Evening star., 1954-06-03
Only I'd. c. Golfers
In Mid-AfIantic as
Bogeys Beat Bogart
By MerreIl WhittIesey
Ssor Ssoff Correspondent

BALTIMORE, June S.-1CS
been many years since Washing
ton had only two Of the eight
quarter -finalists in the Middle
Atlantic Amateur golf champion
ship, but that was the situation
here today after two rounds of
upsetS, bad golf and disappoint-
ments at Rolling Road.
= Both District survivors are
Manor Club members and they
are meeting III the third round
Ben Hartig, the chain cigar
smoker and flaShy dresser, and
w. B. McFerren, transcontinental
airplane navigator and father OF
two Junior golf stars.
The winner was to meet a
Country Club of Maryland
player, either chatterbox DR.. w.
j. Panowski. the 1851 winner, or
silent Ed Finnessy, who plays
this course well.
BOgart Has Bad Time.
In the upper bracket Tim
Cragg, the smiling pharmacist
who upset Ralph Bogart yester-
day, met Maury Bailey, the
probable new champion, and
Harry Parr " played Ray Bass
Ter, younger brother of the host
pro, Charley. The winners of
those matches meet later today.
The 36-hole final will be played
tomorrow.
Most of yesterdays excitement
was packed into two matches,
Cragg VS.. Bogart and Bailey
against Jay Randolph, although
excitement hardly was the word
for Bogart's performance on the
back nine. It probably was the
most aggravating nine holes he
has played since he became a
tournament golfer. This isn't
the biggest tournament in the
country, but Bogart doesn't like
to lose, and he was stunned when
1t was over.
After Bogart and Cragg left
the 10th hole, Bogart did not
par q hole until the 17th and
Cragg pared only one in that
span. When Cragg Clipped in
from the apron of the 18th green
to win, / up, he was approx
mately eight over par. Bogart.
who won the medal with a 66,
was about the same.
Putter Goes Haywire.
Bogart three-putted the 18th,
took three from the edge of the
18th, three-putted the 18th and
14th and took three from the
edge of the 18th and 10th. He
finally two-putted the 18th for a
par. He also three-putted seven
and eight.
Cragg is a 32-year r-old home
club member who qualified for
the National Amateur last year
and beat Norman Drews, a Brit
ish Walker Cupper. in the first
round. This is the farthest he
has been in a sectional tourna-
ment.
Everything happened to Ran
dolph yesterday, including the
loss of two holes to eagles. In
the first round Dick Snyder
made a hole-in-one against him
on the 189-yard third hole. In
the afternoon Bailey almost
made an ace on the 308-yard par
four first hole against Jay, and
did make a deuce. Randolph
birdied the hole and lost it.
The 19-year-old Randolph
played 2-over-par golf for 81
holes, but lost to Bailey's par on
the third extra after Jay had
missed a 3-footer for a birdie and
victory on the 10Th. Bailey was
runnerup to Bpgart in the Mary
land Amateur last year and to
Panowski in the Mid-Atlantic in
81, and appears to be q much
improved player.
Hartig and McFerren won their
morning matches by outscram-
bling their opponents, but both
played near-par golf in the after
noon. Hartig went to the semi
finals of this tournament last
year, losing on the next-to-last
hole to Buddy Loving after an
auto horn caused him to miss an
important tee shot on the 17th.
Ffrst-round results:
Ralph Bogard. Chevy Chase, defeated
Charles Enrich. Rolling Road, 4 and 8.
Earl skinkerF.s coiambis, iH EGaSi and q aeieated
Dick Ms.chs%, konips ROAD. 5 snd aies'e0 ),
Hal Dorsey. Rolling Road. defeated Ted
Bower: &C; Of Nd. and 3.
pick pick Haynes. Rolling Road. 1 up. 10
Carr Kroneberger. Prince Georges. de
Ray BaSsler Rolling Road defeated
Ed Jowett, Hillandale, l up. 10 holes.
,.aR2sa Walt MsttI PHnSTEski ;SS. GG Of Nd de-
Eddie Johnston. &C. of Md, defeated
Fred Dorsey, Rolling Road, 4 and 3.
John Quinn. Baltimore &C, defeated
Reds Smith, Rolling Road, 1 up, 20 holes
Herb Schaub, Rolling Road. defeated
w. B. McFerren. Manor. defeated
Dawson Stump. Green Spring, 2 up.
Ben Hartig. Manor, defeated Maury
Fitzgerald, Kenwood. 3 and ..
Maurice Click. Woodholme, defeated
Bob Schacher. Rolling Road. 4 and 3.
SECOND ROUND.
Cragg defeated Bogart, l up.
Bailey defeated Randolph, 1 UP. 21
holes.
Parr defeated H. Dorsey. 4 and 2.
Bassler defeated KroneberRer, 2 and /.
Panowski defeated Johnston. ] up.
Ftnnessy defeated Quinn. 4 and 3.
McFerren defeated Schaub, and 3.
Hartig defeated Click and 4.
TODAY'S PAIRNGS.
Cragg VS.. Bailey.
Parr VS., BaSSler.
Panowski VS.. Finnessy.