Evening star., 1936-09-14


madam amateur champion, was
knocked out of the United States
title tournament today in the first
round by Charlie Mayo, jr., holder
of the Long Island championship.
Mayo won, up, in q match de-
cided on the eighteenth green.
By the Associated Press.
GARDEN CITY, N. Y, September
l4-Omaha's Johnny Goodman, for
mer national open king and co-fa-
vorite with Seattle's Scotty Campbell,
shot down his first-round opponent,
Hunter Hicks of Chicago. and 8,
today in starting his bid for the U. s..
amateur championship at the Garden
City Golf Club,
First of the British invaders TO fall
was H. G. Bentley, Walker Cup player
and holder of the English closed
championship. He was eliminated in
spectacular fashion by Walter Blevins
of Kansas City, Mo, who captured the
last four holes to win, up.
Bentley's game went to pieces in
the stretch, while Blevins finished with
four straight pars to gain an unex-
pected triumph. The Britisher drove
into the rough on the fifteenth. was
! bunkered on the next, three-putted
the seventeenth, and hit his tee shot
short of the home green, losing a
shot as q consequence OF each mistake.
The former champions came through
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time Boston "siege gun," dropped
a 12-foot putt for a birdie deuce on
the home green to beat Chris Brinke,
Detroit star. one up, after Jess Sweet
ser. 1922 American title holder. ousted
Tommy Wright Of Knoxville, Tenn,
2 and /.
! John G. Langley. British Walker
Cupper and star pupil Of Henry Cotton
pulled of startling rally to overcome
Eugene Pittman, Maryland player.
and q, after being down at the
turn. Pittman shot the outgoing nine
in par, 81, to Langley's AZ. but the
picture was completely reversed there
after. The Briton won six Of the next
seven holes as his rivals game went to
pieces. Pittman was 9 over par or
the incoming route.
Langley's eountryman, Hector Thorn
son, came through with a decisive
7-and-6 triumph over his Ohio rival
John Roberts, as the British threat
assumed more serious proportions at
the outset Of the tournament than had
been anticipated.
Goodman disposed Of Hicks with a
consistently fine shot-making exhibi-
ton. Coming back. the Nebraskan
was over par on only the short
twelfth. where he overplayed the WELL
trapped green, but halved it, never
theleSs.
The match ended with Johnny
taking 4-and-3 decision after halving
the next three holes in regulation
figures.
Ray Bulows, who won the 1885 New
York State amateur golf crown after
shifting his home from Racine, Wis,
to Poughkeepsie. N. Y, captured his
match from Philip simons of Long
meadow, Mass. and a.
Billows scrambled to gain a two-hole
lead over his opponent at the turn
and then capitalized this margin in a
closely contested match.
The wind raised havoc with most
Of the early starters in the dawn-to
dusk tussle for first-round honors
There were 80, matches on today's
card, with the remainder of the entry
list Of 2l0 getting byes into tomor-
rows second round
Charles Whitehead of Jane sburg
the New Jersey State amateur title
holder, pulled out a hard-fought match
with Earle Baruch of Haverford. Pa.
former Princeton University quarter
back. up.
A birdie at the tough seventeenth
488 yards into the wind, gave White
head his winning margin.
Carl Damn, Orlando, Fla, star,
piled up q four-hole margin on the
outgoing route with a par 81. but
barely survived the incoming rally
of his Virginia rival, w. B. Tomlin-
son. jr, to win, / up.
First-Round Summaries.
Ray Billows. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
defeated Philip Simons, Longmeadow,
Mass. and 2.
Harvey r. Dale, Indianapolis, de-
feated Edward Down, Westfield, N. j.,
S and 4.
Charles Whitehead, Jamesburg, N.
j., defeated Earle Baruch, Haverford.
Pa. / up.
jess w. Sweetser, Mount Vernon,
N. Y. defeated Tommy Wright,
Knoxville. Tenn, 2 and /.
John Goodman. Omaha, Nebr., de-
feated Hunter Hicks, Chicago, 4 and 8
Carl Damn, Orlando, Fla, defeated
w. B. Tomlinson, jr., Richmond, Va,
! up.
Walter Blevins, Kansas City, Mo-,
defeated H. G. Bentley, Southport
England, up.
Roger Kelly. Los Angeles, defeated
William Chambers, Chicago, up.
Jesse P. Guilford, Boston, defeated
Chris Brinke, Detroit, / up.
Vincent Schuster, Pittsford, N. Y.
defeated B. L. Goodies, Greensboro
N. c., 1 and 8.
j. D. Langley. London, England, de-
feated Eugene Pittman, Bethesda, Md.
3 and 2.
Jac Emery. Detroit. defeated Rob-
ert Mofitt, Miami, Fla, 4 and 2.
Rodney Coltart, Philadelphia, de-
feated w. H. Williamson, jr., Char
lotte, N. c., and 2.
Joseph Oliver, Aspinwall, Pa, de.
feated Lieut.. X. A. Rogers, San An.
tonic. Tex. 3 and 2.
Hector Thomson, Glasgow, Scot.
land, defeated John w. Roberts, Co.
lumbus, Ohio. 7 and 6.
Harry Haverstick, jr., Lancaster
Pa, defeated Lieut.. Col. H. A. Boyd
Scotland, up.
Alex Banazek. Union, N. Y, defeated
Thomas M. Pierce, Manchester, VT,
! up 10 holes.