| Show ti IM Morrison Pt riso Bags Bais Bags f 69 69 in Mud to Assume Lead in C Caliente G Golf if Me Meet t m m.- m. Diegel Record 7 Os in iii Golden Tourney Sid Siti Harmon Counts 78 in iii Rain Von Elm Shoots 74 on First Round AGUA CALIENTE Jan 14 14 Sid Harmon Utah professional proCessional opened his quest for a a. slice In biggest money melon by scoring a a. 78 in the opening 18 holes of the Caliente open Considering the adverse weather er conditions and mud covered course Harmons Harmon's score was good He carded a 38 going going- out and a a. 40 coming in By Paul Zimmerman Associated Press Correspondent AGUA CALIENTE Mexico Jan 14 While the rest of the field prayed for clear skies as Agua Calientes Caliente's golf tournament t into the second round nd H ro one large larg 4 voice boomed Le I f er er ra rain n i r. r C CIt It was big Fred Morrison southern south south- em ern Cali Call f for o 0 r n i as a's as J. J I 0 open ope p C n fl champion champion 1 for yesterday he jf f- f wad waded d through f f e l J yards a r d s of t. t u i slushy lus y fairways airways to tot j break through par part pari A by three strokes and lead 88 other N professionals and andr A g 27 amateurs His card read 36 33 t. 36 f J I 69 against pars par's w Diegel 36 36 72 Im a swell he admitted And it can rain the rest of the week But Morrison must stick to his splendidly long game off the tees and andon andon andon on the fairways if he hopes to collect first place money of Snapping at his heels came a pack of six others with par or better I IN FORM 1 One hook or slice or missed putt behind Fred as the case may be were Gene stocky Italian from New York and Leo Diegel Dieg l resident pro still seeking a substantial share of the cash distributed by his em em- Both were out in even and finIshed fin fin- f in- in up with for 70 two under perfect Tied for fourth at 71 a blow to o the good over par trailed Charles Beau Guest of Deal N. N J. J and Charles harles Sommers young Los Angeles professional and southern California caddy addy champion Harry Cooper dashing Chicago pro and md Joe Kirkwood the Philadelphia trickster paced par with to tie for or sixth LEAD AMATEURS Al Johnny Dawson Chicago and Joe Hunter Pasadena CaL topped the amateurs with cards of 73 along with half a dozen professionals Ben Hogan Fort Eort Worth Tex Olin Dutra Santa Monica CaL Ed Dudley Wilmington Del Willie Wlllie Hunter Montebello CaL Cat Charles Lacey New York and Al Espinosa Akron Ohio Johnny Golden Stamford Conn and George Von Elm Los Angeles who divided first place money in last years year's open as well as Macdonald Macdonald Mac- Mac Macdonald donald Smith fresh from his Los Angeles Angeles Angeles An An- geles open triumph fared none too well Neither did Johnny Farrell New York and Tom Creavy Albany N. N Y national P. P G. G A A. A champion Von Elm had a 74 Golden and Farrell Far Far- rell 76 and Creavy and Smith shot The field will be cut at the halfway halway mark today to 80 pros and 60 pros after tomorrows tomorrow's round The amateurs ama ama- amateurs will remain in the play through Saturday QUALIFY TO OFFICIATE And still they come Three more officials have been added to the list of qualified high school basketball referees and umpires George A. A Hurst of region No 5 and Arthur H. H Reeve and Vernon Church of ot region No 6 are the trio MAGNA Jan 14 Mn 14 Magna 14 Magna na Parish quintet won its third practice contest I here Wednesday night romping over Tooele 51 to 22 |
