Evening star., 1937-12-12
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Beats Par Again to Equal
Snead's 139 at Halfway
Mark of Tourney.
By the Associated Press.

@ORAL GABLES, Fla, Dec.
I 11.-Johnny Revolta. former
P. G. A. champion, over
~ took Sam Snead at the half
way mark in the $4,000 Miami Bilt-
more Open today with his second sub
par round, 10, for a 36-hole tie ct
1879.
Revolta's deadly chipping kept him
under par while the game OF the big
better from White Sulphur Springs,
w. Va, fell apart on the second nine
and he wound up with a 1-over-par
u for the second day.
Horton Smith of Chicago shot the
lowest-and steadiest-round of the
day for 2-under-par 50 and pro-
jected himself very much in the run
ming with a 140. Also one stroke
back of the leaders was Jim Turnesa,
of Providence, R. l., who turned in
his second 10.
Victor Ghezzi of Deal, N. j., and
Tony Penna of Dayton, Ohio, came
next on the list with identical scores
of 70-72-142 for the two rounds.
Dick Metz, Young Chicago pro.
added 72 to his previous II for a
143.
Six Are Tied at 144.
RYRON NELSON, Ryder Cup player
from Reading, Pa, shot one of
the finest scores of the day, a 10, to tie
five others at the IA notch. Paul
Runyan of White Plains, N. Y, an
other former p. G. A. champion, had d
IA, along with Ed Oliver of VIII
mington, Del; Ed Dudley of Philadel-
phia, James D. Fogertey of Boca
GrAnde. Fla, and E. j. Harrison of
Little Rock, Ark
Seventy professionals, with scores
of ISL or better. qualified for the last
36 holes. The third round will be
played tomorrow with the finale Mon
day. Ten amateurs. headed by Bob
Servis of Dayton, Ohio, who had a
lat. also qualified.
Not single big name golfer failed
to make the grade Harry Cooper of
Chicopee. Mass, low scorer for the
year, shot "A today for q l46. Ralph
Guldahl, National Open champion
and winner of the 1886 Biltmore, was
stroke further back, along with
Tony Manero of Peabody, Mass, ma
tional title-holder two years ago, and
several others
Snead started out with the same
brand of golf that gave him yester-
days brilliant 81. After taking three
shots from the edge of the third green
for bogey S he clipped off brides on
the fifth and ninth holes to round the
turn in "a, one below par.
Shoots Five Pars In Row.
ST1LL playing smoothly, he COL
lected pars on the next five holes.
Then. on the 550-yard 18th, a double
dogleg, he tried to play safe with his
second shot but hit low ball into a
canal guarding the green
Snead steadied to get his pars on
the next two holes, then faltered
again. He sliced terrific 300-yard
drive of the 18th tee, topped a wood
shot out of the rough, and played I'D
short. His chip also fell short, his
four-foot putt trimmed the cup, and
he took a g.
Ae'oieo, Wiio IldliS lTUHl Evanston,
Ill.,, went out in "a. with two brides,
and picked up two more coming home.
His worst lapse was on the 18th, where
he sliced his third shot into a trap,
exploded IL feet short of the pin and
took two puts for s.
Smith, however, was the man to
watch tonight. Winner of the Bilt-
more Open in 1885 and runner-up last.
year. he was the steadiest player in
the field today. He lost a stroke to
par on just one hole, the second, where
he was trapped. Long puts gave him
brides on the first and third, and he
added another with an approach with
in two feet of the cup on the fourth
From there out he played methodical
golf, never wavering from par.