Evening star., 1941-07-15
Kenwood's Ex.Caddy
Proves Class With
4.Under-Par 1873
Beach One Stroke Back;
Bobby BrowneII Is Top
With Card of l42

though he didn't marry the bosses
daughter. All he did was lick the
boss at his own racket.
Horatio Alger, with his fertile
imagination and his gift of making
virtue its own reward, never painted
a finer success story than that OF
22-year- Lewis Worsham, jr., the
young man who grew up IN the
caddie pen at kenwood few years
ago and who today not only holds an
important club job but also one OF
the major titles in pro golf in this
sector.
Young WorSham. nicknamed
Eagle Beak" by his associates at
Kenwood a few years back, holds
the Baltimore open title, won with
a four-under- score of 1873 over
Baltimores tight little Elkridge
course yesterday, from field which
included most of the links talent
In this territory. He scored rounds
Of 69 and 10 to win by stroke over
Ralph Beach. the Virginia born lad
who now works in Baltimore.
For several years now, since Wor-
sham first qualified for the National
Open championship four years ago,
his professional associates have been
predicting great things in golf for
the likable youngster with the
lantern Jaw and the unhurried golf
game. For the new champ, while
no marvel of speed in shotmaking, is
not TOO slow.
Can Win Maryland Open.
They've been saying that the
youngster would win big one some
day. He has it now, and 1t won't
be the last, for Worsham is a very
good golfer, a lad good enough to
win in almost any company. He
likes the Elkridge course, too, and
can add the Maryland open title to
his new Middle Atlantic P. G.. A
created Baltimore open title when
the Old Line State tournament
comes off at Elkridge next week.
Young Worsham played three
mines of "a in winning the title. On
the other he took a mediocre SO.
Then he took hitch in his jeans
and blasted the final nine for "a,
picking up an eagle and birdie en-
route when nothing but such eX-
cellence would have won.
Washingtonians Win Most Cash.
Washington pros took down a
major slice of the prize dough in
the little tourney staged by the Mid
Atlantic P. G. A. as testimonial to
Jimmy Roche. who has been with
the Elkridge club for SO years. They
won seven of the IA money places,
and not the least deserving of them
all was 5e-year-old Freddie Mcleod,
the Columbia veteran. Handicapped
bv a bad knee which has been giving
him intermittent trouble for two
years Freddie played rounds of 73
and rs for l48 1t landed him in
tie for tenth position with four more,
among them George Diffenbaugh.
Top amateur was Bobby BroWnell,
the Middle Atlantic amateur champ
from Manor, who played like we'll
grooved machine in knitting to-
qether a 4 under par 81 in the
final round for a total Of 142, fol-
lowing a morning round OF Is.
Eddie Semmler, the long-hittlng
Hillendale simon-pure, was second
amateur, with lat. Here is the way
the money was split, with the scores:
Lewis Worsham. jr., Burning Tree,
66-7O-136, SIPS; Ralph Beach,
Baltimore Suburban. Tl-68-l39,
$50: Cliff Spencer, East Potomac
Park. 71-71-142. s32 so; Al Hough-
ton. Beaver Dam, 71-71-l42, s32 80;
Witty Cox, Congressional, 72-7l-
143. $40; Jimmy Roche, Elkrldge,
72-73-145, $3.50: S. Levi 9oder,
Annapolis Roads. 72-73-145, $3.50;
Frank Invernizzi, Clifton Park,
73-73-146, $40; Mel Shorey. Indian
Spring. 72-75-147, $40. One dollar
each went to the following: Fred
Mcleod, George Diffenbaugh, John
Bass Andy Gibson and John ODon-
nell Ray Swearingen OF Columbia
finished fourth amateur at l53. lick
ing District Amateur Champ Raiph
Bogart by a shot.
So Horatio Alger was right. after
all. and virtue will triumph II backed
bv a lot OF skill Particularly IN
golf. Those years of toting heavy
golf bags, of repairing clubs and OF
swinging a golf club endless thou-
sands of times have put Lew Wor-
sham up in the upper crust OF pro
golf in this sector. And the BOY
isn't too far behind the national
parade. At % years the whole future
stretches out, rosy path Leading 10
fame and fortune for any young
ster with well-grooved swing.
sarazen did it, they say Why not
some one else? And why not young
lew Worsham? Oueerer things have
happened. and Worsham right now
u good enough for a big one,
MARYLAND Junior Open Today.
A dozen Washington youngsters,
among them the 1910 Maryland
t,mior champ, we're PLAYING today
At the Roland Park course OF the
baltimore Country Club in the Old
line State Junior open champion
ship. It's a different tourney from
the Maryland junior which is Tor
amateurs only, and for sons of mem
bers or Junior members of Maryland
State Golf Association clubs. This
one is open to all boys under Fl.
Entered from the Capital were the
following youngsters: George 0.
Vass, jr.; Frank Clarke, Earle
skinker, Alton Willett, the latter the
schoolboy champion; Buster Mrstik.
Bill Waggaman, Bobby Suit, Bill
Leapley, and from the golf shops at
Manor and Bradley Hills come Karl
Kuster and Freddie Bolton. Kuster
Is AL Treder's aide at Manor, while
Bolton turned pro few weeks ago
30 take a job under AL Jamison at
Bradley Hills.
Eddie Johnston, the Mid-Atlantic
tunior champ. is the defending title
holder, and can win again.