The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-08
GrOnauer and
Dale Triumph
in Golf Tits
City Junior Stars Reach
Semi-FinaIS With Knoll
and PettigreW.
BY DICK MILLER
Times staff Writer

Times staff Writer
ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. 8-Fred
Gronauer and Bobby Dale of In
dianapolis, Bud Pettigrew of Pen
dleton and Walter Knoll of South
Bend, advanced to the semi-fnals
of the eleventh annual Indiana
junior golf tournament today when
they emerged victorious from 18-hoIe
matches over Grandview Municipal
course.
Gronauer, Dale and Knoll all shot
sub-par rounds to win their morn
ing round matches.
Gronauer defeated Jack Taul-
man, Columbus, and l.
Dale eliminated Bob Hamilton,
Evansville, 3 and 2.
Pettigrew won from Frank Schram,
Muncie, 3 and 2.
Knoll beat Clayton Nichols, In
dianapolis. and 2.
indianapolis held three places. and
Pendleton, Muncie, Columbus, South
Bend and Evansville, one each, as
the Indiana junior golf champion
ship quarter-fnal matches started
today.
Little Bobby Dale, 1888 champion,
who edged through two 18-hole
matches yesterday by the narrowest
of margins, Clayton Nichols and
Freddy Gronauer were the Capital
City linksmen still in the running.
while Leon (Bud Pettigrew. tourney
medalist and eX-state high school
champion, represented Pendleton.
Jack Taulman, captain of the
state championship Columbus High
School team; Bob Hamilton of
Evansville; Walter Knoll, South
Bend and Frank Schram of Mum
Gle, rounded out the quarter final
eight.
The quarter-fnal matches and the
Semi-f1nal matches this afternoon
between the four morning winners
were to be 10 hole affairs but the
title battle tomorrow will be over
lIlS OO-IlOl6 IOuIG.
Pettigrew Given Battle
With Nichols ano Dale in the
chance that Indianapolis might
place at least one player in the
final match Saturday.
Pettigrew battled Schram this
morning and was a heavy favorite.
Pettigrew, in addition to scoring 1879,
one under par, for the So holes of
qualifying, continued his assault on
par yesterday to win both matches.
He needed a par 70 to drop a per-
sistent challenger, John Hoffman Jr.,
Fl. Wayne, l up. In the afternoon
Pettigrew had an easier time with
Robert Glover of Hammond who
upset the dope bucket in the morn
ing with l up win over Louis Helm
lein of indianapolis.
Freddy Gronauer, who was cap
tain of the state champion Tech
High School team of Indianapolis in
1888, really hit his stride in his first
two matches, trouncing Tucker
futile of Fortville, and 4, yesterday
morning and then handing out a
more severe drubbing, 7 and 5, to
Howard Powell, Valparaiso. Gro
nauer was near par all the way in
both matches.
McCreary Upset Victim
After downing Herb Sharp, Co
lumbus, 4 and 3, Clayton Nichols
was called upon to battle a city rival,
John David, in the afternoon yester-
day and emerged a 3-to-2 winner.
Dick McCreary, indianapolis flash,
took one of the worst drubbingS OF
his career, bowling to Walter Kroll'S
sub-par golf in the second round,
and 4 McCreary, 1885 state high
school champion. went out in SO, but
was three down and couldn't come
back even. Knoll fired a par 33.
The South Bend boy fired three
consecutive brides on holes II, Is
and IA to cinch the match. Krill
continued in and although he took
a on the fifteenth, he finished in
So, two under par.
Dale had to go 20 holes to shake
off Al Kruger, Michigan City, yes
terday morning and to the eighteenth
green to drop the local star, Ed Nc
Nabney, in the afternoon.
Today's quarter final matches pit
ted Pettigrew against Schram, Gro
nauer against Talman, Nichols
against Knoll and Hamilton against
Dale. Results of yesterdays two
rounds were:
FIRST ROUND
Bud Pettigrew. Pendleton, defeated John
Robert Glover Hammond. defeated Louis
Heinlein. Indianapolis. / up.
Frank schram. Muncie; defeated Bill
Roberts. Greencastle. and A.
Louis Quarandillo. Elkhsrt, defeated Ed
Hudson. Hammond, 4 and 3.
II Fred Gronauer, Indianapolis, defeated
Jack kaufman. Columbus, defeated Dick
Dick Mccreary. Indiana polls. defeated
Bobby Dale indianapolis defeated Al
Kruger. Michigan CITY. l up. in 20 holes:
Howard Powell. Valparaiso. defeated
wedmore Smith. INDIANAPOLIS, and 3.
Bob Weonard Bloomington. and 2.
CLAYTON Nichols INDIANAPOLIS. defeated
Herb SHARP Columbus. and 3:
John David. Indiana polls, defeated z. j.
Blank BateSville / up
Walter Knoll South Bend defeated Bob
Wilson. Muncie. and l.
Bob Hamilton. Evansville. defeated Ed
Ilams. Terre Haute and l.
John Phillips. Hammond defeated
Chez les Rutherford. Andersen. UP.
Ed MeNsbney. Anderson defeated
Leonard Reinties Terre Heute. 4 and 8.
SECOND ROUND
Peitigrsw detected Glover. and 3.
Dale defeated McNabney. 1 up.
Knoll upset McCres-y. S ana l.
SchTam defeated Quarandillo. and l.
Taulnlan eliminated Weiland 1 and 2.
Nichols defeated David 3 and
Hamilton defeated Phillips. and I.