Evening star., 1941-07-17
Bob, Winner in 1910,
Erased; Jim Gives
Par She||acking
Fuvorite Facing Tough
Opponent Today in
Quorter-FinoIs
BY GAIL FOWLER,

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Wash, July 17.-Unless Dave Mitch
ell Of Atlanta, Ga, repeats his 1884
triumph, therell be new national
public links golf champion this year,
and the consensus around the club
house is that the 1941 titlist will have
the same surname as the 1910 crown
holder-Clark.
Last years winner, Bob Clark of
st. Paul, lost thriller yesterday.
despite terrific driving, to young
Billy Korns of Salt Lake City, who
is paying his expenses here with
money he saved for school.
The other Clark, regarded as the
tourney favorite, is young Jimmy
Clark of Long Beach, Calf, who
continued to match the torrid
weather with brand of golf just as
hot
Jimmy Meets Subpar Golfer.
Today Clark tees off against Jerry
Anderson, Worcester, Mass, insur-
ance salesman, who quietly has been
touring the hilly but beautiful In
dian Canyon links around par fig
ureS.
Korns plays Bob McReyonlds of
Portland, Greg, truck driver who
has been having a hot streak of his
own the last two days.
When the firing is over there will
be only four contestants left. Today
they play two 18-hole rounds carry
ing the brackets down to the semi
finals.
Jimmy Clark had to rely on sub
par golf to squeeze through against
a couple Of toughies yesterday, and
when the shooting was all over the
youngSter, who has been 13 strokes
under par in the last II holes, had
defeated Charles Barnes of Atlanta,
Ga, and l, and scored 1-up vic
tory over Leslie Leal of Bellingham,
Wash
Clark had to shoot his best golf
since his record breaking "a and his
record-breaking qualifying total of
135 in order to down Leal.
Golf Matches Weather.
Clark was out in 32-three under
par-on the first nine, but was only
up, as Leal had 34 Leal squared
1t at the 18th and they see-sawed in
the blazing heat-it was upward of
104-until the 18th, when Clark's
par was sufficient. Both birdied
the 18th as Leafs last chance went
glimmering. Clark needed his St,
because Leal had pair of 34s for
a 68.
The 19-year- old Korns had a hard
time with Bob Clark. Billy opened
with a birdie by sinking a 2O-foot
iron approach, and got an eagle to
go up at the second when he holed
a 15-foot putt.
Clark fought back, and they were
square at the turn. The decider came
on the 18th when Korns dropped
6-footer for a birdie after Clark
had Tipped with his 8-footer.
Meyer of Baltimore Beaten.
Charlie Wilson of Honolulu, once
a publinxer in Spokane, advanced
yesterday by defeating Marsh Ham
mond, twice Spokane's city publinx
titlist, 3 and l, and Charles Meyer
of Baltimore, 2 and l.
Art Pony, Detroit, putted sensa-
tionally to defeat Earl Fry, jr., of
Alameda, and 4, in the morning,
and Bob Mort of San Francisco, l
up, in an afternoon sizZler.
Pomy's fellow toWnSman, Fred
Genick had to go 10 holes in the
morning to beat Phil Gordon of
Oakland, but conquered Ed Cas-
tagnetto of San Francisco, l up, in
the afternoon.
Two Portlanders still remaining
are McReynolds and 33-year-old
Marty Leptich. McReynolds wal
loped Ken Peterson of Dayton, Ohio,
and 5, in the morning and took Jim
later. Leptich beat Ted Lach, jr., of
Newcastle. Pa, 2 and l, and Art
Freer of Sacramento, up.
Dave Mitchell, Atlanta's former
champ, who won a couple of 2-and-1
matches from Damon Jacobsen.
Long Beach. and Bill Fritz, San
Francisco, plays Bob Daniel Of San
Francisco today.
Other morning matches: Wilson
VS.. Pony, Genick VS.. Palenapa, and
Leptich VS.. Pete Doll, Kentucky's
State champion from Louisville, who
eliminated 1899 Champion Andy
SZwedo, 3 and /.