The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-11
BY FRANK GETTY
United Press Sports Editor

INTERLACHEN COUNTRY CLUB,
MINNEAPOLIS, July 1.-THE pros
at Interlachen, arch enemies Of
Bobby Jones in the battle for the
open championship, set a fast pace
for the title holder today.
Out early while the rolling fair
ways were swept with a refreshing
breeze and the suns rays were part
ly obscured, Gene Sarazen, AL Es-
pinosa, Tommy Armour, Walter Ha-
gen and Macdonald Smith settled
down to the business of low scoring.
Espinosa, the Northbrook CID
pro, bettered par for his outward
nine with a 35, while Sarazen
reached the turn in par figures.
Tommy Armour, who led the field
with Mac Smith on the opening day,
started rather shakily. The former
champion drove into the rough at
the right of the first fairway and
his approach went into the gallery
at the left.
Shoots Over Green
He pitched up on to the green and
was down in two for a five, n over
par. At the second. Armour APP
preached too strongly and was over
the green, afterward missing a six
foot putt and taking another five.
Walter Hagen also found trouble
at the first hole, where he put his
second shot into the rough to the
left of the green. 1.-THE Haig" had
a chance to get the stroke back with
a fve-footer, but missed.
Hagen got a birdie three at the
second, being hole high in two and
sinking a stable putt.
Kent Certain QuaIifer
Meanwhile, Bob Shave, Kent, O.,
professional, got into the picture
with a card of 70 for his second
round. This equaled par and with
his 76 Thursday made Shave a GER
tain quali1er.
The lowest sixty and ties of to-
days round will play SO more holes
Saturday.
Al Espinosa finished with a 70 to
add to his rs of Thursday for an
aggregate of 154.
1t was thought 154 might be
about the qualifying limit. The
weather conditions we're less severe
today, thanks to a tempering breeze,
but the scores were not much bet
ter.
Slaves was the best of the early
returns. His card:
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Mac Smith also found trouble
at the start. His second shot hit
a spectator and landed in the
rough behind a bush. He played
out into a trap back of the green
and was we'll out with his fourth,
but missed his long putt by inches
and took a six, two over par. He
completed the second, third and
fourth in par figures.
Armour at Turn in 81
Armour reached the end of his
first nine, without appreciate i'm
provement.
His tee shot at the fifth was to
the right of the green, and when
his approach putt was short,
Tommy dropped his putter IN dis
gust. He missed his next one and
took a four on the par three hole.
He finished with four fours for
a 81. Again the short holes troubled
him, and he lost a stroke to par
at the eighth.
The standing of the leaders when
they teed off today:
Macdonald Smith, Great Neck, n. T.. 10
Tommy Armour, Orchard Lake, Mich. 20
Bobby Jones. Atlanta. Ga. ............ IL
Whlny Cox. Brooklyn. n Y. ......... II
Horton Smith, Joplin. Mo. ........... ~
George NJ. Smith. Chicago ..........s. y
Walter Hagen. unattached ............. 72
John Rogers. Overland, Mo. .......... y
Harry Cooper, Chicago ............... "
Bobby Jones still rules a strong
favorite, his round Of II, one under
par, having been achieved with the
minimum Of effort Thursday. The
Albanian never took an unnecessary
obo1oa dtfriao bis first eighteen