Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-01
BURNETT. LILLIAN LEA HEAD LIST
Champions Crowned
In 4 Golf Journeys

-Four cluD champions were
decided in the middle of the
big Labor Day weekend golf
ing holiday. topped by Volney
Burnett at Brooke Manor and
including 17-year-old Lillian
Lea in the women's title play
at Court House.
Glenn Dale crowned two new
champions. Charles Ferrar win
ming the mems crown, and Mrs.
Carl Davis capturing the wom-
ems tournament.
Most clubs viii be busy in
medal or match-play rounds
Of their championships today.
he rundown:
BROOKE MANOR-Burnett,
soon to retire to his Hannibal.
Mo-, home after his 50th BIRTH
day and retirement from the
ID. c. Fire Department, muir
dered AL Shorb on the putting
green in winning his third club
title at Brooke Manor.
Burnett won. 2 and /, in the
scheduled 36-hole final. Vol
ney, one Of the top amateurs in
Maryland and the District a
decade ago. had rs In the
morning and needed par for q
n when the match ended in
the afternoon.
Volney and II one putt
greens and sank two chips,
Shorb had five three-putt
greens. Very few holes were
won in the match. Shorb hit
most Of the green's, but Burnett
consistently halved or won
holes with scrambling tactics.
volney's titles include two
Maryland State crowns, one
Middle Atlantic and several in
vitations. But this may be his
last, for Hannibal has only a
nine-hole golf course.
Other winners:
lst = Sherwood Webster defeated
n sd@ sa:safi Ness uG Defeated RAY csubls.
3d-Harold Jones defeated steve
ltS-zssh Fortunate defeated Andy
Sth-Jim Britt defeated Tony Man
euso, l up.
COURT HOUSINGS Lea,
who won the District girls
championship last week, cap
tured her second women's title
at Court House with a 3-and-2
victory over Mrs. Glen Morgan
in a scheduled 36-hole final.
Lillian had 1892 against Mrs.
Morgan. who recently moved to
Fairfax and Joined the club.
Miss Lea. who won the club title
when she was IS. was / up at
10 and 2 up at 81.
John Tanker won the club
junior title by defeating Phil
Truck, / up. when Truck three
putted the 37th hole.
Jack Smell, a quarter-fin
in the current club champion
ship. won the Osborne medal
play title with rounds of 76-74-
73-79-302 against three IT'S
and a finishing 70 by Dave Col
lingwood. The latter also sur
wives in the club tourney.
Jack Crawford, assistant pro
at the Fairfax club, just missed
an unofficial course record when
he missed short puts on II and
Is. Crawford had eight brides
In a So round. oasiv
Leonard H. Roberts made an
ace on the l75-yard third hole
with a four iron.
GLENN DALE-Cnarles Fer
rar has been the favorite in the
club tournament since Staley
Wilson, the champion when
the club was known as Prospect
Hill last year. and Howard
Chambers. the medalist, lost in
the first round. Ferrar defeat-
ed Phil Walls. 2 and /, in the
scheduled 36-hole final with
rounds of rs and n.
Mrs. Carl Davis. also medal
list in the women's champion
ship, defeated Mrs. Doug
Smiley, 4 and 8, and needed
par for an SO when the match
ended on the 18th.
Other Flights
lsta-staley Wilson def. Carl Thomas,
sd--oarrett valentine def. Joe Pat
sd@-Lee cozad def. Bob Pensil,, up.
4th--Don Shelter def. Z. Manuel,
5th-Bnl Muschok def. Jim Norton.
stS-carl Davis def. Ernie cummins.
and A.
7th--J. R. Erskine def John Peters,
3 and 2.
Women's Fiights
1st- Mrs. John Staneliff def Mrs
Howard Chambers, and j
2d--Mrs. Leo Ryan def. Mrs. Raw
Sofleld, " and /
,3d-Mrs. Ernie cummins def. Mrs.
John Peters, and 8.
BETHESDA - The strange
thing about the Bethesda club
championship is that the last
six winners, Jack Rountree, Joe
LaSalle, Tony Popolaski, Deane
Beman, Perky Cullinane and
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