The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-21
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By 4. D. Thomas

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The long sweeping fairways
81 Indian Spring presented =
heavenly picture to ye golfer
today. If absolute perfection
in the matter Of conditioning .
golf course is possible, then the
lid goes off to John r. Nc
Cormacx, chairman Of the
greens committee, and Greens
keeper Dick Watson.
Upward Of 200 golfers will make
the. 6,556-yard trip around the In
dian sDring links in the qualifying
round OF the clubs invitation tour
nament tomorrow and ednesday.
There win be q fullsome lineup OF
stars. although the published list
Of entries did not include several
players of note.
Chief among the absentees were
Maurice Mccarthy, the Georgetown
University star, AL Houghton, OF the
Manor Club, and Page Hufty. Of
Congressional. but all Of them beat
the entry deadline set for / p. m.
today. 1t was thought At first that
Mccarthy wouldn't be able TO play
because Of college exams.
But II has been arranged for
him 10 tee off late in the after.
noon, and with this condition
he will encounter no conflict -
duty and golf. Mccarthy was
an added starter I'm the Chevy
Chase tournament in which he
won the qualifying round.
Harry q. pitt, Of Manor VINO won
the Chevy Chase event IN senSae
tional style, will be center Of In.
terest At Indian Spring. In the
qualifying round he will pair with
the splendid golfer he defeated In
the Chevy Chase final. Miller =.
STEVENSON, OF Columbia They VIII
tee off at 1:40 D. m. tomorrow and
likely will have a gallery.
There Is much speculation over
the score that will win the quality
ing medal. Par IL II. but its An
exceptionally tough par and espes
cially for the guy who cant hit
'em q mile from the tee. ]. Monro
Hunter, the Indian Spring pro, is
on record with a prediction that p
&
who has attended all of the tournar
ments this spring and Is quite hep
to the type of game OF each star
and the problems each will en-.
counter at Indian Spring. Is OF the
opinion that 70 is mere possibility.
Any participant who IS not rea-
sonably sure Of playing through is
requested not to put In his name
for match NAV SIS
There will be five sixteens.
The ''Tobac'' tournament.
sponsored by the American To-
baccO Plantation Company.
which drew heavy entry from
the public links, VIII be played
over by popular request. Match
play will be substituted for
medal.
1t appears that the "blind pig"
feature of the tournament didn't
work out satisfactorily. Instead Of
playing the 20 holes required and
attempting to approximate the
blind scores for which handsome
prizes were to he awarded, many of
the entrants. it is said. turned in
cards without shooting.
The new tournament Is on now,
with three 1S-hole FUNDS, either at
Rock Creek or East Potomac Park,
to be played in the qualifying
round before next Monday. Match
play in five sixteens for men will
start May 80. There will be a
separate section for women, the
number of flights to be determined
by the number of participants.
George Voigt's long string Of
tournament victories remains un-
broken. his latest triumph being in
the Garden City tournament. In
the final. he defeated George Daw.
son, OF Westchester Biltmore, ard
= HIS medal score was II against
a for Dawson. Voigt played a
ragged game, fbut when under pres.
sure he was brilliant.
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