Evening star., 1950-08-23
Golf Rockies Battle
For Survival Today
In Amateur Tourney
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 23.-A
crop Of youngsters. products of
the country's widespread junior
golf program, is moving in for
kill at, the National Amateur golf
championship at the Minneapolis
Golf Club.
Seldom in the 50-year-history of
the tournament has so much
young blood flowed past the haz-
ardous, first two days of play and
into the third and fourth rounds.
Two 18-hole trips today will
reduce the field, originally 210, to
16 hardy survivors. Whether many
of the rockies" will be around by
nightfall is conjectural-but un-
doubtedly some of them will.
Veterans Remaining in Race.
Still in the race for amateur
COLTS greatest honor are such old
hands as Toledo's Frank Strana-
han. determined to add little
SIAM after winning the British
Amateur this season; defending
Champion Charlie Coe of Okla
homa City, and Dick Chapman of
Pinehurst, N. c., and Willie
Turnesa of White Plains, N. Y,
former winners.
Don Schumacher of Dallas, Tex,
eliminated the 1916 champion,
Ted Bishop of Weston, Mass, 2
up in yesterdays second round.
One Of the youngsters still in
the running is 15-year- -old Don
Bisplinghoff of Orlando, Fla, high
school, who went to the semi
finals of the USGA junior meet
at Denver recently.
Others. whose ages reach into
the early 20s. participated in such
meets as the USGA-junior, the
National Junior Chamber of Com
merce meet, the National Caddie
tourney, the Western Golf Asso-
citation Junior Open. and the
Hearst National.
Foremost among the newcomers
are Gene Littler, the Jaycee 1948
champion from Seattle, and 21-
year-old Gerald Kesselring of
Kitchener, Ontario. Canada.
Lopsided Triumph.
Kesselring, fresh from taking
the Canadian Junior crown, scored
the most lopsided triumph of the
tournament yesterday with a
9-and-8 second-round decision
over Russ Brothers of Nashville,
Tenn.
Lttler, q 20-year-old clothing
merchandiser whose most recent
victory was in the Tucson Invita-
tional, has had to play only 26
holes in trouncing two opponents.
Among others in the kid contin-
gent are Bud Holscher, 10. of Pa
cific Palisades. Calf; Dow Fin
sterwald. 20, Ohio University stu
dent from Parkersburg. w. Va;
AL Mengeft, Spokane, Wash, and
Tom Veech Of Milwaukee, Notre
Dame star.
In sc matches yesterday, 10
were decided either on the last
green or extra holes. Stranahan
was among those pressed, taking
Jim McHale Of Philadelphia up |
in the days feature.
Stranahan Now Favorite.
The victory moved Stranahan
into the favorite's role. His match
against McHale was a see-saw af-
fair all the way and it took al
rally late on the back nine to win.
He scored his l up victory by TAX
ing the 10th and 17th and halving
the 18th.
The two were all even after the
first nine, with McHale pulling
ahead on the 18th. However. he
Clipped short on the 18th, where
Stranahan drew even with a par
8, and poor putting on the 17th
allowed the Toledoan to go ahead.
Turnesa. the 1888 and 1948
titlist. had it easier beating Dick
Altman Of Philmont. Pa, 3 and 2.
He was away winging on the front
nine with 2-under-par 80 for a
Cup lead, but ran into a bad
streak Of driving on the back nine
that cut into his margin.
Outstanding matches in today's
third round includes Stranahan
against Bill Mawhinney of Van
couver, British Columbia. the 1850
Canadian Amateur champion, and
Fred Wampler of Purdue, the ma
tional intercollegiate king. against
experienced Red Adams of Chi
cago. former Canadian titlist.