Evening star., 1936-06-24
COTTON'S 139 TOPS
BR|T|SHGOLF FIELD
Favorite Adds II to SO in
Qualifying for Open.
Sarazen Has 143.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOYLAKE, England, June "a
Henry Cotton, the favorite, led the
36-hole qualifying test in the British
open golf championship here today
with total of 1879.
His II over the Wallasey course to-
day, added to his record breaking 68
at Hoylake yesterday, put him four
shots ahead of Gene Sarazen, the
American favorite, who shot a 70 over
Wallasey today, and Percy Alliss.
British Ryder Cup star, who had "a
over the same course.
Two American professionals-Ted
Turner. Pine Valley, and Willie Cog
gin, San Francisco-also assured
themselves Of qualifying. Turner shot
72 over the difficult Hoylake course
for total Of las, while Goggin's 73
at Wallasey gave him score of $50.
Erie Ball, Mobile, Ala, made a fine
comeback today. He posted "a at
Wallasey and appeared reasonably
sure of qualifying with a total of l54.
Two Americans Out.
Two other Americans shot them
selves out of the tournament. T. Dem
mis- Boardman, South Hamilton. Mass,
added an 80 today to his 79 Of yester-
day, and Frank Ball, Tannersville,
N. Y, put himself out, though his II
today was 10 shots better than his
yesterdays score.
Cotton started as if he we're going
to burn up the course, but after going
out in "a, he three-putted the first
three greens on the back nine.
He got a great birdie at the par 5,
550-yard ninth, when he hooked his
second shot into the tall grass and
then pitched inches from the pin end
dropped the putt. Every other green
on the first nine he hit in par.
His poor putting starting home was
due in part to the fact that the green's
on the back nine were much slower
than the first.
His card:
Cotton.
Out --444 343 444-34
Cotton.
In ---545 ASS 324-37-7l-6S-l39
Storm Erased Record.
Cotton broke the competitive record
with 81 at Wallasey on Monday, only
to have the mark washed from the
record by an electrical storm. He is
favored in the betting at to /.
Sarazen went out in 81 and was
playing typical "Sarazen golf" He
hit his second shot into the sand at
the side of the second green and then
holed the explosion shot for a three,
but he blundered up the fourth, where
he missed his tee shot, hit his second
into the sand across the green and
barely got on in three.
Sarazen, OUT 434 SAB 455-37
Sarazen's putter carried him
through the last nine and gave him
a IS. The American continued to
come from all over the course to get
his pars. At the thirteenth he drove
into the rough, hit his second into a
trap, but Clipped out a yard from the
hole and dropped the putt.
Again, at the fourteenth. the putter
worked. Here he knocked in a 25-
footer. and he followed up with a Is.
foot putt at the sixteenth. At the
home hole Gene lost stroke when he
banged his second over, Clipped short
and missed the putt.
Police arrested pair Of pickpockets
in the Sarazen gallery.
Sarazen, in 434 444 435 35-72-143
Joe Ear. the trick-shot player from
Texas, took 40 strokes to the turn at
Hoylake
Ear made fine comeback over the
difficult Hoylake back nine. racing
home in 35. after going out in 40.
This was his second rs of the qualify
ing round and assured him of a place
in the field.
Bert Hodson, former Welsh profess
sional champion. made the outstanding
shot of the day when he holed out his
tee shot at the 165-yard fourth at
Wallasey.
Other scores, all of Britons:
At Hoylake. Ivor Thomas, $685.
75-l48; Arthur Lacey, 3S-4O-78-
ISL; at Wallasey. Percy Allis, $685.
71-143; Ernest Whitcombe, 4o-36--
78-159; Norman Sutton, 37-36-73-
146; Aubrey Boomer, 36-37-73-150;
Archie Compston, 39-42-81-15l;
ALI Perry, 41-37-78-154.