Evening star., 1935-09-09

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national public links title holder,
and f.
Favorites proved good mud horses
in the early stages of the first round
as upwards of $50 players in the ag-
gregate field Of 200 began the battle
for the title held by William Law
son Little. jr., OF San Francisco.
Little was among the first days late
starters. paired with l9-year-old Rufus
King Of Wichita Falls, Tex
Albert (Scotty) Campbell OF Seat
tie. former holder OF the Canadian
amateur crown for two years. over
came the rain-soaked hazards to post
the first Sub-par performance, an out
going IS. and eliminate a former ma
tional champion. S. Davidson Heron
Of Pittsburgh, and 4. Campbell
is one Of the tournament favorites.
Walter Emery Of Oklahoma City. a
former college champion. beat CHARTS
Whitehead Of Jamesburg. N. J.. 5
and 4.
The Canadian veteran, Ross
SANDY Somerville, who won the
United States title in 1882. had nc
difficulty downing Herman Hellman.
Los Angeles, 4 and 3. but Cincinnati's
Johnny Fischer a Walker Cup hero.
was extended TO turn back Jim Mil
ward youthful Wisconsin State cham
pion, 3 and 2. with stretch rally. To-
morrow Fischer meets Eddie Hogan,
Portland. Oreg, ace.
Around midday there was a slight
let-up in the rain. but the course was
soggy. dotted with big pools Of water
and many greens were almost unplay-
able.
Other results follow:
Donald McPhail. Baltimore. won
from Robert Warren, Denver. by de-
fault.
H. C. Fownes, I'd, Pittsburgh, won
from Gerald Trautman, Beverly Hills
Calf, by default
Douglas Hill. Cincinnati. defeated
w. D. Fondren, Biltmore, N. c.. 4
and 3.
Jack Munger. Dallas. defeated Rob
ert Fisher, jamestown, N. Y, 2 and !. .
c. Ross Somerville. London. Ontario.
defeated Herman Holman, Los An
geles, and 3.
Edwin Mcclure. Shreveport, La, de-
feated j. D. Hoblitzell, jr, Paykers-
burg, w. Va, and T.
Eddie Hogan. Portland. Oreg, de-
feated Charles Smead, Chicago.
and 3.
Bob Servis, Dayton. Ohio. defeated
Clifton Myers, Charlotte. N. C.. 6
and S.
T. S. Jamison, jr. Pittsburgh. de-
feated Robert Baugh, Cleveland,
2 and /.
Pat Sawyer. Minneapolis, defeated
Roy w. Ryden, jr.. Akron, and 2
Jack Finger, San Francisco, de-
feated Larry Trickett. r., Kansas
City, Mo. 8 and 7.
Haskell Loses Race.
The weather apparently frustrated
the attempt of Richard Haskell.
youthful Seattle golfer, to complete
a cross-country flight in time to meet
Johnny Goodman Of Omaha in the
first round this afternoon.
Haskell reached Chicago this morn
ing, but notified tournament officials
he was unable to make plane ocnnec-
tions until 2:30 this afternoon. TINS
would be too late to fulfill his gnlflng
engagement, which had been set back
to pm. for the last mach Of the day
as a special dispensation.
Through a misunderstanding Haskell
did not know until Saturday that he
was among the three official qualifie-s
from the Pacific Northwest district.
BalIew May Be Defaulted.
Carey Ballew, jr., of Kansas City,
Mo-, paired with Jack Haerner, Stan
ford University star from Hastings,
Nebr.. also appeared likely to be a
victim Of the interruption in airway
travel. He failed To arrive on sched-
ule for his match, set for s:45 am
But officials granted an indefinite
time eYtansinN randipo Aa6pita uvord