Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-12-31 | Page 19 | Trio Leads into Finals of California Tourney

Trio Leads Into Finals Of California Tourney LONG BEACH Cal Dec 31 AP Two AP-Two Two score and more of best Monday l headed into the finals of the 1500 California open cham cham- With favorites and near favorites forging Gorging into the front a new California California Cal Cal- open king was to be chosen before sundown out of ot 36 holes of oC medal play Sundays Sunday's hole 36 qualifying round ended in a way three-way tie tic between Sam Parks Jr of Pittsburgh Eddie Loos Laos of ot Glencoe Iii and Vic Vie Ghezzi of ot Deal N N. J. J who turned in scores of ol A stroke behind came Horton Smith of Oak Park Ill and Ray Bay Mangum of or Los Angeles with the veterans Walter Hagen of Detroit and Al Espinosa Epinosa of Chicago along with wilh the Pasadena amateur Jim McHale grouped in a way three-way third third- place tie tic with 1445 Johnny Dawson of or Chicago qualifying with a turned in the most sensational shot pf of Sundays Sunday's play Backed up tip against a tree yards away from the Johnny lifted an approach dead to the pin and the thc ball rolled in the thc cup The same proved a setback for the veteran Hagen He pitched his approach shot four feet from the thc cup with wilh a chance of holing out his third consecutive birdie and finishing In a tie tic for second place among the qualifiers But the ball was in m line with another putt and Hagens Hagen's caddie picked It up marking the spot When the Haig went to putt he found a clump of ot mud on his ball Under California rules he was not allowed to touch the ball and ashe as ashe ashe he hit it it wobbled off oU its course Henry Picard of Hershey Pa with witha a sensational 67 and Eric of Los Angeles with a 68 68 toured the course In best style Sunday to land among the qualifiers for Mondays Monday's finals Ralph Gudahl of Los Angeles former former former for for- mer California open champion and Jim Fogerty of Kirkwood Mo rated as potential thi threats cats in the tournament tournament ment failed to land in the chosen group