The Washington times., 1930-05-17
W. SHIN
.-.LEAF CLOVER.
. CHARMS PITT
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON


Four-leaf clovers have a magic
spell and bring luck. Ask Harry
G. Pitt, of Manor, who became
the only golfer to win the Chevy
Chase tournament three times
when he defeated Miller B.
STEVENSON, of Columbia, S and 3,
in the championship flight finals.
He also defeated STEVENSON in the
finals last year.
STEVENSON, down at the turn
and fighting hard to catch Pitt,
halved the tenth and eleventh by
dropping sizeable puts. Both
drove straight balls from the
twelfth tee and Pitt was crossing
the bridge when Mrs. Margaret
Putnam, of Manor, rushed up to
him.
Take this fOur-Ieaf clover,
Harry. 1t may bring you
luck" she said.
The charm didn't work at first
for Harry tossed his approach in
the Semi-rough behind the green.
Yet, he pitched up onto the edge
Of the green and the ball slowly
curved downhill. rolling into cup
for birdie 3 and putting him
3 up. He captured the thirteenth
with a par 3 when STEVENSON
sliced into the trap. Pitt saved
himself a hole at the fourteenth
by nearly holing a chip shot from
the trap, securing half with a
par 4.
The Manor star closed the
match with a mastery iron shot
to the pin for a birdie 3 at~the
fifteenth. sinking his 3footer.
STEVENSON barely reached the edge
of the carpet with his second but
his long putt for a birdie shaved
the cup.
It will be sometime before an
other golf exhibition as both pre-
sented on those last six holes will
be seen here in tournamnt play,
where the mental strain forces
one to press. STEVENSON was one
over par and Pitt two under the
standard. They reversed tn e
shoddy golf of the first nine when
STEVENSON took AZ and Pitt 40,
putting loosely and playing irons
and woods as buffers.
Probably SIcvinson will never
erase from his memory that long,
par S. 590-yard, eighth hole. He
kicked away his chance to even
the score and a skied-nibliCk shot
plunged him headlong into de-
feat. Pitt, a noted hooker, drove
almost out-of bounds into the
weeds by the roadside. He was
forced to play a left-handed shot
and only rolled the bali a few
yards into the. rough. His third
was short of the green.
In the meantime, Stevin-
son had played two perfect
shots but ballOOned his third
into the trap and barely got
onto the edge of the green
with his fourth. He took 3
puts for a seven, Pitt win
ming with a 6.
Out
Stevinson .......45 5 345 5 4-42
In
Pitt ............. "a : 2 43
STEVENSON . 44444
Tourney highlights. STEVENSON
skied most of his iron shots and
explored many traps. Pitt, whose
name alone is inscribed thrice
on the Taft Trophy, rifled a
spoon shot direct to the green
against the wind at the second. Il.
Pitt also used a brassie off the
tee throughout the tourney.
Don't pull too hard for Harry
joked Stevie as he passed Tobe
Pitt walking down the third fair
way. STEVENSON lifted his ball
from out of the rought OH the
first up to the green. Mrs. j.
Marvin Haynes, Mrs. S. F.. Cola
day, Mrs. Betty Parker Meckley,
Mrs. Perry B. Hoover, Mrs. George
D. See and Mrs. B. C. Hartig were
among the gallery, the largest at
a local tourney this year. e.
George F. Miller's unpleasant task
was to victimize Herbert Lacey
in the fourth flight finals. both
are from Manor, with Lacey the
club champion. it was a broth
erly act when the Firstbrooks. of
Toronto, clashed in the third
flight finals. Hugh Saum, op-
posed to Gus Frailey in the fourth
fight consultations, pitched from
one trap to another at the twelfth
age mastered youth when A.
H. Douglas beat Henry D. Nichol-
son in the first flight consultations
and Clyde Asher disposed of j.
Monro Hunter, jr., in the second
flight finals.
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