Evening star., 1938-09-07
TO ARE TO START
B|GMEET MONDAY
Five Of D. C. Will Compete
in International Field
at Oakmont.
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Submerged in field Of ITO star
golfers drawn from all sectors Of the
links world, including England. Aus
tralia and Canada, flve Washington
linksmen will start play next Monday
In the 42d National Amateur Cham
pionship over the tricky and rugged
course OF the Oakmont Country Club,
near Pittsburgh. Pa, many times the
scene of national links title tourna-
ments.
All but one of the local qualifiers,
who won their right to play in the
national in a sectional test at Con-
eressional Country Club on August 80.
have been drawn in the 36-hoie medal
round against experienced opponents.
Two or three of them may qualify
among the select 81 who will start at
match play on September IA for the
the stubby little Omaha insurance
salesman
Capital Entrants Schedule.
Here are the starting times Of the
Washington entrants, with pairings
9:35 am. Monday and a1:05 pm.
Tuesday-Falph Bogart, 18-year-old
youngster from the Army-Navy Coun-
try Club of Arlington, Va. with O'Hara
Watts of Dallas, Tex, who topped the
Texas sectional rounds.
1925 am Monday and 1:55 pm
Tuesday - Forty -one -year-old Martin
F. Mccarthy of the Beaver Dam Coun-
try Club of Landover, Md, with Ed
win A. Mcclure of Shreveport. La, a
veteran in these championships.
IS pm Monday and 1920 am
Tuesday-Fifty-s y-six-year- Miller B.
Stevinson of the Columbia Country
Club, one of the oldest players in the
tourney and several times qualifler.
with Henry Styers. jr., of Greensboro,
N. c., newcomer to the champion
ship.
2lo pm. Monday and 1926 am.
Tuesday - Nineteen-y -year-old Bobby
Brownell. leader in the sectional
rounds here with l43, and Middle At
lantic Junior champ. with rangy Jack
Hoerner, jr., of Chicago, who was a
golf star at Stanford few years ago
$50 pm Monday and ll:15 am.
Tuesday-Levi Yoder OF Kenwood, for
mer Middle Atlantic champ, and John
o. Lvinson of Kennebunk Beach, Me-
Slate for Baltimore Group.
Baltimores three qualif1ers will play
as follows:
Otto Greiner, Middle Atlantic
champ from Rodgers Forge, will play
at ll:25 Monday and 2:25 Tuesday
with Harry Todd of Dallas. Tex
Spencer Overton of Rolling Road
will play at 1910 Monday and 9:O5
Tuesday with Emile Zachariah of
Baton Rouge. La.
Ernie Caldwell of Hillendale will
play at 1855 Monday and 9:20 Tues
day with Henry Castillo Of Baton
Rouge, La.
The five Washington qualifiers will
leave the Capital by Thursday to
familiarise themselves with the tricks
Of the Oakmont course, which has
been softened up for the coming
championship, but still will be the
toughest test on which the amateurs
have played in many years.
Foreign entries include H. w. Hat
tersley of Australia. Tommy Torrance
Of St. Andrews, Scotland; Merlin H.
Luther of Ontario, Canada: Brig. Gen.
A. c. Critchley of ST. Andrews, Scot
land; Joseph Thompson of Hamilton,
Canada; and former champion C.. Ross
Somerville of London, Canada.
Burke Paired With Platt.
John P. Burke, Georgetown Uni
versity's intercollegiate champion, will
play with J. Wood Platt, Philadelphia
veteran. Defending Champion Good
man will play with Frankie Strafaci
Of Brooklyn, protege OF Witty Cox.
British Amateur Champion Charley
Yates is scheduled to 90 in the medal
round with Ray Billows of New York,
runner-up last year. All times listed
are Eastern daylight saving.