The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-12
HORTON SMITH
TOPS FIELD IN
GOLF CLASSIC
MiSSourian Holds Lead by
Two Strokes, as Final
Play Starts.
BOBBY JONES AT HEELS
Charley Lacey Is Sensation;
Cooper Also Is in
Front Ranks.
BY FRANK GETTY
United Press Sports Editor

INTERLACHEN COUNTRY
CLUB, Minneapolis, July IA
blanket finish, with ten leading
contenderS closely punched in the
final drive, and thrills a-plenty for
golf fans everywhere, was staged at
Interlachen today, as the thirty
fourth national open championship
careened to a close, with thirty-six
holes to play today.
Out in front of the pack by the
slender margin of two strokes when
the final days play began was Hor-
ton Smith of Joplin, Mo, swinging
along Ike Gallant Fox in the
stretch.
The blonde young Missourian's
aggregate of 142 strokes gave MIN
the leadership at the halfway mark,
but from close behind there fell
across his path to the champion
ship the imposing shadow of the in
evitable and inimitable Bobby
Jones.
Three Tie for Second
Bobby, together with Harry
Cooper, the Chicago pro, and 90
year-old Charley Lacey, a former
English caddy who halls from Pine
Valley, N. j., scored IA for the first
two rounds to tie for second place
at the end of thirty-six holes.
And to lend weight to the prom
Use of as thrilling a finish as the
national championship ever knew,
such mighty golfers as Macdonald
Smith, Johnny Farrell, Tommy Ar
mour, Walter Hagen, Whiffy Cox
and Johnny Golden were only a
stroke or two back at teeing-of
time.
Rain fell, breaking the excessive
heat wave, as the first of the field
set out for the third round.
Charley Lacey was the first Of the
low scorers to start, teeiug off in a
shower.
Black clouds, driven by increasing
winds, scurried cro the leaden
sky, a striking change from the
blazing, bright sunshine and heat OF
the first two days.
The standing Of the leaders when
they answered the starters call this
morning:
Horton Smith, Joplin, Mo. 12-10-li2
Charles Lacey, Pine Valley, N. j.. 74-10-144
Harry Cooper, Glen Ellyn. I'LL. .52-12-l4a
mae1o5Sid Smith. New York . 70-75-il5
Tommy Armour, Orchard Lake,
johnny Farrell, Mamarcneck, -.
Whiny Cox, Brooklyn .u-15-146
Walter Hagen, Unattached ,..... 12-15-l4l
Johnny Golden, Norton, Conn. .I4-13-l41
It's Open Race
So it still was any ones cham
pionship at the start of the days
play. The rich prize of $4,000 and
ali that the title of open champion
means dangled temptingly for nine
professionals, and the honor Of VIM
ming another national crown beck
oned Bobby Jones, the lone anna
teur, to his best efforts.
There is only one real dark
horse" among those within striking
distance of the championship.
Young Charley Lacey, playing in
his first national tournament, never
expected to be up there, but he is
a grand golfer, this 23-year-old
English youth who was caddying on
his native links three short years
ago.
Lacey, last of the entire field to
finish Friday, came in unheralded
with a brilliant round Of 70, a round
which an even break in luck for the
sandy-haired y%oungster would have
turned into a Sc, at the most.
Lacey Is Star
The boy hits a golf ball like a
master, and unless the strain of be-
ing up there among the golfing
great, and the crush of an admir-
ing gallery around him prove too
much, young MI. Lacey may make
golfing history before nightfall.
Horton Smith, of course, is the
logical choice, for the Missourian is
hitting his shots with a crisp accur-
acy which spells victory. But Bobby
Jones is up there so close that there
can be no fooling.
The Albanian hasn't been able to
get out in front as yet, but today is
another day