Evening star., 1946-09-09
as Proves Bad Year
As Club Golf Champs
Fail 10 Keep Titles

ScoSo'i oAi Siup CiidulplOlS, ask Bill
Wenzel at Kenwood, Volney Bur-
nett at Indian Spring, Harry Pitt
at Manor, Bobby Brownell or Ralph
Bogart at Chevy Chase, Howard
Nordlinger at Woodmont, the three
co-favorites at Washington Avia-
ton, and others. They have been
the choices In the club title tourna-
ments that have been played or
currently are in progress. and there's
not a l946 club champion among
them.
Dick Kreuzburg, the ex-Marine
sergeant, spent a busy week end
In upsetting last years champion
and the runnerup in the first and
second matches in the Kenwood
Club championship to pull one Of
the neatest giant-killing acts of the
season. Kreuzburg ousted Wenzel,
the 1945 titlist and favorite in the
first round, and yesterday went
10 holes to dispose of Bill Briggs
with one. over par golf.
Kreuzburg was joined by James
Martinson, Maury Fitzgerald and
Charley Price in the semifinals Of
a tournament that now is wide open.
Other Favorites Beaten.
In club title tournaments held
earlier in the season, Volney Bur-
nett was beaten in the third round
of the Indian Spring tournament
the week after he scored an i'm
presSive triumph in the Middle At
lantic amateur. In the Chevy Chase
tournament, the club members
couldn't decide between BroWnell or
Bogart as to their choice, so John
Brawner settled it by stepping In
to win the title. Nordlinger was
favored to score his ''umpteenth"
triumph at Woodmont, but Dave
Workman is the present champion.
At Washington Aviation, Pro
Harry Griesmer named either Med
alist E. D. Hurley, Comdr. w. T.
Tarrant or John Leavell as the
likely champion. The final round
match will be held next week with
G. C. Rittenhouse and Tom Man
ming playing for the title. Qualify
ing rounds were held at Army Navy
yesterday and the co-medalists
were DR.. E. j. Cummings, Comdr. j.
Vim, jr., and Col. C. H. Pottenger,
all outsiders. Harry Pitt ran into
an eight on the back nine at Manor
and failed to qualify for a tourna-
ment he has won a number of
times.
Most of the clubs will determine
a 1946 champion before the month
is out, but if one of the favorites
comes through-it will be the first
one this season.
Belle Haven Fails to Qualify.
Belle Haven was forced to send
three alternatives on its six-man
team that competed in the Virginia
State team championship yester-
day at the Pennington Club in
Charlottesville and the Alexandria
club finished well down the list in
the morning qualifying round. Col.
Ben Schriever was low for Belle
Haven with en 80. The host Farm
ington team and Boonesboro of
Lynchburg qualified for the final.
1T" Gibraski stuck to his ruling
OF no post entries in the District
public links championship despite a
number of requests to let down
the bars yesterday, and thus the
original field Of 6s played qualifying
rounds today. ~.
Pro Al Houghton was host today
to the pros and amateurs in one
of the Maryland State Golf Asso-,
ciation's three e-in-dne events 4.at
Prince Georges, a pro-amateur, pro
sweepstakes and amateur sweep
stakes. The Press Club golfers were
to crown champion at Indian
Spring while the women golfers
opened club championship play at
Manor, Washington G. & C. c..
Columbia and Kenwood.