John Goodman, the favourite for: the British amateur golf championship now being played at Prestwick, beat_the Irish native cham-plan, John Burke, by the handsome' margin of 4 and 3, and so passes into the fourth round.
Britain scored two fine victories today; MeLean and Roger Wethered eliminating two strong American contenders for the title. McLean, playing wonderfully good golf, was 2 up at the ninth' on Fischer, who fought strongly through the second mine but was finally beaten by 2 and 1," McLean was. brilliant on the Greens. Roger Wethered, who won the championship eleven' 20, to-day put out Jack Westland, an American Walker Cup player, by 3 2, Playing steady golf, Wethered one up at the ninth and played even better in the homeward Walker Cup players were defeated Torrance, McRuvie, and MeKinlay. Torrance was beaten by a young Scot, Gordon Peters, on the nineteenth green. Cameron, another young Scottish player, defeated McKinlay by 2 and 1. He used a peculiar" but very deadly putter. MeRuvie went down before Lawson Little, an "American contender, by 3 and 3.
Two surprising results were the defeat of Cyril Tolley and Stanley Lunt, the English amateur champion this year, the latter being beaten by Mathews, an unknown Leicestershire golfer, by 2 and 1. Tolley was beaten by Wallace, of Troon, by the wide margin of 4 and 3, Dr. Tweddelk, an English., international, "defeated Rex Hartley, by 2 and 1. Francis, of Sunningdale, eliminated John de Forest, a former British amateur champion, on. the 20th green, Eric Fiddian, amateur champion in 1932, Gordon Peters, Lionel Munn, Martin Smith, Jesse Gutldford, and George Dunlap, the resent "American amateur cham-ion, all got safely through another Found.
The, weather improved a little today, "The course was not so. wet as yesterday, but it was very windy. Reuter.
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