Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-27
Unknown Beats
Jimmy. McHa|e;;
Strafaci Loses
Ward and Strunuhun
Meet in Fourth Round
Of British Amateur

by me ASSOCtOIeo rTeSS
HOYLAKE, England, May q
-Harvie Ward of Atlanta, the
defending champion, defeated
John w. Howard of England, 4
and 2, today to enter the fourth
round of the British Amateur
golf championship after two AM
erican hotshots had been elm
mated in third-round matches.
Ward joined Bill Campbell of
Huntington, w. Va, and Robert
SWeeny of Palm Beach, Fla, in
the third round. But Jimmy Nc
Hale of Philadelphia and Frank
Strafaci of Hampstead, N. Y.
were upset victims.
Frank Stranahan of Toledo,
194S and 1850 British champion
and runner-up last year. quail
fed to meet Ward this afternoon
in a replay of the 1852 final. He
defeated DR.. w. G. leighton of
England, l up.
Ninth American Winner
Stranahan was the ninth
United States player to advance
to the fourth round. Dale Buett-
ner of Toledo made it yesterday
and eight won their third-round
matches today.
Ward had a brisk workout
against Howard but never was in
trouble. He scored an eagle 3
on the 480-yard third hole to
take the advantage and he never
released it, although he allowed
Howard to win three holes.
McHale was beaten on the 18th
hole by an American unknown"
Robert j. Abrahams. Strafaci
lost. 3 and l. to Gordon White
head, the Manchester, England,
fiShmonger who yesterday elini-
nate Gerald Micklem, English
champion.
Whitehead. who drives 30 miles
to the course each day after
working in the early morning
hours, thus accomplished two of
the tournaments biggest upSets
on successive days. Strafaci was
regarded as one of a half dozen
Americans capable of winning
the title. while Micklem was one
of Britain's brightest hopes.
Today Whitehead shot even
par golf on the first nine of the
7.078-yard, par 36-37-73, Royal
Liverpool course and was two
over par when the match ended
an the nth green.
Strafaci Rallies Briefly.
Strafaci, 3 down at the 9th,
also lost the 10th hole, then rail-
lied to win the next two. But
he had to yield when he got into
trouble on the 18th and conceded
the hole as Whitehead made his
par 4.
McHale was the first of the
top-rated American stars to be
eliminated. although Jack Mum
ger, the well-liked Dallas vet
eran, was put out in the same
round yesterday
Campbell reached the fourth
round with a 2 and l victory over
DR.. G. H. Owens of Scotland.
Stranahan used a perfectly
timed psychological shot" in
his match. He and leighton
were all square at the 14th and
they halved that hole with
par As
On the 443- yard 18th,
Strarahan hit a beautiful tee
shot down the middle. Deighton's
drive was just as long but it fin
ished in the. edge of the rough.
AS they prepared for the next
shot Stranahan, perfectly legiti-
mately, walked over to see his
opponents lie and stood looking
at Deighton's ball for a few sec
onds.
You could see Deighton's
nerves jump. He took a chance
and tried to play a wood shot,
but f1ubbed it.
Today's morning matches were
played in a heavy downpour.
The sky was overcast and there
was every indication that the
rain would continue all day.
Semifinalist in 1850.
McHale was a semiflnalist in
the 1850 British Amateur at St.
Andrews, losing to Dick Chap
man.
Today he blew a 3 up lead
which he gained on the first five
holes and lost out on the extra
hole where Abrahams shot a par
4 and McHale, after getting into
trouble. picked up his ball.
On the payoff 10Th hole, Nc
Hale drove into the rough on the
left. His second shot went
against a bank to the right,
then he hit his third out of
bounds to lose the match. Abra-
hams played his tee shot to the