Evening star., 1933-04-02
MAKES Il IN RAIN,
s. AS SUN BEAMS
Misses Putt With Record in
Sight-Shute and Smith
Get 143s, Wood 1A.
BY FRANK HI. FULLER,
Associated Press STAN Writer.


~AvALIER COUNTRY CLUB
Virginia Beach, Va, April
Winds blew and rain
fell today but the inclem-
ent weather failed to put a ma
terial crimp in the golf playing OF
Paul Runyan, wiry little profes-
sional from White Plains, N. Y.
Runyan, undaunted by a win which
drove the raindrops like bullets during
the morning, went around the tricky
Cavalier course in II and with the sun
beaming down in the afternoon, he shot
q SO, one over par, to equal the course
record and lead q field of pros and anna
teurs at the halfway mark with a 140
in the Cavalier 72-hole open tourney.
This accurate SHOEMAKER who has
been third in the list of money winners
this Winter, had the gallery with him
during the afternoon and he put on a
show. On the thirty y-sixth green with a
birdie needed to equal par and establish
a new course record, he pitched to with
IN 4 feet Of the pin but missed the putt.
LIZARD on the heels of Runyan were
i i Horton Smith. Chicago, and Denny
Shute, Philadelphia, with 143's.
Shute ranks second among the pros as
money winner, but victory for Runyan
here would cause them to exchange
places.
Craig Wood of Deal, N j., was in a
striking distance with la, and the big
blond New Jerseyan was shooting in fine
form.
The tricky course and the stiff sea
breezes were too much for most Of the
big shots of golf today and only six
scores were under $50 on the course with
. par of 1856. Walter Hagen, old mas
ter, was one of the victims, taking an
serious threat to the leaders.
Joe Kirkwood of Philadelphia, win
ner Of the North-South open, had a
weird round today. Around In rs this
morning, this trick-shot maker de luxe
played the second round In "a in q card
which included three deuceS and seven
S. His 148 gave him bare chance to
strike at the leaders.
Charles Guest of Deal, N. j., posted
q 149 Is the only other player to get
in under $50, although Johnny Farrell,
Quaker Ridge, N. j., and Dick Metz,
Deal, N. j., made even 150s.
DnLY HOWELL Of Richmond, vir-
- S11iAd dkAdtSdA NiAoAlRAOl, dltCl q
poor 30 in the morning, came back
In "a during the afternoon to lead the
amateur contingent with 154. Chan
dler Harper, Portsmouth. State open
champion. was next with 1856, and Nor
ton Mccarthy, Norfolk amateur, had
157.
Bobby Cruickshank, Richmond: Bill
Mehlhorn. New York, and Johnny
Revolta, Menominee, Mich.-all among
the Nations leading pros-could not
get going and took ISIS.
Joe Turnesa Of New York was one
Of the professionals who found unex-
pected difficulties in the scrub pine and
deep rough Of the course and withdrew
after disastrous 81 during the morn
ing.
1t was a weird day for the golf
tournament. A good spanking breeze
was blowing when the first golfer left
the tee and in an hour rain clouds had
swept in from the Atlantic. Occasional
showers turned to downpour before
the first round was finished and the
wind rose to almost gale strength.
A steady blow, hard enough to roll
puts twice the length they should have
rolled continued until late afternoon,
although the sun shone the majority
OF the second round.