Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-28
KNAPP, BALTIMORE,
SCORES BY 4AND z
Visitor Eliminates Youthful
Howell in Semi-FinaI.
Four D. c. Men Win.
BY WALTER r.. McCALLUM.

IN ALT1MORE, MO-, July 27.-Leroy
- Sasscer of the Indian Spring
Golf Club Of Washington was
IL unable to hold the lead he
gained on Alex M. Knapp OF
the Baltimore Country Club on the first
hole of the final round in the Maryland
Country Club invitation tournament to-
day, and lost to the tall Baltimorean
on the fifteenth green by and @
Fighting against perfect golf registered
by Knapp, who was out in "a, which
Is exactly par for the first time. Sass
Ger rallied gamely to win the twelfth
and thirteenth holes and become only
2 down, but Knapp came back to win
the fifteenth and annex the sixteenth
to close out the steady Indian Spring
player. 1t was Knapp's second tourna-
ment victory Of the season. He won
the Baltimore Country Club tourna-
ment earlier in the season.
Knapp reached the final round by a
20-hole victory over young Billy Howell
of Richmond. coming from behind TO
square the match with the steady Wiz
ginia youth and winning on the second
extra hole, when Howell's hooked tee
shot brought up against a tree. Sass
Ger reached the final by decisive VIC
tory over Harry Wisotzkey of York, Pa.
Knapp Not Pressed.
In the final, after Sasscer won the
first hole, the match was all Knapp. for
the Baltimorean squared on the second
and then won four in a row, all with
pars. Sasscer came back to score an
eagle 3 on the par 5 eighth hole to win.
and also annexed the short ninth with
q par to turn down.
But at the tenth 1t became Knapp's
turn to uncork the fireworks, for here
the Baltimore lad knocked his brassie
second shot within feet of the hole
and ran down the putt for an eagle
8. Knapp also won the eleventh with
a par 4, but dropped the next two to
par As by sasscer to be up with 5
Sasscer pitched into a trap at the
fifteenth to lose the hole and become
dormie down. His tee shot at the last
hole of the match was sliced, and he
pitched over the green. losing the hole
to a par and the match by 4 and 2.
Score of the match follow:
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Bye holes not played out.
Four Washington men were in the
list of prize winners. Herbert L..
Lacey of Manor won the fourth fight,
while the seventh flight was won by
E. L. Bono of Columbia. Lloyd Carey
of Kenwood won the sixth flight con-
ISOLATION, while E. L. Jones of Column
h;a won the seventh flight consolation.
Summaries of the matches in which
Washington men participated follow:
First hight-Leroy Sasser. Indian Spring.
defeated Harry Wisotzkey, York, Pa. and
4 A. M Knapp, BALTIMORE; defeated Js ed. Billy
HeSs hsnmGnf GRIMES in sa 1e nSsS de.
feated Byrn Curtis, Indian Spring, up;
K. +. Kellerman. jr.,, Columbia: defeated
g. 2: Brown, Maryland. 3 and ?; Final
Kenzie, Columbia, defeated J; l.: Hopkins,
Washington. 2 and l. Final-William ?.
Third 'iiight-L. s.. stott,u Beaver Dam. de;
5. Finai-W. j. English, Maryland. de-
.e Fourth '1 fishsI ina L. Lacey, Manor. de
Final.oLacey defeated DR.. E. Bacon, Mary
'aP Fifth mig hiShtLE. M. Mcclelland. Manor,
defeated DR.. T; I. McCarrier., Maryland,
Campbell, Maryland, and
saee asSa defeated 5. L. Fsomson' Manor,
sixth fight-C; J. Doris. Manor. defeated
M n y sCles an. aad lost to j. F. Newman
defeated Dr.. g. b. Kirkpatrick, Washing
'0 s.vsn. ind f.!shtLE. L. Bono. Columbia, de;
L.. Y. Thompson, Maryland. 2 and J. Con;
solation-E. I. Jones, Columbia, defeated
A. L. Duncan, Indian Spring, / up.