Evening star., 1948-07-20
Former Champ Bows.
With Other Favorites
In PubIinks Tourney
By me Assoeioied Press

ATLANTA, July 20.-With for.
mer champion and many other
favored players out Of the running.
1874 golfers went into the second
round of the National Public Links
tournament today chasing the crown
Wilfred Crossley is defending.
Crossley, q Brooklyn insurance
executive, drew a tough tournament
golfer in James Levenhagen of West
Allis, Wis, as his opponent in the
second round defense of the cham.
pionship he won last summer in
Minneapolis.
Crossley won his way into the
second round with and 3 victory
over Alfred serian Of Troy, N. Y,
Levenhagen defeated Leon Butler.
an Atlanta entry who was thor
oughly familiar with the long 6,762.-
yard, par II North Fulton Park
Course.
Another former public links title.
holder who won yesterday was An.
drew Szwedko of Sharpsburg, Pa,
the 1899 winner He defeated She'd
ric McKain of Memphis. Tenn.
2 and l, and today runs against
Julio Campagni of Highwood, Ill.
The champion who Unexpectedly
fell trying to pass the first milepost
was Robert G. CLARK, the 1910 VIM
ner from st. Paul, Mimi. Clark and
Jack C. Russell of Memphis played
to a dog-fall over the regulation 18
holes at North Fulton, but Russell
captured the 10th hole to take the
match.
Russell, now considered one of the
tournament darkhorses, is paired
against Alvin Gustafson, a Spo-
kane, Wash, entry, this afternoon.
Four sets of brothers remain in
the running. They are Dante and
Fred Vicini, glass workers from Of
tawa, Ill; Mike and Andy Szwedko,
Birminghams James and Carl Dorr
and the Leyenhagen brothers, James
and Ted.
Dante Vicini went into the second
round after one of the most notable
wins Of the first day in which he
eliminated well-regarded Oliver c.
Sloppy, Los Angeles, l up. Brother
Fred also was a 1-up victor, but his
win came on the 10Th hole against
Arthur Jenneman, st. Louis.
Dante plays Lewis w. McLennan
of Atlanta today, while Fred plays
Michael Ferentz of Long Beach,
Calf.
Michael Szwedko tangled with
Michael Skowran of Pittsburgh in
an early match.
Carl Dorr drew Percy Taylor,
Santa Monica, Calf, in the second
round and James Dorr got off early
against Herman H. Nitsch, Houston,
Tex.
Ted Levenhagen drew bye in the
first round and today plays Russell
Buchen of Peoria, Ill.
Washington, D. C.'s only entrant,
Patrick v. Martino, is playing James
G. Iavan of Cleveland in today's
second round after drawing a bye
yesterday.
Four of the five Baltimore golfers
who qualified with MARITIME at Mount
IlCdodut WOl tIicLI 1lTSL TOunQ
matches. Frank Michalek routed
Rudolph Supan Of Cleveland, s and
S; Bill Collins, semifinalist in the
Maryland amateur edged John
Daniel of Spokane, Wash, 2 up; Ed
Finnessy, the Annapolis Roads Open
champ defeated Robert McKenna
of Brighton, Mass, and 2, and
William Cole defeated Willard
Nesmith Of Houston, 4 and 3. Henry
Defries was the only Baltimore loser
as he bowed to Richard Jungen of
Rockford, ILL.,, and 3.
| Michalek meets Collins today.
Today a year ago-Marvin
+ Ward defeated Frank Strana-
han, one up, to win the Western
Amateur golf championship.
Five years ago-Luke Sewell
signed to manage the st. Louis
| Browns for two more wears.