Evening star., 1955-07-11

lin Golf League
Court House Country Club oi
Fairfax won its first Tri-State
League golf title yesterday. NOV
ling "a points ahead Of the de-
tending champions from the
vFW Club of Frederick. There
Istill is one match to be played,
July "A to Purcellville, but the
maximum number of points a
team can win is 18 in each
match.
Court House Joined the league
when the club was formed in
Ithe late 1905, and was near
Ithe cellar until last year, when
lit moved to second. Three new
members. Levi Yoder, George
IWinkler and Reford Burney
helped put the club over the
top this year. Yoder and Otey
CAN'T had a best-ball SO to
lead the champions at Win
chester yesterday.
Court House won Is points to
boost its total to 6l1a. Frederick
has 371a, Purcellville and Win
chester. 301s each; Goose Creek,
l29a. and Front Royal, 271a. The
July "A match at Pureellville will
lbe followed by the annual tour
nament at Bedford Springs, Pa,
August IS.
Sal DiMaio, who for several
weeks has been talking a good
1game in the Manor Club two
man team championship, backed
1t up with an exceptional round
for an 11-handicap golfer as he
land George Cornwell won the
title yesterday, defeating w. B.
McFerren and Jim S. Murray
1.-THE medalists. 2 and l.
QeMaio took six on the para
first hole but still was out in 81,
two over. And he was only three
over on the back nine. despite a
double bogey S on the 18th.
Cornwell supplied a net eagle on
the 18th.
Lee Ritter and John s. Mac
Bryde won the second fight over
wv. L. Hemphill and I. w. Smith,
3 and 2. Hal Grothe and r. v.
!. Sherman won the third over DR..
). E. ]. Crilley and Lou Strieter, 2
up. Glib Crockett and Bill King
!. won the championship consola-
tion. defeating J. Lowe and
Claude Wood, 2 and /.
After several days of COM
llplaints over no practice rounds,
insufficient prize money. etc.,
the talking was over and the
playing began in the Maryland
Open championship today at the
Five Farms course at Baltimore
C. C.
The field Of rs plays 18 holes
today and SO tomorrow. John
'lODonnell of Norfolk, Va, was
on hand for a title defense.
Walter Romans, the host pro,
land Charley Bassler, three time
winner (1948-50-53) were CO.
favored with ODonnell.
Manor Club was host to an
invitation tournament for the
Districts junior girl golfers to-
|day and tomorrow, with about
40 expected. The boys were in
Richmond for the qualifying
round of the 18th Middle At
lantic Junior championship.
]. M. Baker and e. H. Welch
will play off next week end for
Kenwood's Donal Chamberlin
trophy. Baker had 74-11-63
and WEIGH 78-15-63 to finish a
stroke ahead of w. A. Buchanan
|who had 81-17-64.
NOTES-Art Gartner was the
Board Of Governors Cup winner
at Indian Spring with s4-23-
81. Army Navy Country
Club topped the Naval Academy,
1918, In their annual team
match. The feature foursome
was even with Pro Allan Burton
and Col. H. r. Nichols getting
11h to Pro Bob Williams and
William Saugart Of the visitors.
:. The Crowell Cup for scotch
foursome play at Washington
G&CC went to DR.. Spencer Pugh
and DR.. John Hoge. 70 minus 9
handicap for "a. The aces
by women continued with
Georgia Mae McKeever scoring
an ace on the little fifth hole
at Argyle, using q 9-iron.
I. g. Powers and Bob Dunn tied
for medal honors with IA in the
Belle Haven senior tournament.
with Eddie Edwards next with
75. The defending cham
pions. Allen Holsing and Paul
MacLaren were beaten, S and
8, by Willie Beach and Bob
Hawkins in the feature quarter
final Of the Bill Glover Memorial
tournament at Fairfax. L..
j. Bartlett was the winner of
the Vice Presidents Cup at Con-
gressional with 89-27-62.
Girls SoftbuII Teams
Divide DoubIe-Heuders
Garvin's Grill and Columbia
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