Evening star., 1953-06-21
Defending Champion
0utIasts Buppert and
Beats Morris, 4 and ;
By MerreII WhittIesey
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reach the final Of the Middle
Atlantic Amateur golf champion
ship today along with Buddy
Loving, 26-year-old medalist
from the host club.
Brownell, defending and three
time champion from Chevy
Chase. and Loving, sandy haired
favorite of the Pennington
Country Club members, meet
over the 36-hole route tomorrow
in what is considered an even
match here. where Loving grew
up. If the match were to be
played in Washington, it would
be a different story.
For a while this afternoon
there was considerable doubt
that Loving would make the A.
nal, but Ben Hartig, 30-year-old
cigar-pufing threat from Beth
esda Country Club, failed to take
advantage Of three straight
openings and Loving won, 2 and
!.
Loving was under par in the.
quarter-flnals - either one or i.
two strokes, depending upon a
conceded putin defeating DR..
Walter Panowski, the 1851
champion from Baltimore, 3 and
2. Buddy was one over par in
the semifinals against Hartig.
BrOwnelI Over Par Twice.
Brownell was four over par in
his 1-up victory over Buppert
and either one or two over
against Morris, with Brownell
giving himself a 4 and the scorer
generously giving him a 3 on the
18th hole after Morris had
picked up.
All matches today were played
In 95-degree heat and several of
the contestants sought out the
swimming pool between rounds.
Brownel had lunch served in the
bathtub. where he was attempt
ing to escape the heat.
The Buppert match was one
Of the most exasperating of
Brownell's career-and he used
to be slow player. Buppert,
the University of Maryland's
No. / golfer, several times has
been called in tournament play
for his pokey tactics, and If the
= tournament committee had been
q little more severe today he |
would have had one or two holes |
taken away. ira. |
Brownell would walk ! the
width of a fairway to find a !
shade tree while Buppert would
go through his agonies In adj
dressing the ball, exploring the
grass and asking people to move
out of his line.
"Playing Fast Today"
At that, one Of the University
Of Virginia golfers who met
Buppert in a collegiate match
last year defended him. Hes
playing fast today" the young
ster said. when I played him
we took 8 hours and IS minutes
for 18 holes"
They were even after 9 holes
and Buppert won the 10th with !
a bogey after starting at a shot
for what seemed to be five min
uteS. Brownell squared the
match on the 18th with beau !
tifully played birdie, won the
14th with a par when Billy was
In trouble. They halved the next
four
Against Morris, his former
high school teammate at Roose-
velt, Brownell was S up after
seven holes. Although Morris
settled down at this point and
won the 9th and 10th, Brownell
had enough margin to coast to
victory.
Hartig Extends Opponent.
Loving had been waltzing
through the lower bracket with
out serious opposition until he
met Hartig, and then it was a
different story. Ben won the
third hole with a birdie 3 by
canning a 15-footer and was
still one up through six.
Loving won the 7th and 9th
and went 2 up with a fine chip
shot for a par on the 10th. Har-
tig replied with brides on II and
13. Hartig was trapped on the
14th and lost to a par. Both
three-putted No. Is. Hartig
failed to make a 5-footer for a
birdie on 16 that would have put
him even.
Loving missed the green on the
short 18th and again Hartig had
an opening. but he walked away
from his ball when q car drove
up beside the tee as he started
to shoot. Then on his back3wing
the car was started and Hartig
jumped at the ball and it buried
in a trap. Loving won the hole
with q conceded par.
Throughout the day Loving
was followed by his 82-year-old
grandfather, Fred Findlay. who
walked the entire SO holes with
out a hat despite the hot sun.
One of the better matches of
the day was in the second flight,
where Ray Swearingen of Co
lumbia won the last four aoles
to beat Roger Martino of Argyle,
] up.
Championship Flight.
QuarterinalS-Bohby Brownell, Chevy
Chase. defeated Billy Buppert, Prince
GEORGES. defeated Herb Wagner, Baltis
more C.. c.. 3 and 2; Buddy Loving.
Farmington, defeated DR.. Walter Pam
owski, c. C. OF Maryland, 3 and 2: Ben
Hartig. Bethesda, defeated Bill RiRges,
Kenwood. and 3
semi1nals-Brownell defeated Norris.
and 8; Loving defeated Hartig, 2-1.
Championship Consolation.
ouarternnals-Tom Shenk, Argyle.
wen BY default: Doug Berry, Argyle. de-
ieatsd H. 4. Halpin; 4 and 2; Eddie Is
4: j. Clay. Fafmington. s and &; E. r: