Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-12
Bogart's Links Surge
Greatest Surprise
Among Amateurs
Spencer Mork-Mokinq
Star; Betty MeckIey
Sets New STANDARD
BY WALTER McCALLIJM.

by WALTER MCCALLUM.
The year 1899 won't go down in
the record books as one overly pro-
ductive of course record breaking
but it will be recorded as one in
which some outstanding scoring
feats were accomplished. Among
the entries, the name of Cliff Spen-
Ger, the tall Beaver Dam pro, stands
out prominently. Cliff managed to
set a couple of course records, but
his finest feat was his 72-hole total
Of 283 to win the Middle Atlantic
p. G. A. tournament at Columbia
Here are some of the outstand-
Ing scoring stunts of the year:
A course record of 81 for the par
70 Beaver Dam by Cliff Spencer.
A record of 81 for the l8-hole
course at East Potomac Park, also
made by Spencer
A new course record of 60 for
Belle Haven Country Club by Witty
Cox.
Snead's Record Is Best.
The one which tops all others-a
IS made by Sam Snead at Con-
gressional to lower the course record
by several shots.
A 60 made by Rut Coffey in a
high wind at Chevy Chase only a
few days ago.
A sc made by Bobby Brownell at
Manor.
A 68 by Otto Greiner of Baltimore
to come from behind to win the
Middle Atlantic junior champion
ship.
Outstanding surprise of the year,
from the championship angle, was
the victory of young Ralph Bogart
In the District amateur champion
ship. A year ago Ralph was only
another kid golfer; a good one, but
far from champion. Yet never has
a champion performed better or
more consistently to win the District
title than Bogart did at Burning
Tree. where he downed former
champion Billy Shea in the final
round.
Bogart certainly is one of the
coming young linksmen of Wash
ington and we'll can be the outstand-
ing amateur star in years to come.
New Rivalry Looms.
Along with Bobby Brownell the
youngster looms as the brightest
simon-pure star around the Capital.
The rivalry between these two
youngsters next summer may bring
back a rivalry similar to the one of
Is years back between Roland Mac
Kenzie and George Voigt when these
two crack golfers were winning
everything in sight. But probably
no amateur around this town ever
will attain the consistent skill at
winning that Voigt had. He won
something like % tournaments in a
row without licking and something
over 100 matches. These included
victories in the North and South
tourney and in other important
events.
Bogart contributed his share to
the scoring stunts of the year. The
tall youngster shot 60 to win the
qualifying round in the Indian
Spring championship. You don't
often hear of that being done in
medal play.
Among the women no course rec
ords were set away down there in
the middle 7Os. but Betty Meckley
set a record of 70 for the tricky
Woodmont course. Big surprise of
the year, of course, was the victory
OF Mrs. Walter R. Stokes in the Mid
die Atlantic championship at WASH
ington, where Mrs. Stokes beat de-
Tending champion Marion Brown in
the final. That, along with the win
OF the District championship by Mrs.
Leo Walper, ranks as the outstand-
Ing surprise of the year in feminine
golf.
Marion Brown Stars.
Marion Brown, the girl of the year
IN 1888, took it on the chin this year
Marion won the Mid-Atlantic and
the District titles in 1888 and lost
both of them this year, although she
was a flnalist in both tournaments.
But Marion did contribute one of
the brightest bits of golf any WASH
1ngton woman ever accomplished. It
happened at Washington Golf and
Country Club last month. Marion
entered the last nine of a semifinal
match in the Mid-Atlantic tourney
3 down to Mrs. Meckley. She came
home over that difficult stretch in
SO strokes to win on the last hole.
Mems par for the last nine is IS,
so you can see that Marion played
a lot of golf.
She also put on a fine show in
the Women's National tourney,
where she licked the six-time cham
pion, Glenna Collett Ware, and lost
to Maureen circuit only after %
holes had been played.
Marion Brown will rank high
among women golfers for years to
come and she again can win every
thing IN sight and have a big year
as she had in 1888.
Snead's Play Rare Treat.
Sam Snead's record-breaking IS
at Congressional was rare treat
to those privileged to watch the
round. Sam came to Washington to
play in the sectional qualification
rounds for the National Open. At
the end of the first round in the So
hole tourney he was in a bad spot,
with "a behind him. Another "a
would have left him out of the
championship.
Realizing his position he turned
on the heat with a vengeance, play
ing the mines over a 6,80O-yard
course in "a and 81. Under pres
sure, knowing that only perfect golf
would do, that performance ranks
as the finest of the year around the
Capital.
Sam also was the goat for the
most dufferish performance of the
year. His on the final hole of the
Open championship at Philadelphia,
where a would have tied, was the
biggest disappointment of the
year.
AIIegony Wins Easily
MART1NSBURG, w. Va. Nov.