Evening star., 1938-08-31
UTAH PAIR LEADS
IN GOLF TRYOUTS
Savage Fires 134, Kingsley
Has 136-Homans and
Adams Fail to Qualify.
BY u e Associated Press.

By u Associated Press.
Amateur golf players were hot and
cold all over the Nation yesterday
as on 81 fronts 800-odd golfers fired
sectional qualifying rounds for the
National Amateur.
Hottest of the 1856 players to qualify
for the classic Oakmont. September
1917, were Ven Savage and Ed Kings
ley of Magma. Utah, the ns-Missis-
sippi champion and runner-up. Saw
age fired a SO and a IS for a 10
under-par 1874 for 36 holes to set
the pace for the Nation.
Kingsley was not far behind. He
nicked par for eight strokes, finishing
with 68-68-136.
A few unknowns pushed their way
into the amateurs starting field and
few OF the games big names fell
by the wayside. but in most cases the
play ran to form. Gene Homans,
former metropolitan champion and
the last man to beat Bobby Jones
in an amateur tourney, failed at New
York, and Ted Adams Of Columbia
Mo-, the Canadian champion, was
among the missing at Chicago.
Chapman Tops in Gotham.
ThTe New York field, whitfield
from l06 to 90, but still the largest,
qualified l6. including such amateur
greats as Ray Billows of Poughkeep-
sic, runnerup to Johnny Goodman in
the championship last year; Frank
Strafaci, the Long Island sharp
shooter: Willie Turnesa and T. Suffern
Taller.
None OF these was good enough to
take the medal, however, and it
went to Dick Chapman of Green
Wlch. Conn, who put together a
72-71-l43 to lead the qualifiers.
Strafaci was four strokes behind,
while Billows took $50 strokes for the
36 holes over the Cherry Valley and
Garden City Golf Club courses.
Two other casualties at New York
were George Voight, 1886 Walker Cup
per, who posted 159, and Mark Stuart,
former metropolitan champion, who
scored 156.
Fraser Sets Course Mark.
Jim Fraser of Atlantic City, N. j.,
joined Savage and Kingsley in the Sc
lect circle of golfers under 140 when
he added course record of 81 to q
morning u at Philadelphia for 139
His 81 was 4 under par and . stroke
under the previous course record.
Freddy Haas, jr., a Walker Cup
player and one of the South's top
amateurs gained a berth in the anna
teur by knocking out 68-72 for 140
Knox Young. jr., of Pittsburgh led Ia
qualifiers there with 7l-69-140, and
Sid Richardson of Creston, Iowa, the
Western Conference titlist, posted
75-65-l40 at Chicago to pace II
more players into the tournament.
Joe Thompson of Hamilton, On
tario, who has led the district quail
flers in Buffalo for the last three years
did 1t again with 72-72-144, and
trailer Bill Holt of Syracuse was a
stroke behind Jack Ryerson's 146 at
Troy. N. Y, to qualify. Ryerson, from
Cooperstown. had u for his first round
and "A for his second.
Burke Leads With 141.
Johnny Burke of Wanumetony, r. L.
Georgetown student, took the medal
at Rumford. r. I. The intercollegiate
champion had 71-70-l4l. Bob Bar
nell. the 19-year-old Middle Atlantic
junior champion. led eight qualifier'
at Washington with 7l-72-l43. Bob
by Dunkelberger, the French amateur
champion, was low man at Green's
boro, N c., with 148.
Reynolds Smith, twice = member
Of the Walker Cup team, qualifiee
easily at Dallas with 77-69-146, al
though he was three strokes away from
OHara Watts medal score Of g.
1913 for the par 10 course. An
other Walker Cupper. Chuck Kocsis
was two strokes OF the pace 1T Bir
mingham, Mich. Bob Babbish. TN
Western amateur champion, led viii
75-72-l47, three over par, and koc
sis tied with Ed Flowers Of Franl
Rapids with 149.
Fourteen golfers, including eigh
former champions and the defendlnl
champion, Johnny Goodman-wh'
shot l40 in practice round-ar
exempt from the qualifying ROUNDS
This group plus the 156 that quail
fied today will form the champion