Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-24


tic Golf Association, apparent
Il i ~ is nearing the top of the
game which made him one OF
the outstanding figures in sectional golf
hereabout last season. Only recently
Pitt uncorked an amazing string OF sub
par holes, which indicates that he is
reaching toward the peak of his game.
Commencing at the sixteenth hole at
Manor and running through the third
hole he scored six consecutive IS. OF
these holes only two are par affairs
and one of them, the eighteenth, is long
enough to be a real par 5. The seven
tenth can be reached from the tee with
an iron, but at the eighteenth Pitt was
home with two wooden club shots and
sank the putt for an eagle. after hollng
birdie 8 on the comparatively easy
par sixteenth. Then he started with
a birdie 3 on the first hole, got par 3
on the second and wound up his string
with another birdie at the difficult
third hole. II stopped there" said
Harry, "for missed my tee shot at the
fourth and wound up with 6"
Pitt is looking forward to the national
amateur championship at Pebble Beach,
Calf, in September. which he plans to
enter "if the y. s. G. A. will accept my
entry"
1t is unlikely that the governing golf
body will refuse him permission to en-
ter this year in view Of his good SHOW
ing at Brae-Burn last September. In
his first essay at the national amateur
Pitt came to the last hole with par
4 to tie. His tee shot left him in Dad
place and he found an unplayable lie
with his second shot, winding up with
9 on the hole When it is considered
that very few golfers qualify in their
first try at the national, Pitt made a
fine showing
Washington probably will have three
representatives in the amateur this year
for in addition to Pitt, Miller B. Ste
vinson, the District champion, and Ro-
land r. Mackenzie, Washingtons Walk
er Cup team member, plan to take part
in the title chase.
v. Calvert Dickey of Washington
never has been known to hit nook.
He is known as the man without hook
and is one of those lucky individuals
who have cultivated carefully figured
out slice which they always expect and
usually get The other day at Wash
ington Dickey sliced his tee shot in the
woods at the fourth hole. and Comdr.
c. r. Lynes. with whom he was play
ing. said: Say. hickey, when did you
develop that slice? Something unusual
for YOU. isn't it?" To which Dickey re-
piled with a dignified silence.
Chairman Paxton of the Washington
golf committee plans to call a meeting
within a week of the members of his
committee to consider details OF the
forthcoming club invitation tourney,
which will usher in the golf season
fnl Do
plans to make the tournament a per-
sonal invitation affair, as it was last
year. when 1t worked out in satisfac-
tory fashion. There probably will be
five flights in the coming event, as
usual, but, in contrast to the tourney
of other years, it will begin on Wednes-
day and end on Friday.
Paxton hopes to be able to qualify
all the entrants in one day, but if the
entry list Is large, he will split the
| field into two sections, qualifying one
half on Tuesday and the other half on
Wednesday.
The only radical change in the Wash
| ington course during the Winter has
been leveling off of the hill in front of
| the tenth tee, where the greens force
! is nearly ready to lay the sod and plant
grass on the bare hillsides, where trac-
! tors have completed their work.
Green keepers at clubs about Wash
ington and Baltimore will gather at
! the Hamilton Hotel the night of April
to discuss their common problems and
thrash out matters pertaining to up
keep of the courses about the two cities
during the coming season.
Sandy Armour, Congressional profes
| sional, and Fred Mcleod, Columbia
mentor. are to leave Washington to-
night for Pinehurst, where they will
play in the North and South open
championship to be held Tuesday and
| Wednesday over the No. 2 course at the
Carolina resort. The Pinehurst tourney
| Is the last event of the Winter for tbs
trouping golf professionals who started
their West-South tour last December ano
have travelled through the West, South
west and South during the Winter. I'M
mediately after the North and South
they will scatter and go to their re-
spective clubs for the season.
Tommy Armour will stop off in Wash
ington the latter part of the week lone
enough to clean up his affairs at Con-
gressional, and turn the golf shop over
TO his brother Sandy, before departing
for Detroit to organize his new job al
Tam O'Shanter. He will sail from New
York about April Is for England, where