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Turnesa Beaten in British Amateur Seven Yanks Sweep! Into Fourth Round ■ Former Two-Time U. S. King a Drops See-Saw Match in 20 Holes to Young Highlander By HENRY W. THORNBERRY United Press Sports Writer PORTHCAWL, Wales, May 23. — Seven Americans swept into the fourth round of the British Amateur Golf Championship today, but Willie Turnesa, of Elmsford, j N. Y., twice U. S. champion and the British j titleholder in 1947, lost his touch after a i courageous comeback and bowed out in a t see-saw 20-hole match. Two down at the end of nine holes against 19-year-old David H. Reid, of Scotland, the 36-year-old captain of the vie- 1 torious U. S. Walker Cup team brought off a typically cool Turnesa rally for a 1 up 1 lead at the sixteenth and let it slip from his grasp. The match ended on the twentieth green where the methodical Scot, calm under 3 pressure all afternoon, laid Turnesa a dif- • ficult stymie that Willie was unable to negotiate. The happy youngster apologized later -for the stymie but Turnesa said: "Thats the way it goes, kid. Best of luck : from now on." Defending champion Frank Stranahan, of Toledo, Ohio; Charles Coe, of Oklahoma ; City, and Francis "Bo" Winger, of Guthrie, Okla., also were forced to scramble from behind but their rallies paid off in "victories as the field was slashed to 32. U.S. Stowing One of Best Ever They were joined by U. S. Amateur Champion Sam Urzetta, of Rochester, N. Y.; Dick Chapman, of Pinehurst, N. d; Jimmy McHale, of. Philadelphia, and Big Bill Campbell, of Huntington, W. Va., who advanced with compartive ease. By placing seven survivors in the round of 32, the American contingent made one of the best U. S. showings in the history of the British championship. Two down at the end of nine, Stranahan fired three birdies on the last seven- holes against Robert Knowles, of Brookline, Mass., winning six of the closing holes for a 4 and 2 victory. Coe, one down at the twelfth, rallied to defeat W. A. Kirkpatrick, of England, 3 and 2, and Wininger overcame a two-hole deficit on the first nine for a 3 and 1 decision over Harry McAnespie, Jr., of Scotland, a 21-year-old medical student. The other winning Yanks had it easier. Chapman walloped R. F. Cottingham of , England, 6 and 5; Urzetta recovered his game after a weak second round, showing for a 5 and 4 victory over J. W. Mill of Scotland; Campbell downed Lionel F. Brown of England, 5 and 4, and McHale I eliminated Lewis de Herrera of Argentina, 3 and 2. Carr, Stranahan Meet Today Joe Carr of . Ireland, the chief British L hope who meets Stranahan tomorrow, accounted . for one of the six Americans ousted today when he trimmed Dr. Nicholas Nicholas of Owensboro, Ky., 4 and 3. Ed Lowery of San Francisco was beaten [ . by Harley Roberts of England, 4 and3; Maj. William Henderson of Westbury, N. Y., lost to D. S. Maunsell of England, 4 and 3, and Harreld Kirkpatrick of Owensboro, ! was beaten by W. A, Slark ofLEng-land, 6 and 5. Reid, Carr, 44-year-old Alex Kyle and I 56-year-old Cyril Tolley, who won the title 5 in 1929, all winners today, gave the British a slight hope of checkmating the powerful 1 U. S. group when the two-matches-a-day T schedule begins tomorrow. Parings for the Americans in Thursdays fourth round of the British championship a fifth round also will be be played Thursday : Bill Campbell, Huntington, W. Va., vs. Kenneth Frazier, England. Francis "Bo" Wininger, Guthrie, Okla., vs. A. D. Evans, England. Sam Urzetta, Rochester, N. Y., vs. Wilbur Muirhead, Scotland. Jim McHale, Philadelphia, vs. Keppel Enderby, Australia. Charley Coe, Oklahoma City, vs. W. A. Slark, England. Frank Stranahan, Toledo, Ohio, vs. Joe Carr, Ireland. Dick Chapman, Pinehurst, N. C, vs. D. H. Reid, Scotland.
