Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
REAL LINKS RULER
NOT IN SIGHT NOW
STEVENSON, Pitt, Held Best Of
Present Lot-No Stars
Among Youngsters.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

A| golf parade around Wash
AN ington during the coming
" v season? Are there any bud
ding Roland MacKenzies or
potential George VoigtS among the
men and youngsters who look FORWARD
to the approaching Tournament sea.
son? It seems there are not, and that
golf may again look forward TO anoLner
season similar to that OF 1928, when
there was no single dominant figure
among the simon-pure players about the
Capital.
Nowhere about Washington does there
loom a youngster such as the Rolano
Mackenzie of six years ago, who might
rise from obscurity to lasting fame
by a series of tournament victories.
This professionals say so, and they
All Hougf1ton has left the amateur
ranks to turn his undoubted golf tai
ents into the professional field and ex-
tract therefrom a living. Hougnton
is professional at Harper Country CLUB
and is running an indoor SCHOOL tnis
Winter. The past two years ne was one
of the outstanding amateur golfers
around Washington.
STEVENSON and Pitt Good.
with Houghton out of the amateur
ranks. it would seem from o hasty
glance around the field that Miller b.
STEVENSON and Harry G.. Pitt are the
most formidable contenders for frst
rank among the amateurs about Wash
ington this year. Several others are
ready and waiting to take the measure
of this pair, but they should De apie
to maintain the same gait they heio
last year when there was HtLe 20
choose between them as the leaoing
snseto,,- yoifere of washington and
vicinity.
Just shade back Of them are sucn
PLAYERS as Page Hufty Of Congressional,
John c. Shorey Of Bannockburn, FRANK
K. Roesch of washington, John w.
Brawnar Of Columbia, Byrn Curtiss
of Indian Spring. Norman B. Frost OF
Columbia and Robert G. Hird Of Manor.
Earl McAleer isn't very Tar oenina,
but 1t is doubtful If he viii play much
tournament golf.
n isn't likely that Roland Mackenzie
will play in the local tournaments this
year. Roland is at present working in
Washington, but there is chance ne
NAV leave the Capital to seek other
fields of work. If he stays here ne VIII
probably not abandon his three-year-
old theory of passing up the local
events to concentrate on two or three
big tournaments. among them the ma
6l0Edl a1flatGuE championship
No Strong Prospects.
Among the real youngsters there ap-.
pears to be none who has the present
ability to dethrone those who rule the
golf roost nowadays. There are Tommy
Bones of Columbia, Curtiss Of Indian
Spring, Gordon Stone of Washington
and one or two others awaiting their
chance but so far they haven't shown
the ability to take undisputed leader
ship. Karl F. Keilerman Is one OF those
who might conceivabiy strike streak
of play of caliber sufficiently, good TO
entitle him to climb TO top rank, and
Frank K. Roesch and Page Hufty are
fully capable of dominating the tourna-
mer1t situation, II they play consistently
as they do in some of their fine rounds.
Reid w. Digges is another who might,
with more practice and experience,
come close to being the leading tour1a-
ment player about Washington, Tor
Digges has q lot of good golf and may
make it more consistent this year than
last. Tommy Armour claims Digges Is
one Of the finest golf prospects he has
eeen around washington.
But there seems TO be q dehnite lack
Of any young prospects who might be-
come leaders Of golf around Washing
ton. Certainly just now there are not
any lads performing on local courses
who appear to have the possibilities
that Roland Mackenzie had when he
was Is years old.