Evening star., 1952-05-11
Cavalier Golfers Take
Eastern Championship
In Stunning Upset
By MerreII WhittIesey
Stor Stoff Correspondent

stunning upset in college golf
circles here today by winning the
25th annual Eastern Intercol-
legiate championship over 13
teams from the Ivy League and
throughout the East.
The Cavaliers had four players
who totaled 636 strokes for the
36-hole medal test and won by
two strokes over Princeton, run
nerup with 638. Navy was third
with $50 and Yale's defending and
11-time champions finished fourth
with 646.
For the second straight year
medalist honors went to Prince
tons Bill Ragland, the 1850 Ten
nessee Amateur champion from
Chattanooga, who shot 76-73-149.
The low 16 players today quail
fed for the match play rounds to
determine the individual cham
pion. Two rounds will be played
tomorrow and the semif1nals and
final on Monday.
Navy Places Four Men.
Navy was the only team to place
four players in the match play
rounds, including Billy Ball, a
plebe from Washington who was
runnerup for the District junior
championship last year and was
a former District Schoolboy final
ist. Billy shot 79-80-159, two
strokes under the qualifying limit.
Virginia, with an 11-3 record in
dual matches this season, is the
freshman member of the EIGA,
having Joined in 1916. Low man
for the Cavaliers was Frank
Smith of Norfolk with 75-77-152.
John Hendrlckson of Philadelphia
posted 79-77-156; Paul Puzak of
Arlington, 81-81-162 and Tom
Evans of Wilmington, Del, 1888
I-166. Puzak took a seven on the
last hole to miss qualifying, but
he would have had to default be-
cause a cracked rib was bother
ing him.
There was added proof today
that the par II Naval Academy
course is one of the toughest
courses, if not the most difficult,
in this section. Of the 81 COL
legians who participated, a two
over-par 73 by Ragland was the
lowest score. Only four players
had 36-hole totals of better than
155. The course record is a par
II by Billy Campbell, the Walker
Cup player from West Virginia.
Georgetown Is 18th.
Georgetown, first team to break
the Princeton-Yale monopoly on
this championship with it's tri-
umph in 1910. finished 18th in the
l4-team field. Long hitting John
Mes OF the Hoyas, runnerup last
year to Line Roden of Yale for
the individual title, failed to quail
lily with an 83-81-164.
Johnny Farrell, jr., of George
town, son of the ex-National Open
champion, had an 80 in the morn
ing and picked up in the after
noon. Joe Turnesa, jr., also the
son of a pro golf great, has with
drawn from the golf team for the
remainder of the season to con-
centrate on his studies. Other
Georgetown scores were Chuck
DALEY, 82-83-165; Jim McNa-
mara, 83-87-170; Bernie Berry,
93-81-l74 and Paul Mcmahon,
89-S5-174.
Ragland won medal honors by
two strokes over Paul Harney of
Holy Cross with 75-76-151. Smith
of the Cavaliers was third with
152 and he might have tied for
the medal except for a triple
bogey six on the 33d hole. Roden
was fourth with 76-78-154.
Navy's qualifiers, in addition to
Ball, were Bill Thompson, also
with 79-80-159; George Hall with
and John Inman, who
had 83-78-161 and won his place
in a playoff. !
Ball and Smith meet in one of
the feature f1rst-round matches
today and Ragland plays Bob
Riley of Pitt.