Evening star., 1928-05-16
NEW PLAYGROUND
MAY Be NEW YORK
Failure to Enter Tourney at
Chevy Chase Causes
Rumor of Change.
BY WALTER n. McCALLUM.

~ CONSIDERABLE speculation Is
&, ing the rounds in Washing
ton golf circles regarding the
~ status of George J. Voigt. His
failure 10 enter in the Chevy
Chase tournament, which started tooay
and in which he has been prominent
figure for the past four years. has re-
newea the discussion, TO which no sat-
isfactory answer seems to have been
given. AS TO whether Voigt has den-
nstelv left Washington to take up resi-
cence in New York or has been Only
visiting the metropolis.
William D. Richardson. we'll known
New York golf writer, apparently has
some INSIDE stuff" for in his story OF
voief winning the Lido tournament q
few days ago he said that Voigt still
was playing from Bannockburn Coll
Club in Washington, but IS nkely 10
be representing one Of the clubs IN the
metropolitan area soon
INQUIRY among friends and associates
of Voigt has failed to bring satisfae-
tory answer. and whether one OF WASH
snetons two outstanding golfers has de-
cided to leave the Capital still remains
an open question Voigt himself Is not
in WASHINGTON. or at least cannot be
reached If he is in the Capital. Mean
while the story persists that the District
champion. who also holds three other
important titles. Is to locate permanent
IL in New York and may come to
Washington only at infrequent intervals
voigt has so completely dominated
the local golf picture for the past two
years that anything he does in the way
of golf is interesting. He has not lost
a tournament match here since the
Fall Of 1925, when John c. Shorey holed
q S5-foot putt to defeat him in the Anal
of his own club invitation tournament
the Bannockhurn Golf Club affair OF
that year.
Last year he won nine match play
tournaments around Washington and
Baltimore in a row, and then went
South to continue his winning career
after again annexing the District title.
His Winter campaign brought victories
again in the Palm Beach championship
and the North and South amateur title
tilt at Pinehurst He has previously
won the amateur championship OF the
Middle Atlantic Golf Association for the
second consecutive year.
In past wears Voigt has not entered
the tournaments around washington
which preceded the Chevy Chase Club
affair. and his failure to enter the lat
ter tourney. for which entries closed
last night. has renewed the gossip about
his leaving the CapltaI
Weather vane Pointing.
A weather vane pointing to the prob
able future of voigt is indicated by a
paragraph in the Metropolitan Golfer.
3 monthly magazine which appeared
yesterday. and which said fatty tt,st
voiFt is to take up his residence IN New
York. In addition q picture OF Voigt |
also was published with the same STATE
uaent in the caption.
So II seems that the Capital is 70
lose one Of its two outstanding national
figures in golf Roland r. Mckenzie
recently has gone into business win
one Of Washington's financial houses
and will locate here permanently. 1t Is
understood. after having looked INTO
offers from other cities.
voset is nationally known, even
though he never has qualified for either
the open or the amateur championship |
F5is feats IN the South and around |
washington have attracted national |
notice. When a golf expert such as
Richardson says such things as TINS |
about him: when IL comes down 10 |
firss cases very few amateur golfers be-
long In the same classification as the
Washingtonian. who certainly Deiones
in the first ten and quite high up the
Uf<[ ten. TOO AylEEG uANaA VIC 1oaANb1.t-S
20 Voiat'E national reputation.
Meanwhile the Chevy Chase tourila.
rnent starts today with a stellar neio
which. lacks the dominance Of the star
Of other years. The field Is open--Tide
open-and instead Of the unanswered
ni1egtton. s'Wffo can beat Voigt2" the
rI,,estion OF today lis, who can win in
the open fght?" that Is sure 70 follow
Volgt's failure TO enter.
Maurice J. Mccarthy. winner Of the
washington tournament. and 81
handicap man in the metropolitan area,
entered the Chevy Chase event early
YESTERDAY. Unaware that entries closed
MONDAY night. he neglected 70 send IN
his entry IN time but a message came
to Chairman Thompson OF the golf
committee advising that the Washing
ton and Old Flatbush star wished 10
enter. Thompson permitted mccarthy
and another Georgetown student~-A. H.
Weisler--to enter the tourney,
McCarti1y'g entry puts another COM
pIexior on the Chevy Chase tourney.
He romped through the Washington
event with plenty 70 spare, and Chevy
Chase Is a course which lends ITSELF
particularly well TO the tremendous Nc
Cartiv tee shot II the match play
rounds are played from the rear tees.
As Thompson intinnateS, the lengthy tee
sfzots OF the Georgetown lad win give
him q decided edge over the other COM
petitors, and ii would not be AT all sur
Yrlging 20 see nm walk through the
fegd as he did al Washington.
The Chevy Chase event marks the
first tournament entry this year OF
John C. EfOrey. rsinner-up last year.
gnorey played in the medal round OF
the Town and Country Club affair, but
withdrew because Of class work at
George Washington University. Many
Of the prominent entrants In the
tourney, including A. l.. Honghton.
winner OF the Town and Country
tourney: Dick Wilson. ranner-up In the
Same event; Mccarthy. the veteran
George IS, Lyon. Page Hufty. and other
etarK, played over the course yesterday.
but puts were conceded and no bona
foe scores could be registered,
To6sg's medal round with nearly $50
entries viii tell the tsle. and II is cer~
tain that when the sun sets tonight over
Chevy Cilase's spiendidiy gr0omed fair
ways, the struggle for place IN the
four fights will have been keenly
fought Seven Canadian entrants are