Evening star., 1938-09-14
bR0WNEL[ Wins
TITLE GOLF UPSET
Reynolds Smith, Walker Cup
Player, Bows, 2 and |.
Goodman Scores.
By WALTER McCALLUM,
Star staf5 CORRESPONDENT.


Club youngster. snatched victory from
impending defeat today, upsetting Rey-
holds Smith, Dallas (Tex) golf writer
3. and q member of the 1898 Walker
= Cup team, and /, in the opening
: match play round of the national anna
: teur golf championship here. Bobby
" meets Melvin (Chick) Harbert of Clay,
g. N. y, in the second round this after
, noon.
Two down at the l1th hole to the
smooth-stroking Dallas lad, Brownell
squared the match with two pars at
the 18th and 18th, halved the next
two, won the 18th when Smith s.
putted from 25 feet. and the 18th to
take the decision. A masterful niblick
shot placed feet from the pin, won
the hole and the match with birdie 3.
Distinctly the underdog against the
experienced Walker Cup player and
many times Texas champion, Brownell
redeemed his words Of last night when
he said: i don't care whom I draw.
The tougher the better I hope they
give me Goodman" But for time
it looked as if Bobby was due for
the ash heap. An erring putter be-
trayed him on the first few holes.
Brownell's victory definitely places
him as one to beat in this tournament.
But he drew a rugged customer this
afternoon. Harbert is the cocky kid
who won the Michigan open cham
pionship two years back with world
record total Of 264. He doesn't mind
telling the world how good he Is. And
he is good. He romped over the first
nine this morning in IS, and was even
with Bill Reed of Indianapolis, which
he later won.
Goodman Wins.
Johnny Goodman Of Omaha opened
his title defense by crushing Sid Rich
ardson, Big Ten champion from Chi
cago, 4 and 8, In the first round
Goodman, making spectacular re-
coveries all over the soggy Oakmont
layout, scored an even par on the front
nine to take Sup advantage, and
played safe, leisurely golf thereafter
to win. The champion was joined
by his Walker Cup mate, Freddie
Haas. jr.. New Orleans, who polished
OH Ed Flowers, Grand Rapids, Mich,
8 and 4.
Richardson won only one hole, the
14th, where he laid an approach stiff
after Goodman had won the preceding
hole with birdie deuce with a tee
shot that stopped three Of the pin.
John was over par for the distance.
Ray Billows. Poughkeepsie Walker
Cup star. won his match on the goth
hole from John Levinson, Chicago,
with par 4. Levinson hooked his
tee shot into ditch and couldn't
recover. The match was ding dong
all the way, with the Chicasoan squar-
ing it on the 18th hole by banging
full iron feet from the pin and
sank the putt for a birdie. Rain
pelted down as they finished.
Joe Thompson OF Hamilton, Can
ada, turned in the first big upset,
defeating c. Ross Somerville, 1882
champion, also from Canada, up.
Course 1T Its Toughest.
Even before the rain began the
course was at its very toughest with
fairways soggy after two hours rain,
the tees at their longest and the
freshly cut green's at their fastest
Water stood in many traps and at
several spots on the fairways.
The 4S risky. 1s-hole duels today
will cut the field from 81 to 16.
Art Doering, Stanford student from
Chicago, took the first fall out of
Americas Walker Cup team. shooting
straight par for Is holes to eliminate
Marvin (Bud) Ward, Olympia, Wash,
3 and /.
First-Round Results.
Frst-round results
James Scott. New Anbany, Ind, de-
feated Bud Brownell. Del Mont, Calf,
I and 8.
Walter Blevins. Kansas City, de-
feated Henry Castillo, Tampa, Fla,
6 and 4.
James Fraser, Atlantic City, N. j.,
defeated Harry Wesbrook, Los An
geles. up.
John Krutillo. Chicago, defeated
Robert Grant, Wethersfield, Conn.,, 4
and g.
Fred Haas, jr., New Orleans, defeat
ed Edward Flowers, Grand Rapids,
Mich, S and 4.
Joseph Thompson. Hamilton, Can
ada, defeated c. Ross Somerville, Lon
don. Ontario, up.
Harry Givan. Seattle, defeated Lon
Edwards, San Jose, Calf, up.
Pat Abbott, Los Angeles, defeated
Tom Draper, st. Louis, 4 and g.
John Goodman, Omaha, defeated
Lloyd Martz, Detroit, 6 and S.
Roger Kelly. Los Angeles, defeated
Joe Roth, Louisville, 3 and 2.
Dick Chapman. Greenwich, Conn,
defeated Frank Stiedle, Memphis,
and 3.
Eddie Held, Denver. defeated Jack
Hoerner, Chicago, and 2.
Maurice Mccarthy, jr., Cincinnati,
defeated Bill Holt, Syracuse, N. Y,
1 and 3.
Lynford Lardner, Milwaukee, de-
feated Robert Babbish, Detroit, l up
(l9 holes).
Edwin Kingsley. Magma, Utah, de-
feated Steve Kovach, Pittsburgh, i up
(2l holes)
Frank Strafaci, New York, defeated
Harry Todd, Dallas, 4 and 3.
Robert Brownell, Norbeck, Nd, de-
3eated Reynolds Smith, Dallas, 2 and /.
Knox Young. jr, Pittsburgh, de-
feated Jimmy Walkup, Forth Worth,
Tex, 6 and 4.
John Fischer, Cincinnati, defeated
TED Bishop. Boston, 4 and 3.
Arthur Lynch, New York, defeated
Tom Pierce, Rutland. w., 5 and 3.
Gus Moreland, Peoria, defeated
Bobby Dunkleberger, Greensboro, N. C.,
] up, 23 holes.