Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-09

" N1A4AAA8GVn8 O2lLEN0kDt WIk0 the
single exception OF Fred McLAod,
MoLeod 10 the only one with more
than q lighting chance to IEet into
the fiFst so who will play 80 holes
tomorrow for the championship. Nc.
Leod shot q splendid a, q pluclxy a
/ which came by hard work and skin.
ful shot making.
Beach Second Of ID. G. Squad. Is
He was Ave shots In front OF the
nearest Capital entrant, Ralph Beach
OF Burning Tree. who finished with
q ~. and mas no more than q bare
chance to play on Saturday. Strug-
cling gamely against an avalanche
OF three-putt, green's and others on
which lopg,approach puts brushed
quickly by the lip Of the cup and
failed to drop. Tommy Armour OF
Congressional took 81 In his initial
round. He ID out OF the tournament
In 20 far AZ his chance of winning
Is concerned although another great
round such a. he shot in practice on
wednesday will put him wen In the
running. 20
Roland r. Mackenzie, WASHING.
tons lone amateur entrant. by push.
ing tee shots all over the hills and
ewales Of Scioto's heavy rough ana
putting with astounding inaccuracy,
took 81 shots. Bob Barnett, aided by
an 3 at the eighth hole and q 6 ct
the par seventeenth, struggled
around in 81. He is also out of the
tourney. Roland's card showed two
7s and pair of SIS, something al
most unbelievable for the brilliant
Columbus youngster to take on amy
golf course. 81 A
The same names dominate the
tourney today. but to the list OF Mel:
horn, Jones, Hagen. Diegel and COM
pany must be added that OF another,
q lad from Oregon. who has come
championship and. judged on his
game of yesterday, will make more
than gentle thrust at the open
crown. He is John A. Junior, i tall
youngster. representing the Portland
Country Club Of Portland. Greg. He
- the Pacific Northwest open cham.
pion and was second in the Oregon
championship this year, is a Scot by
birth and has never played in this
championship before.
Junor's Score Startles.-
Late yesterday. after the fanfare
81 trumpets had announced the set-
ting of new course record by Mehl-
horn and the struggles of Bob Jones
TO encompass his 20 had been told
and retold, this JUNIOR person. cast.
ing tradition to the winds. ranibled
around unheralded and almost I'M
known in pair Of ass to tie Jones
for second place.
His 20 came much easier than the
struggling around of Jones for
Bobby, with Mehlhorn's So already In,
had to bear down in order that wild
Bill might not create too great q gap
ever the first round. Usually Bobby
IL content to slip along in second
or third place for the first two
rounds. but to be too far back at the
close of the first round 10 dietasteful
stepped out, and even though ''Calani.
ity Jane" his. famous putter. came
through as II doesn't often junction.,
he had one OF those struggling
rounds, where everything came hard,
d round that with q few breaks naight
have tied or bettered the ecintliIat-
ing mark of MehlhotH.
Wild Bill started out early N the
morning in tles twelfth pair To- get
away from thevnrsk tee. playing with
Bob Shave of Cleveland g He burned
up the first nine with = brflliant 81.
recorded over the hardest half Of the,
circuit, opening his round with e.
birdie 3. made into the teeth Of q
high wind. .sssf
MeI1lhorn Runs Wild.
Brides followed at the NTH and
seventh, and Mehlhorfl stood on the
eighth tee with 4 and 8 for the
astounding score Of 80. Human be-
ings do not often play golf that way,
and Bill cracked just q little. drop.
ping q shot at the long eighth. but
getting his at the ninth, to be out
IN IS. Bill slSidded t.the long thir-
feenth, failing to get his second shot
home, but got the shot back at the
seventeenth, where q 4.yarder drop
ped for q birdie 3. He finished the
round by holing q curling 7-foot putt
for q birdie at the last hole.
Hagen drew the early gallery. only
handful following MAIhorn 40 he
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