Evening star., 1948-07-11
Record Field in Maryland Open
To Start Early to Avoid Jam

A record field of 123 players-6o
professionals and 63 amateurs Win
handicaps of seven or leSS-Wlii
compete in the 28th Maryland open
golf championship Tuesday at CneVy
Chase.
Oficials of the Maryland State
Golf Association and the host clup
spent several hours in an executive
Committee meeting working out
pairings and starting times wnereoy
l23 players can get in 50 noies OF
golf in one day.
It will be necessary to start the
first threesome at 7:42 am. fWhlcn
will be 6:42 by the sun and means
the dew will be thick and the last
group will not leave the first zee
on it's last. round until 4:06 in the
afternoon.
The handicap limit for amateurs
was reduced from IL to seven this
year and next year it probably will
be necessary to reduce it to four and
cut the field at the end Of the flrst
18 holes. Post entries will not be
accepted.
Prize money will be between $70O
and $500 for the professionals with
a number of prizes for the amateurs.
The field includes most Of the top
pros and amateurs of Maryland,
Virginia and the District, including
Spencer Overton, the defending
titlist from Baltimore, and John
ODonnell, the Virginia Open cham
pion from Norfolk.
Bobby Brownell will make his first
start of the year in an important
local tournament and CongreSsion-
ais Witty Cox is making one OF his
rare tournament appearances.
The course will be open for prac-
tice tomorrow but there will not be
a pro-amateur tournament.
The new 18th green will be in
play for the first time in tourna-
ment competition at Chevy Chase,
as will the new tee on the 18th hole
The players will find the 18th a
tougher golf hole as the new green
calls for a more exacting second
shot.
b,t. ~ vim, AIM and no9nShas!ss Easton
ALAN ala. weisbers, Indian eSa: sprins' a"'.' AA'
| 7:4s am. and 12:06-Lawrence Hogan
White ;rEII, Flint; n.sidney Kearns, unatt; ane
,4:a am, and i2;is@ksy wnlett un.
II. A. Halpin. Prince Georges. '
crsbs sSe RoaR crses sae kobsrt S Harmon
Argyle: and Marvin Worsham, unatt..
s:o6 am and 12:24-Raymond G. Bon.
s5sa oaas una sad Robert efy Asts sssis P4no
and suras asseysl so,;n1 EHG, Es;s .n
s5Ssa s:fs s% nss and nSs ss%sSsslss Muck
and m see r MeSse HaH nndRhy ndan sprne aat
unstt: #. j.. Palmer. IT, unatt.; ane
'Tem Tausis, Manor; 40 ,,u,.n ,,r.,
East st'P Potomac; i S sWilliam a. Walsh, Wash Wash.
ington. and Roy Smith, Manor; s,
pask ss0 d in " and ccns aiS hethesas sess sat
$40 a m. and !! !:0o--Warner Gray, Con
gressionaI; .CoI; W. J. Hike. Fort Meade
SAG am. and 1:06-Rick McHaie. chev,
Chase; .Maj. r. L. Kinson, Fort Meade
&C. J; Hunt. Washington; ,.
ME View; 'Capt. L. F. Ole. Fort Meade
and H. Rudd, Indian Spring.
9:06 am. and 1:1S-Bill Strausbaugh
C. c. of Md; Walter Bogley. Princ'
Georges and 'R. M: Hausler, Catoctin:; >,
9:12 am. and 1:24-John Musser, All
Thornton. indian Spring.
9:1S am. and 1:30-Mike Byrnes, For
Meade; y. M. Neal C.. c. Of Md, and 'B
9:24 am. and / :36-Randolph Miller
Norfolk; &C. L. Bowling, Forest Park, ant
'Richard Monston, Columbia.
| $50 am. and lar. Cliff McKimmie
unatt.; Eugene Pittman, Congressional
and sClarence Steele, Fountain Head.
| 9:36 am. and 1:4S-Henry Lamanque
| Salisbury, Md; Joe Barse, Columbia, ant