C-1 Stranahan Has 72 ftienirtg CLASSIFIED ffiaf SPORTS AMUSEMENTS In British Open Golf WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1956 ** HOYLAKE, England, July 4 The defending champion, four i UP).—Frank Stranahan, the To- under level fours through the j ledo, Ohio, muscle man. shot a 16th, took bogey fives on the 17th one-over-par 72 in the first and 18th. round of the British Open golf Gene Sarazen, 54-year-old vet- -4» ’¦!"! ¦ championship today. eran from Germantown, N. Y., —1 I Reins Stranahan, who finished won the British Open in Braves Grab sec-!!who ond in the Open twice during his 1932, shot an opening round of amateur days, was the first fin- 40-38—78. isher among four Americans who j Steady on Bark Nine qualified for tournament on Sarazen took a bogey five on the 6,950-yard, par 35-36—71! - the first hole and skied to a seven Hoylake Mark course. the par four 14-7 on third. He col- On Road Welsh Champion Dennis lected birdies on the fifth and Smalldon, the first finisher of the ninth holes but bogeyed three day. shot a record-equaling 68. others to reach the turn in 40, BEATS RED SOX Memory of Last Argentina's Enrique Bertolino five over par. He was steadier I | had 69 and defending champion on the back nine but didn't get Stand at Home Peter Thomson of Australia a 70. another birdie until the 18th, 1 A brisk wind which started in where he sank a 10-foot putt, Senators Jackpot the middle of the morning made; “That the only Only Drawback j was one I Press trouble for some of the players made all day,” he said. “Iputt" Bv The Associated on this course by the Irish Sea, !ed terribly.” That game of musical chairs In Keeping Jim Lemon the is staging but it didn't seem to disturb Sarazen said missed four 1 he one batter to notch a j, a Stranahan. He got an eagle putts from about two feet By BURTON HAWKINS |