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Show Rich Miami Links Event I DrawyBest i (CORAL GABLES, Ha, Dee. IS (VP) tenmy Sarad came with-la with-la ana stroke of equaling the I competitive record for the eoune , today when he scored a tt, four strokes smder par, to take aa early lead la the tournament. j By STUART CAMERON lalted Preas Sports Editor CORAL, GABLES. Fla, Dec. 10 National Open Champion Ralph Cuidahl of Chicago and Light-horss Light-horss Harry Coo- w per or tjnicopoe, Mass, ruled -l betting choices and Dick Mets. the Cbicsgo youngster, was the" sentimental favorite as 300 golfsrs competed today In the 110.-000 110.-000 Miami Bill-more Bill-more open championship. cham-pionship. Guldabl has precedent against i him, since no one has ever repeated Cooper In this tourney, which marks ths start of ths winter golfing campaign. Cooper's mala obstacle might be the new U. S. Coif association rule limiting players play-ers to IS clubs. He often has carried car-ried as many aa W implements. Among the sharpshooters. Cooper's bs usually is the heaviest, but Qui-dahl, Qui-dahl, who Isads ths opposition to the le-lub rule, often carried as many as M. Mats msv be ths man to watch. Ha originally was quoted at 20-1, hut his brilliant practics rounds, which culminatsd In a s7, four under un-der par, cut this figure to 13-L Mets has played in snly four tour-tys tour-tys since he wss painfully Injured In aa automobile accident last spring, but his performances In the fsee of near wintry blasts of ths last three days have shows him to be well onto his game. Ths other highest regarded entries en-tries were players well known to tournament competition Hortoa Bmlth, Dsnny Shuts. Lawsen Little. Lit-tle. Sam Snood. Henry Plcard and . Jimmy Thomson, Each was a 10-1 hot. Two baseball players were among the contestants. They were Paul Waner, Pittsburgh Pirates' sut Holder, Hold-er, and laaa Byrd, former New Tork Yankee player. Dissy Deaa of the St Louis Cards sntsrsd. but reported report-ed last night that negotiations with Branch Rickey and Sam Breadoa, Csrds club officials, bad prevented him from practicing properly. Die will be here as a spectator and to play, of all things, the role of Santa Class la Saturday morning's Grace Dobsrty Christmas party for underprivileged under-privileged children of ths Miami area. ' The tournament Is a 71-hols test with en It-hole round for each of four days, beginning today. The final two rounds, to be played Sunday Sun-day and Monday, are limited to the 0 low scoring professionals and the 10 low amateurs. |