Left to right: Unknown; Ann Stranahan (Frank's wife, a very good amateur golfer; finished runner-up in the 1960 Canadian Women's Amateur; died of cancer at age 45); Frank Stranahan; Mayor of Baltimore Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.; Unknown.

Driving Contest
Mike Souchak	349 yards	$100
Paul Harney	324 yards	?

Editor's notes: When I was building this page, I suspected that the name at the bottom of the scores list was a joke by some witty player. But I'm informed that it was indeed a real person, a noted chicken breeder and avid golfer, and former president of the Claymore Club, the "Who's Who" of Northern cockfighting. He was also a founder of the Golfer's Charitable Association, sponsor of the Lady Carling Open which benefited Children's Hospital. Read about Harry Parr IV here.

It appears that there was both a 54-hole cut and a 36-hole cut in this tournament, and that the cut numbers were different for professionals and amateurs.

Golf World reported: "Baltimore was not new to Ray Heins, but a circuit tournament was. The former cabdriver, plumber and general handy man who turned professional in 1953 at 33 years of age lost his putting touch in the second round. [He was tied for the lead after the first round.] He had seven bogeys and a double bogey. He hit the par three sixth hole with his tee shot but four-putted from 40 feet. He used to drive a taxi in Baltimore and was twice city public links champion."

On the same page as the tourney results, the magazine reported "Micholek Beats Pros - Frank Micholek, five-time Baltimore public park champion, won the Howard County open championship at All View CC in Endicott City, Maryland, Sept. 28."

— One mistake is probably accidental; two is …

Blue Rows Indicate Maryland Golfers
Green Rows Rows Indicate African-American Golfers
Golfer	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Total	Winnings
Frank Stranahan	67	72	70	71	280	3,000
Art Wall	70	72	69	70	281	1,900
Ed Oliver	71	69	70	72	282	1,400
Fred Hawkins	72	68	72	71	283	1,200
Ted Kroll	73	68	74	69	284	1,050
Tommy Bolt	73	71	70	70	284	1,050
Doug Ford	70	71	72	72	285	900
Ed Furgol	71	70	74	71	286	700
Billy Maxwell	70	71	70	75	286	700
Dow Finsterwald	71	70	73	73	287	485
Jim Turnesa	72	68	74	73	287	485
Mike Homa	68	70	75	75	288	410
Johnnie Weitzel	72	74	75	68	289	365
Henry Williams Jr.	75	74	72	68	289	365
Arnold Palmer	71	76	73	70	290	320
Charlie Bassler	71	72	72	76	291	252.50
George Fazio	76	68	73	74	291	252.50
Mike Souchak	68	71	75	77	291	252.50
Max Evans	73	72	73	73	291	252.50
Charles Sifford	72	75	71	74	292	177.50
Walter Romans	73	69	74	76	292	177.50
Buddy Weaver	72	72	71	77	292	177.50
Bill Collins	73	73	74	72	292	177.50
Doug Higgins	72	71	72	78	293	150
Bill Casper Jr.	73	73	74	74	294	120
Bill Gehring	72	74	74	74	294	120
Sam Penecale	72	73	74	75	294	120
Mike Krak	74	73	76	71	294	120
Don Fairfield	72	73	77	72	294	120
Leo Biagetti	74	75	73	73	295
Frank Tenney	69	76	75	75	295
Bob Watson	71	73	75	76	295
Don Whitt	70	75	74	76	295
Bob Schoener	71	73	78	74	296
Dave Douglas	72	76	74	75	297
Bill Nary	74	73	74	76	297
Walker Inman	72	71	75	80	298
Buster Reed	70	77	76	75	298
Paul Harney	72	77	74	76	299
Andy Gibson	71	78	75	76	300
Bob Gajda	75	69	79	77	300
Dick Mayer	69	78	78	75	300
John O'Donnell	74	73	75	78	300
Ed Kroll	72	76	78	75	301
Bob Crawley	76	72	76	78	302
John Eisinger A	76	78	75	73	302
Hans Merrell	74	75	76	77	302
Dick Mullen	76	72	76	78	302
Bill Moran	75	75	78	76	304
Charles Strack	73	75	78	78	304
Larry Tomasino	75	74	73	82	304
Ray Heins	67	81	82	75	305
Paul McGuire	72	74	73	86	305
Bill Cole A	80	75	73	78	306
Mote Sanders	75	73	78	80	306
John Jandresak	71	77	79	80	307
Walter Greiner	75	79	77	77	308
Ellis Taylor A	77	82	77	76	312
Walter Douglas A	83	76	76	78	313
Ed Johnston A	80	79	76	78	313
Dick Hendrickson A	74	76	85	80	315
Art Daddezio A	81	78	81	76	316
Jack Anderson A	78	81	80	80	319
Fred Wampler	73	74	74
Bob Toski	75	74	77
Art Robinson	78	73	75
George Griffin	75	75	78
Jimmy Clark	74	77
Gardner Dickinson	72	78
Charles Emrich A	85	82
Harry Parr IV A	80	87