The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-09-10
Great CLASH OF
GOLF STARS IN
U. S. AMATEUR
Upper Bracket to Provide
Best Competition
Next Week
By HENRY SUPER


which begins Monday at the Garden
city club, N. Y, will center in the
upper half of the draw, according
to first and second round pairings
announced today by the U. s. G. A.
OF the los players spotted in the
top half Of the tourney-which Is
all match play-six are former title
holders, one is a former u. s. open
titleholder, another was f1nalist
last year against Lawson Little, who
since has turned professional and
another is the British amateur king.
The lower bracket includes two
previous winners, six American and
four British Walker cup stars. U. s.
@. A. officials said there was no at
tempt to make the top half strongest
because "all the names wede drawn
from hat"
Lucky
Forty-six players drew first round
byes and will not see action until
the remainder Of the field catches
up after Mondays opening rounds
Of IS holes of match play.
After Mondays initial competition
over one of the Oldest courses in
America--one where Jerry Travers
won two Of his four amateur titles
the field viii lbe cut to 1913. On We'd
nesday and Thursday, two Is hole
elimination rounds will be played
daily, with the four survivors clash
ing In the36-hole semi-flnals on Fri
day and the flnalists meeting over
the same route on Saturday
In the first half Of the upper
bracket, Francis Ouimet, champion
in 1914 and 1881, drew a first round
bye along with II other players, in
GLIDING Frank Strafaci, 1885 public
links champion land G. Alec Hill
and ]. Morton Dykes, British
Walker cuppers.
On Their Game
Stars who will play first round
matches in the first quarter are
Ray Billows, Poughkeepsie; Jesse w.
Sweetser, winner In 1922; H. G..
Bentley Of England; Jesse Guilford,
1921 winner; Johnny Goodman, 1888
open champion; j. D. Langley, Eng
land and Morton Mccarthy, Vir-
ginia Beach, Va.
rr. william Tweddell English
Walker cup cup captain, and G, Ross
Somerville of Canada, winner in
1882, were among the II who drew
byes In the first round Of the sec
ond quarter Of the draw. Those in
that quarter who play Monday are
Hector Thomson, British amateur
champion; Max Marston, 1918 cham
pion; Johnny Fischer, U. 8. Walker
cup star who led the sectional quail
iflers. Fischer's opening round OPP
ponent. Maurice Mccarthy, with
drew and his place will lbe taken by
an alternate not determined. Others
in that section are Charles Evans,
Jr., winner OF 1915 and 1920: Jack
Munger, Gus Moreland and Walter
Emery, last years finalist against
Little who won the crown in 1884
and 1885.
Gordon Peters Of England and
George Voigt OF New York we're
among ~ who drew first round byes
in the top quarter Of the lower
bracket. Only one former cham
pion will see action In that bracket
on Mondays. d. Heron. 1919 win
ner. Other stars in that bracket are
Albert 4. (Scotty) Campbell OF
Seattle; Percy Lucas, England and
Reynolds Smith, Dallas.
Only two prominent byes were
drawn IN the last quarter-G George
Dunlap, 1888 winner, and Cecil
Ewing, British Walker cupper.
Others In that bracket who will play
on Monday are American Walker
cuppers Charley Yates and Ed
White and British cupper Jock Nc
Lean.
Prominent Pairings:
LIST quarter-2nd round-G. Alec
Hill, England, VS.. @. B. Hill, Jr.,
Glencoe, ILL.,: Francis Ouimet, Au-
burndale, Mass, VS.. John M. Biggs,
Raleigh, N. c.; J. Morton Dykes,
England, VS.. Rudolf z. Knepper,
Garden City.
LIST round-Ray Billows, Pough-
keepsie, VS.. Philip Simons. Long
meadow, Mass; Jesse Sweetser, Mt.
Vernon, N. Y, VS.. Tommy Wright,
Knoxville. Tenn; II. q. Bentley,
Eng, VS.. Grabel Duvall, Jr., Kansas
city, NO.; Jesse Guilford. Auburn
dale. Mass, VS.. Chris Brinke, Bir-
minghain, Mich; Johnny Goodman,
Omaha, VS.. Hunter Hicks, Glencoe,
I'll.
and quarter-2nd round--Dr. Will
liam Tweddell, Eng, VS.. Roger s.
Peacock. Rockville, Md, and @. Ross
Somerville. London, Ont, VS.. David
L. Davis, Austin, Tex.
LIST round-Hector Thomson, Eng,
VS.. John w. Roberts, Columbus, O.;
Max Marston, Gulph Mills, Pa, VS..
James A. Fcwnes, Oakmont, Pa;
Charles Evans, Jr., Chicago, VS.. F.
Paul Anderson, Summit, N. j.: Wal
ter Emery, Oklahoma City, vs.. Knox
M. Young, Jr., Pitstburg.
3rd quarter-2nd round Gordon
Peters, Eng. vs.. J. d. Boblitzell, Jr.,
rarkersburg, w. Va; George Voigt,
New York, VS.. II. @. Cook, Weirton,
w. va.
list rounds. d. Heron, Sewick-
ley, Pa, vs.. william L. Mcguire,
Houston, Tex; Albert Campbell,
seattle, vs.. Forrest Thompson,
Landoyer. Nd: r. B. Lucas, Eng,
W. Kal Chase, Des Moines; Reynolds
smith. Dallas, vs. Gordon Hummer,
Milwaukee, wis.
Attn quarter-2nd round--Cecil
Ewing. Eng. VI. Winfield s. Day.
Elmhursk Ill; George Dunlap. New
York, VI. Dave Eweil, Jr., Richmond,
VA.
ist round. md White. Austin. vs..
Levi xoder. Bethesda, Nd; Jock
Mclean, Eng, vs.. RobertW. Lowe,
CIarhnhurB, w. Va; Charles Yates,
Atlanta, ". Richard A. Jones, Jr..
New York.
Ore Year Aso--st. Louis Cardin-