Evening star., 1932-01-17
TIES LINKS RECORD
| OF 68 TO SET PACE
Culver City Golfer Enters
$4,000 Open Final Play
Two Strokes Up.
BY WILLIAM WARNE.
By the Associated Press.

A QUA CALIENTE, Mexico,
~ January 16.-Big, good
1 \ natured Fred Morrison of
Culver City, Calf, proved
today he was even better in good
weather than in the rain by
touring the long course here in
68 to take 2-stroke lead with
211 after 81 holes in the Aqua
Caliente $4,000 Open.
Fred was dubbed "the great
mudder" after he took the lead
at the end of the first 18 Wednes-
day, playing the course In SO,
three under the II par, in the
rain.
Thursday, when the weather was
clear, he took "a, to fall back into
tie for fourth place, five strokes be-
hind Leo Diegel, the home pro, who
led at the halfway mark with 1873.
But the great round Morrison played
today, in which he equalled the course
record set Thursday by Diegel, removed
the mud stain from his record.
Cooper In Second Place.
Jumping into second place, after be-
ing tied at the halfway mark with Nor
rison at 143, Harry Cooper of Chicago
played the third round in 10, for a Sd
hole total of 213. :
Right on his heels came Gene Sara:
zen of New YORK, who won the nrst
Aqua Caliente tournament in 1880,
when it was worth $4,000. Sarazen,
who tied for second place with 10
after the first 18 holes, and in third
spot after 36 holes with l42. took an
even par 70 today for total OF 2l4.
The collapse of "Larrupin' Leo" as
threat was feature of the third round.
After playing marvellous 70 on tne
muddy first day, and finer 68 on the
sunny second, Diegel hooked and mis-
putted his way to 78-stroke blow-up,
and fell into tie with Olin Dutra OF
Santa Monica, Calf, in fourth place,
five strokes behind Morrison.
One stroke behind Olin and Leo was
Charley Guest, good second 10 Dlegel
at the halfway mark; Paul Runyon, the
young professional from White Plains,
N. Y, who cracked out a 68 on the Gee
ond day, and Willie Goggin OF Lake
Tahoe, Calf, who is getting better as
the tournament goes on, each with
217-stroke, 54-hole total.
Golden, Won Elm OF Games.
Johnny Golden, Stamford, Conn, and
George Won Elm, who tied Tor nrst
place in the tournament last year, were
away off their games. Golden was four
strokes better off today than Won Elm,
with a 76-70-75-221, but still was
far behind the leaders. Won Elm, Tor
mer National amateur champion, and
a consistent money winner since ne
turned businessman" golfer IN Los
n
Walter Hagen, who seemed we'll along
the comeback trail when the rain in
terrupted the tournament yesterday,
was missing his iron shots and puts
today. His score to date is 74-70-
1920, which gave him tie for the
tenth place.
Johnny Dawson, Chicago, went into
the amateur lead with IS, over
par, for the third round to amass 222
total with 18 holes to go.
Joe Hunter, Pasadena, Calf, who
led the simon-pures at the halfway
mark with two 73's, started out de-
terminedly with a SO, even par, but
folded up on the final nine this after
noon with bad al and II giving him
a tie for second among the play-for-
fun boys. He is tied with Fay Cole
man, Culver City, Calf, who matched
Friday.
Dawson Ties for Fifteenth Place.
Dawson was tied for fifteenth place
in the field along with Witty Cox,
Brooklyn, winner of the San Francisco
match play championship.
Morrison was away to an tnauspi-
cious start. He took par on the first
hole, was one over on the par sec
ond, but broke through to even his
score with perfect figures on the 435-
yard fourth. A 10-foot putt gave him
3. He ended his first nine in IS,
looping l off par with another 10-foot
putt on the 410-yard seventh.
Coming in Big Fred clipped one off
par on the short eleventh and another
on the 36O-yard thirteenth. AS 1t
turned out, his three-putting on the
number two green was his only double
of the day.
Professionals with 238 or better for
the 54 holes played qualified for the
final round of 18 holes tomorrow along
with all remaining amateurs.