Evening star., 1934-07-25
CROWLEY, 25, TIES
RECORD WITH 1888
Houghton, Who Shoots 141,
Opposes ChriSt--SpenCer
Fails With 151.
BY FRANCIS h. CASS,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

~ UFFALO, July 25.-They
x tossed Gene Sarazen right
into the first match of the
- day in defense of his Pro-
feSsional Golfers Association
championship today as the
Stocky Italian from New York
led a few survivors of COLTS old
guard against an uprising of
ambitious youngsters in the
opening round of match play.
He drew Herman Barron Of Port-
chester. N Y, as his opponent. while
Bob Crowley. 25-year-old sensation
from Dedham, Mass, who won the
36-hole qualifying medal with q
record equaling 67-71-19s. five
strokes under par. yesterday. led the
youngsters into action from behind In
the last match. He was paired with
Eddie LooS of Chicago.
AL Houghton of Kenwood. who shot
q snappy l4l. tied for seventh among
the qualif1ers, but Glenn Spencer OF
Beaver Dam, the other Washington
representative, fell by the wayside
with ISL. Houghton today is playing
George Christ Of New Rochelle. N. Y,
who got into match play with las.
Play-off Is Necessary.
THERE were old faces and new,
and many of both left by the
wayside. The qualifying tests
over the sun-baked Park Club course
produced startling golf as the field OF
lot starters was cut to 80 for the
match-play rounds running through
the week to the final Sunday.
With 146 as the qualifying limit,
only two strokes over par, Walter
Hagen, who used to have this tourna-
ment at his mercy, and Denny Shute,
last years British open champion.
had to qualify along with JOHNNY Re-
volta of Milwaukee; Barron, Leo
Diegel of Philadelphia, Frank Ball,
White of Overland, Mo-, and Fay
Coleman of Culver City. Calf, in q
10-man play-off that saw Willie Mac
Farlane, the Tuckahoe veteran. and
Frank Walshe of Chicago beaten.
Other prominent casualties were
Tom Creavy OF Albany, former p. q.
A. champion, with lat; John Golden
and Ed Dudley, Ryder Cup players,
and finally Olin Dutra himself, the
new national open champion. who
suffered a recurrence Of stomach
ailment and shot himself out Of the
tournament with total Of l55.
Help Veterans Defense.
THE presence Of Tommy Armour.
Harry Cooper, Bill Melhorn.
Johnny Farrell and Horton
Smith bolstered the defenses Of the
veterans, while Crowley's young con-
tingent included such fine shotmakers
as Paul Runyan, KY Laffoon Of Den
yer, Willie Goggin of San Francisco,
Dick Metz of Chicago, Victor Ghezzi
Of Deal, N. j.: Barron and Revolta.
-Four of the most interesting
matches Of the day pitted Hagen
against Shute. Horton Smith against
Laffoon, Mehlhorn against Cooper and
Farrell against Runyan.
The list of pairings with the quail
flying scores:
Gene sarazen against Herman Bar
ron (146).
Al watrous G45) against Frank
Ball (146).
Bill Melhorn QS9) against Harry
Cooper (l42).
Leo Fraser (145) against Craig
Wood (140).
Horton Smith Q4D against Ky
Laffoon 139).
Walter Hagen Q46) against Denny
Shute (l46).
George Christ 145) against AL
Houghton Q4D.
Fay Coleman Q46) against Leo
Diegel Q46).
Homer Metz CAD against Joe
Paletti (145).
Al Nelson 145) against Tommy
Armour (l4D.
Bill Burke (l44) against Victor
Ghezzi (140).
Johnny Farrell Q43) against Paul
Runyan (l40).
Johnny Revolta GAO against Jim
Fouls U42).
Gene Kunes CAD against Orville
White (46).
Willie Goggin l4O against Ted
Turner (146).
Eddie Loos (l41) against Bob Crow
ley 138),