Evening star., 1951-06-30
Claude Wild Facing
7 Tough Golf Hurdles
In Washington Meet
By Bill Fuchs

BY Bill Fuchs
Claude Wild, who used to live
across the street from a golf
course. is just two blocks--stum-
bling blocks, that is-from his Sec
ond straight Washington Golf and
Country Club Invitation title.
The stocky Texan, who whipped
around his home course with a
record 65 in the qualifying round
Wednesday. faces Comdr. Frank
Heyer of Belle Haven in the semi
final today.
If he gets by Heyer. Wild will
come up against either Ralph
Bogart or Bobby Brownell, the
Chevy Chase pair who oppose
eec!, other today in the other
semifinal.
Getting by Heyer may prove
difficult, as Wild, himself. will
testify. Wild beat Heyer in this
tournaments semifinal last year
and again in the Maryland
Amateur recently. but the Naval
officer is no pushover. "He is out
to get me-" Wild says with grin
Wild, it seems. is wild about match
play. More fun than medal play
he says. ii 81,
The Texan, who came to WASH
ington just 18 months ago, believes
he would have found the game Of
golf anyway. even if his father
and a course across the street.
hadn't steered him in that direc-
tion.
Was Star at Early Age.
I'VE had lived across the street,
from that public links course in
Texas for couple of years." Wild,
an attorney for the Mid -Contin-
entail Gas and Oil Association,
relates. Then, the doctor sug-I
gested that my father take up golf
to get more exercise. He did and
then he got me interested"
Wild began playing at the ageI
Of nine. Before he was IL, he was
meeting his father in match play
every Sunday and they played on
even terms. It was case of the
pupil catching up with the teacher.
The University of Texas alum
nus. who is married and has a 81
month-old son who already isl
swinging a club on the furniture
started like a hurricane yesterday
He swept through the first fiveI
holes in II strokes, making four
brides on the way. He had two
brides at the same point in his
record qualifying round. Yester-
day he faltered in the later going
but still went 18 holes in SO, one
under par.
II can't remember ever having
that good start" he says. I'm
Austin, Tex. several years ago, II
was eight-under par for the first
IL. but don't know how I did the
first f1ve."
With the fourth hole evened,
Wild had Bob Morris of Prince
Georges. 4 up. after S. Morris, who
was "just missing long puts all
the way, took the seventh and
eighth holes with pars as Wild
went over each time. Wii6 took
the 18th and 18th holes, while
Morris won the 14th and 10th. on
the 18th, however. Wild clinched
1t by breaking even with his op-
ponent on a par 4. Morris over
shot the green on the, approach, |
then just missed the cup by inches.
Partners Meet Again.
The match today between
Brownell and Bogart isn't fresh
news insomuch as the two friends
also insurance partners-haveI
met about a dozen times in past
tournaments. Brownell defeated
r: K. Thompson of Columbia, 8
and 2, yesterday, while Bogart
dumped Congressional's George
Cornell by the same score. The
two winners each carded 70.
In his match with Cornell, b.
gart was 3 down after seven holes,
but from the 10th hole through
the 18th he won six straight to
lock up his victory.
Heyer, who took medalist non
ors with u in the Maryland State
Amateur, defeated j. E. Gardner,
who now makes his home in Pitts
burgh, and l.
TODAY's PAIRINGs.
Championship Flight-11:42 am. Wild
Championship Consolation-l1:30 am,
Boots Mckinley VS.. Keith Kallio 1876
am, H. H. Hair VS.: Don Sullivan.
First Elight-Il:1s a.m;, q. D. Kerfoot.
svesrinae1 ~ ri vGinss VS. e saJnfis Hunt LIZA an Ray
Second Flight-1O:54 am. A. q. pezen-
dorf VS.. R. W. Westwood. IL am, Tracey
Meher vs; yEsrfRpsYis B. GFsss1E; RESULTS
Championship Flight-Wild defeated
Morris, 2 and l. Heyer defeated Gardner,
2 and l. Brownell defeated Thompson.
and 2. Bogart defeated Cornell, 3 and 2.
dsassd fIcs u Kso ReH
over J.; Meher by default Hair defeated
w. r. McLister, 4 and 3! Sullivan defeated
Lew SwaTtwout 3 and 4;
@ rirst FiightoKeTfoot light defeated Sata r. w
Prouix, and and 5. sWearinser defeated j.
F5sfsus0na 5sTsss s,ap. sIg Hunt defeated Joe Gam
casre and Wsss%ood essa aefested Il WI T.
bur seay,. 8 and 2. Meher defeated Frank
Wooley, and g. Greasy defeated Don
Wrenn. 1-up. 10 holes.