New Britain herald., 1927-06-16
COOPER LEADS IN
 GOLF TOURNAMENT
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 Harrison Johnston. Minneapolis amateur. had blown meanwhile and lost all chance by taking an s7. On his first round. Cooper shot . 74 through the rain. following 1t on Wednesday with a 76 which left him in a tie with Hagen for fourth place.
 Tho confident young English-born pro went out in 3s today and came home in 36. dropping one stroke to par each way. His 74 was among the best
 Light Horse'' missed a two foot putt for . four at tho second. He played even par for 2 while and then was trapped at the eighth.
 Cooper was home in two at the long ninth and got his birdie four.
 Five par holes followed. He was in the rough at the 18th was well out but missed another footer for q four. He took three butts at the 18th then holed a IS footer at the l7th.
 Walter Hagen had 7s to add to his 150. Archie Compston. the tall British pro. made 76 and was nve strokes behind Cooper with . total of 229.
 Gene sarazen. who was second when he set out on his third round' dropped far back with an 80. for a total of 2cS.
 In the absence of anything sensa- tional from the leaders. attention turned to Bobby Jones and Bobby turned the outward journey in SS' one over par.
 The champion needed par on the last nine to tie Hagen.
 "I've got to beat Hagen If I want to win," said Bobby and he meant
 Harry Cooper. two strokes farther In front. was considered less dan Eerous by the champion.
 Bobby had two birdies on his way out. His card read: 54 5444 3 1 6-3s. It represented the loss or a stroke at the third. where Bobby found the rough. at tho sixth. his old nemesis, and at the tricky eighth, Jones had birdies at the fourth and seventh.
 Tommy Armour of Rockville, Md, slipped into second place in the afternoon, when he turned in a card of 7s for his third round. The former Washington professionals total was e25.
 Tho champion took 70 for his third round. and has total of 232. eight strokes behind Harry Cooper, the leader.
 When Bobby finished his disap- pointing third round. in which for one example, he had a six on par three hole. tho worlds greatest golfer yielded up his second na- tional championship within year.
 Bobby was a sad boy when he tramped up to the clubhouse shak- ing his head after his . morning round.
 Jones had a good chance to move right up among the leaders when he turned in 3s for the first nine.
 Two sixea . five and six fours was what Bob's card showed on the way home. Not . single three. not even on the short par 3 holes usual. ly 50 easy for the titleholder.
 Forties, 42's and AS, were all too common among the early starters. Oakmont's supremacy over the golfer still was undisputed.
 Two of the entrants, Felix Seraf1n and Eddie Murphy. even were dis qualified for failing to show up on time.
 Long Jim Barnes strolled out un- concernedly with nobody paying at- tention, and hit the turn in 3S. the best of the early performances.
 A nine on the long 12th hole broke the Slim swede's heart and he trudg- ed home without single spectator to accompany him to the green.
 "Well just did it," said Johnston, unconsciously paraphrasing another famous young descendant of scan- dinavia.
 Johnston made no attempt to ex- cuse his failure. T got into the traps, H0 SdIup anu tOON eoS A3ANNS getting out"
 George Gadd, Britisher. was among the casualties. He was disqualified at the 12th hole for playing the wrong ball. He had gone out in 43.
 Eddie Loos and Tommy Harmon, Jr., were the only ones among tho early starters to reach the turn in par 37.
 Walter Hagen, now tho public's choice to win the title. came around in 7s, four strokes above par.
 It gave Hagen total of 2ss for the three rounds. To win and 1usti- fy the public confidence. Walter needed an extraordinary last round. but he appeared capable of shooting ono.
 Havers Goes We'll
 Arthur Havers of Great Britain not many years ago rated tho "un- official champion of tho world" shot
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