Evening star., 1928-05-06
EAST POTOMAC FAEK PLAYERS.
ROCK CREEK rARK rLAYERs
WEST POTOMAC PARK PLAYERS
Fred Rsde Of the Manor Club literal

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Fred Rade Of the Manor Club literal
lv found himself up tree during the
qualifying round of the Washington
tournament, Driving from the fifth tee
in the medal round with Harry G. Pitt.
clubmats. Fsdes ball hit in q cedar
tree at the right of the falrwav. Search
Of the fairway and rough failed 10 dis
close the ball II finally was discovered
caught between two limbs in the tree
Then the question arose as 70 what TO
Go, Rade. being man OF courageous
impulses, finally got up on the shoulders
OF Pitt and his caddie and took couple
OF swipes al the pellet, but failed 20 dis
lodge 1t, so tightly vas it wedged in
the branches He then lifted IL. calling
il an unplavab!e lie. and holed out IN
seven strokes.
After watching Miller B. Stevinson
perform miracles with a gooseneck af-
fair he calls putter, we are more than
ever convinced that STEVENSON is one of
the greatest rutterx around the city
Tex Newton knows how good a putter
STEVENSON is, for the Columbia man had
no less than eight one-putt greens to
down Newton in the Semi-flnal OF the
consolation in the Washington tourney.
The crowning blow TO Newton came on
the fifteenth. where STEVENSON. dormie
up. put his tee shot in the ditch, and
ended by hoiing 40-foot putt to halye
the hole IN 3 and win the match. Two
down and 10 90 against W. r. Mccall
lum. STEVENSON holed one from the edge
OF the sixteenth green to win the hole
with birdie 3
today are competing In the first Of a
series of week end handicap Journeys,
which will end year hence when the
winners Of the week end events meet
a. medal play 10 decide the winner OF
the tourney.
President e. Chester Caywood Of In
dian Spring has appealed TO the board
OF governors Of the club TO impose a
severe penalty on the player who STEP
ped on his bail after Caywood had hit
his best tee shot Of a recent round.
Hanging has been suggested as cure,
but the board thinks that too light a
penalty and has gone into executive
session 10 decide on a penalty 10 fit the
crime.
Georgetown UniverSity's golf team.
headed by Maurice j. Mccarthy. Is So
iouFning in New York today after n
match Yesterday against the Military
Academy team at West Point. George
towns team has been victorious in a
ma jority OF Its matches and may meet
the team Of Georgia Tech which Watts
Gunn Is leading 10 an impressive string
Of victories
The Metropolitan Golf Association
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oe taken up oY other golf bodies. The
association hss sent 10 each ot It's mem
Der clubs poster which reads.
The Metropolitan Coli Association
a. us annual meeting went on record
sF conoemntn1 the practice Of conced
inz Dutis IN match play Putt out Alt
your puts for sins or halves"
Indian Spring claims the distinction
of having as one Of It's members The
only handicap man In the game. who
mas accumulated IA strokes on a 333-
paFo nole comparable IN difnculty To
tne thirteenth at Indian Spring He
remains anonymous through the kinS-
ness q Homer Pope, Chairman ~ the
goI committee because Pops fears he
may have 10 add 10 his handican n
the facts become known.
indian Springs tuo-rnan team match
e. started today with q large entry fiat
The winning team last year was co,,
pcsed of A. r Williams and ! "
Porter. who defeated II S. Pope and a
j. Mulroy In the final.
Members of the executive coynrni,,.o
of the Middle Atlantic Golf Association
virtually have decided 10 hold the worn ;
ems Championship Of that orqanizaiion
~ thf Princess Anne course AZ Vir~
zina Beach. Va IN October. A vote
mas been taken and tHe ma toritv ~ fhe
committee favor Virginia Beach as the
venue u ihe tourney
C"0rSe N0iRt dofs not intend to enter
b1s)nefs - New York. his close friends
say although published reports few
Gays ego said The District amateur
{ champion had left The city IN seek a
b'is'nett opening IN the metropoIltan n
area. Friends of Voigt say he vent IN
1 NfN York oi3lP ~ play several golf
courses which he had never seen and
@nirn ne ns1 BEEN invited IN play over
Albert Mackenzie golf come back h
! me izIk of that cross section of the
town Tnien plays the game In all his
years 1i golf the Columbia ve,eran
/ never hAf played better than ne plaved
IN me Washington tourney last Week
I Inat ns lost the nnai 10 Maurice
! mccarthy Was DUE almost as m,lcll 10
interior putting o. 10 the splendid game
1 oi me WINNER of the tourney