The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-17

Scores in the championship flight
of 80 that began match play this
morning ranged from "a to 80. Elev-
en- players had Dos. A playoff late
yesterday after the qualifying round
was over eliminated four of them.
They were Louis Quarandillo, Elk
hart; George CHECKER, South Bend;
Tucker futile, Fortville. and Marvin
Shaw, Columbus.
Two of the states outstanding
junior golfers-Bobby Dale, Indian
apolis, defending champion, and
Bob Hamilton of Evansville, state
high school champ-Were among the
eleven who had 80 and got in
through victory in the playof.
Has IS in Practice
After the nerVe-raCklng qualifi-
cation round, Hamilton went out in
a foursome late in the afternoon
and broke the course record of 81.
He had a &c, five under par. Ham
ilton won the Indiana High School
Athletic Association state golf
championship this spring at Speed
way course with a 70.
indianapolis placed eleven players
in the championship flight Of
thirty-two and had numerous play
ers to fail by stroke or two. Among
them we're Walter Chapman, men,
Der of the 1884 Indianapolis public
links team; Dick McCreary and
Louis Heinlein, Indianapolis Times
interscholaStic champions in 1888
and 1884; Richard Keil, Freddy
Gronauer, Paul Gentry, Clayton
Nichols, Bob Monro and Harry
Yelch. Chapman had an 81, Helm
line an 83. McCreary shanked his
iron shots all the way around and
finished with 81.
All eyes turned to young Bill
Reed, who after a gruelling week.
end Of competitive golf in the In
dianapolis public links champion
ship, took to the course and did the
first nine one over par, 36. Bill
was short on his approaches to the
first and seventh greens and hit a
trap on No. 4. but dropped in puts
Of three and six feet on holes five
and six to get brides and help out
Reed Ties Brewer
He came back even with par when
a tWelve-foot putt dropped on No.
10 for birdie, but he missed a
three-footer on the next hole, found
a ditch on the twelfth, hit on the
green and bounced off on No. IA,
and was required then to finish even
par, 3-5-4-4, to tie Harold Brewers
"A, but he did it.
Word came in that Big Ed Bee
son, who lost the 1881 Times school
boy tournament to Walter Chapman
in a thirty nine-hole final match
was coming along with a chance
That was No. IA green, where he had
a birdie. Two pars on the last two
holes would give him a 70, the
course telegraph system sounded
out. But Beeson also wilted under
the strain and three-putted No. II
for a six, two over par, and under
hit his second shot on No. 10 to take
a and be three over par for a rs
Russell Under Par
But those who were looking for
a better score than IA still had
hopes. Bill Russell, twice a men,
Der Of the indianapolis public links
team and runner-up for The Times
! title in 1880, was at the turn with
a "a, one under par. After making
a short approach on No. l he
dropped a ten-foot putt on No. 2
and a four-footer on No. 8 for
brides and did all the other holes
in even par.
He took three from the edge on
No. 10, three putted No. IL, got
down a two-footer on No. IL for a
birdie, found a trap on No. Is
missed the green on No. II anc
found the rough on No. 10 to wind
up with 40, and his best efforts
was a three-way tie for the medal
honors with "A.
Following the playof the players
were relegated into four flights Of
thirty-two each, which used up 12S
Of the field of 142 entries, and the
remaining fourteen boys went home
Half the 1913 will be eliminated
in the first-round matches this
morning and the field reduced hall
again with matches this afternoon
Two rounds Of eighteen hole;
Wednesday will leave just two boys
| in each Of the four fights for flnal