Evening star., 1949-04-25

Par golf was expected TO win q
place today as 81 professional
golfers from Maryland. Virginia
and the District played for three
places to the National PGA cham
pionship In sectional qualifying
rounds at the Mount Pleasant
course in Baltimore.
The pros had an added ineen.
tive In that alternates from thi,
section may I'LL in for any with.
drawals at the championship
May 1851 at Richmond.
Baltimore's best pros ane
amateurs played a benefit match
at Mount Pleasant yesterday anc
O number of other pro entire:
tried the wet. wind-blown 6,8s5.
yard course and the best score
reported was a "a. That's why q
36-hole total Of a pair Of 72s fol-
la figures to make the grade
today.
The field includes Chandle,
Harper. John ODonnell. A
Houghton. Charles Bassler, Wal
ter Romans. Andy Gibson. JACK
Isaacs. George Diffenbaugh
Harold Oat1nan. Ralph Beach anc
Al Jamison.
The opening matches in tht
Northern Virginia Golf League
ran fairly true to form yesterday
With the home team having q pie
advantage. Washington Golf and
Country Club set the pace a:
expected with 48 points to 38H
for Quantico. 80 for Army Navy
which was without its star player
Col. Jim Wilson-and l9l2 fol-
Belle Haven. The poor showing
of Belle Haven was q mi'd sur
prise.
Play is In foursomeS. with one
player from each team in q four
some and all playing each other ir
the Nassau scoring system.
Col. Ben Schriever Of Belle
Haven was high scorer in the tor
foursome with ga points to 6 fol
Mai. r. L. Conrad Of Quantico
3h for Jim Gardner Of Washing
ton and 2 for Col. Roger Brown Of
Army Navy.
High point scorers for the day
were Sid Carroll and Comdr. H. j
Webb Of Washington and P. T
Clifford and F. w. Hallagan oi
Army Navy with 8.
Pro Mel Shorey and Golf Com
mittee Chairman George Thorn
ton had more golfers entered II
yesterdays all club member pro
amateur" at Indian Spring thar
starting times available. So they
tried something different. sending
the 157 tournament players of II
fivesomes instead of foursomes. Il
worked so well they plan to try II
again.
Dick Bird, low handicap player
|of the winning team. and LOT
CORN won the best ball. half
handicap event with a IS, five
strokes better than the second
best team. Three teams tied fol
second. w. B. Robinson and
Frank Butler. Eddie Sault and DR.
William Wolf and Doug Jackson
and Johnny Shaw, all with 70s
The blind bogey winner was Bud
dy Kahn with a So.
Indian Spring members have
their get-acquainted dinner sched-
uled Thursday night.
Billy Grifiin. flnalist In the Dis.
trict amateur championship last
year, recently transferred to Man.
or Country Club and celebrated
his first competitive outing ovel
his new home course by LEADING
the qualifiers for the club team
with a 70. Southpaw Earl Nc
Aleer and DR.. A. j. Crawford ties
for second with 73s, followed b!
r. B. Wharton and A. H. Cooledg,
with 75s.
Blind bogey winners were w. !
Hicks. 78-0-78; C. H. Zimmisch
96-18-78; T. H. Waggaman, 90.
20-78. and j. B. Harvey. 100.
22-78.
Club Champion Larry Imhof
landed the Donal Chamberlir
trophy at Kenwood Club with .
36-hole total Of 8C-73 for l53
minus six handicap strokes fol
lat. DR.. Joseph Kenrick. first.
round leader, slipped from ~ II
81 for 153-4-l49 and a secone
place tie with Settle Headley
165-16-149. Allan Laing hae
158-8-150.
Winners in the nine hole bline
bogey at Woodmont were: Bol
Cramer. 41-6-35; Harvey Blu
menthal, 43-8-35; Bob Blitz
42-7-35; Leon Sherman. 48-8-
10; Bernard Green. 55-15-40
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