The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-13
One AMATEUR
EQUALSPARIN
QUALIFYING
Scores Soar Sky High as
National Open Golf
Tourney Begun
BY HENRY SUPER
United Press Staff Corresponds

OAkMONT. Pa. Sept. Is.
tCPD. - Tricky old Oakmomt'S
pan. toughened by alternate bursts
OF sunshine ami rain. stood like Il
Rock OF Gibraltar yesterday III
opcninu qualifying play oI the
And national amateur golf
tournament
Nobody broke par - and only
one mau-&I-yc&r-old Maurice
Mccarthy. Il husky Cincinnati
business man -- cQuullrd II oven
the Soggy. GgSl-yard course which
has more trans than Il rat-lnfeSt-
ed warehouse.
Scores SCARED >ky-high, ranging
from McCarthy'S perfect round
10 81 for Vincent ScuSter. Pitts
ford. y. Y. The field ot 1863
started early this morning IN dull,
rainy weather" enjoyed brlct
flash Of sunshine at noon. and
then almost WAS washed out two
hours later by q virtual cloud
burst.
The tournament committee CON
sidered calling off play for the
day and canccllug all trSt-round
scores. but again the sun came
out and play was resumed.
The best guess was that loo
IL strokes over par -- would be
good enough tu land contestants
among the lucky 81 who remain
in the tournament after tonight
and march into two quick. sudden
death match play rounds NcdneS-
day. That would b, the highest
qualifying score since 1929.
Mccarthy. district representa-
tive of the Anaconda Copper COM
pauy in Cincinnati and mtercollc-
giate champion from Georgetown
IN 1928. shot Il perfect round
3T-3j-72. His putter and APP
pruach irons worked we'll and he
had two brides and went over on
only two holes
4 stroke behind Mccarthy wi,s
Art Doeriug Of Mcdimah. Ill.,. with
4 rs.
Charley Yates OF Atlanta. the
British amateur champion and one
Of the tournaments big three"
was brackctcd at ~ along with
Tommy Taller. WcStbury. y. Y,
Harry Givan, Seattle: Dick Cham
pan. Greenwich. Conn: Eddie
Held, Edgewatcr. Colo; Reynolds
Smith. Dallas. and Frank Stirdle.
Memphis.
As dusk descended over the
Pennsylvania Hills. StidIc. 4 late
StaIter. shaped mp a. the man who
might overhaul Mccarthy He
went out in 81 and remained two
under 10 the 18th. Then the pres
sure, and the remaining two
tough holes. got the better of him
ard he ended the round with Il
six on the 18th.
Roger Kelly, last years medal
ist from Beverly Hills. Cal. shot
All atrocioUS - going out but
burned up the back nine with So
for Il - 10 leave him bracketed
with Freddie Haas. New Orleans:
Steve kuvach, Natron Heights,
Pa; Ray Billows, PoughkcepSie.
last years runner-up; Hunter
Hicks, Glencoe. Ill.,. who had Il
81 coming home: Marvin (BudD
Ward, Olympia. Wash. and Rob
ert Rabbish, Rochester. MINI.
The other twO-thirdS of the big
three-defending champion John
ny Fischer of Cincinnati. the 1896
winner. were bracketed in the rs
group.
c. Ross tSandy) Somervillc.
London, Ont. the 1892 winner.
was the only other former cham
piOn who seemed safe. he ragged
Il 10. Chick Evans. Jr.. the 1916
and 1920 winner. carried Il 50. S.
d. Heron. the 1919 winner. shot
- and Jess Sylvester, champion
Of 1922. had an so
Albert tScotty) Campbell. Sc
attic. former Walker cup star and
the favOrite in 1886, was in trou-
BILE with an 50 and Tony Tor
rance. Scottish threat. had AN SO.
Ellsworth Vines, the tennis play
er nad an 50. he handled his put
ter like tennis racquet. Yates
brothers. Presley; had an 80
while Billy Campbell, 10. Hunt
ingtOn, W. Va. the youngest
player in the tournament, shot an
SO.
A total OF - players shot so
or better and - Of them had sos.
The committee Topped the high
80 players out Of the running and
left l24 to play today. Scores Of
80 and worse rewarded the own
erS with one way tickets out of
the tournament.
The object of trimming the
field last night was to provide suf-
ficIent time tonight for playorfs
IN case there are ties for the last
few places.
Tests made i'm lore Sbnu.J