The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-09
TJTTLE WINS LOS ANGELES OPEN
HEAFNER FINISHES
IN SECOND PLACE
Former Amateur Champion
Shoots 1882; Linville Golfer
Cards 283 Over Course
By ROBERT MYERS

Little, stormed out of the Wilder
ness today and won the 18th an
nual Los Angeles open with a dis
play of scoring unequalled in this
old tournament.
Trailing the leader, Clayton Heat
ner of Linviile, N. c., by five
strokes going into the final is
holes, and virtually ignored in the
pre-tournament guesses, the one
time kingpin of the worlds anna
teurs wound up the day with So
and a 72-hole score of 282, one
stroke better than Heafner, who
finished second.
Despite the fact the Los Angeles
Country club ours was soaked by
rain from start to finish it was
the finest competitive round in the
history of the event over this
course and netted Little, now a pro
at Brettonwoods, N. H., $500 first
prize money.
Putting like a magician. the
sturdy alumnus Of Stanford chalk
ed up his biggest major tourna-
ment triumph with nine hole scores
of $685. for the very difficult
par 35-35-70 course
He was still one stroke back OF
Heather, the tournament favorite
at the turn but kept his putter
hot. He ran down an 18-foot putt
on the 18th for a birdie two. He
missed the green on the 18th bu,
Clipped up and another birdie
dropped from his club. He went
over par on the 18th but played
the last cautiously and holed the
last shot for a par.
Heather, a big blond fellow OF
25, faced the last two holes need.
ing a birdie and par for a tie. He
blew his chances on the 18th by
three-putting. But gave the gallery
of 5000 a thrill when his second
wood landed on the sodden green
four feet from the pin He canned
it for a birdie three, but his chance
of catching the hot Mr.. Little was
gone.
Former national open champion
Olin Dutra came back on the last
nine with a spectacular 81 but
wound up in third place with a
SO for 285. -Four strokes behind him
were Jimmy Hines of New York
and Amateur Johnny Dawson of
Hollywood. Three other pros who
had a chance Of overhauling Heaf-
ner blew up. Benny Hogan, White
Plains, N. Y, needed rs shots to
get around for 291, Mark Fry OF
Oakland had II for 292, and Alvin
Kruger, Beliot, Wis, had rs for
290.
Defending champion Jimmy De.
maret of Houston posted a 70 for
POI.
Dawson, low amateur, won this
honor for the second straight year
and the third time in his career.
Lednlng 12-hole scores:
Lawson Little, Brettonwoods, N.
H., 217-65-282.
Clayton Heather, Linville, N. c.,
212-71-283.
DIN Dutra, Los Angeles, 1860
-2S5.
x-Johnny Dawson, Hollywood,
214-75-289.
Jimmy Hines, New York, 217-72
-2S9.
Mat Kowal, Philadelphia, 22o-7o
200.
Tony Penna, Dayton, Ohio, 21s-
1890.
Dutch Harrison, Little Rock.
Ark, 216-74-290.
AL Kruger, Beliot, Wis, 215.75-
900.
Jimmy Thompson, Shawnee.on-
Delaware, 21S-72-29O.
Jimmy Demaret, Houston, Tex.
219-72-291.
Ben Hogan, White Plains, N. Y,
215-76-o91.
Horton Smith, Oak Park, ILL.,, 21s-
1922.
Vic Ghezzt, Deal, N. j., e22.7o-
292.
Mark Fry, Oakland, 215-77-292.
Dick Metz, Oak Park, ILL.,, 220-
1928.
Denny Shute, Huntington, W.
Va, 222-72-294.
Willie Goggin, San Francisco,
224-70-294.
Charles Kocsis, Detroit, 225-72-
297.
George Schneiter, Ogden, Utah.
221-76-207.
Ray Mangrum, Oakmont,. Pa.
223-75-293.
Star Horne, Motreal, Can, 220-
1898.
(x-Denotes amateur.)
Ill.,. n a T