Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23

hkdnlSG WIG AS1h "a ouS POI
that Harry could do was hopeless,
up. Five brides fell to his red-ho
in the afternoon and he did some
has done before-he won five Stra
The net result of the tourney is
that Roger today holds two of the
three major titles to be won in
this sector of the land. Only the
Middle Atlantic championship has
eluded him in a single year of
campaigning. The raven-haired
Indian Spring pride won the Dis
trict championship last September
at Chevy Chase, and yesterday he
placed the final seal of excellence
on his golflng skill by playing "a
holes over his home course in ex-
actly par to win the Maryland
State title.
Never before has a Washington
entrant won the Old Line State cham
pionship for the simple reason that few
Washingtonians have entered the
tourney. But for the first time this
year the title tourney was staged at a
Washington club and golfers from the
Capital completely dominated the event,
winding up with two OF them meeting
in the final.
Gets Iron Shots Working.
A S ON the previous days of the tour
u ney the final round found the
scoring faster than ever has been
revealed before in golf event about
the Capital Harry Pitt was blazing hot
over the morning round, in which he
shot 70 to go to lunch up on Pea
cock. But Roger went out behind the
golf shop before lunch and apparently
Strengthened out his iron shots, for in
the afternoon those same shots that
were missing the green in the morning
were kicking up divots around the pins.
1t looked for all the tea In China
like another Pitt victory as Harry wal
loped the ball over that lengthy course
in subpar 10 over the first ID holes,
playing each nine in 35 and winning
the last two holes to turn 3 up. And
when Peacock dropped the twentieth
hole of the afternoon engagement 1t
looked even more like Pitt tourna-
ment But Roger Clipped one in from
the edge of the green at the third Tor
a winning birdie and his hot streak
was on.
He raped home 15-foot down-hill
putt at the fourth for another birdie,
won the fifth when Harry shanked an
iron shot far to the right of the green
and squared the match with par
on the short sixth after a chip shot hit
the pin and Pitt missed four-footer
for a half Harry put his tee shot in
the pond at the seventh and Roger
went l up. But Pitt, fighting back with
all the gameness he has demonstrated
in many other tournaments, knocked
in a birdie to square the match at the
eighth, or twenty-sixth hole. Roger
had won five holes in a row, but Pitt
stopped the streak with bird.
Goes Into Van to Stay.
Roger went in front for the last and
decisive time, however, at the twenty.
seventh hole where his spoon shot
reached the green and he won the mole
with a par after Pitt was trapped,
getting out in 80, two better than par.
The Indian Spring youngster hung
high spade shot up against the PIN al
the tenth for another bird to go up;
they halved the eleventh IN par As, ana
Roger again dipped into the birdie par
rel or the twelfth, where he holeo 10
footer for to go up
They split the thirteenth IN par ~
and Roger won the short fourteenth
had chance to prolong the match ON
the fifteenth by holing an 8-footer LOT
a birdie. but the ball hung on the up
nj the cup and Roger knocked his pan
past a partial stymie for the winning
half. s.s +hree
AT this point Peacock needed tnree
Mars for q. score of 81, but be TOOK
IN the lengthy sixteenth ana WIN
course record no longer in sight, tney
walked in. Against the golf PeacocK
showed Yesterday afternoon even Surrey
Harry Pitt crumbled Only once before
has a tournament final around WASH.
inrton shown better golf. That came
Mben Ernie Caldwell played the Co
iun1hia course in 68 to win the Mlooie
Atlantic title last year.
Is a Fitting Climax.
-HAT blazing exhibition from Pea
cocks clubs was a fitting climax
L to the hottest scoring streak ever
shown in an amateur tournametm.
around washington. The Indian spring
vounester won the medal with score
of IA and won the tournament Ineieo
nv iaying the med"'ist jinx. Thr'ce
Thereafter he shaft led the par OF ~
for the indian Spring layout where ne
iearned his game. But Harry PITT was
not moi, far behind. Before he started nus
ut n