Evening star., 1950-07-16
West And Yount Gain
Title Play by Their
Keen Putting Touch
By MerreII WhittIesey

Member-g invitation golf
tournaments are noted for the
surprise element, which makes the
Columbia County Club final to-
day no exception. The lightly
regarded team in the title round
is Donald West Of the host club
and Maj. Bart Yount of Army
Navy against the favored combi-
nation of Columbia's Walter Gal
lagher and Bobby Brownell. five
time District amateur champion
from Chevy Chase.
With Brownell playing the ma
jor role and Gallagher making
timely use of eight handicap
strokes, they defeated Ed Hickey
of Columbia and Bob Morris of
Prince Georges. co-winner of the
recent Congressional Member
Guest, 3 and 2, in a rainy semi
final match yesterday.
West. June graduate of Prince
ton University and Maj. Yount,
who has played little golf here
since mis- junior tournament days
of a decade ago, both had a win
ming putting touch as they de-
feated Page Cornwell and Jack
Barr, jr., of Chevy Chase, also by
a 3 and 2 margin. Cornwell and
Barr won the Chevy Chase In
vitation in a dark-horse role last
year.
Gallagher, Br0wnell Steady.
In the title round today. Brown
ell will play from scratch, Yount
will receive three handicap strokes
on the card, West five and Gal
lagher eight.
West and Yount created stir
Wednesday when they posted a
66 best ball from scratch to tie
for medal honors with Brownell
and Gallagher and the Foster
brothers. But the playoff was no
contest, Brownell shooting an in
dividual 65, five under par, and
with Gallagher a 81 to TO for the
Fosters and II for West and
Yount.
Hickey and Morris had con-
siderable support against Gala
CHER and Brownell yesterday, but
the latter team took an early lead
and maintained 1t, although it was
reduced to slim one-up propor-
tions several times.
Brownel and his partner were
one up coming to the ninth hole
and after all four players reached
the green it appeared Hickey and
Morris would square the matcn.
But Gallagher dropped a 10-footer
for a par on a hole where he had
a stroke handicap and Hickey
missed a four -footer and the lead
was two up. Morris knocked his
second shot dead to the pin
against the wind on the tough par
four 10th for a birdie to win the
hole, but Gallagher knocked in an
18-footer on the 18th, another
stroke hole, for a halve, and then
had a conceded legitimate deuce
on the 18th for a two up lead
again.
West, YOunt Putting Well.
On the 18th Brownel gave his
team a three-up lead with nicely
played birdie three, and the next
two holes were halved.
West, whose brothers Marty,
jr., and Dick, the 1949 Princeton
football standout, also were in the
tournament, has been playing ex-
cellent golf considering he played
little during his senior year.
Yount has been playing steady,
near-par golf, but when he misses
on hole, West is there with help
West and Yount have not missed
q putt of under six feet that meant
anything in the entire tourna-
ment. They won over Cornwell
and Barr on the greens, Sinasmuch
as the latter team had q trio of
three-putt green's between them.
Seminal results: columbia
players named first, with handi-
caps in brackets.
Championship Flight.
Walter Gallagher Old and Bobby Brow
nell ~, Chevy Chase, defeated Ed Hickey
go and Bob Morris ~, Prince Georges,
Bart Yount (4), Army-Navy, defeated
Chevy Chase, 3 and 2.
Second Flight
q nazandarf (QN nrd
S20l and Gin Kohiman d1J, Ksnwood, wood
2 and 2; Don Buckingham Is and Don
Rs Ve9u d0l, Chevy Chase, defeated
Cd, Argyle, 3 and l.
Third Flight
dian Spring defeated r. B. Essex GOl
81 FLUSHING, L. l., defeated Ray Dufour
u2) and Bert Ferguson "a Kenwood, l
up, 20 holes.
Fourth Flight
Walter Skinker Q0l and Merrell
WhIttlesey 16) Manor, defeated ]. B. Her
ron % and Vernon Briggs Q2l Congres-
@onaL 3 and 2: r. T. Willis (7) and Pat
Gregg go Ccngressional, defeated Milton
eehlosser (14) and M. Parker Nolan (2)
Congressional, and 2.
Fifth FIiEht-FinaI,
Jim orme Q2l ana Edgar orme (12)
Purcellyille, defeated E. J. Mather (23)
anG .,1a H: Mcdonald !BurninG Tree, 3 and ?;
WhIttlesey VS.. willis and Gregg; 12:42-
Hanna and Ault VS.. Clarke and Goodwin:
l:1S-Dezendorf and Bomar vs.. Bucking
Browneii VS.. west and Youns. anu
Consultations to go at 1895. 12:4s,
1854 and 1:06.