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SPORTS. NG STAR, WASH . D 6 SATURDAY, J SPORTS. Johnson Confident Despite Griffs’Slump : Mac Smith Looks Good to A nnex Open REFUSES T0 WORRY OVER FLOP IN WEST Bluege Sensation on Road. Changed Batting Stance Harmful to Cronin. BY JOHN B. KELLER. EW YORK, July 4—“My ball club isn’t ‘shot,’ by any means,” says Walter John- son of his Nationals. “We had a tough time of it in the West, true, but we'll come back, I believe, and show the folks at home there still is plenty of fight in the club.” Being held to an even break in 16 games by the not-so-good West- ern outfits and losing ground to the league-leading Athletics to the extent of one game has not les- sened the confidence of the Wash- ington manager in his charges. “Why I'm not worrying about our poor trip,” declared Walter. “We ought fo have done better, for we are far superior to those clubs that beat us. Perhaps we would have gone along at a faster pace but for the hot weather. No doubt it bothered several of players considerably. I'm not offering that as an alibi, however. It was just as hot for the clubs that beat us. we simply did not play the game W capgb){e of playing, but we're too good to remain in a slump any great length e. o Raven't lost faith in the club at all, and I know the players haven't lost faith in themselves, even though they were pretty downcast after the string of defeats they suffered. Down in their hearts, though, they feel they ai strong enough to carry on the fightal and that spirit is bound to assert itself soon,” contends the manager. “Qur club is & good ball club and we'll be in that pennant fight right down to the finish.” 'OE CRONIN'S failure in the West to bat up to the fine standard he had set in the East is attributed to too much experimenting with his stance at the plate. After the first few days of his slump Joe abandoned that char- acteristic squared-off stance and tried several ways perhaps suitable to other players who were hitting, but too strange to him to improve his batting. | As a result Cronin steadily went from bad to worse at bat. Other Nationals cautioned Joe against attempting to change his batting stance. “Stick to the style you followed when hitting so well,” he was advised. “Though things aren’t breaking so well for you, don't give up a style that you know helped you at bat.” veterans of the club told Joe. “A batting slump is nothing new. The hest of them have them. But a really good batter doesn't shake off a slump by changing his way of swinging at the ball. Stick to the old style and you'll get out of the slump quicker than in any other way.” But Joe persisted in pressing and ex- perimenting at the plate, despite the sage warnings of the old-timers, and consequently did not help himself. Now he admits his mistake and said today he was ready to resume his usual stance and continue it. “I may not get going right away,” he said. “But I realize now that after getting set in a fiy batting way there’s no good reason to try others when one begins to miss the hits. Prom now on for me it's the Jordan stance at the plate that put me up around the top of the batters. If I slump, too bad, but I'll fight it out|g, i along the old line hereafter.” ASHINGTON was not without its sensational player during the re- cent swing around the West, despite a rather poor showing for a club with high hope of battling to the American League pennant. before played finer base ball around the third sack than he did on the field of the inland sector of the circuit. In all four cities where the Na- tionals performed Ossie drew great ap- plause from the fans—and in_those western towns the fans are quite biased, too—and was featured almost daily in the sports columns of the Midwestern press. Plays seemingly impossible were al- most daily occurances with Bluege. He scintillated as a retriever of bunts, rushing in for bare-hand pick-ups and making marvelous throws without a chance to recover his balance. Leap- ing catches of liners and stops of particularly hard-hit balls were made to look easy by the Nationals’ third b‘f:tm‘ 3;; it red Bluege must times it appea: have reached back of himself to get drives that looked certain hits as they left the bat. In every way his fielding was marvelous And to make himself more valuable to his club, Ossle was one of the few Nationals not to fall into the almost general batting slump. In fact, he stung the ball so viciously he made a trip average well above his season mark. After the Independence day double- header the Nationals are to make a quick get-away. They are to arrive in Washington around midnight to- night. Home will be pleasant to them after the sweltering days of this tour. Minor Leagues International League. Rochester, 9-4; Toronto, 5-0. Baltimore, 4; Newark, 2. Reading, 7; Jersey City, 6. Buffalo-Montreal, rain. American Association. 8t. Paul, 5; Minneapolis, 3. Kansas, 3; Milwaukee, 0. Columbus, 4; Louisville, 2. Others not scheduled. Southern Association. Birmingham, 5; Mobile, 4. Memphis, 15; Little Rock, 5. Chattanooga, 18; Nashville, 5. New Orleans, 4; Atlanta, 1. Pacific Coast League, San PFrancisco, 6; Los Angeles, 2. Sacramento, 10; Oakland, 8. Hollywood, 10; Missions, 8. Seattle, 13; Portland, 10. 20,000 Seats Open For Tilt With A’s JORTABLE seats will be placed in right center by President Grifith of the Natlonals in antici- I's a case of “first come, first SANDLOT TOSSERS IN MANY BATILES A Number of Big Games on Tap, With Main Fireworks on Suburban Fields. OT all of today's fireworks were to produce colorful glows and noises for Washington, and suburban sandlotters also were counting on staging & few fireworks the | of (;.he_\r own, despite the heavy flelds. ne of the standout affairs of the day was scheduled for Berwyn, Md, | game where the Washington Red Sox were to play the Dixie Pigs in a double- header, the first tilt starting at 1:30 o'clock. Silver Springt Giants were to enter- tain the Norfolk Gas Works team, champion of the Norfolk City League, at 3 o'clock on Kensington Field. Colesville Cardinals and the Sea- brook A. C. were to meet at 3 o'clock on Bonifant Fleld, Colesviile. Majestic Radio tossers were to travel to Laurel, Md.,, where they will play a double-header, starting at 3. Skinker Eagles, who were to tackle Del Ray today on the latter’s diamond, are wi a game for tomorrow. Clgp!r. at Cleveland 1282-W. Imsted Grill's_senior téam, which has the Capital City League title all but sewed up, was to meet at the grill today at 11:30 before journeying to Rockville. - Lofflers dealt the league-leading Con- strucuoneeum:‘ bk‘):‘v mln t:ue !_xlxdu‘:wr'mn League yes! a 9-to-7 Vi over the flnt-hilt series champions. Except for the third inning, when the Constructioneers made all of their runs, it was all Loffler. Eldbrooke won an 11-to-4 victory over First Baptist in the Georgetown Church League yesterday. Knights of Columbus defeated the Joe Cronins, 8 to 7. Records of Griffs > (o Hd @ A ©00005%000usotmouI o ] PRSI SR . W Harrls. est . e 135 C s g aons b S SRR BBRNSCR3283; e, wmaneateaSaSS3A5SRERY ohoShewLEEEabe! Hadley. Burke S SRR B wormaen, 53a B8N LS8 2LEY, PR A D et e ] ©000°09°00000 1 or BB 00onHaC00auswausInoons, oRmoraNey & 5 1n'gs Gam.Cor H. BB. 80. pitch.strtd.G 30 2 7 Ossie Bluege never | Jon Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. Flint Cardinals—Former scattered nine hits to beat Phils in first e, 6-1; latter clouted home run, double and single to aid in Cardinal triumph in second game. Major Leaders By the Assoclated Press. American League. Batting—Ruth, Yankees, .379; Mor- gan, Indians, .390. Runs—Gehrig, Yankees, 67; Ruth, ‘Yankees, 63. Runs batted in—Gehrig, Yankees, 74; Ruth, Yankees, 70. Hif Athletics, 103; Av- ts—Simmons, erill, Indians, 102. Doubles—Webb, Red Sox, 32; Man- ush, Senators, 28. Triples—Cronin, Senators, 9; Lary, Yankees, Vosmik, Indians, 8. Home runs—Ruth and Gehrig, Yan- kees, 19. Stolen bases—Chapman, Yankees, 29; Johnson, Tigers, 21. Pitching—Grove, Athletics, won, 15; lost 2; Marberry, Senators, Mahaffey, Atheletics, won 6, lost 1. National League. tting—Klein, Phillies, .374; Hen- drm, Reds, .360. Runs—Klein, Phillle, 70; English, Cubs, 55. Runs batted in—Klein, Phillies, 71; Hornsby, Cubs, 60. - Hits—Klein, Phillies, 104; Terry, Giants, Cuyler, Cubs, 95. Doubles—Bartell, Phillies, 27; Davis, Phillies, 24. w’!‘zr iples—Watkins, Cardinals, 9 orthington, Braves; Tu-rx. Giants, 8. runs—Klein, Phillles, 21; 4. bases—Comorosky, Pirates, 11; Cuyler, Cubs, 9. Pitching—Bush, Cubs, won 6, lost 1; Derringer, Cardinals, won 8, lost 2. Texas League. Beaumont, 8; Galveston, 4. Fort Worth, 7; Wichita Falls, 6. Peoria, 10; Quincy, 5. Springfield, 6; Bloomington, 4. Decatur, 5; Danville, 1. . Terre Haute-Evansville, postponed. 3 ‘Western League. Des Moines, 10; Omaha, 0. 8St. Joseph, 5: Topeka, 2. Denver-Pueblo, rain. Eastern League. Albany, 8-3; Hartford, 2-1. Richmond, 6; Norfolk, 3. Others not scheduled. Pledmont League. Charlotte, 4; Henderson, . High Point-Winston-Salem, rain. Greensboro-Durham, wet grounds. New York-Pennsylvania League. 1 Rhem and George Watkins, : 10 BOOST MARGIN Brooklyn’s Showing Is Best in Intersectional Play. East Victorious. BY HUGH 8. FULLERTON, Jr. Assoclated Press Sports Writer. LTHOUGH the principal honors went to the East, centering around the Brooklyn Robin, in the latest intersectional serles of the National , the St. Louis Cardinals still are sitting pretty in first ‘The Cards trounced the Phillies in both games of yesterday's double- header that ended the Eastern tour of the league’s Western.clubs, and by do- ing so they brought their record for the trip up to 10 victorles and 10 de- feats and increased their ‘margin over the New York Glants to 2!, games. In the first clash yesterday, Flint Rhem pitched a steady game, while the Cardinals solved Stuart Bolen's de- livery in the sixth inning and piled up a 6-to-1 score at the end. The second e was an easy triumph. The Cards fell on Phil Collins in the first inning for five hits and as many runs, and increased to & 7-to-3 count for the fin- ish. Allyn Stout made his first Na- tional League start and did well until the eighth, when Jim Lindsey stepped in to help him out of a tight place. Brooklyn Leads All. Only these two games were played in the major leagues yesterday as the clubs headed for their home sectors for today's holiday bills. And as a result of their rival's idleness, the Cards pick- ed up a full game. They needed that advantage, for during the East-West Call | series three of the four Eastern clubs, tdistanced &NC}’I pl"fi:d at home, ou e e lers. Bmm‘;n had by far the best record, winning ‘13 games and losing only 4. The rejuvenated Robins won every series and hoisted themselves from a weak fifth in the standing to a very good fourth, only & half game behind the Chicago Cubs. The Phillies moved from seventh place to sixth as they won 10 out of 18 games against the ‘West, passing Pittsburgh, which won only 6 games and lost 10. The New York Giants picked up & half-game on the Cards and 1}; on the third-place Cubs as they recorded 9 victories t0;8 defeats. The Braves took the measure of the Cubs, but fared poorly against other Western rivals and had only 8 victories to 10 defeats, drop- ping to fifth place. Chicago won 7 of the 30 games captured by the West and lost 9 of the 40 that went to the East, while Cincinnati checked in for ;.ho"‘lenu with 7 victories and 11 de- eal S TRAPSHOOT CARD LIGHT Only Class Events on Program at Washington Gun Club. Owing to the probable attendance of g a et LR n Gun Club at shoot today at Winchester, only the 258 | three-class club contest will be staged at_the local gun club. Included in the Washington re sentation in the Virginia State will be a five-man team. ‘Three more events will be held dur- ing the remainder of this month. On July 11 a watermelon shoot will be held, while on July 18 a special team contest with the Ani is Gun Club will be held at Ann: E A trophy shoot will be staged July 25. re- alr CHICAGO, July 4 (#) —The official lAmeneln Association standing is as fol- lows: W 1 HOLLYWOOD SETS PACE. SAN FRANCISCO, July 4 (#).—The official standing of the Pacific Coast League is as follows: = Alexandria Notes ALEXANDRIA, Va.,, July 4.—Swim- ming, base ball and golf, were to be presented on the sport program here today. A water carnival featuring diving and swimming races for men, women, boys and girls was booked for the municipal pool at 2:30. A number of base ball games and the qualification round in the tournament at Belle Haven Club for a trophy round- ed out the card. ‘The diamond bill was to be featured by & meeting between the Skinker Eagles of Washington, and the Del Ray A. C. at 8 o'clock on Duncan PField. Mount Vernon A. C. of Pairfax Coun- ty, and the Colonial A. C. were slated for a double-header on Guckert's Fleld. St. Mary’s Celtics will meet the Na- val Hospital nine, tomorrow at 3 o'clock at Baggett's Park. Virginia Juniors and the Woodmen of the World of Washington, were to play at Hunton Fleld today at 2:30. Nation-Wide Grocers and Indian Head A. C. were billed for a 3 o'clock en- gagement . at Haydon Field today. Standings in Major Circuits SATURDAY, American League. YESTERDAY’'S RESULTS. No sames scheduled. ULY 4, 1981 National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. . Louls, 6-7; ! , 1-3. Sinereline ot seeduien 17 h N % 22 225 RS EVENING OF JuLy 4™+ SAFE AND SOUND, WITHOUT E¥EN A SCORCHED FINGER — BY JORN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, July 4.—Although it will be hard to convince many ball players and also many of the most ardent fans, it 15 a fact that abolition of the sacri- fice fly to date has failed to make nearly as great a cut in big league batting averages as was predicted for it before the season began. President John A. Heydler of the National League has figures to prove it. There was much opposition to the abolition of the sacrifice fly by the Rules Committee. The players did not like the idea of the rule because they though they could read in it a prob- able shrinking in their batting averages. Benevolent fans who liked to see bat- ting averages grow as plump as milk- fed calves, regardless of the merit of the food upon which the averages thrived, also raised their voices aj it, but it became base ball law. Keeps Own Figures. President Heydler, because he wanted to know for his own information what the effect of the rule would be, has # | Big League Ball Rabbit Maranville, Boston Brave shortstop, in discussing playing shortstop from the boys' standpoint said to me: “In my observation when a bunch of boys are gathered for a ball game, the spryest and nost active wish to play shortstop. I can recall that when I played as & boy I was one of the kids who_essayed fo play shortstop because I had the reputa- tion of moving rapidly over the ground.” “‘Boy that as they become older learn is seemingly natural selection 5 g BEzd i el - § ; i g g & 2 & §5 g 2 § i = 5 i Z ! ghEsEE EE i § it £ [ s ; W : i fl % 8 i | E;lition of Sacrifice Fly Shrinks Averages but Little been keeplng a little record on his own account. This record reveals how the actual batting averages for the season |stand in comparison with what they might have been had the sacrifice fly not been executed. ‘The player in the National League whose batting average seems to have shrunk most so far as compared with the record that might have been made if the sacrifice fly had been in the code is Rogers Hornsby. President Heydler says there is a difference of about 11 points in this case. The sac- rifice fly bonus, which was in existence in 1930 and which exempted the play- er from a time at bat while possibly crediting him with a run batted in, would put Hornsby's average up now to about .312, which actually isn't much better than .300. That is enough to show that in Hornsby's case, a real batting champion in his day, his present falling off has nothing to do with the sacrifice fly | but lies in his inability to swat the ball on the nose. He has sagged more this season than ever in his life. Yet he is likely to go back to normal figures. If he does not, nothing of his batting reputation can possibly be sacrificed as he is one of the leading natural hitters of the game. Two Bonuses Remain. All of the bonuses given to batsmen have been eliminated except that for a base on balls and for being hit by a pitched ball. Both are legitimate foundations for giving something to & batter. If a man can outwit a pitcher at the plate he should be exempt from & time at bat and if the pitcher cracks & batter in the ribs the pitcher deserves & penalty. No batsman should be given credit for anything except his real ability to bat the ball safely. Some of the old-time batters with averages of .400 were not legitimate .400 hitters, but they got enough times at bat taken from their records to give them a batting leader- ship at a fictitious . No one will omaum: x:hjbl‘tuth!re I.l| ufll;mch rl‘kfll and arf ing a long fly as there in bunting the ball, yet the long- fly hitters were recelving the same credit as the skillful bunters. As it stands President Heydler’s record proves beyond question that the present rule on the problem is the best ever writ- ten into the base ball code. Here’s Lowdown On Shoe Tourney HIRD annual metropolitan dis- trict horseshoe championships, st sponsored by The Washington ar. Play starts July 27. Entries close July 25. Titles at stake: Neighborhood, di- visional, sectional and city cham- pionships of Washington; town, county and State championships of Maryland and Virginia. ‘Tournaments in Washington un- der supervision of municipal pla; ground department; those in Mary- land and Virginia under direction of local chairmen. Entry blanks to be issued shortly may be obtained from pla; directors and chairmen. There is no entry fee. All prizes will be given by The ‘Washington Star. Town and neigh- borhood champions will receive bronze medals, suitably engraved. Divisional winners in Washington and county champions in the neigh- boring States will receive silver medals. Gold medals will go to Washington, Maryland and Virginia champions, trophies to East and ‘West section winners in Washington and silver plate will be awarded in the grand finale for the metropoli- tan district title. Washington will qualify four players for the grand finale and Maryland and Virginia two each, the eight to play a round robin. Detailed information may be ob- tained by phoning or writing the Horseshoe Editor, Washington Star sports department, phone National 5000, branch 335. For information on the colored section of the tournament, com- municate with Arthur -A. Greene, ‘Twelfth Street Branch Y. M. C. A, 1818 Twelfth street northwest, phone North 1054. - BRAVES WARN URBANSKI. BOSTON, July 4 (#).—Bill Urbanksi, Montreal third baseman, was told today by the Boston Braves management to be in Boston tomorrow or the deal to bring him to the Braves would be can- celed. Urbanski, purchased for $35,000, has held out for $2,500 of the purchase price. TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., July 4— The Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers were very muddy this morning. IN CHESS CIRCLES BY FRANK B. WALKER- HE match in at the Capital_ City EhotaCuub, be- tween C. C. Bettinger and E. Hnger by, b £ and 5 draws.. It required 14 sitt to com; umm’cu!?. Themndluvnfl ishop are to play & match of ghree up to determine which shall be From lormances, . However, and has & hard games elim- and should communicate with the secretary of the league, John Tucker, jr., 5403 Thirty-ninth street north- FTER spending two in- this country at the leading chess cen- ters, Lajos Steiner returned to his native country Hungary, where he en- in a tournament in which the Remain in Fight For Golf Honors e, Grseniah, Cosi. 3 ?:’7‘@'2&‘52“'# 4 u%l Guest, g’ll. N. é; Char! Herman Barron, Port =t} T5—146 uorgg“nnm Long Beacl joe Turnesa, White Plains. N. ¥. 73 Diegel. Agua Caliente. Mexico 75 ny Manero, Eimsford, N. Y. Tk 'lllg.mo cago y Cox. klyn. Mehlfiorn, Pinewald. N. Al Espinosa. Chicago Bopby " Cruick k. B atrous. us, | (L EERIEEE TS 23338 33 3 3 83 & HAGEN AND BURKE : ALSO-FORMIDABLE Von Elm Considered Luecky. to Be in Lead—Hunter Lone D. C. Survivor. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. \OLEDO, Ohio, July 4.—“Mac Smith, Hagen or Billy Burke : —the winner lies among' those three.” The speaker was Bobby Cruickshank, come-- patriot of Tommy Armour, one of+ ? |the finest golfers who ever came: out of Scotland and somewhat of: a contender in this championship* 78183 e sl today as the final twin rounds started in the national open golf championship. Tommy Armour is* out of the championship, blasted* 3:lout by the very iron shots at L. B. Ay nston. Ernest Whitcombe, Grei Lioyd ' Gullickson. Horton Smith, Jopli iille, KI Oht ‘W. H. Daviet August Alex Watson, 'Yon! Jimmy ‘Thompso: Springs. Colo. ... Hugh C. Carpenter. Dalias, Te Detroit. . which he is said to be the world’s master, but Bobby Cruickshank,’ who tied for the chung;«; with Bob Jones back in 1923, st is a contender with a real chance to win. A Nevertheless Bobby, who stands onl; shade over 5 feet tyn :xe!‘h'. and i.l’l; % | outside choice o win, says, “Watch Mag’ Smith, Hagen or Billy Burke.” Cruickshank barely gives George Von" Elm a tumble as the tournament enters’ its final phase today, even though the? business man golfer, who won the ama-- teur championship back in 1926, wag’ leading the pack as they squared away for the final joust over the 36-hole route- that would decide the 1931 open cham<’ plonship and the successor to the one’ 30158 and only Bobby Jones. PENNINGTON BIRDS WIN The National Capital Concourse Asso- ciation held its eighth and last pigeon | hols race of the old bird series from Attalla, Ala., an airline distance of 600 miles. Three hundred and ninety birds from 41 lofts competed. The winners of the average speed diplomas for the series of races were W. R. Pennington, first diploma, with speed of 1,208.95: H. C. Hile, second diploma, with speed of 1,196.77, and W. S. Hixson, third diploma, with speed of 1,175.88. Following is the speed flown in yards per minute of the first return to each loft, the first nine being diploma win- ners: Hile .. Penning Neitzey . Riley . Hixson . Haitoey - roesser Pennington Pennington 113.90 046.00 Darr . PFitzgerald Foster No report ausen .. No report Pointers on Golf ‘Walter Hagen, now playing in his eighteenth national open at Inver- ness, has mastered one important factor in playing sound golf. It is a relaxation. Length of drive depends in the main upon clubhead speed at con- tact. To gain that desired result, one must be relaxed when stroking the ball. Hagen is all of that. His 10 GRT CLUBHEAD SPRARD ability to come through in the past has been due to the fact that no matter what the re he never tightens his muscles. ‘When they are taut they will not respond to the guide offered by the immovable head, or to the feel of the stroke. D. C. YOUTH GETS LETTER PHILADELPHIA, July 4.—Jack Ed- wards, former Washini ‘Tech High won | athletic luminary, was among the 19 track ;| squad to receive letters for members of the Pénn varsif o out- door season. - % Lacrosse led all sports in the num- ber of varsity letter awards. The stick- men received s total of 26 out of the 93 that were awarded to six teams. Crew was next with 24. Thirteen base ball letters were present- ed; along with six in tennis and five in golf. College Eleven Has a “Houdini” 30| been kind to Leo. ers see how Cruickshank's predice. tion looks. In there at 144, with" a scintillating second round of 69, stands Von Elm, out in front by one’ stroke, which 1s not a particularly en- viable position just before the final 36 les in the open championship. It means that Von Elm must stay the lead and that is not an easy thing ta” do. One stroke back of him are Eddie Williams and Billy Burke, at 145. Two strokes back of him are Guy Paulsen of Fort Wayne, Charlie Guest, Herman Barron and Mac Smith, at 146, and two strokes back of them come Walter: n, the great “Haig,” at 148, tied™ Johnny FParrell, Joe Turnesa, el. Diegel is in there chiefly by virtue of’ an eagle ace scored on the thirteenth hole yesterday afternoon, after the fors~ mer Washington pro had about given up hope of getting anywhere in the tourna~ ment in which he finished in a tie for second back in 1920. Inverness has. It gave him his real start in big time tournament golf and yesterday it yiclded his second ace within two months and his first in & national championship. Leo's truly hit: tee shot at the 145-yard thirteenth- found the bottom of the cup giving him - & new lease of life after he had vowed' he was ready to start back home td- + | lower Mexico. Only one of the Wash ington entrants remains in the tourna- ment and as we predicted several days ago that entry is Monro Hunter of In- dian Spring. = Hunter barely qualified for the final day of play with a 36-hole score of 158, but he qualified, which puts him in the first 60 golfers in the. world. ~There were nearly 1,200 en- trants in the open championship and with the' title chase narrowed to 63 entrants, including the British stars,” Hunter must be ranked among the b& :l:ut;la Worlgimflepq:nflmed ‘where such? as failed. AL HOUGHTON of Kenwood was out* of qualifying for the final day by~ only one shot, but that one shot' looked like a million. Houghton missed enough shots on the last nine holes yes- terday to put him safely in the tourna- ment, and his failure to qualify is nothe ing short of tragic. Fred McLeod of* Columbia left last ‘ashington ° after two disappointing rounds of 163. He was outside the qualification by four strokes. One hundred and fifty-eight _ was the last score to qualify for the final day, and Hunter shot exactly that* with cards of 78 and 80. Houghton's scores were 77 and 82, for a total of 159, and McLeod's were 82—82, for a 164 totals If Hunter plays well today- he may not have to qualify next year: by scoring in the low 30 and ties in' £, . the satisfaction of knowing that he is' Amcl%( the best 63 professionals in the’ world. - Can you imagine Tommy Armour,” acknowledged the best of iron playe: going five over par on two par 3 holes? < Yet that is what Tommy did yesterday in scoring the 83, which literally blasted is three major crowns. Tommy holds the British 'y the Canadian open and the American. match play titles. But he failed dis- mally yesterday. No matter how well, he plays today he cannot win, for he of the leader as . shank said, lles among Mac Smith, Hagen and Billy Burke. To be sure, Von Elm and Parrell are in there with a fine chance to win, but when experts;, like Cruickshank like the chances of- three men like these they are usually. about right. championship is some time, and this looks like the ‘There is no Jones in there others come fairly easy. a it round of 70 yesterday, which