Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-12
ZONES SHOOTS 6S
TO TAKE LEAD FOR
OPEN GOLF TITLE
Spectacular Play Puts Bobby
Five Strokes Ahead of
Harry Cooper.
HORTON SMITH is TIED
WITH GOLDEN FOR THIRD
Georgian Has Chance to Break
Evans Record for Low
Total Score.

| BY the Associated Press.
| 1NTERLACHEN CLUB. MINNEAP-
OILS, July bobby Jones, the cham
/ pion, shot spectacular SO, four under
! par, and new competitive record for
| the course, to take the lead in the
third round of the United States Open
golf tournament today. 1t gave him a
| 54-hole total of 212.
Jones took the lead away from Hor-
ton Smith, his young professional rival
| on the outgoing nine, which Bobby COW
cred IN 80 to Horizons SO.
| The slips pushed Smith into a third
place tie with Johnny Golden and gave
Jones an almost certain margin of VIC
tory. Harry Cooper was second with
217.
Lost Chance for Sc.
| The champion shot six brides as he
putted sensationally and was six under
par going to the seventeenth. The loss
Of one stroke to par on each of the last
two holes cost Bobby a chance for a sc.
Jones can score a 70 in the final
round and better the record for this
event, set IA years ago by Chick Evans,
who scored 286.
Bobby's IS was the greatest round
he has ever registered in the American
open championship and only the third
time he has broken 10 in 10 years of
competition in this event. He shot two
COS last year, one at the start and the
other in the play-off
His famous putter, Calamity Jane"
never was working more brilliantly.
The champion had no fewer than II
single putt green's, the longest putt be-
ing about Is feet. On all but three
holes the first and last two, Bobby was
putting for brides.
Dutra Scores So.
Mortie Dutra, Long Beach. Calf,
professional, turned in sizzling SO,
three under par, for his third round
but his first two rounds were so high
that it gave him high total of 225.
A heavy shower of rain broke over
the course at $3.50 am. &C. S. IT, as
the reduced ranks of contenders for
the open began the battle over the final
So holes of the 72-hole. title test.
Ten players, including nine profess
SIGNALS and the defending champion,
Bobby Jones, were punched within five
strokes of each other as the third round
got under way.
First of the leaders to get away at
BIAS was Charles Lacey, the dark horse
from Philadelphia, who came in, the
last man in the field, with a score of
70 and 36-hole total of 144 that put
and Harry Cooper of Chicago. two
strokes behind the leader, Horton Smith.
The rainstorm broke suddenly, with
thunder rolling in the distance. 1t
lasted for only Is minutes. but cleared
the sultry atmosphere for the time be-
ing.
The betting was almost even money
that there would be at least two ties
for first place at the end of u holes,
iV~iR
SUNDAY, common Iinish for an open
championship in late years.
Scores at the end of the third round
OF competition, 81 holes, follow:
Candidates amateur)
DIN Dutra. Los Angeles, 152-78-230
Eddie Schultz, Troy, N. Y, 156-79-235
Jim Fouls, Chicago. -. .156-77-233
Willie Klein, New York. .l52-77-229
Johnny G o d m n
Omaha ........:.... 154-72-22s
Herman Barron Port
Chester, N. Y.......... .155-74-229
Charles Lacey Philadel-
.phia ..................14 4-77-221
Charles Guest, Detroit. .i4o-77-226
Johnny Farrell, Mamaro-
neck, N. Y.............l46-7
AL Heron. Reading, Pa, l54-74-228
j. f. Rogers, Denver l5l-8O-231
Francis Gallett, Mil
waukee .:..............151-74225
Willie McFarlane, New
York ...151-82-23
Eoole Williams, Cleveland 149-78-227
-Boopy Jones. Atlanta. .144-68-212
1ed Luther, Cory, Pa. ,154-82-236
Telford Gibraski, Jackson,
Ohio ................ 155-85-24O
Walter Bemish, Genesee.
N. Y: ......:..........155-82-2s7
Denny Shute, Worthington,
ONO ...,..;.,......... .154-77-23
Ralph Guldahl Dallas,
Tex. ........... l55-8O-235
Georse Won Elm, Detroit. .l54-73-227
Sralg WOOD, new York. .l48-72-220
Tom Creavy, Long Lake.
N. ....l55-79-234
Joe Turnesa, Elmsford.
N. Y. ........l5 l-78-92
Tommy Armour, Detroit. .I46-75-22l
Harry Cooper, Chicago I44-73-217
Gene Sarazen, New York. I54-78-233
John Golden, Darien,
conn: $50. .........l3 7-7l-2l8
Fred Morrison, Los
Angeles ..............l54 -8o-234
Lester Bolstad, Minneap-
OILS ...........15 4-79-233
Willie Hunter. Los Angeles
l52-78-230