Evening star., 1928-10-29


"a vious golf competitions hele
| wv this Fall at Chevy Chase
Club are included in the lis
of contestants in the Siamest
Cup event, pairings for which were an
nounced today.
Walter r. Tuckerman, who won the
| Presidents Cup, and DR.. Thomas A
| Claytor, who won the Liberty Cup
are among the entrants in the Siamest
| Cup tourney. Tuckerman won th'
original Siamese trophy three year!
ago, the cup becoming his permanen
possession.
The pairings follow:
Harrison Brand, jr.. VS.. D. D. L. NC
Grew: E. M. Talcott VS.. Walter r
Tuckerman, C. G. Treat VS.. Walter G
Gullion, Hugh NJ Southgate VS.. G. B
Sherwood, Carl H. Butman VS.. E. 0
Wagenflorst, Landra B. Platt VS.. r. H
jackson, C. B. McVay, jr., VS.. r. P
Whiteley; I. j. Carr VS.. DR.. T. A
Clayton.
The first match round must be COM
pleted by Wednesday night, while the
final round is scheduled prior to No
vember 10.
They treat 'em rough at Washington
Golf and Country Club. A member OF
the handicap committee was playing
the other day with man whose golf
talents belied his handicap as announc-
ed at the first tee. This gent, 1t seems,
had played the first six holes in par
or thereaboutS So at the seventh tee
the handicap committee member said
to him: What did you say your handi-
cap wasp"
my handicap is o." the golfer re-
"oh, it was o." the committee MEM
ber said.
changed recently. I haven't looked at
the board for a few days.
NO" the committee member said,
''it was 90"
"How come was 22?'"
''Well. your handicap was %. 1t is
now being changed" And it was.
J. Monro Hunter and George Diffen-
baugh, Indian Spring professionals. re-
venged themselves on Charles M. NC
Court and Tom Cole, Baltimore anna
teurs, when they trounced the pair
from the Monumental City in a match
at Indian Spring yesterday by the I'M
posing margin of 5 and 3. Cole ana
McCourt defeated the local duo IN a
match at Baltimore, up, week ago:
Roth Hunter and Diffenbaugh had
cards of rs. Neither of the Balti-
moreans was able to break 30.
Page Hufty stiII holds the Congress
sional Country Club championship.
Registering a splendid II over the first
l8 holes Of the 36-hole final round for
the 1928 title, played yesterday. Hufty
defeated H H. Newton by and In
the final, reaching the luncheon M
terval 4 up on Newton and retaining
his lead In the afternoon. Hufty holed
his mashie pitch shot to the sixth hole
for an eagle 2. Newton, the loser.
scored birdie 3.
Mrs. F. L. Yates and william K. Har-
tung annexed the mixed Scotch four
some at Congressional yesterday, scor-
ing 1O9-22-87, to lead Mrs. Monroe
T.. Miller and E. j. Harding by one
half stroke. The latter pair had IL
26b-8715. Mrs. H. A. Knox and DR..
Bruce L. Taylor turned in a card OF
Sc to win the gross prize.
George J. Voigt, returning to the
scene of his earlier triumphs, per-
formed in characteristic Voigt fashion
Yesterday to win the annual tourney OF
the Columbia ex-caddies at Beaver Dam
Country Club. Voigt registered card
of 34-38-72 to establish new course
record and win the gold medal en-
blematic of the "Brightwood champion
ship" The former District titleholder
had no walkaway, however, for he was
two shots back of Harry G.. Pitt going
to the fourteenth hole. From this
point Voigt steadied, while Pitt went
over par on three holes, and Voigt won
the tourney by one stroke, Pitt turning
in a 73. Pitt drove into the woods at
the seventeenth and missed 10-footer
on the last green which would have
squared him with Voigt. Pitt chose to
take the prize offered for low net by
Emmert Heitmuller and received a
medal for second low gross. A dinner
was given at the clubhouse following
the golf match in honor of Voigt. M.
A. Shipley, with 77-3--74, won the