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Medalist Andrea Kraus and upset-minded Sally Casey continued their winning ways yesterday at the Elkridge Club and will play for the women's Metropolitan championship this morning.The championship match, as well as the finals of the other flights, will be played at the CC of Maryland, beginning at 8:24 a.m.Kraus, from Woodholme CC and a former champion, was 1-over par for the front nine in building a 5-up lead on Joan Lins of Turf Valley CC, and went on to a 7-and-5 triumph.Casey, who had sidelined defending champion Cindy Peterka on Wednesday, came right back to eliminate Kanya Chintrisna of Rolling Road GC, 3 and 2.No more than two holes separated Casey, from Green Spring and a losing finalist two years ago, and Chintrisna, although the latter led only once, winning the fourth hole.

Qualifying medalist Jane Mason, a two-time winner, beat Joanne Salerno, 7 and 5, in the championship flight of the Maryland State Golf Association's 73rd Women's Amateur Championship yesterday at Eagle's Nest.Championship flightJane Mason def. Joanne Salerno, 7 and 5; Cindy Carlin def. Susan Schuh, 1-up; Kathy Altemus def. April Hardisty, 2 and 1; Sandy Pelisek def. Renee Baugh, 4 and 3; Stephanie Kell def. Geri Vartabedian, 1-up; Sheila Dagucon def. Bailey Scheurer, 5 and 4; Andrea Kraus def. Carole Ratcliffe, 2 and 1; Bonnie Fry def. Young Ja Kim, 3 and 2.Second flightLeigh Farrell def. Connie Pifer, 1-up; Pressie Hoffman def. Karen Lynn Smith, 1-up; Joan Lins won by default over Katie O'Neil; Mallory Crosland def. Joy Kirk, 4 and 3.Third flightCindy Peterka def. Eleanor Appling, 7 and 6; Mary Stuart McKenzie def. Laura Pierson, 6 and 5; Beth Plecker def. Shelly Sovero, 3 and 2; Nancy Chance def. Lynne Hunter, 1-up, 19 holes.

Eugene A. CurryNLRB directorEugene A. Curry, retired assistant regional director in the Baltimore office of the National Labor Relations Board, died March 30 of respiratory illness at a hospital in Vero Beach, Fla.Mr. Curry, who was 81 and had been retired since 1975, lived in Severna Park for much of the time after joining the staff of the NLRB office in Baltimore in the early 1940s.He spent 17 winters in Stuart, Fla., before moving to Vero Beach in November.In Severna Park, he had served as trustee, church school superintendent and elder at Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church.

On February 17, 2004 ELIZABETH J. TULACEK (nee Suchanek), age 93 years of Olney, MD formerly of Baltimore, MD, beloved wife of the late Dr. Rudolph S. Tulacek and devoted mother of Janet E. Scaggs and son-in-law H. Selby Scaggs Jr., of Silver Spring, MD; loving grandmother of H. Selby Scaggs III and wife Jessica of Silver SPring, MD and Michael M. Scaggs and wife Shirley of Charlestown, WV; great-grandmother of H. Selby IV, Abigail Janet, and Mary Elizabeth;...

Former champion Pat Tallent and local qualifying medalist Mark Cusic shared scoring honors in on-site qualifying for the 81st men's amateur championship of the Maryland State Golf Association yesterday at Chartwell Country Club in Severna Park. Each finished with a 2-under-par 70 over the 6,512-yard course. A steady rain forced a one-hour suspension of play early in the afternoon and wound up pushing what turned out to be a nine-man playoff for six available places to a 7:30 start this morning.

DENTON -- April Hardisty completed a rare grand slam when she parred the first extra hole to defeat Jane Fitzgerald for the 75th amateur championship of the women's division of the Maryland State Golf Association yesterday.The outcome of the event that had its strongest championship field in years gave Hardisty, 21, a sweep of the medal and title on her home course. She is the youngest champion of this event since Sarah LeBrun, 20, won it in 1986.No more than one hole separated Hardisty and Fitzgerald throughout their scheduled 18-hole match.

Golf WGA Metropolitan At Country Club of Maryland Andrea Kraus d. Chris Owens, 8 and 7; Sandy Scitti won from Joanne Salerno, by default; Arlene Zamora d. Sharon Pusin, 4 and 3; Cindy Peterka d. Patti Jahnigan, 7 and 6; Natalie McNicholas d. Jan Peterka, 7 and 6; Donna Ensor won from Cynthia Clough, by default; Jennifer Thompson d. Judy Mehrling, 7 and 6; Ellie Jones d. Adrienne Crowley, 4 and 3. Moves Baseball ATHLETICS: Activated OF David Justice....

Sally McKenzie surprised defending champion April Hardesty, 2-up, and three collegians produced solid victories as play moved through the first round of the Amateur championship of the Maryland State Golf Association Women's Division at the Country Club of Maryland yesterday.Medalist Jenny Chuasiriporn (Duke) birdied the 14th and 15th holes to thwart a stubborn upset bid by Sandi Terrill, 4 and 2; Julie Russum (James Madison) put out Cindy Peterka, 6 and 5; and Mallory Crosland (Vanderbilt)

SILVER SPRING -- Andrea Kraus, from Pikesville and Woodholme Country Club, established a course record in shooting 4-under-par 36-3369, destroying the qualifying field for the 78th annual Maryland State Golf Association- Women's Division Amateur championship at Argyle CC yesterday.The medalist, who won this title in 1994, finished eight strokes ahead of her closest pursuers, Jessica Lewis, of Columbia CC, and Erin Clasper, of Congressional CC, a pair of 18-year-olds.For the round, Kraus, who won the Greiner Titleholders trophy by five shots last week at Baltimore CC, had six birdies and a double-bogey.

Jenny Chuasiriporn parred the second extra hole to outlast defending champion Andrea Kraus yesterday for the championship of the annual women's Metropolitan tournament at Eagle's Nest.Each did a good job of opening the door for the other, and in the end, it cost Kraus, who earlier had made up a five-hole deficit.At the second hole, a short par-4, Chuasiriporn, 19 and a Duke University junior, put her drive in the fairway, pitched on and two-putted for par. Kraus, who had driven into the left woods, put her second shot over the green, chipped back and missed her six-foot par putt.