The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-13
BOBBY GRANT SHOOTS A 76
 ON WET LINKS
Water Ankle Deep on Some Greens Yesterday;
 Foreign Entries Weak
BY HARRY FERGUSON United Press Sports EditOr)

Oakmont, Pa, Sept. 13.-(UP)- Old man par, a grim gent with no nerves and an ice cube for heart, stood astride Oakmont and dared a field of badly licked golfers to try the issue with him again today in the second qualifying round of the national amateur championship,
 This Is the day when many are called and few are chosen. This is the day when every man in the field goes grimly to work against par in the hope of winning one of the GA match play positions. This is the day when the axe falls at twilight and the field Is cut in half, leaving the losers with nothing to do but go home and wonder how they missed that three-foot putt that eliminated them. This is the day when nerves are jumpy, tee shots are hooked, and the traps waist deep and deadly.
 Old Man Par Tough
 Old man par is @ rough, tough guy on any golf course, but here at Oakmont he is positively bully, All day yesterday the best anna teurs in the country fired away at him and when play ended in the cool of evening only one mana 3l-year old Maurice Mccarthy, Jr, of Cincinnati-had equalled the par of 72. Strung along behind Me- Carthy, all the way up to 94, were fine shotmakers who inferred their hopes in the deep graves known here as traps.
 Mccarthy needed a stout heart and the luck of the Irish to get his 72. He slipped over par on two holes but came banging gallant ly back to collect two birdies and leave him square. Mccarthy is an old hand at this business of lick ing tough courses. He was intercol- legiate champion as far back as 1928, he went to the semi-finals of the amateur in 1881 and he has carried the stars and stripes in Walker Cup matches.
 He can blow higher than the tenn perature in Death Valley today and still be sure of a match play posi- ton. It appeared that anybody who had a total of 160 for the two 18- hole reounds would sneak into the match play that starts tomorrow Each of the GA men who enter must 90 through two 1s-hole match- es tomorrow and by Thursday morn ing the field will be reduced to 16.
 The weather conspired against everybody yesterday and the only wonder is that scores didn't balloon even higher. Fog and rain came in early morning, then the sun broke through for a couple of hours. A thunder storm then crashed across Oakmont. Water stood ankle deep on some greens, the traps became soggy and fountains sprang up every tiine @ fairway shot was made.
 Chapman Gets . 73
 The boys slogged gamely through 1t, but Arthur Doering, Jr., Medinah, H., was the only one able to get a 73.
 Standing at "A were Tommy Tall- CT, Westbury, N. r.; Harry Givan, Seattle; Dick Chapman, Green- wich, Conn; Eddie Held, Edgewater, Colo; Reynolds Smith, Dallas; Charley Yates, Atlanta; and Frank Stiedle, Little Rock. Bracketed at "A were Roger Kelly, Beverly Hills, Cal; Fred Haas, New Orleans; Steve Kovach, Natrona Heights, Pa; Ray Pillows. Poughkeepsie, N. r.; Hunter Hicks, Glencoe, H., Marvin Ward, Olympia, Wash; and Robert Babbish, Rochester, Mich.
 Johnny Goodman, defending champion, had 0 78 as did Johnny Fischer, Cincinnati; Wilfred Cross ley, Dedham, Mass; Pat Abbott, Altadena, Cal; Chris Brinke, Bir- mingham, Mich; Gus Moreland, Pe- oria, H.; Jimmy Walkup, Fort Worth, Texas; Earl Larson, Indian- apolis; Thomas Pierce, Rutland, Vt.; and Robert M. Grant, Wethersfield, Conn.
 Thse with v: John Ryerson, Springfield. Center, N. r.; Walter Blevins, Kansas City; August Kam- mer, Springfield, N. J.; Willie Tur- mesa, Briarcllff Manor, N. r.; and Joseph Thompson, Hamilton, Ont.
 Last night the committe enotified all contestants with 85 or more that they were eliminated. That caught Chick Evans, the grand old veter- an, who staggered around in 86. Ellsworth Vines, professional tennis player went out with an e6.
 The foreign contingent fared poor ly--so poorly that H. W. Hattersley, Sydney, Australia, withdrew Tony Torrance of Great Britain had an 83, and Brig. General A. 0. Critch- ley, carrying the colors of the Royal and Ancient Golf, club of St. An- drama had aa aI