The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-12
Heat Hampers
State Golfers
in Early Test
BixIer'S II Score Is Best for
Openers at Amateur
Title Meet.
BY DICK MILLER
LINES STAFF Writer


RICHMOND. Ind, Aug. 12.-The
whitening sun which beat down on
Forest Hills 6455-yard course ham
pered early players in qualifications
for the thirty fifth annual Indiana
amateur golf tournament and Jack
Bixler, Lafayette, led the first group
home with II. five over par.
Bixler went out in 40, four over,
but was only one over with a 81
on the back nine. He was the only
one of the first group to break 60
Next best was NJ. Corsi, Rich
mond, who carded an even 1910
One Golfer Hits 100
Harry Schornstein, one of the
golfers from Pleasant Run public
course IN indianapolis, turned in
100 He carded 40 of those strokes
however. on the last five holes, for
which par is 20.
The field had increased to 124
shortly after noon with the late ar
rival of Bill Reed Jr., Freddy Bray,
DR.. J. E. Walter and Harold Cork
all of Indianapolis.
Bobby Dale, indianapolis, runner
up to Leon Pettigrew in the State
Junior meet at Anderson last week
failed to arrive, however.
Early scores for the qualifying
round included:
G. A. Young, West Lafayette 42-4I-S3
J. J. MOssler. indianapolis 45-fs-92
A. II. Flanagan. Charlottesville i1-ts-SS
Blair Gullion. Richmond .... 46-tI-S:
Jack Bixler, Lafayette .-.-.... io-Si-i5
Harry SchOrnstein, Indian am
:. +. Deal, India ma polls ....... 4S-iS-s6
Nal Edward. Lafayette .....-.. 4O-4I-S1
VI. COrSi. Richmond .-.-.....-. 40-40-SG
A field of 124 entered the title
play
The 81 shooters with the lowest
scores in today's 18-hole action will
form the championship match play
bracket, with the man to man COM
petition scheduled to begin tomor-
row morning and extend through
Saturday. In addition to the cham
pionship flight, there will be two
consolation flights of 16 each.
The entry of 124 is the largest
that has greeted the starter in
the annual event in several years.
1t almost doubled the number that
participated in the event at French
Lick last year.
A glance at the entry list reveals
a classy field. including. first of all,
Johnny Mcguire, indianapolis. de-
Tending champion; four eX-cham
pions, the state junior champion
and a score of consistent challengerS.
Cox, Talbot in Field
The list of ex-champions includes
Bill Didel, indianapolis, five-time
winner in 1905. '06, OF. 10 and II
and twice runner-up. Johnny Simp-
son. Washington, winner in 1915,
1921 and 1926: Bobby Resener, Ko-
komo. winner in 1918. 1914 and 1920
and Dwight Mitchell of French Lick
winner in 1925 and runner-up in
1929.
Leon BUD Pettigrew. Pendleton,
who last week captured the state
junior title, is entered. as we'll as
Harold Brewer. West Lafayette
junior winner in 1884.
Fritz Cox. Terre Haute. runner-up
to Mcclure last year and Phil Tai
bot Bloomington star, runner-up in
1881 and 1882. also are entered.
Among the celebrities were a trio
of collegiate coaches. Nal Edward,
first assistant football coach at Pur-
due; Blair Gullion. former Earlham
mentor who recently took new
post at Tennessee University, and
Jack BiXler. Purdue links coach.
BiXler was runner-up for the state
title in 1928
Fathers Son Title Open
The champion father and son
team. G. A. and Keith Young of
Lafayette, was broken up this year
with the son absent. There were a
flock of other teams in the field,
however
DR.. NJ E. Clark of Highland, In
dianapoliS. was in the field and
after the senior honors again.
Mark Porter. local star who holds
the amateur course record of 81 for
the championship Forest Hills
course and who reached the quarter
finals last year will be hard to ham
die on his home course.
Practice scores Saturday and Sun
day were just fair. many of the
players playing two or three balls
on the difficult holes while trying
out various clubs The rough is
tough and the yardage. 6455 with
1906 on the first nine and $3.50 on
the back nine, make it a real title
test.
Match play tomorrow for the 64
oualifiers will consist of two rounds.
a morning round to reduce the field
to 80 and the afternoon to reduce
the field to 16
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