New Britain herald., 1928-09-11
V0N ELM HAS EARLY
 LEAD IN TOURNAMENT
Golf Star Turns in a Two-Day Card
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 Mass. Sept. II R-In spite of q mediocre round. featured by poor putting. George Won Elm of Detroit, former title holder, by carding 79. seven over par. assumed an early lead today in the national amateur golf championship qulifying test. With his 73 of yesterday he had a two day 36 hole total of l52.
 Non Elm was out in 3S and back in Al. Hit butter was completely out of order. especially on the 18th. where he, took three puts from q distance of 10 feet. His partner. Fred Wright of Boston, took an s" and his two-day total of 154 put him temporarily in second place.
 Both scores were safely within the qualifying fold. Won Elm and Wright started with par fours at the first hole neither finding any trouble. Won Elm hit a long tee shot at tke second but it finished against mound. he rt covered we'll to get his par 1. Wright barely missed 3 and also took 4.
 Won Elm hit a terrific tee smash on the third long and straight but his second was not so good and he had to use three butts. giving one over par with a five.
 Wright also took five. thanks to a trap.
 Using wood for his second on the 446 yard fourth Won Elm hooked from the green and took three to get on. It was another five, one over par Wright's best was 5.
 Von Films second at the fifth was pushed into bad rough and he was barely on in three. He had to putt from grass on the edge of the green and took six. again over par. Wright got down in five.
 Both got comfortable Ss on the l5O yard sixth.
 George got break at the 7th when his second struck tree to the left of the green and bounded back toward the green. He took five and was four over par. Wright also got a five.
 Watts Gum, young Atlanta team mate of Bobby Jones, whose 80 yes- terday put him on the ragged edge, got down to more serious business today, starting even par with 4-4- 1.
 Among the early starters, the best outugoing card. 36. one over par, was turned in by Frank K. English of Waterbury. Conn. He needed 1t for he finished yesterday with SS. His card:
 English out ...3 344 462 544-oo
 Gum kept up his sterling work by negotiating the Waterloo hfth hole in birdie four after going one over par with @ five on the fourth. He got his three on the sixth to make it even fours.
 D. J. Armstrong, Aurora. H.. who surprised the boys by shooting a fine B yesterday. wasn't quite up to the same pace on the outgoing nine, taking 39. four over par. but never was in serious difficulties. His card
 Armstrong out: 455 463 534-39
 Ross Somerville. Canadian cham pion. who showed himself into the day, was off to fast start with a birdie three on the first hole and IA, even par. on the next two. He missed a four foot putt on the third ground in his bid for another birdie.
 George hooked his tee shot into a heavy rough at the tenth. The rormer champion made a good re- covery to the edge of the green and got par five. Wright was on in two and scored a birdie four.
 Won Elm was well on the 11th in two and got his par four with ease
 Wright needed live to reach the green after getting in a trap and trees but got a sizable putt down for six.
 On the 163 yard twelfth von Elm laid his tee shot dead and sank a seven footer for a birdie two while Wright took three.
 At the thirteenth George drove into ground where new turf is be- ing grown. the same spot Bobby Jones found yesterday. He dropped out into the rough. got no distance on his out and wound up with six. one over par. Wright was down in par 5.
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