Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27
SHOT TO Be TAKEN
BY STEVENSON, PITT
foigt, Mackenzie Also Still
Claimed to Some Extent
by Washington.

. IOll hSSOCldJlOl lIUWIlS
upon the entry of several
of our best golfers in the
territory near Washington, the
Capital City and nearby Mary
land and Virginia will be repre-
Sented in the national amateur
championship at Philadelphia by
two golfers who have demon
strated they are the best of the
reigning divot diggers about
Washington, and two more who
have proven they are the best in
their respective States. And it may
be that one or two more from
Washington will be allowed to
play in the amateur classic.
Roland Mackenzie of Columbia and
George j. Voigt, even though they de-
veloped here the game that has brought
them national renown hardly can De
called Washington amateurs. since they
reside in other cities. Nevertheless,
their progress in the amateur cham
pionship will be watched by hundreds
of well wishers in the Simon-pure title
chase.
Miller 3. STEVENSON of Columbia. the
feigning District title holder. and Harry
@. Pitt of Manor, his closest rival, will
be among those who will enter the
amateur championship.
Howell VIII Be There.
Billy Howell of Richmond, Va, holder
of the Midatlantic title, and Alex M.
Knapp of Baltimore, runner-up to
Howell at Richmond and later winner
of the Maryland State title, will be
the other linksmen from this neck of
the b,mkered land who are almost GER
tain to 60 to Merton. whore the
amateur clans will gather late in Sep
tember. Parker Nolan, the big hitter
Of Congressional. and Page Hufty, y
clubmate of Nolan, also may 60 to
Merton.
Mackenzie Voigt and STEVENSON are
the only Washington men who have
qualified in the amateur championship
in recent years. Mackenzie started
playing in the aHateur classic IN 1923.
and in 1924 qualified and took George
Won Elm to the thirty-seventh hole in
q match that has become famous. He
won the qualifying round at Oakmont
In 1925. In 1925 at Baltusrol both Mac
Kenzie and STEVENSON qualified, and the
luck of the draw threw them together
In the first round, with STEVENSON VIC
torious by and / margin. Mac
Kenzie was a sen1i-finaIst in the 1927
championship at Minneapolis, and
failed to qualify at Braeburn in 1923.
Voigt started playing in the amateur
In 1926 and failed to qualify in that
year and the succeeding year In 1928
he won the medal at Braeburn and
went to the fourth round where Phil
Perkins snuffed him out. Last year he
went to the fourth round, where Phil
and also went 10 the Semi-flnal in the
British amateur championship this |
year where Bob Jones beat him on the |
eighteenth hole.
Under the United States Golf Associa- |
ton rule, players who have qualified in
any of the three years preceding the |
current championship, are automatically |
eligible to play, which naturally makes
Mackenzie and Voigt eligible. STEVENSON
qualified in 1925 and has failed since,
although he did not play last year. :,
There is little doubt, however, that the |
United States Golf Association will ac- |
eept his entry, because he is the District |
Of Columbia champion, and without |
doubt, is the outstanding golfer Of the
Capital today
Not since 1924 has the amateur cham |
pionship been played so near Wash |
ington and there IS no doubt that
number of Washingtonians will travel |
to the Quaker City to see the amateurs
In action, and to watch Bobby Jones
attempt to surnaount his last hurdle OF
1880. If he wins, he will have set UP
q record that probably never will be
tied. It can't be beaten, for there are
only four major national championships
today.
1t was over this same Merton course
In 1924 that Jones finally broke through
TO win his first amateur title. He has
won three times since his first title in
1924, and seems by way of winning
again, If the Johnny Goodmans and
others let him get past those first two
rounds. for Bobby does not like the
1S-hole matches. And how he smothers
'em in the 36-hole rounds.
Howell Is StyIist.
II Billy Howell finds his true game at
Merton he may qualify, and If he
qualities he may cause stir, for the
Richmond youngster has the punch OF
q great performer He Is queer young
ste though, for like Jones in his early
days, he plays for the shot and If it
does not come of as intended by him,
he is not satisfied even though the ball
may find the spot he played for. In
other words Billy is stylist OF the
nrst water and a golfer who Is satisfied
That may hurt him bit, for the golfer
has not vet been born who hasn't
m!ssed shot or two in round Of
goli
Alex Knapp looks to us TO be the
strongest player from this section of
the country. although Knapp is prone
10 let up and loosen up his game when
the going is fairly easy. That trait has
beaten him several times.
Elt Miller STEVENSON never lets up.
He is a fighter and a fine competitor,
and If his game is going well. and par
ticularly his putting, he may show In |
the amateur championship. That cham |
ptonsiaip at Merton should be interesting |
from a dozen angles, for even If the !
Washington men do not make the grade. |
the effort Of the field to beat Jones will !
be well worth watching.