Show I Von Van Elm Shoots Eight Under Par at Long Beach Gix Leads Field in First Eighteen Holes of Tourney LO LONG G m BEACh CH Cal Cat Dec 2 29 AP P George Von Elm of or Detroit Detroi who held the national amateur championship championship cham chani in 1926 crashed through ough pay par par by eight strokes yesterday to lead the field flOld of oC professionals and antI amateurs today into the second hole eighteen stretch of ot the seven- seven ty-two-hole ty Long Beach open tourney The Thc flaxen haired registered registered registered regis regis- from the Uto Taut Tarn 0 o Country club cub burned up this city's municipal course on which the first two rounds of or the tournament are are being held with a 6 63 6 The Thc former amateur titleholder played the first nine holes for a acard acard acard card of ot six birdies and three pars pats a a. a brilliant brilant 30 six under par Coming Com Corn In ing ing-in ing in he lie encountered putter trouble trouble trou trou- ble but maintained his pa paz pal smashing smash In ing pace for a 35 35 HAS PUTTER TROUBLE The next best effort effort was a 69 63 turned in by Eddie Loos of or Pasadena Pasadena Pasa Pasa- dena elena Cal CaI and Chicago and Ed Dudley of ot Hollywood Cal Olin Oln Dutra of ot Santa Santa Monica Ionica CaL and Johnny no Rogers ers brilliant young youn Denver Colo Cob golfer had Walter aler Hagen British open champion cham cham- pion encountered trouble with stith wih his putter but his 71 7 was two strokes below par val Many lany others finished in that division among them Al AI I Ks- Ks s- s of oC Chicago Horton Smith Joplin Mo 10 year old player who won the recent Santa Catalina Catalna Island open and Ben Richter St. St Louis southpaw Tommy rommy Armour of Washington D. D C C. former national open king Bell Bel of or New York John Golden of Paterson N. N J. J and md Danny Danny Dan Dan- ny Williams William of ot N. N NY Y shot Roland Hancock the thc Wilmington N. N C. C sensation Bill BI Walker Valker of Paramus N. N J. J and Billy Burke of or New York finished in the thc 73 bracket along with wih many others FI FIELD ELD CUT TO 64 After the completion ot or today's eighteen hole round the tho field feld was to be cut to the tho low sixty-four sixty scores res and ties tes The qualifiers will play lay the final wI thirty six holes over the Virginia Country club course t tomorrow morrow The real real- battle batte for the championship is expected to take place place in the final dash for the Virginia Virginia layout ranks as one of the finest nest tests of or golf golt in this section I |