The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-10
Jones OFF IN LEAD
OF NATIONAL OPEN; SHOOTS
FIRST EIGHTEEN HOLES IN II.
Triple Champion Makes Initial Round One
Under Par, Going Out in "a and
Finishing in 81.
OTHER STARS SHAKY UNDER STRAIN
Horton Smith Gets Away Good; Cyril
Tolley Off Form; Heat Is Serious
Handicap at Interlachen.

INTERLACHEN CLUB, Minneap-
oils, July 10.-The quest of the
hirty-fourth national open cham
pionship began today with swelter-
ing heat hanging like fog in Inter
lachen's valleyed fairways as the
first pair, Jack Burke of Houston,
Tex, and Charley Hall Of Birming-
ham, teed of.
The hot sun partly was obscured
by a fleecy cloud-bank, but the hu-
Nudity made matters uncomfortable
for the early starters.
Unusually large galleries for so
early in the open championship
lined the first few fairwayS before
the opening shots were fired at $3.50
6. m.
Bobby Jones, who rated an 8-to-5
choice to defend his title and win
his third major championship Of
the year, did not put in an appear
nee until a few minutes before his
starting time.
Jones Is Smiling
If the Albanian felt the strain of
his stiff battles for the champion
ship abroad he showed no sign Of
it today.
Jones strolled up to the club
house, smiling and apparently I'M
concerned, attired in a light gray
suit and wearing the unfamiliar cap
he has donned as protection against
the blazing Minnesota sun.
The latter had burned its way
through the light clouds when
Bobby arrived and the tightly
baked fairways appeared to be
aflame with the heat.
I'm feeling fine" Bobby said.
The back of his neck still was a
fiery red from the sunburn attained
earlier in the week.
Burke Under Par
FIRST sensation Of the champion
ship today was provided by Jack
Burke of River Oaks, who also was
first to start. Burke, unaffected by
the heat. proceeded to do a little
burning up himself on the outside
nine, reaching the turn in "a, two
strokes under par.
His card:
par-out 443 534 1876
Burke-Out ............... 442 444 444-34
Burke's partner, Charley Hall OF
Birmingham, had a AZ for the first
nine.
Horton Smith of Joplin, Mo-, one
of the outstanding favorites, went
out at 9:40, ten minutes ahead OF
Jones. The champion and his part
ner, Jock Hutchinson, were held
back ten minutes by the officials
because of the extraordinary large
crowd which gathered early.
Even Money offered
There was a bet of $4,000 at even
money today that either Horton
Smith or Walter Hagen would beat
Bobby Jones, the money coming
from the stable" which manages
both Smith and Hagen, as well as
Ed Dudley.
Johnny Golden of the Wee Burn
Club, Horton, Conn, another pro
conceded an outside chance, reached
the turn in par figures. His card:
out 1873 5A 1876
Ray Teller, Rochester, N. Y,
reached the turn in Al, his partner,
George Christ, Of the same city.
in 38.
Clarence Dozer, another from
Rochester, N. Y, turned in SO, his
partner, Walter BemiSh, Geneseo,
N. Y, in 40.
Just as he was the first to pro-
duce some sensational golf, so was
Jack Burke or Houston, Tex, the
first of the leaders to crack. After
going out in "a, two under par,
Burke came home in 40 for a first
round score of "a, two over par.
Smith Under Par
Horton Smith reached the turn
two strokes under par. He had
three brides on the outward nine
and lost one stroke at the eighth,
where he missed a short putt.
The intense heat took a severe
toll. Cyril Tolley, the usually i'm
maculate and rather superior Eng
lishman, former British amateur
champion. perspired his way around
the first nine in forty-two strokes.
Tolley fused and fumed his way
to an inglorious eight at the 352-
yard seventh hole. His card was not
one Of the best.
Ont ...... 544 s44 sS4--4e
Little Henri Ciuci of Stratford,
Conn, who had been burning up
the course in practice, was another
disappointment today.