Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-01-12 | Page 23 | Denver Golfer Blazes Trail at Bay City

ENVER GOLFER BLAZES TRAIL AT BAY CITY HITTING ING-HITTING ROGERS WO UNDER PAR piAR I. I 1 I Laffoon Shoots Even Par io to Follow Close on onI onI I I Leaders Leader's Heels L By JAMES JAl OBRIEN O'BRIEN United Press Sports Writer AKE KE MERCED GOLF CLUB S San Jan Johnny 12 Rogers rug hitting professional from Dener Den Den- the today as er leI Colo Cob blazed way latch atch play started in the na na- naI match play open championship liter ei r this difficult rolling course rh e shouldered broad Colorado oller laid down a 70 70 two below par f lead the aspirants to the quail quail- ling Ang ng round JHarold Harold old year pro IO om n the Quiver Country club Kan Kan- City Kan followed Rogers in in inIth Ith a 71 I Y 1 Ten Close Behind Trailing the two leaders was a group mo all turning in par They ere Ernie Pieper San Jose amateur Ichie Hambrick Zanesville Ohio hn Black San Francisco Mark rye eye Oakland Jimmy Thompson Los Ky Laffoon Miami Okla Okia od ad Munday Santa Rosa Cal Byron elson Texarkana Texas Joe Kirk- Kirk od Chicago and Verne Vernc Tori Torfin in Tama Tama Tama Ta- Ta ma ma Wash Despite ideal conditions big shots faltered by the wayside mong 11 of golf who ay y off oU for nine places in the select rt t of 64 qualifiers were found such unes as Charlie Ferrerra national links champion Paul Runyan Bunyan ading mone money player of ot the winter ason son Harold Sampson Earl Frye loony Battini Battin and Romie Espinosa the golfing Espinosas t Lawson Little Out Two leading amateurs were Lawson La Little Stanford and Dawson Chicago picked up h hen n they found their woods and ons ons s would not work in unison Little ld id an injured thumb Ernest Pieper San Jose youth led lcd e list of amateurs to qualify quality Pieper with a par 72 Craig Wood defending champion om Deal N. N J. J exempt from Ing will get his first taste of ot play day when he opposes Bill 35 JS 3 Angeles in one o of the feature of or the da day Qu Quarterfinals will be held Satur- Satur ly Iy and semifinals Sunday with the hole K-hole final off oU being run Monday