Show 1 VON NEL ELM AL ALE ESPINOSA FAVORED VORE AS 5 OO G GOLF TOURNEY Gl T HUGE SOME CROWD TAGS SOME OF AMERICAS AMERICA'S BEST Browning Willes Wiles Lead Procession in Hole 72 Tourney at Country Club l It By y Gail Smith By far tho the most colorful arid and en enthusiastic en- en field of ot golfers ever ver collected collected col col- In Salt Lake nt ono one time be began began begun be- be gan gun quest for rot fOJ honors In the first annual 5 72 h bob 72 o 0 I o open e n tournament at tho the Country cl club b today The rhe tournament tour tour-h- ament got wider under underway way Ju Just t a few seconds b of t forc or ore c noon with Dr E. E W. W B Browning ow n Country c club tub amateur and Bill BilI assistant Fort Douglas pro pro lending leading the pro pro- Ico ro co Von Oil Elm Elm cession Tho The cream cram of or Utah's golf GoJ king kin dom dorn including professionals proCessionals and amateurs teed off ort with several of ot the nations nation's leading club wielders including George GIx Von Elm Elme Utah's oWn own product to the golf golC world Al Espinosa of or Chicago Craig Wood of or Now New York and many other luminaries When the first pair of oC f golfers stepped up to the first t tee e only onh a medium sized crowd was ns present However after several minute five-minute intervals had bad elapsed tho the largest I crowd clowd in th the tho history of ot Utah golf was present to cheer th the stars Each group of or golfers took al along ng a group of or followers LARGE GALLERY SEES PLAY Wh When n Von Van Elm Ralph and Abe F Espinosa cracked out opening tee tec shots the thc largest gallery gallery gallery gal gal- lery group of or all tJ enthusiastically started the tho trek around tho pic plc picturesque hole eighteen hole en-hole canon canyon course Von Elm and Al AI Espinosa were established favorites favorites' at a smoker held at the Country club Thursday night Both a of these luminaries found hundreds of or fans tans willing to back them to capture first prize mone money of t 1500 Although Von Elm ElmIs Is still an amateur he stated some sometime sometime time limo ago aeo that ho he is through playIng playIng play play- Ing in tournaments for tor or his health or a n. cocktail stinker shaker Von Elm al already already al- al ready read has a generous s supply co rot ot hammered hammerel silverware tucked away In every nook and corner of 0 his Detroit Detroit De Do troit home BO so today he steps onto the tee as a a. professional for tor the first time Har Harry Cooper of or Los LOB Angeles Angells Craig Woods of Bloomfield N. N J. J and Fred Morison giant Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles Seles pro also were backed heavily to finish near the top Local Loal pros were conc conceded little chance to finIsh finish finish fin fin- ish up with the national stars The P P. G. G A. A rules will supercede tho the Country y course rules according to J. J C. C Deal chairman of or the tournament rules In general the tho local ground rules vary ary in tho unplayable Ho lie situation Should a ball ban be driven en into an unplayable un un- un- un playable Ho a a. contestant suffers the penalty of oC a stroke and loss of oC the Such a a. situation ma may develop elop on No 4 for instance where a ball drops into tho the bush bushes s son on the tho left flanking the tho dogleg fairway fair fair- way and on No 18 13 tho the can canyon on In both cases however if the tho ball ban remains in bounds tho the contestant may attempt to play tho the ball thus saving the stroke penalty On an out of or bounds ball tho the contestant suffers penalty of one ono stroke and loss of oC th the distance shooting three from the point ball was first driven Saturday the pack will begin teeIng teeIng teeing tee- tee Ing off ate operations at nt a. a m um Play will bo be over in time to allow tournament fans and entrants to witness tho the University of or Utah- Utah Denver university gridiron clash in inthe tho the Uto Ute stadium Sunday tho the final thirty-six thirty holes will be played the nr first t eighteen holes beginning at 9 a a. m. m while the final hole eighteen pIa play will hem at 1 30 p. p m. m Junior chamber ot of commerce officials officials said Friday that they were at ata a loss Joss to understand w wl y r Walter Hagen did not riot put in an appearance for the tournament Tho The peer among pros for tor the past ten years ears has several and letters waiting hero for him which Indicates indicates indi Indi- cates that ho intended g here for or the tho rich event Du Duck k or deer shooting In iii some eastern game hamlet probably is responsible Tommy om Armour national pro champlon cham chiam plon pion and Leo Diegel likewise failed to appear after aler sending in A |