Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-06
Court House Victory
18Th in 10 Tries for
New Club Champion


New Club Champion
Haynes Osborne has played
10 matches in club champion
ship competition at Court House
in Fairfax since 1850 and won
Is of them. including the title
match yesterday over Pierce
Bragg, 8 and 2.
Osborne was club champion
in 1950-51-52, and suffered his
only lost to Omar Carey last
year in the sefnifinals.
Mrs. Rudy Gessley repeated
as the womens' champion at
Court House with 8 and l VIC
tory over Mrs. John Leonard,
while a new club champion is
Mrs. William Weitzen at Indian
Spring, who defeated Mrs. Paul
Costello, 3 and 2.
One club final scheduled
today finds last years winner
and runnerup at Indian Spring,
w. B. McFerren, ST., and George
Thornton, playing for the Manor
Club championship. This match
Is at A8 holes. McFerren won
the Indian Spring title over
Thornton last year, 2 and 1, in
a 36-hole final. Both have since
resigned from Indian Spring.
The club championship pic.
ture:
COURT HOUSE - Curly Os-
borne had "a for the first Ii and
played one under par golf for the
second in defeating Bragg in the
36-hole final. The winner was
three up after nine and even at
18, but won the first three holes
of the second round and held
the lead.
Mrs. Gessley had an "a in de-
feating Mrs. Leonard for the
women's title.
INDIAN SPRING-Winners Of
other flights and consultations in
the women's championship:
Championship consolation-Mrs. K. g.
Giles def Mrs. Ben Rozansky. and !.
Louis watzmsn. and 2. consoIation&
Mrs: GEORGE Inoff. Second fight-Mrs.
STANLEY Levy DEF M5s iSSs
Third iight-Mrs, Max dershen def.
Mpa fom S PoRms Kat1 det oq MIs Melvin
liam Kaufman. Fifth night---Mrs, Allen
Henkin def. Mrs. David Krooth, 2 and /.
CONGRE S SIGNAL How
much effect the deep rough at
Congressional will have on the
pros in the upcoming PEA Spon-
sors tournament is a matter of
conjecture, but the straightest
shooter at the club is the early
sensation of the club champion
ship.
That's Gene Pittman, the ma
tive Texan. who was second low
qualifler With par golf for SO
holes, and who upset Bob Chan
dler in the feature quarter final
match yesterday, l up. Pitt
mans opponent next week end
viii be George Cornell, the de-
Tending champion, who defeated
Bill Ritter. 6 and S.
In the lower bracket it will be
Col. Rennie Kelly, the medalist,
against John Eisinger, who still
is in the running for club
championship double at Congress
sional and Kenwood. Colonel
Kelly defeated r. o. Wissinger, 5
and 4. and Eisinger defeated DIR.
j. w. Bernhardt, and 3, in
other matches.
ARMY NAVY-The 72-75-147
by Col. Howard F.. Schiltz figures
to stand up for the medal at
Army Navy. although Col. Rob-
ert Alan. champion" at the Serv-
ice Club five years ago, gave it a
try before finishing second with
70-78-148.
In the final of the Newman
handicap tournament, Maj. E. w.
Byrnes defeated Capt. G. B.
Reyes, S and 4. =
KENWOOD-The 1853 final
list at kenwood, Buddy Sharkey
the winner, and Larry Imhoff,
runnerup, will meet in the fea-
ture quarter-final match next
week end. They both played
suppar golf in winning second
round matches, Sharkey with
a So and Imhoff with a 10. I'm
hoff needed it to defeat Jim
Martenson, up.
Second round results:
Buddy 6harkey defeated George Free.
man, 1 and 3; Larry Imhod defeated
defeated Don Miller, / up: John DunI
defeated Worth Arnold, and 4; Johf
Eisinger defeated Frank Kadie. and g.
9 and 5; Nick Hoilander defeated San
Del Vecchio, and L: Allan Laing de.
feated Cliff Kohlmann, up.
MANOR-The McFerren fam.
lily had the opposition outnum-
bered in the Manor SemifinalS
with w. B. McFerran, ST., play
ing Jim Whitaker and Bill, jr.
playing George Thornton and
Jerry McFerren caddying for his
father and brother.
But Thornton made short work
OF Bill. jr., winning S and 4 with
] over par golf. McFerren, ST.,
beat Whitaker, / up, with a great
break on the final hole. Meier
ran was ! up and / and his
second shot on the 18th was
headed for the trap short OF the
green, when it hit the hard
ground and bounced over the
trap onto the green.
WASHINGTON-The 69-70-
139 by Bill Hoyle stands as the
low qualifying score with one
week Of play remaining. Lew
Swartwout's 76-72-148 and Jack
Williams 79-69-148 are next.
ARGYLE-The Layhill layout
apparently is PLAYING a few