Evening star., 1941-10-14
Day Is Past When One
Player Could Rule
With Iron Hand
Burnett, Skinker, Nolan
Given Places Among
Foremost Quintet
BY WALTER McCALLUM.


year. mean the job of picking the
top man in local amateur golf. For
good many years around town one
man has stood out above the other
simon-pures, winning so many cute
little mugs and SO many tourna-
ments that there hasn't been any
question as to the top man. Roland
Mackenzie, George Voigt, Gene Vim
son, Roger Peacock, Bobby Brownell
Ralph Bogart and Bill Shea, all
have been the No. l man around
Washington in past years, but each
one of them made it easy. They
won enough in their good years to
leave no doubt at the time as to the
top linksman.
This year it is different. We have
two good amateurs around town,
heading a group of fairly good simon
pures But Bobby Brownell and
Ralph Bogart stand out. They domi-
mated every tournament in which
they played, winning all of the
affairs between them. Name a big
amateur tourney held in this sector
in 1941 and with one exception) all
fell either to BroWnell or Bogart.
The exception was the Maryland
State amateur championship, won
by Volney Burnett.
Gather Lots of Laurel.
Between them Brownell and
Bogart accounted for the following
local and sectional affairs BrowneI,
Middle Atlantic amateur champion
ship. Maryland open championship,
Bannockburn invitation with Hank
RUSSELL. Bogart-District amateur
championship third time), Chevy
Chase and Congressional invitation
affairs. In addition, Brownell won
the Southern intercollegiate title,
while Bogart went up to Pine Valley,
N. j., and won the invitation event
from a good field.
But Bogart did not win a tourna-
ment in which Brownell played,
while Brownell won the Middle At
lantic amateur and the Maryland
open in which Bogart competed and
also the Bannockburn best-ball af-
fair. BroWnen didn't play in a
tourney after midrAugust Uncle
Sam reached out and grabbed him
for an important job He didn't try
for the National Amateur title,
much as he wanted to play in the
tourney. Nor did he play in the
District amateur, or at Congress
sional. Brownell and Bogart did not
meet during the season.
Here is the way the rankings of
the amateurs line up this year, based
on the records of the season: No. l
Bobby Brownell, Manor. Won
Southern intercollegiate, Middle At
lantic, Maryland open and Bannock-
burn invitation.
No. Ralph Bogart. Chevy Chase. |
Won District amateur championship
third time in row: won Invitation |
tournaments at Chevy Chase, Con-
gressional and Pine Valley.
No. 3-Volney Burnett. Indian
Spring. Won the Maryland amateur
championship and competed in lit
tie else. But that win rates him
third.
No. 4+Earle Skinker. Columbia !
Medalist and runnerup in Congress |
sional invitation tourney. Semi
finalist District amateur champion
ship.
No. 5-Parker Nolan, Congress
sional. Runnerup District amateur
championship.
Brownelrs Victory Outstanding.
Outstanding amateur links feat |
OF the season-Bobby Brownell's
win of the Maryland open cham
nionship, with scores of 69-67-136 /
to set tournament record Brown
ellis victory in the Old Line State
open marks the first amateur win .
since the days of the Corkran .
brothers. Those who saw that last |
nine duel with Andy Gibson will not |
18th green which won the tourney.
Another outstanding accomplish
ment was Bogart's march to his
third District championship He
came from behind to whip Parker
Nolan In the final with a brace of
brides on the finishing holes
What Of Roger Peacock. Claude
Rippy, Charley Malone, Gene Pitt |
man, Billy Houghton, Joe Balestri
and a few other good amateurs
around town? Peacock didn't play
enough competitive golf to be
ranked. He was a second flight
qualifier in the District champion
ship. and was licked in that flight.
Rippy played in only one individual
affair-at Chevy Chase-where he
lost in the second round Pittman
won the Congressional champion
ship. and Malone and Balestri con-
sistentlv were good. Houghton won
his club title at Bannockburn.