Evening star., 1946-05-13
By MerreII WhittIesey

Middle Atlantic PGA Tournament
Chairman Al Houghton has an
nounced the details for the 25th
annual championship of the asso-
citation next Monday, including a
prize list totaling $400 and side
light-the introduction of the long
awaited postwar golf ball by all con-
testants
The 36-hole medal play event,
closed to PGA members, will be
played at the Woodholme course in
Pikesville, suburb of Baltimore.
Bobby Cruikshank of Richmond is
expected to be on hand to defend
his title. Entries close Saturday
with Carroll McMasters, host pro.
The new golf balls will go on sale
to club members the same day,
May 20, although the sporting goods
companies expect to meet only a
small percentage of the demand this
season.
For the second week a Washing
ton team scored major upset in
the Maryland State tWo-man team
championship as play advanced to
the quarterfnals yesterday at Sub
urban, with three District tandems,
four from Baltimore and one from
Frederick, remaining.
KenWoods No. l team of Bill
Wenzel and DR.. Joseph Kendrick
surprised the c. C. of Maryland's
top duo of Otto Greiner and Eddie
Meyer, l up. when Wenzel played
a magnificent three-iron shot within
6 inches of the cup on the last hole
to win it with a birdie 3. Wenzel
hit tree off the tee.
Wenzel and Kendrick will meet
Prince Georges 1t. Jim Kinder and
Tony MCGOWAN in the third round
next Sunday at Manor, while in the
other lower bracket match Indian
Springs favored duo of Roger Pea
cock and Volney Burnett will play
Edgar Lucas and Herb Wagner, jr.,
of Green Spring. The Baltimore
and Frederick teams monopolize the
upper bracket survivors
Yesterdays results:
Alec Knapp and Johnny Deford. Elk
ldTs No Ne Grf9rd BarneS and
Carl Shook and Bob Harrieton Catoctin
No. /, defeated Eddie Ault and Lou Har-
Gdde ndfn sn1aE hS Dr. i das p
Nahan uR Rsafman 81 and Arnold 1 Iitmsn
RolinE Road % No + A deteatsd edleg + NSsSa Welby
It. Jim Kinder and Tony, MCGOWAN,
PRINCE ,,G Georges No; !: defeated Bob Jones
Bill Wenzel and DR.. j. M. Kendrick. Ken
Eddie Never. Country Club Of Maryland
Edgar NJ. Lucas and H. A. Wagner, -jr:,
Green Spring Valley No. l., defeated Bill
Eager and Mac Dennis, Elkrdge, No. .,
Roger Peacock and .volney Burnett. Ip.
narf n No. RoeE Reao BIZ Hess tbrea @
and two.
Kenneth Mackessack is pressing
two-time District Amateur Cham
pion Ralph Hogart for honors in the
Chevy Chase spring ringer tourra-
ment for Glass A players Bogart has
birdied IL of the 18 holes to date,
but Mackessack is II under par.
The annual William F. Ham Treas
urers Cup tourney is in the third
round at Chevy Chase. Ham Cup
second round results:
A. A. Willox and Mark Sullivan. jr.,
dfeteated and Z p Gafser nan,ho and G. G. Brans
Browne ,r., vs.. Robert Stead, ir., and R.
w. Miller, to be played, later; r M Foley
and B. L. Cotton to play winner of Fred
Hitz and L. L. Nicholson, III VS.. c. Ash
mead Fuller, and John Brawner: Landra
platt and DON Deyeau defeated r. W.
man and r e. Nuessle, to be played later:
H; T: Nicholson and L. D. Nicolson defeat
ed w. j. Flat.ier and Merle Thorpe. jr.,
and |; I. C. Bogart and P. S. Ridsdale
eW asd nayaa 8 e9re deopre ana Gaba6 p s1
and Corcoran Thorn, jr., 3 and /.
Mack Langford accounted for the
only hole in one of the week end
with an ace on the 154-yard 18th
at Columbia, in the company of
Tom Cantwell, Dave Thomson and
A. M. Parker. o
The Kenwood Invitation Tourna-
ment Committee received entries
from Bobby Brownell and a three
handicap golfer from Chicago, Steve
Williams of Evanston Golf and
Country Club, ia a, batch of week