Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-19
Strong Field Qualities
To Battle Riegei for
Amateur Golf Title
By the kssoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-Robert
(Skee) Riegel, who opens defense of
his National Amateur golf cham
pionship at Memphis, August 30,
now has his work cut out for him
and it looks rugged.
The 33-year-old ironmaster from
Upper Darby, Pa. will face eight
past United States and British
champions and 2O1 survivors Of the
largest list ever to enter the vener-
able tourney.
The field was decided In sectional
qualifying trials yesterday from
coast to coast, paced by a pair of
golfers hardly known outside their
own sections-William Roden of
Odessa, Tex, and Julius Boros of
Bridgeport. Conn.
Roden, known as Red In the
open Southwest country. ripped six
strokes from par as he registered
70-68-138 at San Angelo, Tex.
Boros fashioned a nice 66-69-135, 5
under regulation, to lead the SO who
tried out in the fast Metropolitan
area at Great Neck. N. Y.
Emery, Paddock Fail.
Their performances stood out as
1921 golfers from coast to coast
made bids for the sudden death"
Examinations at the Memphis Coun-
try Club August 30-September 4.
There were only two prominent
casualties. Walter Emery of Tulsa,
Okla. runnerup to Lawson Little in
1885, blew himself to a 1855 at Okla
homa City and failed to qualify.
Harold Paddock, jr., the Ohio
Amateur champion, didn't make 1t
at Cleveland, his home, after taking
l53 for the SO holes.
The veteran Johnny Dawson OF
Hollywood, who dropped a and l
decision to Riegel in the final at
Del Monte, Calf, last year, stroked
his way in at Los Angeles with rs
71-144, over par.
He placed second to Bruce Nc
Cormick, also OF Hollywood, who set
a qualifying record for the Cali
fornia metropolis with 72-65-137,
3 under.
Ray Billows of Poughkeepsie, N.
Y. twice runnerup in the National,
was right behind Boros at Great
Neck with a 66-75-l41.
Junior Hagen, Jones Shine.
At only IS of the 80 qualifying
centers was he.leader able to beat
par. Scores in some quarters scared
and the pace-setter at Baltimore,
Bobby BroWnell of Washington, shot
149, 9 over par.
Two sons of famous golfng fathers
Waiter Hagen, jr, and Bobby
Jones III-Were in the field. Hagen
qualified at Richmond, Va, with Is
74-149, 5 over. Jones won an alter
mates spot at Atlanta with Isl.
Other leading performances dur
ing the day included:
Jim Frisina, ST.. former Illinois
State Amateur champion. shot
4-under-par 72-68-140 to show the
way at Chicago.
Henry Russell of Miami. Chuck
Kocsis of Detroit, Guy Owen of
Cut Bank, Mont, and Ray Weston
of Spokane. Wash, all bettered par
by three strokes to lead their
sections.
DahIbender Has 73.
Gene Dahlbender of Atlanta, the
Southern Amateur champion, shot
73-67-140, under to pace quail
fiers at the East Lake Club in At
lanta. Erv Parent Of Seattle, Sam
Urzetta of East Rochester, N. Y,
and Tyrrell Garth, jr., of Beaumont
also had 2-under-par rounds to lead
their centers.
Exempt players, besides Riegel,
we're Frank Stranahan, who holds
both the British and Canadian
titles: Robert Sweeny, jr, who won
the British Amateur in 1887, and
these past United States champions:
Willie Turnesa, 1888; Ted Bishop,
1916: Bud Ward, 1894; Dick
Chapman, 1910; John w. Fischer.
1896, and Charles Chick Evans,
jr.. 1860.