Evening star., 1933-07-06
HAGEN MAINTAINS
. 0NESTROKE LEAD
Sarazen losses Away His
Chance to Overhaul St.
s Andrews PaCe-SetterS.
By the Associated Press.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, July g.
Walter Hagen, the American veteran
and four times holder of the title,
kept oneIstroke lead in the British
open golf championship today by shoot
ing a 70, one under par, for his sec
ond round and a total of l40 for 36
holes.
A rival American, Ed Dudley of Con-
Cordville. Pa, was on his heels with
7O-71-14l.
Gene Sarazen of New York, the de-
Tending champion, tossed away great
chance to overhaul the pace-setters by
taking 40 strokes Tor the last nlne
holes scoring 73 for his second round
and a total of l45, five shots back OF
Hagen. A six on the. short eleventh
was disastrous for the champion.
Sarazen went into tie with Leo
Diegel, who had 75-70--145, and Joe
Kirkwood, with 72-73-145.
Dudley staged great rally on the
treacherous last nine OF the cid course
to pest another subpar round, II, and
a total OF 141 for his first 36 holes. His
35, two under par, for the inward nine
was new low for the tournament over
this difficult stretch.
Densmore Shute of Philadelphia, with
dIlotIlel pdI-equdl4i4S Iouiiu vi 70
Joined Horton Smith of Chicago, with
Identical scores of 73-73-l46 for
the TWO rounds.
Smith Sets Early Pace.
Horton Smith set the early pace by
duplicating his firSt-round 73, even par,
for a total of 146 for SO holes.
Smith finished his round just before
Hagen and Sarazen renewed their bat
tie. Hagens dazzling 68 yesterday had
put him out in front with tWo-Stroke
margin. Sarazen had II for his
opening round
Bill Burke put himself out of the
running with an 81 for his second
round. for a total of 159.
Olin Dutra and Paul Runyan also
failed to improve their positions. Dutra
again took 76 for total Of 1872, while
Runyan carded II this morning fof
an aggregate of 1853.
Meanwhile Joe Ear of Waco, Tex,
started a comeback by negotiating the
outgoing nine i'll "a. two under par.
Ed Dudley Who was hot on Hagen'S
trail with a 10 on the first round. was
not SO spectacular Oh the outgoing hall
of his second round, reaching the turn
in SO, even par, as compared with his
scorching 81 yesterday.
Burke was the first American off,
pldyIIS hAlll al bfb4C OSIi2
and he was soon in trouble. He put
his second shot in Swilcan Burn and
then three -putted for 6.
Smith had birdie on the long fifth
to offset a missed approach that gave
him ) on the first hole Again on
the incoming nine, he had one birdie
a on the tenth-to make up for the
one time he was off the line, on the
thirteenth. He worked hard fer his
par round, playing carefully and keep
ing pretty well cut OF trouble most OF
the way He holed a half dozen diff
cult puts, including l2-footer on the
home hole for par 4.
Pulls Drive on 18th.
On the thirteenth, an unplayable lie in
the gorse bushes on MS tee shot ap-
peared likely to ruin Smiths card. but
after lengthy examination he played
another ball, then placed great iron
only feet from the pin and hOled
the putt for a splendid five. On the
crucial seventeenth, the famous road
hole" Horton pulled his drive and failed
to gain the distance he sought over the
station masters walled garden. His
second caught the corner Of scholars
bunker, guarding the green, and nib
lick shot still left him short. but he
holed out in five where he might have
taken anything.
Joe Ear came out of the mist with a
good 72, one under par. for a tWo-day
total of 149 that frightened the Tex
ans chances of moving into the money
Coming back, after his fine outward
nine, he encountered trouble on the
twelfth where he missed his approach.
and on the fourteenth, where he topped
his second shot. He bagged birdie on
the road hole, due to a beautiful Sec
eI,O fn Of the
Ross Somerville followed up his first
round 73 by going out in 35, one under
par. But he faltered badly and took
43 for the last nine, giving him 78 for
a total Of ISL.
KirkwoOd Has Bad Hole.
Kirkwood had only one bad hole. the
fourteenth, where he took a 6. On the
incoming nine he followed this with
brides on the fifteenth and seventeenth
to register 73 and total Of l45.
Diegel came through with brilliant
70, three under par, to match Kirk
woods total for SO holes. A on the
road hole was costly after three brides
coming in.
George Dunlap, who had first
round ~. started to slip and took 80
to the turn. Craig Wood, struggling to
offset a II. was back in form with an
ouIhdlo
Scores, showing yesterdays round,
today's score and the 36-hole totals:
Ed Dudley. ,Coneao4r!dyiile. Pa 5o-iiiGlil'
Joe Ear. Waco. Tex. -1?-li"
Olin Dutra. Los Angeles. .n- .O-I 5";v
Paul Runyan. White Plains. N. y
S6-77--153. ,, %, ,zo
sAndrew Jameson. scotland, T5-75-l5U.
Leslie Cotton. England. 10 L61,l52
sJack Mclean. Scotland. GJ-14-l49.
Alfred Perry, Enelandi, z9-.;;-l253;'
Pierre Hirigoyen. France, 16-tS-l04.
-Leslie Garnett London. 1s-s2-lo0
Walter HAGEN. Detroit GS-1:-l40.
Gene sarazen. New York; 7??..73-145.
Leo Diegel Detroit. 55-1o-l45.
Joe Kirkwood, Coral Gables. Fla, 72-13-
Densmore Shute Philadelphia. 73-73-146.
&C. Ross Someyille London, Ont. 73-1s-
johnny Farrell New York. 77-71--14s,
Abe Mitchell. ST. Adams. England
Henry Cotton. Waterloo. Belgium. 73-71-
'George T. Dunlap, jr.. New York
r!-14-l4G.
: J. I Crujckshank Buenos Aires T3-75-