Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-14
IF. Meade Win,
Title
For First Time

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yesterday and in its march to
1.-THE title set a record for tight
matches.
After drawing q rfirst-round
bye. the. Army team won four
matches by a total of five points
Every shot counted in every
match they played, and Fort
lMeade's players usually made
the clutch shots.
The new champions defeated
Manor, 1913, yesterday. winning,
I6h-2h, in the three matches
played at Fort Meade, where
Manor was considered to have
its strongest players. and losing
I5h-3h2, in the three matches at
Manor. where the pros played.
Fort Meade defeated Kenwood,
1913, in the second round The
Rolling Road match was a 90
tie. but Fort Meade won the play
Ioff when pro Steve Tobash
lchipped into the cup on the Sec
ond extra hole. Fort Meade then
upset heavily favored Bethesda,
I9R-81a, and went on to beat
Manor by two points.
Close All the Way
1t was mighty close right down
to the wire yesterday. Before the
matches had finished at Manor.
a phone call to Fort Meade
brought news of 61a points for
Fort Meade's players over their
home course to the 2s for
Manor.
In the top match at Manor,
Clagett Stevens, the host pro,
and Bill McFerren, jr., brought
home az points against Tobash
and Billy Houghton. But Tobash
made a curling six-footer for a
-four on the 18th which earned
his team half point that looked
mighty big at the time.
In the next match, Bill Nc
Ferren, ST.. who postponed one
of his overseas plane trips just
to play in the match, knocked
in 40-footer on the 18th for
a birdie three that sealed three
points for him and Jim Hunt.
That meant Manor needed one
point in the remaining bracket
to force a playoff between the
pros and their partners. But
Pfc. Skip Pirtle and Sic. George
Siarkowski of Fort Meade nm
ished 3-3 on II and 18 against
Jim Whitacre and Dave Leahy
for a three-point sweep and the
match. $3.50
LaxsOn Leads Fort Meade
The Outstanding player for
Fort Meade in the series was
Spl. Jack Laxson, two-time
European Army champion, who
again yesterday came through
with 21a points. paired with
Comdr. Jean Winchester against
George Thornton and George
Cornwell.
Capt. Paul Weber and Sic.
Dick Lehms. and Col r. H.
Chard, I'd Army senior cham
pion, and A/2C Dean Radtke
were other members of the win
ming team.
Manor's team gathered from
all directions Bill McFerren, ST.,
will take a later flight to Eu-
rope. and his sons, Bill. jr., and
Jerry, hurried home from the
Atlantic Coast Conference tour
Inament at Winston-Salem. N. c..
where they represented Mary
land. HUNT and Tony MCGOWAN
forfeited their match in the
Belle Haven 4-Ball in order to
play. They missed John Grubh.
who was in the championship
seminal at Belle Haven.
Fort Meade succeeds Balti-
more's Country Club of Mary
land, which lost this year to
Woodmont in the quarter-finals.
c. c. Of Maryland still leads
with its five titles.
Results:
At Manor
Steve Tobash and W/O Billy Hough-
TON Fort Meade, scored n point TO 81
Tor Clagett Stevens and Bill McFerren. il.
capt. C.. Thomas and Pfc. Chris
Sarro, Fort Meade, scored 0 points to
70 LOT Bill McFerren. ST., and Jim HUNT.
PIC; Skip Pirtle and SIC. George STAR
6owski Fort Meade. scored 3 points 20
D Tor Jim Whitacre and Dave Leohy,
At Fort Meade
Capt Paul Weber and Sic. Dick
Lehms, Fort Meade, 3 points to O for
Jerry McFerren and Louis Fuchs.
Spl Jack Laxson and Cmdr. Jean
winchester, Fort Meade. scored pa points
70 "a ior George Thornton and George
. e9I: r. H. chazd and A/ac Dean
Radtke, Fort Meade, scored i point
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