Show HARMON ONLY UT UTAHN AHN LEFT JN IN L. L A A. GOLF OPEN 1 o l i x jc x C- C McDonald Smith Five Under ParIn ParIn Par ParIn In Taking Lead Three Salt Lakers Lukers Fall Full by Wayside Before Last 36 Holes BULLETIN HILLCREST COUNTRY CLUB Los Angeles Jan 11 W lP- lP Although he slipped to 37 35 72 37 72 on the third round of the Los Angeles open golf gol tournament tournament ment today Macdonald Smith turned into the final ei eighteen holes still leading the field with witha a hole 54 score of Sid Harmon Forest Dale professional pro pro- of Salt Lake City was 15 over par with an 86 which brought his hole 54 total to S HILLCREST COUNTRY CLUB Los Angeles Jan 11 Sid Il-Sid Sid Harmon was the only Salt Lake City golfer competing in the seventh annual Los Angeles open meet here toda today Sunday the Utahn reeled off oU offa oUa a par 71 which added to his Ius Fridays Friday's score of 76 qualified ed him for the final 36 holes of the rich tourney with witha a A score of or better was required re rc for fOl qualifying Charles E. E Foley Foley Foley Fo- Fo ley of Salt Lake failed to qualify by three strokes having an aggregate of 78 75 78 75 Professional Harry Borg finished with a 81 78 81 78 and Bill Willes the fourth Utahn picked up after going out with a 41 on his first nine B By Paul Zimmerman Associated Press Correspondent LOS ANGELES Jan 11 A ll-A A steady silent Scot MacDonald l Smith who took no chances and gave ga neither his opponents nor par pari an any quarter was was' aS five rive strokes ahead of both today as the seventh Los f Of Angeles open W g golf 0 If t tourney 0 urn e i swung into the final fi fi- fi r lff nal 36 holes 0 I The Thc vet veteran era n tt master from irom Carnoustie Carnoustie Car Car- writ put Jut two par 0 rounds plundering W y faced Jl f behind as he the last half of the the hole 72 test Z i over i 0 1 Hillcrest's 1 cres t ti s course bent on taking his third Los Angeles Smith 0 pen open p e n championship championship champion champion- ship and the attendant 2000 first prize mone money He started to lead Saturday with a 69 69 and to prove it was nothing unusual un an- I usual shot a 68 yesterday esterday for or a Four tried and proven and a newcomer newcomer new new- comer corner in the ranks of the leaders were five strokes behind the New Yorker as they turned the half hal wa way mark Walter Waller making one of or the best showings showing he ever displayed inthe inthe in inthe the big western money tournaments had two fine par equaling rounds of 71 for his Leo Diegel Agua Caliente Mexico i pro appeared warming up to the game he hopes to play on his own course later laler this week in the open in Baja California He also had par matched on successive days for a One of the coasts coast's front rank Olin Dutra of Santa Monica turned in a 70 yesterday to tie tic up with his 72 on the first round while the stranger in inthe inthe inthe inI I the midst Dallas Jeffers of Santa Ana Cal continued on with a 72 yesterday after aUer for second a aday aday aday day previous with 70 The fifth member of Smiths Smith's outstanding outstanding out out- standing threats was Joe Kirkwood who threw away a chance to cut several several several sev sev- eral strokes o off the leaders leader's edge then finished with a 70 along beside his first round mark of 72 The man who can do all sorts of tricks with his clubs called upon them yesterday to round the turn in 33 but lost his artistry as he went to the seventeenth with a potential 68 08 He missed his putt for a par three and then chipped short of the eighteenth green to get on in 4 He left leU himself a foot 7 putt that refused to go down taking a six where seven of the first ten starters had collected birdies and two had dropped eagles If H this imposing list was not enough to give Smith worry aplenty five stroke lead regardless a quintet more were tied at 1 The outstanding of these was Gene New York and Clarence Clark Bloomfield N. N J. J two Texans Ben Hogan Fort Worth and Dick Metz San Angelo along with Ky Kj Laffoon Denver completed the thc list Charles Seaver Stanford university university I sity sophomore had the edge on the theother theother theother other amateurs with a but was trailed by only two strokes by Ro land MacKenzie Washington D. D C. C Fay Colman Culver City southern Cal California ornia champion and Arthur Sato San Francisco public links title title- holder 1 |