Evening star., 1937-05-26
SHUTE CONQUERS
TURNESA, 2AND |
Tit|ist's Strong Finish Wins.
Runyan, Dudley, Hines
P. 6. A. ViCtorS,
Ry the Associated Press.

PITTSBURGH FIELD CLUB, As
pinwall, Pa. May 26-Detendins
Champion Denny Shute of Boston put
on strong finish to whip Joe Turnesa.
1uckahoe, N Y, 2 and !, in the first
l8-hole match play round Of the pro-
fessional golfers championship here
this morning
Shute, finishing the out nine poorly,
was down.
Iurnesa won the first two holes.
taking No. / with par 4, where Denny
was short. and pitching stiff on the
second for a birdie g. Shute's pars
won the next two. Turnesa topped his
brassie second on No. 3 and missed
the short fourth green. Joe's birdie 4
took the fifth, but Denny ran down
50-footer for a deuce to win the
sixth. A pair of SIS on seventh and
eighth sent Shute down.
Par, out 445 353 444-36
Shute, out 545 352 555-39
Turnesa, out 436 443 445-37
Shute rang up brides on II and IL
to draw even. and then won IA and
Is with pars as Turnesa three -putted
both holes. They halved l6 and II.
Denny dropped 12-footer for a 3 On
II and came out Of bunker stiff 70
the can for a 4 on IL.
Par-1n ------ AS 435-34
Shute-1n -------.--- 434 435-34
| 1urnesa-In -------- AS 446-S4
| Shute wins, 2 and |.
| Runyan Has = Battle.
Paul Runyan, White Plains. N. Y.
had ding-dong battle before beating
Levi Lynch, Dallas. 4 and 3. Eevn at
the halfway mark. Lynch lost l and
3 through trap trouble, but won the
second when Runyan was short. Both
had deuces on 4, Paul holing a 30
foot chip shot after Lynch had planted
his tee shot foot from the can
Lynch birdied but lost s to Run
yan's par 3. The Texan Clipped
in from 10 feet for birdie on I and
won the eighth, but Runyan came
level again as Lynch missed a 4-footer
on nine
Runyan-Out ---- 455 253 454-37
Lynch-Out --- 546 PA 345-37
Other Results.
Other results of the first l8-hole
round matches were:
Ed Dudley. Philadelphia. defeated
Herman Barron, White Plains, N. Y.
S and 3.
Olin Dutra, Los Angeles, defeated
Clarence Doser, Philadelphia. and 2
Willie Coggin, San Francisco. de-
feated Sam Schneider, Concordville
Pa. 6 and 4.
Jimmy Hines, Garden City, N. Y.
defeated Clarence Owens, Greenville
S. c., and 4.
Six down at the turn, Jimmy
Demaret, Houston, gave Former Ma
tional Open Champion Sam Parks OF
Pittsburgh great battle before bow
ing. and /. Parks shot the first nine
in "a, dropping long puts for brides
on and S. Demaret's chief trouble
was with his irons. Demaret won
four Of the first five holes coming in
with 1-under-par stretch.
Steve Zappe, Springfield, Ohio, was
5 down to Bill Burke, Cleveland. wher
rain caught them at the ninth, ano
decided there was little use playing
further. They agreed that Burke
should win. S and 1.
Billy Burke. Cleveland, defeated
Steve Zappe. Springfield. Ohio. and
Tony Manero. Peabody, Mass de-
feated Lloyd CullickSon. Cleveland
2 and /.
Vic Ghezzi, Deal, N. j.. defeated
Mike Turnesa Elmsford, N. Y, 3 and 2
Sam Parks Pittsburgh, defeated
Jimmy Demaret Houston. and L.
Gene Sarazen, Brookneld Center
Conn, defeated Eddie Schultz, Troy
N Y, 3 and 2.
Johnny Revolta. Evanston, Ill, de-
feated Sol Dibuono, Larchmont, N. Y.
4 and 3.
AL Espinosa, Akron, Ohio, defeated
Clark Morse, st. Louis, Mo-, 3 and l.
Jim Fouls. Chicago, defeated George
Kerrigan, New Rochelle, N. "
and L.
Pat Wilcox, Norfolk, Nebr., defeated
Bruce Coltart, Haddonf1eld, N. j.,
and l.
Harry Cooper, Chicago. defeated
Ben Richter, st. Louis, 4 and 3.
Medalist Byron Nelson, Reading
Pa. kept up his winning pace with
q 2-and-l triumph over the veteran
Leo Diegel, Philadelphia.