Evening star., 1950-06-06
Griesmer' S Pessimisn'
IsCosAy, but Doesn't
Rob Him OF Victory
By MerreII WhittIesey

Jackie Burke, the Texas young
ster, who is among this weeks Ma
tional Open favorites, was playing
golf with Harry Griesmer last
winter when the Bethesda Coun-
try Club pro was having one of
his good-hit-but bad putt days.
Griesmer was moaning about his
poor putting luck.
"The trouble with you, Cries
mer. is you're always waiting. for
lightning to STRIKE" Burke said. -.
That's what Griesmer was do
ing yesterday at Washington Golf
& Country Club. -Four under
par coming to the 18th hole, play
ing perfect tee-to-green golf and
putting reasonably well, Griesmer
started to think about what might
happen. He admitted it later. So
he three-putted the 18th green
from 10 feet and took to get
down from the fringe on the 18th,
and shot SO instead of 66.
Fortunately for Harry, he could
afford the strokes, but there have
been days when he couldn't afford
them. His SO was one stroke lower
than AL Houghton's 50 in the pro
sweepstakes, and Griesmer and
Charles Batchelder of Bethesda
won the pro-am with a best
ball SO.
Crowther Gets Hole in One.
There were some odd happen
ings yesterday. Walter G. Growth
er of Frederick, who made one par
all day. knocked in a hole-in-one
on the 1lth hole; Bud Loving of
Charlottesville shot a 72, low am
ateur score by three strokes, but
neglected to enter the amateur
sweepstakes. and Batchelder,
Griesmer's winning partner,
picked up in disgust but had his
good holes where Griesmer was
over par.
Second in the pro-am went to
Ted McCandlish and Ed Coffman.
q host-club team with best ball
ga. Four teams tied for third,
Griesmer and Wayne MCGEE: Andy
Gibson and Frank Griffin of the
C. c. of Maryland and Fenner
Satchwell, Front Royal pro, with
two partners, Preston Licklider
and Leon Jones, all with 65s.
Spencer Overton and Jerry Hart
topped the amateurs with 75s,
beating Ed Semmler by a stroke
as the latter bogied the last four
holes. Sam Dinerman of Indian
Spring won net with 77-1l-66
over Bo Mcclellan Of Congress
sional, 83-16-67, and Licklider
with 76-9-67.
Deserved to Win.
Griesmer deserved to win be-
cause he played the best golf of
the day. He hit the first II greens
in regulation figures and missed
the 18th only by a foot. Hough-
ton, whose SO was second. said he
played better because it was the
first time this year he hadn't
played in the rain.
DIVOT DATA - Washington
has moved its invitation tourna-
ment dates up to the last week in
September. Witty Cox hit 16
greens in regulation figures yes
terday but putted his way to a "a.
Charlie O'Rourke, who quit
the Baltimore Colts for an assist
ant coach's job at Holy Cross. shot
a 78. :. Sid Carroll, playing in a
second-flight match in the club
championship at Washington Sum-
day, played the II holes his match
required in four under par.
Woodmont Pro George Fazio
and Bob Hope played the famed
Pine Valley course in New Jersey
yesterday. -. Patty Berg will give
an exhibition on the East Po-
tomac driving range at 10 o'clock
tonight, and will hold clinic at
Prince Georges tomorrow at II
am.
The new green's on Washing
tons third. fourth and 14th holes
were opened for the tournament
yesterday, but will be closed to the
members for at least two more
weeks. Next weeks prom am
will be Abe Thorn's annual event
at Lancaster, Pa.
Pro sweepstakes:
Al Houshton, Prince Georges 90
Andy Gibson, C. c. of Maryland---7O
Charles Bassler, Rolling Road
George Diffenbaugh, Kenwood
Buck Worsham, Congressional------7
Joe Cannon, Charlottesville lle----------73
John Bass, Clifton Park ---------73
Fenner Satchwell, Front Royal--------73
Why Cox, Confessional
Bill Clarke, Baltimore c. C.----75
Al Jamison, Quantico
Walter Romans. Baltimore c. c.------75
John Musser, All View ----------75
Mel Shorey Indian Spring
Jim Duncan, Chestertown-------
Ralph Beach, Suburban n----76
Dewey Ricketts,, Manor ----------77