Show Laffoon Has HasI I Score of 71 In Practice Denver Professional Only One Stroke Above Par in Early Round PHILADELPHIA June 4 P iP- iP Many contenders for lor the nations nation's most prized golfing trophy the trophy the n na national national na- na open crown tested ested their shots r ron 1 on the 1934 battleground battle battle- ground round today 2 While waiting wallin for Thursdays Thursday's starting e gong of the three three- day classic t the h e early arrivals a als Is' Is d swarmed over the A j Merion Merson C Cricket r i eke t clubs club's tricky east 1 course in practice v i-v efforts to solve the Jl championship layouts layout's layouts layout's lay lay- f outs out's in intricate t r i cat e y bunkers and traps 12 4 I y Already t three h r e e tj r rounds 0 u n d s shave E have been carded in practice with K Ky Laffoon the he most outstanding most the 67 61 chalked up by Paul Runyan favorite from White Plains N. N Y He was three under under un der theoretical perfection Bothered oth b by No 18 IS But that was three e days das a ago o and Runyan now is having his troubles troubles- or rather his trouble for it all seems to lie He on the eighteenth hole In It four practice rounds the diminutive New Yorkers Yorker's tee tec shot has failed to carr carry a quarry on the home hole and has kept nept his scores well above par since his first days day's 67 One injury turned up over the week end when l MacDonald Smith year old Scot arrived for practice with a hurt heel He said he expects it t will be all right before beCore Thursday One Over Par Few Pew cards were kept in yesterdays yesterday's practice round The best was a one one- par over 71 posted by Ky Laffoon D Denver nver youngster Willie Googin from the coast and Dick Metz former Deal N. N J. J resident now playing out of Chicago played the course in The brothers Dutra Dutra- Dutra Mortie and Olin checked in and had time lime for 13 holes with no cards kept Among AmonI other prominent contenders already getting etling the feel of or the course arc Gene Walter Hagen Tommy Armour Denny Shute and Bobby Cruikshank |