Evening star., 1947-07-31
Ace Tourney Golfers
Named 10 Team for
Intereity Play
By MerreII WhittIesey

Washington to lose friends and
make enemies by naming 2o-msn
teams to compete In the fifth an
nual inter city match Sunday,
August 10 at Woodholme Club in
Baltimore
The State Association sponsors
the match, but neatly sidesteps the
problems of selecting the teams by
asking people. who already have
troubles enough, to name them. For
every golfer named to team-l6
players and four alternates-there
are a dozen who tell us the next
week that II can beat that bum you
picked seven days a week"
Washington took a three-match
perfect record into the series last
year and loomed as an overwhelm-
ing favorite to make 1t four In a
row, but volney Burnett's team took
a surprise 1871 to 10h beating at
Columbia. Burnett had some dim
Guilty in lining up alternates at the
last minute, due to vacations. and
the substitutes he brought along all
had a bad day.
It never fails that somebody will
glance at the lineup and censure the
selectors for not naming Claude
Rippy. Col. Ben Schriever, Andy
Oliveri. etc, before they are re-
minded that only members OF Mary
land State clubs in the Washington
area are eligible, and not Virginia
or public links players.
voigt Suggested as Captain.
There's always the temptation to
toss aside the records and pick 20
money players" regardless of tour
nament performances this season,
but that hardly would be fair to the
tournament players.
The Maryland State also asks a
captain be designated. and Tor that
honor this year this department
would like to see George Voigt take
over One of Americas greatest
amateurs in the '20s and early '3os,
voigt currently is the coholder OF
the Maryland State two-man team
title, the Prince Georges Club cham
pion and knows the ability OF most
of the players on this team.
At the risk of permanent disbar-
Snent from every clubhouse In
Washington and after doubling on
our golf insurance (which covers
assault and battery with a driver
here is our 1947 team:
CHEVY CHASE-Ralph Bogart.
COLUMBIA-Earle Skinker.
CONGRESSIONAL-Billy Shea.
INDIAN SPRING-volney Bur-
nett, Eddie Ault, Buddy Sharkey.
KENWOOD - Charles Price, Ed
semmler. Maury Fitzgerald.
MANOR - Bobby Brownel, Earl
McAleer.
PRINCE GEORGEs-George voigt,
Jim Kinder, Billy Griffith, Jerry
Hart, Bob Morris.
ALTERNATES Don Miller OF
Kenwood, Nick Hollander OF Ken
wood, Maury Nee of COLUMBIA, Ted
Burrows of Indian Spring.
Reasons for Selections.
From this list 1t would seem that
most of Washington's best golfers
are from Kenwood, Prince Georges
and Indian Spring, which is not
necessarily so. Those clubs just have
the most tournament players.
Some very fine amateur golfers
such as John Brawner, Ray Swear
tngen; Buddy Bowie, M. Parker
Nolan, Eugene Pittman, John r.
Miller, Harry G. Pitt, Howard Moro.
linger, and others are not mentioned
because they do not have time Tor
tournament golf, although most OF
them would have been "musts" on
teams of other years. i
For a brief rundown on the why's
of this departments selections; !
Brownell - District, Maryland
State, Middle Atlantic champion
Low amateur National Capital Open,
second In Maryland Open.
Bosart-Kenwood Invitation Win
ner,. rnedalist, semiflnalist MARYLAND
state: second amateur, Maryland
Open.
vitation, top ranking player OF As.
voiet and Kinder - Maryland
four-ball champions.
skinker-Semifna Middle At
iantic and Maryland amateurs,
Price-Medalist in Middle Atlantic
Amateur. low amateur Kenwooo
nro-am, did we'll in all match play
events. fnalist Maryland four ball
Griffn-Second low amateur, Ma
tional Capital Open with 2sS.
semmler-Qualified for Maryland
Mid.Atlantic, Kenwood Invite, won
two amateur awards in pro-arns'
Shea Greatly Improved.
shes-Has shown constant I'M
movement after slow start, climaxeo
bv $50 in Maryland Open. HOLDS
numerous foreign titles.
McAleer-Took Champion bogarV
2o holes in Kenwood lnVitatlon'
went second round, Maryland anna
.Ault and Sharkey-Too early 10
forget their excellent performances
of last wear. Have played in some
events this season.
r;tzoerald-Co-medalist Kenwood
Invitation, prize t"iii'i So
other events and consistent hrsV
fight performer - a,,
Tart and Morris-Went to nnal
ard seminal, respectively, OF East
ern states inaugural, played well III
local events. n,, u..
OF the alternates. Burrows was
iov amateur in the 36-hole MAPGA
nro-am championship over one OF
the best fields of the season, IN
cludinr Brownell and Bogart. Miller
was finalist with Price in the Mary
land fourball, won q pro-amateur
sweepstakes: Hollander was semi
firalist in the Kenwood lnvltatlon,
Nee semifinalist in the Distrlct
Amateur late in '4s.
one drawback may be tnat
Browneu. Bogart. Shea and Nee are
scheduled to compete in the Ander-
son Memorial tournament at Ma.
maroneck. N. Y. next week and II
either team is in the Sunday nnai
the members of that team Will be
unable to keep the ntereity match
date. T..