Evening star., 1951-05-23
.StranaElan Rally
Defeats Knowles
In British Golf
Chapman Also Wins;
Urzetto Breezes Post
Third-Round Rivul
By the Associated Press


BY the Assoeiaied Press
PORTHCAWL, Wales. May %.
Frank Stranahans of Toledo,
Ohio, the defending champion, to-
day eliminated his Walker Cup
Iteammate. Bob Knowles of Boston.
4 and 2, in the third round of the
British Amateur golf champion
ship.
Two down after nine holes,
IStranahan won six of the next
seven to clinch his victory.
Knowles lost his putting touch
completely on the back nine. miss
ling from 4 feet in succession on
the 9th, 10th and 11th holes.
Dick Chapman of Pinehurst
m. c., who was runner-up to
Stranahan last year. played his
best golf of the tournament in
knocking out Richard Cottingham
of London, and S. Out in 81
Chapman was S up at the turn
and was only l over par for the
13 holes played.
| Sammy Urzetta of Rochester, N.
Y, the 25-year- -old American anna
teur champion, defeated John
Mill, Glasgow businessman, 5
and 4.
Playing in a driving rain. Or
zetta needed 80 shots for the out
ward nine of the Royal Porthcaw
course, three over par, but he still
held two-up lead over his oppo-
nent at the turn. He then warmed
up somewhat as the wind and rair
died and won three of the neXt
four holes to sew up the match.
Bill Campbell Wins.
Another United States Walker
Cup star, Bill Campbell of Hunt.
ington, w. Va, accompanied
Sammy into tomorrow's fourth
round with a and 4 victory over
Lionel Brown of England.
Although his 38 on the outward
nine-tWo over par-was some
what ragged, Campbell, former
State legislator, stood three ur
at the turn and had no trouble
winning. His best hole was the
485-yard 18th, which he birdied
with a beautiful approach dead
to the cup. He nearly holed 40
yard pitch on the 18th.
Jimmy McHale of Philadelphia
another United States Walker
Cupper, played steady. unspec-
tacular golf to NOW down Luis de
Herrera of Buenos Aires, 4 and Q
He was two up at the turn after
going out in 38, and was par for
the seven holes on the back side
Charlie Coe Advances.
Lean Charlie Coe of Oklahoma
City, who was United States Anna
teur champion in 1949, advanced
at the expense of w. A. Kirk
patrick of Britain, and 2. The
match was all square at the ninth
as both players took over-par 38.
going out. Coe went one dowr
through the 10th, but ther
steadied and won the final foul
holes of the match with a burst O.
brilliant golf.
Francis (Bo) Wininger, former
Oklahoma Aggie ace now living al
Pleasantville. N. j.. defeated Harry
McAnespie, jr., a former British
boys champion, 3 and l.
Kirkpatrick Defeated.
Harreld Kirkpatrick of Owens
boro, KY, ran into some fanc.
putting by w. A. Slark of Londol
and bowed out of the tournament
6 and S. The Kentuckian lost si1
straight holes from the thire
through the eighth and was si1
down at the halfway mark tt
Slark's tWo-under-par "a.
Joe Carr of Ireland, one of Brit
aims brightest hopes for the title
illuminated DR.. Nicholas Nicholas
the Owensboro (KyD dentist, :
and 3.
Carr will clash with Stranahal
in the first of tomorrow's two 18
hole rounds. He defeated the To
ledo star in the recent Wake
Cup matches.
Ed Lowery of San Francisco raj
into trouble on the greens and lost
4 and 3, to Harley Roberts of Eng
land. LoWery wasn't hitting tn
ball cleanly and he took a AZ TO
the out nine, making the turn on
down. The American squared tn
match on the 10th with a birdie
then lost the next three holes b,
bad pitching and putting.
Maj. w. D. Henderson Of Ney
York was eliminated by D. s
Maunsell of England, and 3.
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