The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-23
JONES And SO
OTHERS ENTER
LAST STRETCH
Tommy Armour, Incumbent
TitlehOlder, Ties for 18th
in Qualifying
BY BASIL G. WYRICK


Olympia Fields, Chicago, June %.
-R-With Bobby Jones Of Attain
ia in the van, 81 survivors of the
first two rounds of the National
open golf championship unsheathed
their clubs at Olympia fields today,
ready for the final So holes that
will determine a new champion.
The 1928 crown was topping
from the head Of the present hold
er, for the incumbent, Tommy Ar
mour, stood tied for 18th place at the
half way post with ISL, seven
strokes behind Jones' excellent 144.
Next to the amateur champion was
another amateur, George Won Elm
of Detroit, tied for second at 146
with Bill Leach Of Philadelphia, the
leading professional.
Hagen Scores lat
Between these leaders and Armour
stood lab stars, among them such
veterans as Walter Hagen and Will
lie MacFarlane with lat. and tied
with Armour were seven others who
are capable of spectacular golf. In
this list were Leo Diegel and john
ny Farrell.
The foreign invasion had appar-
emily been turned back. Rufus Ste
wart of Australia had failed to sur
vive, Aubrey Boomer of France had
accumulated 152 strokes and Archie
Compston of Great Britain, had
barely kept in the running with 157.
Boomer has played good golf at
times and Compston, after an erra-
tic first round in rs and splendid
first nine in par yesterday, went
stale with his putter and took 46 for
the second nine.
Big Rain Falls
The players late yesterday were
deluged by a terrific thunder show
er of short duration with wind all
but blowing over the contestants
still afield. Bobby Jones escaped
this storm, but Hagen, went through
it and hit a sub par stride when the
elements were most bothersome. He
reeled off che birdie after another
on the second nine after taking 40
to reach the turn, and set record
of 80 for the second nine for the
elongated links.
This left Haig who three years
ago set mark of 81 for the short
er No. A course within striking dis
lance. AS at the start OF the tourn-
ment, Jones and Hagen were the
favorites to win.
The star scorer Of the second ex-
pertinent with Olympia fields No. 4
course was Craig Wood of New
York, who with 20 was the only
one to break par yesterday. Wood
had a practice round in 20, but took
a 70 for the first circuit in the
champion.
Johnston Is Qualifier
Other amateurs besides Jones and
Won Elm survived the first sc holes,
Jimmy Johnston of Minneapolis, who
led at the halfway mark last year.
was tied for 23rd place with 152.
Chick Evans, the only man who has
ever won the National amateur and
open titles the same year, and who
holds IL year old record of 286 for
the open, came q crOpper yesterday
with a sad 80, after a first round
in ~.
Six thousand persons each day
have paid 1920 to get a glimpse Of
how the champions Of golfdom
stroke the ball to get par. In many
instances they saw how champion
can fall from his lofty pedestal in
this tickle game.
Preparations were made to care
for some ten thousand spectators to.
day.
Only three favcrites failed to re-
main in the running. In addition to
Chick Evans, Harry Copper. who tied
with Tommy Armour for title last
year, was eliminated with 163
strokes and Mike Brady, who once
lost . play off for the title to Hag-
en-. with 1852.