Evening star., 1932-06-25

TLUSHING, N. Y .- June 20
r. There never has been such
4 grim and humorleSS ma
tional open golf champion
ship as this thirty-Sixth profess
sional jamboree, which drew to it's
close at Fresh Meadow today.
Gone is the bantering and JOSH
ing. the humorous Sallies and the
wise cracks which have enlivened
championships in the past.
Whether it is the depression or
whether the pros have decided that
they have a tough golf course to play
and will look bad if they do not play
it we'll the fact remains that the pres
ent title chase is void of even the
slightest bit of humor. 1t has settled
down to the grim business of deciding
national open champion. and not
even humor can stand in the way of
that. Witty Cox. the Brooklyn humor-
1st, usually is good for a laugh in any
tournament, but WiEys wise cracks
have been shut off
Hagen can bring a laugh out of the
hat any time, but Walter is more seri-
GUS about this one than any tourna-
ment he has played in years. The Gus
tonary gayety and bantering of most
national open championships is gone.
In its place Is grim parade OF strug-
Cling professionals, no longer awed by
Bobby Jones, and praying individually
and collectively that they can get the
ball into the hole.
EvEN up there in the top spot, which
Il 4 rPniYYNiad Of fna hal yly
of the 72-hole title chase by r.
Philip Perkins, erstwhile British anna
teur champion, now a business man
golfer. and Jose Jurado, the slim fel-
low from the Argentine, the going Is
grim. Grimmer indeed than it is half
way down. where the boys can take
chances and miss a putt or two with
out the world coming to an end. Per-
kins scored a subpar SO yesterday after
a first round 76 for a total of las,
a few moments afterward along came
Jurado, playmate Of the Prince OF
Wales, with a II, which tied him with
Perkins
Olin Dutra, the big shot of the open
ing day, blew higher than kite in the
second round yesterday, playing the
first nine in 35 like a champion and
then taking AZ for the second nine for
a total of II and two-day mark Of
146. one shot behind Perkins and
Jurado. If Dutra comes back today to
win this championship after that pitiful
exhibition Of yesterday he will be a
marvel.
THE championship probabilities lie i'll
l. these three and in Leo Diegel. who
shot a consistent second round OF
"a to add to his opening round of 70
fo- total of l47: Walter Hagen. the
cid Duke" who added 73 to his first
round of rs for 148. and Harry Cooper
Gene Sarazen and Craig Wood, who are
brH ckcted at 150
A space of five shots separates these
eight. and in view Sf the undoubted and
proven qualities of them all they should
stay where they are. SaraZen, the Brit
1sh open champion and much fancied to
win this tournament added a rs yes
terday to his first round of IA
At Isl are Henry Ciuci, home club
pro and always a threat; Clarence
Clarke of Jersey, Willie Klein of New
York, Dave Hackney and Vincent Eldred,
former Pittsburgh amateur. Billy Burke,
Bob Cruickshank and George Won Elm.
all at l52, are possibilities. but they all
have seven shots to pick up on the
leaders.
only one of the five Washington
~ entrants qualified for the final SO
holes today. That man is Al
Houghton, pro at the Kenwood Country
Club. Houghton scored n yesterday
to add to his 80 of the opening round
for a total of 159. which just got in
under the wire. The top figure to quail
ify was 160.
Bob Barnett Of Chevy Chase had a
two-day total Of 161, one shot too high;
Gene Larkin Of Chevy Chase scored 165
and Archie Clark of Congressional
scored 169.
Here are the cards Of the Washington