Evening star., 1954-05-25
Sweeny and Strafaei
Lead Americans Into
British Third Round
BY the Assoeioted Press

MUIRFIELD. Scotland, May
25.-Robert Sweeny of Palm
Beach. Fla, 1897 champion, and
Frank Strafaci of Garden City.
N. Y. led a small group of Amer
leans today into the third round
of the British Amateur golf
championship.
Sweeny. an international So
cialite. defeated 1t. Col. A. A.
Duncan, captain Of last years
British Walker Cup team. l up.
on the Goth hole in a bitterly
fought match.
Strafaci. who has become q
strong favorite with Scottish
fans, partly because Of the fiow-
ing plaid robe he uses to keep
warm, won his second match in
as many days by eliminating
A. r. Timms of New Zealand. 4
and 8. Sweeny drew a first
round bye.
Five Americans Win.
Five of the first six Americans
to play today won their matches.
reversing yesterdays opening
day procedure which saw the
defeat of 13 of the "a United
States players in action.
Among yesterdays winners
were Frank Stranahan. winner OF
this tournament in 1948 and 1850.
and Bill Campbell Of Huntington.
w. Va, towering Walker Cup
Star, who won second-round
matches after drawing first
round byes.
Today's other winners included
Capt. Malcolm Stokes Of Garden
City, N. Y; Harold Ridgley OF
Havertown, Pa, and 23-year-old
Larry Carpenter Of Springfield,
N. j.
British hopes of keeping the
title at home were buoyed when
Joe Carr, the defending cham
pion from Ireland, won his sec
ond match by beating Robert
Neill of Scotland, 4 and 2. Carr
was 4 up at the turn with q par
SO against Neill's Al. Carr got an
eagle 3 on the 490-yard ninth
when he sank a 60-foot putt.
Another Cold, Wet Day.
Again today as players tackled
the 6,806-yard, par-72 Muirfeld
course a cold wind blew of the
Firth of Forth and there was .
slight drizzle.
Sweeny had a one-hole edge
at the 18th tee, but drove into
the rough and missed in his re-
covery attempt. Duncan squared
the match with a par. They
halved the 10th with par 4s.
Sweeny won on the Goth with
a regulation four when Duncan
underhit a nine-iron approach
and caught a sand trap.
Strafaci sank a 30-foot putt
on the 18th to close out his
match with Timms. Timms left
five puts hanging on the rim
of the cup. After going out in
38, two over par, Strafaci sank
tW0 hirdieS on the hack nine.
Fans Like Carpenter.
Carpenter, a little known
American who has caught the
fancy of spectators. sank q 15-
foot putt on the 10th to beat
Vernon Beauthin Of New Zea-
land. Capt. Stokes, who former
ly lived in Tulsa, OKLA. ad-
vanced with a 4 and 3 victory
over George Hendry of Scot
land.
Harold Ridgley of Havertown,
Pa, a master sergeant in the
Army, defeated j. r. Cater Of
Scotland, 6 and S. Playing sub
par golf, Ridgley went Sup on
Cater on the outgoing nine and
then won three of the four in
ward holes.
SECOND ROUND.
Frank Strafaci, Garden City, N. Y,
defeated A. R. Timms' New Zealand.
Capt. Malcolm Stokes. Garden City.
lsis:5 FEsssy ssyl g:ss.s .sa ss de-.
defeated x. siSi Gibbs Nh New p"Sea Zealand. !
feated Andrew Forrest, England, si I and 3.
Theodore s. Bassett. Greenwich Conn.
Frank Woodward, Palm Beach. Fla,
N. 4. 9 and !.
defeated '1Gs Denton ASus'0R duest' England, lar
Joe Walter Case. Hendersonyille. N.
G.. defeated c. F. Windrow. England.
Clarke Hardwicke. Los Angeles. de-
feated II. b. Cedzow, Wales. 2 and /.
STEPHEN Trsdinniek, Eneland defeated
Larry Carpenter. Springfield, N. j..
defeated Vernon Beauthin. South Al.
rica, | UP, 10 holes
Joe Carr ireland. defeated Robert
Robert Wells Scotland, defeated Jack
Perrose. Miami. Fla, up.
Robert Sweeny, Palm Beach Ella, de-
feated 1t. Col. A. A. Duncan. England.
/ up, 90 holes
Hamilton W. Wright. Sharon. Conn.
defeated j. r. Ness, Scotland, B and 4.
Dick Davies, Annandale. Calf. de.
feated wallace McArthur, Scotland, L up,
Robert Haggart. Scotland. defeated
Chuck Kimes, Leesburs. Ca. and Enid.
Okla, 8 and f.
James @. Murray, Pittsburgh, advanced
over John Foreman, India, default.