Evening star., 1952-06-08
Baltimore Golfer Goes
Five Extra Holes in
Quarter-finaI Match
By MerreII WhittIesey


Bobby Brownell and Eddie john
ston, representing the best in
amateur golf in Washington and
Baltimore, meet today in fitting
final to the Golden Anniversary
championship of the Middle At
lantic Gold Association at CO.
lumbia Country Club.
The 80 year old Brownell,
Seven-time winner of the Dis
trict Amateur title, and the 30
year-old accountant from Balti-
more will play SO holes, the first
18 starting at 8 o'clock and the
second at / pm. Martin McCar-
thy, president of the Middle At
lantic Golf Association. promises
to have the tee markers way back
and the pins in tight places in
order to produce a true champion.
Brownell, champion in 1941 and
1947, hardly was extended in
defeating the host clubs seven
time champion, Buddy Bowie, by
a 4-and-2 margin yesterday after
noon after his birdie birdie finish
took care of his business partner,
Ralph Bogart, 2 and l, in the
quarterfinals.
9O-Degree Heat No Help.
Johnston, who struggled %
holes in near-9c degree heat to
beat Eddie Ault in the quarter
finals, found the veteran Roland
Mackenzie far of his game in
the afternoon and finally won, q
and /, after leading up with five
holes to play.
Johnston, winner of the Coun-
try Club of Maryland Invitation
last year, and the Vermont ANA
teur title in 1851 while on vaca-
ton, was in the Middle Atlantic
final at Chevy Chase in 1916
when he lost to Volney Burnett.
He is best known for advancing
to the fourth round of the Ma
tional Amateur last year.
Mackenzie, who learned his golf |
at Columbia and still is a member
there, was a sentimental favorite
to reach the finals, but the Walker
Cup star of the late 1920S devel-
oped a streak of duck-hooking
against Johnston and was down
after five badly played holes.
The nervous. hdgety Mackenzie,
who was on the Walker Cup team
when Johnston was 4 years old,
kept trying. He won three straight
holes with pars starting with the
14th, and when it appeared he
might take the match to the 18th
green, johnson played a delicate
approach shot and halved the
17th hole in pars. Il
Gets Eagle on 18th.
Johnston was over par against
Mackenzie, despite an eagle
scored when he reached the par 4
18th hole in two woods and
dropped a 6-footer to top Mac
Kenzie's birdie. ! L
Brownell, who has scored some /
Of his most memorable triumphs
at Columbia, was even with Bowie
at the end Of 10 holes. Bobby
won the 18th with par and the
18th with a birdie, then failed
to win the 18th only because he
three-putted.
Bowie was trapped on the 18th s
and lost the hole to Brownell's ;
non-regulation par 4. The match ,
ended on the water-guarded 10th !
when Brownell hit the green and ,
Bowie pushed shot into the ,
ditch.
Bogart's usually reliable putter
cost him against Brownell as he
missed three puts of less than :
a clubs length. All even with !
three holes to play, Brownell
dropped six-foot birdie puts on
16 and II for wins as Bogart
had to be satisfied with pars.
Johnston was on the course
more than an hour after Mac
Kenzie had defeated Col. Jimmy
Wilson, 2 and l, to reach the semi
final. Johnston won the 18th
hole from Ault and dropped a
tricky 4-footer on the 18th to
send the match into extra holes.
They halved 19 and 20 in bogeys.
81 and % in pars and Johnston
finally won with birdie on the
23rd, dropping a 16-footer while
Ault missed a 12-footer.
In the other quarterfnal, Bowie
won by a and margin over DR..
Joseph Kenrick of Kenwood by
winning four straight holes with
pars after being two down and
five to play.
Brownell will be seeking his
third Mid-Atlantic title. record
set by DR.. L. L. Harbin in the early
1900's.