James B. Masserio, 16, of Pittsburgh, became the first resident of the Northeast to win the Junior Amateur Championship. He was even par while defeating Lloyd Liebler, Portsmouth, Va., by 3 and 2 in the final match on the South Course of the Wilmington Country Club, Wilmington, Del.

Liebler, only 14 years of age, 5 feet 5 and 130 pounds, is the youngest player ever to reach the final round. The losing semi-finalists were Mike Spang, 15, Tualatin, Ore., and Gary Bennett, 16, Dillsburg, Pa. All the semi-finalists were young enough to be eligible to play again in 1966. The co-medalists, with 148, six over par, were Bob Barbrossa, St. Cloud, Minn., and Arthur Russell, Lake Jackson, Texas.