Evening star., 1949-07-18
Jim Gardner, Busy Golf Finolist,
Picks Up Crown at Own Club

Jim Gardner, who has spent !
most Of his recent Sundays play
ing in the title rounds of golf
tournaments, brought his average
to the 500 mark by winning the
Washington Golf and Country
Club championship for the Sec
ond straight year yesterday.
Gardner ran up an early six
hole lead on Harold Hair. who has
been to the final at Washington
at least six times, and finally won,
and 3, in the 36-hole final.
Previously Gardner had played
36-hole finals in the Maryland
and Middle Atlantic Amateur
championships, which he lost to
Ralph Bogart, and last Sunday
played SO in the Belle Haven In
vitation, which he won with Col.
Jimmie Wilson. In addition he
spent a Sunday afternoon with
Washington in the final Of the
Maryland State team champion
ship.
The ex-Iowa Amateur titlist shot
a 68 in the morning round yester-
day to lead Hair by six holes. The
latter won three of them back by
the 31st hole but lost the next two
and the match.
Hair, who twice has won the
Washington title lost to Gardner
by the same score last year in the
title round and was Claude Rip
py's victim in 1945 and AZ.
William McFerren and r. H.
O'Malley, a tough best-ball COM
bination, won Indian Springs two
man team championship by de-
feating Alan Weisberg and Dick
Schattman, and /. in the final.
The tournament was a no-handi-
cap affair.
C. B. Hartman and Earl Call
louet won the first fight over Sol
Amanuel and Charles Burger, 2
and /: Tom Saralas and A. Mag
idson the second over Eli Amanuel
and Johnny Shaw, up, and Har-
ry Even and Phil Berman the
third over F. Kaufman and A. B.
Zweigenhaft, 2 up.
The DR.. A. T. Utz Trophy play
was postponed until next week on
account Of rain.
George Cornell's birdie putt on
the 18th green helped him and
Clyde Hagerty to Compassionate
two-man team championship over
Herb Helsing and J. D. Kendall,
jr.. up. The second flight went
to L. A. Jennings and j. M. Young
over w. G. Myers and v. A. john
son, 3 and 2.
F. H. Warren, who shot IS.
minus Is handicap strokes for
net SO, to lead Kenwood's Board
Of Governors Trophy play by
seven shots at the halfway mark,
found the magic touch Of his first
round missing yesterday and fin
ished third.
Warren shot a 81 in his second
round, q score closer to a Is
handicap players game. for net
IS and 1874 for the 36 holes, good
for third place.
c. j. Holdrege was the winner
with rounds of 81 and 10, minus
Is handicap strokes each round.
for 1870. r. E. Reed was next with
1898 minus a II handicap each
round for 1873.
Kenwood's blind bogey winners
were E. L. Koepelnich. 92-24-68,
and S. S. Kennedy, 87-16-71.
Frank Woolley played what he
admitted was the best golf Of his
life in winning the Belle Haven
Bowl over Eddie Edwards, and 6,
in the scheduled 36-hole final.
Woolley. who now has two legs
on the Alexandria clubs second
most important trophy, bettered
par by a stroke in the morning
with a 50 to Edwards creditable
rs and led, up.
Edwards reduced the margin to
four up on the third nine with
subpar golf. but Woolley came
back to birdie the 28th, 29th and
30th holes in succession and close
the match out on the 30th green.
Comdr. Bob McCaffery won the
Alexandria Gazette trophy with
an 82-30-62.
Manor's best-ball foursome play
produced two groups tied with
scores of A. using half handicap