Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-05-25 | Page 25 | Frank, Willie Win in British Meet

Frank Willie Win in a British Meet I f PORTMARNOCK Ireland treland May I 25 UP UP-D UP UP D e ef fen en din ding g champion Frank Stranahan of Toledo Ohio and U. U S. S amateur king Willie of Elmsford N. N Y shot j their way into the fourth round of the British amateur golf championship championship cham charn- I Wednesday on the rainy wind-swept wind Portmarnock course The handsome muscular Stranahan Stranahan han playing a deliberate game and taking plenty of time on his iron shots eliminated a fellow American Amen Ameri- can can Ed Lowry of San Francisco j I 5 and 4 i winner of the British i amateur crown in 1947 1917 defeated I Vic Herlihy of Ireland 3 and 2 Stranahan shooting even par 36 with birdies on the sixth and eighth I holes assumed a comfortable up 4 I lead at the turn and coasted to victory r Another Yank was eliminated when Robert Stranahan of Toledo I father of Frank lost to Dr David I F. F Govan of Scotland 7 and 5 in ina a third-round third match I Ronnie White of England re regarded regarded regarded re- re i as one of the Americans' Americans chief threats for the title also I gained the fourth round but Joe Carr Irelands Ireland's foremost challenger challenger challenger chal chal- lenger was beaten White eliminated Laddie Lucas of Scotland 1 up on the hole while Carr lost to an unheralded fellow Irishman Dr W. W O'Sullivan I 4 and 3