Evening star., 1953-09-18
Two Co||egiidns
Take on Morey
ndGeneLittIer
36-HoIe Route Fuvors
More Seasoned Pair
In Toduy's Matches
By the Assoeioted Press

between two more experienced
tournament golfers for the SD
National Amateur championship.
And the way things have been
going in this tournament of
surprises, it could be the kids
who will clash in the 36-hole
final tomorrow.
The rockies" of this quartet
of semifinalists-probably the
youngest ever brought together
in this championship-are Bruce
Cudd. 20, of Portland, Oreg., who
is about to start his sophomore
year at Portland University. and
Don Albert. 81, of Alliance, Ohio,
a junior at Purdue.
Play Morey and Littler.
Their opponents in today's 60
hole matches are Dale Morey of
indianapolis, a 32-year-old ex-
pro, now sandpaper salesman,
who plays Albert, and Gene
Littler. 23-year-old Navy airman
from La Jolla, Calf, who meets
Cudd.
BY any reasonable way of
reckoning. it should be Morey
against Littler in the final:
The 36-hole route favors the
experienced players. Morey. a
one time basketball player and
coach at Louisiana State Uni
versity, served stint of about
two years as professional. And
since regaining his amateur
status he has been a consistent
winner of tournaments just be-
low national stature. This year
he has played in seven and won
them all-including the Western
amateur.
Littler Choice of Pros.
Littler is the choice of most
touring professionals as the best
prospect they've seen lately. AS
a recreation director at the San
Diego Naval Air Station, he is
able to concentrate on his golf.
He knocked par to pieces in the
California winter tournaments,
went to the semifinals of the
Trans Mississippi championship
and was a standout performer in
the Walker Cup matches.
Littler is, in fact, the only one
of the Walker Cup players to sur
vive two days of double rounds
that wiped out nearly every
name" player on the list.
Sammy Urzetta, 1850 winner
and the ex-champion who last
ed longest in this tournament,
went out in the fifth round yes
terday morning. So did Bill
Campbell of Huntington, w. Va,
and Jim Jackson of st. Louis,
fellow members with Urzetta of
the American Walker Cup team,
and John L. Morgan of the
British Walker Cup forces.
The other former champs and
cup players, including Congress-
man Jack Westland, the defend
ing champion, had gone out
earlier and most of their con-
querors failed to survive the
quarter-final round.
Arnold Palmer Loses to Albert.
Coast Guardsman. Arnold Pal
mer of Wickliffe, Ohio, who had
manufactured two big upsets,
lost to Albert in the fifth round
yesterday. Ray Palmer of Gosse
lie, Mich, who beat Jackson in
the fifth round, was beaten by
Cudd, 2 and 1, in the quarter
final, and Angelo Santilli of East
kGreenwich, r. l., conquerer OF
Urzetta in Yesterdays morning
round, yielded to Morey in a
20-hole afternoon scramble.
OF that match Morey said
''They say you have to have one
bad round. I did and got away
with it. That was the first round
I haven't shot par or better"
Littler was three under par
for his two matches against Nor
fgan and Ted Richards, jr., of Los
Angeles, public links champion,
and five under so far in the tour
nament. He beat Morgan, S and
4, and Richards, 4 and 3.
Cudd Has to Make It.
Still the slightly hungry kids
can't be overlooked. Cudd, whose
father is salesman in a chain
store, commented that he had
to make it this year." He's the
present Oregon amateur and
Northwest Open champion and
in another year he may not be
able to travel to the National
Amateur.
Albert. the Big Ten champion.
is the eldest of IL children whose
father works in a clothing store.
He had to hitch-hike to Seattle
for last years amateur, where
he went to the fourth round.
This time he's travelling first
class, but it may not last.