The Washington times., 1938-05-25
Goodman, KoCsis
And Haas Gain
4th Round
YATES WINS TWICE
Ouimet, Reynolds Smith
Defeated in British
Amateur Golf
BY THOMAS C. WATSON

BY THOMAS C. WATSON
TROON, Scotland, May 25
G.N.S0.-Four members Of the
American Walker Cup golf team
won their matches today and
advanced toward the final Of the
British amateur golf champion.
ship here today.
Charlie Yates, the hard-hitting
Atlanta player set a giddy pace
for his countrymen to follow. by
defeating two British adversarieS
Yates triumphed over Frank Pen.
mix 3 up and 2 to play. He then
Jared forth against S. P. Morrison
and beat him even more con-
clusively, the margin being 5 up
and 4 to play.
GOODMAN WINS
Johnny Goodman, am a teur
champion of the United States,
advanced to the fourth round Of
the championship by defeating Al
bert Briscoe. of Great Britain, 6 up
and to play.
Holding pace with his team
mates, Charlie Kocsis, Of Detroit,
outplayed John Montgomerie, of
Great Britain, by margin Of 4
and 8, while Freddie Haas, Of
Baton Rouge, overwhelmed DR.. j..
J. Mccormack, with the totals
resting at 7 and 5.
Either Goodman or Kocsis will
be eliminated tomorrow in the
fourth round of the tournament,
for they, the lone surviving
Americans in the top half of the
draw, will be pitted against each
other in what will be the feature
match Of the day.
While enthusiasm ran high in
the camp Of the Americans over
this fine showing, there was note
or regret occasioned by the defeat
of Francis Ouimet, of Brookline,
leader of the Yankee forces. Oui-
met battled valiantly but in vain
against Cecil Ewing, Of England,
and was beaten on the home
green.
SMITH DEFEATED
A native Scotsman brought
about the defeat of another Amer
ican as Jocelyn Walker, of Troon,
outplayed Reynolds Smith, Of Dal-
las, Tex, ending the match on
the seventeenth green.
Robert Sweeney, defending Brit
ish champion, was defeated by
w. M. Robb by the good round
total of 5 and 4.
Ross Somerville. of Canada, beat
R. Rutherford, Of England, 3
and 2.
Gordon Peters, of Scotland, a
member of the British Walker
Cup team, joined Pennink, a fel-
low-player. on the sidelines, losing
to H. W. Hattersley, Austrian en-
trant in the tourney, 4 and 2.
While the great play Of the
American team is a topic Of gen.
eral interest here at Troon, chief
interest centerS around the play
of Johnnie Goodman, who seems
headed for the championship here.
Goodman once won the United
States open championship, and
triumph here would grace the
record Of a truly great artist in
the ancient and royal game OF
Scotland.
THREAT ELIMINATED
In putting out Briscoe today,
Goodman finally got rid of the
one individual who has seriously
threatened Americas chances in
the current tournament. Briscoe
previously had eliminated Charles
Munson, jr., of Springfield, Conn.
and Marvin Ward, Of Olympia.
WASH, another Of the cup stars.
But he didn't have q chance to-
day against the sharp-shoot
American. Goodman took a three
up lead to the turn with a par 36
against Briscoe's 40 and continued
to apply the pressure to win the
match on the thirteenth green.
Goodman's magnificent putting
prevailed almost on every hole,
and he finished the match with a
string of four straight par As
while Briscoe was floundering
hopelessly, 3-putting the twelfth
and thirteenth and going 3 over
par on the last four holes of the
match.
Among other things, Briscoe
picked up a 6 on the fourth.
Ouimet's surprising defeat in his
match with Ewing was presaged
at the finish of the first nine,
where the Boston veteran trailed
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