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Show Kingsley Bags Second 72 In British Open MTTIB FIELD, Srtlad. Jum it INS CapU Ed Klany C. 8. army . . . aad Salt Lake City . . . dicM a apes la the British apea field Tueedav wltk a second straight 73 for a 144. Offl-eiala Offl-eiala believed a 154 weald be food enough te sjuallfy. Kiagslejr'a card: - Out... 44S S44 454 la i . 4&4 M III It n MUIRFIELD, Scotland. June 39 OP) Frank Stranahan. British amateur titlist from Toledo, O., qualified for the 72-hole British Open golf championship Tuesday with a 36-hole score of 145. . The American followed up his first-round 70 at Gullane Monday with a 75 on the Muirfield course Tuesday despite a bitter wind, frequent fre-quent rain and a temperature In the fifties. Stranahan was the first to finish among 13 Americans in the field of 275 shooting for the 100 start-ins start-ins berths in the championship tournament opening Wednesday. His hands chilled, Stranahan three-putted five times but got down with one putt on three other greens. He sank a 10-footer on the Court h for a birdie deuce. Stranahan's card: Par out ... 444 344 34434 Par in 444 344 344 34 S Stranahan out 645 244 445 38 Stranahan in . . 444 354 3553775 E. S. Tibbies, little known British Brit-ish pro who led the opening round with a record of 67 at Gullane. shot a 74 at Muirfield and clinched a starting position with 141.. Alf Padgham, British professional profes-sional who won the Open title in 1936. wound up his qualifying round with a 70-71-'141, playing his second round Tuesday at Gullane. Gul-lane. With 52 players finished. Tibbies Tib-bies and Padgham led the field, followed by Stranahan. The wind was mounting at midday mid-day and scores were expected to skyrocket. A total of 154 was regarded re-garded as reasonably safe to put a player among the 100 qualifiers for the 72-hole grind, all of which will be played on the Muirfield course. John Bulla of Phoenix, Ariz., carded a 77 to go with his 71 of Monday and appeared to be a etneh to qualify despite bad putting. He three-putted four times, playing at Muirfield. Bulla's card: Out 543 364 25537 In 546 354 3644077 Bob Sweeny Jr. of New York, a part-time . London resident who won the British amateur title in 1937. shot a 78 at Muirfield for a total of 155 and might qualify if scores continue to mount. Sweeny's card: Out 445 355 34538 In 664 444 4444078 Frank Tatum, Rhodes scholar from Los Angeles and V. S. collegiate col-legiate champion in 1942. eliminated elim-inated himself with a Muirfield round of 86 and a 161 total. Tatum's card: Out 554 565 355-43 In 763 356 4544386 |