The Washington times., 1930-06-10
George Voigt One Of Is u s. Golfers in Field British Open It'll
FIVE WALKER
CUPPLAlERS
INFELD
BY JUNO KINERK

" EH0
BY JUNO KINERK
George Voigt will be one of the
18 United States golfers teeing
off Monday at Hoylake, England,
in quest of the British Open title.
voigt is only one Of five q. S.
walker Cup team players who is
in the field for the championship,
the others being Bobby Jones,
who recently achieved the goal Of
his life'S ambition by winning the
British Amateur crown; Harrison
Johnston, present United States
Amateur champion: George Won
Elm, and Don K. Moe.
The professional golfers of this
country who will play are Leo
Diegel, Horton Smith, Gene Sara
zen, Jim Barnes, Macdonald
Smith, and Tommy Armour.
The other Americans in the
tourney are amateurS-F. C.
Stevens, jr., Los Angeles; Eric
Chambers, Portland, Ore;
Joshua Crare, BrOOkline,
Mass; Douglas Grant, New
York; Charles Sweeney, New
York; Graham Jones, Hart
ford, Conn.,, and A. w. Wal
lace, Detroit.
Voigt came within an ace Of
depriving Jones of playing for
the British amateur crown when
they met in the semi-finals, the
former WaShingtonian losing to
the Atlanta genius on the eigh-
teenth hole. With only five
holes remaining to play in this
match, Voigt had Jones two
down, but the Albanian put on
one of his greatest rallies and
squared matters at the seven
teenth. He then won the final
hole and match. l up. when
Georges second was short.
This match was one of the
toughest Jones experienced in his
grim battle for that title and he
was loud in praise of Voigt's mag
nificent play. Washington ad-
mirerS of Voigt firmly believe he
has an excellent chance Of being
in the running for the British
open all the way.
With the course in ideal condi-
ton as the result of yesterdays
beneficial rain, field of nearly
200 golfers are blazing away over
the Columbia Country course to-
day in the first days qualifying
play of that clubs invitational
tournament. The rest of the
field of some $50 players will
shoot their qualifying rounds to-
morrow. Match play follows
Thursday and Friday.
Because of the quality and
sine Of the field it has been
freely predicted that it will
take . card Of IS or rs, at
the most, to qualify for the
championship flight. Last
year nine players were tied
with IT'S to fight it out for
the five remaining places in
the first flight, while four
players with S5'S got in the
fifth and last flight.
Dorothy White NicolSon. of the
host club, is a heavy favorite to
retain her District woman'S cham
pionShip, as match play in the
fn11S.VN o want ENonoo folov of tho
Washington Golf and Country
Club. Mrs. NicolSon towroped
the field for the qualifying medal
yesterday by turning in card Of
80, which was five strokes better
than her nearest competitors,
Mrs. Alma Won Steiner and Betty
Meckley, who were tied with 80.
Mrs. NicolSon has won the cham
pionship the last four years.
A great chip shot to the hole On
the eighteenth green enabled j.
Monro Hunter to win the, semi
monthly Middle Atlantic pres
tourney at Bannockburn with q
card of II. After getting off one
of his customary booming drives
Hunter played his second, but
was 20 yards short of the final
green. He knew that he had to
get a four for II and the prize
money, so he deliberated and care
fully played his pitch boldly for
the hole. So well did he play the
shot that it came to rest a scant
turn and it would have fallen.
Hunter was consistent with S5
going out and a 36 coming home.
AL HOughtOn and Ralph
Beach tied for second money
with cards Of 72. HOughton
was out in "a, but faltered
coming home and had a 3S.
Just the day previous AL had
gone around the course in So.
Beach really provided the fire
works when he burned up the
course coming home in 80 to equal
the record for that nine. On this
half Of the journey he had brides
on four Of the first five holes,
requiring but six puts on five
green's.
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