Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
Murphy Only District
Golfer 10 Survive in
Maryland Amateur
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BALTIMORE, June 12.-Juli-
an Murphy. . husky. crew-cut
blond who played on the UNI
versity of Maryland golf team,
IA years ago. and recently re-
turned to Washington and MEM
bership in Kenwood Club, is the
Districts lone survivor in the
quarter finals of the Maryland
State Amateur golf champion
ship.
Washington amateur golf has
reached its lowest ebb in nearly
a score of years in the past two
weeks. Last week the District
had two out of eight quarter
finaliStS In the Middle Atlantic
Amateur. One Of them, Ben
Hartig, went on to win the title.
Today it has only one of eight
remaining in the Maryland State
Amateur after a day of upsets
seldom equaled in the "a years
Of the Amateur championship.
BOgart, Randolph Bow.
Ralph Bogart of Chevy Chase,
defending and f1ve-time cham
pion, and Jay Randolph of Be-
thesda were among the five Dis
trict golfers who lost in the first
round, and Col. Rennie Kelley
of Congressional and Bill Nc
Ferren, jr., of Manor followed
them to the sidelineS in the Sec
ond.
In addition, the second round
found Eddie Johnston, Frank
Michalek, the medalist: Tim
Cragg, the Mid-Atlantic runner
up and Ken Scales, all top-flight
Baltimore amateurs, beaten.
Today's matches find Maury
Bailey, runner-up last year, VS..
DR.. Herbert Levin of Forest
Park; Herb Wagner, jr., of Green
Spring Valley against Harry
Parr W, son Of the 1881 cham
pion; Spencer Overton, winner
in 1896 and AS against Murphy,
and Dr. Walter Panowski, 1851
Mid-Atlantic champion and con-
queror of two District golfers
yesterday, against Eddie Meyer.
a Country Club of Maryland
clubmate.
PanOwski Wins Twice.
Murphy, who returned to
Washington after several years
in the public relations business
in New York defeated Alex
Knapp, the 1880 champion. up.
in the first round and then up
set Scales, sometimes called Bal
timore's most moderated anna
teur, l up. in the second.
Bogart shot SO but lost to
DR.. Panowski, and then the doc
tor beat Colonel Kelly after the
latter had played the out nine
in 80 strokes in the morning to
defeated Ed FinneSsy.
First round matches involving
WashingtonianS:
Maury Bailey. Hillendale, defeated Jay
Randolph. Bethesda, 1 up.
Tim Cragg Rolling Road, defeated
Buddy Brylawski. Woodmont, 3 and 2.
Dr.. Herbert Levin. Forest Park, de-
ifeated Gerald Rem. Prince Georges.
Spencer overtOn. Rolling Road. de-
feated Jimmy Cruise. Army Navy, 2
". b. McFerren, jr, Manor. defeated
John Anderson Mount Pleasant, 4
Julian Murphy, Kenwood. defeated
Alex Knapp. Elkridge, mp.
DR.. Walter PanowSki, c.. C. of Mary
land. defeated Ralph Bosart Chevy
Col Rennie Kelley, Congressional. de-
teated Ell Finnessy, c. c. of Maryland,
Complete second-round matches.
Bailey defeated Frank Michalek,
Mount Pleasant. 3 and 2
Herb WAGNER. dsV. defeated Eddie
johnson, c. c. of Maryland. / up.
Harry Parr. Green Spring Valley. de-
feated Arnold Litman. Suburban, l
Spencer Overton. Rolling Road, de-
feate6 McFerren, and 2.
Murphy defeated Ken Scales, c c. Of
Psnowski defeated Kelley. up.
Eddie Meyer. C. C. of Maryland, de.
feated Rip Mann, C. c. of Maryland.
Quarter-final pairings:
oyerton vs.. Murphy. Panowski VS..