Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-05-19 | Page 24 | Field of 1201 Linksters will Shoot for 141 Posts in U. S. Open Trial Monday

Field of 1201 Linksters Will Shoot for 141 Posts In U. S. Open Trial Monday NEW YORK, May 19 (UP) The fourth largest field In the history his-tory of the national open golf championship will attempt to qual- f ify in 32 sectional rounds Monday for the championship matches at the Philadelphia Country club June 8, 9 and 10, the U. 3. O. A. announced today. There were 1201 entrants and 11T2 will have to shoot M holes Monday in an attempt to win one of the 141 aTallable places li the field af 170 Twenty-nine, In' eluding the 1937' 193 tltleholder Ralph Guldahl need not play. Among the en' trants was Johr Montague of Hollywood, Hol-lywood, who hai Uarted a come-hack. come-hack. The "mystery "mys-tery man of goir will try to win one of the 13 vlable nlarM al 0- Spaden, Johnny Revolts. Jim Foulis, Horton Smith, Charles Lacey, Tommy Armour, Al Hume, John Rogers, Joe Belfore, Alvin Krueger and Ray Mangrum. Tbe four who passed up the fret tickets into the championship were Emery Em-ery Zimmerman, Al Zimmerman, Charlea Sheppard and Stanley Kertes. Many at PhlUy As usual, the heaviest firing will take place in the "home" district at Phiiadelhia, where leg, including Walter Hagen, Lawson Little. Max Marston, Joe Kirkwood, Jimmy Thomson and Leo Diesel, will be gunning for IS places." If ext -fn Una-is Una-is the metropolitan New York area, where lit will try for 16 places. These include Willie Klein, Willie , Turnesa, national amateur champion; cham-pion; Jesse Sweetser, Johnny Far-rell, Far-rell, Craig Wood, Phil Turnesa, Ray Mangrum and Leo Mallory. Thirteen former open winners are entered. Guldahl, Olin, Outra, Sara-sen Sara-sen and Armour being exempt. I Chicago, where K . the entrants total Bnea 112. Last year's leading money winner, win-ner, Sam Snead. has to qualify, as he failed to finish among the .low 30 in last year's open at Denver, He will play at Washington. D. C. where M players will try for seven places. Zimmermans Out Although the 30 low scorers of 1938 were exempt, four did not enter and three of these places were given to Ed Dudley, home pro at the Philadelphia C C and two foreigners, foreign-ers, Norman von Nida and Eric Cremin of Australia. Other exempted players were Dick Mets, Harry Cooper, Tony Penna, Byron Nelson, Frank Moore, Henry Plcard, Paul Runyan, Gene Sarazen, Vic Ghezzi, Jimmy Hines, Denny Shuts, George Von Elm, Willie Hunter, Olin Dutra, Jug Mc-