The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-05-07
FIGURE SHOREY AS CONTENDER IN Coll
17Americars SurDiDe
In British Open
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However, / Iloled q 2O-footer mt the
| eleventh for 8; then l took two
puts on the twelfth after hitting
the pin with my approach. The
| fifteenth was just an ordinary 4
but at the sixteenth played the
best shot of my life, cut shot
into the wind to within 9 feet of the
pin. 1 got a great drive at the
seventeenth, then got home to within
feet of the pin with a No. 3 iron.
That's all there was to 1t; I was
just a sap on the greens"
Big Day for Americans
Three strokes back of the trail.
blazer came Cruickshank, whose
"a today represented a tranquil
round of golf, unmarried by unto
ward incident except for three puts
each at 1.-THE tenth and eleventh
holes. Cyril Tolley and r. A.
Whitecombe, the Englishmen, were
bracketed at $50. while George Won
Elm, American amateur champion
of three years ago, was tied at 15l
with George Duncan and A. Z.
whiting, of Great Britain. In ad-
dition, Al Watrous, another Ameri-
can, finished in a dead heat with
| L. .
champion, and Archie Compston at
152.
1t was a big day for American
else but big days in British open
competition. According to the Of
! fetal figures, which qualified los
players at maximum medal score
of 1852, every American of conse-
| he n
championship rounds, starting to-
morrow.
Jim Barnes and Johnny Farrell,
present American open champion,
drew it a bit fine at 100; Al Els.
ptnosa was even more shaky at
161, and Ed Dudley was in a down.
right precarious spot at 1862. But
all of them got in, which was more
than could be said for Ernest
Whitcombe, England's Ryder Cup
ace, who had a two-day aggregate
| Of 1854.
II Americans Survive
Sixteen American professionals
and one great amateur entered the
test. All IL survived it. One can
ask no more than that.
The only Americans who failed
to make the grade were amateurs
who merely entered the tourna-
ment as a sporting gesture. 81
Newton. New York, had an IS to-
day and went down at 1877. Joshua
Crane, Boston, took an 81 for a
total of I'll and Max Behr, the Cali
fornian, tore up his card and with
drew.
Fred Jewell, leader 20 hours ago,
with u, had an SO today.
Amateurs Doing Well
Cyril Tolley. former British
amateur champion, was sitting
pretty. with a total of $50, while
Phil Perkins, the present cham.
pion, had 1852. The two amateurs
had enjoyed the unusual distinction
of running one-two in the field
until Diegel came racing down the
course with his great round.
Scores in general were better to-
day because, while the wind still
blew. the rain no longer rained. In
consequence, Arthur Havers had a
neat 70 to bracket him with Henry
Cotton at 1853 strokes, Cotton having
"a. However. Walter Hagen, the
defending champion, slipped back to
70 today and was bracketed at 1854,
with Horton Smith. who had a rs.
Bill Mehlhorn also rode in with a
rs to finish a stroke behind his two
American rivals.
Fred Robson, British Ryder Cup
mHn, played with Hagen and had
the same score, a 70.
Their cards:
R Ressn s 5 t.tti.ssSstt I'D
Hagen Hagen tts4!sst!s4-ssss-77ss-
WatrOus Shoots IS
Not many minutes after Diegel
had scandalized the British with
his display Of wizardry, AL Watrous
trailed in with round of 37.38-75
to tie Perkins at 152.
Watrous card follows:
Out -. 4 5S6 "A 3-37
In $40. 4 SIS Il 4-3S-76-162
Tommy Armour also placed him
self in the running with a Stalls
for total Of 1856.
His card follows:
In ......s5 5544'44 4-41-7S-165
The comic relief was afforded by
Joshua Crane, Boston amateur, and
his partner, Anconeus Dell, physical
culture lecturer. This pair attracted
many of the curious, for Crane
again was using his 20-inch putter,
while Anconeus used a set of clubs
that challenged the rainbow with
their multi.colored shafts. Crane
had 43-41-S4 for a two-day aggre-
gate Of III.
DiegeI AstOunds
Even this bizarre pair, however,
couldn't hope to hold the center of
the stage long against the counter.
attraction of a golfer who really
was playing golf. Diegel was all
| of that today. Fitful, as always,
in HIS successive bursts of genius,
Diegel fairly iastounded the British
with a series of brides and buzz
yards in alternate profusion.
His card:
Out ...:....5 425 s. 8 4 6--35
In spite of the fact that his
the course, Diegel played only seven
one or the other--birdies or buzz
yards.
Abe Mitchell. the Briton. had a 70
which tied Havers and Cotton at
! 1853, this long hitter spelling an
/ otherwise good round by pulling his
drive over the wall at the ninth and
three-putting the seventeenth. Ar
maud Massey, veteran Frenchnan,
also qualified with arr for total
Of 1856.
Farrell Improves.
Johnny Farrell. American Open