Evening star., 1939-06-05
BY WALTER McCALLUM.


time over the course that will see all
the big names of golf chasing Ralph
Guldahl and Sammy Snead for the
1889 open championship later in the
week were four qualiflers from
Washington. Leo Walper, the big
driving range pro from Bethesda,
Md, have been at the Philadelphia
Country Club for five days, but
Frank Cunningham of Burning Tree,
Al Houghton, and Amateur Bobby
BroWnell got their first peek at the
championship layout today. They
found a course tough enough for
any championship, layout where
even the top boys of the game shud-
der at deep rough and enshrouding
woods, and a course where distance
will count heavily. Witty Cox of
Congressional will leave tomorrow
The big show opens Thursday, and
all the local men are veterans Of
previous open title tournaments,
with the exception of BroWnell
Bobby, who played in his first anna
teur championship last fall and did
all right, will be playing in his first
open. And he may do pretty we'll.
The tow-headed Manor boy with the
grooved swing is good competitor
and won't be aWed by the presence
of the big names of the game.
Bogart Out of Junior.
In way it's shame that Ralph
Bogart, the current ball of fire
among the high school youngsters,
won't be able to play in the District
junior championship to be held
over his home course at Army Navy
June %, 20 and 30. It's a shame
because Ralph would be the out
standing favorite on his own layout
"a course he has played in So, and
one on which he is a co-holder Of
the course record. But Ralph is
barred, along with last years champ
Dick Meyer-because both of them
are over 18.
The championship tourney, an
nounced today by the District Golf
Association, is only for youngsters
who haven't reached their 18th
birthday. Entries will be taken by
DR.. w. c. Barr, secretary of the as
sociation, up to pm. Saturday,
June "a.
Bogart, who has jumped into the
forefront of schoolboy golfers this
year with loud bang, polished up
the Metropolitan Schoolboy Cham
pionship Cup today to hang along-
side other trophies he has won, and
at the same time looked ahead to
the Middle Atlantic championship
next week, where he is hailed as
one of the leading lights among
the youngsters. Ralph did work.
manlike job Of winning the met"
schoolboy title, knocking out Carroll
Willett with one-over-par II in
the semi-final round at Washing
ton yesterday, and then polishing
of carrot-top Earle Skinker. a team
mate from Wilson High School, by
and 4 in the final. Skinker had
reached the final by 2-and-1 vic
tory over George Vass of Western.
Young Willett started like a wild
man against Bogart, getting bird
8 on the first hole, and sinking a
6iron shot for an ace on the 155-
yard second. But after that the
steadiness of the new champ told,
and Ralph romped home with a
4and-2 win.
Fowler Wins Washington Title.
Still another Ralph-this time
Ralph Fowler, former preXy of the
District Golf Association and chair
man of the Washington Club Golf
Committee-won a championship at
Washington as he sWamped Maj.
E. A. Argo in the final of the club
title event by 7 and 6. Fowler was
up at the end of the first 18 holes
with IS and increased his margin
as the match went along. Winners
of the other flights: Second, j. B.
Heron defeated R. T. Harrell, up;
D. E. Lee defeated A. G. Dezendorf,
4 and 3; Guy B. Shepard defeated
w. H. Phillips, 2 up.
Hung up on the big mahogany
plaque for the Cummings Cup today
at Columbia are the names of the
latest winners of the two-man
team championship trophy-George
F. Miller and Martin F. Mccarthy.
And how hot they were as they sub
dued the Army duo of Maj. j. R.
Francis and Capt. F. L. Parks by
3 and 2. Miller with a fiat 70 and
Mccarthy with II, teamed like a
well-matched pair of Percherons to
score a subpar 80 for the last nine
and win going away.
The gross prize in the mixed
Scotch foursome tourney went to
Col. and Mrs. G. E. Stratemeyer
with 70. Second gross went to Maj.
and Mrs. Barney Giles, with 88. Net
prizes were won by Mrs. Briggs Sim
pich and Martin r. West with II
and Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Fisher
with Y.
Feminine golfers of the Army
Navy Country Club were competing
today in the annual Hume Peabody