Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-26

as a few more than score OF
aspirants for the title won for
the last three years by George
J. Voigt struggled and blasted their
way. around a Columbia Country CLUB
course. which means in manner OF
speaking that the golf agony ABOUT
Washington, at least as far as COM
netitive play is concerned, is nearing its
END.
For the playing of the District anna
teur championship, now under. way at
Columbia, usually marks the. tall emo OF
the season. This year 1t is the last
tourney of the season locally. Last year
II preceded by two weeks the Middle At
lantic Professional Golfers Association
scramble, over Indian Spring, the same
course on which George Voigt won his
second District amateur title.
All the wise men around Columbia
predict that no such scoring spree will
be INDUCED in at the course over the
rolling hills of CIV Cummings own
Montgomery County layout as was in
dulged in at Indian Spring last year,
when Voigt literally went wild to win in
q last day scramble with Miller B. Stew
inSon, who shot 81 over the second
round to set course record for In
dian Spring that has stood the test of
competitive medal play. They say, in
fact. that some such mundane score as
308 or even $40 may win the champion
ship. Voigt is not competing and the
scramble for the title is wide open.
Such good stake horses as Harry Pitt,
Maurice Mccarthy. Miller STEVENSON, Al
Houghton and Albert Mackenzie are in
the field, backed up by such high step
pers as Frank Roesch, Page Hufty, John
Shorey and S. H. Buttz, but the pace
setter of other wears is lacking.
Anyhow. IS golf players got under
way in the elongated District title
chase today. Some of them won't be
around tomorrow morning when the
second and last So holes of the 72-hole
scoring scramble starts.
The dopesters have 1t that score
of 156 for the first So holes today will
out on limb and hazard a guess that
205 will win the tournament.
Roland r. Mackenzie of Columbia
and George j. Voigt of Bannockburn,
North Hills and points North were
scheduled this afternoon to attempt to
put the justly famous bee on the big
hrother-little brother act at Indian
Spring, which is to say that Wash
ington's two famous amateurs are slated
to play against j. Monro Hunter and
George Diffenbaugh, the pair of pro-
fessionals at Indian Spring, who make a
speciality of removing the aspiration
from aspiring links experts. The match
was scheduled to start about 1870.
Never bet against professional golf
err. That bit of advice has been repeat
ed so often 1t is now almost an axiom.
Fred Mcleod is no exception to the
rule, for the little magician from CO.
lumbia, who is probably the equal of
any man in the world from around the
edge of the green, pulled one yester-
day at Columbia that fully bears out
the precept. Freddy topped his tee
shot on the second hole. He played a
mashie short of the ditch. and, when
he underplayed his pitch, it looked as
If his four had gone on the rocks, for
he had already missed two shots. Then
he Clipped one in from the bank Of
the ditch to get a half ON the hole
with the two men who had played the
hole far better. than he. ~.
p Lots Of good-natured kidding en-
sued, and Freddy sagely remarked: 1T
all looks the same on the scorecard.
{ It isn't 50 much how you did as what
you did in this game that counts"
Instead Of next Saturday. golfers of
the Washington Golf and Country Club
" AAA HudA4AJ Ava vksC- NfAb
and the Birney Cup competition on
October 9 and ~ Eight men are to
qualify for the club title, now held by
Frank K. Roesch. The first round and
semi-flnals are to be played Tuesday,
October 8, while the finals. at So holes,
will be played October IL. Compel
itors In the Birney Cup event will play
one match week at 10 holes for four
weeks.
Tony Penna, assistant pro at the
Congressional Country Club, led small
field of assistant professionals in &c.
hole medal play event at Rolling Road
with a card of 75-75-150. George
Diffenbaugh of Indian Spring had 1853,
and Brick" Wood of Washington
had 162.
Tommy Armour and J. Monro Hunt
er are to play two-ball exhibition
match at Purcellville, Va, next Satur-
fiay at O'clock