Evening star., 1940-06-08

holeS OF hlgh-preSSure golf today.
Little started out at burning
pace-34-34picking up a birdie on
the 430-yard first hole, dog-leg.
The former amateur king was strok-
ing his shots beautifully.
Ralph Guldahl. twice former open
champion, who started the final day
three shots behind the leaders, lost
a stroke to par on the fourth hole
when he drove into the rough.
Little picked up another birdie on
the fifth to be out in "a, two under
par.
His card: 343 435 345-34.
Little holed a 15-footer for his 8
on the fifth and barely missed from
feet for what would have been
another birdie on the ninth.
Followed by big gallery, Little
put on a brilliant exhibition of
driving and approaching, splitting
the green with every shot.
Smith, the veteran of the three
leaders, started out steadily with
even par 4, 4, 8, 4 on the opening
holes.
Snead Has Three Pars.
Snead started 4-4-3, taking easy
pars on each. He gambled heavily
on the dog-leg second, shooting over
deep rough and placing his ball
within 30 yards of the green on the
369-yard hole. His putt for birdie
3 hung on the cups rim.
Jock Hutchison, jr, playing with
Smith, started out sensationally,
3-4-2-4-44, taking only one putt on
each of the six holes. He was behind
the leaders four strokes starting the
round. Smith was level par through
six holes.
Craig Wood, who played through
two extra rounds before he lost the
Open crown to Byron Nelson last
year at Philadelphia, hurridely shot
himself out of the running in this
event by starting out 1896 this
morning. Thus he dropped three
strokes to par, and he already was
four strokes behind the leaders.
E. j. Dutch Harrison, who was
within shooting distance Of the lead
with 144 for SO holes, was out in
35, one under par.
Ralph Guldahl, twice former open
champion, who started the final day
three shots behind the leaders, lost
a stroke to par on the fourth hole,
where he drove into the rough.
He shot the last five outward holes
in even figures for 81 and slipped
further off the pace.
Great Birdie 4 for Little.
Little went 2 under par again
with great birdie 4 on the 483-
yard 18th His second was almost
buried in a sand trap, but he blasted
out feet from the hole.
Snead ran into trouble for the
first time on the fourth, where he
took bogie S.
On the fourth Snead missed the
green with his second. He shot the
fifth and sixth in regulation figures,
but he had to sink a 32-footer to
get his on the fifth.
Smith threatened to blow his
chances when he went over par on
each of the last three outward holes
to make the turn in 80.
His card: 443 AS 456-3o.
Smith was slicing his drives bad
ly, and on each of his bogie holes
his tee shot wound up either in deep
rough or among the trees.
Little lapsed on his tee shots and
fell back to even par through the
fifteenth. On both the fourteenth
and fifteenth he sent his drives into
the rough and took bogie IS.
Jock Hutchison, jr., was out in
"a, slipping over par for the only
time on the eighth hole.
Nelson Registers . IS.
Byron Nelson, the defending
champion, shot into the picture for
the first time with a fine IS going
out on his third round. He was
five strokes behind the field start
ing today's play.
Gene Sarazen, a two time former
champion, likewise climbed into the
running with a IS on the front nine.
Harrison spoiled q fine round
with a Z on the thirteenth, where
his third shot landed In . creek.