Evening star., 1929-06-28
Bobby Jones Pars First Hole
in Rain, Starting After
Lunch.
HAGEN CRASHES, TAKING
81, TO PUT TOTAL AT 157
Chicagoan Gets 70 to Go With 20
Yesterday-New Yorker ChalkS
Up Second II.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MAMARONECK, N. Y, June "a
Blazing the way through a gusty wind
for the big field, two sturdy italian
professionals, Gene Sarazen of New
York and AL Espinosa of Chicago, went
into an early tie for the lead today,
with 142, 2 under par, for the 36-hoie
or halfway mark of the national open
golf championship.
Sarazen duplicated his brilliant II of
yesterday, chiefly because he needed
only IL puts on the last nine holes,
while close behind him Espinosa came
home with a par 70 to add to his fine
10 on the first round. Three puts and
bad on the short thirteenth cost
Espinosa a golden chance to take the
lead.
Issue Now Up to Bobby.
These two performances left the issue
over the leadership up to Bobby Jones,
whose sensational SO led the opening
days battle The Atlanta amateur
knew what he had to beat as he pre-
pared for his second round after lunch.
Bobby Jones started in pursuit of the
leaders In a driving rainstorm that did
not prevent a huge gallery from sailing
forth.
1t started to rain just before Bobby
teed on with Emmet French. The
Albanian, in cap and sweater, sent a
screaming drive down the middle on
tail wind" and laid his second nicely
on. His two puts gave him a par 4.
French overshot the green and took S.
The rain stopped and the gallery
increased as they went to the second.
Jones pushed his tee shot to the rough.
He cleared an intervening tree but
landed in a trap. His. explosion shot
went 20 feet beyond the pin. The putt
trimmed the cup and he took 5, one over
par. French had 4.
Walter Hagen went to pieces, with
an 81 for two-day total OF 157. The
British open champion joined the de-
Tending American open title holder,
fall by the wayside. Farrell's "a yes
terday put him out of the running for
all practical purposes.
On the heels of the leaders were
Densmore Shute, who beat par with a
II after 73 yesterday to total IA, even
par. The Ohio pro had four brides
three on the hrst nine.
The cards Of the leaders follow:
Espinosa-
Out :. 34445 5-3S
In -. "A 4 S 3 4 5 4-37-72-142
Sarazen-
Out ..444444 S 5-36
In -. 4 S 2 4 3-35-71-142
Shute-
Out ;. S 2453 5 5-35
In -. 2 4 S 3 4 4 +36-71-144
Hagen's card
Out :. 54 4 4 4 S 4 5-39
In %. S 5 5 4 4 3 7 5 4-42-81-157
Gene OvershOots Greens.
Sarazen rolled in a 25-footer on the
eighteenth for the birdie that enabled
him to crack par This was the climax
Of streak Of six one-putt greens on
the last seven holes.
The stocky New York Italians put
ting touch saved him repeatedly after
he had wandered into the rough or
traps. His most serious errors were in
blasting too strongly out of traps. Three
times he shot the ball clear across the
green on the last nine, but recovered
each time to make the puts look easy
Al Owes His Mashie- -niblick.
Espinosa's stand-off with par may be
credited in chief partly to his mashie-
niblick, and his failure to better perfect
figures must be blamed on his putter.
His approaching was deadly throughout,
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