Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-08-03 | Page 6 | Golfers Fail to Get Best of Par in Public Event

Golfers Fail to Get Best of Par Parin Parin Parin in Public Event Three Youngsters Lead LeadField LeadField LeadField Field in National Public Public Pub Pub- lic Links Title CLEVELAND 0 O Aug 3 AP ArStill Ar- Ar Still struggling to to tob b best st par on on the Ridgewood golf course couise entrants faced the second qualifying round of ot the national public lUblIC links JInks championship championship cham cham- anew today after an unsuccessful unsuccessful unsuccessful un un- un- un successful onslaught over the hilly yard battlefield during the first eighteen holes Three youngsters came within an anace anace anace ace of equaling perfect scores of 72 yesterday Carmen Bill Dill of ot Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land Carl Kauffman of PIttsburg I and Cl Clarke Morse of ot St St. Louis Leading the field of ot with scores of 73 a record for the course from the thc back tees Bill Dm even had par subdued up to the last two ho h by virtue of four birdies In a row buthe but buthe he hOc stubbed his toe toc on the yard seventeenth fo fOI a five and missed a short putt on the final hole Kauffman at the end of the first nine was two under with three birdies hut but after acter starting home with his fourth birdie he slipped on three holes M h Me t be e althou although h only 17 years rears old got two birdies on the first half halt and shot perfectly on all an the other holes except three on which he lie was above par His downfall came at tle the short holes Although these leaders were fairly fairly fairly fair fair- ly well wen distributed geographically the other players In the van spread out the possible championship territory territory territory ter ter- much further J J. J J J. J McAuliffe McAuliffe Mc- Mc Auliffe of Buffalo and C C. C J J. J Lunden Lunden Lunden Lun- Lun den of ot PIttsburg were within two strokes of three leaders with 75 while Robert Wingate of Jacksonville Jackson Jackson- yule ville Fla had a 76 R R. A A. Bowker Bower of ot Chicago and J J. R R. Miller l of Washington had and New York came into the forefront with a 78 by W W. F F. F Serrick and Dick Walsh 1925 champion Bracketed Bracketed Bracketed Brack Brack- eted with them were T T. P P. Luther of Youngstown Ed Curtin of Newark Newark New New- ar ark t N N. J J. Coleman Morse Moise of StLouis St St. Louis Loula Lester White of Erie P P. J J. J McDonough of PIttsburg and Harry of Cleveland There were thirty four scores for forthe forthe forthe the first qualifying round of 81 or better but the defending champion Lester Bolstad of Minneapolis was not In the list He was tied with seven others for thirty fifth at 82 and faced elimination from the two thirty-two survivors unless he Improved im improved improved Im- Im proved greatly during the second eighteen holes His score proved he can do this for the Initial round He could have had a good 75 except for a poor seven on the first hole and an unfortunate eight on the sev sev- More than of the starters II managed to keep under 9 90 on the first round