Evening star., 1948-10-18
Wo.o||ey, Belle Haven,
Army NaW's Browne
New Golf Champs

Col. r. J. Browne at Army Navy
and Frank Woolley at Belle Haven
won their respective club champion
ships Cboth mild surprises) in op-
posite fashion yesterday, Col. Browne
by rallying on the last eight holes
and Woolley by holding grimly to
the remnants of a four-hol lead.
Col. Browne, consistent, straight
shooter with an excellent short put
ting stroke, was 2 down and to
play against Col. Paul T. Clifford.
But the Air Force officer came back
to win four of the next seven holes
and the match.
'h was the Service Clubs cham
pibn's first title here. He has been
playing consistent golf all season,
however.
Woolley's victory was a birthday
present to himself. The winner of
the title almost 10 years ago, Wool
ley resigned from the club, then re-
Joined. He has been out of town
most Of the summer on duties with
the Department Of Agriculture and
has neglected his tournament golf.
1t. Howard Sias, u. S. C. G., also the
runnerup last year. was 4 down and
9 to play, but he won the next two
holes, halved the next two and stuck
q great iron shot within 4 feet
Of the pin on the 35th, but he
missed the tricky downhill putt and
his comeback was over.
Vict0rs ut Argyle.
Mrs. Nolan Gibson and M. Car
penter won Argyle's nine-hole mixed
Scotch foursome with a 1855.
Three teams tied for second low net,
Doris Rothwell and Phil Brousseau,
$3.50; Mrs. Charles Thompson
and Tom Berry, 43-7-36, and
Helena Meyers and Sandy MacFar-
lain, 47-l1-3e.
Jack Sayers was elected president
OF East Potomac Golf Club, the
organization that functions within
the Hams Point course, at its an
nusl meeting. Sayers was vice presi-
dent last year.
Pat Wilmington was elected vice
president and Frank Battista treas
urer, whie Joe Zoeller was re-
elected secretary. Earl Marcy was
elected captain of the golf team and
Will be assisted by John ]. Bach
man.
Sonny cullinane and Chester
Hennegar tied In Kenwood's blind
bogey tournament with respective
scores of 91-1S-73 and 82-9-73.
Others who hit lucky numbers were
Z. r. Ferguson, 82-+78; C. A.
Jostes, 92-11-81, and w. w. Fort,
e6-15-Sl.
Club Final Is Delayed.
William McFerren's trans . At
lAntic flight schedule continues to
tie UP the Indian Spring Club
championship. McFerren has yet
to play Alan Weisberg, with the
winner Of that match to meet
Volney Burnett for one hnal-round
berth. Eddie Au1t already Is in the
final OF the other bracket after a
4-and-2 triumph over r. H. OMalley.
Deprived of his woodmont Club
championship this year. Howard
Nordlinger managed to give away
five strokes and still win the clubs
handicap championship with a 4
and 3 victory over Jack Rubin in the
final. The second fight went to
Lee KatZ over Frank Luchs, 8 and 2.
Bowfe's 76-6-70 won the Prince
Georges Bank Trophy, an 18-hole
medal play competition at Prince
Georges Club. c. E. Purdy was Sec
ond with S5-14-7l. Bobby Miller
won the junior championship over
Jimmy Bogley, and 3.
At the halfway mark of the
Cummings Cup competition at Co.
lumbia Country Club, Worth Lent
and DR.. Eddie Rice lead with q II,
one stroke ahead of Ray Swearingen
and Ritchie Edmonston and Page
Cornweu and Dick Essex.
Clinches State Team Title.
Country Club of Maryland, which
was tied, SO, by Kenwood IN first
round match of the Maryland State
Golf Associations fall team cham
pio1lsi1ip, then won the match in a
playoff, never was seriously extended
again.
The Baltimore team clinched its
third straight title with a 1875 victory
over Rolling Road in the final yester-
day on the neutral Hillendale course.
The top match was something Of
q renewal of last weeks Baltimore
Match Play Open final between
Charles Bassler of Rolling Road and
Andy Gibson, which Gibson won.
But neither pro won hole yesterday
as II Of the IS were halved. The
18th was won with a birdie by Ken
Scales, Gibson's partner. Spencer
Overton was Bassler's partner. That