Evening star., 1937-08-26

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Cincinnati, giving no indica-
tion he intended to relinquish
his crown, led the l6 surviving mus
keteers into the withering fire Of the
third and fourth rounds of the ma
tional amateur golf tournament at
the Alderwood Club today.
An even dozen were doomed as
'also rams" by nightfall, leaving four
to move into the 36-hole semi -nnalx
tomorrow.
All of the remaining sharpShooters
were capable Of making the grade, but
most prominently mentioned were
Fischer, Johnny Goodman Of Omaha,
Harry Givan of Seattle, Edwin Kings
ley OF Magma, Utah, and C. Ross
Somerville of London, Ontario.
Other survivors of the original
group of Ill included two former
champions, two former Walker Cup
pers and six others who have held
important titles at one time or
another.
Chick Evans. who is nearing so,
won the national in 1915 and 1920.
Somerville, the Canadian expert, cap
tured the crown in 1882. Fischer is
attempting to be the seventh man
ever to conquer two years in success
sion.
BOBBY Jones, J. o. Travers. Lawson
Little, H. Chandler Egan, Walter J.
Travis and H. j. Whigham each
turned the trick twice.
Walker Cuppers Sail Along.
The Walker Cuppers still sailing
along were Reynolds Smith Of
Dallas, Tex. and Don Moe Of Port
land. Givan also is a former Cup
Team player.
Goodman, the strongest pre-tourna-
ment favorite, Won the national open
in 1888 and probably scored the big
gest upset in golf when he eliminated
Jones in the first round of the 1929
tournament. Kingsley was Utah State
champion from 1882 through 1885.
Ray Billows of Poughkeepsie is New
York State titlist. Charles Kocsis Of
Royal Oak, Mich, was 1885 national
intercollegiate winner, Frank Stra-
1acl OF Brooklyn is a former national
public links king. Fred Haas, jr., of
Baton Rouge, La, is the present ma
tlonal intercollegiate head man.
Other survivors were Bill Holt Of
Syracuse, N. Y: Bud Ward Of
Olympia, Wash; Winfield Day of San
Gabriel, Calf, and Lieut.. Ken Rogers
OF Honolulu, an Army aviator.
Fischer took his first two matches
IN stride yesterday, eliminating Rob-
ert Babbish, Rochester, Mich, 4 and
3, and Fred Clark, jr, San Gabriel,
Calf, and 4, in that order.
Goodman trounced Don McPhail.
| Baltimore, and 6, and Jimmy Nc
Hale, San Gabriel, Calf, 4 and 3.
Two Big Upsets.
TWO of the biggest upsets pushed
| Albert (Scotty) Campbell Of
Seattle, a heavy favorite and 1895
Walker Cup representative, and Roger
Kelly. Los Angeles, Calf, medalist.
out of the competition in the first
round.
Campbell's buddie. Ward. did him
dirt. triumphing up. Ward carried
on to dispose of Dr.. o. F. Willing OF
Portland, S and 4.
T. Suffern Taller Of New York
wrecked Kelly's hopes. up. Taller,
however, fell before Kingsley, 2 and :.
In the afternoon
Chick Evans had to travel two
extra holes 70 get over Charles Finger,
Colma. Calf. then eliminated Joseph
P. Lynch, Canton. Mass, former team
captain at Georgetown University,
3 and 2.
Third round pairings:
| Kingsley VS.. Smith, Biuows VS.,
Kocsis; Strafaci VS.. Evans; Holt vs..
Fischer; Ward VS.. Haas; Day vs..
Somerville. Rogers VS.. Goodman and
Moe vs. Givan.
William L. Shea. the middle Atlantic
champion from Congressional Country
Club, fell in the second round before
the blazing clubs of Freddie Haas,
the intercollegiate champion.
| Winning his first round match from
Leslie Leal on the twenty-first hole,
Shea ran up against a hot lad IN
Haas, who played the par 81 first nine
in "a and yet was only up on Shea's
35. Coming in, however, the game
Of the local lad fell apart and Haas
closed him out on the forty-fourth
green.
Shea was the only Washingtonian in
the championship.