Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-05-07 | Page 4 | Wild Bill Mehl Horn Leads First Half of Field in British Open

I WILD iL VV BILL 9 LEAS LEADS fIRST HALF OF fIELD IN N BRITISH II IIa I a S V JOHN APPEARS ii BRIGHT G S' S British Pros Stand Sei Sc V with Cards of SANDWICH Eng Ung May 7 Wild Bill Bm I pro po American golfer returned a 72 for tor the first filst eighteen So the hole 36 qualification jp the British open opP-n golf gol champ champi today and with ith half halt the liO V was leading the field M The British professionals Duncan and Len Holland wI followed l Whitcombe another a a. 75 Gene wit with slipped sUpped on several se rath rather r putts while young John M I lI San Francisco who never competed in a big open o outS ts California led Ute trio amateur 1 77 Lester Hartley English I had a 78 while Dr W Vf dell last years year's British fa tan at champion could do no an 86 S CARDS OF 3 LEADERS I card was as fo Out 4 5 5 V In 3 6 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 Sf f card V tt Out 5 3 5 4 3 5 5 4 5 I 4 4 3 3 In 4 I 4 5 4 Ii 3 4 5 3 McHughs McHugh's card i I Out 4 4 I In 4 5 fJ 5 3 Douglas Grant pIl pIlon on Princes Prince's course said thad conditions there ver r because of ot a a. heavy channel and considered his 83 thor ther a score BREEZE MAKES V PLAYING DIFFICULT I SANDWICH Eng May l 7 WA A The hole 36 qualification play th the British open golf champion champl n ngot got under way today In In VaTI breeze from tire the channel which n I scoring difficult and early c cards eluding those of ot American Were well up in the George Duncan veteran Brills had linda a a. a 73 73 and antI E B E. E R. R other a 75 75 h hl pared favorably with oth other JC c turned in for the first light holes JOHN I SETS STYLE The Californian maintained American custom of ot fir dressing for the British galleries Helz pea red In black and cheo pl plus fours with sweater and to match of or rattlesnake desIgn 1 was about the brightest g garb r b e seen on this course Hl The first American to V Georges George's was the veteran amate Joshua Crane of Boston lI E tied the staid gallery at by using g a putter a and d t three putts on eels each of th the two holes getting Cranes Crane's putter was an only eighteen inches Ion long crouching with his Iris left handles handlon knee he putted with his only hi his hia forefinger down thai about six sL inches from the head appeared to be stroking rather IB I putting the ball bail m- m