The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-09
RAIN AND COLD HAMPERS TANKS
 IN BRITISH OPEN
RevOlta Out-Shute Six Strokes Behind
 Leader
By HARRY PERCY

CarnouStie, Scotland, July 9. (UP) Carnoustie's par extracted its toll today as 47 entries played the third and final rounds of the British open golf championship.
 First overseas entrant to finish the third round was Johnny Revol- ta, of Chicago. Out in 40 he came home in 43 for 83 and a 54-hole mark of 236. Revolta, however, was ten strokes out of the lead when play started today and he was play ing for little else than exercise.
 Play started at 8 6. m. @ a. n., EDT.) under e light drizzle. A light drizzle. A slight westerly wind was blowing.
 The tee markers were moved for- ward today to positions near those used in Wednesdays opening round, so that par was estimated at n inc stead of 73 as was the case yester- day.
 Reg Whitcombe of Great Britain, leader at the hallway mark with a total of 142, had for an aggregate of 2l6, best score among the caller finishers.
 The rain continued fltfully and the temperature fell rapidly. Bos- tons Denny Shute, the 1883 British champ, was bothered by the cold as were the other Americans. He blew on his hands before driving at sev- eral holes. Shute was out in 37 and home in 39 for 76-222.
 Denny dropped a tricky 30-foot putt at the first A spectator ran across the fairway just as he was driving at the third and he hooked into a bunker, and he was again bunkered at the edge of the green. Like most players he needed three blows to reach the ninth green where he had a five, losing another stroke to par. He was short all the way to the tenth and missed six footer for a par. Denny took three strokes to reach the 17th where he had a five. At the 18th he put his second into the burn from @ heavy lie and threw his club on the ground in disgust. Taking four strokes to reach home he scored a six.
 Same Old Walter
 Hagen, late for the morning round because he went to the pro shop for a waterproof cap, was three minutes late starting the afternoon tour and barely escaped disqualification.
 Henry Picard of Hershey, Pa, eleven strokes behind the leader when the third round started, gained ground with a sparkling 70 which gave him an aggregate of 223. A heavy downpour started as he was playing the last few holes.
 Picard sank 12-footer to open with birdie. He was bunkered to lose strike at the second but made another 12-footer for three at the third. A 24-footer gave him another birdie at the fourth. He was bunk cred at the sixth and missed six footer for a par, and was again in bunker at the ninth. A six-footer gave him a birdie at the eleventh and a 15-footer another at the 18th He was in a bunker at the 14th but exploded to within two feet and had another birdie. He looked up on two shots near the 18th green where he had a six against par 4, and closed out with three pars.
 Charley Whitcombe, brother of Reg, scored "A for 2l8.
 Walter Hagen definitely failed in his bid to win the British open crown for a fifth time by scoring a 40 on each side for an aggregate of 228.
 Bobby Cruickshank, the small Scotsman from Richmond, Va, had a 77 for 22e.
 Ali Padgham, the tall Britisher who holds the title, was another player well over par. He had 37-3s -76 for 222. Padgham was driv- ing erratically. He put his tenth tee shop into the burn and had a six, two over par.
 Big Ed Dudley, Augusta, Ga. started out with an aggregate oi IA, two strokes back of the lead but a 40 on the backstretch after an outbound 38 gave him 78-222.
 Byron Nelson of Reading, Pa. who started nine strokes out of the lead, had par 7l to gain a bit of ground. His 54-hole mark was 222.