Evening star., 1952-10-06

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In Four-BaII Golf III.
A week end Of unexpected re-
suits In the Maryland State four
ball golf championship finds both
Of Bethesda Country Clubs COM
binations still in the running asl
play reaches the semifinals.
Bethesda's top tandem Of Joe
LaSalle and Herb Rudd meets
DR.. Joseph Kenrick
and Nick Hollander next Satur-
day at the Elkridge course in Bal
timore and In the other seminal
Ben Hartig and Tony Popalaski
of Bethesda play Rolling Roads
Spencer Overton and Charles
Yearick.
The final match will be played
next Sunday afternoon at Wood
mont.
The four-ball championship
continued to be a jinx event for
the Districts best amateurs,
Bobby BrowneI and Ralph Bo-
gart. as they were upset by the
Naval Academy's Cliff French and
Cliff Ely in q third-round surprise.
Overton and Yearick's 2 up tri-
UYnph over the defending cham
pions, Eddie Johnston and DR..
Walter Panowski, was the feature
Of yesterdays play at Prince
Georges. Hartig Clipped into the
cup from of the 18th green to
win for his team over Eddie Frank
and Frank Woolley Of Belle Haven
DR.. Kenrick played sub-par gol1
on the front nine to star in his
duo's 2-and-1 triumph over Gfl
|Willett, the host club champion,
and 1t. Jim Kinder. LaSalle and
Rudd defeated French and Ely
l up.
Argyle has q new champion in
Don Sullivan, q young attorney
who is built very much like Dave
Douglas. the human one-iron o1
pro golf.
Sullivan had a 5 up lead at one
time and held on to defeat Andy
Oliveri, many-time public link
champion, 2 and 1, in the 36-hol'
nnal yesterday. It was Oliveri''
debut in country club competition
Sullivan. runnerup in the Fair
acre Invitation last year at Ho
Springs, Va, in his biggest splurg,
in tournament golf. has been play
ing the best golf all season q
Argyle and deserved the triumph
Pat MARITIME won the first nigh
final over Luke Beale, 3 and 2.
In the spring Of the year tn
Burning Tree Club members quail
'|ify for the club championship
more than 100 Of them, in sevel
flights. and then at least on
Imonth Is allowed for each mattel
Many Of the Burning Tree mem
Ibers spend q great deal Of til
itime out Of town and there jui
Isn't any hurry about completin
1.-THE matches. Finally, John.
Mcclure and e. K. Wheeler mad
Ia date for the long postponed fini
lIyesterday.
3 Mcclure, former District an
Middle Atlantic senior champion
0lplayed his home course in par z
3 which is not unusual for him. an
3 won the match, 4 and 8.
q Bobby Suit won his secor
3 straight club championship at Fo
3 Dupont with O 1-up victory ov'
0lBob Rhodes in the title match.
). Rhodes, who finished fourth
ofthe District public links tourni
lment last week, was the Fort D,
'oIpont medalist. Suit was 3 ov'
'3Ipar on the tough course In win
'9lning.
|s| Match play starts Wednesdi
: land continues through Saturd'
,oIin the Columbia Club champiol
q ship. Martin McCarthy's u Al
x lures to stand up for the medi
,0Iwith qualifying ending toda
* Buddy Bowie's u is the secol
-lheSt n,1alifviy,r Scnrn
,.I The performance Of the B
thesda clubs team In the Sta
four-ball play has slowed the ct
championship. Larry Spellmal
2-and-1 defeat at the hands
Cal Reeder was the feature Of {
few matches played over t
3 jWeek end.