Evening star., 1928-06-16
PITT PLAYS HUFTY,
ROESCH VS.. SHOREY
All of Quartet Left in Middle
Atlantic Championship
Golf Under "a.

-Four YOUNGSTERS, none of whom is
more than "a years OF age, were play
ing IN the semi-final round of the Mid
die Atlantic Golf Association champion
ship today at the Congressional Coun-
try Club Harry G. Pitt of Manor, who
won the Chevy Chase tourney a few
weeks back. is the eldest of the quar-
tet. and he must wait a long time
before his hair turns gray. II con-
&incing proof were needed that youth
Is riding in the saddle in local golf. 1t
Is offered at Congressional today. for
Pitt. the oldest OF the quartet of semi
fanslists, is but % years old. Page
Hufty Of Congressional and Frank K.
Roesch OF Washington are 2l and John
c. Shorey of Bannockburn is 10.
AL but Pitt had fairly easy shedding
M the first two rounds of the champion
ship yesterday, when Byrn Curtis OF
Indian Spring. a lean youth who plays
left-handed, downed the medalist, Reid
Dieges OF Bannockburn. and then came
within a few holes of repeating over
Pitt.
Hufty beat r. X. Hitz of Chevy Chase
in the first round. and then had
queer experience with A. l.. Houghton
Of Manor in the afternoon. whom he now
has beaten in two successive tourna-
n1ents. Hufty was up with 6 TO go,
on the sixteenth tee, he was ? up and
3 10 60. and when Houghton put his
TEE shot at the sixteenth within feet
OF the hole, Hufty's rapidly diminishing
lead dropped almost to the vanishing
point. Or so it seemed. But golf is a
queer game, and Hufty stepped up to
the 2o-foot putt his pitch to the green
had left him and holed the putt for a
deuce. Houghton missed his short one
Tor the half and the match was over.
Curtis defeat of Digges and Alex NJ.
knapp's victory over Miller B. Stevin-
son were the outstanding sensations of
the tournament yesterday. Curtis was
at al times in the lead over Digges, who
played poorly to get out in AZ and turn
down.
Knapp and Stevinson had one of
those ding dong affairs, in which
neither player led by more than sin
gle hole at any time. STEVENSON was
TAP and to 60. but lost the seventeenth
when he overapproached. Neither
player drove the eighteenth and they
lay equidistant with their second shots,
both about IL feet from the cup.
Knapp was away and holed his putt for
3. Stevinson's putt for the half
missed by whisker
John G. Shorey. playing in his first
tournament Of the year. downed Walter
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IN the afternoon.
Pitt and Hufty played against each
other today, while Roesch met Shorey.
Five of Washington'S leading golfers
viii meet tomorrow In one match over
the Columbia Country Club course in
the play-oH Of a tie for low qualifying
score in the Columbia tournament. The
piay-od Is unique around Washington
In that the number who tied for low
score is unusually large. The match
will start at O'Clock
Albert r.. Mackenzie of Columbia, |
Page Hufty Of Congressional, A. l.. /
HougFlton Of Manor and Frank X. |
Roescla and Walter r. McCallum Of /
Washington are the men who viii play. /
Washingten's professional entrants In /
the open championship were 10 leave /
the Capital today fol Chicago 70 prac- /
fice Tor the national open champion /
ship. which starts next Thursday at /
Olympia Fields. near the Windy City.