Evening star., 1927-06-15
JOHNSTON SETS
GOLF PACE AGAIN
Card of TAT for 36 Holes Is
One Stroke Better Than
That of SaraZen.
Ry the Associated Press.

son r. Johnston. Minneapolis entry for
the National open golf crown, con-
tinued to set the pace this afternoon
in the chase for Bobby Jones' title.
With some 20 of the contestants hav-
ing finished the SO holes, including is
Yesterday and a like number today, the
Minneapolis player, with a card of lat,
was one stroke better than Gene Sara
zen. who shot a 80 on his first nine
and par IS coming in for a total
Of 148. - ....,
Hampton Has Isl Total.
Hampton had a 7S today. for q to.
tai Of 151. The early afternoon rank
ing found Fred Baroni. Grafton, Pa,
with 152. and Archie Compston, Great
Britain, with 153. All other scores OF
the first 20 were over 160.
A warm sunshine flooded the course
today. in contrast to yesterdays con-
slant rain. AS the day wore on, the
greens became faster and the fairWay
less troublesome.
Much was expected Of the defending
champion. He got away early In the
afternoon, and the first few holes IN
dicated Jones would not be bothered
by the sand traps, as he was yester-
day. Bobby was away to a hying
start. shooting a birdie on the first
and par 4 on the second.
Jones was hole high with his mashie
iron on the 428-yard line. His putt
from 20 feet curled slightly Off the line
at the cup and he took another par
four
The gallery assumed such swarming
proportions that 1t took several min-
utes on each hole to clear the fair
ways.
Crowd Cheers Champion.
Steering clear Of the trap on the
edge of the fourth green in which he
took three shots yesterday, Bobby
found the rough with his brassie and
pitched short. He was down in two
puts for his par 5.
The champion recovered sensational
ly to make a par 4 on the fifth. His
drive found trap to the right OF the
fairway, half buried in sand, and his
explosion shot failed. Still in the trap,
he lifted his third shot 125 yards to
the green and sank a 3O-foot putt
while the crowd roared.
A hooked iron on the short sixth
proved costly and the champion lost a
stroke to par, taking 4.
Bobby got down in the regulation 4
on the seventh, but was short both
on his mashie approach and first putt.
On the 253-yard eighth Jones was
hole high, off the green, but his chip
failed to take the roll of the green,
trickling backward. He took three
do ma cyinpr
Jones found a trap just on the
green with his brassie, Clipped 20
feet beyond the pin and holed out In
par.
Starting the inward journey, Jones
lost another stroke to par when MS
chip fell short and left him an eight
footer he failed to make.
Again, on the eleventh, Bobby was
off the line, his mashie pitch landing
in a trap over the green. He missed
his 10-foot putt for a par and took D.
This left him under par altogetner
After clubbing his drive off the top
of a mound on the 621-yard twelfth,
the champion banged to the green
but ran his approach putt 8 feet
past the cup, missed coming back and
took 6, another par.
The gallery was stampeding after
nearly every shot and seemed to be
bothering the Georgian, but he rallied
to get his par on the short
thirteenth.
Bobby got his par on the four
teenth and the same figure on the
fifteenth as he steadied his game.
He was straight as a die on both,
but needed perfect figures to get a II.
A beautiful tee shot, hole high.
on the 234-yard sixteenth. clinched
a par for Jones. His drive on the
302-yard seventeenth hit a spectator
Is yards short of the green, from
where he Clipped IL feet short and
holed olt in par 4.
Sarazen Meets Trouble.
Gene Sarazen, with his good card OF
"A yesterday, went good on the first
nine today. But at the long fifteenth
he found much trouble in reaching the
green and was over par, with q 6.
Gene flashed bit Of temper by break
ing q club.
Gene recovered and shot a birdie on
the seventeenth. He had par on the
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