Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-15
8BY MEH[HORN
NATIONAL FEATURE.
shreveport Golfer 3 Under Par
an Homeward Nine-Leads
With 216 for 81
HUTCHINSON SHOOTS A "a

u..,horn. of shreveport. with 30-37-12
a. his third round. gained n total of
s,s m for fifty -four holes In the national
.nou Golf final today, and took the lead
It that point. ,
Iobn Black, who had just started,
.,ud have to shoot a 73 to maintain
". ,ood at the three quarter pole.
Wob,born missed several puts on the
s.., nine. but broke par by three
.,rokcs on the second half.
,ock Hutchison. under cloudless sky
and on turf in excellent condition,
.ho, splendid golf this morning in an
.Hort to recover lost strokes.
uutchison, vino yesterday turned in
.,,,, of 152 for thirty six holes. twenty
.,rokes over the figures Of John Black,
N. California Scot. who had 142 for
tbe leading score. went out on his first
,ourd today in "a, which is par. This
s.ye him total of 1885 for forty five
with any kind of luck Hutchison
rould have been several strokes under
mar on the outward journey. Three
times twelve foot puts for brides
,immed the cup on Jock, keeping his
score exactly at par.
Nearly every one of Jocks shots to-
aay was perfect. IL 10O-yard spoon TO
ten feet from the cup on the eighth
drawing unusual applause. His only
trouble came on the short second, where
h, drove into a trap. dubbed the first
attempt nj an out. but put the next
dead TO the pin for n four. one over
mar. He offset this with II nice birdie
3 on the next hole.
His card:
"a, ,s,.s, 9u,,.c,;. ~; ....... ? ! al
Sarazen Takes 40
Scores were high among the early
snes reaching the turn on the first
round. Gene Sarazen, Pittsburgh, who
lied with Walter Hagen. 145. for low
third yesterday. turned in 40 for his
first nine which gave him total Of
lsj. Joe Kirkwood, the Australian
champion. went out in 3S. lie had
l51 yesterday.
Harrison Johnston. st. Paul ANA
teur. virtually shot himself out of the
tournament with continued wild and
cratic play on the first nine today.
scoring Al. lie hooked almost every
irn shot and missed several puts.
His card:
Johnson out. ut......... 8 1 g 4 G 4 I 3 3-4I
LCo Dicgrl. New Orleans. pro. was
hitting nicely at the start. his 36 being
only two over. while MehlhOrn. Shreve-
port. La. professional. who was second
In yesterdays totals. had II bad 30 for
the first quarter today.
Nine Hole Scores
Jock Huchison. Chicago a.
II. X. Johnston. st. Paul Al.
william liehlhorn. Shreveport. 80.
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Jesse Guilford. boston. 81.
Tom Kerrisan. New York. 80.
Lloyd Gullckson. Dekalb. Al.
Leo Degel New Orleans. 30.
Gene Sara2en. Pittsburgh. 40.
John Cowan. Oakley. Mass. Al.
Joe krkwood. Australia. 80.
II Black comes through today in the
hnal half Of the chamuionship con-
test, 1t will be his first victory IN other
than sectional tournament.
He barely got into this tournament.
When he asked for his caddy, he was
told he was not on the entry lists. 1t
developed that he had neglected to pay
yas ncrmIttaI to nlov
p'' "'''''" ~ p'"''
In.and. Out Golf
Yesterdays golf as n wh,I. ,vs. IN,
inland ont tVne-axtr.m.lv hriI,;ont
at times. but nearly every one of the
stars had one bad nine. with the result
that many totals were high. where they
would have been record breaking but
ttor the one slip. The British pros.
Aoe Mitchell and George Duncan.