Evening star., 1947-04-21
Newcomer Hichborn
Rises as Big Rival 10
Manor 5 BrowneII
By MerreIi WhittIesey

By Merrell WhittIesey
/ Manor Country Club members
are convinced that they have b newI
golfer at the Norbeck Club wiot
may make Manor's pride. Bobby
BroWnell. step to retain last years.
honors before the season Is over.
The newcomer Is an exporter
from Augusta, Me-, John B. Hich-
born, who was Mr.. Big in Maine
golf and well known throughout
New England tournament circles.
A slightly built, 33-year-old for-I
mer lend-lease expert and naval
officer, Hichborn intends to play inl
as many tournaments as his busi-
ness will allow. He played in one
or two events here before the war
while on visit and was second lowI
amateur in the District Open inI
1912. His travels have taken him
to South Africa, where he played
considerable golf with Bobby Locke.
Hichborn is a two-time Maine
Open amateur champion, twice low
amateur IN the Maine Open, twice
Portland City titlist and two-time
champion of the Augusta C. C. He
qualified for the national amateur
| In 1941.
Hichborn has been playing little
golf of late. Previously he had rs
and rs In weekend rounds.
| Alton Willett, Pro George Diffen-
banugh's weekend assistant at Ken
wood, played one OF those dream
rounds OF golf yesterday-18 con-
secutiye pars. Willett one-puttedi
five greens but missed half dozen
sinkable puts for brides. He was
playing with Roy Tuerk, Allen Laing
and Bob Cook.
.Kenwood's Cherry Blossom Tour
nament winner was G. j. Parr with
an 81-14-67; A. B. Crawford,
88-19-69, and A. P. Rudder, 81
1870, tied for second net. Joe Will
son won gross honors over Laing
with par on the first hole Of a
playof after they tied with 76s.
The golfing tradition Of buying a
round for the house after an ace has
pretty much been neglected of late,
but Ralph P. Gibson revived the
popular custom after hole in one
yesterday at Manor. Gibson made
his perfect Shot with a five iron on
the 150-yard 18th hole, in the COM
pany of Otto Stranley and Mel and
Harvey Shipley.
Pro Clagett Stevens and South
paw Earl McAleer put together a
5-under-par best ball of 65 to ad-
minister sands beating to Bobby
Brownell and Lee Ritter in q chal-
lenge match at Manor. McAleer's
73 was low, while Brownell and
Stevens had 74s, the later with 4
brides.
Blind bogey winners at Manor
were r. G. Jones. 101-25-76; George
E. Martin, 91-15-76; A. S. Wiltse,
92-16-7e; E. j.. Grill, s1-15-7s; K.
B. Lewis, 91-l5-76; Ray Fleming,
83-7-7s; r. l.. Buttrey, 95-19-76,
and Bunker Hill, 85-9-76. The
women's winner was Mrs. W. r.
Kerr with 91-15-76. =
The 10 new tees that Indian
Spring had blocked of for the
winter months were opened yester-
day and the course was decked outl
IN new flags, tee markers, ETC. -Thel
host club members properly ,cele-
hrated by upsetting a strong team
from Prince Georges, 21-l5,i In a
4S-man team match.
Billy Griffin, the G. w. golf team
captain, playing for the visitors,
had 81, three under par, which ties
the lowest round played at the club
but Is not a course record because
it was under match play conditions.
Volney Burnett and Eddie Ault
posted a best ball SO for the winners,
lowest of the day.
Results: ~..-
sc64sd mel shOrsy ps,ns. and d Buddy shsrksy sS
jim Hunt dsS scored ! Soiqt s'ten to 1aa for
Burrows and Lou Harrison tIs5 posa Scored az :
point to ga for Bob Morris and Jerry
Ise 4spt; scorad volney Burnett and EDDIE Ault
nd Bob Bowie: Dick K Motherssead 9TH rss siesrr snd
'enny Heyensr .gsl scored ~ points to
cd Burrows and % BiIi Robinson a oH Is) Scored scored
J points to for Everett johnson and
lindsay say. stott; Or. Vincent Young and
or @ joe snd sd0rsa Ed Bowiinr nG1ts LLOYD ts
Farmer and Paul Dohrowolski (ISb scored |
VIoa, : points ,,s. to ! for Jes; GssEett and Ar
ns s ''s1sf sns JACK p0iPs Pssr e M. f.
oyegi rain.s and l. osorgs Tbornson bern s, scored
N. I. ondo; Jay Vol and pous Jackson son
lIso scored 9 points to Q for Gene Fos
and osrlsnd Bowers sneei ds) ns scored se%msss 81
points TO y for W. c. Tarrant and
Jane E: Jeffcoat scored the first
hole in one of the season at East
Potomac when he dropped q five
iron shot into the cup on the 16s-
yard 18th hole of D course. His
playing partners were Robert Swan
son, Helen Swanson and Francis w.
Atkins.
Nine hole blind bogey winners at
Woodmont were: DR.. Michael Harris,
50-14-36; Frank Luchs, 50-14-36;
Serge Sacknoff, 50-1436; Sam
Block, 47-l1-36; DR.. Jerome Liv-
ingston. 44-s-36 and Ed Workman,
42-6-36.
Sweeny HurIs 2-Hitter
As St. Michoel's Wins