The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-04
LITTLE RATED FOR
 STANDOUT FOR U. s. AMATEUR
It's Western Star Against Field in Play Starting
 September 9
BY STUART CAMERON United Press Shorts E1litOr)

Cleveland, O., Sept. 7-UP) - A field of more than 200 of the worlds best amateur golfers swing into action in the 39th annual U. s. Amateur Championship over The Country Club course Monday. Sept. 9, with Lawson Little of Stanford university a top-heavy favorite to retain the title.
 l Victory for Little, the husky. iong-driving West Coast youth, will give him Q string of four straight triumphs in major amateur compe- tition. Already he has a stellar record-he has won the British Amateur once. If he repeats, he will gain the distinction of having been the only man to have become amateur champion of both conti- nents two years in succession. Little stands head and shoulders above the field and because of that there has been practically no bet ting on the outcome.
 "Scotty" Campbell Is Threat Greatest threat for the title of the man who learned how to swing a golf-club over a wind-swept course near Peiping, China, will be Albert "Scotty" Campbell, the Can- adian amateur who plays out of Seattle. Campbell was one of the three lowest players in the quali- flying rounds held late in August. He. Walter Emery of Shawnee, Okla, and Zell Eaton, Oklahoma City, each turned in Al for the The field is studded with former 36-hole test,
 champions and international flavor is added by the presence of four British players and Mexican. From across the sea have come Tony Torrance, former Walker Cup star; Robert Sweeney. Gen. A. c. | Critchley and James A. Wright of Scotland. The Mexican entrant is P. J. Clifford, five-times champion of his country.
 Walker Cup Star Entered
 A host of American Walker Cup stars are entered-Iohnny Fischer of the University ~of Michigan; Gus Moreland. and Jack Westland.
 From Atlanta comes Charley Yates, intercollegiate champion, and from Dallas is Dave (Specs) Goldman, last years cham pion- round opponent against Little.
 Dee Pepogle of Oklahoma City is the youngest player entered. He is 16. Two youngsters from the New York area will be watched closely. They are Ray Pillows of Poughkeepsie who won the New York State Amateur title using bor- roWed clubs and Frankie Strafaci, Brooklyn high-school youth. who also called upon his friends for clubs to aid him in winning the Public Links title at Indianapolis. | Goodman To Compete
 Johnny Goodman, U. s. Open titleholder in 1893, is entered from Omaha with Rodney Bliss Stanford star who qualified in the Nebraska district.
 Among the former champions are George T. Dunlap, Jr., New York, winner in 1883; c. Ross So- merville, Canada, 1892; Francis Ouimet, Boston. 1914 and 1881; Max Marston, Philadelphia, 1923; Jesse Guilford, Boston, 1921; Charles Evans, Jr., Chicago. 1916 and 1920; and H. Chandler Egan, Pebble Beach, Cal, 1904-19O5.
 A total of IA players will play IS holes Monday with the remaind- CT receiving byes into the second round. The survivors will play IS holes Tuesday with the field being broken down to 32 players after two 1S-hole rounds on Wednesday. Two rounds Thursday will leave eight left in the running and on Friday and Saturday 36-hole semi final and final rounds will be con- tested.