Evening star., 1941-10-06
Columbia Linksmen
Open Tournament
For Club Title
D. c. Women Seek N. A.
Crown at Five Farms;
Churest Is Winner

Columbia Country Club opened its
mems title golf tourney today,
with about so players due to start
in a qualifying round, to wind up
tomorrow. Match plays will start
Wednesday for the title won last
year by Martin F. Mccarthy.
Today at the classic Five Farms
course of the Baltimore Country
Club a small group of Washington
women were playing in the medal
round of the Middle Atlantic. cham
pionship. The pros competed in
one of their usual sweepstakes and
pro-amateur affairs at Woodmont.
Next week they'll stage their annual
Middle Atlantic P. G. A. title tour
ney at Richmond.
Meanwhile another title seems
about to fall into the lap of tall
Ralph Bogart. For three years now
the District champ also has held
the title at the Army Navy Coun-
try Club. He has reached the final
round in the tournament again.
where he will oppose Mai. J. C.
Ramsey, probably next Sunday.
Charest Southpaw Champion.
Clarence NJ. Charest, who used to
hold the national senior tennis
championship, although he has but
one arm, is the new southpaw cham
pion of the Columbia Country Club.
Charest, a model athlete although
past so years of age, won the first leg
on the Heurich trophy yesterday
with 86-20-66. The gross award
went to Col. A. w. Vanaman with
IS. Other net leaders we're: G. I.
James, 92-2468; c. j. Lenard,
942+7O, and L. R. Edminster,
88-18-70.
At Indian Spring S. B. Maize won
the senior tourney with card of
92-21-71. H. N. Graves, sr., with
106-33-73, tied with DR.. B. Cuvil-
Iier, who had 90-17-73.
John o. Bergelin and Dallas bort
led a good field in the qualifying
round for the two-man team cham
pionship at Kenwood with a g.
under-par 81. Next were Chuck
Redick, prexy of the Federal Golf
Association, who paired with Club
Champion Joe Wilson to score 68.
Don Pollock and Bob Fuchs had 73.
Mrs. Betty P. Meckley and George
o. Vass, jr., finished all even in their
semi-final match in the mixed four
some championship at Kenwood
with Mrs. w. c. Surratt and R. K.
Benner. H. N. Graves, jr., won the
delayed playof of the second flight
in the club championship.
Taft Wins Presidents Trophy.
Eric Taft won the Presidents
Trophy at the Chevy Chase Club,
defeating Don De Veau, and 3, in
the final.
Maurice Palmer won a selected
nine-hole tourney at Washington
with card of 40-8-32. Tied for
second were Harry E. Radcliffe, 80
6-33, and w. F. Nelson, 43-1O-33.
Three matches were completed in
the two-man tourney for the Har-
rell Trophy as follows: John C.
Holzberg and E. T. Rice defeated
j. T. Kirchner and P. B. Patteson
l up, 81 holes; L. Franklin, jr., and
Paul Campbell beat DR.. w. r. Nc
Lister and AL Edmonds, 7 and 6:
j. S. Baldwin and Don Lee beat
A. G. Dezendorf and Ken Haynes,
5 and 3.
Dick Mothershead won the play
off of tie for the club champion
ship qualifying round at Argyle,
shooting rs to lick A. E. Willmette.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Remey won a
husband-and-wife tourney at Bea-
yer Dam with 188-35-153. Other
net winners were Mr.. and Mrs. Lew
Libby, 188-29-159, and Mr.. and
Mrs. C, B. Hartman, 199-40-159.
The gross award went to Mr.. and
Mrs. c. T. Frownfelter with 1873.
Mrs. Grace Long and Jack Nc
Carthy won a mixed foursome event
at East Potomac Park with 80. Sec
ond were Mrs. Olive Smith and
Bernie McCann with Q5