Concensus of Star Pros Makes Nelson Favorite in National Open Golf Meet Seven Links Aces Rated High Host's Riders Victors Bannockburn Best-Ball Event In Forecast of U. S. Crown In Landon School's Next for Capital Linksmen at Fort Next local tournament for the in and around th" Capital will play Tourney Worth Junior Horse Show par-busting amateur golfers—they in tournaments at Richmond and didn’t do much of it in the Chevy Towson, Md to be held May 29- Little, Hogan, Wood, Snead Lot Beats Chase invitation affair—is the Ban- June 1, inclusive. These are the Among Boys'Team Barely nockburn best-ball event scheduled affairs of the Hermitage Country Given Good Chance to Get Title Alice Deal Girls in for June 6. 7 and 8. Club of Richmond and the Country A club committee headed by S. E. Club of Maryland and conflict as By BILL BOM, I as it used to be watching Babe Jumping Contest Mulliken expects 75 or more pairs to dates. The local tournament which amateurs have to make Associated Press Sports Writer. i Ruth take almost the same sort of to enter this tourney, hap- playing will at a baseball. By LARRY LAWRENCE. pens to be one of the more inter- their choice between them. NEW YORK. May 24.—The na- swing A of riders of Landon i esting of any links competi- A week after the Bannockburn Little at Best in IVlud. quartet boy phases tional open golf championship. 45th School bested Alice Deal Junior tion. Entries are being taken at tourney comes the biggest event of Little—Should it come up mud j School's riders and four the club and will close June 3. Last the year carrying a sectional title. In the line originated by the United 1 in Texas watch out for Lawson, High girl other teams a narrow year the tourney went to lanky This is the Middle Atlantic cham- States Golf Association, will be i One of the game's finest putters junior by j margin to win the interschool team Fred Bolton, the Maryland junior pionship, scheduled for Hot Springs, June 5-7 at the Colonial I and one of its longer hitters, the played feature event of the Lan- champ, and Maury' Fitzgerald. Va.. June 12. 13. 14 and 15. It will i two-time former amateur champ jumping, Club in Fort Worth. Tex., and your don junior horse show But before that event comes off be liberally patronized by the local and present open titleholder is at yesterday at Bethesda. many amateur divot flingers from simon pares. correspondent considers this an au- his best in heavy going. That’s 1 Dean Rathbun on Beth, Jack spicious occasion for limb-climbing. t lie sort of course on which he won 1 the 1940 Devereux on Gabriel, Billy Patch that we are all the Los Angeles and National Not going on Headrock and David Semmes on opens, and the same sort of condi- Blozis and Way out to the end. mind you. and Obvious took the trophy donated by Finals in Lyden tions under w hich he shot a record- Spring Golf the next champion. But we Mrs, David Dunigan and the bowl pick equaling 62 to win the Texas open ate going about halfway out. from the masters of Landon I G. U. this past winter. given by Co-Captains which vantage point it appears that School. With this victory enough A1 Blozis, Georgetown Univer- From the way the boys them- Slated at the 1941 champion will be one of points were garnered for a 2-point Today sity's world record shot-putter, to selves rate the field a victory for j seven professionals answering win over Alice Deal for the Landon and Kenneth Lyden, quarter- any one of these men in the 72 these names: School Perpetual Trophy that goes miier and member of the Hoyas’ holes of tlie open would not be a Lawson Little, the present incum- to the school whose riders get the Congressional relay team, will serve as co-cap- surprise. If any "dark horse’’ should bent; Byron Nelson, winner two largest point total. Final round matches in four tains of G. U.'s 1941 track squad, come through, however, the most Mike ago and present P. G. A. McSherry Sparkles. Graduate Manager Gabriel H. years likely candidates would appear to 1 flights in the spring handicap golf champion; Ben Hogan. No. 1 money- Michael McSherry, 9-year-old son Murphy announced today. bp Sammy Byrd, the reformed ball- at Congressional are sched- winner of 1940 and again leading of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Frank J. Mc- tourney wito finished third Blozis and Lyden. both juniors, player to Wood and his uled semifinal the cash parade in 1941; Sam Snead, Sherry, Sport, pint-sized today. Yesterday's were elected ai Augusta last month: Willie Gog- by members of the who has come close twice; Craig pony, covered themselves with glory results: current gin, who now has Hogan's former Georgetown team. Wood, Augusta masters winner in and blue ribbons by winning the job at White Plains. N.Y.; Lloyd First flight—O T Smith bfat H S April; Jimmy Demaret, sensation first three classes of the show. Tire MacDonald 4 and 3; T B Conlyn beai Mangrum, Dick Metz’ assistant at Eld^n MacFa’iaro 1 up winter tour, and Ralph unbeatable combination took saddle of the 1940 Oak Second flicht—A J Crist adcro beat Willard Park, 111., and another of the * McClure, Shine Guldahl. who won the open at De- and jumping pony classes, then M J. McMillan, r.nd T, C H Mc- Texas-reared and and G F Mikkcl-on. all even 1938. brigade, Johnny best Clain troit in 1937 and Denver in gave the performance in the Third flieht— John won d*»- iBoo-Boo) who fourth A?ur by In Tree Golf Bulla, placed class tault. Frank E. Johnson bf-at Dr. Noah Burning Nelson Pros' Favorite. horsemanship for children behind Hogan, Snead and Wood Pomeroy. 2 up under 10. Fourth flizht—\V W. Bayfield b*a* More than four score golfers of these seven 'all but in winter but Five money-winnings, Loaned to two of the front-rank Hf-nrv I Quinr. 2 up; J K. S’.ronst beat turnpd out at Burning Tree for the a back, in- whose hard-to-handle Dr. H. D Adams. 1 up. Wood, who suffered temperament riders of this Mrs. John E. TAKES BIG Goldvein over in junior sector, May Day tourney. Mc- in his home Thursday, and Gul- so often gets in the way of his EVENT—Elizabeth Marsh of Alice Deal School taking jump piling jury Lee Counselman’s consistent little Clure shot a 76 to w’in the gross in the Goodall golf shots. up to take the S. P. C. A. class in the Landon School Horse Show dahl' competed points yesterday. mare, Kristi, daughter of the cele- award, and W. B. Willard annexed this week. A poll of and Tarleton round-robin brated Black Caddie, won two blues, Bensinger the net prize with 65. this illustrious half-dozen showed a second and other minor awards. A dinner followed the golf tourney. much as we do. Their Win Net Semis they feel Under the capable hands of Mickey i Prep Nelson the fa- consensus established Golf Pros of This Sector Magill, Kristi took the hack and The favorite. Bobby Bensinger vorite. followed by Hogan, Wood, Scrap hunter and the junior hunter classes. of Friends School, and a rank out- Picard. De- Central Netters Given Snead, Guldahl. Henry Ann Hughes, riding Kristi, placed sider. Mahlon Tarleton of St. John's, and Little. maret, Clayton Heafner To See Who'll second in the S. P. C. A. horseman- for the finals of the ^ Have to Play qualified pri- Trimming by Plebes Starting at the top and working ship event. vate school tennis tournament ANNAPOLIS. Md.. down, here is how they shape up: Elizabeth Marsh, star rider from yesterday when they won their May 24 i;p In Central of was r National Alice one semi-final matches at High Washington Nelson—Byron, like Hogan, De- Open Event Deal, had of her good Georgetown the in fashion. match for the Navy Plebes in tenn maret and Guldahl, is a Texas prod- days, winning horsemanship Prep contrasting By WALTER McCALLL’M. to move with the best today, 0-9. uct. He and Hogan used to caddie enough along class on Goldvein and taking her Bensinger, thp District's outstand- of the of The main battle tomorrow over pros. And probably, if Ralph second blue by the same ing junior off Singles—Wyatt
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