Evening star., 1951-05-21
Bob Hope Eliminated
In British Amateur;
Walker Cuppers Win
BY The Associated Pres.

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among the early-finishing win
ners in the British Amateur gol
championship here today, but Boil
Hope. the Hollywood comedian
failed to improve on Bing Crosby,
1850 showing and went out in tn,
/ first round.
Campbell didn't lose a hole ir
his one-sided 7-and-6 victory ovel
Peter Rabagliati. Birmingham
business man, but Paddock had &
marrow escape before he finally
disposed of Fred Cook, of London
on the 18th hole of the seaside
Royal Porthcawl course.
Stranahan. the dint
champion, was forced to com,
from behind twice to defeat Maj
Ian Keelan of the British Army
2 and /.
Both players sprayed their shot.
into sand and gorse, and par never
was In danger.
Another member of the Amer.
ican Walker Cup team, Bot
Knowles, jr., of Boston, defeated
Bill Gronow of London, / up, after
having been one down with only
two holes to play.
Loses to Man With a Pipe"
Hopes conqueror was a tall
pipe-smoking Englishman nance
Christopher Fox, who ended Bob.
hopes of advancing to the secone
round when he ended the match
|on the 17th hole to win. and
But the American comic gave hi!
gallery Of about 1000 a good time
while the match lasted.
Bob visited about half the trap.
on the course. scrambling from
one side of the fairway to tht
other.
"a great game, isn't it?" HI
asked a spectator at the fifth hole
"Yes," was the prompt reply
What game are you playing?"
Hopes first tee shot tricklee
only about 100 yards into the
rough. at which he commented
MY usual drive" Thus Bot
lasted just as long in the tourna
ment as his pipe-smoking pa
Crosby did year ago.
Anyhow, Bing will be glad tt
know I got beat by a man with q
pipe" he said as he congratulated
Fox.
Hope was one down at the turn
after going out in a snappy as.
Hope out ----- 466 365 356-4s
Fox out ------- ASS 355 556-4:
Hope in --- 545 634 IS
Fox in --- 635 545 54
Four Other Americans Lose.
Four other Americans, includine
the veteran Garden City, N. Y.
star. Frank Strafaci, had their
hopes dashed almost simultane-
ously.
Strafaci fell before Peter Will
son of Scarborough, Eng, 8 and 2:
Tom Blake of Houston bowed to
George Mills of England. 2 up;
Paul Hutton Of Charlottesville
Va. lost to w. A. Kirkpatrick OF
Ireland, 3 and /, and Udo Reinach
of New'York was eliminated, and
6. by Lewis Carson of Sydney,
Australia.
Wind Boosts Scores.
In his match with Rabagliati
Campbell outdrove his opponent
by from Is to 100 yards on every
hole and won almost as he
pleased. A strong east wind gave
the West Virginia insurance man
some trouble and the took a 40
four over par-on the first nine.
Paddock also had a lot of
trouble going out as he was badly
of his game with fat 43 on the
first nine. AS result, he was
down at the turn to Cooks 40.
But on the in-nine the American
hit his stride with a 81, two under
par. He finally caught Cook on
the 18th and won out on the first
extra hole when he laid the Eng
lishman a stymie.
Manley Loses in Upset.
Harold Kirkpatrick of Owens
boro, KY, sprang the first big up
set of the tournament when he
defeated Hobart Manley. jr., OF
Savannah, Ga, 2 up. Manley won
this years North and South anna
teur championship at Pinehurst
N. C.
Il was just lucky, the winner
said. Hes one of our best players
I think, but I had the luck and he
didn't"
Il couldn't hit. the fairway any
more than I could fly" said the
crestfallen Manley.
Ted Bassett of Rye. N. Y, wa.
forced to go 20 holes before hi
eliminated a fellow American, DR.
r. j. Henderson of Worcester
Mass, l up.
w. P. Scott, jr.. of San Fran
cisco defeated N. c. Selway of st
Andrews, up.
Weather Little Better.
Francis Brown of Honolulu was
beaten, 8 and 6, by Alex Squire o1
England. Arthur c. Budd o1
Buenos Aires was a first rounc
victim of C. D. Lawrie of St
Andrews.
George Coleman of Miami
Okla. defeated A. D.. Gray OF
Scotland, 2 up.
The tournament got under way
this morning with the weather a
little better than yesterday. when
a cold rain hit the course. But
it was still pretty windy and this
accounted for the high scores
turned in.
Hope arrived here Saturday and
was out on the course yesterday
despite the wretched conditions.
The comedian is staying at st.
Donat's Castle, a restored ruin on
the rocky coast between here and
Cardiff, owned by William RAN
dolph Hearst, the American pub
Usher.