Evening star., 1947-10-13
BrowneI| Golf Strinu
Is Snapped at Il as
McAIeer Wins Title

Bobby Brownell, who won city,
State. sectional and national hon.
ors in his greatest golf season, had
his streak Of local match victories
snapped at II yesterday and he
didn't have to 60 far to lose. It was
In the final Of his home club cham
piorship - Manor club - with the
veteran southpaw, Earl McAleer,
turning the trick. / up.
Although Brownen and McAleer
have been playing local tournament
golf for years it was only the second
time they had met and McAleer won
the other engagement in the Indian
Spring Club championship. 1t was
McAleer's seventh appearance in the
Manor championship and he has
won it six times and lost once in
the final.
Brownell was unbeaten locally
since the Kenwood Invitation tour
nament. His victory streak in
cluded the District, Maryland and
Middle Atlantic championships, the
Chevy Chase Club title and three
rounds at Manor, 81 in all. McAleer,
who has been out of golf most of the
season with leg injury, made his
best showing when he took Cham
pion Ralph Bogart 20 holes in the
Kenwood Invitation.
The red-haired left-hander gave
Brownell the rush act from the first
tee in yesterdays 18-hole final, and
at the end of the first four holes
was three under par and Brownell
was 4 down. Brownell played two
under-par golf from that point and
came to the 18th / down, but Nc
Aleer chipped dead to the cup for
. par and q halve. McAleer had 68
for the round, Brownel 10.
Col. Ben schriever had to shoot
sub-par golf in two Of the four
mines Of the Belle Haven Club cham
pionship Anal, but the defending
titlist was equal to 1t and defeated
1t. Howard Sias. q. s. NJ, 8 and 8.
Col Schriever was 2 up at the
9Th, > up at the 18th and up At
the 9th.
Bill Summers, who is not too
proud to take ups from at least a
half dozen Of Indian Springs top
players, continued to do pretty well
playing even as he reached the title
round Of the club championship
with q 1-up victory over Jim HUNT.
His final round opponent will be
Ted Burrows, who continued to play
his best golf OF the season as he
defeated Byrne Curtiss, and 8.
Defending Champion Col. M. M.
Magee and Col. j. K. McCue, the
medalist, have won their way to the
Army Navy club championship final
and will meet for the title next week.
Joe Barse, the new and surprise
Columbia Country Club champion,
defeated four ex-titlists, in his
march to the title.
In successive rounds Barse de-
feated c. A. Slater, jr., Ray Swear
ingen, Tommy Webb and Martin
Mccarthy. the latter by 2 and l
margin in the final.
Harold Hair, known as the giant
killer of past championships at
Washington Golf and Country Club,
ran true to form as he defeated Jim
Gardner, l up, in the feature second
round match. Claude Rippy drubbed
Joe Baldwin, and 7, in his bid for
another title
Other results:
3 and 2: Ed steptoe defeated C. E; Wade.
and l; D. r. Monsees defeated F. S;
Pomeroy. l up: Bill McCabe defeated Sid
Carroll and r Grsdoyills. a. defeated te
feated Elmer Jenkins.
Mrs. Landra Platt regained her
Chevy Chase Club women's cham
pionship with a 4-and-3 triumph
over Mrs. Kurtz Hanson after the
latter had pulled a major upset in
defeating Mrs. Hugh Nicolson.
Mrs. Gus Sasscer won the first
women's club title at the new Ar
gyle Club with a 4-and-3 victory
over Mrs. Harold Scoggins.
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