Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-14


Cooper Shoots Under Par.
Cooper, who was not dismayed by
tho rain did seven holes in par ana
got under perfect figures with two
brides. He scored his first birdie at
the fourth, where Bobby Jones took D.
Cooper got his 4 by firing long
straight second home. On, the fifth he
! was trapped with his second. but came
out feet from the pin and got his
par after all. lie placed his tee
shot on the 253-yard eighth, IS feet
from the cup and got the putt down
for his. second birdie. He had
chance for another birdie at the par )
ninth, but his approach putt went in
the cup and came out again
Cooper's card for the first nine
holes, on which par is 81:
~ a A 4 2 5-35.
~ Finds Trouble at Tenth.
Cooper ran into his first serious
trouble of the round on the tenth,
where he took 6 on the par 4 hole.
His second shot was hole high. but
buried In the mud, and his third went
far over the green.
He was content with par at the
eleventh. but got birdie at the long
twelfth, which is 621 yards. Here his
brassie second was only 30 yards short
of the green, and his chip was with.
in eight feet.
Another birdie at the thirteenth got
him back on par for the second Q.
He placed his iron on the 164 One.shot-
ter six feet from the pin and made
the simple putt. At the fourteenth
he was down in par 4.
Cooper lost four strokes to par on
| the last four holes. He took ) on the
par 4 fifteenth and 4 on the par six
| teenth. He then found himself in
serious trouble on the seventeenth.
where he was finally down in s. He
looked up on his chip short and went
over instead of on the green. He got
par at the home hole.
| Cooper's card for the second nine:
In Is 4 4 2 4 5 5 4-39-74
Few Scores Under 40.
The first of the British invaders to
round the turn was Fred Robson. He
found the going very hard, taking IS
on the first nine.
Only three scores under 40 were
| turned in by the first 20 to finish the
out nine. p. o. Hart, Marietta. Ohio,
had a 38, in addition 10 Jones with 81,
and Cooper with 35.
| Eddie Held, st. Louis, paired with
Joe I<irkwood. Albany, Ca. each
| turned in cards of Al.
| Skies and even sevens were appear
| ing with dismaying frequency on
many cards. The tough Oakmont
| traps, hard enough in fair weather,
were almost impossible after the sand
had been we'll soaked. al
Capt. Ted Ray of the British Ryder
| Cup team used one good shot to offset
| two bad ones on the second hole. He
| topped his drive. the ball rolling into
| the rough less than hundred yards
| from the tee. His spoon effort was
| little better, but he then took an iron
and slammed the ball a few feet from
| the cup to sink his putt and get down
| in par 4.
Boomer Encounters Trouble.
Aubrey Boomer, the long-hitting
| Britisher. started well. playing the first
| five holes in par. He encountered
| trouble at the treacherous sixth, one
| shotter with great possibilities for
| trouble, and went one over par with
4. The French open champion was
straight from the tee and used his
| long high irons, he best asset, on the
| Oakmont course, to good advantage.
George Duncan and Fred Robson,
two British veterans, We're in such
| trouble that they needed well over par
for the first nine, Duncan getting
| around 43 and Robson requiring a
dismal 46.
Boomer, after negotiating the first
nine holes in SO, one over par. slipped
on the first three of the second nine,
| taking one over par on the tenth.
eleventh and twelfth holes. He start
| ed his homeward journey 5. 5. s.
Boomers card for the first nine:
Out ...... S, 4, 4, S, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4-38
Scores for the first IS holes follow;
Harry Cooper, Sacramento, Calf,
a.
Bobby Jones, Atlanta. Ca, rs.
Harold A. Long, Raleigh, no card.
j. b. Kinnear, Detroit, no card.
Waldo w. Crowder, Shreveport, La,
rs.
Ralph Beach, Burning Tree Club, Sc.
=. o. Hart. Marietta, Ohio, n.
Anthony Manero, Elmsford, n. Y,
no card.
Jack Forester. Short Hills. N. j.,
so.
Fred Robson, Great Britain. no
card.
Henry Cuici. Stratford, Conn.,, 50.
Arthur de Name, Great Neck, n. Y,
Tom Stevens. Culver City. Calf, 81. |
Sal Buono. Larchmont, n. Y, 80.
Clarence L. Wolff. st. Louis, SO.
Horton Smith, Sedalia Mo-, SO.
George Duncan, Great Britain. "a. |
Eddie Held, st. Louis, Mo-, SO.
Joe Kirkwood, Albany, Ga, 81.
Jock Hutchinson. Chicago. so.
Emil Loeffier. jr.. Pittsburgh, "a.
Tom Kelleher, Normandy, Mo, "a. |
Walter r. Bourne. Princeton, n. j., |
81.
Ted Ray. Great Britain. 76. |
j. M. Barnes, New Rochelle, n. Y, |
rs.
Louis Chiappetta. Hartford, Conn.
Larry Nabholtz, Sharon, Pa. IS.
Herbert c. jolly, Great Britain, "a. |
George Mclean. Yonkers, N. Y, 81.
C. r. Wood, Lake Placid. N. Y, so. I
Bill Leach, Overlook, Pa, 81.
Bob Supple, Highland Park, ILL.,
nois, 81.
Aubrey Boomer, Great Britain, SO.
John Golden. Paterson. N. j., SO.
Charles II. Lorms. Columbus, Ohio,
IS.
George M. Smith, st. Paul, Mimi, Sc.
Arthur G. Havers, Great Britain, 79.
Dave Sutherland, Glendale, Mo-, rs.
Roy Robertson. South Bend, Ind, Sc. |
Roland Hancock. Wilmington, n. c..
IS.
Charles II. Hoffner, Ocean City. n.
j., so.
Leonard G. Schmutte. Lima. Ohio.
70. q
Abe G. Espinosa. Chicago, 81.
Gunnar Nelson, Matteson, Ills, no
card.
Tommy Armour, Congressional
Country Club, IS.
George Sargent, Columbus. Ohio, 80.
John NJ. Simpson, Terre Haute. Ind.
81.
Ted Longworth. Fort Worth, Tex.
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