Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-03
ROESCHANDW WILSON
BATTLEFOR HONORS
G. U. Golfer and Champion
of Washington Club Meet
in Final.

Frank ]. Roesch, Washington Club
champion. is playing Richard Wilson,
13-year- Georgetown University stu
dent. from Pinehurst, N. c., in the final
round of the Washington Golf and
Country Club tournament this after
noon.
Two mild surprises marked the semi
final round which found both the IA
vorites unable to reach the flnal up
set by their adverSaries. Miller B.
STEVENSON Of Columbia, District amateur
titleholder, who was favorite to defeat
Roesch( was eliminated by the latter
on the. eighteenth green, up.
Mccarthy Is Defeated.
Maurice j. Mccarthy of Georgetown,
holder of the intercollegiate golf title
and winner of the qualifying round
Wednesday, was defeated by Wilson,
3 and l.
The Roesch- STEVENSON match did not
produce the caliber of golf that was
shown in the other contest. Both
players missed crucial puts and Roesch
won the seventeenth hole to become
dormie 1 up. halving the final hole to
win the match.
Wilson Is Out In 81.
Wilson won three Of the first four
holes from Mccarthy and was out in
81 to turn 8 up on the intercollegiate
titleholder. Mccarthy won the eleventh
and fourteenth, but dropped the
fifteenth by taking three puts. The
sixteenth was halved and the match
ended on the seventeenth hole, and -.
when McCarthy'S tee shot found the
ditch.
Results in the fourth flight follow:
Ross Hewitt of Richmond defeated E.
z. Hair. Washington, and /; E. L.
Bono, Columbia. defeated I. c. Mckee,
Annapolis, 8 and Z.
Fifth fight:
G. E. Elliott, Chevy Chase, defeated
]. L. Hopkins, l up; L. p. Treadwell,
Washington, defeated E. E. Black, Buff
falo, N. Y, 2 up.
COllegians in Semi Finals.
Two college youths, one the inter-
collegiate golf titleholder; a veteran
who now holds the District amateur
championship and a youngster who
has won the Washington club title for
three consecutive years, survivals of the
tlrSt two rounds in the Washington Golf
and Country Club tourney, were playing
in the semi-final today. The luck Of
the draw threw together today Maurice
j. Mccarthy and Dick Wilson of
Georgetown in one-half of the round,
while Miller B. STEVENSON, reigning king
Of the local amateurs, clashed with
Frank K. Roesch, the Washington club
champion, in the other half
Three Of the four reached the semi
final by decisive victories yesterday,
only one match going to the last hole
that in which young Wilson. who was
semi-finaliSt in the recent North and
South amateur championship-downed
Henry d. Nicholson of Washington by
great niblick shot under pressure to
the final green.
The initial surprise of the current
golf season came yesterday in the sec
ond round, when Roesch downed Harry
O. Pitt Of Manor, holder OF the mid
atlantic amateur championship. Roesch
won by and 2, outputting Pitt at
crucial stages Of the match. Mccarthy
won victories over Dr. L. S. Otell and
Page Hufty, while STEVENSON had easy
sailing to win from T. d. Webb ir.,
and Mark Flanagan. The match be-
tween Nicholson and Wilson found
Nicholson in the lead most of the way,
with Wilson taking the lead when he
sank 15-foot putt for a birdie on
the sixteenth. At the eighteenth he
laid q niblick shot within inches Of
the pin for half, which gave him
the verdict.
Second round results in the first
flight follow: F. K. Roesch, Washing
ton, defeated H. G. Pitt. Manor, 8 and
2; Miller B. STEVENSON, Columbia, de-
feated Mark Flanagan, Georgetown, 8
and 5; Richard Wilson, Pinehurst,
N c., defeated H. d. Nicholson, Wash
! ington / up: Maurice j. Mccarthy,
/ Washington, defeated Page Hufty, Con-
greSsional, 5 and 3.