Evening star., 1948-08-31
Capital Golfer Facing
Tough 2d-Round Foe
In Ex.N. Y. Champ
By MerrelI Whittlesey
Stor Siuff CORRESPONDENT


MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 31.-The
Riegles, the Stranahans and the
Wards will command more atten-
ton. but halfway down the first
bracket of this 48th National ANA
tuer golf championship there was
a second-round match scheduled
today that may be the days best bet.
That's the one between Bobby
Brownell, the 29-year-old serious
minded SHOEMAKER from Washing
tons Manor Club, and Dick Mayer,
the 25-year-old collar ad" young
ster from Mamaroneck, last years
New York State champion.
Brownel and Mayer were the only
players to complete is and 16 holes,
respectively, In 2-under-par figures
in yesterdays first-round matches
and both played their rounds out
for legitimate 68s. There were two
or three players who were 3 under
par, but they only played IL holes
in winning.
Without exception, Brownell played
the finest tee-to-green golf Of the
entire first round. Bobby missed only
one of the 40-yard-wide fairways
off the tee. He missed only three
green's in perfect figures, didn't miss
putt under 10 feet, didn't lose a
hole. In other words, he didn't do
anything wrong in beating Detroit's
practice-round sensation, Ronald
Williams, and 8. And Williams
matched him par for par for the
first eight holes, but he was the
first to crack.
Mayer Can Be Tough.
This Mayer can be tough. In q
benefit match this season, Mayer
beat Claude Harmon, the Masters
champion, and 6, in an 18-hole
match and the next day paired with
another amateur to beat Harmon
and his partner in a four-ball
match. He has won all the Metro
politan New York tournaments. He
beat Jack Purdum of Missouri yes
terday, and 2.
Brownell is dead serious about
this tournament, as he is about every
golf match he plays. In driving
down from Washington with Maury
Nee Of Columbia Country Club,
Brownell suggested they stop twice
en- route for an hours practice. He
made q study of the Bermuda grass
at the Memphis Country Club in
his practice rounds and changed his
game to suit 1t. It's early to bed
and early to rise for the District
amateur champion, who Is not here
on any lark.
Nee sailed into the second round
by drawing bye and today was to
meet Louis Cass of Hollywood, Calf,
who was S over par in winning, 8
and 2, over John Culp of Chicago.
The other District area qualiflers
were casualties. Roland Mackenzie
played hit-andrun golf and ran
right out of the tournament by los
ing. down, to Richard Smart of
Pine Bluff, Ark: Eddie Johnston of
Baltimore birdied the 18th hole to
square his match with John Levin
son, the New England and Great
Lakes champion, but lost, four Of the
next five holes and the match, 4
and 2.
Favored Players Advance.
AS the field Of 210 was reduced to
1913, all the former United States
and British champions and a great
majority of the favored players ad-
vanced to the second round. There
were no major casualties.
What was billed as the days top
match proved dull entertainment as
Frank Stranahan, British and Ca
madam titleholder, defeated New
York's Frank Strafaci, and 8, with
3-over-par golf. Chick Evans stag
gered into the second round by win
ming with an 8-over-par 78 and
Willie Turnesa pulled out of q
down-and-4 deficit to beat Sam
kirkpatrick OF Nashville, probably
the only golfer in the country with
a swing like that of Washington's
Leroy Smith.
Skee Riegel, the defending cham
pion, had a scare before he beat
Richard Ewert, an alternate from
Santa Ana, Calf, who never had
seen the course. Riegel dropped a
15-footer for a birdie on the 10th to
keep from going l down, holed a 80
footer for a birdie on the 17th to go
up and halved the last hole in
bogeys by sinking q 12-footer while
Ewert took to get down from
inches off the green. Riegel was to
meet Robert Clark of Edgewater,
Colo, today.
Richmond, Va, proved a jiax quail
flying spot as its four delegates lost.
Walter Hagen, jr, was ousted by
Tim Moore of Miami Beach, 3 and
2; Benno Jansen, Jr., Of Charlottes-
vile sliced two out of bounds on the
18th to lose to Ed White; Jack Ham
ilton of Newport News lost on the
18th to Walter Beckjord Of New
Haven, Conn, and Ed Gravely of
Rocky Mount, N. c., took ex-Cham-
pion Ted Bishop to the 17th only
to lose, and /.