Evening star., 1951-05-12
Americans Leading
Walker Cup. Singles;
|Turnesa 6 Under Par

|Turnesa 6 Under Par
| by the Assosiaisd Press
BIRKDALE, England. May IL,
With only four singles victories
needed to clinch the Walker Cup.
American golfers today led at the
halfway point In seven out Of
leight of their 36-hole matches
with British opponents.
Willie Turnesa of Elmsford.
IN. Y, the American captain, shot
Ia 68. six strokes under par for the
course.
Turnesa hit the halfway point
four up on veteran Alex Kyle.
Turnesa Holes Long Puts.
Willie was putting beautifully.
He holed one from IS feet on the
10th and another from the very
edge Of the green. perhaps so
feet, on the 10th. Willie's medal
score was 33-3568 as against
par Of 36-38-74!
The SO was three strokes below
the amateur record for the course
in stroke play. It will not be rec
ioginzed as a new record because
lit was made in match play.
Sam Urzetta of Rochester, N. Y.
the American amateur champion,
went to lunch with q two-up lead
over Max McCready.
Four holes were halved in the
first 18 as first one and then the
other gained the upper hand.
Urzetta went ahead on the 18th
when McCready needed 8 to get
Iout of a deep sand trap. He in
creased his margin to 2 on the
E510-yard 18th. where McCready
was short all the way.
Stymies Help Urzetta.
Urzetta helped his cause greatly
by laying his opponent three sty-
mics during the round. The
Americans medal score was 70, five
over par. to McCready's 80.
Frank Stranahan Of Toledo.
Ohio, present holder of the British
amateur title. knocked in puts
from near and far to finish the
days first round with a one up
over Joe Carr. Two Of Franks
puts went down from 80 and 25
feet.
Having built up 20 lead in
yesterdays Scotch foursomes, the
American team required only the
four singles victories today for its
18th win in 13 cup engagements.
Stranahan Shoots ".
Stranahan's score for the morn
ing 18 was a fine 72, two strokes
under par for the rugged Birkdale
course. Carr had q 73.
Lanky Charlie Coe of Oklahoma
City went to lunch with a one up
margin over Ronnie White, prob
ably the best Of England's anna
teurs.
The two were playing the most
dazzling golf Of the day, each
shooting the parse front nine in
SO. 1t was battle of puts from
the time Coe sank q 15-footer on
the first hole.
Jim McHale Of Philadelphia led
John Langley l up. He would
have had at least q 3-hole margin
If he had been able to get his
puts down.
McHale kept the upper hand
throughout with brilliant ap-
McHale had a / under
par rs to Langley's 76.
Paddock l Down.
Harold Paddock. jr., Of Cleve-
land was the first American to go
to lunch with a deficit. He was
/ down to Ian Caldwell after hav-
ing been 5 UP on the first seven
holes.
Paddock lost z Of the last III
holes when he suffered an attack
of putting jitters after knocking
Caldwell's ball into the hole at
the eighth. He began stroking
the ball too hard, his approach
puts slipping from 6 to 10 feet
past the hole.
Bill Campbell of Huntington,
w. Va; turned in the biggest
margin when he led Cecil Ewing
S UP. His game was marked by
superb putting and excellent ap-
proaches.
Dick Chapman Of Pinehurst,
N. c., held a 2 UP advantage over
John Morgan.
u. s. Makes Fighting Finish.
. -Four fighting finishes that left
the British hanging on the ropes
gave the United States its 20 lead
yesterday.
Brilliant afternoon play reversed
the morning picture almost COM
pletely. The Americans won two
matches in which they were trail
ing at the halfway point and they
halved the other two.
Turnesa partnered Urzetta to
the biggest victory of the day, a
S and 4 verdict over Morgan and
Jimmy Bruen.
Chapman and Bob Knowles de-
feated Kyle and Caldwell, one up.
Stranahan and Campbell, ap-
parent1y certain losers when trail
ing three down after 18, finished
all square against White and Carr.
Coe and McHale broke even
against Ewing and Langley.