Evening star., 1953-05-24
Slater and DeVeau
Move 10 Semifina|s
In Chevy Chase Golf

- 80 N~~e~VSAs JAD H1NACN OAAO
three tough finishing holes at
Chevy Chase yesterday and
teamed with Don DeVeau to de-
feat Generals F. L. Parks and
G. H. Decker, up. in a thrilling
quarterflnal match of the Chevy
Chase member-guest tourna-
ment.
Slater, Of Columbia Club, and
DeVeau, president of the Mary
land State Golf Association, were
two down with three to play
when the former staged one of
the best finishes in the history
OF tournament golf at the club.
Today Slater and DeVeau
meet John Walker Of the host
club and Dick West. Princeton
football great of three seasons
ago, In one Of the semifinals.
Final This Afternoon.
The other will be between G.
P. De Keller of Chevy Chase and
his guest, C.. H. Pottenger, of
Army Navy, against j. w.
Burke, jr., and Haywood Nelms
OF Pennington. Va. The final
will be played starting at 2
o'clock this afternoon.
In the optional medal play
phase Of the tournament. which
featured the appearance of Ma
tlonal Amateur Champion Jack
Westland, p. L. Wetherill and
Byrn Curtiss of Columbia won
the first days low net with a
best ball of 70, minus 1917
handicap strokes for a net 5912.
While Curtiss. a southpaw,
was playing at Chevy Chase, his
15-year-old son. Bill was post
ing one of the low scores on
Beat Boros Day." an SO minus
~ handicap for a net g. at Co.
lumbia.
Best Ball of IL.
Westland had a "A and with
r: P. Dunn had a best ball of II,
minus 5l2 handicap for a net
65l2.
P. D. Sterling and his brother,
John, of Newport, r. l., were
second in the medal play with
7372-12l2, 60l2. and Clarence
Dodge, jr., and F. S. Wilcox, jr.,
had 69-7, 81. Reeve Lewis and
Larry Bernard of Burning Tree
had a 70-6, "a, and Mark Sulli-
van. jr,, and Senator Prescott
Bush of Connecticut, former
United States Golf Association
president. a 74-10. "a.
In the match play, the medal
ist team of Jack Barr, jr., and
Page Cornwell lost in the first
round to R. p. Whiteley and
F. H. Benson. and last years
runnerup team, Merle Thorpe,
ir., and Brandon McInerney, lost
to Burke and Nelms, also in the
first round.
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
First Round.
r. F. 8. Whiteley and F. H. Benson,
fredericksburg. Va, defeated Jack Barr,
lr:, and Page Cornwell. 3 and >: ]. c.
Walker and Dick West. Columbia, de-
teated r: w. Bogue and Fleming Bomar,
CONGRESSIONAL. ! up: Don DeVeau and C.
4. Slater. ir, Columbia, defeated Ralph
Quinter jr., and Maury Nee Columbia,
! up; Gen F.. L. Parks and Gen. G. H.
40 hnFn tod tl,o
III. and William Eager, Elkridge. 3 and
z; Mac C.. Darlington and E. ]. Orme,
IT,. Columbia, defeated R. W. Fleming
and Billy Shannon. Columbia, | up; G.. P.
DeKeller and c. H. .Pottenger, Army
Navy, defeated Corcorah Thorn, jr., and
Col. Tom Belshe. Burning Tree. / up;
2. H. Foote, and Sir Christopher Steele,
Burning Tree. defeated Clarence Dodge,
jr.. and Sam wilcox, Wilmington. Del, 1
up; j. w. Burke, jr., and Haywood NelmS,
Pennington. Va. defeated Merle Thorpe,
t. and Brandon McInerney, Rochester.
N. Y. and 3.
Second Round.
Walker and West defeated whitley
snd Benson. and 3; DeVeau and Slater
defeated Parks and Decker. j up De-
Keller and Pottenger defeated Darlington
and Orme, , and !; Burke and Nelms
defeated Foote and Steele, l up.