The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-03
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BY DICK MILLER
Times star Correspondent

TOLEDO, July 3.-When the sec
ond day Of the national open golf
tournament play began over the In
verness course here today, Indiana's
contestants we're still in the fight. A
fourth Hocsier son who changed his
playing residence to Chicago, was
the only player Of interest to Hoo
sier golf fans not in the running.
Guy Paulsen of Orchard Ridge
course, FIT. Wayne, Ind, who was
Indiana state open champion IN
1928 at French Lick, topped the
Hoosier trio of entrants in the open
championship Thursday with "a.
He nosed out Massie B. Miller, play
ing unattached from indianapolis
motor speedway course, who had IS.
Neal Mcintyre, pro of Highland in
Indianapolis, played a consistent 7S
and is not altogether out OF the
hopeful list.
Johnny Lehman. former Purdue uni
versity star and Big Ten champion and
more recently Western Amateur champion,
was the highest scorer OF ell players
claiming Hoosier support with an 81 Thurs
day. The youngster became panicky.
Neal McIntyress troubles began on the
third hole OF 146 yards length. His tee
shot was hooked bit into trap. He
tried an explosion without including the
sand. and the gutta percha shot across
the green and into the tall grass. Next.
b,st 1ookad the
ball hitting the bank Of the green and
dropping back. When he did get on with
his fourth shot he took two puts. and
six. for a par three hole.
The rough at Inverness is really rough.
When little Massie Miller said before tne
tournament opened. that players who got
in. might Just as we'll use niblick and
Just shoot out and take stroke penalty
he knew what he was talking about.
went another stroke over par. He was
in the rough on ten and went one more
over. He was in the same on fourteen
and fifteen. On the latter it cost him
two strokes because a ball he tried TO
play short of the ditch rolled mo the
water. So every time Neal got INTO the
rough 1t cost him a stroke.
Massie Miller is deadly accurate from
bad break on the second hole. When he
was out OF bounds by inches. Massie
rallied to come in with par IS. He shot
even pars to the seventh where he sent
down a twenty footer. He likewise got
birdie on the ninth by sending his second
shot straight for the flag and getting down
with one putt.
Evervthing went well up to this point.
while Massie was playing the last nine
high wind from the east made the play
ing of holes II. IA. Is and II perilous.
The bows overshot the green while going
awav from the wind. A ditch made the
nlayinR against the wind dangerous and
caught several shots that ordinarily might
have carried the green. Hole fifteen Is a
long 44l-yard par four hole which re-
ouires the second shot carry the green.
Most players during the wind spell Jagged
nm TO the ditch and used a third to pitch
on.
putt hung on the edge for Miller on
the fourteenth and the rough cost him
shot on the next hole. He trimmed the cup
for q bride that might have helped on
the eighteenth.
nLAYING steady, cautious golf,
Guy Paulsen wornled his way
into the front line Thursday with
IA. Guy laid putt on the edge
on the eighteenth which would have
given him 70. He, too, had trou-
BILE on the long par four holes OF the
last nine. Guy got one birdie on
the eleventh with long putt, but
wasted one shot on each of three
holes to finish with a 38 after going
out in SO, one over par.
Henry Dahlman motored from Indian
apolis and brought young Billy Reed Jr..
Ed Lennox is reported on the grounds.
Norman Perry. whose baseball team was IN
town took in the event Thursday before
hurrying back to the Hens park to take
In the double-header.
The gallery while not as large as an
ticipated still runs I'D into numbers.
Hagen. Armour. Sarazen had the biggest
followings Thursday with the 'Haig" prob
ably carrying an edge. With the windup
coming on Saturday. a holiday. and the
night after the big fight in Cleveland. To-
cal officials contemplate handling the
largest crowd ever. on Saturday.
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Leonard Schrnutte, formerly OF
Indianapolis, who represented Lima,
o., scored 80 and Johnny Lehman,
formerly of Purdue university and
Gary, shot 81.