The Washington times., 1932-06-09
Sarszen Spins
50 to Hold
Coli Lead

| SANDW4CE1, GIlgIdL1Q, JuIle .
Playing the brand of golf that
brought Bobby Jones immortal
fame, Gene Sarazen, stocky little
New York professional, burned up
the Princes Course for a SO in
the second round of the British
Open Championship today to
hold his lead with a magnificent
36-hole total of 139 strokes.
Sarazen's card administered
the final blow to the old tradi.
ton that Princes is an "unbeat.
able" course. Jock Hutchinson
set the old record of II strokes
in the qualifying rounds OF the
1922 championship. BY beating
this mark by one stroke yester-
day and two strokes today
SaraZen assured himself of a
permanent niche In British golf.
ing history.
Sarazen's card reads as though
he shot super-human golf from
the first tee to the final green,
but this triumph actually was
due in large measure to his
genius for recovery.
RecOVeries Help Score
For the first seven holes, he
had only one really spectacular
drive and but one sensational sec
ond shot. His recoverieS and his
putting, the last word in bril-
lance, kept his score down.
At the sixth, Sarzen laid his
tee-shot two yards from the pin
for a birdie two. At the eighth,
his second shot over the bunkers
known as the "Himalayas" was so
wide that it even missed the
bunkers guarding the green, and
he took his first five to hole out.
A bad second shot at the
ninth, where his third overran
the green, cost him another 5,
but he never took another five
until the eighteenth, when again
a bad second found him short in
a dip fronting the green. His
card:
9n' IN 49,. 49,. s. S-s4-ss-1ss
Putter Works Fine
Tommy Armour, American de-
fender of the British open golf
championship, turned in a 10 to
atone for his only fair rs of yes
terday.
Armour, who went out in 81,
finally got his putting to work
in coordination with his beau
tiful iron shots and came in with
a remarkable SO.
Armour'S card
In 49,. / IL 3 I 3-Ss-7o-145
Macdonald Smith, the veteran
American pro, who held second
place at the end of the first
round with a H.. proved a dis
appointment today, taking a 76
for a total Of 147-eight strokes
behind Sarazen. His card:
2n' IN ....: -" t4tss tEss77 ts7-7s-147
Percy Alliss, veteran British
star, registered fine II which,
paired with a twin score for
yesterdays round. gave him
nice 142-stroke total. AlliSs al
most ruined his card at the
eighteenth, taking four strokes
to reach the green. He sank a
9-foot putt, however for a 5.
Macdonald Smiths troubles
started early. He drove into a
bunker from the first tee and to
the amazement of the crowd took
three shots to extricate. On the
green in four. he continued the
debacle with 3 puts for a Z.
Then began a heroic struggle
to reduce his arrears. The re-
mainder Of his card was excel
lent, even though he had hard
luck in Tipping the cup with
several long shots.
Compson Shoots 10
Archie Compsen, veteran Scots
pro, whaled his way around the
course today for a TO, giving him
a 36-hole total of IA.
Douglas Grant. one of the two
American amateurs in the tour
nament, carded a rs today for
a total of 157.
Other scores:
Cedric sayner. Eng. 33 41-74-74-14s
Herbert Jolly. Eng. 81 27-74-75-14s
4; A R, Bradbe9r. Eng SS $s-7S-zs-1Sd
A. NJ. Chevalier Eng. "a H-7S-77-152
T. A. Torrance (ama0 81 36-73-75-14S
Albert ]. sherwood. S9 S5-74-75-149