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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-09
De Lumuze Beats U.S.. Colonel
For French Amateur Title

CHANTILLY, France, June {
l(P.-Henri De Lamaze. who
has made the French Amateur
golf championship his personal
June frolic for a decade, wor
his eighth title and fourth in
succession today by routing Col
Ken Smith, American jet pilot
y and 6.
The imperturbable Frenchman
never trailed his opponent. q
37-year-old evening" golfer
from Orlando. Fla. and a mem
Der of Columbia Country Clut
in Washington. d. c., and re-
sponded with his best golf when
Smith threw a serious challenge
early in the afternoon round.
His lead cut to one hole after
Smith fired brides on the 2lst
and 22d. De Lamaze won six OF
the next eight holes to end the
match on the 30th.
De Lamaze's eight champion
ships have come in the last IL
years and three Of the last four
against American opposition in
the final He started his cur
rent string of four against
Clarke Hardwicke of Los An
geleS in 1854, and downed Dor
Bisplinghoff. also of Orlando
in the 1855 final. Last year
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18 OF IS PROS
PICK MIDDLECOFF
TO REPEAT IN OPEN

AKRON, June 8 (P.-
The men who should know
the professionals = today
picked Cary Middlecoff to
repeat as National Open
Colt champion in next
weeks 57th tournament at
Toledo ess golf
course.
OF As golfers appearing in
the Rubber City Open who
we're polled today. Is Sc
lected Middleton as the man
to beat. 10 favored four
time champion Ben Hogan.
eight gave Sam Snead the
nod, four thought Julius
Boros would be the victor
and four said some UNI
known probably would come
through.
Ed Furgol. 1854 Open
champion, said. Il never go
into q tournament without
thinking that I'll win it. so
I can't pick anyone but
myself"
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Italy's Franco Bevioni was the
victim.
Smith, who practiced in the
evenings over the past three
weeks after daytime duty at the
United States air base at Fon-
tainbleau, was the survivor of
a 26-man American entry in the
tournament and, on the basis of
his play in earlier rounds. was
given a better than average
chance of beating the French
man.
But his wood shots, steady and
long all week, turned sour and
he found himself playing most
of his approach shots from
the rough. Even with De La
maze after Is holes, Smith three
putted the 18th and bogied the
18th after driving into deep
rough to reach the halfway point
two down.
The deficit was cut to one
after Smiths brides on the 21st
and 22d, but De Lamaze won
two of the next four holes, then
reeled of four straight-on the
9th through 30th-to end the
match.
Smith thus became the second
United States Air Force man
within a week to battle his way
into the finals of a major anna
teur tournament only to settle
for the runnerup spot. Last Sat-
urday, Master Sergt. Harold
Ridgley of Haverford, Pa, was
beaten in the finals of the Brit
ish Amateur by Scotland's Reid
Jack.
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Helen Konopo Wins
Second Golf Series

Helen Konopa won low gross
honors with 81 in the second in a
series of golf tournaments be-
tween women golfers of the East
Potomac, Rock Creek and Fort
Dupont golf clubs yesterday at
Rock Greek.
Mrs. Konopa was tied by JIG
DiBella Of Rock Creek. but won
the playoff on the fourth extra
hole. Kitty Nealis won low net
with 93-19-74.
Class B winners were Margaret
Rodgers Of Fort Dupont. gross
80. and Rosemary Speckeen OF
Fort Dupont, 96-24-72. Glass c
winners were Jean Conner OF
Rock Creek. gross 1903. and Doro-
thy Krawiec of East Potomac
a net l09-32-77. Heide Fair
child had the most pars or
handicap. 10.
Next Saturdays event will be
at East Potomac.
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grip should be firmer in the
fingers Of the right hand.
Keep the stroke on this shot
crisp and firm. II there is any
looseress as you come into the
ball through the deep grass. the
club head may be turned Of
slowed too much-possibly both
Take q reasonably short back
swing, strike a crisp downward
blow, and follow through toward
the hole. Keep the head firmly
in place until the ball is on itS
way greenward.
II you're afraid that such 9
crisp downward blow may seno
the ball too far. open the face
of your club a little. Keep the
face open as you go through the
ball by seeing that the hands de
not roll over.
Copyright 1857. John r. Ollie Col
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Wednesday: Shifting Of Weight
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Ladies PEA
Washed Out

PITTSBURGH, June 8 [PD.-
A cold, drippy rain forced post.
ponement Of the third round Of
the Ladies PEA golf champion.
ship today and Kathy Cornelius
target" round on the nationa
golf day competition.
The result left some Is femi.
nine golf pros wondering Q)
whether anyone has a chance
of overtaking Win Smith in thii
competition, 90 whether thu
days delay will affect the out.
come Of the tournament and 81
whether there really are enough
women pros to make a first rate
attraction.
Mrs. Cornelius. who posted
scores OF 77-72-i49. was just
one Of rs players trying to over
take stocky. freckle-faced Mis-.
Smith in the last two rounds.
Win. with a 68-7l-l39 score
carried a four-stroke lead into
the last SO holes with Louise
Suggs, with a l43 total, as hei
closest rival.
The third round will be played
tomorrow md the final 10 hole
Monday.
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ton is the defending Open
champion. Cary Middlecof. a
retired dentist who found great
er wealth in a different kind OF
tools. Middlecof's game. which
blows hot and cold. has beer
shivering since his victory al
Rochester's Oak Hill Country
Club a year ago.
Finsterwald Well Regarded
Figured more formidable
threats are Doug Ford, the bold
and aggressive Masters cham
pion from Mahopac. N. Y: jim
my Demaret. 47-year-old grand
pa who has won three tourna-
ments this year; and youngsters
Arnold Palmer. Dow Finsterwald
and Ken Ventura.
OF the outsiders. Finsterwald,
a slender young pro from Athens,
Ohio. is one Of the most feared,
Like Hogan. he is a thinker
and a manager" on the golf
course. a player who puts pur-
pose behind almost every shot.
This is strictly a thinkers
course" says the host pro. Lloyd
Gullickson. who played in both
the 1920 and 1881 tournaments
at Inverness. THE layout is not
particularly long. but it is exact
ing. A fellow will have to be on
his toes all the time"
Inverness measures 6,9l9 yards
and plays a par 34-36-70. II
calls for well-placed tee shots
and pin-point approaches, since
the greens are heavily trapped.
Single rounds are scheduled
Thursday and Friday, starting al
8 am. washington time). The
field will be cut to the low SO
and ties for the final SO holes
Saturday.
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TEE TO GREEN
By MeRReLL wHITTLEsEY

more than the age, although
Snead doesn't appear the type to
brood over such things as jinxes.
His preparations this year
have been about the same as the
past few seasons. He has picked
his spots, and when he does play
they hear from him. Sam had
the Masters won for SO holes,
but Doug Ford's finish was out of
this world.
Snead failed to win the Green's
boro Open, which was a bit I'M
usual because he's won it six
times. He was second in his
own tournament at White Sui
phur Springs but he played
pretty well. 66-66-70-66. And he
won the Palm Beach Round
Robin last week after trailing
Ford by 20 points in that mathe-
NAUTICAL jigsaw with IA holes
to go.
+ \ 4
Snead's best score in the Open
championship was 282 at st.
Louis in 1947. What everybody
remembers about that one is the
30-inch putt he missed on the
18th green of the playoff. Snead
had stepped up to putt, but Wor-
sham demanded a measurement.
Lew then putted first, made his,
and Sam missed.
What most people have for
gotten about that one is that
Snead holed a curling, snaky,
downhill putt of more than 20
feet to tie Worsham in the regu-
lation 70 holes.
His next best scores have been
283 the first time he tried, and
at Riviera in California when he
finished fifth.
If you're looking for omens,
the last time Snead had to
qualify to get in the Open
proper, he almost won it. He
had to qualify for the second
time in his life this year, and
was medalist in New York last
Monday.
In 1888 Snead had a horrible
300 at Cherry Hills IN Denver
and tied for 18th. That meant
he had to qualify the next year,
and he picked Washington. They
still talk about Snead's rounds
that day at Congressional IA in
the morning and 65 in The after
noon. He went to Philadelphia.
where he took eight on the last
hole when a five would have
won.
When Snead finished Path
last year in Rochester, it was his
poorest performance since the
'38 Open. Again he was not an
automatic qualifier. and had to
win his place last week.
II Sam can take 1t all on
Saturday it will be one of the
most popular sports triumphs
of all time.
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BEN SEEKING FIFTH TITLE
Hogan, Sneod Fovored
In Open This Week

TOLEDO. Ohio, June 8 (P.-
Ben Hogan. shooting for an un-
lprecedented fifth title. and Sam
Snead, still in search of his first
are co-favorites in the 57th Ma
Itional Open golf championship
opening Thursday at the Inver-
ness Club.
1t was at picturesque Inverness
81 years ago that Ted Ray. a
brawny. mustachoed Scot who
sighted his shots over a smok-
ing pipe. became at 43 the old
est man ever to capture this blue
ribbon event.
Hogan is A and Snead. As
both eligible to raise the age
limit of Open champions.
Hogan has played himself into
a whipcord toughness and a
razor sharp competitive edge
which makes him the most
feared OF l27 professionals and
IS amateurs who tee of in the
72-hole match play scramble.
"You just can't ignore the old
man." said Dick Mayer. one OF
the younger pros. HE happens
to be the best player in golf"
Hopes TO Surpass Jones
Winner in l948. 1850, 1851 and
1853 and loser by a stroke the
last two years. Ben has not at
tempted to hide the driving urge
he has to win a fifth Open
championship and thus surpass
the immortal Bobby Jones.
physically. I never have felt
better" Hogan says. IF / car
start dropping my puts ! will
have no complaints"
| Snead. rated by fellow profess
SIGNALS as perhaps the greatest
natural SHOEMAKER of all time
has been four times a runner.
up, dating back TO 1897, and has
seen his hopes dashed by a series
of bad breaks, including an eight
on the final hole in 1889 al
Philadelphia.
A superb athlete who probably
will be an Open threat until he's
so. Snead goes into the tourna-
ment on the crest OF a winning
streak and in a perfect frame
of mind. Il think the cycle has
turned in my favor" the West
Virginia pro commented after
winning the recent WykagyI
Round Robin tournament.
Sam likes the Inverness course
on which he won four four-bal
championships with three diff
ferent partners. Toledo fans re-
call that in his last appearance
herein 1952-Snead played the
last seven holes in six under par
Thomson Discounts Chances
Since Ted Ray not only wa'
the oldest man ever to win the
open but also the last foreigner
to do It. the more superstition
observers feel lightning may
strike again in the form OF Aus.
tralia's young Peter Thomson.
Thomson has won the British
Open the last three years. TIL,
pros say he has the shots ant
poise to add the American cham
pionship-- when he starts gettinI
the breaks.
!, The jaunty Melbourne sta
discounts his chances with tn,
comment: II don't play you
opens very well. / don't like tn
way the course is doctored s,
that you have heavy grass in tn
fairway."
AS for doctoring. playe
given surprisingly scant alter
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Maybe it's Just sentiment, but
almost everywhere you 60 people
who never seemed to care are
cheering for Sam Snead to win
the National Open this week.
Maybe it's because he's As
years old and nearing the END
of the pro golf trail. Perhaps
his rally to win the Palm Beach
Round Robin on television last
week had something to do with
it. And maybe Jimmy Demaret
won some people to Snead's
side with his blast at the USGA
in Sans behalf.
But whatever the reasons, the
| golfers equivalent Of the mar
on the street is roofing for Snead
The women golfers. too, are
downright gushy in their cheer
ing.
This is Snead's 18th Open
championship. He's been second
four times and has lost in every
conceivable fashion. The first
time Sam played. in 1897. he
broke Tony Manero's tourna.
ment record. But it only lasted
for about an hour because Ralph
Guldahl finished late to beat
him by two shots.
And. Of course, there was the
fat 8 on the last hole at Spring
Mill in 1899. and the tiny putt
he missed that would have tied
Lew Worsham in 1947. and forced
q second playoff.
Sam has led the field after ls
holes. and still is co-holder OF
the record for SO. He's had
strokes to waste down the stretch
but. always wasted too many
He's never won the big one. and
with the calendar closing in this
could be one Of the last years
that he's serious contender.
&%*
Those who start a converse
ton. I'D like to see Snead win
but" invariably point out that
Sam is too old. and that his
mental attitude towards the
Open beats him.
The Oldest Open winner was
Ted Ray. who was 43 when he
nipped Harry Vardon. Jack
Burke. ST.. Leo Diegel and Jock
Hutchinson by a shot in 1920 at
Inverness. where the Open cham
pionship will be played for the
third time this week.
Sam may be As. but he's a
young As. Tight fitting sports
shirts are beginning to fit a bit
snug. but he's not more than
a few pounds overnight. if any
He doesn't drink or smoke, and
looks the picture of fitness.
Snead is strong, with ire
mendous forearms and wrists
1t might be safe to say that As
years would burden him less than
any man in the field. Worries,
he has none.
The complex might bother him
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Jim Brown Signs
With Cleveland

CLEVELAND. June 8 R.-
All-America Jim Brown has
Joined the Cleveland Browns.
Coach Paul Brown announced
today that the big Syracuse
halfback. the Browns first draft
choice. has signed his contract
Coach Brown said the 220-
pound. 6-foot-l star will be used
at fullback.
Young Brown. %, whose home
is at Manhasset, l.. l., scored
AZ points in the last regular
season game against Colgate
and 81 points in the Cotton
Bowl game. which Syracuse LOST
Ito TCU. 1928. -
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'Cu||inane Plays
With Dickinson
In Early Rounds

Perky Cullinane. medalist In
the Middle Atlantic sectional
Qualifying rounds for the Ma
tional Open championship. was
the only one of the five qualifiers
here to draw a name" partner
in the first two rounds Thursday
and Friday at the Inverness Club
in Toledo. Ohio.
Cullinane, the Bethesda Coun-
try Club amateur whose senior
class will be graduated from
Georgetown University tomor-
row. will play with. Gardner
Dickinson. touring pro from
Panama City Beach. Fla, and
Dick Cline of Lanett. Ala.
Dickinson has been on the
PGA tour for several seasons and
won the Miami Beach and West
Palm Beach Opens last year.
The threesome will be last Oh
the tee in Fridays second round,
with a 4:04 (EDT) starting time
Thursday. they play at 1928.
Other Area Pairings
| Pairings of the other District
area qualif1ers: First time Thurs
day, second Friday:
1923 and 2:04-Sergt. Dick
Lehms. Fort Meade, with johnny
Pott, Shreveport. La, and Babe
Lichardus. Hillside. N. j.
1852 and 2:28 - Clarence
Doser. Woodmont, with Robert
Prall. Eugene. Greg, amateur
and Guy Paulsen, Medinah, Ill
11:08 and 2:44-Clare Emery
/ Washington G6SCC with E. Free
Brown. Los Angeles amateur anc
Billy Caps. cambridge, Ga.
11:56 and 4:32-Jack Lowe
Bonnie View, with Sam Penacale
Philadelphia, and Art Severson
Colorado Springs. Colo.
Lew Worsham, who brought
the title to Washington in l947
plays at 1882 Thursday and LOS
Friday with Fred Hawkins q
touring pro and one of the lead
ing money winners last year
and Joe Campbell. the star am
ateur from Purdue and Knox.
vile. Tenn.
Ben Hogan drew an early
starting time on Thursday, 1926
and is paired with Ted Kroll
and Gene Littler. Pairings are
the same for the first two rounds
with only the times changed
Saturdays pairing will be by a
numerical system.
Snead Gets Mild Brush
Sam Snead appeared to re-
ceive a mild brush from the
USGA when he was paired with
Frank Stranahan and Chuck
Kocsis, runner-up in the Ma
tional Amateur last year. They
go at 2:l2 and 1926.
Other name pairings:
II and 2:36-Peter Thomson
Jack Fleck and Jimmy Demaret
1882 and 3:08-Gene SaraZen
Lloyd Mangrum and Jack Burke
lao and l0:04-Walter Bur-
keno. Harvie Ward and Doug
Ford.
/ 1903 and l1:32-Cary Middle
coff. Mike Souchak and Ken
Ventura.
1:l6 and 9:40-Otto Greiner
two-time Maryland amateur
champion, and now q pro al
Tenafly. N. j.; Don Cherry and
Scudday Horner Of Montgomery
Ala.
3:24 and 4:48-Bo Wininger
Dow Finsterwald and Arnold
Palmer.
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2 "'' THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY o
Wild, Brownrigg Reach
MARYLAND Amateur Final

defeated Bob Chandler, Brown
riggs conquerer, to add the Dis
trict title to his Maryland crown.
Brownrigg is a well-built fell
low with a crew cut and a good
golf swing. He turned pro short
" after his junior golf days
but later regained his amateur
standing.
Thornton Misses Chance
Brownrigg. 2 up on Thornton
after six holes, following a great
birdie three on the 440-yard par
four sixth. gave Thornton an
opening on the next two holes.
Bill sliced into the woods on the
seventh and was trapped from
the tee on the eighth.
But Thornton chose the woods
on the opposite side Of the fair
way on the seventh and lost the
holes. and he only managed a
half on the eighth after Brown
rigg played fine approach shot
and holed a 6-footer for a par.
Brownrigg didn't make any
more mistakes and needed par
in for a 68 when the match
ended on the 14th green. Thorn
ton won only one hole, the fifth.
where Brownrigg pulled his iron
shot. Brownrigg had seven one
putt greens for the IA holes.
Wild Takes Charge
Wild. an overwhelming ia
vorite over 10y, who never had
made a showing in a State or
sectional tournament, was even
after five holes.
But Claude scrambled to a par
four to win the sixth, holed a
20-footer for a birdie three on
the seventh. halved the eighth
with a fine trap shot and short
putt. and made a 30-footer for a
birdie three on the ninth to turn
3 UP.
Wild made another 30-footer
for a birdie deuce on the 18th.
but he started spraying his tee
shots midway on the back nine
and 10y almost caught him.
They halved the par three 18th
in bogeyS to end the match.
Results:
Quarterhnals
Claude Wild. Burning Tree. defeated
Col. John Anderson. Prince Georges. 3
and .. Ray 10y. c. c. OF Maryland. de-
feated Bill McFerren. sr.. Manor, 3 and
2. Bill Brownies, Goose Greek. defeated
Spencer Overton Rolling Road. / up.
George Thornton. Manor, defeated Jerry
McFerren. Manor ! UP.
SemifnaIs
Wild defeated 10y. and L. Brown
riRg defeated Thornton, ) and T.
Finals
$50 am. and / 80 pm, 80 holes.
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Quuntico WoIIops
Lafayette Nine

EASTON, Pa. June 8 (Spe-
ciaD The Quantico Marines
spoiled Lafayette Colleges home
coming here today, defeating
the Middle Atlantic Conference
baseball champion. ll-3.
Don Furth. former George
town star, pitched the Marines
to q 27-ll record and boosted
his own mark to 60. Lafayette
finished its season with 10 wins
and eight losses.
0uAntico 30 III Bill 4 2
Lafayette O0l 02O o. s )
~ Smith ~ and Murray, Ross ~
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DOCTORING
YOUR GOLF
Making the Most Of
Deep.GraSs Shots
BY DIR. CARY MIDDLECOFF

Whenever you are in deep
grass around the green, a deeply
lofteo club should be chosen
whether the situation calls for
the ball to be pitched over some
intervening obstacle or not. You
want to bring the ball quickly up
and out of the deep grass. If the
ball is made to travel even a
few inches through the grass
before emerging. it will be most
difncult to Judge the amount OF
force to be applied.
This little shot from deer
grass near the green is essen
tally q right-hand blow, so the
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FuIIer-Bruwner Team
Wins at Chevy Chase

The Treasurer's Cup for two
man golf team supremacy at the
Chevy Chase Club belongs to C..
Ashmead Fuller and John F.
Brawner.
Fuller and Brawner won the
honor by defeating Harrison
Brand III and Charles NJ. Davi-
son, 3 and /, in the final.
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Palmer Catches
|Finsterwa|d in
Akron Tourney

AKRON, June 8 (R.-Two Of
golfdom's brightest young stars
Arnold Palmer of Latrobe. Pa,
and Dow Finsterwald of Athens
Ohio, and Tequesta. Fla. today
banged into the lead at the Rub
Der City Open golf tournament
with 54-hole totals of 204. nine
under par.
Each is 81 years old. Finster-
valid is four days older. He was
born September 6. 1929, and
Palmer. September 10 the same
year.
The two leaders had a three
stroke margin over their nearest
rivals going into tomorrow's final
round in the 72-hole test over
the Firestone Country Clubs
6,620-yard. par-71 course.
Palmer. former National Anna.
teur champion and this years
second leading money winner
fired 81 today to get into the
deadlock: Finsterwald had So
today.
Doug Ford of Mahopac, N. Y.
winner Of the Masters cham
pionship and leader among the
money winners with more than
$27.00 this year, moved into
contention with a SO for a 207
total. This tied him with Billie
Trombley Of Dallas. who has
turned in three straight Cos. and
Tommy Bolt of Los Angeles, who
had shared the lead with Fin
sterwald at the end Of the Sec
ond round. Bolt scared to u
today.
A pair Of holes-in-one added
to today's festivities, which were
marred by q day-long rain. Bot
Black Of Massillon, Ohio, q fresh
man at Purdue University. sank
his tee shot on the l45-yard
seventh hole. 30 Wininger Of
Odessa. Tex, duplicated the feat
on the l55-yard 18th hole. II
was Wininger's eighth ace.
Back Of the leaders for the
$22,0 900 pot of gold were Art
Wall, jr., of Pocono Manor, Pa,
and George Fazio of Philadelphia
with 208 and Veteran Ed Oliver
of Canton. Mass. and Don jan
uary OF Lampasas, Tex, with
209. Six others were tied at 2lO
and five others at 2ll, including
Ed Furgol of Miami Shores, Fla,
the defending champion, and
Henry Ransom Of st. Andrews,
Ill. winner two years ago.
The leaders:
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OF the others was injured.
Officials postponed the rest Of
today's program after the fourth
race.
Summaries:
JU runabout: For drivers 2 TO IA
years old Danny Zig.eld, Baltimore;
;Z-Ttger Peterini. Annapolis; 3EDoug.
las Van Rossom. Baltimore.
Az Runsbout: Ralph Yost, IT,,
Pottstown, Pa. Bob Jones. Rich.
mond; 3-Tommy Young. Wachapeague,
EU Runabout: William w. Frank.
lin. Baltimore: Karl W. Kipf, Balti-
more; willard G. Rhodes, Baltimore.
CU runabout: l-Richard j, Rees.
fottstown, Pa. 2-Tom Barrett, Be.
thesda: 3-Charles Merstler. Stowe. Pa.