Evening star., 1937-05-27
FAV0R|TES LEAD
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All But Shute, Snead Top
Foes at 18.HoIe Mark
of Third Round,
BS the Associated Press.


held short leads today at the half way
mark In their 36-hole third-round
matches in the Professional Golfers
Association championship.
snead toured the Field Club course
In par this morning, but was one
down to Harold jug" Mcspaden Of
Winchester, Mass, who scored i've
brides and an eagle for a 3 under
par SO.
shute lost three Of the first flve holes
to Ed Dudley Of Philadelphia, but
rallied on the back 9 to draw even,
with q birdie on the home green.
Here's how the boys stood when they
started the last ls holes Of the third
round matches this afternoon:
Paul Runyan, White Plains, N. Y,
2 up on Jimmy Hines, Garden City,
N. Y.
Harry Cooper, Chicago. 2 up on
Jim Fouls Of Chicago.
Manero Ahead.
Tony Manero. Peabody, Mass, ! up
on Vic GhezM, Deal, N. j.
Byron Nelson, Reading. Pa, 4 up on
Johnny Farrell. Short Hills, N. j.
Jimmy Thomson, Shawnee-on-Dela-
ware, Pa, up on KY Laf1oon, Chi
cago.
Henry Picard. Hershey, Pa, 3 up on
Horton Smith, Chicago.
Paul Runyan, White Plains, N. Y,
was 2 up on Jimmy Hines, Garden
City, N. Y. Runyan lost II while ex-
ploring rough, but went 2 up when
Hines was trapped on IA and is. jim
my's tee shot stopped feet away on
the short sixteenth for a birdie win.
Paul got that hole back by holing a
6-footer at 1s and finishing up.
Runyan-1n ---- ass 435 443-37-75
Hines-In ------ AS 446 24+37-76
Both Have Troubles.
Both Runyan and Hines were having
their trouble, with Paul l up at the
quarter pole. Jimmy found rough to
lose No. l. but took the second when
Runyan overshot the green. Hines ap-
preached dead for a birdie on and
then three-putted 4. Paul lost when
trapped. but won and 8 to go up, as
Jimmy's pitch landed In q trap and
he plowed into rough on 8.
Runyan-Out - 455 1863 444-38
Hines-Out ---- 544 453 554-39
National Open Champ Tony Manero
firing a sub-par IS. had Ghezzi
down. Ghezzi sank a 3-footer for a
birdie 3 on the second, but Manero
got that hole back with another birdie
on the third. Tonys par 5 took the
fifth. where Ghezzi's approach skid
did over the green.
Ghezzl-Out .---. 435 1853 444-36
Manero-Out -- 444 353 444-35
Ghezzi canned short one for a
birdie 4 at II to draw even In his
match with Tony Manero. Both were
trapped at II and Tony blasted out a
loot from the pin for his par 3, but he
was short with his iron third to lose
No. IS. Tony's par 4 at II sent him
up again at Ghezzi's drive dove deep
into deep rough.
Gnezzl-1n - 444 545 354-38-H
Manero-1n AS $50 34A-38-73
Picard One Up.
Picard was up on Smith. Henry
rolled In 6-footer for a birdie 3 on
No. 2 and Smith planted his iron tee
shot 4 feet away for a deuce on 4.
Picard went up when Horton pushed
his approach intO rourh
smith-Out ---- AS 253 1915
e1caro-Out -------- 435 353 444-35
Picard matched par in to lead Smith
up at the half way mark. Henry
stroked in an 8-foot putt for a birdie
at 10, won II, where Horton was in
rough, and took Il, when Smiths tee
shot fell IN sand, to go 4 up. Horizons
par won 16. where Picard's drive
was trapped.
Smith-1n ----- ass AS 344-38-74
Picard-1n $500 345 435 444-36-7l
Jimmy Fouls drew level with Cooper
by sinking a 3-foot putt on 10 and a
30-footer on Is for brides, but lost II
when he laid himself a stymie. Harry
holed one from feet on II for birdie
to go 2 up again.
Cooper-1n -.-- ass 435 33+36-7l
Foulis-1n -- 355 345 34-3e-73
Cooper jumped into the lead on
No. /, where FOULS three-putted and
kept ahead to turn 2 up. He canned
short puts for brides on 4 and 5, but
lost to Jimmy's par when he was
trapped
Cooper out-------- AS 243 54+35
Fouls out-. 545 353 444-37
Thomson Ahead.
A par 36 out put Thomson 2 up on
Laf1oon. Ky's approach was under
clubbed on No. l, but he rammed In
6-foot putt for birdie on the
second. Jimmy went up with brides
on the long third and NTH, sinking a
20-footer at 3 and reaching S with
two long blows.
Sliced drives cost Thomson 8 and
Laffoon g.
1Anoon-Out- 354 445-38
Ihomson-Out ---- 444 344 45+36
Laffoon caught Jimmy by holing q
3O-footer for q birdie 3 On 10 and
getting an orthodox par 1T II where
Thomson three-putted for 5. KY
followed the rough all the way to the
18th green to take Z and went 2
down again when trapped at II.
Lahoon, in----. 345 437 354-38-76
Thomson, In --- ass 435 344-37-73
McSpaden shot three brides and
an eagle for sub-par "a out, but was
all even with Sned. Jug lost No.
when trapped, but dropped 2o-footer
for an eagle on 3. They had halved
the second In birdie IS. McSpaden's
iron on the short fourth was trapped.
He holed one from 8 feet for q birdie
4 on the fifth, but three-putted 8,
he hit his approach feet from the
pin for q birdie on 8.
McSpaden-Out 80 533 444 443-34
snead-Out ------ 435 353 44-35