The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
Pro- Star Takes Lead Away
From Sarazen With
Score of 66.
HARRY COOPER is THIRD
Sets New Course Record for
Highland.
By Dick Miller.

1eSSlonal, is Just getting warmed up.
After slow start in the Western
Open golf tourney, which began
Thursday at Highland Golf and
Country Club, The Hague" .tied
the course record on Friday With a
68, and today took the lead away
from Sarazen with a brilliant 66.
1t would have been a new course
record a few minutes earlier. but
Harry Cooper of Kansas City beat
Walter to the honor wi h the first &C
of the day.
Hagen. after fifty -four holes of
play, was leading Sarazen in second
place by four strokes. Hagen,s
score was 209 and Genes, 213. Coop
er by his great round this morning
went into third place, with a 215
total
Jock Hutchison of Chicago. after
being in tie with Sarazen and
Hagen at the end of the first nine of
the morning round, faltered on the
trip home and took a 80 for a "A.
His total Of 217 put him in fourth
place with most of the scores in.
P. o. Hart, darkhorse from
Marietta. Ohio, who stayed in second
place during the first two days of
the met, dropped to fifth after the
morning round today. He took a
rs and his 54-hole total was 21S.
At the end OF the first eighteen to-
day Macdonald Smiths total for the
three rounds was 219, which prac
tically eliminated him from con-
sideration as this years winner. Al
Watrous, Grand Rapids, Mich, pro.
shot a SO in the same twosome with
Smith.
On Walter Hagen's sensational
round he had a chance for a SIS if he
mad holed an eighteen-foot putt. but
the putt was about six inches short.
'Hsgen's card
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Scores for first 1S-hole round to.
day and total for three rounds lin.
cluding Thursday and Friday):
Douglas Casey, Chicago. 77-225
Y, Bonnet. Bloomington. III. SS-243
yyohn Lehman. Gary, Ind. -S1-2a9
Waas ESasfRi H5risborn bFSan'Ss chieaFod Ind 7ose s1Sse
G: $. Wright, Chicago. sG@a3e.
innes iRaSs MMlt9Ihel MIse EIIs IInd1p9apolis 81 5S@31
90 Dewey Longsworth, Kansas CITY. rs
Ed Flanagan crawfordsville. so-2a5
f. 5. Gallet. Milwaukee. 74-224
EaS, Eay 5. Der bDerr CINCINNATI. 76-231.
MaiIe sParRs sParRia IndianaPDoSlIss IMdHineaDSs 7SS$$SS
oow' hutchinson, Ponca City. Okla. 75-
Chick Nelson Indiananolis * 90,
Macdonald Smith. fNISRolls New York 071@ais
o,A Watrous. Grand Rapids. Mich. ga
Erwin Nelson Culver. Ind. 1890.
Fl l. sFs1fGn Faniis cS}sisS cES}SsEd9rq aso0 nj os0-ss4
Rudy Fieiit9z;. IWItsfoV WSstoUer. Ohio 1870
Al 4Irlss Espimn n oni. osa; Chicago. 74-2333
., E%gTq6stt French Southern Pines, n. c..
EdSS5s EdSd 4sIa .EIfoq B. oRsaso RssI. 77sb 779ss5s
Harry Hampton. Memphis 75&21s.
Craig Wood: LoqisYilie 7sL@.Q:
z. knepper. Chicago S2-232
Den 5Deennsmort shute. Huntington. W va. rs
Larry Nabholtz wickline, Ohio. rs
e W Hall. Birminsham 1920.
Joe Turnesa White Plains. n. Y. 70
J2hpp ap Farrell: NeS York. 7o-22oa
+ R.ro1 O. Hart aarn.l Marietta Ts, o3h.oi 7S-SIs
HenaS Sroge,I NooPSr' r1iakas rn1anksas C,Iy po@@Z12,
foeE ae fraass autchlsoP Tig5RlaS cSGaso $T@la
PIHk Blk SSielson Si1t ti,nIdia,naposo 7?;waa224.
Joiey JOEY FINN Fsnny C5icsso CR5iilSsakess $3.50 @la9'
oo5A Alfred Sargent. Columbus Ohio. rs
A Wrallttssar. Hagen: Pasadena. Fla, ss-2O9
= Erwin ottman, louisville ,73--224
NJ. j. Bernet Cleveland s4-23o with.
5ask HSH Bgh0T%pson gsOTaaps cleWXesnd land 7s-S$$a
Al Alcroft Youngstown; Ohio, 1880.
George Sargent Columbus. Ohio. 70
James Carberry. Chicago. 75-22s.
ooJ. P. Heany. Huntington. w. Va. 70
Charles Lorms. Columbus. Ohio. 10
lloyd Gulickson, worthington. Ohio, so
George Stark Indianapolis. 76-299
20 Herman Fiebig, Logansport, Ind, "a
Wsllie Nelson. Indianapolis 1926
Alex Campbell Dayton, Ohio S2-235.
Jimmie Noonan. Crown Point. Ind, ST.
~. j. oConnor. Port Chester N. Y. 70
2as. ''o"e"ou'e l"Oi OiSnApo'iS' -
Jock Collins. Kokomo Ind. 71-227.
The field of contenders for the
western open golf championship, has
narrowed from a field of 236 that
began play Thursday to seventy-one.
who started the last two laps of
eighteen holes each at a. m today.
The latter number remained in the
battle after thirty-six holes of quail.
flying play, eighteen holes being
played Thursday and the like num-
nar Friday The low medal score