Show Von Yon Elm Among Nations Nation's Best Golf Players in Western Open Tourney Favored as Tee Off Dudley Sounds Warning With Fine 69 Card Carel I By Associated Press MIAMI VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB Dayton Ohio June 18 Over iS-Over Over Miami Valleys Valley's bunkered and trapped terrain one of or the most hazardous f i In Inthis n nI I this section of or the I c country 0 u n try more I than golfers I 1 from Crom all sections of I the country start- start I a id d this morning in inI I e. e of or the west- west rn golf crown now w held by Gene GeneI I of FlushIng Flush Flush- I kS Ing N. N Y I i Included in the I. I field Held that will start he the title ch chose chase e are it least 10 of or the big shots potential poten Dudley hal winners in any mans man's tournament The list includes Ed Dudley Olin and Mortie Dutra Walter Haen Hagen Hagen Ha- Ha gen en George Von Elm Clarence Gamber Gam- Gam ber Chick Evans Leonard Emmett French and Abe Espinosa Eighteen holes were were- scheduled for today and a at the end of cf the round the field Held will be reduced to the low ICO and ties Eighteen more holes will be played Friday and the field Held will be reduced to the low 64 and ties for Cor the hole 36 finals Saturday In n case of a tie Ue the playoff will be beheld beheld beheld held over 18 holes Sunda Sunday YARDS LONG Miami Valley yards somewhat rugged but not what golfers golf gel ers eYS call unfair was in excellent shape for the visiting sportsmen two Seventy-two yawning traps await stray balls baUs and are arc bound to cut scores before nightfall Saturday Steel and wood in expert hands swished through the air until night night- nightfall fall Call Wednesday as the pros and amateurs amateurs amateurs ama ama- prepared for the opening as assault assault assault as- as sault on par Miami Valleys Valley's boast that hat its par 71 has never been broken but once in tournament play seemed due for Cor a drubbing Yesterday Ed Dudley drove his way around the course In 69 equaling Mortie Dutra's score of two days ago The old ma matter master ter Sir Walter Hagen was content with a 70 Von Elm business man golfer toured the course In 74 while Olin Dutra took 72 The consensus this morning as the first golfers left No 1 tee was that the player who beat would win the tourney with Mortie Dutra as the man with the best chance to accomplish this deed AUTO DRIVER HURT LOS ANGELES June 18 Har Fj Har Harold old D. D Provan youthful Los Angeles driver was critically injured during the lap five-lap consolation event at the opening of the night racing season at the Ascot Asco Legion speedway last night |