The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-24
Mcclure Beats
Faces
w lard Johnson
Max Buell. Meets Fritz Cox
of Terre Haute in State
Amateur Golf.
nv nICK MILLER
BY DICK MILLER
Times staff Writer.

FhENCH LIN, 1[lQ., Aug. Il
Johnny Mcclure, indianapolis, was
one up on Ward johnson, Bloom
ington, at the fourteenth hole of
their thirty-six-hole semi-hnals
match in the state amateur golf
championship here today. MCGUIRE
was out in 40 to Johnson's Al.
Max Buell., also of indianapolis,
was all square with Fritz Cox, Terre
Haute, at eleven holes in the other
semi-f finals match. Each had 80 on
the outgoing nine.
FRENCH LICK, Ind. Aug. "a
Shorn of all its pre-tournament
favorites and without one single
player among the four still seeking
the 1884 state amateur golf cham
pionShip who had ever before ad-
vanced beyond the quarter finals Of
state title play, the thirtyfourth an
nual tournament here presented a
program of two thirty six-hole
semi-final matches today over
French Licks hills course.
The cast was as follows:
Ward w. Johnson, Bloomington,
46-year-old dark horse who quail
fed in the championship flight for
the first time this year and cap
tured all the major upset honors
Wednesday when he sent two
tournament favorites, Phil Talbot
and Dwight Mitchell to the showers.
Johnson continued his sensational
play Thursday with a 4-and-3 vic
tory in a thirty six-hole quarter
final match over Mark Porter,
Richmond city champion, in a tilt
that was never in doubt.
Today Johnson's opponent was
John Mcclure, indianapolis star,
former capitol city public links
champion and captain of several ma
tional public links teams. Mcclure,
smiling young Irishman of 81 years,
staged the major upset of the
quarter-final play when he elimi-
mated the veteran Johnny Simpson,
three times champion and several
times runner up, by a score of 5
and 4.
Fires Four Brides
Trailing at the end of eighteen
holes by a one-hole margin, Nc
CURE fired some of the most beau
tiful golf of the tournament during
the afternoon round to be three up
at twenty-Seven holes, with a sub
par 33, on the outgoing nine. Nc
C,,iro bod fort, I1irIioc LJo x1yac etiIJ
two under par when the match
ended on the fourteenth hole Twice
before, MCGUIRE qualified for the
state championship, but each time
lost firSt-round matches.
Third in the cast was young Fritz
Cox, Terre Haute, the youngest of
the quartet still in the race for the
throne Bill BaSSett vacated this year
when he failed to enter this tourna-
ment. Cox once was state junior
champion, in 1881. The last time the
state tournament was played over
this course he reached the semi
finals, but was defeated.
Cox played fine golf yesterday to
defeat young Charlie Harrell of
Bloomington, 6 and 5. The Terre
Haute star was two up at the eight
een-hole mark with a sub-par II.
He maintained the same margin at
the twenty mark and
then fired birdie and three parS
at his opponent to win four straight
holes and end the issue on the thir-
| teenth green.
Fritz opponent today was another
indianapolis veteran, 43-year-old
Max Buell., Highland Club cham
pion, 1888 Indiara polis district title
winner and lukSman capable of
firing winning golf in any match as
evidenced by lis 2-and-1 victory
over young Bill Reed Jr., Indian
apolis public links champion in the
quarter-hnals yesterday.