Evening star., 1951-07-17
New Maryland Open
Mark Likely After II
Break Par in Pro-Am
By MerreII WhittIesey
Stor Stoff Correspondent

By MerreII WhittIesey
Stor Stoff Correspondent
BALTIMORE, July 17.-Bobby
Brownell'S record score for theI
Maryland Open championship. al
1856 total set 10 years ago at the
Elkridge Club, figured to be broken
here today as record field of Ill
teed off in the 31St State Open
at Suburban Country Club.
Par of 70 was broken II times
at Suburban yesterday as an un-
weildy field of 204 players COM
peted in a Pro-Amateur tourna-
ment. Based on the sub-par efforts
in the Pro-Amateur, it appeared
that a score of 135 would bel
necessary to win today in the So
hole championship.
Charley Bassler, winner in twoI
of the last three years and runner
up in the other, is not the solid
favorite he was a day or so ago,
after using a 70 in the Pro-Am
yesterday. score bettered by 10
pros and five amateurs. This
course is only 6,127 yards and
Bassler's length is no advantage.
ALI Records Broken.
The scoring yesterday broke all
records. Eight teams posted best
ball scores of 81. 8 under par, in !
the Pro-Am competition and the
nine teams with best ball 63S, Il
under par, finished out of the
money. Pros who shot par fin
ished out Of the money and al
though the scores figure to go up
today when the bell rings, some
body still should shoot a 68 and
ST, or the equivalent which would
be 1876.
Sixteen years ago Ralph Beach.
the host pro, led the Nation in
qualifying for the National Open
here with 1875 score for SO holes.
While the course is rated a stroke
or two higher now under ordinary
conditions. the Sun-baked fairways
more than make up for the new
holes
The course record of sc was
equaled three times yesterday by
Walter Romans. the Baltimore
Country Club pro and his assist
ant, Bill Clarke, and Bill Collins,
a Baltimore public links player
last year, but now the assistant
pro at the Philmont Club in Phil
adelphia. They tied for first in
the pro sweepstakes.
Price Leads Amateurs.
Charley Price, the Kenwood
amateur who has a liking for
strange golf courses. led the anna
teurs with a 81, a 3-under- par
score in his first look at the course
in II years and the second time in
his life.
Price played remarkably good
golf and along with Brownell,
Ralph Bogart and Spencer Over
ton, constitutes strong amateur
threat. Only three amateurs have
ever won the State Open: Fred
Savage, Brownell and Overton.
Price had 81 although he missed
a one-foot putt on the first hole
when the putter twisted in his
hands. He made only one long
putt, a 30-footer for birdie on
the third hole. He had three
other brides from magnificent
iron shots dead to the pin and
went over par the only other time
on the par-3 18th when he was
trapped.
Charley is a better medal play
golfer than match and consider
ing he played here yesterday
while BroWnel and Bogart did
not. he may be tough. He re-
Gently had a u at Lancaster
Country Club. one of the tlnest
golf courses in this section, and
played 70 holes of par golf in an
Atlantic City Invitation.
Peacock Is Threat.
Roger Peacock of Sligo Park
had 68 and definitely is a threat
today, while five pros broke pars
with COS, Andy Gibson. Arnold
Haneke, Jack Isaacs. former win
ner in this one and the present
Virginia Open champion, John
O'Donnell, former Maryland and
Virginia open titlist, and Dan
Herring.
A hole-in-one when it was bare
" light enough to see the l7th
hole helped John Bowers OF Fred
erick win low net in the amateur
sveepstakes with a 41-33-74
minus 10 handicap strokes Tor q
net "a. Louis Fox OF the host
club was second with 77-12-65
Perennial Hillendale Club Cham
pion Bobby Jones won second
gross among the amateurs y'ltr
68. while Overto.- had 10.
The eight teams that tied fol
first in the Pro-Am with best bal
62s we're: Arnold Haneke, Hagers'
town pro with two partners. Car
Shook of Frederick and carson
Mason of Fountain Head; Boot
Widener and Bob McLeay OF For
Meade: Steve Tobash and Johr
Stewart of Fort Meade; Jimm.
Duke and Joe Pumphrey OF Roll
ing Road; Clarke and DR.. S. q
Buppert of Baltimore Countr.
Club: John ODonnell and Normal
Boetger of Green Spring; Colin
and Maury Bailey, the Mldoi
Atlantic finalist from Hlllendale
and Bob Grove Of Frederick ant
Bowers.
PRO SWEEPSTAKES.
Walter Romans, Baltimore C. C3 35,5
-6e; Bill Clarke, Baltimore c. e: 33-3le 10
Ga Billy Collins. Philadelphia, :34-32-oo5
Roger Peacock. Sligo Park, 34-34@6o
hndy Gibson, C. c., of Maryland. 35-34-
So Arnold Haneke. Hagerstown; $780,
69 Jack Issacs, Langley Field; 36-33-69
,Iohn O;Donnen Norfolk. 34-35-69; Dal
Herring, Petersburg 34-35--69; Georg
Diffenbaugh. Kenwood. 32-32-19 Clar ClaI
Emery, Congressional. 35-3o---7o; GU
Spencer unattached. 35-35-70: Jimm
Duke, Bonnie View 34-36-70:
John Kelly Ocean View. Va, 35-36-7l