Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-07
Manor Club Title Caps
thornton S Best Year
In Tournament Golf

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George Thornton Is enjoying |
his most productive year as q
tournament golfer, not because |
he's changed his swing, or found |
the secret, but because he has |
been making those important |
puts at the right moments.
Thornton won the Manor Club |
title yesterday. beating w. B. |
McFerren, ST., 2 up, in the final. |
Last month he qualified for the |
National Amateur championship |
for the first time and won two |
matches in Detroit. Earlier in
the season he and Ray Moore
were finalists in the Congress
sional Member-Guest tourna-
ment.
The '41-year-old Army Map
Service employe gave an example |
yesterday of his timely putting. |
He three-putted the first green |
and after nine holes had not |
made a single putt of any length. |
Thornton was / down going to |
the 14th and trapped to the |
right of the green in 2. Meier |
rem was feet from the pin in
3 after nice chip shot. George |
blasted out Of the trap. 10 feet |
from the cup and knocked in the |
putt. McFerren missed and in
stead of being 2 down, which |
appeared likely, Thornton was |
even.
On the 18th hole, Thornton
went to sleep on a long approach
putt and left it 8 feet short and
8 feet to the right of the cup.
But he made the second putt to
stay even, and then won the 18th |
and 18th holes for the match.
Last year when both were mem
bers of Indian Spring Club, from
which they have since resigned. !
McFerren beat Thornton, 2 and
l. in the 36-hole final for the
Indian Spring title.
Thornton, who had defeated
McFerren's eldest son Bill, jr.,
in the semifinals, was about S
over par for the match and Nc
Ferren 8 over. although both
played better than the scores
indicate.
Other flight winners.
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I and 2: 4th--William Casson defeated
ssfeated b, y; n d., Ysst%a ~. up; sths
and 1: 7th-C. @. Gaylord defeated Ray
Fleming; 1 up; STIR. W. Hatch de-
holes: obituary u siilard defeated dp s. r
Green.
Gen. c. P. Brown, who has
been away from Washington for
several years, returned less than
a month ago and slipped in with
two late rounds to take the medal
in the Army Navy Club cham
pionship qualifying with 72-74,
146.
Gen. Browns 2-over-par score
was one stroke under Col. How
ard F. Schiltz, who had 72-75-
157. Pairings will be made to-
night and match play begins
next week end. Col. H. F. Mich
OILS, the defending champion, was
an automatic qualif1er.
Wayne MCGEE, Bethesda
Country Clubs active golf chair
man, who is leaving this week
end for permanent residence in
Florida, staged a nine-hole relay
against time yesterday as one Of
his final official acts at the club.
club.
MCGEE stationed Is players
around the back nine. At a
signal a player drove from the
10th tee, another ran to the ball
and hit the second shot, another
was near the green for an APP
proach and another putted.
Each player had to hit about
three shots in the nine.
More than so members took
part in a pool to guess the time
and all guesses were above the
total. Mrs. Arthur Alley guessed
9 minutes, the closest, and the
time was 2 minutes and 81 Sec
onds. Nobody kept score.
Alan WeiSberg became the first
player to shoot the new Norbeck
Club course in II as he paired
36s yesterday for an unofficial
course record. He had IL pairs,
three brides and three bogeys.
The best previous round was a
70 by Louis Horowitz. L
Other weekend winners:
George Hume. 70-7. SO: Ralph Quinter.
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cup on 10Th. CWomen's nag tournament1
play handicaoj Nike Stevens $50 so-i iae g.
INDIAN SPRING-tBlind bogeyl Max
BssSins; 1925, 70; Nathan Platt. los
Hoff. Oils. SO; Gilbert Enrich. $50.
20; Henry Cohen, SS-12. rs; Al Levin
10. %: Richard Kane. S4-S. T6.
COLUMBIA (Beat Freddy tourna-
ment Members competing with their
Fred Mcleod. Leaders-Dr. J. p Kane,
L7-i3-64; g. I. james, 91-27-64:
Karl Kellerman, 72-6-66: Francis
14-9-65: Bill Werper. 74-7-67: w. c.