Evening star., 1962-04-22

In the past you could
Doser, Walter Romans and
and not be wrong very often.
Now Sleichter must be ado
thinks he shouldn't, then let's
look at the record.
Sleichter is the current Phil
adelphia Open champion, a
former pennsylvania Open king
and a few years ago tied Skee
Riegel and AnSel Snow for
first place in the Howard
County Open at All View.
Snow birdied the last two
holes to win the playoff the
next day and the recollection
brings a chuckle from Sleichter.
1t must seem strange to
laugh when you lose, but
Sleichter laughs often. And
when he laughs, he laughs
'oud.
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A big, hearty, robust man,
Sleichter looks like a football
player, which he was. He also
was a football coach, basket
ball coach and baseball coach
in high schools in the South.
He's 80 pounds over his playiDS
weight of 1876 that he carried as
a star end in high school at
Chambersburg, Pa.
But he carries it well. He's
6 feet /, square-jawed and
broad shouldered, and at "A
carries a thick shock of dark
hair that shows no signs of
disorganized retreat.
Sleichter got a late start as
a golf pro. He was 80 when he
got an offer from Bob Williams
at the Naval Academy course
and took it. Now after serving
a hitch at the Gettysburg
Country Club, he's back in
the same neighborhood at
Chartwell Country Club near
Severna Park. He started there
in February.
Yeah, I know a lot of the
guys around here. Bill StrauS-
baugh CTurf Valley and Bill
Clarke Hillendale and Middle
Atlantic PGA president) were
both assistants when broke in
in 1880"
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AS he stands before the
Colonial clubhouse at Chart
we'll, Sleichter looks out over
the. pine-studded course and
breathes in relief.
"At least I don't have to
worry about the golf course
here. At Gettysburg I was a
combination pro and super
intendent. Now I don't have
anything to do with keeping
the course in condition"
When President Eisenhower
was in office, Sleichter and
Max Elbin of Burning Tree.
were the best known club pros
in the country. The President
has a farm in Gettysburg and
is a member of the Gettysburg
Country Club.
He loved golf and would play
at every opportunity. And when
he played he played fast. Some
times, Sleichter says, he looked
like he was playing polo, scoot-
ing along in his electric cart
and hardly stopping to hit a
shot.
He was slowed down once,
though, and Sleichter was re-
sponsible. Dick likes a course
to have some rough and since
he was the greenskeeper and
pro both, he could have all the
rough he wanted.
Eisenhower got in some of it
and when he came back to the
clubhouse. somebody asked him
what happened on the ninth
hole.
"I got tangled up in SLEIGH
ter's whiskers," the President
said.
NOTE S - The Maryland
Women's championship has
been switched to Rolling Road
from the original site at Wood
holme. Entry blanks are avail
able and must be filed by 5
o'clock May IA. The tourna-
ment will be held May 21-25.
Oakmont Country Club
officials expect 100000 fans to
attend the National Open
there in June. Season ticket
sales have reached 5000.
A lot of golf balls have fallen
into the pond in front of the
ninth tee at Baltimore's Bonnie
View, but the other day they
fished out something new - a
small sports car that ran off
the road alongside the tee and
into the water. The pro-
amateur tournament originally
scheduled for the Country Club