Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-22
BY WALTER r.. McCALLUM.

AZ WASilNl&IQTS AuA6 IA kfA0
feSSional representatives re
main in the chase for title a
the pick of the world amateur ant
professional golf stars played the sec
cnd round today in the 72-hole com
petition for the open championship
which is slowly slipping from Tomm,
ArTYiour's head.
Tommy himself is one of them, ant
although he still is in the title hunt
he will have play far better golf arount
the putting greens today and through
tomorrow's final So holes to retain hi
title. The other was the mighty littl
man of Columbia, Fred Mcleod, VIII
= is only three shots back of the leade
as the second round is being playeS
today. and three shots In front of Ar
ilour.
Sandy Armour of Congressional
brother of Tommy and his associate ii
the shop. IS virtually out of the com
petition. in so far as a chance 10 VIII
Is concerned. So is j. Monro Hunter
the mighty man of Indian Spring. WHIT
blew himself out of chance to finish
close up early yesterday, when he fin
isfed with an on the last hole fol
an 81
It is extremely doubtful If Hunter
viii qualify among the 60 men anc
ties who viii play IS holes for the
championship tomorrow. Sandy Ar
nnour may make 1t, but he will have
to 90 better today than his 80 of yes.
terday to be sure Of getting in.
Two Sure to Qualify.
Tommy Armour, with rs yesterday
and Fred Mcleod. with a Scintilatine
70, which was reminiscent Of the Nc
Iced of other DAYS. when the little
wizard of the maShie and putter was
one Of the greatest of them all, are
sure to get in. But many Of the
acknowledged stars of the game are on
the ragged edge, striving today to bring
order out of disaster, as they fight with
driver and putter for place in the
60 who viii play tomorrow.
Such men as Gene Sarazen, cham
pion Of 1922. with rs: Emmett French
and Jock Hutchinson. with 81, and even
Johnny Farrell and Chick Evans. with
n. are none too sure OF winning place
for the final day. Those below 7e
should have no trouble. for the predic-
ton is made today that scores Just un-
der $50 viii qualify for the final day.
Armour on in Putting.
Tommy had a round yesterday that
might Just as well have been SO as
the 76 which the score card shows.
He played grand golf through the fair
way and ragged golf around the put
ting greens. while his one slip from the
tee cost him two strokes. Olympia
fields. is like that. and slips usually come
on holes where the penalty Is very Sc
we're. That is Just what happened to
Tommy yesterday, for a. hooked tee shot
et the trying fourteenth cost him a six
where 4 is just good golf.
Three tfree-putt greens, a pulled
mashie shot at the sixteenth and a
hooked brasSie shot at the eighteenth
tell the story of why the champion is
not leading or very close to leading. the
pack as the second round is played.
With the mastadonic Archie Comp
ston as 2 partner, Tommy started by
hooking 20 the rough on the first hole
and getting fine par S, for he didn't
hit shot as he intended on the hole
A par 4 followed at the second and at
the difficult third Tom hit his longest
tee shot Of the day, mighty crash
that left him but a spade mas1ie 10
the green. He played it IL feet from
the pin, ran the putt feet past and
missed the short one for 5.
Another stroke was lost to par on the
fourth, where he was in the woods of
the tee. But he gained one back al
the nth. where he laid a spade shot
close enough to secure birdie 8.
A trapped iron shot cost him his par
3 at the short sixth, and he negotiated
the seventh and eighth in par figures
Then came the ninth, where first a
camera clicked behind Armour as he
was about TO hit tricky approach
putt, and then woman started 10
rattle papers when he had settled him.
self again.
Takes Three Puts.
Don't upset the camera Tommy
said. I'm upset enough myself" And
he proceeded 10 take three puts for q
5 70 get out in 80, while Compston
struggling with inaccurate tee shots, was
cut in 80. The strange part of it was
that C0npSton. who is noted as a long
driver, was outhit from the tee bS
Tommy on nearly every hole
Armour took three puts again on the
tenth for 5, but he got that shot back
by sinking 12-footer for birdie al
the eleventh. He cracked out 2a0.
tween the towering oaks that parable
the fairway, raped spade shot along
side the pin and sank 5-footer for an
other birdie g. Then followed par
at the short thirteenth and Tom was al
set for what looked ike 80 in. BuI
instead Of playing a spoon from tls
tee or long iron, he attempted 10 hool
Ills Gc3 L1Vg TIE El{ttClg Oh the Halfway
and put II In the woods. This came tusi
after Compston, his hands shaking from
nervousness ar he teed his ball, had said
looking down the tree oordered fairway
I'm scared TO death" and then pro.
eeeded to' half top his ball into tn,
woods 40 yards from the tee.
Tommy had 10 play out straight ir
the fairway, PLAYED his third shot shor'
Of the green. chipped UP and missed thu
Erz hat Ie Aai.~ A.
and he got the regulation par on tn
555-yasd fifteenth.
Makes Poor Iron Shot.
An iron shot that vas hardly charac'
teristic of Tommy came at the i53-yars
sixteenth. for here his bali hit on III,
bank at the left Of the green and kicker
down into dry ditch He might hav'
taken S or 6, but instead Of pitching h,
elected 10 run the shot up the bank anG
II came of. He very nearly holed his
An easy 4 came at the seventeenth
and he had q left on the 490-yart
eighteenth for IS. But he hit hi
wooden second shot q little too quickly
and IL hooked into a bunker, Will
compSt0n sliced one q mile 10 the right
Tommy's shot out was far too stron
and he did we'll 10 get down in tw
puts from the back edge Of the green.
Mcleod Is Steady.
Nothing could have been steadier o
ss4raigfgteT from the tee than Freddi
Mcleod. as the little Columbia nlento
proceeded to play himself back into Tn
Championship picture from which h
has almost slipped completely oyer tn
iast half decade. Predicts tee shot
were straight ard, for him. UNUSUAL
long He started with three IS snd
4. three over par; TOOK 4 on the shoi
sixth and then sank l5-footer for
birdie 2 al the eighth.
1a-footey found the bottom Of tn