Evening star., 1951-06-17
ChevyChase Ace Wins
Easily in SemifinaI;;
Other Match Is Close
BY Brion Bell, Jr.

Ralph Bogart. seeking his third
Maryland State Amateur title in
four years. shot five-under-par
golf for 13 holes to beat Col. Jim
Wilson of Prince Georges, 6 and
5, in the semi1nals at Congress
sional Country Club yesterday.
Mike Jankowski also of Prince
Georges had a much tougher time
than Bogart in gaining today's
finals. He had to go 81 holes be-
fore defeating 41-year-old j. E.
Whitaker, the tournament sur
prise from Manor, / up in the
other semifinals match.
Bogart. playing as good golf as
he has in years, went out in 32-
four under par-and was five UP
on Wilson at the turn. The Chevy
Chase SharpShooter who won the
Maryland Amateur in 1948 and
1949, birdied one. four, five and
seven and won three with par
when Wilson three-putted from
eight feet. Bogart finished the
match on the 18th with a birdie to
give him five brides and eight
pars in the l3 holes.
Other Match Close.
The Jankowski- Whitaker semi
final was a see-saw affair with the
lead changing throughout the
match. Whitaker, playing his
first tournament since the 1892
1ntercollegiates when he was at
Northwestern University, went two
up in the first three holes but
Jankowski squared the match by
the end of the nine.
Whitaker missed a five-foot putt
for birdie an 13 and Jankowski
sank his four-footer to go one up.
However his lead didn't last long
as Whitaker sang a 25-yard-wedge
shot from the rough for a birdie
deuce on IA to square the match.
Jankowski again went / up on
the 18th when he Clipped within
three feet Of the cup for a par.
The Prince Georges slugger sank
20-foot putt on 16 to keep his
advantage and they halved II
with pars.
Jankowski Falters on 18th.
The match went into extra holes
when Jankowski hooked his drive
into the woods on 18 and had to
be satisfied with a five. Whitaker
was over the green in two, Clipped
back five feet from the cup and
sank the putt for par.
Jankowski missed holing a chip
shot for a birdie by inches on
the 10th hole and again Whitaker
sank a flve-foot putt to halve the
hole. On the goth, the Manor club
player lost a chance to end the
match when he three-putted from
20 feet on the long par 3 hole.
Again Whitaker three-putted on
the 21st green after reaching the
back side in two and he conceded
Jankowski a two-foot putt for
the match. -
Both Jankowski and Whitaker
missed many opportunities to win.
Il wouldn't have given nickel
for my chances on the Goth green, -
Jankowski said after the match.
HE let me off the hook when he
three-putted"
Whitaker Disappointed.
Whitaker, who plays only once
or twice a week has never estab-
lished a handicap at Manor. He
surprised by wading through the
field to reach the semifinals but
was disappointed at his finish.
81 was tired and my game was
running out" he commented. but
I hate to finish up with two three
putt greens"
Bogart was at his best yester-
day, splitting the eairways with
his drives and putting his ap-
proaches close to the pin. "It was
one of my best rounds" he COM
mented after he joined the jan
owski- Whitaker gallery.
Wilson was not in top form, es-
pecially on the greens, but Bo-
CARTS golf was good enough to
win in any mctch. Hes maxine
re figh to halve d hole, not win
one" Wilson commented.
In the mornings seinifinal
matches, Boeart beat Billy Shea
of Congressional, 4 and 8; Wilson
of Prince Georges defeated DR.
Walter Panowski, Country Club
of Maryland, by the same mar
gin; Janowski elinineted Tracy
Mehr, w shington, 3 and :, ano
Whitaker beat Dick Foster, Co.
lumbia, 5 and A..
Today's 36-h hole finals start al
8 am.
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