Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-09
D|EGEL HOLDS LEAD
AS HAGEN GETS Ct
Leo's SO Gives Him 140 Total
to Walters 142-MitchelI
Goes Into Third.
Continued From First Psge.)

among the SO survivors.
Four American proS--Johnny Farrell,
Gene Sarazen, John Golden and Bobby
Cruickshank-hadS scores Of lat, and Bill
Mehlhorn and Tommy Armour are tied
at 148. Macdonald Smith and Jim
Barnes were in group at Isl and Al
Watrous, Ed Dudley, Al Espinosa, Joe
Tlrnesa and Horton Smith were placed
together at 1872. Jimmie Thompson had
a count of 1856, a stroke ahead OF Won
Elm.
Herbert Jolly. who was among the
leaders yesterday with score Of 70, re-
quired 80 today for total of 1872.
Jose Jurado, Argentine pro, came in
with a score of 70 to give him an ng-
gregate Of $50 for the two days play
Macdonald Smith had many trials on
his round and returned a score Of 70
for a 36-hole total of ISL
Tied at 152 were Ed Dudley, young
Wilmington, Del. pro, and two British
entrants, Z. P. Perkins, British amateur
titleholder, and Henry Cotton, young
pro. George Duncan, a veteran of many
an open championship, was two strokes
back with 1854.
Breaks Jones' Great Record.
Scenes such as attend the winning of
the championship itself occurred around
the big eighteenth green when Hagen
lowest round ever made in the open
championship. 1t was stroke lower
than Bobby Jones great SO in the
opening round at st. Andrews two years
ago.
on the IS holes. more than $500
yards long. Hagen never did worse than
equal par on any hole. He scored five
brides and two eagles.
Hagen played with supreme conf
al 1,tn
as good as any he ever has done. His
homeward journey was threatened by
an eagle at the fourteenth, getting
down with drive, brassie and two-yard
putt.
He played magnificent golf on his
outward trip. Bunkered near the green
on his second at the first hole, the
American pitched to within foot Of
the hole for birdie 4. At the second
he was on in two and needed two puts
for a par 4. He sank a five-footer for
birdie at the third and just barely
missed a birdie 2 at the short fourth.
Hagen's Long Fifth.
The long fifth is not likely to be
reached in 2 today by even the longest
drivers Hagen was 80 yards short and
his approach far from satisfied him.
Yet he rammed down a 25-foot putt for
birdie 4. At the 450-yard sixth he
sent q splendid spoon shot dead to the
pin, resting IL feet beyond it. From
here he holed in for an eagle. The
short seventh almost resulted in an
other birdie Q.
He was bunkered off the tee at the
eighth, played out sideways and finally
got down in S. He seemed to hit his
brassie wrongly at the ninth. but the
low flying shot rested only q foot off
the green and he putted to within two
feet of the cup and sank the next for q
par and 80.
A good part of the drama surround
ing Hagen's record-breaking effort was
concentrated around the eighteenth
hole Needing for 81 and new
record in British open championship
golf play. Hagen sent his iron shot dead
to the pin It bounced two yards away
and hit the f1uttering flag. Then 1t
rolled to within foot of the edge OF
the green. Hagen boldly putted from
IS feet and sent the ball almost over
the opening. It stopped a yard away
and he holed out amid great applause
from the 5000 spectators.
Whats This Fuss AbOut?"
whats all this fuss about?" Hagen
asked. The championship has Just
Despite his nonchalant manner, 1t
was evident that Hagen was well
pleased with himself. In fact he
couldn't refrain from doing little
dance of Joy on his way toward the
Jimmie Thompson, young pro from
Knoxville, Tenn, who took 78 In the
first round yesterday, needed the same
number of strokes today to send his
total to 156.
The leaders cards
Diegel-Out 444344335-35
In .....44334535 4-34-69-l40
Hagen-Out 443343354-33
In 4443343 4-34-67-142
Alliss-Out 44445 $40
In ....44534435 4-36-76-145
Farrell-Out5 45354344-37
In .... 544344356 -38-75-l47
Cruickshank-
Out ....44424435+
In ....54355436 5-40-74-147
Diegel. finishing with nearly all the
crowds thronging the Muirfleld course
around him, was a picture of nervous
energy His homeward journey was
succession Of perfect drives and second
shots. with putting that on ordinary
golfer would have considered marvellous.
To Diegel, however, his putting was
terrible" for he missed one of 10 inches
eighteenth, this one longer.
Misses Putt Of Foot.
At the seventeenth he had placed a
perfect brassie on the green and as
sumed his usual crouching putting
stance, with arms akimbo, hands close
to his body and the club swinging like
a pendulum. Just as he was about to
hit the ball clicking camera disturbed
him. He lost concentration and, leaving
the ball. walked about the green. Finally
he returned to complete the stroke, but
missed He then had a putt Of little
more than a foot left for the four, and
missed that
A similar incident occurred at the
eighteenth. A great iron gave him an
excellent chance for a three, but a
camera again disturbed him, and he
again abandoned his stance and walked
MONTE CARLO G
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