The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-15
CANADIAN new
DARK HORSE Of
OAKMONT MEET
Joe Thompson Beats Som
erviIIe and Haas in
National Amateur
BY HARRY FERGUSON
UNITED Press Sports Editor)

Oakmont Pa, Sept. is - (U.PO--
A lone Canadian who barely bal
ances the scales at 1856 pounds came
courageously out Of nowhere today
to stand as the only foreigner left
with a chance to carry the National
Amateur golf title beyond the boun-
daries Of the United States.
AS 10 golfers went into another
day Of 18-hole matches which will
reduce the field to four at dusk, the
talk Of Oaknont was all about Jo-
seph Thompson Of Hamilton, Ont,
and the gallant manner In which
he made his way to the third round.
He teetered on the abyss Of defeat
all the way and once he found o re-
nowned Walker Cup star Fred
Haas Of New misunderstanding In
his path.
But the frail man from the land
Of the Maple Leaf proved himself o
sterling golfer and great compete
tor by winding up 10 holes all even
with Haas and then going on to win
on the 10th green In one OF those
sudden death matches that tries
the soul.
CLASSY
No one had heard much about
Thompson until yesterday morning
when he came fighting and claw
Ing down the long back nine OF
Oakmont In a ding-dong flrst-round
match with @. Ross Somerville, who
has the reputation Of being Gam
ada's greatest golfer. There was O
buzz Of surprised conversation
around the scoreboard as Thompson
was posted as the winner over Som.
erville. Today Thompson meets Wal
ter Blevins Of Kansas City.
Along with the Canadian are 10
men who include some Of the great
golfing names Of the country, with
here and there q dark horse max
ing o bid for glory and praying that
his luck will hold.
Johnny Goodman Of Omaha, de-
Tending champion, marched easily
through his two matches, defeating
Sid Richardson, Prairie View, ILL.,,
and Harry Givan, Seattle, by the
identical scrose Of 4 and 8. oGod.
man seems to be hitting 'em far and
true and he still Is the favorite. An
other name" golfer who Is walking
path Of roses SO far Is Johnny
Fischer, Cincinnati, who breezed
through matches with Ted Bishop,
Glencoe, ILL.,, and Hunter Hicks,
Yakima Wash, without bothering
to remove his white sweater.
Stars Fade
, Yesterday was bad day for the
men who have carried the stars
and stripes into Walker Cup match
esh. Charlie Yates Of Atlanta, with
the great Bobby Jones looking on
from the gallery, missed q 30-inch
putt that knocked him out Of the
tournament and sent Edwin Q.
Kingsley, O dark horse from Magma,
Utah, into the third round. Other
Walker Cup men who tasted defeat
were Ray Billows, Poughkeepsie, N.
Y, Marvin Ward, olympia, Wash,
Reynolds Smith, Dallas, and Haas.
Gus Moreland, Peoria, ILL.,, medal
list In tibet qualifying rounds, almost
found himself on the outside look
Ing In when he caught q hot kid
from Dixie In the first round. Ro-
N. O., traded shots with Moreland
bert w. Dunkelberger Of Greensboro,
right up the 18th green where
they were all square. They halved
the 10th, the goth and the 2lst.
Twice Il looked like Moreland was
going to be knocked out while stu
basking In the glory OF medalist
honors. But he came back, halved
the 22nd and then won the match
on the 23rd gren with a 4 to his
opponents Ave.
seldom In the long history OF the
amateur have golfers been COM
aed weather as they caught yester-
PEELED to wade through such wretch
day. It rained almost oil day and
balls bit deep into the mushy fair
ways, giving everybody difticult lies.