Evening star., 1947-05-23
Puff Early in Tourney
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Seen Key 10 Bogart' 5
kenWood Victory
By MerreII Whittlesey

Ralph Bogart won the kenWood
irlyitation by beating Volney Bur-
nett, up, yesterday afternoon as
fair sized gallery will attest, but In
the humble opinion of this corner
Bogart won the Kenwood invitation
late Wednesday morning when he
hit one CT those destiny shots that
made him marked man throughout
the tournament.
Golfng veterans will tell you that
when player wins d match he fig
ures to lose, that puts the hex on
his future opponents. Bogart won
one of those against Earl McAleer
in the first round and although he
was down at one time in each Of his
next three matches, he was on top
at the end.
McAleer had squared the Bogart
match ON the 18th hole and on the
first extra hole, McAleer played down
the middle and putted safely for his
par on the first hole. Bogart had
pulled his drive to the left, hit his
second barely on the green and put
ted up about IL feet short.
Putt Keeps Him in Match.
The cup on the 10Th hole was or
a slight hill and in addition Bogart
had to putt through two small val
leys. McAleer said later that it was
an impossible putt If he had ever
seen one. But Ralph stepped up to
1t and banged the ball in the hole
for a 4 and won the match on the
next hole by sinking one as long, but
not as tough. If Bogart had missed
the first putt, he would have beer
eliminated. He wasn't putting for
q win, but to halve the hole.
From that point, Bogart was
tough. Jim Gardner had him 2
down and to play in the second
round, but Bogart won four of the
next five holes. Bobby Brownell
had him / down at nine holes OF
their semifnal, but Bogart won two
of the next three holes with pars
and holed a 57-foot putt on the
17th for birdie 2 to end the match
In the final against Burnett
Bogart was 2 down at the turn to
the grim golfing fireman, but Ralph
1-putted the next four holes to
go up. Burnett squared the match
on the 18th with q birdie, hung on
by earning a nice halve on the short
17th, but on the last hole the mallet-
head putter that is responsible for
so much Of Burnett's success let
him down. Volney 3-putted from
so feet and Bogart dropper tricky
3-footer to win the match.
BrownelI Bows in Semi.
In the morning semifinals. Bur-
nett beat Nick Hollander, 6 and 3,
while Bogart overcame Bobby
Brownell, 2 and i.
The scoring in the final was good,
with Bogart 70 with 80 puts and
Burnett 73 with 81 puts.
Billy Griffin, the G. WIS golf
team captain, inserted the hottest
scoring streak of the tournament
midway in his seminal match In
the title flight consolation Starting
at the sixth hole, Griffin put together
six consecutive IS, with three for
pars and three for brides. From
the second hole through the 18th,
he was under par.
Results of other flights:
Championship fight consolation-Bill5
Grimm, Prince Georges, def. Bill Briggs.
Kenwood. and 3.
def Roger Martino unattached, 8 and 5
Third fight-Dr. Michael Oliveri, In
dian Spring. def. Dewey Peake' unat-
Fourth fight-Paul Temple, unat-
tached, def. W, Beverly Mason, Chevy
Chase, i UP.
Fifth f,ieht-George Thornton. Indian
sprin, def Arnold Prada, Prince Georges
2 and 8.
p J. O'Connell. Indian Spring, and 8.