Evening star., 1946-08-23
Crack Foursomes Fiji
Champions Meet
Slated al Columbia
By MerreII WhittIesev

Well balanced quartets from
Chevy Chase, Kenwood and the host
Columbia Country Club appear to be
the strongest teams entered in the
first Pro-Champions Invitation Golf
tournament Sunday afternoon, ac-
cording to entries released yesterday
by Chris Heurich, jr., chairman Of
the Columbia Golf Committee.
The tournament, which will bring
together foursomes from 10 District
| clubs composed of the professional
mems, women's and senior club
champions. will be the first of it's
kind ever held here, and Columbia
intends to make it an annual affair.
Play will start at 2 o'clock in the
order in which the foursomes are
ready.
| Gen. Bradley in Tourney.
The low total of the medal scores
| of the four players will determine
the winning team. The willing club
will receive the permanent trophy
for one year, plus individual prizes
patterned after cloverleaf, the Of
fetal name of the event.
The senior champions will include
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, veterans
administrator, who will represent
Army Navy. Club titlists scheduled
to compete include Bobby Brownell.
representing Chevy Chase In the alb
sence of John Brawner: Buddy
Bowie of the host club, Claude Rippy
from Washington and 1t. Col. Bern
ard Schriever of Belle Haven. Mrs.
Betty Meckley Is best known of the
women golfers competing.
Clubs Lineups Announced.
The lineups, with the professional,
mems club champion, senior titlist
and women's champion, or their
substitutes, listed in that order:
Army-Navy-Allan Burton, Col Ken
meth Buchanan, Gen. Omar N. Bradley.
Mrs. s. F. Little.
Belle. Haven-Tommy Ryan. 1t. Col.
BeInard Sehreiver j. B. Murphy. Mrs.
Chevy Chase-Charles Bassler. Bobby
srownell, Robert Stead, Mrs. Hugh Nicol-
Congress onal-Warner Gray. DIR. How
ard l, Smith, Jack Mccarron. Mrs. D. H.
Columbia - Fred Mcleod. ]. Tyler
BUDDY Bowie. Clyde Asher, Miss Elinor
F1nckel
Louis W. Watzman, Mrs. K s. Giles.
Kenwood-George Difenbaueh, William
Wenzel. Nicholas Hollander, Mrs. Betty
Manor-Clagett Stevens. Earl MeAleer,
G Ferguson. Mrs; john r. Daily.
Prince Georgia. HouRhton, 1t, James
Kinder, Jesse Baggett. Mrs. Charles Frown-
felter.
Washington Gcc - Dave Thompson,
Claude Rippy, Les Whitten, Mrs. H. H.
DTVOT DATA-The National Press
Club golf championship will be held
September 9 at Indian Spring, with
Fred Perkins and Jim Preston in
charge. The George Holmes Memo
rial Trophy, AAA Cup and Presi-
dents Cup are the main prizes.
1t. Col. Ben Schriever, Belle Haven's
best amateur golfer, was ranked over
Byron Nelson in Texas amateur
tournament before Nelson turned
pro. Gus Moreland was first seeded
Schriever second and Nelson third
=. The 10 posted by Mrs. LAFAYETTE
Franklin and Claude Rippy in a
Scotch foursome last week at Wash
ington Golf and Country Club tied
but did not break a local record.
Mrs. Betty Meckley and Volney
Burnett shot 10 at Chevy Chase.
The new Argyle Club course,
which has come a long way after
only few months. temporarily is
stymied by the pipe shortage
Andy Gibson, who went to Portland
with others to sign, seal and deliver
a $4,000 open tournament to Bal
timore this year, innocently may de-
prive the District of such an affair,
merely by getting there first. g.
Social notes from all over-The
Green Valley Club served hors
d'oeuvres following the pro-senior
tournament last week, thus estab-
fishing precedent for pro-amateur
golf tournaments.