Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-08
Los ANGELES GOLF
/. HAS FOUR 60 CARDS
Wood, Loos and Hubby, Pros,
and Goddard, Youthful
Amateur, Set Pace.
BY BRIAN BELL,
Associated Press Staff Writer.

w YnSHIRE COUNTRY CLUB
M Los Angeles, January T.
v v Three professionals and q
young amateur golfer were
tied at SO, two under par, in the first
days play of the Los Angeles open.
Craig Wood of Deal, N. j., who has
already won two Winter championship
Eddie Loos of Chicago, and Clarence
Hubby of Waco, Tex, professionals, anc
Irwin Goddard, a 20-year-old public
links player from Pasadena, Calf, lee
the l29 starters after the first 10 holes
Charles Guest, another Deal, N. J.
professional; Leo Diegel of Aqua Cal.
iente, Mexico. Bill Jelliffe of Los An
geles, and Byron Nelson of Fort Worth
Tex, made up the next group with
scores of 70.
Nelson and Jelliffe are amateurs who
have turned professional within the
last few months and this test marked
the sternest competition they have en-
countered
Fay Coleman, former amateur, now 8
Los Angeles Professional and John
level with par II when the firing ceased
for the day.
Nine players followed with even As
Ray Mangrum of Waco, Mike Murra Of
Wichita. Kans.; Olin Dutra, P. C. A
champion; Roland Mackenzie, former
amateur and Walker Cup player; Will;
Hunter, British amateur champion q
decade ago, now a professional; Mac
donald Smith, still favored as one oil
the men to beat in the test; Al Espi-
nosa, Akron, Ohio, star; Mark Fry Of
Oakland, Calf, and Tony Manero, were
around in 70 blows each
Gene Sarazen, open champion of the
United States and Great Britain, was
off TO bad start. His puts just stayed
out on half dozen holes, and, after q
shaky 38 foc the first nine, his good
36 coming home could give him nc
better than a.
Sarazen. one of the favorites, was
still a menace to his fellow pros, shoot
ing for $4,000 or more. but he has
much ground to make up in the next
three rounds.
HORTON SMITH Of Oak Park, III.
L l. was stroke back of Sarazen. with
rs. and among the players a
stroke in front of the champion OF
champions was Dick Metz, one of the
up and coming younger generation OF
pros. Harry Cooper, winner of the
first Los Angeles open, eight years ago
struggled around today in II strokes.
Eddie Loos, who led the field at the
close of the first round in 1881, dupli-
Gated his tWo-year- score today, but
1t was not quite good enough to grab
the undisputed lead. At that the blond
little pro had great chance to take
the first place all by himself with only
one hole to go.
He came to the eighteenth needing
a par 4 for So, but sent his second into
a deep ditch. He barely got on the
green with his recovery and then ha6
to knock in a 5-foot putt for a 5 after
being short with his approach putt.
The eighteenth hole melted out ever
more cruel punishment to the smooth
swinging Mac Smith. The Carnousti.
star had to take six strokes after gettinI
in the same ditch and failing to get ou
on his first attempt.
MANGRUM had a sensational frs
IN nine. going out in 33 strokes
negotiating four straight holes IL
strokes each.
Loos also had four straight threes
his coming on the second nine.
crowd estimated at $500 throngec
the course. suggesting that the pros
might split more than the $4,000 guar
anteed, since they are playing for the
total gross gate.
The picturesque Wiltshire Country
Club course, a golfing oasis nesting be-
tween rows of apartment houses anc
residences in the very heart of Lo,
Angeles, was groomed to almost perfec
condition.
After tomorrow's 18 holes the f1elc
will be reduced to the low so and ties
the survivors battling 1t out to a finish
over long stretch of SO holes Monday
1t was a good day for the amateur.
who cannot win any of the prizt
money but seemed determined to shar,
the glory. In addition to Goddard, tiet
for the lead. and Dawson, in the frs
10. Charley Seaver and Walter Johnson
Los Angeles amateurs, and Harr!
Wesbrook, Pasadena, scored IA, ant
Cliff Baker of Portland. Greg, had rs