Evening star., 1949-09-12
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Bobby Brownell, who has won
three straight District Amateur
golf championships, and Ralph
Bogart, who has won almost
everything else locally this year.
apparently are soaring the top
players away from the tourna-
ment that starts tomorrow at
Kenwood.
Only Al players are entered in
the city championship event and
there are 80 match-play berths
open in the title fight. Post
entries will be accepted at the
Kenwood golf shop until 6 pm.
today.
Outside of Col. Jimmy Wilson,
Bob Morris, Ed Ault or Ed Semm-
Ter, nobody else in the slim field
stands much chance of stopping
either Brownell or Bogart when
the match play gets under way.
Pairinss: 1000, Eddie Semmler and
Jim Martenson;. 1880, Eddie Ault and
Maury Fitzgerald; 11:45. Tom she1k' 3
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Larry Lar III Union; Use, Denny Hsvener and
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Several players competing IN
the qualifying round of the Dis
trict Public Links championship
today at East Potomac requested
early starting times so they couio
hustle out to Argyle in time TO
compete in the Federal Coli AS
sociation tournament.
East Potomac was host to 81
players who sought 16 places IN
the championship fight. At Ar
gyle, 164 of the Government golf
ers were scheduled to play today
and almost that many are listed
for tomorrow.
At Belle Haven the members OF
the National Press Club had the
annual George r. Holmes Memo
rial Trophy play listed with
Prank Pace. director of the bud
get, playing in defense OF the title
he won last year.
Fleming Bomar, who for four
straight years has lost in the first
round of the club championship
at Congressional, and then won
the consolation, won medal hon
ors by two strokes in qualifying
completed yesterday.
Bomar had 75-71-146 over the
SO holes to top Billy Shea, a
former club titlist, who had 72-76
-148. Defending Champion M.
Parker Nolan was in with 1912
Isl.
Eleven flights qualified for
match play and all but the title
flight will start play next week
end. The. championship will be
played on consecutive days, start
ing September %.
The Cummings Cup, which in
the past has been open only to
the top golfers at Columbia Coun-
try Club, was made match play
against par tournament on a
handicap basis this year and Al
teams turned out for the 36-hole
competition.
Dermot Nee, with an II handi-
cap, and William Dempsey, with
IS handicap strokes, won the
event by finishing IA up on per-
feet figures. Donnie West and
Danny Walser were second with a
IL up standing.
Don Miller, a former champion,
and Maury Fitzgerald, runnerup
last year, were among the second
round victims in Kenwood Club
championship play. Miller lost to
Joe Wilson. 3 and 2. while Fitz-
gerald lost on the last hole to
Bill Briggs.
Larry Imhof, the 1949 cham
pion, had to go all the way to
defeat Roy Jarmon, / up. Medalist
Dick Kreuzburg was among the
double winners of the week end,
defeating Bert Ferguson in the
second round, S and 4.
In other matches. Nick Hol-
lander defeated Bob Dedrick, s
and 4: M. A. Bost defeated Sam
Del Vecchio, 3 and 2; DR.. j.. p.
Kenrick won over Walter Bru-
mette, 3 and 2, and J. c. Larson
defeated Bob Cook, 4 and 8.
George Voigt's 74-75-149 was
good for medal honors in the
Prince Georges Club champion
ship, which for the past few years
has been one of the toughest club
titles in town to win. Scoring was
unusually high as the next best
scores were 1875 by Bob Morris
and Eddie Bean, with rounds of
IS and n for 152.
Richard H. Mothershead and
his wife, Mrs. Ruth Mothershead,
who captured the mems and
women's club championships at
Argyle last year, won first-round
matches in the current champion
ship.
Mems Championship.
Richard Mothershead defeated Line
Johnston, 2 and l.; Roger MARITIME de-
feated George Black. and 4; Lee Amann
Bob Harmon defeated H. B. Miller. and
3; William Barnes defeated Frank Al
bosta. up, 19 holes; Tom Shenk defeated
J. Beckham, 2 and /; Frank Miller de-
feated r. L. Medler. 2 up; Bob Kentner