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BRITISH OPEN TITLE.
Australian Players Qualify.
LONDON, July 5.--Fierce rainstorms
faced the early starters in the second
qualifying round of the British open
championship this morning. Hattersley,
who has dealt with bad conditions ex
ceptionally well since the Australian
amateur team arrived in England, was
one of the early starters, and returned
with a particularly fine 70, which gave
him an aggregate of 145, and assured
him of qualification. Ryan just qualified,
his 77 in a terrific thunderstorm getting
him into the 130 who will contest the
first round of the actual championship.
It was expected that 153 would be
needed, but Ryan qualified with 157. He
opened unsteadily. with two fives, but
averaged fours over the next ten holes.
The long 13th and 14th holes cost him
fives, but he finished only one over the
standard scratch score. His card read.
Out, 5, 5, 3, 4, 5, 4, 4, 3, 5-38; home:
5, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5-39; total 77. Hat
tersley was out in 32, which included a
two at the third and another at the
fifth.
Other leading scores were:--IL Cot
ton, 143; Bobby Locke, 144; Dai Rees,
144; Peter Robertson, 147; E. G. Watson,
147; J. Adams, 148; A. Padgham, 148.
Following on his 71 yesterday, A. G.
Havers scored a 76, and Brews, the South
African player, finished with 144. Nettle
fold fell away badly, getting an 83 In
the second round and finished with 158,
which just failed to qualify.
It. was estimated after yesterday's play
in the first qualifying round at Sand
wich that the qualifying limit would be
in the vicinity of 153. Only one mem
ber of the Australian team had a really
bad round, M. J. Ryan, despite an 80
at Prince's, still being optimistic, ac
cording to J. F. Pignon in a special ar
ticle for the Associated Press. "With
Ryan's exception," he wrote, "the Aus
tralians were contented with their
rounds. Ryan cheerfully declares that
he will improve. Nettlefold, who, like
McKay, had a calm summer morning to
help him, is practically assured of quali
fication. The beat Aastralian perform
ance was Hattersleys. He had the wrst
of the weather, but steered the ball mag
nificently into the wind and putted
finely."
Ryan, who was on the more diffcult
course at Prince's, caught a severe rain
storm, and his score yesterday put him
within danger of failing to qualify. Hat
tersley, however, had an excellent iund,
setting the foundation of an almost cer
tain qualification. His card read:--Out:
5, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 5, 3, 5-36; home: 5,
5, 4, 4, 5, 4, 3, 5, 4-39; total, 75.
Sweeny, last year's amateur champion,
finished with a 77, and Sandy Herd, the
veteran player, had a 19. At St. Georgea's
Bobby Locke, the South African, had a
69, Dal .ees a 71 and Henry Cotton a
72. At Prince's Alfred Padgham had
a 71, A. G. Havers a 71, and E. R.
Whitcombe a 75.
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