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the greatest scoring exhibition ever
seen in the national open. His and
Mangrum's totals, however. were one
stroke short of equaling the 36-hole
tournament mark of 139, made by
Chick Evans, Chicago amateur, in
1916. when he also established the To-
hole record of 286.
Ghezzi started one stroke behind the
trio Of first-round leaders, who shared
the new course record of SO for Bal
tusrols upper links. Mangrum
combined IS and 36 after a shaky
start.
Runyan Late Starter.
The other two opening day 'front.'
runners. Paul Runyan and Clarence
Clark, were among the late starters.
Denny Shute, the former British
open champion, who had a par 70 yes
terday, projected himself into the thick
OF the scoring scramble by knocking
off the first nine in 33, under par.
This equaled the record for the outgo-
Ing half set yesterday by Ghezzi and
equaled by Clark. He had brides at
the first, fourth and ninth holes.
Shute, out---- 443 344 353-33
Shute, coming down the stretch at a
bllstering pace, had magic in his put
ter The slim veteran, after dropping
an 8-footer on the first hole. a 25-
footer on the fourth and sticking his
approach 4 feet from the ninth hole.
for his third birdie, went 4 under par
at the 602-yard eleventh. There he
pitched his third 8 feet from the cup
and sank the putt for another birdie.
Denny was bunkered on the thirteenth,
but rolled in a 25-footer to save his
par.
Needs Pars for 6S.
With three holes to 90, Shute had
pars for So
Frank Moore added an outward "a
TO his flrst-round 70. BRIDES on the
first and third holes featured an other
wise par-equaling performance by this
dark-horSe contender.
Moore, out-- 442 444 354-34
Byron Nelson, the metropolitan open
champion, shot IA and his total of
153 put him out OF the picture The
veteran Al Espinosa, runner-up in 1929
to Bob Jones for the title, three-putted
five greens and also was eliminated
with 76-77-153.
Tommy Armour faltered badly on
the finishing holes to take 76, for a
total Of $50 that figured to put him
among those on the outside looking in
Serafin Gets 80 Out.
Felix Serafin Of Scranton, Pa. who
had first round y, joined Denny
Shute in equalling the outgoing re-
cord Of SO and threatened the leaders.
Serafin had four brides, on the first,
third, fifth and eighth. He was over
par on one hole, the sixth.
Serafin OUT 442 ABS 344-33.
Serafin. one Of the biggest men and
longest hitters in the tournament,
bagged his brides on two long holes,
the first and eighth, by reaching the
greens in two shots. He sank a 10
foot putt on No. for deuce and
pitched dead to the fifth pin from the
SOuSn, lot dnOUner 0lrQle.
Following a record -shattering blast
Of Sub-par scoring on the first day,
with "a players punched within three
strokes of each other, playing condi-
tions were again highly favorable.
The tee markers were moved back
slightly but the pins still were located
In spots calculated to encourage an
other outburst Of low scoring.
Free-f0r- All.
It was distinctly free-for- all, with
Paul Runyan, Ray Mangrum and
Clarence Clark likely to meet plenty
of challenges for. the lead they took
yesterday with 69s. The pace-makerS
were strung out in today's starting
list
Ghezzi opened the second round
with q birdie on the first hole and
pars on the next three.
He made only one mistake on his
outward journey. That occurred at
the short third, where he was trapped
on his tee shot He made up for it by
exploding within 4 feet of the cup
and dropped the putt for a 3. After
getting home in two shots for his
first birdie, on the 471-yard first, he
dropped a 25-footer for a birdie on
No. 5. He shot regulation figures
outherwise. barely missing 5-foot
putt for a birdie on the 538-yard
eighth.
Score on First Nine.
Getting an apparent break by
starting early. with the wind gather
ing some force and threatening to
make trouble later in the day, Ghezzi
continued to play smoothly. He barely
missed 10-foot putt for a birdie on
the short tenth, got easy pars on the
next two. then dropped a curling 18-
footer on No. 13. for his third birdie.
Two more pars left him in a good spot
TO menace some more scoring records.
Louis Chiapetta of Detroit. who had
q first round II, rallied and clicked
Oh the outgoing nine In IS, one under
par. Another Wolverine entry, Jake