Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-21
BY MERRILL wHITTLEsEY
star star Writer

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A very few years ago late
July was an on period on the
golf calendar. but this weeks
schedule IL one Of the busiest
Of the season. and includes a
wide variety Of tournaments.
The big event, OF course. Is
the $4,000 Eastern Open at
Mount Pleasant In Baltimore.
IA pro-club ehampion-celebrity
tournament for the Middle At
lantic pros marked the opening
Of Eastern Open week today.
Tomorrow the amateurs and
non-PGA members among the
pros will qualify. Wednesday Is
the final practice round. and
one round a day Is scheduled
Thursday through next Sunday
Fort Belvoir and Fort Meade
are host 10 service events this
week. The 72-hole Military Dis
trict Of Washington tourna-
ment runs today through
Thursday at Fort Belvoir. and
the Second Army tournament
viii be played today through
Friday at Fort Meade.
The Inter-Club Junior
League has It's round robin
matches today at Chevy Chase
and Washington. and tomor-
row at Woodmont. The league
playoffs are Wednesday and
Friday.
Four aualifiers for the Junior
Chamber of Commerce Nation
al Junior championships will
be determined in rounds Thurs
day and Friday at Prince
Georges in the Maryland finals.
The District Golf Associa-
tons two-ball handicap tour
nament. rained out on July IL.
will be played Friday at Indian
Spring. with the original pair
ings and starting times to
apply.
And there's the Virginia
women's championship all week
at Hot Springs.
BROOKE MANOR-Doc Jew,
the Chinese engineer. and the
Districts only southpaw golfer
who is q club champion, is an
automatic qualifer in defense
of his Brooke Manor Club
championship. but he played
for the medal and is low to date
with 74-79-i53.
/ Buster Day is second with
79-75-l54 in the trials that
run through Wednesday. Vol
ney Burnett. champion Of 1855.
and Sc, is not competing. Carl
Lohren, last years medalist,
and a National Open qualifier.
no longer is a member Of the
club.
ARGYLE-The club boasts
Mrs. Frank Cush, the District
women's champion, and Mrs.
Thomas Konopa, the Keefer
Cup champion. among its
members. but Georgia Mae Nc
Keever is the women's club
champion for the seco n d
straight year.
! Miss McKeever, runnerup to
Mrs. Cush for the District title.
defeated Mrs. Konopa. 3 and 2,
for the title yesterday. Miss
McKeever defeated Helen Ham
son. 5 and 3, in the semifinals
and Mrs. Konopa won over
Dorothy Omolecki. 6 and S.
The match was even for
eight holes but Miss McKeever
won 9-l0 and Is for her win
ming margin.
LIST Flight-Mrs. W Z. Howard def
Mrs. Luke Besle, 4 and 3.
smIi nSS- / .Dd Beall def. Mrs. DillOw
srd-Mrs. Robert Helsel def Mrs.
Sth.Mrs. Joe connsll def. Mrs.
Nolan Gibson, and /
6th--Mrs. Walter Lahde def. Mrs.
Leonard Porter. , up.
The men competed in a
'Pro-Amateur." with Roger
MARITIME winning gross with a
IS. Frank Passero low net with
l77-ll-66 and Lynn johnson
and George Ruhl the best-ball
play with a 81.
PRINCE GEORGES - Gil
Willett's "a, which included an
eight on the fourth hole and an
out nine of Al, and an eagle on
the 10th and a 80 coming back,
helped the club champion win
one tournament. but he lost
another.
In a playoff for the club
championship m e dal. Bob
Lyons, runnerup to Willett for
the title. shot a 37-34-7l to
win over Willett and John
Jankowski with 74s.
In the Maryland Title Co.
Escrow Cup play, Willett and
Matt Schrenk won with a best
ball 81. Bill Swan had So with
Bill Thornton and "a with
Charles BirdSong. and Eddie
Bean had So with George Smith
to tie for second.
CONGRESSIONAL-Dr. John
E. Everett. one of the most i'm
proved players at the club. won
the Presidents Cup, a match
play handicap tournament, by
defeating Willard p. Owens, 2
and /, in the championship
fight finals. DR.. Everett, a g.
handicap golfer, spotted his OPP
ponent two strokes in the title
match.
Winners of the other fights
and consultations:
Championship consolation - Don
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