Evening star., 1936-12-20

Rlppy, municipal Inks star. SeCtlng
q new record of 274 for the public
links championship. Rippy easily
qualified for the national public links
tourney on Long Island and went on
to the final, where he fell before Pat
Abbott of California. Rippy later de-
feated Abbott in a special match at
East Potomac Park, and Rippy sub
sequently qualified for the national
amateur title tourney, along with
seven other Washington Simon-pures.
Other Qualifiers.
OTHERS who qualified were Brown
" ell, Roger Peacock, Levi Yoder,
Gene Pittman. Tommy Webb. Volney
Burnett and Forrest Thompson. Pea
cock and Yoder went to the third
round, with Peacock defeating DR..
William Tweddell, British Walker Cup
team captain. in the opening round.
Four Washington pros qualified for
the national open title at BaltuSrol
in June, and Witty Cox, Kenwood
pro, finished in a tie for fifth place
with a 72-hole total of 28S. good
enough to have won a dozen open
championships. but six shots above
the record, 282, registered by Tony
Manero. Leo Walper. Mel Shorey
and Bob Barnett, other local qualiflers.
all failed to get into the final So holes
in the tourney.
At Columbia, in the sectional quail
ification rounds for the amateur
championship, Roger Peacock set
new amateur record of 81, and won
= the medal with 36-hole score of
140. The same Peacock had spec
tacular squirt in defense of his Dis
trict amateur championship. He
came home over the par IS last nine
in 81 to beat Billy Dettweiler and
played the same nine in 80 to win
from Louis Fuchs. when he was 4
down with Z to play.
Women Golfers Score Heavily.
IN THE womens field, one OF the
high spots of the year was the "A
shot at Beaver Dam by Helen Dett-
weller in a play-of of a tie for low
gross in The Evening Star Cup tour
ney. Helen went to the final in the
District championship at Congress
sional, where she was beaten by Mrs.
Betty Meckley. outstanding woman
golfer of the year. Mrs. Meckley also
won the Maryland State title, but lost
her Middle Atlantic crown to Mrs. E.
Boyd Morrow of Baltimore.
Mildred (Babe) Didrikson. famed
Texas athlete, made two visits to the
Capital, and broke course records
wherever she went. Among her rec
ords were a 73 at Congressional, rs
at Chevy Chase, declared by Bob Bar
nett TO be the finest round Of golf
he ever had seen woman play, and
q rs at Washington.
One of the high spots Of the year
from the women's angle, was the rise
of Marion Brown, young Manor star,
to a top position among the women
golfers of the city. Miss Brown won
the Times Cup, among other good |
scoring feats. Congressional Country |
Club women won the first and third |
team matches, while the second team |
matches went to Beaver Dam.
Winners in Mems Meets.
MEMS tournaments were won as
A'A follows: Chevy Chase invitation,
Ralph D. Quinter; Baltimore Coun- |
try Club invitation, Volney G. Bur-
nett; Middle Atlantic championship, |
Levi Yoder, Inter-departmental cham |
pionship, Tommy Webb; Maryland |
State team championship. won by |
Chevy Chase Club; Maryland State |
amateur, won by Spencer Overton;
District amateur and District junior,
won by Bobby Brownell; Maryland |
father and son, j. v. Brownell and |
Bobby Brownell; Middle Atlantic
Junior. won by Billy Shea.
Club championships were won as
follows: Chevy Chase, Page Hufty;
Washington, Ralph S. Fowler; Con-
gressional, M. Parker Nolan; Ban
nockburn, william Pendergast; Co
lumbia, Miller B. Stevinson: Army
Navy, Maj. Richard K. Sutherland;
Indian Spring, Volney G. Burnett:
Manor Club, Bobby Brownell; Argyle,
Jack Olmstead; Beaver Dam, Forrest |
Thompson; Kenwood, Levi Yoder:
Woodmont, Lou Harris.
Title for Western High.
GEORGE TOWN UNIVERSITIES
golf team, with high hopes of a
successful season, finished far down
the List In the Eastern intercollegiate
League.
Western High School. captained by
Billy Shea, again won the Dawes
Cup and Shea won the individual title.
Kiwanis beat Rotary in q team
match and claims the business team
title.
Newspaper sports writer's held
their annual divot-lifting contest at
the Army War College for the Gle
land Cup, where Bob Considine
stunned the world with his 81.
GETS PREP GRID TITLE.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, December 10
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