Evening star., 1941-02-09
Manor Club S Moose
Vice President Of
Three Bodies
GIories Most in Chevy
Chase Cups; Rain Hits
Coast Tournaments
Nv WALTER McCALLUM.


irtroductions around Washington
Harry G. Pitt of the Manor Club,
the man who this year is vice
president of the three major sec
tional golf associations operating
around Washington.
1t is a unique distinction Harry
has, that of serving in single year
as an active officer of three golf
organizations. In between his null
tifarious jobs. Harry does the chore
of handling the golf Craftsmanship
at Manor.
Pitt is first vice president of the
Middle Atlantic Golf Association,
and will be president next year,
when the championship tournament
comes to Manor. He is vice preSl-
dent of the Maryland State Golf
Association and second vice presi-
dent of the District Golf Associa-
tion. He will become president of
the latter organization in 1943, under
the usual rotation.
Of course, it hasn't been so many
years back that Harry Pitt, now a
links administrator, was getting his
name into the headlines as a tour
nament winner. Around the latter
part of the 20's and the early years
of the last decade, you could name
almost any big links affairs around
Washington and you'd either find
Harry in the thick of the scrap for
the winners prize or competing as
q past winner.
Chevy Chase. Columbia, Congress
sional. Washington, Indian Spring
all held Journeys in those days, and
Harry won them all at various times.
He also was hot shot in the Bal
timore Journeys. He retired one big
Baltimore Country Club invitation
tournament main prize.
Covets Chevy Chase Trophies.
But of all his scores of silver mugs,
Harry is proudest of three chunks
of silver won at the Chevy Chase
Club. He is the only amateur who
has won the Chevy Chase invitation
tourney for the Taft and Sherman
Trophies three years in row. Those
victories came when he was at his
peak, in the years 1923, 1929 and
1880, He played and won what I'M
doubtedly was one of the great anna
teur matches around Washington, a
contest in which he met Maurice
j. Mccarthy, then the intercollegiate
champion. 1t was played in 1928 at
Chevy Chase, and Harry won up.
In doing it he scored a holed-out
68. Mccarthy was SO, exactly par.
Pitt is around IS years of age, and
admits that his winning years as
a top amateur golfer are behind
him. But the Manor moose" when
he was at his peak, was the best
around town. He won the Middle
Atlantic and District champion
ships and everything else. Today he
has his occasional good rounds, but
he nowadays doesn't like to train
for competition. Always a slow
starter. who fought best from be-
hind he doesn't practice to keep
his game in the groove.
L don't feel up to working too
hard he says. And probably the
youngsters would be too good if I
did" But Harry had his days. He
set up in those days a winning rec
or equaled only by one man in this
town. That man, of course, is
George J. Voigt.
Coast Dates All Wet.
These reports you hear from the
California pro tournaments about
the bad weather during the season
when the pros play there on the
winter circuit aren't all hokum. Roy
H. Pickford, Washington-born
golfer, who lives in California, and
is secretary of one Of the big aSso-
cations on the coast, says California
pro events are scheduled during the
worst weather period of the year at
Los Angeles, Frisco and other spots.
January is the rainy month
there" Roy said on visit to Wash
ington. Il don't know why they
hold tournaments during that time"
From the sWank Indian Greek Club
Of Miami Beach, comes a note signed
tY Eddie Stevens, assistant pro at
Manor, building up girl named
Louise Suggs of Lithia Springs, Ga,
sS the coming Woman's champion
of the United States.
Eddie is visiting Clagett Stevens
his brother-at Indian Greek. I've
never seen a more beautiful swing in
my life" said Stevens. Nor finer
pivot
Feminine golfers will meet Febru-
airy 13 at Kenwood to go over de-
tails Of their budget for 1941 The
next meeting, slated for late Febru-
cry. will be given over to arrange
ment of the tournament schedule
The slate will be arranged by the
middle of March and announced
little later when the budget books
are printed. Team matches will
start late in April.