Evening star., 1933-05-16
$50 PLACES GAINED
BY PAID L|NKSMEN
Shorey, Barnett, Cunningham
Are Local Players to
Make Grade.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n IEW YORK, May 16.-The
M field which will set out in
l Y pursuit of the national
open golf championship at
the North Shore Club in Chicago,
June 8, will consist of 1870 profes-
sionals and q amateurs.
That much was determined yes
terday when 80 professionals and
19 amateurs survived the annual
sectional qualifying round and
joined the 81 pros and two simon
pureS who automatically quail
fled for the Chicago grind by f1n-
ishing among the first 80 and ties
in the 1882 championship.
Play in yesterdays 36-hole qualifying
test, played in 20 districts, developed
few surprises, although perhaps dozen
well known figures failed to make the
grade. Among these were Chick Evans.
former amateur and open champion;
Jock Hutchison, once holder Of the
who won the National Open In 1909:
Emmett French. Alex Ayton. Charley
Hall and scattering few young but
formidable amateurs such as Gene Ho-
mans and Jack Westland runners-up,
respectively. for the national amateur
championships of 1880 and 1881, and
Charley Yates. Georgia State title
holder Roland Mackenzie, former
Walker Cup player, withdrew just be-
fore play began in the Denver district.
ON the other side of the picture,
~ two former holders Of the open
title, Johnny Farrell and Cyril
Walker, successfully qualified. as did a
number of other leading professionals.
including Horton Smith, member OF
the 1888 Ryder Cup team; Al Watrous.
Johnny Golden, Willie Klein, Tony
Manero. Joe Turnesa. Al Espinosa, John
Revolta and Roland Hancock.
Among the amateur qualif1ers were
Gus Moreland. Walker Cup player: Neil
White. California amateur title holder:
George Dawson. who set the scoring
pace in the Chicago district: Lester
Bolstad, former Big Ten champion. and
Maurice Mccarthy, former intercol-
legiate king.
Francis Schneider of Dallas and
Leonard Dodson of Springfield, Mo.
turned in the best scores. Schneider
qualified at Dallas. with 139. and Dod-
son euualed that figure in the Kansas
City trials. Bolstad. Schneider and
Tom Talbot. who qualified at Kansas
City. all posted 18-hole scores OF 68,
the best reported.
An oddity came in the st. Louis
sector, where brothers. Bill. Francis
and Ray Schwartz. took three OF the
four qualifying positions.
THE exempt list, headed by Cham
p:on Gene Sarazen. includes Bobby
Cruickshank, Phil Perkins. Leo
Diegel. Witty Cox, Bill Burke, Harry
Cooper, Olin Dutra, Walter Hagen.
Clarence Clark. Vincent Eldred Paul
Runyan. Henry Ciuci. Ed Dudley.
,Johnnv Goodman Fred Morrison, Denny
Shute. Macdonald Smith. Craig WOOD,
Tommy Armour, George B. smith. Joe
Kirkwood, Charles Lacey. Mortie Dutra.
Jack Patroni, John Fischer. Bob Mac
Donald. George Won Elm. AL Zlmmer-
man, Herman Barron. Tom Creavy.
Francis Gallett and Charley Guest. or
these only Goodman and Fischer are
amateurs.
Bob Barnett Of Chevy Chase. Gilbert
Cunningham of Burning Tree and Mel
Shorev of East Potomac were District
of Columbia pros to qualify in the test
in the Washington area. played at the
Manor Club They shot 144's. as did
Ralph Beach of Baltimore. The fifth
ouaIifier from tn" section was Freddie
Hyatt of Charlotte, N. c., who had
q lat.