Evening star., 1961-09-13
3Ex-Champs,
Patton Pacinq
Amateur Field
Billy Joe Defeats
lce-CoId Bemun
By Fine Chipping
By LEWIS F. ATCHISON
Star Staff Writer

By LEWIS +. ATCHISON
Star Staff Writer
PEBBLE BEACH, Calf,
Sept. 13.-With Deane Beman
and his cold putter watching
the proceedings from the side
lines, the 61st National ANA
teur golf championship today
developed into a battle among
three former champions, a long
hitting Irishman and conf
dent veteran as the third round
opened at this ocean-guarded
layout.
Beman, his putting stroke
vanishing before the scram-
bling, devil-may-care play of
Billy Joe Patton, saw his one
year reign as amateur title
holder disappear on the 18th
green yesterday as Patton won,
. I'D. when the Bethesda Md
Country Club star dumped his
second shot in a trap on the
18th to end it.
Patton, 80, trying for the 18th
time to win this title. and
former champions Charlie Coe,
Jack Nicklaus and Harvie Ward
and Irishman Joe Carr whipped
through their second hand
matches to keep the tourna-
ment from becoming wide
open.
.- BOgart Moves Up
They were joined by Ralph
Bogart, only Washington ID. c.
area player left after Congress
man Jack Westland was beaten,
6 and 4, by 22-year-old Frank
James of Grinnell, Iowa, yester-
day.
Bogart, who leads off to-
days play against Tommy
Thomas of Bloomington, Ind,
eliminated Wilson Madden of
Elyria, Ohio, 1 up, yesterday
TO make it to today'S double
round.
Nicklaus rallied to dnfn"t
Don Krieger of Portland, and
3. Coe, playing his first match.
easily disposed of John Nichols
of Downey, Calf, and 4, and
Ward, playing 2-under golf,
trounced Harland Lane OF
Houston, 7 and S.
Carr, whose 3O0-yard tee
shots have been the talk of the
tournament. ousted claude
Wright of Englewood, Cole, 6
and 5.
Deane Puts Poorly
Whoever wins the title, Be
man can vouch that he'll need
a1little luck as well as skill.
Befnan had enough courage, q
lotsof skill but little luck again
yesterday against Patton.
Time and again he Jagged
behind Patton's booming drives
ana his approach shots, good
as they were, couldn't bring
him even with his rival once
Billy Joe got the edge. But it
was on the greens where Deane
lost it. He missed six puts OF
eight feet or less.
IN contrast to Patton's easy
going attitude, Beman was
solemn and at times seemingly
discouraged. He had chances
to square the match on the
16th and 17th holes. But in
each instance he needed one
of his patented puts to kill off
Billy Joe and never got it. Pat
ton, in each instance, stroked
excellent second shots to the
green to squelch Deane's
threat.
1t seemed that when Beman
made a good shot Patton bet
tered it. On the 18th, for
example, Beman outdrove Pat
ton, taking a short cut that
would have put him out of
bounds in the ocean. He
pIopped the second in trap
fronting the green and made
a nice recovery.
ss -
Billy Joe Receivers
Patton, meanwhile, hit his
drive into the rough on the
and side and made a beautiful
recovery with a low, looming
iron about 6 feet from the pin.
He only needed to get down in
two, leaving Beman with moth
ing to gain but a half. 1t
wasn't enough, so Dean dis
corsolately walked over to his
opponent and offered his hand
in congratulations.
Patton squared the match
ons the 10th after Beman took
a i-up lead on the first nine.
Billy Joe gained his edge on
the 205-yard 18th. Deane
thtee-putted this one after
coming out of a trap, while |
Patton got a par three.
Beman missed chances to.
even matters on both the 18th
and 18th. But each time Billy
Joe came right back with shots
that had to be discouraging.
On the 10th, with Deane's sec
onu shot in good position on
the green, Patton made a fine
recovery from the rough and
sank a 3l2-foot putt that rolled
around the cup before falling
in.SDeane almost missed from
a foot and a half.
On the 218-yard 17th, Beman
planted a No. wood shot 10
feet from the pin, while Patton
was about 60 to the left, on the
fringe of the green behind a
bunker. Patton Clipped up
nicely and halved the hole
when Beman missed his try for
a birdie.