Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-08-07 | Page 14 | Two Linksters Sink Tee Shots at Meet in Disregard of Odds

Two Tw Sink S Tee Shots At Meet in Disregard of Odds I I I SAN SAM FRANCISCO Aug 7 tf JP The The odds on making a hole in one the hazy dream of ot golfers were figured Tuesday at something some thing like to one But two two a aces aee s actually were made by golfers deliberately tryIng trying try- try Ing trig to accomplish the feat eat in an odd contest just completed here Exactly 1811 c contestants ranging ranging rang rang- ing in age from very young joung golfers golf golf- ers era to veterans veteran of both sexes and professionals each fired five shots on the eighth hole at Lin Lincoln Lin- Lin coIn coln park a distance of yards downhill Last year 1126 individuals made the attempts but none put the ball in the littie littie lit lit- tie tle cup On the first day of ot this years year's tournament conducted by the San Francisco Examiner Eddie Redell shot three balls and on his fourth attempt the sphere actually ac ae ae- ae plum plumped d right into the cup cupon cupon cupon on the fly Odds on such a shot golfers said probably were a thousand to one Had the ball fallen half an inch either way it would have bounded bound bound- ed way off oft the green Then on the closing day of the tournament red haired Bob DumesniL a high school student also fired his fourth shot direct directly ly at Rt the gr green n. n The ball struck 25 feet from the pin and trickled into the cup