New Britain herald., 1927-06-15
JOHNSTON SETS
G0LFING PACE
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seven. two over par. on the fourth,
chipping over the green. then back
Into a trap and finally missing u
short putt.
Johnston shot par golf on the
18th, Sth and 9th and he made the
turn with a II on the out round,
as compared with his par 81 for
the first nine yesterday.
His card:
Johnston outs I 5 7i44 5-41
Mehlhorn and Sarazen each made
the turn in SO. two over par. wild
Bill" bagged perfect figures except
for the short sixth where he hooked
into a trap, fubbed his approach
and required two puts to register
five on this three-par hole.
Sarazen, as he expressed it, was
having one Of his "wavering"
rounds, but saved himself on the
fifth and eighth with neat puts
after straying from the fairway
with his drives.
The cards:
Mehlhorn out-5 1854 $50
Sarazen outs 81 343 $50
Archie Compston completed the
last nine In one over par to regis
ter "A, the best OF the days early
performances.
Playing much steadisr than the
day before, the long-hitting Briton.
with 1853 for the two days play.
had a good chance to get we'll up
among the leaders.
His card:
Compston OUT 436 SIS
i'm 5 2 4 S 3 4 4-36-74
Fred Baroni Of Grafton, Pa, who
had an so yesterday, reeled off
three brides in a row by scoring
1872 on the fourth. fifth and sixth
holes and wound up his outward
journey in IS, two under par. 1t
was a new mark for the tournament
thus far over the first nine. His
card:
Barom out-544 1872 535-35
Hampton. dropping four strokes
to par on the homeward nine. fin
ished with a IS. which with his
pace-setting - of the opening day.
put the veteran Memphis profess
sional temporarily in the van with
a total Of ISL. The Waterloo"
twelfth, filled with trouble over its
G21 yards. cost Hampton bad
seven. He bagged birdie" at the
tenth but lost his putting touch
and dropped one stroke each to
par on the fourteenth. fifteenth and
sixteenth.
Hampton's card:
OUTFIT 534 645-3s
In-347 355 444-39-7s-151.
BarOni Going Well
Baroni continued his sensational
play coming in. and he turned IN
the first par tournament card for
the IS holes-72. His only bad hole
coming home was the long 18th.
where he topped his drive and took
u six. one over par.
His card:
Baroni. in-546 345 334-37-l52.
Johnston played marvellous golf
on the last nine. He shot q 80, two
under par. He negotiated the 10th.
llth, 1cth and 18th holes in par. He
got a birdie on the 14th and another
birdie on the 18th. The other holes
he found easy in par figures.
His card:
Johnston, in--445 S34 244-33-1F
Sarazen continued his fine play to
the 18th. where he took a six. He
came back on the 18th with birdie
and made the home nine in par IS.
His card:
sarazen, in-345 34e 33l-3s-14S
Mehlhorn also got into Difficult
ties on the 18th. where he matched
Sarazen's six. He was home in IS.
His card:
Mehlhorn, in--545 s46 344--sS--
152.
Harry Cooper, the hashy Los
Angeles pro. who led the field for a
time yesterday. started fairly we'll
today and was even par after four
holes. He took one over par on the
second, but got THE stroke back
with birdie on the fourth where he
was on the green OF the 53e-yard
hole in two and down in two puts.
Bobby at Start
Bobby Jones. off shortly after
noon on his second round with IS
already to his credit. got a birdie"
four on the first hole. The Atlanta
ace and titleholder. reached the
edge of the green with his second
and ran an approach putt dead.
He overran his putt on the second
hole. trying a birdie" and took par
four.
The gallery following the champ
ion. several thousand strong. was so
unruly at the start that officials had
to sound frequent warnings.
Jones was hole high with his
m a Shia iron on tbo 400 vorJ il,t,J