Evening star., 1952-05-26

Chapman Easy Winner
In British Amateur;
Maxwell Also Wins
BY the Assoeio,ed Press

py HS ASeociofeo Pro3S
PRESTWICK. Scotland, May 20.
Defending Champion Dick Chap
man of Pinehurst. N. c., won his
opening match in the British
Amateur golf tournament today
with an easy 6 and 5 triumph over
Lindsay Renfrew, a nervous young
Scot.
Playing meticulously. Chapman
gained six-hole advantage
through the first nine and went
7 up with 7 to play.
He lost his only hole on the
18th when his tee shot caught the
lip of trap. But Renfrew con-
Icered half on the 18th for the
match.
Chapman was out in SO strokes.
The 6,531-yard Prestwick course
has an American par equivalent of
35-37-72. Renfrew took at AZ for
the first nine.
Billy Maxwell, the United States
amateur champion from Odessa,
Tex, who drew a first round bye,
gained the third round by ousting
Gordon Peters of Glasgow, Scot
land. 5 and 3.
Other U. S. Contenders Win.
Three other American con-
tenders also moved into the second
round. all with easy 4 and 3 vic
tories. They were Harvie Ward
Iof Tarboro. N. c., former United
States intercollegiate champion;
Frank Strafaci of New York and
Hobart Manley of Savannah, Ga.
Ward had no trouble with Brit
aims Ronnie Nicol, who was so
nervous he hit three of his first
four tee shots out of bounds.
Wards unsteady putting pro-
A0AASCN Vic AldtGl1s
Strafaci shot two-under-par
33 on the first nine in scoring
an impressive victory over Henri
Lemaze of Paris. many times
French champion.
Manley ousted D. r. Dobie, q
Briton from Kenya. also 4 and 3.
One of the games longest hitters,
Manley was erratic off the tee but
played better short game than
his opponent.
Rain Promised.
Clouds hung low over the course
as the matches began and wind
whipped in from the sea, promis-
ing rains.
Four late Withdrawals cut the
American entry list to SO. Robert
Sweeney of New York, winner of
this tournament in 1897. failed
to show up for his match with
Alex Kyle, British Walker Cup
player. Other Withdrawals in
cluded L. Scannell Of Toledo, C..
E. Hicks of San Francisco and
r. K. Harrison, an Army sergeant
stationed at Frankfurt, Germany.
All told, 269 players are compet-
ing.
Twenty-six Americans were
scheduled to play today. Frank
Stranahan of Toledo. Ohio. two
time winner and one of the prime
favorites. drew an opening round
bye and will play tomorrow.
McHale Faces Young Scot.
Big Jim McHale. long-driving
Philadelphia insurance man, was
expected to run into tough opposi-
ton.
McHale met Neville Dunn, d
promising young Scot. Dunn won
the British boys championship
over this course last year.
Ted Bassett of Westchester,
N. Y. moved into the third round
when his opponent, r. B. Bayliss
of England, withdrew. Both had
flrst-round byes.
In an opening round match, F.
F. Salamon of New York City de-
Ifeated Capt. James Brady of Sac
ramento, Calf. 4 and 8. Brady,
who is serving with the United
States Army, was playing the
course for the first time.
Stranahan Called Man to Beat.
Stranahan, winner Of this event
in 1948 and 1850, has found the
hard fairways and fast greens of
the Prestwick course strictly to
his liking and has been labeled the
man to beat.
The betting odds, however, still
group him at 5-to-1 with Chap
man and Maxwell, the National
Amateur champion.
Chapman has played in British
tournaments for more than a
decade but Maxwell is making his
first appearance here.
The treeless fairways and hard
ground haven't worried Maxwell.
why this looks just like
Texas" he told a Scottish re-
porter. 'Of course our ground is
even harder"
All matches will be 10 holes ex-
cept the final. which is SO holes.
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