The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-08
WNITCOMDE IN
 !. SUB-PAR SHOW { 10 TAKE LEAD
Veteran 3 Under Par; / Dudley Two Strokes 4 Behind

tng' an opening 72 with a'70 for an aggregate of 142.
 Whitcombe was out in 33 and home in 37 to have Q round three strokes under the revised par of 73.
 The British star put sudden end to C. moment of glory enjoyed by Horton Smith, Chicago star. Smith scored a T for l4S to lead the field by two strokes for exactly four minutes.
 " Magical
 Whitcombe, for -16 holes played the sort of golf duffers dream about. He sunk a t2-footer ct the third, @ Bix-footer ct the sixth, played his eighth tee shot dead to the pin and approached dead ct the ninth to turn in 8, four under par. He hit par on the next six holes, but was trapped at the 18th and 17th. He puts brassie well home a the 18th to get Q birdie {.
 Smith had nine one.putt greens. He began by sinking an 18-footer at. the first. He had one, lapse on the greens. It came ct the eighth ~9efe he took three puts from 90 feet, At the tenth he slammed & perfect spoon ten feet from the pin and downed his putt. Three visits to traps cost him as many strokes.
 Walter Hagen of Detroit, four times winner of the title, scored a 72 for 14e. He had 30 on each side.
 I'd Dudley of Philadelphia was out in B.. but was two strokes over par. coming home in 38 for "A and an aggregate of IA.
 Dudley, whose 70 led the field by two strokes at the end of the first round. could have held the top place If he had not missed SO many short puts. He missed six.footer at the fifth and c tiree-footer at the sixth.
 Scores
 Reg Whitcombe, Great Britain
 33-37-70-l42 Horton Smith, Chicago Waiter Hagen, Detroit
 3e-3e-72-l4s Reg Whitcombe, Great Britain Whitcombe out
 443-444-424--33 Whitcombe in-
 t- 444-3b4-464-37-7o-i42 Hovton Smith, Chicago
 Smith out 343-444--544-35 Smith in 346-35b-344-3G-7i--l4s
 High scoring was the rule again today as the field of i40 competed in tho second round of the British open golf mpIonship. The weather was cold and rainy as play got under way. There was q strong west wind which would help the players at the long 18th and 18th holes. Heavy rains during the night made the greens slow.
 When today's play is complete the 70 low players and all tying for the 10th place will continue into the final two rounds Friday. Since 3s yesterday scored 70 or better it could bc assumed that the prob- able mark to qualify for the N.i rounds would be i52
 Tony Manero Of Elmsford, N, r., winner of the U. 6. open last year, today Ccored 3e-37--76 for i54. It vas probable that he will have failed to qualify. Joe Kirkwood Of New York was almost unquestion- ably out of it. He had 40.37-77 and . two.round sum of lb7.
 Tougher
 The championship o m m ittee showed the tee markers back to the limit today giving the course par of 73. It was 7l in yesterdays first round, but the ninth hole now meas- ures 483 yards and the 18th 603 and they are rated as par fiveS instead Of fours.
 Gene Sarazen of Brookiield Gen. Ire, Conn.,, who scored an ei in yes- terday's round after he had suffered anrattack of dySentery, said tha, he has fully recovered and Boy, am'I going to burn up that course todayi'
 MAnero'S game was lustrelcss. He put his second Into the burn at the"sixth to take 6 six. He sank a 10.footer for birdie at the tenth, He was bunkered from the tee at the Ahort 18th. At the 18th a beau- tifui approach left him with an eight.foot putt for an eagle. He wfiskered the cup and took c four
 Scores of the second round of the British open golf championship:
 Tony Manero. ElmSford, N. Y.- 3oi37--76--i64.
 Joe Kirkwood. New York.--4o-37- 77---i57.
 j. W. Bailey, Battle Creek, Mich --40s40--e0-ie3
 Gene Sarazen, Brookfield Centre, C0An.-37-3o-76--i67
 ""' on His Game
 Sarazen was unable to fulfill his promise. He had e 78 for 0 total of iS7 and probably had failed to rate Q place among the low 40.
 T guess I hadn't recovered as well as I thought" Gene said after his round. T guess it's just as well that I'm pretty sure to be out of it."
 He putted well but visited many traps and had four half playable liess He sank Q nine e-footer to start of. with birdie three, and a l2- footer at the second where he need cd four to get home. He was bunk cred at the fourth and three-putted the seventh. He lost another stroke atHthe twelfth where he was in the