Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-01
Wild, Champion,
Upset by Navy Man;
BrowneII Defeated
By Bill Fuchs


months. steered himself across a
smooth course yesterday to sink
Defending Champion Claude Wild
2 and /. and advance to the final
of the Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club Invitation Tournament.
Ralph Bogart moved into the
other final berth by defeating his
insurance partner and fellow club
member from Chevy Chase, Bobby
Brownell. 2 up. Bogart and Heyer
will battle for the title over SO
holes today. teeing off at 10 am.
and 2 pm.
Wild, playing without his lucky
shorts, just wasn't the same golfingl
craftsman who broke par by FIVE
strokes in setting a course record
of IS in the qualifying round. He
followed this up with q 50 and a.
par 10.
Admittedly, Wild just did not
have 1t yesterday. He was four
under par on the first five holes
in the quarter finals Friday. Yes
terday at the same point he was
four over, taking seven strokes on
No. 4 after landing in the woods
and striking a tree attempting toI
get out
Trapped on First Hole.
The amiable Texan, who had toI
leave his lucky" shorts home
yesterday to give his Sunburned
legs rest. landed in a sand trap
on the first hole, was short with
his tee-shot on the second and
found himself three down after
five. The Naval officer hit the
rough on No. 6 an Wild took
that one. On No. Z Wild missed
a two-foot putt and had to settle
for half. Wild birdied the eighth
hole to narrow the margin, but
lost the ninth when again his
putter failed from two feet out.
The luckieSt break the Wash
ington Club member had during
the match came on No. II, where
the Navy man found himself in
water and had to take a five.
No. Is proved unlucky for Wild.
No. Is rests on a high hill and
Wild's approach struck the vertical
bank and rolled into the rough.
Heyer's ball was resting on the
green in two shots. He went Cup
and they played even through the
18th hole.
First Win for Heyer.
For Heyer it was a nice victory.
1t was his third match with Wild
and his first win. Wild having
beaten him in the same tourna-
ment last year and recently in the
Maryland State Amateur.
Bogart and Browneu, who have |
met on about a dozen other &C.
casions, had their usual slam
bang rivalry. Brownell found the
trap on the very first hole and
lost it. But he came back, taking
No, 10 when his opponent drove |
against tree. and going ahead on
No. IL when Bogart overshot the
green and missed a six-foot putt.
Brownell missed a six-footer on
the 18th hole and Bogart birdied |
it to even the score. Brownell
took three swings to hit the green
on No. II and lost the hole to fall
back by one.
Both men hit the 18th green in
two shots. but while Brownell /
two-putted from IS feet, Bogart
clinched the match with a daz-
zllng 18-foot putt.
This tournament is showing fine
golf all the way down the line.
For example, George Wrinkler of
Bethesda, a fifth-f1ight finalist,
scooted around yesterday in II,
completing his Is holes after dis
posing of D. N. Heviner of Indian
Spring, Z and 6. /
Bogart toured the course in 68,
while Brownel finished with a
par-70.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
simfs F Il
feated Claude Wild, washington. Z and /,
s sobe5 crew e Shass aan @
eH AN sii p c aSiss15 F.
ior seminal after Keith Kaiiio sD unat-
deiesfed H. H. Hair a and
l0:20 ann
eoumbs dsteated j. f Hunt sV Washins
'of F1R SaP' F21G 6fifs c 81 s Bob
s BsEda' Columbia da!sntsa rs and Fl Smith
taeasd: By default. d ted H a.m'g uha'-
wsshasson; td DEBATED W, R%sssRaSsi.
feated R; Greasy Congressional, s and /. |
'' sEco 5n' FLIGHT CONSOLATION Il
W Eddjs EdT Tssaisv Belle Haven, ana
Third FLfaHf- Iai1V w ii@l Wash
ington, defeated Ted Rutley. Kenwood, l.
up, q holes. Herb Rqdd. Bethesda. de-
T I1teu o1 Re Mitcnen' kenwood, Cup
d. THIRD FLIGHT c. Hartig. Bethes-
ga dsfeated c: r Courtney: Washington, |
1eated Paul Mcmahon, unattached. and
l. F nhi2r am; n 1c.rr n,,,,,o
Fairfax, defeated LAWS Smith, FairfayJ
1-up. 10 holes. Odell CAN'T, unattached
deefated Don Murphy, unattached, and
FOURTH FLIGHT coNsoLATIoN-
Richie Edmonston, Columbia. defeated H. |
B. Wiley, Washington, by default. i'll
Scaulding. unattached. defeated Felix AL
trup eKnsington. by default III am. |
FIFTH FLIGHT. D. johnson, wash
ington,. defeated w. c. McCabe, Puerto
Rico. and 3; 6; e. Winkler Bethesda,
aaeteated 2, r. Heviner, Indian Spring,
FIFTH FLIGHT CONSOLATION-E. 1.
Wrenn, Washington. advanced by default
futoma tically. o. M. Hines, WashingtonJ
debated johnson Russell, unattached. by
default 10:40 am.
Thrown Ball RuI
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