Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-03
MCCARTHY HAS I Up
LEAD FOR IS HOLES
Assumes Role of Favorite
With 0uimet in Amateur.
Howell Trails.

! BY the Associated Press.
BEVERLY COUNTRY CLUB, Chi
cago, September 3.-Maurice J. NC
Ouimet of Boston, 38-year-old veteran
of many a golfing war, assumed the
roles Of favoriteS today in the United
States amateur championship by as
Stunning overwhelming leads in the
quarter-final matches.
At the eighteenth hole. or halfway
stage of the all-day battle among the
biggest sensation by shooting Beverly S
Of up on Fay Coleman of Los Angeles
last title hope Of the Far West
Ouimet, not SO spectacular, but
equally as steady, shook of his 2l-year-
old rival. diminutive Paul Jackson OF
Kansas City, and led by up. The vet
exan BoStonian, in one of his greatest
comeback bids, negotiated the round in
"a and lost only one hole.
The other two matches were both
closely fought, and the tide turned In
each On the inward nine holes.
Billy HoweN Trails.
Lester Bolstad of St. Paul, former
public links champion, after being
down to Billy Howell Of Richmond at
the turn took advantage o. the
young Virginians wildneSS and was
2 up himself at the end Of the
round. Howell's a on the last nine,
his worst golf OF the tournament. was
costly, as Bolstad found his 80 fSr the
round good enough for lead
Chicagos district champion, Jack
Westland, overhauled his big rival, Ar
thur Ducky) Yates of Rochester, N.
Y, and was l up after 10 holes of
ding dong golf.
Yates led by hole at the turn, but
lost it for the second time at the home
hole, after pulling all square at the
seventeenth. Westland's II and his
rivals 10 for the round represented err
ratio play.
BoIstad Taken III.
Lester Bolstad was taken i'll suddenly
at lunchtime with indigestion. A physi-
clan was called to treat him at the
club house, and the start OF his second
round with Billy Howell was postponed
half hour.
Howell stayed two up after posting
4-5-4 for the first three holes, as Boil
stad exhibited poor iron play and
posted 5-7-4. Howell recovered nicely
from trap to capture the long second
hole, a 545-yarder. Both missed the
l87-yard third from the tee.
Bolstad pitched dead for . birdie 8
on the 365-yard fourth, winning back
hole. He and Howell were both in
accurate OF the tees on the next two
holes, going one over par on each Tor
halves, Sd.
Howell, although needing three putts
on the fifth, saved half by laying Boil
stad dead Styrnie. The Virginia youth
also took three puts on the short sixth,
GaVaa ~ nNym k~ a
his tee shot into trap. Both got good
par IS on the 558-yard seventh and
Howell remained up.
Howell Ont in 80.
Howell captured the eighth with par
4, BolStad driving into the rough and
missing the green with his second shot.
They halved the ninth in orthodox
fashion and the Virginian made the turn
2 up. He was out in 80, three over par,
to Bolstads cratic AZ.
Par, out. 800. As 8 4 4 3 s 4 4-36
Howell, out 80. 5 4 4 5 4 S 4 SO
Bolstad. out -. Z 4 3 4-42
Starting back, Bolstad hooked to the
trees on the 173-yard tenth and losc
the hole as Howell got his par 8. The
Southern boy got tangled up with the
woods on the 590-yard eleventh, how
ever, and took as Bolstad got back
a hole with a fine par 5.
Howells game went to pieces Tor the
first time on the homeward journey
He managed TO square the sixteenth
and seventeenth. Both were in the
rough all the way to the home green,
but Bolstad finally pitched his fourth
10 feet from the pin and holed out
for o par 5. Howell missed his putt
from s feet for 5 and was 2 down
at the halfway stage Billy was back
in a. for q medal score OF 81 to Boil
stad's 80.
Par, in 3534 5-35-n
Howell, in-S73 6 5 4 4 6-44-S3
Bolstad, in S 3 454 4 $3.50
Maurice Mccarthy, after halving the
first hole with Coleman in par Is, sank
a 2o-foot putt for birdie TO win the
second hole.
Mccarthy halved the third hole in
As by laying Coleman a stymie. 5oth
were short of the green from the tee.
Coleman Clipped only 8 feet away.
while Mccarthy, from feet, putted 70
the lip of the cup and blocked the Can
fornian's good chance for a winning s..
After halving the fifth and sixth IN
regulation par As. Mccarthy took the
sixth from Coleman by canning 80
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Yorker 2 up.
Coleman and Mccarthy halved the
long seventh in par IS, but the New
Yorker went 3 up at the eighth where
Coleman was trapped with his second
shot. Both barely reached the 429-
yard ninth green with their seconds,
20 feet away. Mccarthy holed s.
footer for his par 4, and Coleman
missed one from 6 feet. Mccarthy was
out in IS, / under par. and 4 up.
Mccarthy, out. 4 44254 SIS
Coleman, out. >. 4 S 4 4 4 8 s 5 $50
Mccarthy kept his margin Of 4 up
through the fifteenth hole. He dropped
the eleventh with 6, but won the
thirteenth from Coleman.
Three puts cost Mccarthy the elev-
enth. On the thirteenth. Coleman
missed his drive completely and then
got into . trap. taking q 6 and losing,