Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22

The latter part of July slices
the Districts competitive golf
season right down the middle,
and for the first half, what do
we have?
AMATEURS-For a change,
top ranking here is close. Is it
Claude Wild or Bobby Brownell?
Wild won the Maryland ANA
teur, was runnerup in the Wash
iington Invitation. Neither was
outstanding in the Maryland
Open.
But you'd almost have to go
out of town on this one and give
Brownell credit for an excellent
third-place showing in the Sun
nehanna Invitation at Johns
town, Pa, where he topped a.
half dozen or more nationally
known players, and to Mamaro-
meek, N. Y. where Bobby and
Ralph Bogart reached the semi
finals Of the Anderson four-ball,
another prestige tournament.
Sticking to the area, Wild
would be on top. But man-for-
man, the nod would go to Brow
nell. particularly because he
beat Wild in the 36-hole finals
of the Washington Invitation.
Bogart is conspicuously miss
ing from the top for the first
time in years, but this is only
the half way post. He could
make it by october. Bogart gets
a nod for his play, however, as
do Keith Kallio, the Maryland
Amateur runnerup, Bill Meier
rem, ST., and jr., and Tony Nc
Gowan of Manor, Perky Guilt
name Of Bethesda, Col. Rennie
Kelly of Congressional and Joe
LaSalle of Belle Haven.
Deane Beman, who at 10 has
qualified twice for the National
Open. has left town for the
summer. He's over the junior
level, hasn't mixed too much
with the amateurs except in the
Open qualifying. But save a
space for him.
WOMEN-The District cham
pion, Mrs. John K. Barry of
Columbia, is No. after breezing
through the tournament without
being extended.
The second spot is a tosSup
between Mrs. A. H. Allen of
Army Navy, medalist and semi
finalist in the District. and low
gross winner in two one-day
tournaments, and Capt. Lucille
Busch of Argyle, Semifinalist in
the District, winner of the Cum
berland Invitation, and gross
winner in a one-day event. For
third or fourth it would be close
between Mrs. Edward C. Ferri-
day of Chevy Chase, gross win
ner in the 36-hole Keefer Cup,
and Mrs. Frank Cush of Argyle,
District runnerup. Late summer
and fall tournaments will give
much further basis for rating.
PROS-The only league where
the pros can be considered is
the Middle Atlantic PGA tourna-
ment schedule. The Districts
outstanding representative has
been Roger Peacock, who quail
fled for the PGA, and was a.
sweepstakes winner at Wood
mont, and figured in a tie for
the Maryland Pro-Am title.
Seven other District pros,
Clarence Doser, AL Jamison,
Fred Bolton, Frank Tenney,
Stanley Mouser, Carl Rasnic and
Ted McCandlish have won or
shared in a pro sweepstakes.
But the 36-hole events have been
dominated by Baltimore and
Virginia pros. Doser and Jimmy
Bellizzi were low from the Dis
trict in the Maryland Open and
Doser lost a playoff for a Ma
tional Open berth.
On a sectional scale, it's close
for pro honors. Walter Romans
of Baltimore won the Maryland
Open, qualified for the National
and won a pro sweeps.
John O'Donnell of Baltimore
was medalist in both the Ma
tional Open and PGA sectional
qualifying. and Jack ISaacs of
Langley Field qualified for both
and was runnerup in the Mary
land Open. Charley Bassler
made the PEA. and has won
more sweepstakes than the
others. A big-money finish by
any of the four in the Eastern
Open this week could open up
the race for the outstanding pro
in the Middle Atlantic area.
Bassler won a trophy for this
honor last year.
THUNDERSTORM Grub is on
top among the under-18-yearI
oldS, as District junior champion
olds. as District junior champion,
winner at Fort Meade, and med
alist in the Maryland JayceeI
trials. Keith Bowie is next. med
aliSt and runnerup in the District
and the Maryland Junior winner,
with Jack Doser third. Jack
was Schoolboy medalist and Dis
trict junior semifinalist.
The youngsters play through
the Worsham Memorial in Sep
tember, and after the upcoming
Middle-Atlantic Junior at Ken
wood and some cross-country
travelling, there may be some