The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-13

LOUISVILLE, Ky. June 12.-The southern amateur golf championship reaches its critical stages tomorrow when eight survivors enter the grhelling home stretch Although the first two rounds have been replete with sensa- tons, the third round and semi-finals, carded for tomorrow morning and after lery with more thrills.
 : The eight players still in the running and pairinss for the third round follow {:
 Jack Wenzler, Memphis, VI. Louis Tachau, Louisville.
 : Frank Dyer, Memphis, vs. Lee Chase, Miami, Fla.
 Nels Giddens, Memphis, va John Bachman, Rome, Ga.
 yChasteen Harris. Memphis, vs. Carl BeEkert, Louisville.
 Outcome Doubtful
 Predictions as to the outcome of the two rounds tomorrow baffle oracles of golf. There afe none deserving of favor because the matches thus far have been productive of many upsets. Youthful John Bachman, who startled veterans in the first round with his three-under-par 68 and today rounded the outside nine one stroke under par. He may possess the stamina to main- tain the dizzy pace through. thirty-six holes tomorrow.
 Bachman enters the third round an outstanding fayorite to- become new champion. If he beatss Giddens, "the hds from Georgia" as .Bachman is known among those following the tour nament, he will be pitted against either Harris sar Benkert. ssAf=i
 Bachman A Sensation
 . Both are players of sufficient skill to, test Bachman's wizardry to the ut most. The Memphis youth today elimi- nahed Ted Ottman, Louisville city champion, in easy fashion. Benkert, a real dark horse, astounded experts by handily disposing of Tom Prescott, whom Atlanta expected to avenge the defeat of Perry Adair, present cham pion.
 r. The upper bracket of the third round finds Jack Wenzler, Memphis, paired with Louis Tachau, Louisville, hero of a record-breaking 25-hole match in the second round which reached a climax on the seventh extra green in a victory for the Kentuckian over Charles Black, Atlanta, and Frank Dyer, Mem phich, matched to meet Lee Chase, of Miami.
 Feature Match
 The Wenzler-Tachau match should prove the most interesting of the third round. Tachau's endurance is remark able. His extra hole victory today set q new record in southern golf ac- cording to officials of the Southern as- sociation.z It also is believed to break all previous extra hole records in the United States.
 Dyer is the unknown quality of the tournament. The grim, silent Atlantan, has had more experience in important competition than any other player in the championship flight. His victories thus far have not been close enough to force the metropolitan champion to open up, and those who have seen him yin in the past assert their favorite is most, dangerous when hard pressed.
 Dyer. is favored to advance into the semishna1s. ..l, :.
 The second round proved disastrous to Atlanta. Her two surviving repre- sentatives were eliminated. &
 ] LOUISVILLE, Ky, June 12.-(By Associated Pess.)-Probably the long est match in the history of the South cru Golf association, was played in the \ second round of the Southern Amateur fhmpionship tourney here this after Z vPn. byl.Louis Tachan, Louisville, and 4aarles Black, Atlanta, Tachan win n4g on the 25th green ons-up.
 eTeterans attending the tourney de- Fred the match set new record and a9Eny were of the opinion that it tied 4 national record established at the .Hgineers' course, Long Island, eight Ears ago. The match was played un- der a blazing sun and both men were almost exhausted at the finish. Tach. ans endurance enabling him to. finish in front. At the end of nine holes TachAn was clinging tenaciously to 8 two hole lead, but Black spurted and levelled the match on the 18th green by sinking long putt.
 Halve Three Holes
 The 18th, 20th and Fist holes were halved in fours both men scoring birdies on the 18th. Tachan won applause from the large gallery when he conceded a S-foot putt upon finding his oppo- nent's ball half buried in a heelmark. The 22nd and 23rd holes were halved in par 3s and As. Both missed easy putts, exceeding par by one stroke on the 24th and holing out in 5. Blacks downfall came when he topped his sec- ond shot on the 25th. Tachan chip ping closer to the pin, Black was over anxious in his efforts to run down long puts on the last three holes and this . psychological factor wrought havoc with his final shot which was a scant four inches weak.
 Bachman StilI Wins
 John Bachman, 17-year-old sen sation from Rome, Ca, continued his phenomenal performance in the tourna. menk, turning in the home g six up on c. ulmer, Jacksonville, Fla.
 The Georgia youngster scored par 3B on first nine holes today missing five long putts, three of which hung. on the edgeof the cup. Yesterday he shot the country club course here in three under par in the first round. Other results of the second round at the end of the first nine holes, Tewis Fachau, Louis vile. up on Charles Black, Atlanta i; Frank Dyer, Memphis, up on Frank Fehr, Jr., Louisville; Chasteen Harris, Memphis, 8 up on Ted Ottman, Louis vile; Jack Wensler, Memphis, 8 up on Dan Jarvis, Nashville; Carl Benk- ert, tLouisville, up on Tom Prescott, Atlanta; Nelson Giddens, Memphis and ~ H paIroarA. Miami Fla 1avAl A1av