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A Stranahqn, Chapman, Maxwell Advance in British Tourney t j 1 ! ! : ; : ; I ; r I j r , I 1 B t f - a o t. e e - - l, d is is ;t Four Other Americans Also Survive Fourth Round Play; Bob Knowles Upset Victim By HENRY THORNBERRY" United Press Sports Writer PRESTWICK, Scotland, May 28. Frank Stranahan, Dick Chapman and Billy Maxwell Americas Big Three in the fight for the British amateur golf championship led seven United States golfers into the fifth round today. But as the wind howled over this seaside course, flattening press and first aid tents about the course, 13 other Americans were eliminated as most of the third round and all of the fourth were reeled off. Stranahan had the toughest time of the Big Three, because he had to play two matches today. In the third round he defeated H. M. Gow of Scotland, 6 and 5. During the afternoon he was weary, and showed it as he outlasted Scotlands John Morgan in a fourth round comedy of errors, 3 and 1. Defending champion Chapman, of Pine- hurst, N. C, and United States champ Billy Maxwell, of Odessa, Texas, did not have it so tough. They had played their third round matches yesterday, and needed only one victory tdday. Chapman got his with ease. He did not lose a hole as he whipped Willie Whitelaw of Scotland, 8 and 7. Maxwell zoomed to a lead by taking the first three holes and then hung on despite frequent trouble for . " a 4. and 2 win over Alex Sinclair of Britain. Others Surviving Fourth Round r Also surviving the fourth round were t Frank Strafaci of Garden City, N. Y., c Harvie Ward of Tarboro, N. C, Jim Mc- r Hale of Philadelphia and John Penrose of Miami, Fla. All except Strafaci had to play two matches today. f Strafaci licked compatriot Hobart Man-ley of Savannah, Ga., 3 and 2, in the fourth round. s Ward downed Sandy Williamson, a Brit- j ish Walker cupper, 6 and 5, in the third t round and then beat flight Lt. Jock Gordon, 2 and 1, in the fourth. McHale beat Reid I Jack of Scotland, 4 and 3, in the third round and Bill Shields of Albany, N. Y., 2 j and 1, in the fourth. And Penrose downed C. H. Elliot of England, 1 up, in 19 holes, in the third round and A. Slater of Eng- land, 1 up, in the fourth. In addition to Shields and Manley, four ! other Yanks were bounced out of the fourth round after winning in the third. They were , Ted Bassett of Greenwich, Conn., who. lost to Minty Miller of Scotland, 2 and 1; Capt. J. M. Anderson of Ottumwa, Iowa, who fell to Alex Whyte of Scotland, 2 and 1; F. Bradford Tazewell of Norfolk, Va.,..who lost to C. Carlow of Scotland, 5 and 3, and Ner-rill Hval of Portland, Ore., who was eliminated by Maj. David. Blair of Scotland, 2 : and 1. French Champion Upset Then came the lone major upset for the day, and that came .in the third when a local milkman upset French champion Bob Knowles of Aiken, S. C, 3 and 2 after he delivered the morning milk. The upset vic-. "tor,- Matt Alexander, was forced to use a borrowed set of clubs because his were stolen last week. But they didnt help in the fourth round, when he was eliminated. Bassett beat J. F. McNeilly of Lynn, Mass., 2 and 1, in the third round; Shields downed Walter McLeod of Scotland, 1 up; Anderson licked A. McGregor of Scotland, 2 and 1, and Tazewell whipped John Coulter of Scotland, 1 up. In addition to McNeilly and Knowles, five other Yanks fell in the third round. George Hackl of Princeton, N. J., lost to Miller, 6 and 5; Felix Salamon of Nyack, N. Y., bowed to Whyte, 5 and 4; Pat Mucci of Patterson, N. J., was toppled by Graham . Patrick of Scotland, 1 up; 62-year-old Chick Evans of Chicago, feeling ill, lost to A. Slater ! of England, 3 and 2, and Paul Coste of Jamestown, R. I., conceded his match to Jim Simm of Scotland, 1 up, after driving into the railroad tracks three times on the ; 1 19th hole. Stranahan jumped to a four up lead on 1 the first nine holes in his morning match with Gow, and won going away despite a double bogey seven in the third hole. He ! topped his second shot under the bunker and took five to reach the green. In the ; fourth round match he made many a bob- ble, but his foe made more. However, he managed finally to close out the match on the 17th after hitting one of the longest drives ever seen at Prestwick. Chapmans- victory was a tremendous walkaway. Only his errors enabled White-e law to halve a hole. Chapman bunkered the fourth and three-putted the fifth, but otherwise he was flawless. Maxwell ran up a quick three-hole lead on Sinclair. The Texan lost the seventh and eighth, but stayed in front, winning the 12th despite a hobbling 150-foot drive ; caused by a photographers flashbulb which ! popped as Billy began his swing. He closed it out on the 16th when Sinclair blasted out of the rough right up against a bunker.
