Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-22
BY WALTER r.. McCALLUM.

U VAS the long-existing dominance
of Washington golfers over the
best in the midatlantic section
Il Il definitely come to an end?
Have Baltimore golfers, with
the veteran B. Warren Corkran, as the
spear-head Of the attack. backed up
by such fine golflng youngsters as Alex
M. Knapp, John S. Grimes, Harry A.
WiSotsky, and Fred A. Savage, jr, re-
versed the turn of events which usually
have found Washington players winning
the invitation tournaments around the
two cities?
As golf followers in the Capital scan
ned the returns from the Sherwood
Forest tourney, which ended yesterday.
and looked back over the tournament
of the Baltimore Country Club, and the
Middle Atlantic Golf Association cham
pionship, it appeared likely that Baltl-
more has been able to wrest from the
Capital the golf laurels, which 1t held
for so many years prior to the advent OF
Roland Mackenzie, George Volgt ana
the other golf crusaders from Wash
ington, who have dominated the Baltl-
more tournaments, in which they en-
tered for nearly decade.
The real answer to the question prob
ably will come at the forthcoming tour
new of the Maryland Country Club.
which opens on Wednesday, and Will
find o strong field Of Washingtonians
seeking to thrust aside the Baltimore
threat for supremacy. For while large
number Of Washingtonians entered the
Sherwood Forest event, won yesterday
by John S. Grimes of Rolling Road, the
Maryland State amateur titleholder, the
field did not number such established
stars of golf around the Capital as Mil
Ter B. STEVENSON, and Albert II. Mac
Kenzie of Columbia, Harry G. PITT OF
Manor, Roger Peacock OF Indian Spring
and Page Hufty of Congressional. HAD
few or all of these men entered the
Sherwood Forest event, the result might
have been different, and inaSmuch as
MANY of them. and many others of the
best around Washington are to play. IN
the Maryland tourney, the forthcoming
tilt probably will go long way TO prove
whether or not supremacy In tourna-
ment golf has been taken over by the
PLAYERS from the city of Monuments.
The Baltimore and Maryland Coun-
try Club tournaments are the largest
affairs of the season around Baltimore.
For nearly a decade Washington golfers
figured heavily in the prize lists, with
Roland Mackenzie, Voigt and Stevln-
son the men most feared by the Balti-
more delegation. This year, however,
the Midatlantic tourney, played at Bal
timore, found an all-Baltimore final Tor
the first time in two decades. Wash
ington golfers were left out OF the
championship picture almost entlreiy.
The Baltimore Country CLUB 1nvltatlon
event was won by Alex M. Knapp, VINO
was runner-up to Grimes IN the Sner-
wood Forest tourney yesterday.
Baltimore golfers are not the traV-
elers that the players Of Washington
are. Only a mere handful OF them have
played in the tournaments around
Washington this season, while some 80
washington players competed IN the
Midatlantic tourney at Baltimore, near
ly go played at Sherwood Forest and
score more played In the Baltimore
/ Country Club invitation tourney. %.
Warren Corkran, ranked as Baltimore S
ace, has not played in a tournament
It will be interesting to watch the
progress of the Maryland Country Club
tourney to give lead that will deter
mine whether or not Baltimore Is again
to assert its supremacy Of other years
In golf in this section Of the country
Grimes won his way to the final of
the Sherwood Forest event by downing
Lieut.. r. S. Holmes Of Annapolis, while
Knapp administered a and trounc-
ing to Karl F. Kellerman, jr., of Co.
lumbia, the tourney medalist and the
lone hope Of Washington to win the
event. Grimes has been unsuccessful
in past forays against Knapp, but yes
terday he outplayed the Yale lad all
the way and closed him out on the
sixteenth green in the final.
M. r. Mccarthy Of Beaver Dam beat
James G. Drain of Washington in the
first flight consolation final. John G.
Shcrey of Bannockburn, who won the
tournament In 1927, beat Byrn Curtiss