Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-26
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DETROIT. Aug. 26. - D on
Cherry, the swinging singer from
Wichita Falls, Tex, got a free
ride into the quarter-flnals Of
the 54th National Amateur golf
championship today when his
f1fth-round opponent. Jimmy
McG onagill, of Shreveport, La,
defaulted.
McGonagill. 42-year-old OPP
orator of a fleet of Oil trucks,
found he couldn't swing properly
or walk around the long Country
Club of Detroit course because
of cramped, stiffened right hip.
McGonagill. who played two
21-hole matches yesterday, was
caught in a heavy thunderstorm
at the finish. He said that while
waiting it out he had stood with
his weight on his right leg. The
result was pinched nerve and
a cramp.
Watches Stranahan, Palmer.
Cherry, regretfully accepting
the default from an old friend,
joined the galleries to watch his
prospective afternoon opponent,
Frank Stranahan of Toledo anC
Arnold Palmer of Cleveland.
Palmer was 2 up on Stranahan
after nine holes Of this give-and-
take contest in the first bracket.
The finals were sched-
uled for this afternoon. cutting
the field to four for tomorrow's
36-hole semifinals.
Palmer shot the front nine of
the 6,875-yard, par 35-35-70
course in a neat "a. Stranahan
had a SO.
They halved only three holes
of the first nine and Stranahan
had to scramble for his pars on
two of these. coming out of the
rough and a trap on both the
fourth and the ninth.
Franks fine putting made up
for some of his other mistakes.
Palmer won four holes and
Stranahan two.
Palmer Birdied Fifth.
Palmer played a beautiful tee
shot which ran within 2 feet of
the cup for a birdie two on the
230-yard fifth, then won the
sixth with a par 4 to go 2 UP.
Stranahan got one hole back on
the seventh. the only time Pal
mer went over par. The former
Wake Forest College star deuced
the 155-yard eighth with a 10
foot putt to regain his two-hole
lead.
Others of the players left of
the original field as play started
today included Dale Morey, Bill
Campbell, Bob Sweeny and Ed
Meister, all players with more
than a little fame in amateur
circles.
The lineup was such that al
most any one could go the way Of
Billy Joe Patton, the fast-talking,
ild-shooting North Carolina gal
lery idol: the internationalists,
Harvie Ward and Jim jackson,
and long-hitting Hobart Manley
and Dave Smith. all of whom
were eliminated in yesterdays
double knockout.
Campbell in Second Bracket.
The second bracket included
Campbell, the big Walker
Cup player who has to lose
a couple of holes before he
really begins to play, and
Meister. who reached the
same fifth round of the Amateur
championship 10 years ago. The
other two name" players, Morey.
to Gene Littler in
last years championship, and
Sweeny, the Oxford educated
veteran who won the British
Amateur in 1887. were down in
the last bracket
Lined up against, the more
prominent players were:
Glenn H. johnson Of Crosse
he. Mich, a former Michigan
State quarterback who now is
State amateur golf champion;
Cd Martin, 39-year-old Probate
Court officer from Winchester.
Mass, who went to the quarter
finals of the 1851 Amateur: Da-
Wis Love, 18-year-old University
Of Texas junior from Ell Dorado,
Ark; Wilson Barnes Of Chap
N. Y, once a bright
7oung tennis prospect; John
-ulp. Kendallville (Ind.o adver-
Using salesman; Ted Lenczyk,
Newington Comm dentist whose
rolf reputation has been over
'hadowed by that of his sister
Grace: Ray Taylor. a Green's
boro IN. CO. sporting goods sales
nan, and Eddie Merrins, a little
guy from Meridian, Miss, who
vas intercollegiate tournament
last year.
johnson led Meister, up,
after nine holes this morning.
Patt0n's Luck Runs Out.
Gambling luck and the holes
ran out yesterday for Patton.
Thrilling the galleries to the last
wild swing. Billy Joe lost "a
third-round match to