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...with a 78, but he literally took the stiff Oakley course apart Saturday. Captain Jack Barr was his nearest pursuer, and a distant one at that with a 74-76--150. The nine stroke winning margin which Graves had even surpassed the record of present national amateur champion Willie Turnesa, who reigned over the Eastern Intercollegiate golfers for three years...
...Turnesa was never able to overshadow his opposition in the same fashion that Graves did Saturday...
...Utah ore sampler who had tasted his first sip of fame when he eliminated Charley Yates the first day; 27-year-old Dick Chapman, who had competed in five previous U. S. Amateurs but had never before reached the first round of match play; and 23-year-old Willie Turnesa, amateur baby brother of the six famed professional Turnesas...
After Abbott disposed of Chapman, and Turnesa eliminated Kingsley, Ellsworth Vines found himself basking in the fame of his traveling companion, who had theretofore been a comparative unknown in spite of the fact that he had won the National Public Links championship two years ago. The gallery of 3,000, who turned out for the final, made "Little Willie" the sentimental favorite. They all knew that he was the son of an Italian greenskeeper, that his six brothers had chipped in to put him through Holy Cross, insisted that he become a gentleman golfer and made him remain an amateur...
Other top golfers were also chosen last week. At Pinehurst, N. C. professional golfers took to the courses to compete for the Mid-South championship. In a pro-pro best ball tournament, the teams of Mike Turnesa & Tony Manero, and Horton Smith & Jimmy Thompson tied for first with...