Sport: Extra Golfer

In Hollywood two years ago one Buell Patrick Abbott set out to become a famed cinemactor. He began as an extra, got few jobs, had ample time to improve his golf.

Last summer Buell Patrick Abbott won the Western Public Links championship, last winter outplayed top-notch U. S. professionals when he took the Southern California Open. His career in cinema stood still.

Last week at Farmingdale, N. Y., Buell Patrick Abbott won the public links championship of the U. S., 4 & 3, against a Washington, D. C. haberdasher named Claude Rippy. Now...

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