Evening star., 1932-08-31
WIND PLAYS HAVOC
IN QUAL|F Y|NG TEST
Burke, Cooper, Armour Fail
| to Get In-Dutra's 140
Wins Medal Honors.
BY PAUL NICHOLSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

CT. PAUL, Mimi, August 81
Survivors of Keller's big
~ wind, which blew such ia
-svorites as Billy Burke, Harry
Cooper and Tommy Armour from
the fairways to the sidelines,
opened hand-to,hand warfare to-
day for the professional golf
championship Of America.
Heading the contending brigade in
the battle that doesn't end until Sun
day were Tom Creavy OF Albany, N.
Y, the defending champion; Olin
Dutra, star windjammer of the game
from Santa Monica Calf. and tourna-
ment medalist with lao shots, and the
five-time king of the Nations money
players, Walter Hagen Of Detroit who
ran into the classic match play struggle
of the opening round by matching shots
with Johnny Golden of Noroton, Conn.
THIRTEEN States, representing all
l. sections of the Nation. had
survivors in the field and safely
past one of the widest qualifying
rounds in years. New York led with
nine and was followed by Illinois,
which had Horton Smith as its chief
hope of six in the long battle. Cali
fornia. Indiana, Ohio, New Jersey.
Connecticut and PENNSYLVANIA had two
shot makers left each, with South
Carolina, Delaware, Missouri, Michigan
and Texas with one apiece.
Creavy. Who demonstrated that he
was on his game yesterday by carding
a 36-ho!e total Of 145 even though he
didn't have to qualify, faced John
Hines of New York in the first match
in defense of his title today On the
basis of past performances, he was in
the easiest of the two brackets and his
game made him big favonte to wedge
into the finals.
HAGEN, Dutra. Ed Dudley of Will
l. i mington. Del; Golden, and Hor-
ton Smith were among the entries
IN the upper bracket. In the lower
region were less famed marksmen.
One of them was Denny Shute of
Cleveland, however, and Shute took a
licking from Creavy in the finals last
year at Providence.
Dutra's medal-winning jaunt yester-
day was all the more remarkable be-
cause of the wind that roared over the
championship Keller course. Accus-
toned to play with the wind, he scored
rounds of 71-69, for a 140 and the
media. firing great iron shots to snag
his brides and pars. His closest rival
was Horton Smith who tailed 1911
Three tied at 145-Eddie Schultz, Troy,
N. Y; Dudley and Joe Kirkwood Of
Philadelphia.
Cooper, Burke and Armour were VIC
Tins Of 10-nan play-off for thirty
second place, which was won by birdie
threes off the clubs Of Abe Espinosa,
Chicago, and Al Collins, Kansas City.
First-round pairings with the quail
flying scores:
Upper Bracket.
olin Dutra. Santa Monica, Calf GAO.
VS. ssssi. es15ss My. S!h sshans GahisasG S oo n4D
Horton Smith. Chicago 1ia. l,.o,
MI! fern:r H:Ityn. R9rrGR Isdianspos sS .s n' VS.
EDDIE Eddie Schultz Troy d4S) vs. Abe
sgfnGie eharies tsSs Laeey Great Neck Long Island,
N Y. I52), VS.. Henry Picard. Charleston,
Ed Dudley. wilmington, Del. u45), vs.,
Al Collins: Kansas City tl5O. VS.. dunnar
H5sSR WSt.r FofsiSTa asssn m petfof sp. vs. John
Golden, Eoroton, Conn. u4s)
Lower Bracket.
Vincent Eldred, PITTSBURGH Q5D, VS.. Paul
Runyan, White Plains N Z tl5o1 "
Bobby crqi9kshank fSrt Detroit Rt'hRSpd sS
craig HHe WOOD ' Deal. n, J. G4sl.., ~.
..RSTth 11ana wfsa fsasrkeaa ehs'fs fsx S? vs. TED
Tstt Victor c GhezSi' Rgmson, n; J. g40' vs.
Ph 5 s;STsRGuss c,d%f IPsfnaP0s5 S J. dSG G4s VS.
Denny shhute. Cleveland d49' vs. 1onn
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