Evening star., 1958-05-12

Bethesda Country Club, which
won the Maryland State Golf
Associations team champion
ship for the second straight
year yesterday, actually has
come within one point one year
and one putt another of pos
sibly winning the title five years
in a row.
Bethesda won its first title
in 1854. The next season it
drew a bye in the first round.
and then tied Prince Georges.
SO. But the latter won the
playoff.
In 1856 Bethesda beat three
tough teams and then lost 9l2-
8l2 to Fort Meade in the semi
finals. Last year Pro Harry
Griesmer's team more than
doubled the score on five
straight opponents.
Tougher Triumph
The victories came a little
tougher this year, including
the final yesterday where the
champion lost, 6-3, at Rolling
Road. But Bethesda's stay-at-
homes swept nine straight
points and beat Rolling Road
in the final for the second
straight year. The score was
1876. and last year it was IL q
5i2.
Bethesda's rise started a
couple of years after the club
started taking the outstanding
eligibles from Frank Emmet's
junior program as junior mem
bers. Some of the youngsters
are out of the junior member
ship class now, but the nucleus
for a solid team was provided
by the youngsters.
Only two clubs. c. c. of
Maryland in Baltimore with
five, and Indian Spring with
four have won more team titles
than Bethesda. And the repeat
champions have as one of their
stars, Claude Rippy. who
played on most of Indian
Springs champions
Not as Strong
This Bethesda team is not
quite a strong as last years.
Perky Cullinane, now in the
Army in Germany. made a big
difference. and the club also
lost Tracy Mehr, now football
coach at Loyola High in Bal
timore. But Billy Buppert filled
in nobly, and Larry Burd, Wal
ter johnson High captain,
usually was a winner. Joe Sulli-
van, like Buppert a former pro,
played two matches.
Griesmer, the Beman BROTH
ers, Del and Deane; Jay Ran
dolph, Dwight Mock, Rippy,
Bill Dudley, Chick Cullinane
and the old reliables. Tom
Manning and Herb Rudd, we're
holdovers.
Bethesda was forewarned
that Rolling Road would be
tough on its tricky home course
yesterday. Griesmer and Deane.
Beman squeaked through with
2l2 against Pro Charley Bassler
and Spencer Overton. but Bup-
pert and Rippy and Del Beman
and Chick Cullinane lost.
Lose All Points
But Rolling Road placed It's
hopes of rolling up enough
points at home to win. The six
men it sent to Bethesda lost all
nine points. Randolph and
Rudd shot Ills and Dudley,
Mock. Burd and Manning had
72s and the visitors never had
a chance.
Rolling Road missed Tim
Cragg. one of its stars. Cragg
spent the mid-morning driving
between Rolling Road and Be-
thesda. and back, and after be-
ing misinformed where he was
to play, he never did.
AS usual the Bethesda Club
members. who take consider
able pride in their champions,
held a gala celebration for the
team members.
At Bethesda
At Rolling Road
Harry Griesmer and peane Bems,n, Inl,is
BaeS and az spsncsT 9Gnss oyertOB g nor Charley
Billy. Buppert and Claude Rippy,
YearicE and Stuart Foxweil
sese.da Pc seman poSt Sha Gni's e "a cqnf4s ior Rs
Tucker and Bill Pierpont.
At Bethesda
Jay Randolph and Herb Rudd Beth
tAuat . pulHNs W " AVA LII W lliAdul
Imbach and Danny OBrien.
Bill Dudley and Dwight Mock,
Bethesda. z points to Q for Charles
Larry Burd and Tom Manning,
Bethesda. 3 points to for Raw Bas-
sler and Harold Dorsey.
MAN Rudy Yeatman
clicked for a rs and deducted
eight handicap for a net 81 to
win the Dogwood Blossom tour
nament. William P. Roberts,
79-9-70, and George Thornton,
73-2-7l, were next.
Qualifying in Manor's Mem
ber-Guest tournament extends
from yesterday through Thurs
d.. Match play is scheduled