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Show SMI Hi BGY IS STAR IN FIRST LEG C. S. Manghan Covers the Course Two Strokes Less Than Schmidt. DEL MONTE, Cal., July 17. C. S. Manghan, a youth of IS, who carried tne colors of the San Antonio, Texas, Golf and Country club, developed today as the dark horse of the first leg of the qnalifying round in the eighteenth annual an-nual championship tournament of the Western Golf association. Manghan negotiated ne-gotiated the course in seventy-one strokes two strokes less than were required by Heinrich Schmidt of the Claremont Golf j and Country cluh, whose card of seventy- three carried off the morning honors. Manghan'g long carry from the tees, coupled with his demons: ration of excellence ex-cellence In general field play, has made him the favorite for the entry qualifying round which ends tomorrow. Low scores were not the rule today, for the noiables of the tourney and players play-ers who are considered likely candidates for the championship flight did little in the way of impressive golf. J. S. YVorth-Jngton YVorth-Jngton of the Mid-Surrey Golf club, England, Eng-land, who recently captured the Irish championship, took seventy-four strokes for his journey, as also did E. S. Armstrong, Arm-strong, the California champion. The sixty-four players turning In the lowest cards in today's play will continue con-tinue tomorrow over t he same eighteen holes and the lowest thirty-two of these will compose the championship flights. Practically none of those expected to ' figure in the championship were eiimi- nated by today's play. The ten best . - scores turned in follow: i ' C. S. Manghan, 71; Heinrich Schmidt, ! 7"; E. S. Armstrong. 74; .1. S. Vorthing- ton. 74; E. H. Hankard, 7"; Jack Neville, To; Douglas Grant. 76; Vincent Whitney, 7.; Charles F. Grimes, 7S; Dewitt Balch, 7S; Jack Jevne, 7S. |