Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-28
Oliver Rules Muny
Golf With 2-and-1
Win Over Marcy.
By MerreII WhittIesey

Andy Oliveri upped his winnin,
average to 500 in District publ
links championship finals when h
funbled less than 44-year-old Ear
Marcy to prevail by a 2-and-1 mar
gin yesterday at East Potomac To-
his third title In six appearances IL
the penultirdate round.
The chubby 29-year-old cleo
trician, who was Claude Rippy's vic
tim In 1885 and 81 when Ripp,
retired the original s. G. Leof1iel
Trophy for his third consecutive
triumph, gained q third leg on thu
new cup but will have to win Il
twice more in succession If he wants
1t for keeps. The cup is retired
only by three straight triumphs.
Oliveri took over after playing
second fiddle to Rippy and won ir
SO and SO. He gained the title
round next In 1s45 when Bill Brown.
rigg tripped him and made it fol
the sixth time yesterday.
The finalists played their poorest
golf Of the tournament in the final
OLIVER had par for 80 and Marcy
par for SO when the match ended
but the greens were not conducive
to good putting. On four out Of five
holes in one stretch, Marcy missed
puts of feet or less.
Model Plane Builder.
When Oliveri first made name
In local public links golf he was an
ambitious youngster in his teens
who practically lived on the golf
course. He played golf and practiced
all summer long, usually qualified
for the National public links and did
well In the invitation tournaments.
Now Andy weighs 210. is married,
has two children and hobby that
takes precedence over golf-model
plane building. He has a Glass B
model that makes 90 miles an hour
and hurried home last night to take
his plane for trial spin.
If Andy had neglected his golf
years ago to the extent he does now,
he probably wouldn't have advanced
past the second round In the late
30s and early 40s. Last month he
picked up club for the first time
this summer and qualified locally
for the National public links. He
played golf twice since returning
from Minneapolis, where he lost in
the first round, and stepped out to
win the city title. The only golfers
he had to beat were the ones he
beat years ago.
Andy's Practice Effective.
With the exception of the match
with Marcy Oliveri was not extend
ed in the tournament. Il came
down and hit bag of practice balls
each morning and got to hitting
the ball pretty good" Andy said. He
now has record of having played
less than a half dozen sociable
rounds of golf this year and yet
won the city title and was low quail
fer for the national.
Oliveri was three over par in the
seminal when he defeated Francis
Keene, ex-Western High linksman,
4 and 3, while Marcy won by the
same margin over Joe Abood, 26-
year-old War Department employe.
The only young golfer of promise
Ia the tournament was Rubin
Alspaw, 20-year-old nephew of Pro
Roger Peacock, who. after bad
qualifying round, played first flight
golf in the fifth until the final.
Final round results in all flights:
Champ:onship-Andy Oiveri defeated
Earl Marcy. 2 and ].
Second-Joe Ramarez defeated Len
Bridget, up.
Third-Jim Hustled defeated Julian Will
1iams, up.
g and 3.
Fifth--Norman Brown defeated Rubin
sixth-FTeeiand Ramsdell defeated
Donald Nelson, and 3.
seventh-C. A, Thomson defeated r.