The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-20
Little And Heather Whipped
By Goggin; Eight Golf
ers Left In Meet
BY RUSS NEWLAND

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19.-tR-
Favorites tumbled all over the field,
par took a betting and spectators
were numbed by chill winds today
as qualifiers battled through two
rounds of the $4,000 San Francisco
match play open golf tournament.
Eight survivors Of the starting 80
renew the struggle over Lake MERGED
course tomorrow. Among the stand.
outs eliminated in the first two
rounds Of match play we're Lawson
Little, medalist; Clayton Heather
Linville, N. c., star; Jimmy Thorn
son, Of Chicopee, Mass; Benny
Hogan, Of White Plains, N. Y, and
Harold McSpaden, crack shot from
Winchester, Mass.
Two most resounding upsets of the
day were produced by Willie Cog
gin, local marksman, who disposed
of Little and Heather in turn, by
scores of 3 and 2.
Sill CO1uplCISd cICl1 lldISl LWS
strokes under par. He was conceded
only an outside chance to topple
Little, qualifying leader at 1879 and
winner Of the recent Los Angeles
open. They were even at the ninth
Goggin took the lead at the tenth
and held it.
Similarly Goggin was the short
ender as he teed off against Heaf'
ner but he went one up at the sixth
and chung to the lead thereafter.
Heather finished even par, not in.
GLIDING the 14th hole which he con.
ccded after blasting out of a trap
in front of the green to land fifty
yards over a growth of trees on an
other fairway.
Hogan and Thomson also feel VIC
Tins to the same opponent - Ed
Oliver, husky youngster from Hor.
nell, N. Y.
After knocking the favored Hogan
out of the first round, 2 and 1, Oliver
rode along at a sub-par pace to
whip Thomson 3 and 2 in the after
noon. He was 4 up at the ninth with
a IS to Thomson's 80 and finished
the match a shot under standard
figures. Thomson was two over.
McSpaden, just back from winning
the Philippines open, found more
hackers than Horton Smith, of Oak
Park, ILL.,, as they started their
second round match, but at the fin
ish Smiths banner was hoisted in a
2 and 1 victory.
At the ninth it looked like a Nc
Spaden landslide. He was two up,
carding q two under par "a, to
Smiths SO. Smith went one up at the
18th where McSpaden missed a
%three-foot putt and made it two up
at the next hole by sinking a 15'
foot putt for a birdie two.
Dick Metz, Oak Park, ILL.,, and
Jimmy Demaret, Houston, Tex, win
ners of the 1889 and 1888 San Fran
cisco tournaments respectively,
les, in the first round.
Metz ousted Felix Serafin, OF
Scranton, Pa, 3 and l., following
his narrow squeak and 18th hole
win over John Diflaure, Los Ange-
les, i nthe first round.
Demaret cracked down on Charles
Sheppard, Oakland, Calf, 6 and 4,
and removed Earl Fry, Alameda,
2 and 1.
U. s. open champion Byron Mel
of Toledo, Ohio, returning to
form after a severe illness, outlast-
ed Red" Francis Of Altoona, Pa.
1 up, then measured Charles Klein,
Of Alice, Texas, for a losers suit,
3 and 2, in the afternoon.
Craig Wood, Mamaroneck, N. Y,
defeated w. A. S%tackhouse, Sequin,
Texas, 4 and 3, and Rod Munday,
White Plains, N. Y, 3 and 2, with.
out much difficulty.
The one-putt artist of the day
was Jimmy Hines, Great Neck, L. l.,
who needed only seven strokes on
as many greens, to wallop Tom
Lopresti, Sacramento, Calf, 5 and 4,
AFTER going to the 21st hole before