Manila, Jan. 8.
Harold "Jug" McSpaden, who came at the special invitation of the Wack Wack Club and yesterday won the 1940 Philippine Open golf champion-Ship with a record score of 287, today left for the United States by the California Clipper in an effort to compete in the California Open at Oakland. If the Clipper maintains its qea, he will arrive one day late for the tourney, but he said that he believed the committee would allow him an extra round to enable him to compete.
McSpaden and T. Miyamoto, Japanese professional who finished third with 292, started out neck-and-neck yesterday on a soggy course and under intermittent rains. At the eleventh hole, however, the Japanese floundered in the rough, losing two strokes. This unnerved him and McSpaden gained a stroke on Miyamoto on the 13th, 14th and 16th holes.
Too Leave ju the Coolidge Emery Zimmerman, who finished second with 291, and his brother Al (both from Portland, Ore), who placed seventh with 301, are to leave on Wednesday aboard the President Coolidge. They plan to play exhibition matches in Japan and Hawaii.
Emery yesterday turned in a card of 73 for the day's best score and was thus able to beat out Miyamoto, who started. out three up. Emery gained One stroke on Miyamoto on the 11th, and 15th holes and two on the 17th.
Norman von Nida, Australian pro who won the Philippine title last year, Larry Montes, former local champion, Miyamoto, T. Toda, B. Asami, Chin Seisui, runner-up last year, and J. Morioka are leaving for Cebu to participate in the 1,500 pesos southern island open title series starting January 12. within one point of eách the conclusion of the first round, thereby indicating how close the 7 gained by the two Rowing Club teams, and it is quite on the cards that the second round will see a reversal of the earlier results with a four-way tie at the end of the league schedule, Race Club Rowing Club n expected to run roughshod over the opposition this year, particularly as the Rowing Club had split its strength and entered two evenly balanced teams in the senior division of thd League. Contrary to expectations the Race Club have not had things all their own way, and their victories over the two Rowing Club teams have been by the narrowest of margins, in both cases they won by three matches to two, whereas their defeat came at the hands of the Foreign YMCA. by a similar margin on the reverse side of the score. How the Race Club will fare in the second round is yet to be seen, but they will have difüculty in getting as much if more in points in this round as they obtained in the first.
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