Evening star., 1951-06-28
Wild Favored 10 Keen
Title as Match Play
Opens in InvitaiionaI
BY Brian Bell, Jr.

BY Brian Bell, Jr.
Defending Champion Claude
Wild rules the favorite as match
play starts today in the Washing
ton Golf and Country Club In
vitational Tournament - despite
the presence Of Ralph Bogart.
Bobby Brownell and host Of
other top golfers.
Wild topped the field by four
strokes yesterday as he qualified
with q record IS on his home
course. Wild's i've under par
score was the best mark ever
posted at Washington under sum-
mer rules.
Bobby Brownen Of Chevy Chase
was the only other uualifier to
break par. Brownell fred SO.
The next best score. 10, was posted
by Washington's Lew Swartwout.
Tuesdays lowest qualifier:: Ken
woods Charley Price and Comdr.
Frank Heyer of Belle Haven,
medalist in the recent Maryland
Amateur and the Invitational's
runnerup last year.
Despite only two sub-par rounds,
scores were so low that Is 73-
shooters had to play off for four
spots In the championship fight.
Such well-known golfers as
Bogart. Keith Kallio. public links
star; Bob Morris of Prince Georges
Indian Springs volney Burnett
and Columbia's Earl Skinker had
to tee OF on the 18th hole to
try for a spot.
B0gart Sinks 20-Foot Putt.
Bogart, Kallio and Columbia S
Bob Thompson won play-off posi-
tions with brides on the first
extra green-Bogart with a 20-foot
putt-but the final place wasn't
filled until Morris knocked in a
30-footer for an eagle 3 on the
22d hole.
Skinker fell by the wayside on
the 10th when his second shot,
from an impossible lie in the
poison ivy to the lower left of the
green, hit a rock and went out of
bounds. Burnett pared the first
extra hole to keep his chance alive
but bogied the second to eliminate
himself.
Home course knowledge on the
short but tricky Washington course
proved valuable yesterday. In ad-
dition to Wild and Swartwout, the
home club qualified Harold Hair,
its club champion, II: Boots Nc
Kinley. the w. G. & c. c. Junior
titalist, 72: DR.. w. r. McClister,
72; Jack Mehr, 72, and Jim Gard
ner. now living in Pittsburgh, but
for years one of Washington's
best golfers, II.
Argyle's Don Sullivan, II, and
Compassionate George Cornell, 72,
complete the title round of Is.
Wild "Off His Game"
Wild shot a fair" round for
a golfer who hasn't been on his
game this year. Until recently,
I've been way off," he said after
his record breaking round yester-
day, but in the last two weeks
I've been playing better. guess
the shorts I wore were lucky. It's
the first time I've worn shorts
since grade school,"
The defending champion had
flve brides and the rest pars. He
hit Is greens in regulation figures
and sank 15-foot and 20-foot puts
on No. 3 and No. 10 to get his
pars:
Wild was deadly on the green,
sinking a 60-footer for q birdie
deuce on No. IA and one-putting
seven green's. His other brides
came on No. /, 5, IL and II for a
1892 round, and he missed a
12-foot put on No. 18 for a birdie
and a 81.
Bogart, the Maryland amateur
champion, barely sneaked into the
championship flight. He bogied
the first two holes and had to
sink an 8-foot putt on No. 1S
to get in the playoff.
Scores were so low yesterday
that club officials added another
flight last night, making five di-
visions besides the championship
one-and the fifth flight is made
up Of Ii 79-shooters and two 80
qualifiers.
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT.
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SECOND FLIGHT.
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Carroll. Wash. 75.o A. g. Dezendorf.
Haven. ne. r. W. Westwood. Wash. b; S5;
Eddie Edwards, Belle Haven. 76. D. K.
Petersen: Belle Haven. 75i Wilbur seay.
Haven. 70; c. B. Heimer. Manor. rs.
Tracy Mehr. Wash. .75; William Leapley,
rs; Jack Kurtz. Belle Haven. rs. Don
Mrenn. Fairfax. 70; C. c. Hendricks.
Wash. 76.