The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-11
ISHUTE- -SNEAD TN OPEN STATUS AGAINST FIELD
Opposite Golf StyIists Lead Slick Field; Sara
 zen Blows Up
By HENRY MIG LEMORE

United Press Stan COrreSpOndcnt)
 Oakland Hills Country Club, Bir- mingham, Mich, June 1l-(UP)-- It was two golfers against the field today t.s the enemies of par started the second round of the National Open championship.
 One was Sammy Snead, the knock -'em-a-mile hill-billy from West Virginia, and gimlet-eyed Denny Shute. the Boston .gunman, These boys fired rounds of 69 at their 165 rivals yesterday, and today were community targets. No two more contrasting players ever led the open after the first day. Sammy is slugger, who swings from his heels: Denny has the touch of a surgeon. Snead bludgeons his op- ponent, be it man or par, Witl, booming woods and irons. Shute kills with the slow poison of accur- acy.
 Going Down
 Odds on the lambasting West Vir- ganian, who was quoted at 10 to before the meet began, tumbled to to 1 following his blistcring three under par round. Shute, whose workmanship brought him the P. G. A. title in 1886 and enabled him to successfully defend it two weeks ago. had been knocked down from Is to to ] to l.
 These two campaigners, opponents !, of widely separated schools of golf. made the task of their competitors harder than ten minute egg. The field faced the double task of matching Sammys great drives and Denny's deadly sharpshooting. Closest behind the two leaders were two campaign-hardened pro- fessionals-Ed Dudley of Philadel- phia and Frank Walsh of Chicago and three amateurs-Johnny Good man of Omaha, winner of the titel in 1883, Bill Holt, Syracuse autonno- bile dealer, and Frank Strafaci, the laughing Brooklyn lightweight who won the public links title in 1885. These five shaved two strokes of par with 70s. I
 Back of them at Il stood Mike Turnesa, Ralph Guhldahl, Henry Picard and Fred Morrison.
 Holt and Strafaci were assured Of gallery today: a gallery composed of couple of betting commissioners who will be tempted to dynamite the fairway or sprinkle bubonic plague germs in the rough in an ef- fort to stop the brilliant shooting Of the youngsters. Both Strafaci and Holt were so cocky before the tour nament that they looked up the commissioners and asked for odds on their chances. Rookie Tom Wat terson told Holt he could have 300 to to win, 250 to to place, and l25 to 1 to show. Holt played $l5 across the board on himself. Jack Doyle gave Strafaci 200 to l and syndicate of five formed by Frank played $5 on the nose.
 Doyle aged four years overnight, and WaCterson developed a limp in his walk from thinking of the 70S the kids shot.
 Getting Hot
 The field was doubly inspired to- day. It not only had to catch Shute and Sncad-it had ot shoot good eIlOuSl BOll UO SCt uiiNCA U'S He"' flying wire. At the end of todays play the low sixties and ties-and no morc-will be given tickets into double -barreled, 36 liole play of Sat- urday.
 Most of the better known golfers seemed safe when the second round started. Those in jeopardy included Mac Smith, who had 70 the open ing round; Tommy Armour and Gene Sarazen with 78's and Al Wat rous, with 77. Sarazen executed ono of the finest blowups of his career yesterday when. after going out in par 36, he needed 42 blows to get home.
 Tony Mancro, the defending champion. had 76. This score while it did not endanger his qual- flying, made successful defense or his title highly unlikely.