The Washington times., 1937-08-26
Canadian Makes Gallant
Bid for u. S. Colt CrOlUu
Taller SCORES
UPSET VICTORY
over KELLY
By DARsIE L. DARsIE

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CLUB, PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 20.
There is better than an outside
chance the United States amateur
golf championship, which went
into the third round of match
play here today will be won by a
Canadian, for c. Ross Somerville,
Sandy" to those who have fol
lowed him in a career Of unparaL
leled brilliance, is ION his game. ="
Somerville is putting with dead
~ accuracy, and Is hitting pin
splitting iron shots with more con-
fidence than he has since he won
the United States title in 1892.
Somerville'S name was on every
tongue as he teed off this morning
against Winfield Day, Of Los An.
geles. Yesterday he was so far un-
der par natives here could hardly
believe their eyes. In successive
rounds he defeated Bob Sewers,
OF Dayton, Ohio, 2 and /, and
Mat Palacio, of San Rafael, Cal,
3 and /.
Palacio, the former California
champion, after his defeat last
night, said:
Il had an education. If he
keeps on the way he went to.
day, he will be unbeatable"
MEETS GOOD GOLFER
In Day, Somerville is meeting a
good golfer but not a player to ex.
tend him unless he plays much
better than he did yesterday in
downing 17-year-old Bobby Dunkel-
berger, Of Greenboro, N. c., and
Frank Dolp, of San Francisco.
Ed Kingsley, of Magma, Utah,
who is tremendously long from the
tee, today met Reynolds Smith, of
Dallas, in the first match of the
morning. Kingsley yesterday de.
feated T. Suffern Taller, of Locust
Valley, N. Y, 2 and /.
Taller earlier staged a surprise
uphill victory over the medalist,
Roger Kelly, of Los Angeles
At the same time, Kingsley, in
winning his morning match from
Sid Richardson, Northwestern
University, took the first seven
holes and was three under par
when the match ended.
Reynolds Smith advanced by
victories over Eddie Hogan, Of
Portland, and Walter Emery, Of
Oklahoma City.
The Cinderella kid" Ray Bill
lows, Of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, teed
off against Charley Kocsis, Of De-
troit, former intercollegiate title
holder. KocsiS had his hands full
in winning his second round
match from Bob Conliff, Of Okla
homa City, / up: while Billows
just breezed to victory over Bob
Thompson, Of Stanford, and z:
and Roy Virgins, Of Portland, 2
and !.
Don Moe. Of Portland, was
IN the middle sixties yesterday to
defeat Jack Gaines, Of Glendale,
3 and 2, and to win from Charley
Yates, of Atlanta, 4 and 8. He
was putting in inspired fashion
and was rated today a favorite
over Harry Givan, Of Seattle, who
yesterday defeated T. S. Jamison,
OF Oakmont, Pa, and John Cum
mings Of Memphis.
FACES EVANS
Johnny Fischer, of Cincinnati,
the defending champion, is COM
ing to the peak of his game slowly
and today met Taller Bill' Holt,
whose house trailer is parked just
'out Of bounds" along the second
fairway. Fischer has been hav.
ing trouble with Alderwood'S first
nine but came to the front easily
yesterday to defeat Bob Abbish, of
Rochester, Mich, 4 and 3 and
Fred Clark, Of Los Angeles,
and 4.
Straight hitting Frankie Stra.
faci, of Brooklyn, who disposed Of
Waiver Blevin, Of Kansas City,
and Vince Dolp, of Portland, in
the first rounds, today met the
former champion, Chick Evans,
Chicago, in a match which had
the "Old Guard" thrilled. Evans
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10 years before Strafaci was born
and yet Evans was considerably
better than par yesterday in beat
ing Charley Finger, of Bur-
lingame. Cal. at the Goth hole,
and Joe Lynch Of Canton, Mass,
3 and 2.
Johnny Goodman, of Omaha,
former national open champion,
defeated Don McPhail, of Balti-
more, z and 6, and Jimmy Nc
Hale, Of San Gabriel, and 8,
yesterday. Today Goodman was
pitted against one of the most
surprising players in the tourna-
ment, the Army flier, Lieut.. Ken
Rogers, of Honolulu. Rogers de-
feated the Western champion,
Paul Leslie, S and 8, and the Ne
braska titleholder, Rodney Bliss,
Of Omaha, l up yesterday.
Finally, Freddy Haas, of Baton
Rouge, who defeated William Shea,
of Rockville, Md, yesterday, was
pitted against Marvin Bud"
Ward, of Tacoma, who wrecked the
title hopes of two of the North
VESTS best when he defeated AL
bert "Scotty" Campbell, of Seattle,
and DR.. o. F. Willing, Of Portland,
in successive matches.