The Washington times., 1931-09-03
ONLY OU|MET,
YATES OVER
THIRTY
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN
BEVERLY COUNTRY CLUB,

BEVERLY COUNTRY CLUB,
HICAGO, Sept. 3.-Flaming
youth today made q bold chal.
lenge for the right to wear the
crown that once graced the
brow of Bobby Jones. Of the
eight contestants remaining in
the national amateur golf cham
pionship, six of them are young
chaps and one of them a teen
age" boy. The other two are
veterans-fellows up in the
thirties.
This morning the eight sur
vivors start out in quarter-final
matches of 36 holes, which by
nightfall will cut the field in
half. They are paired as follows:
Billy Howell, Richmond. VS..
Lester BOIstad, St. Paul, Minn.
Paul Jackson, Kansas City,
VS.. Francis Ouimet, Boston.
Arthur (tDucky") Yates,
Rochester, VS.. Jack WeStTand,
Chicago.
Maurice Mccarthy, jr.. Har-
riSOn, N. Y. vs.. Fay Coleman,
Los Angeles.
Howell a Boy
Howell is the teen age" boy.
He is slim, blond, ruddy.
checked kid of 19 who cuts quite
sheikish figure in white
knickers and light blue sweater.
Jackson, the 21-year-OId "kid"
from Kansas City, has drawn
the veteran Ouimet, q match
that will attract a great deal
Of attention because Of its
youth versus age" aspect.
jackson plays with pOise and
confidence and it is doubtful
if he will be greatly disturbed
by Ouimet'S reputation.
"Ducky" Yates, who, like Oui-
met, is up in his thirties, is the
other veteran who will be in
there trying to Stave off the rush
of the young golfing "upstarts."
Yates is paired with Jack West
land, of Chicago, a chap of 27.
The fourth match involves
Maurice Mccarthy, jr., about Is
who has had plenty of experience
and Fay Coleman, a 26-year-old
from Los Angeles. Mccarthy is
the fellow who once almost beat
Jones out of the title and on
another occasion beat George Won
Elm on the tenth extra hole of
a play-off. He was intercollegiate
champion while at Georgetown
University.
All eight survivors finished their
matches last evening in a down.
pour. They battled through to
victory while thunder and light.
ming was cracking above and the
fairways and green's were so
drenched with rain it was almost
impossible to play.
Young Billy Howell was one Of
the sensations of the day. He
won over the famous Johnny
Goodman, of Omaha, 2 and /, in
the morning, and then just to
show he was no false alarm he
went out and beat Owen Covey.
OF Salt Lake City, 4 and 2, in
the afternoon.
That other kid" Jackson, Of
Kansas City, a chap not much
bigger than the ordinary caddy.
proved his mettle by eliminating
the course record holder, Johnny
Lehman, Of Chicago, l up, and
Fred Wright, Of Boston, by
similar score, in the afternoon,
BOIstad Shows Pluck
Bolstad demonstrated his cour-
age when he finished a double
round Of golf in a terrific rain
and hailStorm by taking the only
extra hole match the day pro-
duced, up, from Dick Martin,
of Chicago.
Mccarthy thrilled his ad.
mirerS by the sensational man
ner in which he came through.
In his morning match he was
four down to Russell Martin, of
Chicago, at the turn. He took
hitch in his belt at this
juncture, and from then on he
played flawless golf, scoring the
last nine a stroke under par
and finishing at the final
green 2 up. In the afternoon he
Swamped r. Emmett Spicer.
jr, Of Memphis, Tenn, S up.
The young Chicago entry, West
land, defeated Samuel Parks, of
Bellevue, Pa, 4 and 2, in the
morning without much trouble,
and in the afternoon matched up
with George Dunlap, the inter.
collegiate champion. The pair
played superlative golf for seven
holes without either having an
advantage.
Dunlap slipped at the next two
holes and they rounded the turn
with Westland up. He held the
lead and finished a 3-to-2 winner.
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