Evening star., 1953-08-24
5ubpar Golf Marks
Club Championships;
Williams MedaIisf

NounCree ana Joe LaSalle In the
Bethesda Club championship
SemifinalS, and a medal-winning
two-under-par 1873 at Washing
ton G&CC by Jack Williams fea-
tured the activity in club cham
pionship play over the week end.
AT other clubs, L. M. (Reds)
Smith and Danny Kapitan
reached the title round at the
Court House Club in Fairfax.
Mike Jankowski took the lead
with 73 in the Prince Georges
championship, being played at
medal play. Halfway mark
leaders in 36-hole trials include
Buddy Sharkey at Kenwood with
a II, Howard Savage at Argyle
with 70 and Bob Chandler at
Congressional with 73.
Bethesda's championship will
be completed next week end with
Rountree and LaSalle, finalists
in mild surprises, playing 18
holes Saturday and the final 18
Sunday. Rountree knocked in a
12-footer for a birdie 3 to beat
Claude Rippy, l up. in a semi
final yesterday. A minute later,
playing in the same foursome,
LaSalle birdied the 18th from a
slightly shorter distance to beat
Ben Hartig, / up.
Rippy won the 18th, 18th and
18th holes to go 2 up on Roun-
tree in their match, but the lat
ter won the 18th with par and
the 18th when Rippy three-put-
ted to go even. and the Florid-
ian won the 18th with a birdie
for the match.
Hartig was up on LaSalle
after six holes and 3 up at the
turn with an out nine of 80. But
LaSalle came back to win, up,
shooting a 50 for the round
The Washington champion
ship enters match play with the
defending champion. Jack Mertz.
on assignment in Tokyo; Claude
Wild. the would-be favorite, in
Texas on business and Claude
Rippy, several times former
champion, missing because he
played in the Bethesda cham
Rionship.
Williams added a u to his
first round Sc to win medal hon.
orS by two strokes over Henry
Kerfoot, jr., the Wake Forrest
student who is the tournament
favorite. Match play in the
championship flight will be con-
cluded this week, with the final
next Sunday.
Championship pairings:
5isk Lev WliSms swaTtwdSf Las sa, Bill Walsh
r. McLister (i53G, Billy Martin dali
vs.. Dick Westwood Q52). Jim Murphy
t15O VS.. BIZ Hoyle, q54l. Henry Ker-.
I535, Harold Hair 14aI vs.. Bob
HUTCHINSON tlOoJ, George InOmaS ODD
VS.. Frank Gradoville G54).
Bill McFerren, Sr. and George
Thornton moved a round ahead
of the rest of the title fight con-
tenders in the Indian Spring club
championship. McFerren played
two matches yesterday, defeating
Johnny Shaw, 5 and 4, and Lou
Harrison, 3 and 2, while Thorn
! ton won over Vince Young, 4 and
3.
Bill McFerren, jr., lost his
match to Volney Burnett, 3 and
2.
Argyle members will qualify
through September 7 in 36-hole
trials. Howard Savage at 70 was
followed by Doug Berry and Ar
mold Prada with 76s on the first
week end of qualifying. Don Sui
livan is defending champion.
The Prince Georges champion
ship, a 72-hole medal play event
for the first time, still is wide
open after one round with Mike
Jankowski at 73 followed by Hank
Robson, Charles Jennings and
Harry Jensen at "a, Ralph Wag-
ner and Moss Innes at rs and Gil
Willett, defending champion, at
II. Scores are high because the
contestants insisted on extreme
back tees and summer rules.
Mrs. Jack Smith reached the
final in defense of her women's
championship with 3 and 2
victory over Lois Gladding. while
Mrs. Gilbert Levy defeated Mrs.
o L. Young, / up in 20 holes.
Bob Chandler is the 18-hole
leader at Congressional where
Vernon Briggs followed an 81
with a 70 for a 36-hole total
of 153 in the qualifying.
E. c. Wilton, jr., with 70
trailed Buddy Sharkey with II
in Kenwood'S medal tests, which
will be at re holes and he con-