Evening star., 1936-06-26
.SARAzEN HAS 1R,
TRA|LSBy4SHOTS
Adams and Cox Hold Lead
in British Open Golf
Event.
pv the Associated Press,


HOYLAKE, England, June 26-Tvo
young British professionals, Jim
Adams and Bill Cox, today held the
lead in the British open golf cham
pionship at the halfway mark with
totals Of IA, four shots ahead Of Gene
Sarazen, the favored American pro-
fessional.
Adams and Cox were one shot ahead
of Henry Cotton, ALI Padgham, Dick
Burton and Francis Francis, all
Britons, and Marcel Dallemagne, the
French native open champion. Bur
ton shot II today, Padgham, Cotton.
Francis and Dallemagne, 72s; Adams
73 and Cox "A.
Sarazen, scrambling all the wav,
went out in 81, and back in 38 for a
total Of 14S, one ahead of Ted Turner,
Pine Valley, N. j., the next American
In line.
Ears Elimination Seen.
Erie Ball. Mobile, Ala, shot n
and posted ISL for the SO holes:
rs for 152. These scores were reason
ably sure Of qualifying for the final
day Of play tomorrow, but Joe Ear.
the other American in the field, had
an 80 today, which brought him q total
Of 1872 and almost certain elimination.
Sarazen got away to a bad start
before a great gallery, pulling his sec
ond shot at the first and taking 5.
one over par. He fought hard over
the next three holes and managed to
get his pars. but he was not hitting
the ball well.
| Sarazen's putter brought him back
to par at the fifth, where he dropped
20-footer for a birdie Then he
played the next two holes in par.
Finishes With Two Fives.
Gene pulled his approach into deep
rough at the eighth and pulled his
second into a trap at the ninth. TAX
ing SIS both places for first nine
total of 81.
Sarazen-out - 545 334 355-37
| Only fine putting touch and good
breaks kept Sarazen in the running,
for he hit the ball all over the course.
He dropped a 40-foot putt at the fif-
teenth and followed with one half
that length at the sixteenth.
Obviously disguised with his game.
Gene was in the sand at the tenth and
eleventh. and he moaned when puts
trimmed the cup at the thirteenth and
fourteenth. At the seventeenth he
sliced his second to the edge Of the
course, but the ball hit an iron fence
on the way out and bounded back on
the fairway.
Sarazen-in - 544 354 454-38
-75-148.
A wind from the sea, which can
make Hoylake one Of the worlds most
dreaded tests of golf. swept the fair
ways this morning as play started.
1t was virtually assured that there
would be a new champion when ALI
Perry whose victory was great sur
prise last year, shot two 38s. just as
he did yesterday, for another 76 and a
total of l52.
Cotton, who started the second
round three shots back of Bill Cox.
the leader. made it apparent at the
very start of this mornings round
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top. He went out in "a, two under
par. He hit only one bad shot dur
ing the nine, driving into the bunker
at the second. but he got his par.
nevertheless. birdied the third and
eighth and was well on his way.
Cotton-Out 444 344 344-34
Starting back home with q great
chance to lead. Cotton floundered and
hit the ball worse than at any time
this week He three-putted the tenth
green, missed the green with his drive
at the short eleventh, topped his drive
at the fifteenth and hooked his drive
at the seventeenth into the trees.
Cotton-In 544 345 454-38-72-l45
Adams Home in "a.
\ Starting on the back nine. Adams
appeared to be slipping but he birdied
the tenth. thirteenth, fourteenth and
sixteenth and played all the others in
par, to post a "a for 70.
Cox, faced with the loss of the lead.
holed a 12-foot putt on the last green
for a birdie and total of l44. He
was in frightful trouble on the
twelfth, where he hit poor drive,
fubbed his second. butchered his third.
and then, reaching the green in five.
So nix 2o-foot putter for six.
Leading second-round scores and
| 36-hole totals:
ALI Padgham, Britain, 36-36-72
las.
Dick Burton. Britain, 3a-3s-7l
las.
Charlie whitcombe, Britain, 81
39-76-149
Norman Sutton. Britain, 35-37-
72-147.
Francis Francis, Britain, $3.50
72-145.
Tom collinge, Britain, 36-37-73
-147.
'Alex Walker, Britain. 3s-37-7S
-15o.
Ted Turner, Pine Valley N. j., SO
-36-74-149.
Willie Goggin, San Francisco, SO
-4O-78-152.
Erie Ball, Mobile, Ala, 3s-3s-77
Isl.
Amateur
| SOttOig DllbdhA, -
las.
Alf Perry, Britain, sS-3S-76-l52.
Gordon Good, Britain, 36-37-73
-148
Laury Ayton, Britain. 37-3s-7S
Isl.
Percy Alliss, Britain 38-34-72-l46
Jack Busson, Britain 38-35-73-149
w. H. Davies, Britain 36-40-76-l48
James Adams. Britain 39-34-73-144
Tom Green, Britain, 36-36-72-
146.
sgd Easterbrook, Britain, s6-S7-
| 73-152.
Gene Sarazen, Brookfeld Center.
Conn, 37-38675-148.
Aubrey Boomer, Britain, 4o-S5-7s
-l49.
Arthur Lacey, Britain, 37-37-7t
-150.
A-Jock Mclean, Britain, 42-36-