Evening star., 1931-06-13
Pitts Victory at Columbia
Stamps Him Best ID. G.. Golfer

regardless Of the opposition. has any
local golfer won so many major tourna-
mentS in single short campaign as
Pitt
Winning from Everett Eynon in the
semi-f1nal by the astounding margin
of and 6, Pitt went on TO the final
round of the tourney yesterday, where
he met Howell who had a harder match
with NJ. Parker Nolan. even though the
Richmond youngster was exactly par for
the l6 holes OF the match. Howell won
the match by 3 and 2. but he knew he
had been in contest Just the same.
Perhaps the strain of that battle tired
him out, and his easy win helped Pitt,
for the fact is that HoWell's long shots,
usually straight and true, were all over
the lot yesterday. He hooked his tee
shots on the second, third. sixth and
seventh, and lost the last two Of these
holes when his ball went out of bounds
from the tee. All through the match
the youngster was ragged, and Pitt,
himself, was not as good as he might
have been. for the ultimate winner
missed shots on the eleventh, twelfth,
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
holes in a row.
Pitt went into the lead by winning
the third hole, when Howell, after
hooking his tee shot. overapproached
the green. THE match was squared
when Pitt encountered two bunkers on
his journey to the fifth green. But
then Howell poled two tee shots in a
row out of bounds at the sixth and
seventh to go 2 down, only to gain a
hole back at the eighth, when Pitt three
putted. They halved the ninth and
tenth. and Howell squared by winning
the eleventh with par 4. They split
the long twelfth in par SIS and also
halved the thirteenth in par IS, with
both men playing fine recovery shots
after missing the green from the tee.
Then. as a sort Of anti-climaX to
their fine work on the previous hole,
both -putted the fourteenth green
for half in 5s. Pitt really won the
match at the fifteenth. Here his hooked
tee shot came to rest behind the trees
on the bank of the ditch, while Howell
had a beauty to the top of the hill.
Pitt played out to the right of the
green. pitched up feet away and sank
the putt for a winning 4. wnen Howell
again three-putted the green for 5.
They halved the next two in par fig
ureS, although Howell had fine chance
to win the seventeenth with q 6-foOt
putt which trimmed the cup. And Pitt
won the eighteenth with par 4, when
Howell pushed his second shot into
trap. Howells putter, usually his most
dependable club, let him down badly in
the pinches as the match came close
to the finish. while Pitts heady play
on the fifteenth and his steadiness at
the end won the match for him.
At the close Of the tourney the prizes
were presented to the winners by Clyde
B. Asher, president of the Columbia
Country Club, and George P James,
chairman of the Golf Committee
Here are. the results of the final day
of play:
FIRST FLIGHT.
Seminal Tound,WilIiani R, Howell
gressionaI. and 3; Harry 6. Pitt GManort,
defeated fts t1 Everett % Eynon lColumbial; and g.
befeated tSphe' egh ssnfasfd HqSa TUand HD
Lynch LI,n tArgyle) defeated Frank x. Roesch
attaehedl defeated J., nohro Hunter. nTS '"l jr.
Indiap SPRING; and
and 5.
SECOND FLIGHT.
bs ssmtsl denaad droEndJpnn oTsns tSGgm
Emmons S. Smith, jr. CHEVY Chase. !
Final round Nee defeated owens, up:
@ RoBen RBatim22re Country G Ggb dffe1ted
(Hnat,tachedl sdefestsd James G. Drain
Final roundD1GiiiiI' defeated Rabbit. up.
THIRD FLIGHT.
Semi-hnal round-John J. Tierney, jr
(CongressionaD defeated Louis Velssco tHa
son Beaver DAM defeated Charles w. Cole,
Fina apip@ pouad"Terney S"G Defeated Thompson.
Defeated eight, semi-hnaI round-R N
(unattached). UP, 10 holes; Comdr. C. B.
Hatch (Columbial defeated D. c. Gruver
(WaShington), ! up. 10 holes.
Final round-Hatch defeated Cook, l UP,
19 holes.
FOURTH FLIGHT.
Semi-hnal round-John w. Merritt tCo-
lumbia) defeated Walter B. Murphy tColum
bial. and 8, Thomas D. Webb. jr. wash
ingtonl defeated A. T. Wannan (unat-
Final round1webb defeated Merritt, 4
p Defeated sight, ssmi-anel 5oupd-W: n
tachedJ defeated A. s. Gardiner (cOIum-
Final round-Bennie defeated Baldwin. 2
UP.
FIFTH FLIGHT.
Semi-final round--J. Marvin HAYNES (Co-
lumbial defeated f. T. Rice Washington; !;
Bruce L. TAYLOR. jr. (Congressionan. UP.
Final round-Haynes defeated Davidson
Defeated eight. semi-fnal round-E. L.
Cogan Iunattachedl defeated E. J: Carver
oansTS snd club defeated adansVrKd T
Final Eound-Cosan defeated Hanswald
UP.