Evening star., 1939-05-04
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

That winning combination Of last
year, surprise pair Of men we'll
over 40 years of age, who proved
themselves the top best-ball duo in
the State of Maryland are split up
this year for the. two-ball golf
championship of the State, which
opens at Indian Spring next Sunday.
Leroy Sasscer, the tall, paunchy
fellow with the delicate touch on
the putting green, and Elliott Spicer,
the f1re-and-faI-back gent, won't be
able to defend the crown they won
last year. Sasscer now is member
of Kenwood and Spicer hasn't been
named on one of the teams which
will represent Indian Spring in the
tourney for the Hearst trophy.
In their place the top team from
Indian Spring-and tough team it
isis Buddy Sharkey, the club
champion, and Roger Peacock. You
could search long and hard around
the town and you would be up
against it to find a links combina-
ton rugged enough to lick this pair.
They should breeze through, even
though you never can tell about
golf game. Indian Springs second
combination will be Claude Rippy,
the erstwhile Congressional star and
former links champ, and Jock
Olmstead. Substitutes will be
Charley Malone, the Redskin end,
and Dick Melvin, the fellow who
peddles high-power spirits and on
the side happens to be a pretty
good golfer.
Local Clubs Not Enthusiastic.
Not so many of the local clubs
have entered teams in the two-ball
affair. Parker Nolan and DR..
Howard Smith appear a tough
pair from Congressional, even
though that club may enter Billy
Shea and Billy Dettweiler. Other
local teams entered are: Beaver
Dam-John r. Miller and Eddie
Bean, Everett johnson and Forrest
Thompson; Capital-George Malloy
and Billy Houghton, Frank White
and Bill Pendergast, with Ken
Spencer and Jack Phelan as alter
mates; Argyle-A. E. Willmet and
M. Cooper, Nolan Gibson and Bill
Flannery, with F. L. Williams and
Ray Amsden as alternates: Kenwood
j. O. Bergelin and j. w. Harvey,
Leroy Sasscer and c. F. Watson, with
w. Harvey and c. R. Lucas as
alternates.
All in all, it looks a rugged
bunch of boys in the coming tourna-
ment, with more than a chance for
an upset by Spencer Overton and
Erford Barnes, the Rolling Road
duo who happen to be plenty tough
in their own right.
Public Match Sunday.
That East Potomac Park-Rock
Creek Park golf match will come of
next Sunday, and the boys now are
laying in the bets for what may turn
into one of the incest little feuds
ever arranged between a group of
golfers. Tommy Doerer. East Po-
tomac Park golf promoter. has
named the following team for the
match at his home course: Mel
Shorey (pro), Doerer, Jim Gipe, Gus
Kupka. Lou Spangler, Bill Marcy,
Jack Mccarthy (captain) and Joe
Micker.
Against them will be arrayed the
following team as chosen by B.
Harry Graham. Rock Creek Park
manager: Al Price professionally :,
Andy Olveri. Gail Holmes. Tom
Cook, Don Sullivan, Joe Rodgers,
Bill Nealis and George Graham.
The match will start around l
o'clock, and all the boys are cocky
about their chances to win. A return
engagement will be played later in
the year at Rock Creek Park.
Moore Memorial Scheduled.
Quite gathering of feminine
golfers will take place at Indian
Spring tomorrow for the opening
field day of the Indian Spring Club
for women. Main event will be the
competition for the Mrs. Tom Moore
Memorial trophy. with two prizes