Evening star., 1952-06-29
Nine-Under-Par Is
By Browne|I, Grear
Tons Besf-baII Golf

A phenomenal best ball of 26
on the back nine, 9-under-par,
helped Bobby Brownell and Jimmy
Grear to a f1nalists' berth in the
Congressional Country Club mem
ber-guest tournament today. They
will meet Walter Gallagher of the
host club and Spencer Overton,
the Maryland State senior cham
pion from Baltimore.
Brownell, the District and Mid
die Atlantic Amateur champion,
and Grear. his 11-handicap part
ner, were one down after nine
holes to Bob Chandler of Prince
Georges and G. w. Furlow of
Congressional.
Grear pared the 10th hole and
with a handicap stroke on that
hole scored a net birdie 8. to halve
Chambers net 3. On the par four
11th. Grear had another stroke
and he birdied the hole, via a
3-foot putt, for a net eagle 2.
Brownell Gets Eagle ON 18th.
BroWnell knocked in a 15-footer
for birdie deuce on the 18th,
and on the par five 18th. Brownell
reached the green in two shots
and holed 30-footer for an eagle
3. Brownell pared the 14th in 3
and Grear scored a natural birdie
on the 18th with a 20-foot putt,
Brownell, of course, was playing
from scratch.
Grear had a stroke on the 10th
and it helped him to a birdie as
he pared the hole, and Brownell
knocked in 5-footer on the 18th
for another birdie 3. On the home
18th, the easiest hole on the
course, they merely matched par
4 for a 26.
Brownell and Grear won the
match, 3 and 2.
Their card:
Par In ---44353444-35.
Brownell and Grear.
In -----32233333-26.
Gallagher, with a 15-handicap
and Overton, the former Maryland
Open and Amateur champion,
with two, scored a 5 and 4 VIC
tory over Ralph Bogart and Tom
Wheeler, the defending champions,
with an 8-under par best ball.
Gallagher Saves Seven Strokes.
Overton personally was one
under par for the IA holes of the
match but Gallagher, using his
handicap strokes to perfection,
helped him by seven strokes. Bo-
CART. playing from scratch, was
three under par when his team
lost on the 14th hole.
Chandler was seven under par
for the tournament, without any
handicap. Last year in the same
event Chandler shot an individual
Sc in the Semifinals but his team
lost. s..
The playoff for the medal was
won by Mike Jankowski of Prince
Georges and Congressional's Bill
Diffee, the Staunton Military
Academy golf captain, with a
scratch best ball Of 66, five under
par, to a SO for Jimmy Gibbons
and Col. Jim Wilson of Army
Navy. They tied for the medal
with 66s in the qualifying round.
In today's championship fight
final. Brownell will play from
scratch. Overton will receive two
strokes, Grear eight and Gallagher
II. The match starts at lis.
Results in other flights:
niger and Joe oBrieni Ksnwood, de-
W.s1' y1od' ansI,II and :; B p csOpsT and Dick
SINCE, and Sid Carroll. washington.
FEs' s%2s sht cyunb. Br,ss: s.f..;ss saq E P5
snS d.{s.tsS odt sSrT sad 81 / 4 sSaasls
Louis Fuchs, Manor. i up. ~ anu
!. MSSgTnhy; SSg!1ay; Naval ra 1Assdsny dsfsased
Mudd, Indian Spring. defeated Charles
Dezevallos and N. D. Maiden. Belle Haven.
3 and 2.
Second fight: H. L. Anderson and
Barney Cotton. Chevy Chase, defeated
e. L. Morrison and r. I. Barrett. Nor
Dennis Bolster, Bethesda. defeated e. H.
Roorbach and Dick Walsh, Columbia.
up.
,,,,;{ Third fight: Pr. J. R. currey and Dr..
Foreman and H. N Foreman, Snyder
Park, Ohio, up; q. L. stewart and A. B.
Hanson. Chevy Chase, defeated H. w
Evans, and w. z. Tackabery. Kenwood,
Felix Altrup Kenwood. defeated w. A.
Qu1nlan and j. M. McInerney. Manor,
and 5.
-WHITTLESEY.