Evening star., 1953-07-23
Canadian Boys Play
In Mid-AtEantic Hints
Close Simpson Match
By MerreII WhittIesey

Canadian youngsters won nine
matches and lost five against
District area boys in two days
of match play in the Middle
Atlantic junior golf champion
ship, which indicates tomorrow's
Simpson Cup match at Columbia
should be fairly close,
This will be the third annual
match between a picked team of
juniors from the Province of
Ontario against the best from
the District area selected by
Frank Emmet. The District
youngsters won, 8-3, here in 1851
and lost, rs, in Canada last
year.
Play will be patterned after
Walker Cup competition, with
four scotch foursome matches
tomorrow morning and eight
singles matches in the afternoon.
Vice President Nixon will pre-
sent the cup late in the after
noon In a ceremony that will
include dignitaries Of both ma
tions, band music and a color
guard.
Beman Wins Tourney.
Deane Beman has been the
whole show of this tremendous
golfing week for the juniors, with
his 81 in the combined USGA
junior and Middle Atlantic jun
ior qualifying. and his subse-
ouent triumph in the Middle
Atlantic concluded yesterday.
AS so often is the case,I the
poorest golf of the week was
played in the championship
flight final yesterday. Deane
was far of his game, and 10
year-old Jerry McFerren, who
with his straw hat looks like a
little old man. didn't break 80.
Beman lost three of the first four
holes and still won, and l, TAX
ing several holes with bogeys.
Both boys will have to play bet
ter tomorrow against the Cana
dianS.
The Canadians record in the |
Middle Atlantic was not all |
against boys they will be meet
ing tomorrow. but their oppo-
nents were representative Of |
junior golfers in this section.
Biggest winner for Canada was
.12-year- old Phil Brownlee, who !
won the 13-and-under flight
with a 3-and-2 victory over Don
Beach of Fairfax.
Champ Misses Tourney.
And the Canadians junior
champion, Bill Bell, missed the
Mid-Atlantic because of
sprained wrist but is scheduled to
play tomorrow. Bell has been
taking treatments and has played
Columbia in practice rounds
three straight days.
The personnel for the Simpson
matches:
14-years-John Grubb and
John Redman. District, VS.. Phil
Brownlee and Garry Cowan,
Ontario.
15-years-Deane Beman and
Bruce KesSler, District, VS.. Dave
Drury and Bill Stager, Ontario.
16-years-Jerry McFerren and
Bill Parks. District, VS.. Hugh Pat
terson and Bill Bell, Ontario.
17-years - Larry Spellman,
Pete Loda and Del Beman. Dis
trict, VS.. Jack LoWrey and George
Shorer, Ontario.
First for Deane.
The Middle Atlantic triumph
was the first Junior conquest for
the youngest of the Beman
brothers. Deane's record did not
match his brother Dels until
this week, but there is no
jealousy in the family. Del is
Deane's biggest booster and
caddied for his kid brother yes
terday.
Jerry McFerren, 16-year-old
Blair High senior, made his best
showing in Junior competition
in reaching the final, defeating
Canada's Lowrey, l up, in the
semif1nals with some good pres
sure golf while Beman was de-
feating Franny Poore of Phil
adelphia, 5 and 4.
The Beach brothers of Fairfax
broke even in final matches in
the other flights, John defeating
his Fairfax High golf teammate,
Frank Boyle, and 3, after
Boyle had eliminated three
straight Canadians. John was
3 down and five to play against
John Dunn of Kenwood in the
semifinals but won on the 10Th.
Championship Flight.
Semifnals-Deane Beman, Bethesda.
defeated Franny Poore. WhitemarSh,
Pa, and 4 Jerry McFerren, Indian
Spring defeated Jack Lowrey, Canada.
Final-Beman nefeated McFerren. 2
14-15-Year-0Id Division.
Semifnals-JohE Beach, Fairfax, de-
feated John Dunn. Kenwood, l up in
IA holes; Frank Boyle, Fairfax. de-
feated. Garry Cowan, Canada. and l.
Final-BeaAh defeated Boyle, 4 and 3.
13 and Under Division.
Semif1na'-Don Beach. Fairfax de-
feated Tsm Edmonston. Columbia.
and B. Phil Brownlee, Canada, defeated
Basil Parks. Chevy Chase, and 4.
Finai-Brownlee defeated Beach, 3
and 2.
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