The Archive · 1934

England Win Sports

Meet Against France

Paris, July 29, In an athletic meeting here to-day, England beat Franc won "all the running events, except the 3,000 metres steeple chase and the 5,000 metres, while the Frenghmen captured all the field events except the high jump.—Reuter. returning an aggregate of 287 for the four rounds. His scores were:—8, 73, 71, 14. Armour, who won the Canadian' open in 1927 with 286 and 1990 with the wonderful score of 277, took the lead yesterday at the end of the second round with an wgeregate of 142, leading Melhorn by three strokes, In the first 18 holes to-day, the winner played a 71 and in the' final Found he returned a card of 74, for 4 total of 267, The Scottish-American Player started the final" 18 poorly, being troubled considerably "by high wind, but he played magnificent golf "over the last nine holes. Armour Went out in 39 and returned Melhorn was still in second place at the end of the frst 18 holes this morning, Oringing his aggregate for the three rounds to 218. Melhorn played a 1 in the frst 18 and a 73 Yesterday, while to-day he had 70.

Leo Diegel, who took the lead in the" opening round with 'a magnificent '65, played poorly the follow: ing day, Naving @ card of 82, Improved in his play' this. morning, faking 71 for the 18 holes, for an aggregate of 218.

remarkable recovery by Walter Hagen, for 66, was the feature of the morning round to-day. 'Hagen, who finished. the second round. well behind the leaders, played wonderful Holt. At the seventh, eleventh, six-{eenth, and seventeenth holes he had scores' of 3, 3, 4, and 2, all of which are one under par. Hagen's aggregate for the first three rounds was 222.

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