Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-29
Bowers Takes
Short Cut in
Wors|1an1 PLAY
BY ROBERT SONIMERS
Star Staff Writer

It looks as If Cliff Bowers
operational plan for winning
1.-THE Worsham Memorial golf
tournament is to let everybody
else play themselves into ex-
haustion while he loafs through
the early rounds and comes UP
to the final a well-rested young
man.
Bowers, from Westwood, took
a short cut through the first
two rounds at Bethesda yester-
day, played a mere 26 holes
and turned in the best golf OF
any of the 80 who qualified for
the championship flight.
In the first round he de-
feated Jack Singleton of Be-
thesda, 5 and 4, and in the
second he was 2 under Bethes-
da's par of 35-35-70 in gaining
a 7-and-6 triumph over Ray
Melenson of Belair, runnerur
in the Schoolboy championship
two years ago.
Today he gets a chance to
eliminate another Schoolboy
runnerup when he meets Ron
Rhodes Of Bethesda, who got
by Jim Lunsford of Fort Bel
voir, 4 and 3, and Charles link
of Argyle, up.
Biggest Upset
Bowers played the front nine
lin "a against Melenson and had
him 5 down. He closed out the
match by winning both the 18th
and 18th holes.
The biggest upset Of the early
rounds was turned in by Larry
Ringer of LaPlata, who brought
lin John Gavin of Bethesda in
the second round. But Gavin
came away from the match
with a lesson - don't let the
other guy put the pressure on
you.
Gavin had a Cup lead on
the 10th hole, but Ringer
Caught him at the 18th and
forced the match into extra
holes. Ringer was on the 10th
in 2 and Gavin was over. John
Clipped six feet from the hole
and Ringer putted four feet
away.
Meissner Bows Out
But then, for some inexpli-
cable reason, Gavin who could
have putted first, allowed
Ringer to putt. Ringer made II
and Gavin missed. Today
Ringer, who won a 2-and-1 due
from Chuck Collett of Prince
Georges in the first round
takes on Roger Olson of Quanti-
co.
It was a bad day for cham
pions yesterday. Ricky Meissner
of Manor, who was after a
second straight Worsham title
lost to Neff McClary of the
Country Club of Fairfax; Steve
Borchers, the Schoolboy cham
pion from Manor, dropped his
firSt-round match to Gavin, and
Jim Duffy Of the Country Club
of Fairfax, last years Mary
land and District Junior cham
pion, was eliminated by Ken
woods Dick Schmidt in the
second round.
FIRST ROUND
Upper Bracket
Ricky MeisSner, Manor, defeated Der
Grover. Rockville, 2 and J..
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Billy cieich, Bethesda, defeated Dave
Turned. Fort Worth. Tex, 4 and 2.
jeff Edwards, Bethesda, defeated
John Gavin. Bethesda, defeated Steve
lBorchers, Manor, 2 and l.
Larry Ringer, LaPlata. defeated
Chuck Collett, Prince Georges. 2 and 1
John Jakovics. c. C. Of Nd, defeated
Tony Frederfckson. Fort Belvoir'
Roger Olson. ouanticO. defeated Bill
Schmidt. Kenwood. 1 up.
Lower Bracket
Ray Melenson. Belair,, defeated John
Jack SINGLETON, Bethesda, &. and 4.
Charles link. Argyle. defeated Nike
Mattingly. Manor. 3 and 2.
Ron Rhodes, Bethesda. defeated Jim
Bob Murphy. Argyle, defeated Char
ley sleichter Chartwell. 3 and 2,
John. Owen, Army Navy. defeated
Richard Lohr, Pine Crest, 2 and l..
Dick Schmidt, Kenwood. defeated
Roger MARITIME; Argyle, and 4;
Lou Anderson. Belle Haven. and 2.
SECOND ROUND
Upper Bracket
McClary defeated Meissner, 8 and 2
Cigich defeated Edwards. 3 and 2.
Ringer defeated Gavin, Up, Is
holes.
Lower Bracket
Bowers defeated Melenson, z and 9
Rhodes defeated link. l up.
owen defeated Murphy. 2 up.
Schmidt defeated Duffy, up.