Evening star., 1958-07-14
MASON TAKES THIRD CLUB TITLE
Long Matches Help
Argyle Golf Winner


Dick Mason, three-time win
ner Of the Indian Spring club
championship. likes those So
hole final matches against good
Opposition.
The 22-year-old Univer-
sity Of Maryland student won
by a 7-and-5 margin over l9-
year-old Mike Becker. the tour
nament medalist, Yesterday, for
his third title in the last five
years. He was in the Army the
other two. Il was the Youngest
final in the clubs history.
In Mason's other finals he
defeated Eddie Ault. five-time
winner. and DR.. Alan Weisberg.
ltwo-time champion. both by
comfortable 4-and-3 margins.
Mason's 80 on the back nine
of the morning round was his
best effort and it helped him
to a three-up lead at l8 with
a 10 to Becker's 73. Dick was
four up at 81. and quickly closed
the match on the last nine.
Ault with five and Roger
Peacock with four are the only
present or former Indian
Spring members to win the
club titles more than three
times. Bill McFerren, ST., and
Volney Burnett both were
three time winners. Other
flight winners:
lst-Denny Hevener def. DR.. stan
ford Randall, 3 and 2.
2nd-sonny seidenman def. Bobby
5rd~NormanI I Abrams def Alan
Freidin. 8 and S.
,,1.h a..h-Bsn Frank def. Bob Buck
18th Sth-Jce KrOnman def Milton
: sthSMsurics Friedman def. Harry
7th5aMorty Pearlman def. sam
ISL sth!& ing KRAFT def. Harri. Sacks,
sthaDr,, Zach EDhriaim def. John
ioth.williSm Fisher def. Al Katz,
Bernie ADpei6sum'' . and l.
ARGYLE - Seventeen-year-
old jeanne Bachelor had one
Of the upsets Of the women's
golf season in the making. but
lacked the experience to COM.
plete it in the women's club
championship.
jeanne was four up after 10
holes Of yesterday quarter
finals on Georgia Mae Nc
Keever, the defending cham
pion, and runnerup in the Dis
trict women's championship.
jeanne lost the 18th but halved
IL and still was three up.
But Miss McKeever won 13-
14-15-16 to go l up. lost the
18th, but won the 18th and the
match. l up.
Helen Hanson won by default
from Betty CARRIER and will
meet Miss McKeever in one
semifinal. In the other half
Of the draw. Mrs. Thomas
Konopa defeated Mrs. j. D.
Hanley, S and 8, and Dorthy
Omolecki defeated Mrs. A. p.
Sasscer, 2 and 1. They will
meet in the other semifinal
Saturday.
NORBECK-The first scratch
two-man team championship
has entered the finals where it's
a toSsup. Myron Gerber, club
champion the last two years,
and Ben Cohen meet Duke
Zeibert, twice runnerup for the
club championship and Al
AbramSon in an 18-hole match
next Sunday.
Gerber and Cohen defeated
Bob Brenner and Howard Sher-
er. 5 and 4, and Zeibert and
Abramson defeated Lenny SAKE
and Lou Horowitz, 2 and /.
BETHESDA-The new Presi-
dents Cup champion is 13-
year-old Kent Kittle, and it's
safe to say there hardly ever
will be a younger one.
Bethesda Is one of the few
clubs that permits junior mem
berS in its major tournaments.
Kent had four handicap strokes
on each nine and defeated
Chick Cullinane. l up in the
final. Kent had an SO and
Chick a II. Kent defeated
Spencer Davis, / up in 19 holes
in the semifinals. and Chick
won over Ray Plum. up.
Young Kittle won the Ia
and-under flight in the recent
Worsham Junior tournament
at Bethesda, and will be ia
vored In the fight in the
District Junior championship
starting today at Congressional.
Other flight winners in the
presidents Cup:
2nd--Ferris Mirage def. Ray Wood.
Srd-Holly Wright def. Leon Ha-
ith-Tom Manning def Arnold
5th-Art Lund def. Ed Ford.2 and / =.
6th-Chuck culbertson def. Bob
Watkins, and 2.
MANOR - Ralph P. Gibson
chalked up another club senior
title, his fourth, with rounds of
80 and 80 over the rain-soaked
course for 162 in the 36-hole
tournament. Gibson was the
District senior champion in
1856.
Ralph Dillon won low net