Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-16

farWay after driving TO bunker,
fired his third over the green, but
pitched back to within loot OF the
cup and got par 5.
Johnston was 5, 4, 4, 4 on the next
four holes, losing two more strokes
to par with an iron shot to a trap on
the fifth and a tee shot into sand on
the sixth. His par on the seventh
was steadier, but he missed short
putt and took four on the 2o3-yard
eighth.
Johnston's second shot on the ninth
sliced the rough, but he Clipped dead
and just missed a seven-footer for
birdie 4. His card:
Out 8 6 s 5 4 4 4 5-42
Continues Erratic Play.
Johnston continued his erratic play
after making the trun. He took six,
| two over par, on the tenth, and went
down in pars on the eleventh and
twelfth.
Johnston, unable to rally on the in
coming route as he did so spectacu-
| larly yesterday, found a trap on the
short thirteenth and took a 5, two
over par. After getting his par 4
| on the fourteenth, he was again in
trap on the fifteenth, losing another
stroke as he notched 5. He was
|
| his previous advantage fast dissipated
Johnston collapsed entirely on the
| final nine. After taking two over par
on the tenth and par on the elev-
| enth, he shot 9 on the par twelfth.
He was in trouble at every turn, find
| ing traps several times From then
on he shot three par holes and a like
number over par. His card
| In: 6 4 9 5 4 5 8 4 5-45-234
Jones Starts Uphill Fight.
| Bobby Jones. again attracting
| tremendous gallery, started an uphill
fight for the defense of his champion
| ship. He was 1853, six strokes away
from the leader. for So holes.
| The Atlanta ace missed a four-foot
putt for a birdie" on the first hole
| and took 5.
Jones got an easy par on the Sec
ond, but was in the rough with his
drive on the third, overshot the green
and took two puts for 5, one over
par. He was just off the green in
two on the 536-yard fourth. Clipped
up nicely and sank f1ve-footer for u
birdie 4.
After a safe par 4 on the fifth.
the champion put his tee shot in a
| trap bordering the 187-yard sixth.
He Clipped to three feet of the cup,
but missed the putt and was one
over par again with 4.
| Bobby laid his mashie-iron five feet
from the seventh hole and bagged a
birdie" 8 to square accounts with
par. He lost stroke on the 253-yard
eighth, taking two puts and after
landing in a trap on his drive.
Jones missed a putt for birdie a
by inches on the ninth and took 5.
His card:
outs As 44434 SIS.
Champion Plays Steadily.
Jones started the inward nine stead
lily, taking par As on the tenth and
eleventh. On the latter he missed his
bid for birdie three by two inches
on a seven-footer.
Jones laid his approach dead and
holed a six-footer for birdie on the
twelfth. but got a disastrous on the
par-3 thirteenth. Here his iron from
| the left of the green. He dubbed out
of the thick grass into a sand trap,
took two shots to explode on the green
and brace of puts.
| Jones took a par on the fourteenth,
but skidded on the fifteenth, pushing
his iron second to trap, exploding
out short and taking puts for a g.,
2 over par.
Fast losing control. the champion
hooked his tee shot wildly on the six
teenth, Clipped over the green and
missed q three-foot putt as a climax
1t was on par hole and sent
the Albanian strokes over par.
Bobby's putt on the seventeenth
trimmed the cup and he toe a par 4.
Hagen Out in 80.
Walter Hagen, tied with Harry
Cooper for fourth place at $50. hooked
his first tee shot of the day into a
trap. He got on the fairway, but did
not reach the green with his third.
| H Clipped stone dead f-r to- par g.
Hagen was well on the second with
his second and was close enough with
his approach putt to get n par 1
without difficulty. He failed to reach
tn. green with his iron on No. 3 and
left himself a 12-foot putt for the par.
The ball hung on the in of the cup
and he took 5.
Close to the green on the 526-yard
fourth in he placed his third four
feet from the cup and was back on
par with the birdie 4.
He pulled his tee shot a few inches
from a trap on the fifth, 1875 yards
from the green, and from the rough
went into a trap to the right of the
green. He was well out, but with two
puts needed 5. Hagen reached the
187-yard sixth from the tee and was
down in the regulation two puts.
After a good drive on the seventh
the "Haig" was too bold with his
approach. the ball carrying over the
green into a trap. He barely got
out, and when he had to have two
puts for he was over par.
| His tee shot found a trap on the
253-yard eighth and came out Is feet
from the cup. The putt was off the
line and he took 4. sending him
over par.
Hagen bagged a birdie 4 at the
ninth to make the turn in SO. His
second was off the green and it was
necessary to cut a gallery restraining
rope to give him an avenue Of APP
proach to the green. He placed the
ball feet from the cup and ran it
down with an ease that was non-
chalant. He had been 3 over par and
the birdie reduced 1t to 2 for nine
holes. His card:
| Outs 5 5 3 5 4-39
Receivers Lost Strokes.
Hagen recovered another of his lost
strokes with a birdie on No. 10,
where he holed a 3O-foot putt. The
eleventh was scored in par 4, where
his second was on and his approach
putt was well up.
Hagen Joined a booming drive with
long brassie. leaving him short
pitch to the green. which he executed
in good style and was 80 feet from
the cup in 8. His putt was an inch
away ana he was down in 2 for a
par on a hole where So are easily
| possible.