The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-05
TRIO TIED FOR LEAD WITH 6S;
 PARKS TRAILS
Group of Sl Players Cone pIete Greatest s { First
 Round in Open History
By aEoRGE KIRKsEY

 United Press Stan CorrespOndent)
 Springfield, N. j., June 6.-(UP)- The national open moved into the second round ac Baltusrol today with Sl players punched within six strokes in the closest scramble in its 40-year history.
 Where 6 year ago ct Oakmont only one player-Butch Krueger, Q selni-pro baseball pitcher from Beloit, Wis.,--broke par on the first round, IA players riddled par in yes- terday's stampede.
 The pendulum swung with such contrast that 0i players out of Q field of 1B8 starters, were clustered between the figures of 60 and 7S. A 69, three under par, was only good for Q three-way tie at the end of the first 1S holes.
 Leading this dazzling pace, at the start of the second round were three products of the courses of the south- west--di m ir1utive Paul Runyan, former farm hand, from Hot Springs, Ark, who developed his powerful wrists milking cows; 1anky Ray Mangrunn, gambling shoemaker from Dallas, Tex: and husky Clar- ence Clark, originally out of Bur- lington, Kans.
 Runyan, Mangrum, and Clark, were the men to catch as the mad. cap race whirled into the second round. But tradition cheered the trailers because only one man in re- cent history ever lunged into lead in the first day and won the chan1- pionship. That was Bobby Jones, who started with a 60 at Winged Foot in 1929.
 The first days holocaust at Ball. tusrol was unprecedented. Three 69's tied for the lead. Fourteen players broke par. Twenty-four shot par or better. Sixty had "A or better.
 There were four eagles and 7S birdies on the 471.yard first hole alone. And the carnage wasn't much lighter on the other holes, which before the tournament start ed seemed 50 severely-trapped, apt- ly, protected and par-proof.
 In the light of the first days nightmare of the links, the national open record of 2e6 set by Chick Evans, Jr., Chicago and Minnekhada in 1916 and equaled by Gene Sara zen at Fresh Meadow in 1882 seemed Saask1vansa %SA kosAvAfa Ran%orm %Ian a vuoaslt of the nations master golfers.
 Trailing the trio of leaders by one stroke was group of six, including two of the greatest money winners of the game-Johnny Revolta, Evanston, H., ond Henry Picard, Hershey, Pa. The others bracketed in this "70" group were Vic Ghezzi, Deal, N. J.. Tom Kerrigan. of Branxville, N. F., Leslie Madison, Hollywood, Calf, and Frank Moore, Hartsdale, N. Y.
 Obscured in the upheaval was Sam Parks, Jr., Pittsburg, defend- ing champion, who stroked out a 76, one better than his opening round last year at Oakmont.
 In their eagernesS to compensate for the bitterness caused by the out- come at Oakmont, tournament off, cials apparently went too far in their efforts to satisfy players and gallery with an easy course. Tee markers, which were moved up on all all the long holes yesterday, shortening the of1lcial layout of 6,866 yards by more than 300 yards, were moved back today. Cups were placed in more diftlcult positions. The weather, which conspired with ofiicials for low-scoring yesterday, isn't likely to again favor the shot, makers as 1t did on the first round.