Evening star., 1948-08-15
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u. 5. Amateur Spots
By MerreH WhittIesey

By MerreII WhittIesey
Washington will send II golfers
to Baltimore on Wednesday where
Is players from the two cities will
compete for four places to the
National Amateur Championship in
36-hole sectional qualifying rounds
at Baltimore Country Clubs Five
Farms course.
The 4Sth Amateur will be played
August 30-September 4 at the Mem
phis Country Club. Memphis, Tenn.
-Four players who qualified Sec
tionally last year but did not make
the trip to California, Bobby Brown
ell of Manor, Ralph Bogart Of Chevy
Chase, Bob Morris of Prince Georges
and Eddie Johnston Of the G. c.. Of
Maryland, are entered. Brownell
paced the Nation In the trial rounds
in 1947. OF the other Middle Allan
tic players who qualified last year,
Walter Hagen. jr.. will be In the
field of Is seeking four places in
Richmond, while Col. Ben Schriever
Of Belle Haven is not entered.
Mackenzie Early Starter.
The Middle Atlantic trials were
held last at Five Farms in 1916,
when Brownell and Eddie Ault Of
this years field were among the
qualifiers and Eugene Pittman was
an alternate.
The first player of the tee
Wednesday morning will be Roland
Mackenzie, the ex-Washingtonian
who was medalist and then semi
inalist in the National Amateur
almost 20 years ago. Mackenzie
won the Middle Atlantic Amateur
over the Five Farms course two
months ago.
Baltimore has only seven entries
with Johnston and Mackenzie its
principal hopes. Spencer Overton,
Baltimore's top-ranking amateur, is
not entered,
The field is not up to the caliber
of those in National Amateur cham
pionship qualifying rounds here IN
previous years and score OF $50,
10 over par, probably will qualify
over the rugged Five Farms course,
one of the greatest golf courses in
the East and the probable scene Of
the 1851 National Amateur.
Charles Price Returns.
Charles Price, winner of the Ken
wood Club title last year, who has
spent most of this season as cor
respondent for Golf World and who
now is working on book on Walter
Hagen's life. will return to this
section to attempt to qualify.
Anthony e. MARITIME, a brother of
the local public links players, Pat
and Roger, will attempt to qualify
locally as q ''floater." Anthony is
from Woodland Hills, Calf, but is
here on business trip.
The Five Farms course will be
open for practice on Tuesday. Pair
ings and starting time as released
by the Maryland State Colt AS
sociation:
AM; and 1880 p.m.-Roland 3. Mac
Martino, ssn I'. Fernando Valley {. C.;
lumbia, nds am and Eugene Pittman. Congress
aIo and 1:4o-Dr. Joseph P. Kenrick,
ksnwood {. Co and John B: Hichborn,
kss1ses ssd g t:T:tS and s.Dl n n ss.:s' ss::s
a:&o and 1:bo,Elxood Berkeley, j.,
t ksnwood c. c. ana Maurice Nee coium-
a;a9 and l;5svpon ~ . n sgIllysn Manor
Georges, and Louis s. Mann c. c. Of
,Ssas at s.s1ssa sss Hsa.fs a + z~ss ss
x,sse e$s .Hs s ss zp.+; Leroy & ses sss.sm.s an
lumhia, and Edmund B. Ault' Indian
Manor mo" ciab ahs and 5tSa ], Quinn, 'r
b'p:M0Fs a:5s and d ea::es-Jay s, Wolf. Indian
sPrins yatsr alts 4 enNdas Tsas Manor Club and
Record Field Entered.
NEW YORK. Aug. IA tP.-Nine
men who have held the United States
and British crowns will seek the
National Amateur Golf Champion
ship at the Memphis Country Club.
The United States Golf Associa-
ton announced today these titlists
would get free ride into the tour
nament while a record total Of 1,22l
must fight 1t out in sectional trials
for the other 20l spots in the field.
The 36-hole qualifying tests will
be staged at 80 strategic locations
the country--all except
one of them neYt Wednesday.