Evening star., 1955-07-05
DOCTOR, 81, STAR AT KENWOOD
Orkin and Wherrity
Win Golf Ace Events
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Stan Orkin, a beginner golfer.
won an automobile in one hole
in-one contest concluded last
night, and Tom Wherrity won
the playoff in the East Potomac
ace contest conducted for the
benefit of The Evening Stars
Summer Camp Fund.
The East Potomac event, in
which the S. G. Leoff1er Co.
operated for 10 days and con-
tributed $1,000 in prizes, will add
1886 to The Star Summer
Camp Fund.
Six players had made total
Of seven aces on the 60-yard
hole on the East Potomac range
and they met in playoff last
night at II o'clock for the grand
prize of a complete set of
matched woods and irons, UNI
brella and a dozen golf balls.
Wherrity's best shot was 2512
inches from the cup. with j. H.
Richardson, who had made two
aces, SO inches away for second,
and John Kirby third. Ace
makers who did not place in the
playoff were Kenny Graham.
pro-manager at Fort Dupont;
Jim Leach, a printer at The Star,
and Ed Davies. although all won
handsome prizes.
Layne Leofler, who supervised
the event over the 10 days said
the previous rainy week end, the
early number of aces, and the
transit strike prevented the con-
test from topping last years
total.
Orkin and Jack Crook, for
mer professional but now a
member of Manor Club, met in
the playoff for a car at the Manor
Driving Range after both had
scored aces. This contest was
sponsored by Station WWDC,
with proceeds to the Crippled
Children's Fund. Orkin's best
shot of six in the playoff was
9 feet, 4 inches from the cup.
If Crook had won he would have
lost his amateur standing for
the second time.
Joe Gambatese, the leader of
Kenwood Country Clubs amni-
tious Junior golf program. teamed
with 84-year-old DR.. Noah Pome-
roy, who gets in that daily round
of golf regardless of the weather.
to win the clubs two-man team
championship yesterday.
This was a handicap tourna-
ment and the winners defeated
Buddy Sharkey, the club cham
pion, and DR.. A. E. Verdi, S and 4,
with their handicap allowances.
Even playing from scratch,
Gambatese and DR.. Pomeroy were
up on their favored opponents
when the match ended. With
the adjustment, Sharkey played
from scratch, Gambatese received
eight strokes, DR.. Verdi nine and
DR.. Pomeroy II.
DR.. Pomeroy. who retired from
the Veterans Administration m
1871, started playing golf in 1911
and has been a member OF Ken
wood since 1893. He had a 38
on, the front nine in the title
match yesterday. with pars on
all three of the short holes and
as usual, nothing over a five on
his card.
The heat bothered many golf
ers yesterday but the octogenar-
ian. attired in shorts, didn't ap-
pear to mind it. Gambatese and
DR.. Pomeroy never had played
a round of golf together until
the tournament. They made the
date over a golf meeting last
summer, and then qualified for
the title flight when Gambatese
had II, his best round in three
years, and DR.. Pomeroy helped
out.
Sharkey, who the previous day
had missed a makeable putt on
the ninth hole that could have
given him a 20 on the back nine,
was not as sharp ir the final,
although ne was out in SO.
second flight. A: snider and and z r.
Third fiight--Frsnk Ressan and John
Larson def A. NJ. Nowland and Carl
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sixth fiisht-Wiiilism w.lch and DR.,
H. r. Canhy def. william Schmidt and
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N. Richards def Joe Keller and Dick
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Ninth hight--E, H, CasSon and Will
@ lam Eberiin def Al Doyle and Or. j. W.
Tenth hiRht---c. G, Hunter and r. L.
Miner def Chet McLaren and Hugh
McCabe, q and T.
George A. Horkan. jr.. who
tied for the Victor KauffmannI
Memorial Day Cup on May 30I
but lost in a playoff. had no in
reference yesterday as he
breezed to the Independence Day
Cup at Chevy Chase with a
round Of 70, minus 10 handicap
for q net 50. Alfred M. Osgood
was second with 86-2l-65.