Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-01-18 | Page 9 | Fred Morrison Cards 284 for Agua Caliente Championship

t T Tr IT TI l Tt T J T Y j Fred Morrison Cards for Agua Caliente Championship p Victory First Major Triumph After 6 Years Money roney Player Two Strokes Behind for Second Place By Paul Zimmerman Associated Press Correspondent AGUA CALIENTE Mexico Jan 18 After half haI a dozen years years' participation tion in golf olf tournaments Fred Morrison Mor Mol rison t-ison who smiled through in many a n W rounds barren of l large a r gem money money 0 n e y stakes today had 1 the he pleasure of his i first big victorious victorious' f I i chuckle Th The e b. b big 19 powerful power v. v J. J ful CuI professional 4 Tom from the Fox Hills Ni t. t Count Country y club Cul Culver PM ver er City Cat Cal yes If one of the great greatest K est eat gamesters of off of golf Gene Sara Sara- ft zen to win the third hird annual Agua Caliente open and its lis rich slake stake of Morrison 1 first prize money Two spectacular rounds of 69 on the first day 74 71 on the second 68 68 equal to the course record on the third eighteen plus 73 on the last gave Morrison a 72 total of four strokes better than par Playing in the same threesome with the steady who finished second sec see and ond and Olin Dutra Santa Monica Cal Morrison staged a n determined finish to win by two strokes Dutra came in third with a still one better than par in a finish before before be be- fore the gallery of some persons per per- sons IRONS CLICK A greatly improved putting pulling and short iron game made Morrisons Morrison's sensational sensational sen sen- triumph possible played the same steady game which netted him the first title in 1930 shooting 72 70 to walk of off with second money 2500 At that Gene might have been tied by Olin Dutra's great finish The descendant de de- de of or one of California's dons made a great try for a foot 40 putt on the eighteenth green green green-a a stroke which although well played to within two ho feet of the cup cost him for forthe forthe forthe the miss As it was he took away 1500 third prize mone money By placing second boosted his earnings in this single tournament tournament ment to in three years For holes of golf Sid Harmon of Salt Lake City finished finished fin fin- with a total Finishing badly with a 76 by far the most unsteady round he played during the tournament Harry Cooper Cooper Coo Coo- per Chicago came in for fourth prize money Behind him at and each came Willie Goggin a veteran of ol northern California and Charles Guest Deal N. N J. J Leo Diegel Diege playing playing play play- I ing his home course wound up in seventh place to gather in only prize money VETERANS TENTH Eighth place resulted in a tie tic between between between be be- tween Paul Runyon youthful West WestPlains WestPlains WestPlains Plains N. N Y pro and Willie Hunter a 3 veteran campaigner from Monte Monte- CaL with 2935 for 4 5 Al Zimmerman Portland Ore A Al Espinosa Akron 0 O. Ed Dudley Wilmington Wil Vil Del Joe Kirkwood Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia and George Von Elm Los Angeles who tied for first place last year car tied for tenth place collecting Johnny Golden the rotund Stamford Stamford Stam Starn ford Conn pro tied with Von Elm Elma a year ago fared poorly He finished with yesterday esterday and collected only Culver City won two titles tilles for Fay Coleman young amateur from the California Country club won the play for prize by shooting two strokes better than Joe Hunter Hunt Hunt- er Cr ere Pasadena CaL who finished sec see ond Johnny Dawson Davson Chicago took third among the simon with strokes The professional horde moves on onlo onto onto to lo Phoenix Ariz Arts this week for the 2500 open there Friday i i