Evening star., 1951-08-09
Two Rockies and Pair.
OF Vets 10 Represent.
D. T.. in Junior Golf

Gary Robson and Larry Spell
man will make their debuts in
national Junior golf competition
next week at Durham in the an
nual championship sponsored by
the Junior Chamber of Commerce,
joining veterans" Perky Culli-
name and Henry Kerfoot, jr., as
the Washington representatives.
The four youngsters are semi
f1nalistS today in the sectional
qualifying tournament at Indian
Spring, along with four survivors
in the second flight and four in a
flight for 13-year- -olds. However
the purpose of the event was toI
determine the Washington quail
f1ers who would receive the all
expense trips with the last four
survivors in the title flight to win
them.
200 Seek "a Places.
The championship in Durham
starts Monday with a qualifying
round. There will be 81 match
play berths for nearly 200 young
sters.
Metropolitan Washington will
have eight youngsters on hand as
the four sponsored by the Silver
Spring Jayvees are products of the
District junior program, Billy
Wolfe, Dennis Bolster, Glenn Nit
rhell and Jimmy Cruise. Billy
Wray of Staunton, Va, will play
from Maryland in special ruling.
Spellman, a member OF St.
Johns champion prep school golf
team, was the only surprise quail
fer yesterday at Indian Spring.
The 15-year-old outlasted Dick
Mason in a 25-hole struggle in the
morning, and then defeated Mel
vim Arnold, 2 up, in another close
match marked by good golf.
Kerfoot will attempt to improve
on his USGA national Junior per-
formance where he lost in the Sec
ond round at Champaign, Ill. Cul- J
linane will be making his third 7
trip to a national junior, having ,
twice played in the USGA version =.
and lost in the first and second
round. t
Warned of Robson. q
Robson, who plays most of his I
sgolf on the public links, was the
giant-killer of the match play I
rounds yesterday, beating Paul S
Mcmahon and Ellsworth Franklin. {
However, Robson has been touted t
by his father, a National public
links qualif1er, and other munich a
pal players for several months, t
and his performance was no sur r
prise to them. He has not played
in many of the junior events. t
Cullinane plays Robson today t
and Kerfoot meets Spellman in q
semifinalS. c
Championship fight results: h
First rounds: Laurance Bryson de-
feated Don Kurth 5 and 2; Perky culli-
name defeated Johnny Williams. 2 up; t.
3 and A. Gary Robson defeated Els n
worth Franklin 5 and 2; Henry KeT. r
foot defeated Kay FIetcher. . ana J.
Lee Edwards defeated Shelly Blitz. 6lc
and 5; Larry spelIman defeated Dick :,
Mason l up in % holes; Melvin Arnold u
defeated Jim Clark. l up.
Second rounds; Cullinane defeated
Bryson, and 3; Robson defeated Nc 81
Mahon l up; Kerfoot defeated Edwards, -
3 and .; Spellman defeated Arnold, UP. o
CHARLOTTE, N. c.. Aug. 9 y
(SpeciaD Billy Wolfe and Dennis =
Bolster of Silver Spring, Md, were
to leave here today for Durham. 4.
where they hope to get in several y
practice rounds for the Jaycees' 9
national junior championship next Il
week.
Wolfe and Bolster, medalists in :!
the national junior four-ball tour II II
nament here, lost in the second I
round of match play yesterday to Z
John Clark and David Perry of Il
Gastonia, N. c., up. u