. He reached the green from
the tee on this 183-yard hole and Pitt,
who had pushed his tee shot, failed to
get his chip shot close enough to hole
his bid for the half in 3.
Roesch reached the final round by
3-and-2 victory over Albert r. Mac
kenzie, veteran Columbia player, while
Pitt won his Semi-final match from
Karl F. Kellerman, jr., of Columbia by
the same margin. At the conclusion OF
the final match Roesch needed a 4 OH
the last hole for "a, four over par.
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