Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Capital Victor 10 Play
Richmond Star for
Tourney Crown
BY Merrill Whittlesey
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CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, May
31.-Bobby Bfownell pushed aside
two opponents in bulldozer fashion
while Earle Skinker won a pair of
squeamish encounters in extra holes,
but at the end of two rounds of the
40th annual Middle Atlantic ANA
teur Golf championship they had
each the same objective-the semi
final round.
The Manor and Columbia Club
shotmakers, respectively, were
Washington's only survivors and
they meet tomorrow morning in the
lower bracket match over the Farm
tngton Club course. The winner will
meet either Frank Sutton or Dave
Ewell, two top-ranking golfers from
Richmond who clash in the other
seminal.
Brownell was the golf star of the
day as he was five under par for
the rs holes he required in beating
Bill Tomlinson and Lawrence
O'Brien, two Richmond players, 6
and and and 6. The District
amateur titiist played the par 35
front nine in 80 strokes each round.
But while Skinkers golf was not
as sensational, he was the show
stealer in the manner in which he
won the matches. In the first round
against Herb Wagner, jr., of Balti-
more, Skinker was up at one time
then had to win the 18th to send
the match into extra holes. He
dropped 20 and 40 foot puts on the
18th and 21st holes for halves to
keep the match alive and finally
won on the 22d.
Skinker Rallies for Win.
In his afternoon match against
Medalist Charley Price of Kenwood,
Skinker, a 25year-old package of
nervous energy, overcame three
hole deficit to square the match on
II and then lodged almost certain
defeat on the 18th hole. At that
point Price three-putted from 10
feet on treacherous surface while
skinker halyed with sloppy 5.
Again on the 18th Skinker was in
trouble with sweeping hook off the
tee, but he, rallied nicely and rammed
15-foot putt into the cup for par
4 and a win as Price continued to be
too bold and left himself a nasty
putt for had Skinker missed.
Volney Burnett, who qualified for
the title flight by virtue of being
defending champion CHS medal
round of 81 was too high could not
find his game in his second trip over
the course and lost, and l, to SUIT
ton. Burnett was one of four Wash
1ngtonians to bow out IN the first
round.
Brownell, the only former cham
pion remaining, rules the favorite
over Skinker, but the way the latter
pulled out of his two matches today
he could beat Ben Hogan with the
same breaks This is Skinker's first
appearance in the semifnal of a
major sectional tournament since
his CT days.
Capital Golfers Scores. -
Complete championship flight re-
suits and results of Washington
golfers in other flights:
Championship flight: First round-sut-
ton e, {. of Va0,- def. Burnett Indian
tom tom :, def Wilson Black HermitaseJ' 5
Goerer r. cMaporS defauit W. Se' T 1 TaeEey
Farmington9; def. Ape Bean tHermitage},
semmler (KenWood}, i up; skinker 1cos
iumolal' def. Wagner Green Springs Val
eef Tom nP 81 hG aerm Rse.ne Msq0
tor Indian SPRING: $ and I.
sf9Hasl!. d s5. obE.en I AND S 'is notes.
s e., az ~ 6; j. Buoy DDS shsTksy indian
sRd BUCK wR 9n as frarmington1 def
Miller tkenwood>, DEF. Don Dudley y ken en-.
Second rounq-shea def. Dick Wells
AZ az %h.lsc4 md & aGlSa, ds sn' csF
Third fieht: First round-C E. An
derson, Pennington defeated Bill Briggs,
crook, Manor defeated 3H Bii Battle tie Fax Fax
minston, default: Jim HUNT, Indian
spring. defeated Julian souder. Farming
:. Second round-Ritter defeated Everett
Ems; Farmington. 2 up: HUNT defeated
Crook, Z and 6.
Fourth fight: First round-Dick Leh-
man, Pennington, defeated Maurice Adam
son Indian Spring, and 3: Tommy St
S So1,r, b F'arminst9n defeated John Walker,
defeated W. W. England Columbia and
8; J; Alton Pratt Manor defeated Paul
Freed. Pennington, default; Howard Hal
PIN. Prince GEORGES. defeated Watt Dun
ninFton, Pennington, ] up; w A. sher-
man, Pennington. defeated Frank Butler.
Indian Spring, 3 and .
s shr Earmlneton' ! up; Halpin defeated