Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-07
Pros Pressed
By Amateurs
In Area Golf
by MEkRELL WHITTLESEY

to date has been a tight race for
scoring honors between the pros
and the areas top amateurs. the
latter group including college
boys and servicemen.
The pros have been on top
each time, the last three weeks
by one stroke. but at Argyle yes
terday there were nine par
breakers and four Of them
were amateurs.
In fact, the player with the
best average would be Frank
Clark. the husky red-head from
Argyle. who had 70 at Country
Club of Maryland two weeks
ago and came back with q 70
over his home course yester-
day.
Deane Beman's scoring in the
pro-ams has not been as SEN
sational as his rounds in the
more informal college freshman
matches for Maryland, but he
has played twice and has been
1871, the latter round yester-
day.
BaSsler Tops with 50
In the three pro-ams in which
the weather was conducive to
decent scoring. Pro Clarence
Doser had 50 in Baltimore to
Clark's 70. Last week at Bethesda
Pro Harry Griesmser's II was
one stroke lower than TBS by
Perky Cullinane and Ralph b.
cart, both amateurs.
And yesterday Charley Bass
ler's 50 was one stroke better
than the 70s by Clark. Keith
Kallio. the Maryland amateur
finalist last year. and A2/c Ralph
Morrow Of Andrews ALB. Walter
Romans of Baltimore Country
Club was the only pro with 10.
Bassler. the Rolling Road pro
In Catonsville. had q lean season
last year compared to previous
years when he was the top tour
nament and money winner in the
section. It's hard to realize, but
prior to yesterday Bassler hadn't
won even a one-day tournament
since he broke the course record
at Argyle last year with a So.
Charley's SO came the hard
way because he drove out Of
bounds on the 10th hole. a two
stroke penalty. However. he
birdied the hole with his second
ball, and breezed from there.
Near Record Turnout
The pro-ams are bee oming
more popular. A near-record
turnout Of 81 pros and 179 anna
teurs showed UP. plus two other
pros and about 20 amateurs who
couldn't get starting times. AS
it was the first player left the
tee at 8 am. and the last putt
was made in semidarkness.
Three teams tied for pro-am
honors with best-ball scores OF
81. Charley Easton of Congress
sional and Col. James McAuliffe.
superintendent Of police in Mont
Romery County: John Musser
and Frank Michalek of All View.
and Don Saylor and Morrow OF
Andrews. All played we'll indi-
vidually and the amateurs made
sparing use OF handicaps.
Easton had II. including
back nine Of 80. and McAuliffe
a "a Musser had II and Mi
chalek 70. and Saylor rs and
Morrow 70.
-Four teams had best-ball 65s.
Bassler with Robert Walsh and
Walter Majchrzak of his club,
John O'Donnell OF Baltimore and |
Bill Gartner, the home club
champion. and Clare Emery and
Sid Carroll Of Washington
G&CC.
Majchrazak with S8-2l-67
and Morrow. 70-3-67. tied for
low net. with Col. McAuliffe next,
1850.
The par breakers at II were
Beman and Pros Musser, John
Jendrasek Of Sparrows Point and
Harold Oatman Of Norfolk. The
best shot Of the day was a full
five-iron into the cup on the par
four 18th by Dewey Peake, an
amateur from Brooke Manor. It
gave him an eagle deuce.
Pro sweepstakes:
Charley Bassisr. Rollins Road So
walter Romans Baltimore C. c. 5Oi
John Musser, All View - ~ !
John Jendfasek. eparrows Point - n |
Harold Oatman, Norfolk n |
Charley Easton. Conversational 72l