Evening star., 1932-08-19
COLUMBIA, MANOR
HAVE THREE EACH
Pitt of Latter Is Seen as
Outstanding D. C. Entrant
in Title Battle.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.


~ the amateur golf champion
ship at Five Farms, a little
more than three weeks hence, it
appears that two Washington |
clubs will provide most of the
local thrills for the golf bugs of
the Capital who travel over to
Baltimore to see the battle for the
amateur crown.
The Manor Club out at Norbeck, Nd,
has furnished three of the local quail
fiers for the simon pure title chase, |
one-third of the group of nine who
made the grade in the sectional tests at
Chevy Chase last Tuesday. And in our
Judgment Manor also has furnished
the outstanding local threat to 60 any
where in the championship in Harry G.
Pitt, the District amateur champion, |
who has the knack of doing his best In |
the big spots.
Columbia also has three qualifiers in |
Roland r. Mackenzie, former Walker
Cup star and outstanding golfer Of the
Capital a few years back; John F.
Brawner and Miller B. STEVENSON, who
has won just about all there Is to win |
in golf around the Capital. The IT.
year-old Maurice Nee, and that phe- |
nomenal youngster, 14-year-old Billy |
Detweiler, complete the Manor Club |
contingent, and probably round out the |
largest group from any two clubs in the |
country to play in the simon pure title
chase. 1t Is doubtful II any other |
single club the country ever has fur
nished three men in the championship. |
But Manor and Columbia have done |
just that.
THE other local qualifers are
- i scattered. Beaver Dam will send |
Martin F. Mccarthy, the same |
battler with the Irish name who has |
performed well in the big invitation |
events around Washington for the past |
two or three years. Franklin Parks,
tall, slim youngster, Is the lone Con-
gressional Country Club representative.
Indian Spring has one qualifier, but in
young Roger Peacock, the District
junior champ, Indian Spring has a lad
who may go far in the title chase, for
Roger is capable of playing golf good
enough to beat any man.
In our Judgment Harry Pitt Is the big
shot among the local men who will 60
to Baltimore. That is, unless Roland
Mackenzie gets going in the same
streak that sent him so far in the 1927
championship at Minikhada Roland
can do it, but his golf since he won the
Chevy Chase tournament, back IN May,
has not been overly impressive. II he
regains his strength from recent op-
is getting better and better as the
years roll by. Possessed Of unusual
power, fine putting touch and fighting
spirit second to none, the Manor Club
Moose" looks like the finest bet among
the Washington representatives to get
anywhere in the championship.
If Harry continues to play golf as he
has done for solid fortnight, he is
due to give the talent lot Of surprises
at Five Farms. Harry isn't known ma
tionally, but we predict he viii be after
the Five Farms melee. He has the
knack Of gearing up his game to top
notch class in the big moments and
he is match player par excellent.
HARRY should, and probably will, go
i further than any other local quail
iier in the big chase at Five
Farms. And it is not outside the bounds
of reason that he could win the cham
pionship, although that Is not likely.
He has played in only one national
previously, back in 1898 when he was
not anywhere near the golfer he is
today. In that tournament at Brae-
Burn he failed to qualify because he
got tangled up with rosebush on the
thirty-sixth hole, when a would have
put him In a tie for last place.
Roland Mackenzie should qualify.
His experience in other championships
will stand him in good stead. and II he
is in good health he should make the
grade at Five Farms. Miller STEVENSON
has played in five nationals and Guali-
fed in one Only II steve" gets going
good will he qualify for the title. For
all the others it will be the first time
they ever have played in national,
matter how good he may be, to qualify
in his first attempt. But one or to Of
them may get into .he match play
rounds.
CONGRESSIONAL will have two back
~ tees for the eighteenth. hole. A
brace Of new tees have been con-
structed Just below the seventeenth
green. One of them Is about 260 yards
from the green, while the other Is
about 200 yards away.
The green may be reached from the
lower tee, but hardly can be driven
from the upper tee, which Is only
few yards off the back OF the seven
teenth green.
THE lineup Of the Indian Spring
i team, which will meet a group
Of golfers from the Hillendale Club
of Baltimore on Sunday was announced
today by Tom Belshe, team captain
The teams will be led into action by
the club professionals, with George
Diffenbaugh Of Indian Spring meeting
Carroll T. McMaster of Hillendale in
the top match.
Amateurs to play include the fol-
lowing: j. William Harvey, jr.; L. S.
Otell, Leroy sasscer, Elliott spicer,
Harold N. Graves. jr.; Craig Mckee,
Arthur Urban, Alex Baumgartner, Don
Scott, Frank G. Butler, Leo F. Pass, Pat
Cook, George Gist, Herbert L. Lacey,
&. B. Wagner, Jack Cullinane, Homer
S. Pope. Walter B. Vogel, H. A. Mihills,
Roger Peacock, Richard Peacock, C. M.
whitman. J. R. Emeigh, Howard Eales,
George W. Maxfleld, J. L. HauSe and
r. c. Hubbard.
TACK QUIGLEY of the Army-Navy
Country Club Clipped his third |
shot into the cup the other day |
to secure an eagle on the difficult par 5 |
fifteenth hole Of the service club course !
The hole plays about 400 yards in
length.
Quigley secured five straight pars on
the second nine and then holed the |
eagle 3. He is tuning up for the Army |
Navy Club championship. which Is to |
start on August 28. He was runner-up !
last year.
CTEE- -SHAFTED iron clubs find
D Harry Pitt. the District title holder, |
cold to their wiles. The Manor /
Club star. presented with a new set
OF steel-shafted iron clubs last Fall by
his friends at Manor, found them not
at all to his liking, and after trying
them for six months went back to his
old hickory-shafted weapons.
The sheel-shafted set now is at the |
factory, where Pitt sent them to be |
reconditioned. He says he is satisfied |
with the -old hickory che ftaS cI,,b,c opd |