Evening star., 1932-09-14
SURVIVES THROUGH
WIN IN A PLAY-0FF.
Gets a to 6 for Turnesa in
Extra Hole After They Tie
With 152 Cards.
BY WALTER X. McCALLUM.

r. Md, September 14.-John w.
/ Brawner, jr., Of Columbial
Country Club, was the Dis
trict of Columbia's lone repre-
sentative in the thirty-Sixth an
nual national amateur golf cham
pionship as the match play rounds
got under way on this Baltimore
Country Club course this morning.
The only one of the District con-
tingent Of eight to survive the So
qualifying holes, Brawner matched a
152 total made by William Turnesa of
Elnsford, N Y, the highest of 80
scores turned in, for the privilege Of
entering the match play. In the play
off necessary to reduce the match
playing field to 80 this morning. Braw-
ner bested Turnesa. 4 to 6. Both hit
long iron 2 yards short of the green.
The 19-year Turnesa, who Is a
brother of Joe Turnesa, well known
New York professional, dumped his
shot into a trap from there. He blast
ed out Is feet from the hole, while
Brawner laid an approach shot within
feet. Turnesa took three puts and
Brawner holed out.
The Columbia youngster met. Cross
Somerville. Canadian amateur cham
pion, in the first round.
Brawner got into the play-oh with
Turnesa by a strong finish. He wound
I'D with two brides for a sub-par "a
and a 73, early yesterday afternoon
long before any real measure could be
had of the score necessary to qualify
Out in 80, the 27year-old Columbia
star, who plays golf only spasmoelcally,
usually on week ends, covered the hrst
seven holes of the last nine ! over par,
holed an eight-footer for a 2 on the
seventeenth and one of similar lengtn
for birdie on the testing eighteenth
n oGER PEACOCK of Indian Spring,
X the 21-year-old District amateur
champion. dropped a chance to tie
Bravner on the fifteenth and seven
teenth holes of the final medal round
Ont in SO, following his opening 79,
Peacock knew he needed par 80 10
qualify.
s+er was stroking the ball magnificently.
He matched par for the first five- holes
of the last nine, holing tricky SIX
footer on the fourteenth and went one
over perfect figures at the hteensn
where he pushed his iron shot 70 the
green. -. ~. civ
+eenth- Peacock left himself a 6-footer
which he holed. His final waterloo
came at the par seventeenth. On
the green from the tee, his approach
mutt was 4 feet short and he missed
The mutt. Peacock did not know 1t at
the lime. but this miss definitely smut
him out Of a place In the tournament.
His bid for birdie at the last s NOE
barely missed the cup: feacosA
scored a rs and a total OF 154.
6AuR1cE NEE, 17-year-old Dis
M iunior champion, from the Manor
= Club, fought gamelyl TO overcoMs
the q he scored on the par sIxtn
boIe hnt the burden was too great LOT
+ha Norbeck youngster. Nee followed
his rs of the opening round Win an
An for a total Of 1856.
E,oIIrteen-year-old Billy Dettweiler OF
Manor was all over the lot to score an
AZ after his opening round OF ~; dme
accurate chip. shots which earned 6nls
a chance to qualify on Monoay w. w.
absent yesterday as the youneSGef
struggled through the last nine 10 us
The other District entrants never
bed a chance after their mediocre
evening rounds on Monday. Harry U.
Pitt of Manor struggling TO overconls
We frst round SO, knocked the pau
ero,,nd in vain for a 78 that got MN
a isi total. The tall Manorite simply
nlaved out the string, for ne knew ne
had no chance from the time ne nlt
his first tee shot yesterday.
Although Martin F. G.o,nsoS McCaIsnS Of Of
Beaverdam, Miller b. SVevlison 80 -
Columbia and Franklin PARKS Oh CoIi
eressional improved their f1rst-rouno
scores they had no chance to qually
in the face of the fast scoring pace set
hv the leaders. Stevinson followed MS
Hrst round of 86 with an 81 yesterday
for a total of 1853; Mccarthy adoed an
"a to his opening round OF 10 LOT
l6e total and Parks got an "a LOT l'%'
rHREE members of the United states
Walker Cup team failed TO quahIy
along with all the Britlsn con.
tinsent excepting Eric McRuVle. .wHo
tied with Francis Ouimet. the oeleno-
INC champion. and others at 151. NC
Rl1yie got in only because the Tourna-
noent Committee ruled he could drop
his ball out of casual water on the
tenth hole after this move had been
DISPUTED. Had the committee not SUB,
stantiated McRuvie claim, he would
have been eliminated.
Oufnet had to put on gallant finish
to qualify, blasting ball out OF the
tran dead to the pin at the eighteenth
for 151. Three ex-champions failed.
They we're Jess Sweetser. Harrison E.
johnson and Max Marston:
The failure of this trio to make the
grade may be attributed to the remark
able scoring spurts of the afternoon
plav yesterday. Many who had done
nothing extraordinary on the first 18
holes Of play Monday and whose rallies
of Yesterday morning were not SO