The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14
CHAPMAN FACES
 MCCULLOUGH FOR AMATEUR GROWN
Pennsylvanian Proves to Be Real Dark Horse After
 Beating Three Champs
BY HARRY FERGUSON United Press Sports EditOr)


 Mamaroneck, N. r., Sept. IA UP)-A giant killer meets a giant today for the national amateur golf championship.
 The giant is Dick Chapman, a home town boy here in Mamaroneck, who has been the hottest golfer at Winged Foot since the tournament started and one of the three pre- tournament betting favorites.
 The giant-killer is W. B. (Duf) Mccullough of Abingdon. Pa, a loose, nonchalant golfer who brushed two former amateur champions out of the way in his dark-horse run into the finals.
 Fate couldn't have picked two men who vary as much in their golf games and their personalities as do the two men who clash in the 36- hole final. Chapman is nervous, superstitiouS and colorful. McCul- lougll is calm, relaxed and confident. Chapman chews big wads of gum, breaks a pencil for good luck be- fore starting each round, and tears grass out of the fairways with his hands every time he makes a good shot.
 Mccullough hits his shots with a loose, lazy motion, never worries when his opponent drops a long putt on him and never frets when he gets in trouble in rough or trap.
 Almost unknown nationally last Monday, Mccullough has become famous in five days-a real dark horse. He qualified with 145 and then moved through his first round match against Henry Fabian, Steu- benville, H., without attracting much attention. In the second fround he defeated Gus Moreland Peoria, H., one up and still few persons gave him a chance to reach the final.
 But in the third round he met Willie TurneSa, winner of the anna teur tournament in 1888, and beat him, 3 and 2. That was when Mc- Cullough began getting galleries His galleries got even bigger when he knocked of another former amateur champion, Johnny Fischer of Fort Thomas, Ky, 5 and 4. Won From Start.
 Then yesterday he did a job on Ray Pillows, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. runner-up last year. There was nothing sensational about it; Mo- Cullough won the first hole and never was headed.
 He was three up, on Pillows on nine holes, four up on him at 18 five up on him at 27 and won the match, 5 and 3, on the 33rd green
 Chapman, jittery and over-eager got of to a terrible start yester- day in lis match against WiBorc Wehrle, of Niles, nl., last hope oi the west in the tournament. Chap man finally won it, 3 and 2, but what happened in the meantime probably has no parallel in the his. tory of the amateur tournament.
 Chapman was five down at the end of the first nine holes and his friends were preparing theii speeches of coincidence. Dick wal smothering his tee shots, hooking his long irons and insisting easy puts. But he is one of Lady Luck's children and this time she arranged | for him to get hot just when Wehrle started getting in trouble. Miracle.
 The tide turned at the 1lth hole which Chapman won with Q 3 tc Wehrle's four. When they walked of the i2th green Chapman had cut Wehrle's lead to 8 up. Then the miracle came to pass. Chapman won the next four holes in Q row and came back from the brink o' disaster to find himself one up when they went to lunch.
 At the start of the afternoox round, Chapman let Wehrle have ' on the first hole. He laid Wehrit c stymie and Wilford took out [ nibllck to jnrnp t. The shet waI hit perfectly and tho ball piunket Into the cup, hlt the back edee aIAs bounced out. Chapman cot dowE in fouTs went two up and had'