Show I West Captures Utah Open B By Jack Schroeder Harold West Vest who Is as calm as ashes ashe's ashes ashe's ashes ashe's hes he's natured good-natured sank a 1000 1000 putt on the green Sunday before before before be be- fore what amounted to the entire gallery of oC fans and then just as I calmly tucked away the attractive check and packed off the silver trophy vowing hed he'd be back next year to defend his 1950 Utah Open title West Vest had his worst performance Sunday He soared one over par and narrowly missed tying Harry Bassler for the 1950 honor But the portly Portland pro had just enough left to squeeze past Bassler as he racked up a four-day four hole 72 I total of as compared to for or Bassler The comparatively few fans Cans who were on hand Sunday saw West Vest I in the second last threesome on the I course miss a putt that would I 1 have given him an even par for the course Then he stepped up j and dropped in a short putt that was indicative of I victory just jug ori one stroke ahead of Bassler Bassler Second Bassler of course finished second see sec ond and his blazIng blaring 68 for the SUnday Sun SUn- day round was sufficient for Jack Koennecker the thc dapper Denver Den Den- vcr ver pro and Smiley Quick the Montana finished in a tie lie for third place and each got 45 for the four-day four effort Both Koennecker and Quick shaved two strokes off par f figures figure gures Sunday to come in with Zell ZeIl Eaton who also got a R 69 wound up in fifth place with a total and earned himself John Geertson who led through h the first day soared to a over one par Sunday and came through with a Of the local pros Dick Kramer I at Bonneville and youthful Bill Billy Johnston were tops They finIshed finished finished fin fin- in a tie with and each carted away a check for 2375 50 I Amateurs Tie Tiei i Joe Bernolfo defending champion cham pion of the tourney from the Country Country Coun try club and Billy Korns Horns the ama amateur amateur pride of oC Fort Douglas fin finished finI finished I in a tic for top i I honors with a four-day four total c o 0 Korns fired a under one 7 71 Sunday while white Joe soared to a 7 71 to permit the way two-way knot I A great deal of interest Sunda was I centered in the round by Montana's Tex Smith Th angular pro had an exceller chance to shoot the best round o 0 othe the tournament He Heas was as five I under-par under figures through the firs 11 11 holes But then Smith ran mt inti i I trouble I He double No 12 to i of off a couple strokes and bogie i No 17 to almost nullify his blazin i first nine Smith moved I f the first nine with ith a scorching 3 i four strokes under par As it wa wac I the Montanan came in with a 6 Even E Par But getting back to the ne nc f champion West Vest had an even p pa total of 34 on the front nine nine H K then set about to par the fir firs three holes on the back side Wita Wit Vit a stroke four-stroke advantage over th field it was generally believe that if West toured touted the tricky For Foi layout in even par figures tha thi none of the other entrants coul catch him S The portly champ b birdied th 14 th and and the and Coming into the 1St he heas was as one under regulation fig figures figures ures and lying on the green ha hat three strokes to use in sinkin the putt He used all he coul without tying for the lead Had Rounds Bassler had some of the be bes bes rounds of the tournament a a though he blew Saturday all but eliminated him from th tr tourney The Fox Hills pro stared stared star start started ed off with an par even-par 71 copening c 0 opening day Friday he shot shot brilliant 65 six strokes below pa pj figures Then he lost almost a chance Saturday when he to a 7 77 However he came bac Sunday to shoot a under three 6 61 Konnecker the handsome Der Dei vente missed an excellent cham chane to tie Bassler for second second-p a H money He No 18 IS his ball was as behind the shoulder i ohis u o his second shot He tried to chi ch chito chito to the green but the ball was as sho and he had to settle for third tie with Quick |