Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
BY ROBERT SOMMERS
Star Staff Writer


ended. Frank Clark will see
what he can do about another
Sunday wnen he meets Ray
Horne in the finals of the Ar
gyle Country Club golf cham
pionship.
Clark and Bob MARITIME are
regarded as the best golfers in
the club, but while MARITIME has
won the championship three
times, Clark hasn't won at all.
He makes his third start in the
finals Sunday after beating
Pat MARITIME. 3 and 2, yester-
day.
Horne. a junior at the Uni
versity Of Maryland, defeated
Bill Gartner, a former cham
pion, 4 and 3. in the semi
finals.
Clark's victory over MARITIME
was especially gratifying. He
played MARITIME in the semi
finals twice before and lost and
in 1859 Fred lost to him in the
finals. In four meetings until
yesterday, he had beaten Mar
tino only once.
Clark has defeated Tom
Greene, Steve Borchers, Dave
Clark and MARITIME, while Horne
has eliminated Bill August, Bob
MARITIME, Lee Dixson and Cart
ner.
Clark is piling up an excel
lent record this season. He
teamed with Bob MARITIME to
win the Belle Haven four ball,
and then followed up by win
ming the Argyle Invitation.
He is playing some of the
best golf Of his career, although
he was five over par against
Pat MARITIME yesterday. Horne
was only one over against
Gartner.
MANOR-Knute Knighton is
is the medalist in the club
championship. but George
Cornwell figures to be tough
to beat as he defends his title.
Shooting for the medal, Corn
well posted 75-72-147 behind
Knighton'S leading 73-70-143
Cornwell's total was the third
best turned in. Bill Brownrigg
was second with 70-74-144,
while Buddy Sharkey shot 49,
76-149 and tied Fred Mueller,
with 78-71-149. Match play
begins next week end.
MOUNT VERNON - George
Tew ended a golf layoff Of
nearly 20 years last season and
since then has become a terror
in club tournaments. He won
the miniature club champion
ship yesterday by defeating
Frank Stoppa, 3 and 2. Earlier
he won the Board of Governors
Trophy. He was just two over
par for yesterdays match.
LAUREL PNES-Ed John
son, the man who defeated the
medalist. takes on Larry lobe,
an easy firSt-round winner. in
the club championship next
week end. johnson eliminated
Lee Griffin. 2 and / yesterday,
while lobe defeated Frank
Goyne, 5 and 4. Ray McInnis
won a 19-hole match from
Bub Leach.
NORBECK-The way things
are going in the Presidents
Cup it will be a major accom-
plishment If somebody can
take Bob Bremen to the 18th
hole. Yesterday he was three
under par when he defeated
Sam Bosk, Z and S. A week
ago he shot the back nine in
three under as he eliminated
Warren Carroll, the defending
champion, 5 and 3. In three
close matches yesterday, Jack
Gam eliminated Vic Inoff in
10 holes, Morris SHERMAN de-
feated Sy Selleznow, up, and
Al Epstein trimmed Phil Levin,
l up.
CHEVY CHASE-Robert Bird
scored the first hole-in-one
OF his career on the 160-yard
fourth yesterday, hitting a s.
iron shot into the cup. He was
playing with John Midlin.
ROCK CREEK-Mr. and Mrs.
Patrick Fogarty defeated Karl
Ashbaugh and Mrs. Robert
Litzberg, 3 and /, in the finals
of the mixed scotch foursomes
championship.
ARMY NAVY-Major A.
Puchrick shot 76-79-164, sub
tracted "a handicap strokes for
a net 131 and tied Col. D. o.
Omer, with 93-94-187-56-131,
in the Henry Gibbons Trophy
tournament.
WOODMONT-Stanley Ros-
enweigh and Chips Cantor tied
Todd Silverman and Bernie
Green with net 60 in the first