Evening star., 1942-05-07
Voigt, Jennings Head
Crack Links GROUP
Pacing Tourney
Strong G. A. O. Is Routed
By Leaders; Printers
Remain Near Top
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

More and more the Government
golfers, leagued together in the
match play links championship
sponsored by The Star, realize that
they have this year a genuine
power house team to reckon with
and one that can win by the widest
margin in the five-year history OF
the tournament. This year it's
Treasury's Glass A team which
seems the standout entry and the
one billed as strictly the outfit to
lick for the title of champion of
your Uncle Samuel's palatial Offices
Last year Government Printing
Office did better than workmanlike
job of storming the championship
heights, eliminating in a Septem-
ber sweep of the playoff. This year,
although @. P. o. is getting along
with its work fairly well, the Treas
ury boys are stealing the show. From
where we sit it's hard to see where
any team in Glass A or any other
class can lick 'em.
Voigt Turns on Heat.
Take that General Accounting
Office match at Indian Spring, for
instance. General Accounting Of
flee has some rugged Gnksmen on
It's rolls. The G.. A. o. boys won the
championship few years back, and
they pack considerable punch today.
Yet Treasury whipped them to
for its second straight win. It's first
came at the expense of G.. P. O., the
1941 titleholder.
On that Treasury team, of course,
are such noted linksmen as George
J. Voigt, former champion of this
entire territory; Dick Jennings, the
public links champ who booms the
ball so far from the tee; smooth
swinging Bernie Hallock and against
G. P. o. they played Johnny Miller,
the Prince Georges Club star who
works at the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, part of the Treasury
Miller took the place of E. M. Shafer,
who played in the opening match
Voigt, now around 48 years old,
golfers ever to play an iron shot
from Washington turf. George and
Jennings were having plenty of
trouble with the G. A. o. team of
Don Dudley and Joe Wilson as
would be expected against such a
pair of men. So George, after
mediocre out nine of 40 reached
down and turned the spigot that
called for perfect golf He played
the back nine (par 36) in 33 strokes
and that was that 1t also happens
to be a sample of what that Treas
ury team can do when it needs
points. The upshot of the match
was: Treasury 5, G. A. o. l.
G. p. o. Stays Near Lead.
But Government Printing Office
clinging close to the lead, came back
with a 4 to 2 victory over Recon-
struction Finance Corporation at
Indian Spring and the Treasury "B"
team proved that the boys at the
top aren't the only winners by turn
ing in a Az to 1h victory over
Works Progress Administration at
Belle Haven.
Federal Power Commission, which
took the place of Justice, was able to
turn out only two men for its
initial match and dropped 6 to 0
match to F. B. I. in Glass A The
pourpr Cop7rr11cSjOr1 mon will oct or-
ganized within a few days and can
provide some real opposition. Other
matches found F. B. 1. in Glass B
beating Public Buildings 6 to 0 at
Belle Haven and Agricultural B
team licking War College 512 to y
at the same course. Matches be
tween War and Executive Offices
and Agriculture "A" and War Pro-
.duction Board were postponed.