Evening star., 1928-05-12
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.


~ NE never can tell about this golf
game. The gent who looked
over the Held at Town and
~ Country Club and picked
Hufty. Houghton. McAleer
and Pitt as semi-finalists got a rude
jolt yesterday as the favorites toppled
and fell before the superior skill Of the
dark horses who galloped in and around
the field and nipped the prospective
winners at the wire When the second
round was ended all but one of the pre-
tournament favorites had been rele-
gated TO the ShowerS-permanently MS
far as the current tournament is con-
cerned--and the lone remaining favored
one only staggered through his first
round match by grand rally over the
last nine.
As IL stands today we have George
town freshman--Dick Wilson by name
and q splendid golfer, paired against
the youthful S. II. Rutz Of Aberdeen, 5.
Oak, who intends to enter Georgetown
Law School next year. in one Semi-final
round. In the other. the reliable A. L.
Houghton Of the Manor Club. runner
up in the tourney last year, matched
shots with w. l.. PendergaSt, VINO mas
won the Bannockburn Club title several
times and is one of these straight and
careful golfers who think that an occa-
sional journey 10 the tall and well de-
veloped rough is sin in the eyes OF the
sanity Tom Morris.
Wilson, by the way, promises to be the
real sensation of the tourney-if he Is
not already-for the way he closed out
Harry G.. Pitt. the medalist, by 2 up,
ana then sent Henry d. Nicholson TO
the showers by and 2. indicates that
the battle has only begun for the l9-
year-old lad from Southern Pines, N. c.
Deadly With Putter.
Wilson learned his game under EN-
met French, who has been knocking at
the door of the open championship for
many years; and he shows the aovan-
tage of the careful coaching French gives
his pupils. He hits the ball the pro-
verbal mile and laudanum is not more
effective than his putter. Against Pitt
he had five one-putt greens on the
last nine, to finish in 81 strokes one
under par-even with penalty stroke
on the sixth, where he put ball out OF
bounds.
Frank K. Roesch and Page Hufty
staged another Of their weekly battles,
with the Washington club champion
edging out the Congressional star,
Roesch holding a 30-foot downhin putt
Oh Tie k2St SICcit W B84i Wy ARr ANe
Roesch. anticipating an easier match
IN the fternoon, found himself unable
to cope with the accuracy of young Butz
and was closed out on the sixteenth
green. and 2.
One of the real surprises Of the tour
ney was the defeat OF that sterling
southpaw, Earl McAleer, entered from
the Manor Club, who ended down TO
a surprisingly fine exhibition OF shot
making by the difident Joseph A. Cox
Of Argyle.
A. L. Houghton Of Manor was
down at one time TO Joseph r. Beger OF
GEORGETOWN and Shackamaxon. but
managed to nose out the youngster by
3 and /. He had an easier time IN
the afternoon against Fl. H. Newton OF
Congressional whom he defeated By
S and 4. Pendergast got default In
the first round when Charles Merrill
Of Beaver Dam failed to show up, but
sprung another one Of the tourney
surprises when he eliminated Cox, 2
and /.
Hoover Makes CLASSY Shot.
Perry Hoover Of Indian Spring sent
q tee shot soaring from the fifth tee
toward the green, which struck the
glass OF coupe parked near the fifth
green. shattered the glass and obligingly
kicked back in bounds, giving Hoover
O half.
Page Hufty putted wen against