Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-19

w lllldl!lS, lISt NN III ; ''iS,
the valleys most coveted E"I
victories in the Lettuce an
here sunday :.
Albright rotund Los Angeles
railway man. concluded an anaH-
ug streak OF "down-the middle
golf Sunday to upset the favored
Laddle Wluouehby. 3 and l. in
Il 36-hole battle th2t brought ou'
ordinary. spectacular and super
spectacular yUlt from both con-
ttStantS.
Down one after the morning /"
hole round IN which Wll!oushby
picked up Albright's tWo-hole han
dirup advantage and one more,
the rallwayman who hangs his hat
in F. Centro during the lettuce
season started blasting away at
the CaleXico youth.
Albright eyened the match on
the first hole Of the afternoon
round with birdie four, halvcd
two. lost three to a par. He again
cyened the match on four with
birdie
Albright Takes Lead
Then. as the gallery continued
to increase, Albright putted home
par three on the short five for
a half and canned a birdie three
on six to 80 one hole up Willough-
by'S tee shot int q tree and he
had TO be content with four
WilloughDy missed ten-toot
putt on seven that would have
gwen him Win. but plunked
home a birdic-three on 8 to even
tie match again. Laddie drove the
canyon on with typical flare
of recklessness that characterizcs
his game.
Laddie uncorked an eagle two
on number nine, feat which Or
dinarlly would have broken the
heart of a less sturdy opponent,
but Albright merely hitched his
belt to start the final nine holes
OF the match.
lie slapped III a par-three on
| ten 10 even the match but WlllOug-
kby cut loose with 3l0-driVe
on no. !. TO cllnch a birdie and
the hole. Albright evened the
match again with a par on no.
as WillouEhby got INTO trouble on
the rough.
Pressure On
Albright put on the pressure on
the three-par no. IS by hitting the
green with his tee shot Willough-
by sliced to the ,elt, was short
with his approach and Albright
took one-Up lead with q par
three.
They halved IA with fours and
Albright moved in with a l4-foot
putt to score & birdie on Is tor Il
I tWO-up advantage.
( Wllloughby hit the green on lG,
then missed a putt for birdie
by an eighth of an inch to take
three, and an even break on the
hole as Albright putted up for 1t
par.
Albright Int q 250-yard drive
down the middle on II and Ladc,le
/ pressing on the tee, sliced TO the
let. W!lloughby dubbed his second
SnOt IN supreme effort to reach
the green. The ball lodged behind
a tree and Wllloughby'S next shot
was still 120 yards from the hole.
A seven iron Shot was short and
Albright knocked his third shot
within gimme distance of the pin
/ for blrdlc-four and the match
Tunney williams. who Won the
lettuce championship last year but
who was ineligible to compete in
that flight this year. continued his
5ub-par goltlng 10 defeat Logan
Jenkins, FL Centre Styllat in the
guest flight championship. 4 and
3.
/ LOveridge Marsh defeated Cy
Harberck in the lettuce consOla-
ton and Doc FoclScnoW defaulted
to E. Clements in the first guest
flight consolation.
SECOND LETTUCE FLIGHT
Carl HauScman Of. George Noble,
81.
Second Lettuce Consolation
Joe Russell df. Wade Ramsey,
up, 18th.
THIRD LETTUCE FLIGHT
Arch Woodn4ton df. c. Nicholaus,
! up 18th.
Third Lettuce Consolation
c. Nash dc. Rill Walker, up.
FOURTH LETTUCE FLIGHT
Harold Bragonicr df. G. b. Smith,
| up
"a Fourth Lettuce Consolation
Joe Rhinehart df. J. Middleton,
80.
FIFTH LETTUCE FLIGHT
Al Craig of. Jerry Asher, 81.
Fifth Lettuce Consolation
J. Meidl df. Pete Bca2el, | up.
SIXTH LETTUCE FLIGHT
Russ Brown df. Bill Thompson,
/ up 20th.
Sixth Lettuce Consolation
Buck Weaver df G. Buskirk. 80.
SEVENTH LETTUCE FLIGHT
r. FriZZcll df. Harry ArchiaS, up.
Seventh Lettuce Consolation
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