Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-13
Sweeny Wins
Two Matches
In Britain

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HOYLAKE, England, June Is
(AP-Bob Sweeny. the So
year-old former champion from
Palm Beach, Fla. won two
matches today and reached the
fourth round Of the British
Amateur golf championship.
Two other highly rated
Americans, Dave Goldman and
Bob Falkenburg. were elimi-
mated in second-round con-
tests.
Sweeny, winner of the Brit
ish title Is years ago, barely
squeaked to a l-up victory over
tenacious John Glover of Scot
land in the morning and then
routed H. A. Wilton of England,
5 and 4, in the afternoon.
Goldman, 53-year-old Dallas
veteran who recently finished
second in the French amateur,
was far off form and bowed to
r.. E. Rimmer Of England, 4
and 8.
Brady Advances
Falkenburg. a Californian
now living in Brazil. played
erratically and was ousted by
DR.. C. C. Bird Of Scotland, 5
and 4.
Pat Brady of Reidsville. N. c.,
Joined Sweeny in the fourth
round by defeating a country
man, screamed Martin STAN
ovich of Chicago, / up. Trailing
by one stroke, Brady won the
14th and 18th holes with As
to Stanovich's IS and then
halved the final three holes.
Stanovich was hampered by an
infection of his right arm.
Pat Clark of England elimi-
mated William Castleman of
White Sulphur Springs. w. Va,
2 up in another third-round
Castleman bogeyed the
final two holes while his Eng
lish rival got down in par Is.
Roger T. Robinson of Eng
land knocked out ailing Bud
Rudolph of Los Angeles, UP,
in the third round.
Other American second-round
winners included Boyd ODon-
nell of Los Angeles, Richard D.
Davies of Pasadena, Calf:
Binky Mitchella of Fort Worth,
Tex, a meteorologist serving
with the Air Force in England,
and Lynn Creason, a dealer in
a Las Vegas, New, gambling
casino.
Among those eliminated were
John A. Nicholson of Glen
Cove, N. Y, and Michael Sanger
of Bedford, N. Y.
The second and third rounds
will be completed today. Then
the survivors will play two
rounds tomorrow.
ODonnell defeated Norman
Jones of England, 3 and 2;
Davies eliminated D. P. David
son of England, 6 and 4;
Mitchella downed Tony Stark,
an English internationalist. 4
and 2, and Creason played the
first nine in 2 under par to
defeat Jean Louis Dumont of
France. 2 and /.
Rodney Foster of England
crushed John A. Nicholson, So,
of Glen Cove, N. Y, 8 and s;
Mike Lunt, an English Walker
Cup star, ouSted Sanger, 19-
year-old student, 4 and 8.
Carr Favored
Joe Carr. the golfing pride
of ireland. was a clear favorite
to win the title for the fourth
time.
England's Michael Bonallack,
last years winner, was shocked
into a 2-and-l defeat yesterday
by a young freshman, jackson
Taggart. The experts predicted
that with Bonallack gone, no
one would be able to match the
big hitting Carr on this course
of long flat fairways.
Results of today'S principal
matches and those involving
Americans:
SECOND ROUND
Robert Sweeny, Palm Beach, Fla,
defeated John Glover. England, / up
Graham Butler, England, defeated
Bonnie Shade, Scotland. l up, 20
Boyd o'Donnell. Los Angeles, de-
Richard D. Davies. Pasadena. Calf,
defeated D. P. Davidson, England.
Rodney Foster. England. defeated
John A. Nicholson. Glen Cove. N. Y,
DR.. c. C. Bird. Scotland, defeated
Robert Falkenburg. HOLLYWOOD and
Brazil, and 4.
Lynn Creason, Las Vegas, New, de-
teated Jean Louis Dupont. France. 9
and l.
Mike Lunt. England, defeated Nj
chael Sanger. Bedford, N. Y. 4 and 3.
NJ. D. (Blinky) Mitchella, Fort
Worth; Tex, defeated Tony Stark. Eng
land, and 2.
r, E. Rimmer, England, defeated
David Goldman. Dallas, Tex, and 3.
THIRD ROUND
Robert Sweeny, Palm Beach, Fla,
defeated H. A. Wilton, England, 5 and A.
Roger T. Robinson, England, defeated
Bud Rudolph, Los Angeles, l up.
Pat Brady, Reidsville, N. c., defeated
Martin Stanovich, Chicago, l up.
Pat Clark, England, defeated william
Castleman, White Sulphur SPRINGS,