Evening star., 1933-06-09
LOW SCORES PERIL
ARM0UR'S BIG LEAD
But Chicagoan Keeps Well
in Front of Field With
an Outgoing 81.
By the Associated Press.

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Of the field today with an outging 81,
only one over par. for his second round
OF the United States open golf cham
pionship.
The Scot, with los for 81 holes, at
that stage was four shots in front Of
his nearest rival, Joe Kirkwood OF
Coral Gables. Fla. Kirkwood finished
his second round in 70, two under par.
for a total of IA Armour thus need
ed to go one under par on the last nine
to keep his margin.
Where Armour's 68 yesterday, for a
five-shot lead, was the only par crack
iEg first round, there were seven scores
OF par or better in the first half of
today's competition. Record 33s were
posted for each nine.
Ralph Guldahl, lanky st. Louis pro-
fessional, led the attack with $50
IL, setting a new course record for the
outgoing nine and posting 36-hole
total of lat.
There was no such disturbing force
in the breeze as existed yesterday, and
the cooler weather combined to spur a
low scoring epidemic.
Kirkwood, with "a to work on, shot
brides on the first two holes. He
holed chip shot from IL yards off
No. l green and rolled his third only
q
489-yard second. He got his par on
the short third easily.
The boys will take this course apart,
if the wind doesn't get any stronger"
volunteered Leo Diegel as he started his
second round, aiming to improve on his
opening 78. Larruping Leo couldn't get
down his puts on the first few holes,
however, and had to be satisfied with
three pars in row.
Johnny Fischer of Cincinnati, who
had a first round rs, lost a stroke in
the rough on the first hole, taking 5,
but got his pars on the next two.
GuIdahI Makes Mistake.
Guldahls only mistake on the way to
a new low 80 for the outgoing nine
came on the 536-yard seventh, where
he three putted from 20 feet. He got
using a No. / iron from the tee, but
missed 15-foot putt for birdie on
the ninth.
Ciuci, in the rough on several holes
and trapped on the eighth, was out In
KY Laffoon of Denver. rallying after
a bad 6 on the first hole, negotiated
the first nine in 81. This equaled the
pace he hit yesterday with "a.
Armour almost missed his first tee
shot. topping 1t into trap at the right
and winding up with a 6 on the par
first hole. His shot out of the sand
landed In the rough. He got on with
his third and three putted.
The Scot was followed by q gallery
of 1000 spectators. He appeared to be
bothered by head cold.
Armouris drive found trap on the
second tee, landing in bad spot that
forced him to play out short. He then
banged his third home and just, missed
12-footer for birdie 4. Tommy stuck
his tee shot 10 feet from the cup on
the third hole but took par g..
Kirkwood in Top Form.
Kirkwood had control of everv s'.ecss
In his bag as he came back In SIS, for
total of 70, Q under par, and the
second best round thus far in the
tournament. 1t gave him a 36-hole
figure of IA. He missed the thirteenth
green from the tee, but made up for
that lapse with brides on the two
long holes, the twelfth and fifteenth,
where he barely missed 6-foot putt
for an eagle 8. Joe came out of a
trap on the seventeenth to get down
an 8-footer for par. He had another
but the ball refused to drop.
KY Laffoon, with q disastrous on
the fifteenth, where he hooked out of
bounds and then into the woods. took
Al on the incoming nine, posting rs,
and passed out of contending position
with total of 152.
Macdonald Smith finished his Sec
.ond round in even par, 70, but he
needed more than that to offset his
erratic start
Armour, trifle distressed at being
held up by preceding twosome, belted
a 260-yard drive on the fifth and
pitched 20 ieet below the pin to clinch
a par four
Armour ra. ed to get his first birdie
of the 447-yard fourth hole, where he
fired a No. iron nicely to the green
after fine drive and sank curling,
downhill 20-foot putt for his three. He
was one over par for four holes.
After walloping another tee shot $50
yards down the middle, Armour over
shot the sixth green with No. iron.
He recovered poorly. 18 feet short of the
pin, but his old wooden putter came
to the rescue and the ball dropped for
par 4.
Armour reached the eleventh green
with a 250-yard drive and a niblick,
\.
Leo Diegel, after an outgoing So, came
roaring back in 80, three under par,
for new course record over the last
nine holes. His subpar II gave him
a total of 149.
1t appeared likely 155 and possibly
156 would be required to qualify for
the final So holes tomorrow, limited
to the low so and ties.
Armour shot a birdie on the 536-
yard seventh hole. Again he split the
fairway off the tee, carrying $50 yards,
and lashed a spoon to within 20 feet Of
the pin, an astounding shot. He missed
an eagle by two inches.
Armour pulled his second shot into
a trap at the left Of the tenth green,
and it cost him a stroke, as he needed
five to get down, going two over par
Armour shot the first nine in 81, only
one over par, despite three-putting the
short eighth, and still had substantial
lead, being four shots ahead Of Joe
Kirkwood at that point. His driving
after the first hole was spectacular.
Armour hit such a booming tee shot
on the 408-yard ninth that he needed
only No. 7 iron to reach the green,
30 feet from the pin. He just missed
the putt, but his par gave him 81. one
over par for the nine.
Henry Kaiser broke par with q II
and he was certain of qualifying for
the final half Of the tournament with
50.
Archie Hambrick of GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
also hoped on the comeback band
wagon and subpar IL, moved him into
the safe sioe of the scoring column
with total of 152.
Leo Diegel's SO over the last nine, a
new competitive record for that half
If the course. gave him II and a total
Of 149. He regained his putting touch
a bit late. however. and still had big
deficit to overcome.
Johnny Fischer finished with an so
for a total of 155 that left the Cincin-
nati amateur and intercollegiate ci1ag--
pion en- the outer fringe.
Clarence Clark equaIeo par With .
70, skidding on the last ninth after his