Evening star., 1933-06-11
NEE, PITT, PEACOCK,
!. LUNN BIG BIDDERS
Two of Them May Battle 1t
Out in Final of Event in
Baltimore.
By WALTER r. McCALLUM.
stage is set this week over

the rugged layout of the
i Rolling Road Golf Club of
Catonsville, Md, for the
twenty-nin renewal of the Mid
die Atlantic Golf Association anna
teur championship-oldest and
most historic of the sectional golf
jousts in this sector of the land.
When the tournament opens next
Wednesday morning for the title held
by Ernie Caldwell, ex-public links star
of Baltimore, now a member of the
Hillendale Club, all the more prom
inent amateurs from the 26 clubs which
form the association will be in the list
seeking the championship, which has
been won by many men famous in
Middle Atlantic annals in other years,
among them at least four who have
made their mark in national golf.
The Middle Atlantic area has pro-
duced four players Of national prom
inence and all of them, prior to their
advent on the national stage, have won
bunkered land Three of them have at
tained international recognition as
members of the Walker Cup teams in
the links contests between the United
States and Great Britain
Roland r. Mackenzie, now profess
sional; George ]. voigt and Billy
Howell, all former Middle Atlantic title
holders, have been members of the
United States teams which have played
against Great Britain's best in the in
ternational series for the Walker Cup.
Arn Middla AflQ y1fin |
champion won the qualifying round in
the national championship of 1924 with
a mark that never has been shattered,
although the score of 142 made by D.
Clarke Cochran at Merton nine years
ago has been tied by Bobby Jones and
by John Fischer.
THE Middle Atlantic tourney is truly |
l. representative of all that is best |
in golf in the States of Maryland |
and Virginia and the District of Co
lumbia. The tournament itself is one
of the Oldest in the country, for it has |
been held continuously since 1905, when |
DIR. L. Lee Harlan, beloved veteran of |
other years, won the first champion
ship.
There is little doubt in the minds of |
those who follow golf affairs that the |
Midatlantic area now has group of |
youngsters in the making as first-rank !
golfers who are just about ready to |
step into the shoes of the MacKenzies |
and Voigts of other years to carry the !
banner Of golf in this territory forward |
once again.
OF these, two Washington youngsters |
stand out They are Maurice Nee of
the Manor and Columbia Clubs and
Richard Lunn of the Burning Tree and
Chevy Chase Clubs. Both of them
have more than made good on early
predictions of their future as sectional
stars and both are just about ready
now for the big time. Both Nee and
Llnn will compete In the Middle At
1antic, along with Harry q. Pitt, the |
Manor Club veteran, who won the |
championship back in 1928, and Roger
Peacock. the Indian Spring star who |
holds the District title, and who will |
be making his first start of 1888 in |
the Midatlantic.
These four constitute just about the
best there is in golf competition around
Washington today. One Of them may
win, and it would not be at all surpris-
ing to see two of the Washington en-
trants playing for the title.
THE Rolling Road course is not
l. slugger's golf course. 1t is on the
short side measuring about 6,400
yards from the championship tees. but
1t makes up in thickness and flneSse
what 1t may lack in extreme length.
Under present weather conditions it
may become a course for the shorter
hitters who specialize in accuracy
around the putting green rather than
those who revel in the lengthy wallops
from the tee and who convert 400-yard
holes into drive-and-pitch affairs.
But whatever the course conditions
the coming championship, one of the
two major golf events left to be played
about the Capital this month, is sure to
be an outstanding tournament The
Middle Atlantic always is that The
medal round will be held on Wednesday
and Thursday, with the first two
match-play rounds scheduled for Fri
day, and the semi-final and final rounds
carded for Saturday. Entries will close
at pm. tomorrow with w, r. Mccall
lum, secretary of the association, and
must be accompanied by the entry fee
of SO.