Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-04
Three Medals
Settled as Title
Golf Hits Peak

Three medalists were crowned
in club championship COMPETE
ton yesterday, the qualifying
leaders are well out in front at
three others. and one club
reached the semifinals as the
title golf tournaments hit a sea-
sons high in activity
Jerry McFerren. with $3.50
for 1877 at Manor; Col. r. A.
Metzger. 7O-76 for LAG at Army
Navy, and Roger MARITIME, 1878
LAT at Argyle. won medal
honors. Match play in all three
events starts this week.
John Connolly took the lead
at Washington with 69-71-140,
Tom Pritchard still is the leader
at Congressional with 71-67-
1873 and Myron Gerber is the
early pace-setter at Norbeck with
78 : 70 - 157. Favorite Bill
Brownrigg shakily advanced to
the semif1nals at Goose Creek.
WASHINGTON - Connolly's
par golf, 140. sets the pace and
lit might have been lower had
the House Committee chairman
been extended in the finals of
the Richardson Trophy tourna-
ment.
Connolly combined his Rich
ardson Trophy match against
Jack Benson with his first quail
flying round. He was three I'M
der par for the 16 holes it took
to beat Benson, 3 and 2, in the
handicap final. Then he re-
Taxed a bit and finished DOGGY
DOGGY for &c..
Claude Wild, 1910, and Har-
old Hair, 71-73, tied for second
to date. Bill Hoyle has 1878
Carl Courtney 70-78 and Dor
Murphy 72-77, among the low
scorers. The defending titlist
DR.. John Hoge, is an automatic
qualif1er.
ARMY NAVY - Col. Metzgel
had four-stroke edge at the
Service Club over Col. w. C
Dawson, 75-75-150, who was
followed by Col. r. L. Harrison
73-78-151 and Comdr. j. H
IarTobino, 78-75-153. The de-
Tending champion, Col. E. H
deSaussure, is an automatic
Iqualifier.
An oddity in the qualifying
was the scoring of the father
addison team of Capt. B. j
Moynahan, USN, and son Mike
In his first, round Mike had 8
Is on the 9th hole in a rounC
of SO. He pounded four straight
balls into the trees on the 9th
On his second round he had 8
four there and an IS, but wa:
too high to qualify.
His father had a IL on the
18th hole in his first round, 9
81. and yesterday had an eagle
three on the 18th and missed
a double eagle deuce by inches
as he came back with IS.
ARGYLE-Don Sullivan's fail
use to qualify was a surprise
at Argyle, where Roger Mar.
tino's lat took the medal ovel
Frank Clark's l49. Other low
scores were isis by Bill Gartnel
and Bill Barnes, 152 by Han
Miller, and 1885 by Bill August
Bob MARITIME mad Tony Popo-
Ilaski. Buddy Clark, Pat MARITIME
Joe McCauley and Joe Kotvar
had 154s. The defending cham
pion is Howard Savage.
CONGRESSIONAL-Col. Rem
ME Kelly had a go at Pritchard''
leading 1873 after a first-rounc
SO, but the colonel had a sec.
Iond round 70 for 142. Box
Chandler is 75-75, Jimmy Grear
i72-77. and George Cornell, 72-78
MANOR - Louis Fuchs anC
Jim HUNT were among the cas-
ualties as Jerry McFerren's g.
/ SO easily stood up for media
honors over his father. Bill Nc
Ferren, ST., 73-71-144. JohI
Grubb, the areas top-rankins
Junior of the year. had 69-77.
NORBECK-A new champion
will be crowned at Norbeck
where Sal Di Maio. last years
winner, will pass up the test be-
cause of a conflict. However, hi;
brother Bob is a likely Qualiflel
after a first-round SO.
Gerber's 1877 holds the leaG
over Max Gershen, S2-77, anc
Charles Fishman, 1873. Duke
Ziebert. last years runnerup, ha:
an 81 and must play another
round before the Friday dead