Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-26
with nine to - having won three
straight.
seavef Tafses Early Lead.

straight.
seaver Tafses Early Lead.
Romans had to sink a 5o-foot putt
to get half in par As at the first hole
after his second was trapped. Seaver
went UP at the second with q par to
8 for Romans. Gene took three puts.
Gene and Charley each drove the
short three and holed out In par IS
for the half. Seaver just missed q six
foot putt. They took six puts between
them ct long fourth and halved the
hole in 6s
The fifth brought another half in
par, although Seaver had to make a
good putt for his after an overstrong
approach. seaver went 2 up at the
sixth, where his par 4 was good enough
to win when Romans took three puts
for 8. Gene won the. seventh hole
with O par 4 when Charley sent his
second TO a trap and took 5. Seaver was
now only / up.
A six-foot putt by Seaver for birdie
3 at the eighth, when Genes ball was
on the lip of the cup for a par 4
again sent the California up. Seaver
went 3 up at the short ninth with a
par when Romans took three puts
for b s.
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seaver went up at the tenth, where
Romans was trapped on his second. and
finished in 5, one over par. Charley
made a neat pitch to the green after
a drive to the rough and got his par.
Seaver put his second shot in q brook
at the eleventh and could do no better
than 6. Romans had an easy par
and reduced his deficit by one. Seaver
was now up.
seaver won the twelfth with a to
Genes and again was 4 up. The
Jersey boy was trapped with his second
and over the green with his third.
The 125.yard thirteenth was halved
former American and British open
champion, was in the gallery at this
hole Hhe fourteenth was another half,
this time IN par Is, and SeAver stin
was 4 up.
Both drives at the fifteenth found
rough and two extraordinary second
shots placed the balls on the green,
Romans rs feet from the cup and
6eaver only 2 feet. The Californian
then missed the puny putt and 1t was a
half at 4. At the sixteenth Romans
reached the edge Of the green with his
second and Seaver was we'll on. Charley
left Gene with partial stymie and he
missed his 4, taking to Eeaver's par 4.
Seaver up, the short seventeenth
was halved in As, one over par, when
both tee shots rolled to rough.
Both we're short in 2 at the eight
zenith, but Seaver was closer to the cup
In 3. Romans made his seven foot putt
good for q par and Seaver followed
suit from four feet for the half, leav-
ing Seaver up.
Morning-in:
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After the nineteenth was hAlved ir
par As, Romans won the twentieth with
a par 5 and was only down. Seavel
took four shots to get on the Ions
twentieth and two puts. Romans wa'
well on in three
seaver won the twenty-first when hi
holed an eisht-foot putt for a birdie
after q great tee shot with No. iron
Again Charley was 5 UP. After gooc
| pitches to the twenty-second in 3
Charley just missed his putt for birdie
/ 4, while Romans holed his from /.
feet and won, to be 4 down.
Romans drove to rough at the twenty
third, put his second in a trap and
then sent his third stone dead for a
par 4. Seaver, well on in two, took
three puts and was only up. Gene
tried to play spoon from a trap al
the twenty-fourth, messed it up anc
! lost the hole, 5 TO 4. He was again 4
down. Romans made a brilliant SECOND
| from rough to within eight feet of the
| pin at the twenty-f1fth and Just missed
! his putt for birdie. Seaver had Il
hole a four-footer for the half. Seavel
up.
They were practically alike in TIVE
on the twenty-sixth green, and a hal
in par four left 6eaver up Seaver'
tee shot ct the twenty-seventh left hin
an impossible position among rocks be
hind the green's and he had TO droI
out with q penalty stroke. He coul(
do no better than. 5 and with Honnan
on the green from the tee, the Cali
forniAn conceded him the hole. Seaver
8 up.
Afternoon:
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