Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-20
BY WALTER II. McCALLUM

~ mas NAG Il SQl1Si III ZIG IHk"i
y round Of the national amateur
4 \ championship. three amateur
PLAYERS at present residing in
the CAPITAL have qualified in the simon
pure classic and two of them have
gone TO the SeIni-finals,
One of them-Roland r. Mackenzie
OF Columbia---is an outstanding threat
to win in the thirty-second champion
shin Of the United States Coli ASso-
citation at Boston in September, judged
on the basis Of his showing IN the title
chase at Minneapolis last year For
Roland went further in the champion
ship than any Capital golfer ever has
done carrying Chick Evans 10 the
thirty-Seventh hole in the penultin1ate
round thus eciipsing Walter r. Tucker
mans record of 1910 when he went TO
the final hole with Warren K. Wood in
the championship at BrooSline. in which
Wood Succumhed the next day to the
steady play Of William c. Fownes,
Miller s. STEVENSON of Columbia.
winner OF several tournaments around
the Capital. and one of the outstand-
ing PLAYERS Of the Midatlantic territory
is the other amateur now resident in
Washington, 10 qualify in the simon
pure championship. None Of the others
who have eSSayed the amateur cham
pionSlip test. from the days of Lee
Harlan and John c. Davidson. Is years
and more back, down To the modern
Gays of George J. Voigt and Bobby
Jones has qualified for the title. even
though in late years such stars as A. L.
Houghton Of the Manor Club and Page
Hufty Of Congressional have made
bid for the title
Pitt and Shorey Entered.
This year Harry G. Pitt of the Manor
Club. new champion of the Middle
Atlantic Golf Association. and John G.
Shorey. runner-up in the mid-Atlantic
affair will journey to Boston the first
week in September to add their entries
to those of Mackenzie and STEVENSON
in the amateur championship 10 be
played at Brae-Burn on September 10.
II. ~, l3. Il and is. Both have been
nominated for entry by the Middle At
isntic Golf Association and both plan
to make the trip
In addition TO Tuckerman, MacKen-
gie and STEVENSON, all of whom have
qualified in the amateur, Thomas D.
Armour, now professional at Congress |
ional, who graduated from the anna
teur ranks four years ago, qualified in
the amateur title chase in 1920 and
1921, shortly after he had come to the
United States from Scotland and while |
he was secretary OF the WeStchester- |
Biltnore Club at Rye, N. Y.
George j. Voigt outstanding golfer |
of Washington in 1926 and 1927, has /
been Singulariy unsuccessful in the |
amateur Championship, for he has fall |
ed in two attempts to qualify, first at |
Baltusrol in 1926 and at Minikhada in |
1927. Chris j. Dunphy, former Dis |
trict champion, now in business IN |
Philadelphia, qualified in the 1924 cham |
pionship at Merton. Marshall Whit |
latch. also a former holder Of the Dis |
trict title. not now living IN Washing
ton. qualified eight years ago, but did
not 60 far.
Tuckerman. who hes won the Dis
trict title, and is member OF Burn
ing Tree and Chevy Chase. was the
pace setter for local golfers in the anna
teur championship back IN 1910. His
record, however, has been surpassed by
Roland r Mackenzie, for the Columbia
lad in addition to having been semi !
finalist last year also won the qualify
ing round in 1925 at Cakmont. and has |
been a member of the Walker Cup team |
for two consecutive contests. The
Walker Cup team matches were not |
held when Tuckerman was a promi- |
nent figure In the national.
First timers Seldom Qualify.
It is almost automatic in the anna
teur title chase that man does not
qualify In his first attempt. so that II
Pitt and Shorey follow tradition neither
viii qualify at Brae Burn in Septem-
Der. However. tradition is frequently
outweighed By the personal qualities OF
golfer. and particularly such gooo
ones as Ehorey and Pitt
Mackenzie should qualify without
trouble. for since 1923. when he made
his first start in the championship at
Flogsnoor, and failed TO get in the
match play rounds, he has been an
accepted amateur championship star.
Three outstanding performances marx
MacKenzie's progress in the last four
cfasmpionships. In the first simon pure
title chase IN which he qualified he
was the sensation Of the tourney. For
ne played a poor morning round in the
36-l7ole frst-round match and found
himself down with but Is to go
against George Won Elm. Then he
started. Negotiating the layout OF the
Merton Country Club in II, ne picked
I'D all Of this deficit against Won Elm.
squaring the match on the thirty-sixth
mole WIN great SPOON sfIot rum ti1c
rough. only 10 lose on the extra hole.
where he vent boldly for birdie, and
took three puts.
The following year, 1925. he won the
qualifying round at Oakmont. scoring
f45 for the hardest course on which
the championship has been played. In
1925 he had the misfortune TO be paired
against his ciubmate, Miller B. SteYin-
son. in the first round. and lost 10
STEVENSON on the seventeenth. Last
year he went TO the semi-finai before
Chick Evans defeatd him by 25-foot
putt On the thirty-scventh green for
birdie.