| Show Backseat Driving B By Frank K R. Baker Telegram m Sports Editor Dutra Plans to Cross Ocean Next Year When the American golfing golling brigade troops off to the British tournaments next season season Olin Dutra California professional plans to be a member of the invading In party Im going to En England next year the genial pro from Brentwood course said laid Thursday morning when he stopped in Salt Lake between trains and was greeted by Professional Alex McCafferty of the Country club for fora a little trip about the city Outside of Gene double triumph in the British and U. U S S. opens colorful colorful col col- col- col Dutra's play has hns been the thc most development in American golf goll this year In seven of the nations nation's major tournaments he has finished fourth or better in all but one the one the national open in which he was sixth Climaxing his tournament efforts Dutra cracked a flock of records at Long Beach L L. I I. I last week end to win the Metropolitan open with a remarkable remarkable remarkable re re- an aggregate that saw him bim finishing 65 68 65 or 11 strokes Under ender par for the last 36 35 holes His final round 65 in the Metropolitan tan is a R new official course record and enabled him to equal the hole 27 27 rec record ord set in the national open at Fresh Meadow Besides creating a n record for competitive play he also broke the score for the first nine with a 31 Olins Olin's l greatest gre est difficulty in Inthe the past has been In bearing up under pressure pres pres- sure but his play this season ind indicates indi indi- cates that he has has' overcome a R large larg p part rt of this handicap with lith the further fur fur- further ther development of at his game H He uses one of the smoothest easy appearing ap appearing appearing ap ap- swings In the game a game a stroke that gets loads of power from his huge hug shoulders Weighing well wen over pounds and hardened by all nIl his recent tournament ment play Dutra looks the acme o of condition Buoyed by his recent sue he is most enthusiastic over ove his golfing plans including his intention Lion tion of making the trip the trip across the Atlantic At At- lantic pert next summer His climb Into the select group this season began with a second place inthe in inthe inthe the Los Angeles open He followed with a third in the open second in the Pacific northwest open sixth in the national open after leading lead leading ing with a 69 in the initial round a aFresh at Fresh Meadow a a second in lathe the west west- ern em open and a fourth in the Canadian Canadian Cana dian open before ending with the th e championship in the metropolitan open He was three strokes ahead d I with four holes to go in the western weste rn I open only to have wily Walter Hagen Hager I come come pounding down the stretch t to take ake it away from him by playing g the last four holes two under par while Olin OUn went two over Olin has earned a warm place inthe inthe Inthe in the hearts of S Salt lt Lake Lako Rolling fans through tournament men and exhibition play here during the past put two years The canyon on the 1 to o. o 18 fairway at the Country club swallowed sw one of his shots and likewise his chance to win the open here two years agog ago as LI Harry Darry Cooper hooper came from behind to win but the ray gay caballero from the coast came back last year to span |
