Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
George J. Voigt, GoIfing Star,
Seriously Hurt in Auto Crash
Skull Fractured
In Accident Which
Happened Week Ago

George J. Voigt. former District
and Middle Atlantic golf champion
member Of two Walker Cup team,
and at one time a high-rankine
international star, is in Mercy Hos.
pital, Baltimore, in a serious condi-
ton with a fractured skull, tht
result Of an automobile accident 8
week ago. News of the accident
became known today.
Mr.. Voigt, who at one time wa.
the almost undisputed king Of anna.
teur golfers in the Middle Atlantic
territory, was on his way to Wash.
ington from his New York home Il
visit his father, who is ill here. DR.
George A. Baker, a friend, explained
that Mr.. Voigt and his wife, in theil
automobile, were stopped at traf.
fic light on the outskirts of Balti.
more, when a car. driven at fast
pace, hit their car from behind
Mr.. Voight was thrown out of hi.
machine, striking the pavement or
his head. and several of Mrs. Voigt's
teeth were broken.
X-Ray Reveals Fracture.
Subsequent X-rays. taken al
Mercy Hospital. disclosed that Mr.
Voigt has a skull fracture, and is in
a dangerous condition. He will be
in the hospital at least six weeks.
For q stretch of more than q
decade Mr.. Voigt ranked as one OF
the foremost amateur links stars OF
the world. His start was modest
He spent part Of his early years as
a typewriter repair man in the
Treasury Department. A keen stu
dent of golf since his caddie days
on the course of the old Columbia
Country Club in Brightwood, Voig1
practiced before and after work al
East Potomac Park.
He first came into local promi-
hence with a victory in the Chevy
Chase invitation tournament about
1925. Then followed in quick sue
ceSsion series Of victories thai
quickly placed him high on the
ladder of links achievements. He
won the District and Middle Allan
tic Golf Association championships
repeating in both. He won all the
invitation tournaments arounc
Washington and Baltimore, mixing
victories in these affairs with cam
paigns further afield.
Won North and South.
ITa ,,,o.. ,l,a Nn,+l, opJ Coptl, n ~, q
teur championship at Pinehurst. IL
a stretch of victories that included
some Is consecutive tournaments
Mr.. Voigt left Washington for New
York in the spring of 1928. He wor
the qualifying medal in the Nationa
Amateur championship of 1928 a
Boston, and the next year went t
the semifinal. falling on the 39tr
hole before Harrison r. Johnston
Mr.. Voigt went abroad in 1880 witt
the United States Walker Cup team
which defeated the British, to /
In that year Mr.. Voigt missed hi.
greatest chance for fame Bobby
Jones. then ranked the worlds lead
ing golfer. was in the middle of his
rush to win the four major cham
pionships. He met Mr.. Voigt in the
British amateur championship al
ST. Andrews. Mr.. Voigt was 2 uI
with to 60, but Bobby won on the
18th green and went on to win all
the ma jor titles in an unprecedented
feat known as the grand slam
Mr.. Voigt has played in most OF
the amateur championship since
1927, and again in 1882 was mem
Der of the Walker Cup team. He
went to the semifinal in the United
States amateur title tourney al
Garden City, Long Island.