Evening star., 1952-07-13

W sass
Against Medalisis
In Columbia Final
Gil Willett. q tall. powerful
former assistant golf pro who lays
claim to being the Districts long
lest hitter. developed q putting
touch yesterday that helped him
and his partner, Martin F. Nc
|Carthy. into the final Of the Co
lumbia Country Club member
guest tournament.
In today's title match at 1880,
being played from scratch, Willett
and Mccarthy meet the tourna-
|ment medalists. A. G.. Dezendorf
and Ralph Bogart, the latter the
Maryland Amateur champion.
Willett. who said he made 1--WE
30-footers during the round.
knocked in an 8-footer for a par
|oa the 18th green to defeat Earl
Skinker and Claude Rippy of
Washington G&5CC. up. Dezen-
|dorf and Bogart reached the final
with q 6 and 4 triumph over Hal
Webb and Herbert r. Askins of
Burning Tree. AskinS is Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy.
Drops 6O-Fo0t Putt.
Bogart and Dezendorf posted a
best ball of 2 under par, were
up at the 9th and had things
pretty much their own way in
defeating the Webb-Askins team.
The feature shot Of the match
was Dezendorf's 60-foot putt for
a birdie 3 on the third hole, COM
ing at q time when he admitted
later he was trying to get close for
a par in order to give Bogart a
shot at a birdie.
The other match was the show
lstealer. The eventual winners
won the second hole but Skinker
birdied the third to square it. On
the par 3 fourth, Rippy hooked a
wood shot into the trees to the
left and proceeded to knock a
wedge shot into the cup from rs
yards away for a birdie deuce and
a 1-up lead.
Rippy and Willett both birdied
the 5th. but the eventual winners
finished the front nine with a
birdie barrage. Mccarthy drop
ping brides on the i7th and 9Th
and Willett on the 9th.
Skinker scrambled to a great
halve on the par four 11th, knock
ing his tee shot out of bounds for
"a 2-stroke penalty and still
getting a five by dropping a long
putt. That was the best Nc
Carthy and Willett could do,
while Rippy was out of the hole.
Willett Takes Lead.
The match was even coming to
the 18th but Willett dropped a
long one for birdie deuce and a
l up lead. Play was held up
nearly half-hour on the 18th
when Skinker drove into path
way and had to call for a ruling.
Rippy was out Of the hole and
Skinker finally scrambled to a
halve in par Is, almost sinking a
chip shot for a birdie 8.
Again on the 18th a Skinker
chip shot hit the cup but bounced
a foot over for a par 4 while
Rippy's birdie putt from 10 feet
was a trifle strong. Willett made
his 8-footer to avoid extra holes.
Results in other nishts: columbia
2nd-John Holzberg and Harold Hair
deieated Billy Parks and Perky Cullinane.
r. L: Kelly. defeated Ray swearingen and
Frank Mirth. 2 and !,
3rd-Bill Hickey and r. r. Hanlon
defeated T. r. Edmonston and Eddie Auit.
5 and 4; Karl Kellerman and Col Ben
Scnriever defeated r. 7. Willis and p. J.
d.ieasea 1snMarE Wan, Eyhns ann and Tom Tsu:;s
l; Waiter Gallagher and Spencer Overton
defeated Billy Shea and Il. L. Anderson.
L.
bth-Dr. H. Kirby-smith and Sam
Del Vecchio defeated ]. B. Heron and
Vernon Briggs. and 4; D. B. Grimm, jr.,
and s. W. Reynolds, / up. 10 holes.
B. YonSer % and 1 3. sesl. cs'sl and drfleafsn Jm
Gardella and Dick Milbourne defeated r.
7th@E. J. orme, d T.. and M. II iparlinston
defeated J. A. Smith and r. 8. Whiteiey,
defested James orms and na Harvey = shipisS iass
sth-E. Clarke and Frank Goodwin
defeated r. ": Davis and =: I pesner.
aL'fz T. zu:sss snd tac Carl ona% amy
9th-John Ryerson and /. W. Gray de-
feated Don Childress and Jim Lemon,
9 and 2; W E skinker and c. Wilson
6efeated =. J. Hickey, Jr.. and L. O'Brien,
Ioth-A. P. Hail and Z. W. stearns
defeated r. p. Harrington and w. j. Lank,
Y and l; A: J. Moore and r.. C.. Kirchner
defeated Michael Keogh and Dr.. w. J.
iith3Miiton schlosser and Jimmy
Cochrane, 3 and 4: r. A. Moulton and n.
Hellickson defeated Lucus Beau and o.