Evening star., 1952-05-19
&C. Of Maryland Team
Joins Indian Spring
As 4-Time Champion

AS 4-IIme Champion
The Country Club of Maryland
in Baltimore Joined Indian Spring
as the only four time winner of
the Maryland State Golf Associa-
tion's team championship with its
10-7ha victory over Baltimore
Country Club over the neutral
Rolling Road course yesterday.
In the 81 years the tournament
has been played since 1927. mol
other club has won the title more
than twice. Washington area
teams hold 1873 edge In cham
pions.
The Country Club of Maryland
won its four championships I'M
1946-47-48 and so with virtually
the same team. Indian Springs
triumphs came in 1930-31-39l
and AZ.
The match was decided in theI
last foursome yesterday when
Spencer Reed and Ed Hatton won|
2l2 points from AL Schauman|
and Edgar Spilman.
Howard Nordlinger was the
Class A winner in WoodmontS S
sweepstakes with a 76-3-7S. Al
vim Miller in Glass B with
85-13-72; Leonard Viner in CI
with 98-17-81 and Bernard Mar
golius in D with 95-25-70.
Don Sampson was double win
ner at Sligo Park as in two diff
ferent rounds he scored a hole
in-one, and finished in the prize
list in 9-hole sweepstakes in the
order.
SIMPSONS ace came on the 138-
yard 4th, with a 7-iron.
Sweepstakes winners were r. E.
Bird, 41-6-35; Ray Willett, 38-3-I
35; Jim Hustled. 38-31a-351a: D.
Weisenberger. 42-6-36; Bob Cher
ry. 43-7-36 and Sampson,
42-6-36.
East Potomac's golf team is
dreaming of an unbeaten season
after humping the Clifton Park
Club of Baltimore, 41Ea to y,
yesterday at East Potomac. The
winners have won three straight
and after meeting the Ranger
Social Club of Baltimore next
week, will play all their victims in
return matches.
Joe Regan's II and Bill Horns
73 were the best rounds reported
in the match, while Joe Grove of
the Baltimoreans had 73 to con-
tribute his teams half point.
Sam Carter with 79-O-79 and
George Toreges, 81-2-79 hit the
blind bogey at East Potomac.
H. G. Park. a 19-handicap
golfer at Kenwood. posted one of
his very best rounds, an 81 to win
the annual Donal Chamberlain
trophy play with a net 63. There
was tie for second between How
ard De Franceaux, 85-20-65 and
John Stadtler, 77-12-65. Bob
Lewis had 77-11-66 for fourth.
Low gross honors went to Buddy
Sharkey with a. "a.
John Mertz won Washington
Golf and Country Clubs match
play against par tournament, fin
ishing l up. Seth Horn. Bill Hoyle,
James Murphy and Bill Miller /
finished second. one down.
Ray Ayers and Charles Hage-
dorm won the first flight in Belle |
Haven's two-man team champion
ship over Bob Dunn and H. v.
Norton, 5 and 3. N. j. Carothers
and H. H. Hannah won the sec
ond flight over K. F. Hanst and
A. A. Armstrong, 3 and 2.
In an 18-hole. two-man team
event, John Lyon and Harry
Sharpe won low net with rs
15-60 and Frank Woolley ard
Eddie Frank low gross with 81.
Columbia'S mixed Scotch four
some winners were Mrs. Richard |
Kreuzburg and John Holzberg, a /
gross "a. and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Kerkham, second gross with an |
83. The Pinehurst system was
used. Net winners were Mr.. and
Mrs. M. w. Fillius, 81-11-70 and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ryerson, 90
20-70.
Col. F. w. Hallahan won Army |
Navy's match play against par
tournament by finishing up
with a round of rs. He had use
of six handicap strokes. Gen. c.
B. Magruder and A. c. Puryear
were next, one down and two
down.
Blind bogey winners at Fairfax
Court House Country Club were
r. L. Howard, 82-10-72 and DR.. +
I. Rutkowski, 101-25-76.
There was a tie in Argyle's
breakfast foursome play between
the teams of George Ruhl, Ralph |,
Hamilton, Gorden Dunkel and
Harold Cutler, 355. minus 63 ham
dicap strokes for 292 and Nolan
Gibson. Bill Gratrix. Bernie /
Moltz and Bill August, 327-35-l;
292.
Tony Litreno's f1ve-iron into
the cup for hole-in-one on the
170-yard fifth hole was the best
shot of the week end at Prince
Georges.
Play was completed in several
flights in the two-man team
championship. The second went Il