Evening star., 1928-04-05
CAPITAL LINKSMAN
ISFAR DOWNLIST
CruickShank Leads With 142,
and MehIhorn Has 143 as
Final 36 Starts.

Enerssi NS0atth 60 The StsT
RICHMOND. Va. April S.-Boooy
C,r,ickShsnS Of New York. with l42,
and Sill Meihorn Of Pittsburgh, with
14S battled down the final S6-hole
stretch Of the 72-llole Richmond open
tournament today. Slipping through
with Suh-psr scores where the leaders
Of the previous day faltered and lost
their stride. Melhorn shot 90 yes
terSav for a new record for the Glen
wood course. and CruickShank scored
q shot above Wild Bill from Pittsburgh
with q 20. Par for the course Is II.
and the scores were made IN a sun
breeze from the west, which blew away
the chances Of Alex Armour Of Con-
sresSionsl and Joe Kirkwoo0 Of Al
bsny. Ca. who were tied over the first
Is holes with scores OF 20.
Armeur Goes Poorly,
Armour slipped one shot worse than
KsTSWood. for the Congressional pro
registered a 70 in the wind 70 end up
3n eleventh place at the halfway mark.
while the trick shot artist from Geor-
Sia shot TS 10 finish in a tie for
tenth place.
Arthur s. Thorn OF the Town and
Country Club Of Washington added
- 70 his "a Of the previous day TO tie
for twelfth place With two others,
Thorn played the most spectacular
shot Of the Gay holing a pitch and
run shot for an eagle on the difhcalt
Ss4-yar6 sixth hole.
Fred Mcleod Of Columbia former
national open title holder. redeemed
the poor IS he shot over the first round
with q gallant 7S yesterday, wrung
from the teeth of the brisk wind. de-
@Naa zrs T~fnYsHN9a
tor had three three-putt greens Nc
Leod is in q tie for twenty-fifTh place
as the third round gets under way.
with ". r. McCaliunl, Washington
amateur Both registered iSa over the
first IS holes Of the championship
which will conclude .oday
Walter w. Cunningham Of Burning
Tree again found his puts slipping
past the edge Of the cup and added an
80 70 his IS Of the previous day, to
END far outside a chance for the money.
Arnour's blow-up was the worst CT
all. paralelled only by the almost
equally poor exhibition by kirkwood.
Armour started IN good fashion, but
ran into on the difficult NTH hole:
where his third shot found trap, and
he was out in 80. His second s-ot at
the long fourteenth was trapped near
the green and he took three puts for
a 6. following this with a bad 7 at the
fifteenth. where his second shot found
9 ditch near the green and again he
took three puts. He finished the last
three holes one under par. but the
damage had been done Kirkwood
PLAYED poor golf all the way.
Thorn Puts Badly.
Although Thorn holed his pitch at
-. E-- -
between the sixth and eighteenth. His
worse exhibition came at the long
third where his first shot went out of
bounds and he took Z. a bunkered
second shot at the seventeenth cost
him q s.
Mcleod started with a trio Of SIS. to
60 two over par through the short
fourth. but took 5 at the 200-yard
seventh to get out In 80. finishing the
nine with birdie g. Coming back he
registered a birdie at the eleventh, and
even though he took SIS at the fifteenth
and eighteenth he was back II 35 for
his -.
The gallery, which followed he and
Bob Crlickshank, were as gratifled 10
see Mcleod come back with 73 as to
watch the fine shots Of Cruickshank
The little pro from New York was out
tn So and back IN 81.
M1ehIhorn In FERN.
Mehlhorn played nne golf all through
the round % score his SO, playing the
long seventeenth. he laid a full iron
shot within four feet Of the hole TO
score an eagle 3. his card set a new
record for the course Mehlhorn had
three IS IN a row from the tenth
through the thirteenth.
Scores Of the Washington players
over the second round follow.