Evening star., 1941-05-02
Defending Champions
Peacock and Rippy
Weld Hot Clubs
Cavaliers Hand Terps
Decisive Beoting, 81;
T. Webbs Collect
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

teams entered In the Maryland
State Golf Association four-ball
matches starting Sunday at the
Rolling Road Golf Club. near Bal
timore Another club draws a bye
in the opening round.
Defending champions in the
tourney will be Roger Peacock and
Claude Rippy of Indian Spring, and
If those boys are to be licked in the
five matches to come, ending June 2,
it's hard to see with the naked eye
the pair that will turn the trick.
Roger and Claude happen to be two
of the hottest club-Swingers in this
or any other links sector.
Here are the local pairings for
the opening round, with all matches
to start at l pm. at Rolling Road.
Upper half-Indian Spring No. l,
Claude Rippy and Roger Peacock
VS.. Bonnie View, No. 2, E. Wider
man and Bob Albertus; Beaver Dam
No l, Joe Balestri and John r.
Miller VS.. Baltimore Country Club
No. 2, Bob SWindell and Charles
Dunning; Manor No. l, Dick Meyer
and Mel Shipley VS.. Country Club
of Maryland No. 2, DR.. Ed Slime
bert and Eddie Johnston; Bannock-
burn No. 2, Bill Pendergast and
George Borsari VS.. Suburban Club
No. l, Nathan kaufman, jr., and
Arnold Litman; Kenwood No. 2,
Jack Keele and Charles L. Vaile
VS.. Sparrows Point No. l, Henry
Zouck and Dawson Farber.
Congressional Draws Bye.
Congressional Country Club, which
has not yet named two teams for
the State association matches,
draws bye in the first round. The
second round will be played at
Washington club
Lower half pairingS follow: Ban
nockburn No. !, Billy Houghton and
Ken Spencer VS.. Woodholme No. 2.
Milton Caplan and Al London; Bea-
yer Dam No. 2, James R. Gipe and
Forrest Thompson VS.. Country Club
of Maryland No. l, Otto Greiner
and Robert Sulzer: Manor No. 2,
Earl McAleer and Harry G. Pitt VS..
Hillendale No. l, J. T. Bowling, jr.,
and Robert E. Jones; Indian Spring
No. 2, Lou Harrison and Buddy
Sharkey VS.. Bonnie View No. l,
Spencer Reed and T. c. Carrick.
Virginia Beats Terps.
Maryland University's golf team,
which has had a good record so
far. isn't yet ready for Georgetown,
the Eastern intercollegiate cham
pions. Maryland met Virginia yes
terday at Beaver Dam and abb
sorbed a licking by an 8-to-l count
in match spanked by the fine golf
of Donald Brooks, the national in
tercollegiate champ. who had a Is
over that lengthy course, and the
long hitting of John Battles OF
Charlottesville.
The Virginians were entirely
too strong for the Al Houghton-
coached combination from Col
lege Park Battles, long hitter
from far back, hit some tee shots
that astounded even the Oldest in
habitants at Beaver Dam. He drove
over the second green, $40 yards
from the tee, and drove the edge OF
the sixth green, 337 yards away.
Brooks played his usual smooth
game to lick L. Lehman, Maryland's
No. / man, by a 3-and-2 margin.
Virginia, 3; MsryIand' I,,s.rr
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Battles tVa.), = and l. Best ball-Vir-
ginia, > and !.
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Holmes CMd), and l. Best baN-Vr-
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Virginia, and 3.
Webb-FrizzelI Columbia Winners.
Columbia members held an open
ing day tourney, run off by Fred
Mcleod and Red" Banagan with
their usual aplomb. Tommy Webb,
jr., former club champion, and Paul
j. Frizzen shot 73 to win the gross
award In the two-ball tourney. That
happens to be a chunk of fairly
good scoring. The Webb family
did all right in winning prizes, for
DR.. T. D. Webb, father of Tommy,
and Craig Mckee used only n
puts to win the putting prize.
It's no surprise to his former fell
low members at Washington to
learn that DR.. webb won putting
prize. He used to knock 'em dead
on the practice green at the Vir-
ginia club.
Three pairs tied for first in the
net competition. They were Don
Kneesi and Gene Krewson. 76-8-
So; l.. P. McLachlen and DR.. j. T.
Shaerer, 86-18-68, and H. C. Ames
and j. T. Money, 86-18-68. Top
score for the out nine was the AZ
1872 shot by F. A. Rohrs and l.. r.
EdminSter. Krewson and KneeSi,
with 36-4-32, tied for the leading
score on the second nine, with
James L. Quinn and Frank Bell,
who had 40-8-32.
Feminine golfers and schoolboys
Wed today in a series of team
matches. The women played in
three classes at three clubs, while
the schoolboys had their busiest day
of the season, competing in half a
dozen contests at six clubs.