Evening star., 1941-08-27
Burke, Former Hoya,
Blows Chance for
Medal Honors
Alexander Tops With l44,
10 Tied at 15e Shoot
For Seven Places
BY L. E. SHELLEY,

OMAHA. Aug. 27.-If these high.
scoring National Amateur gol
championship seekers will take 9
tip from Omaha's own Johnny
Goodman, they'll start shooting for
pars instead of brides.
That was Johnny's advice today
rs "a qualifiers for match play In
the 45th Amateur. none too success
ful In their medal-play battles with
the field clubs stubborn par-72
turned to personal engagements,
with two 18-hole rounds on the
"black Wednesday" program.
Goodman, who wants to regain
the title he won in 1887, credited
unusually high qualifying scores,
particularly on the back nine, to the
fact the strangers to the field clubs
deceptive contours and distances
were playing too badly.
The boys are aiming for brides
instead of being content with pars,"
said the former champion, who
qualified with steady rounds of 73
and IS, four shots off Skip Alex
ander's medal-winning pace.
Take Too Many chances.
They're shooting for the pins all
the time, rather than playing safe
simply to hit the green. And that's
dangerous because of the speed Of
our greens and the trouble you can
get into if you once roll OF them"
They were doing that yesterday
when the final 18 of the 36-hole
qualifying test produced some of the
highest scoring in the history of the
tournament. Ten players with 1895
had to play off for the last seven
match-play places, compared with a
limit of 155 at Winger Foot a year
ego.
Charles Chick Evans, two-time
champion. must have chuckled to-
dav despite the fact he failed to
pass the qualifying test with his
166. He had warned the boys that
the qualifying line would break
around the 160 mark. but some of
the sharpshooters politely scoffed
behind his back. 1t was pitch
and putt" course, they said.
The qualifying medal went to the
popular Stewart (Skip) Alexander,
the 23-year-old former Duke Uni
versity collegian who added STU
pendous II to his first round 81.
Skip's IA, exactly even par and set
up early, held through the day as
at least seven challengers saw their
hopes go glimmering on the Field
Clubs trouble filled area.
Burke Stroke Behind.
Johnny Burke, ex-Georgetown U.
star and former intercollegiate
champion, had the best chance to
overtake Alexander but after first
nine 36 he finished with Al, his II
leaving him stroke behind Skip at
145.
With the competition switching to
match play, there will be only 16
contestants remaining at nightfau
tonight.
Alexander, who had qualified
twice before and each time was
knocked of in the first round, drew
another potentially tough customer
for his first match in Johnny
Fischer Of Cincinnati, one of the
four former winners left in the field.
Dick Chapman, the 1910 winner who
qualified with 152, stacked up
against Lou Jennings of Portland,
Greg. rated coming national
champion by no less an authority
than Marvin Bud) Ward.
Ward himself drew Alex Welsh of
Rockford, ILL.,, and Goodman was
matched with John Krutilla of Chi
cago. The survivors represented
IS States, Illinois leading with seven,
and the Brazilian republic, its rep
resentative being 18-year-old Mario
Gonzales.