Evening star., 1939-06-11
Mid-AtIantic Tourney
Biggest Golf Test
OF Season Here
Greiner Defends Title
This Week Against
Classy Lineup

Biggest title golf tournament Of
the year around the Capital, and
one which probably will draw the
largest entry list of all the major
affairs here in 1899, comes up this
week at the wellgroomed course
of the Chevy Chase Club, where
select field of amateurs will
gather to compete in the 35th
Middle Atlantic Golf Association
amateur championship.
A field headed by Otto Greiner,
the lantern -jawed chap from Balti-
more. who won handily last year at
Charlottesville, and including every
amateur of note in this sector, will
face Starter Bob Barnett Wednes-
day in the l8-hole qualifying round.
The mid-Atlantic is played like an
invitation tourney, over three days,
although there has been agitation
for a 36-hole final round. Entries
for the affair close tomorrow at
Chevy Chase. The entry fee is 50.
Amateur Pro Event Slated.
Preceding the tournament open
ing an amateur-pro event will be
held at Chevy Chase Tuesday, with
all pros in this sector invited to
bring along one amateur partner, to
play from scratch for purse which
may total $3.50
Through the years stretching back
to 1905, when the Middle Atlantic
Golf Association held its first
championship, distinguished group
of linksmen have won the title.
Dominated almost exclusively by
Washington players through the
early years of its history, the tourney
didn't see a single Washington vic
tory from 1928 to 1886, when Levi
Yoder won at Five Farms, Here
are the former champions of the
sectional association: 1905, DR.. l..
Lee Harlan; 1906. R. J. Baldwin,
1907, Walter R. Tuckerman; 1908,
F. Oden Horstmann 1909, John C.
Davidson; 1910. H. Lennox Bond,
Sd; 1911. DR.. L. Lee Harlan, 1912,
Edward P. Brooke; 1913, William c..
Ballantyne; 1914 George Small;
1915, John C. Davidson; 1916 Will
liam c. Ballantyne: 1917, patriotic
event won by Norbet A. Dempsey;
| 1918. patriotic event won by Thomas
w. Sasscer; 1919, D. c. Clarke Cork
ran 1920, Allen Lee Hawse; 1921,
B. Warren Corkran: 1922, T. w.
| Sasscer: 1923, Albert R Mackenzie; ];
1924 R. Cliff McKimmie; 1925,
Roland R. Mackenzie; 1926 and
1927, George j. Voigt; 1928, Harry
G.. Pitt; 1929, B. Warren Corkran
1880 and 1881, William R Howell;
1882. Ernest l.. Caldwell; 1888. David
B. Crook; 1884, Robert Riegel; 1885,
Morton J. Mccarthy; 1886 S. Levi
Yoder: 1887 William L. Shea; 1888,
Otto Greiner.
Father Son Battle as Epic.
The championship comes to Chevy
Chase for the first time in l6 years
and you wonder. as you look over
the list of champions, if the one
coming up will pack anything like
the drama of the 1923 affair. In the
final of that one Albert r. Mac
Kenzie, then one of the top golfers
of the town. and his son. Roland
one of the best amateurs ever turned
out around Washington. worked
their way to the final Coming to
the 18th Roland was l down. He
canned a 35-footer across the 18th
green for a winning bird. The same
thing happened on the 18th. but
this time it was Albert who holed
the big putt-and the winning one
Let that be a lesson to you said
Albert, as he shook hands with his
boy you've got many champion
ships ahead of you. so don't try tc
keep me out of this one"
You may not have such drama as
this family championship final COM
ing out of the championship this
week. But you will see the best
golfers of this sector gathered there
at Chevy Chase. Such boys as Bill
ly Shea, Otto Greiner, Bobby Brown
ell and Billy Dettweiler didn't play
in the Chevy Chase invitation tour.
ney in May But they will be ir
there pitching this week for the
mid Atlantic And one of them car
win.
Claude Rippy has won the las
two Chevy Chase tournaments, bu
it may we'll be different story thi!
week with the youngsters in there
They were too busy with school af'
fairs to play last month.