Evening star., 1938-07-11
SNEAD THREATENS
TO SWEEP P. c. A.
Links Right Up His AlIey,'
He Figures to Win Meet
as Well as Medal.
BY BILL BONI.
Associated Press Sports Writer.


SHAWNEE ON DELAWARE, Pa,
July 11.-Samuel Jackson Snead, the
sweet swinger from White Sulphur
who was such q bust In the National
Open. is ready for another bust
but this time he means to bust the
Professional Golfers Association cham
pionship wide open.
Samuel Jackson still is smarting
from his disappointing showing at
Denver. where he finished in the
300,s and well out of the money. Since
then he has gathered sufficient. and
startling, evidence to show that his
swing is back in the groove. that his
puts are dropping and that he's
smacking those tee shots with all the
persuasive power of French rs.
Last Thursday he teamed with Billy
Campbell of Huntington, w. Va, to
win the West Virginia pro-amateur
with best ball score of Ga. and fired
a 66 on his own account. The follow
ing day he won the West Virginia p.
c. A. title with l8-hole scores of 66
and 81 for 1873.
Match Play Sammy's Game.
Samuel Jackson came to the Shaw
nee c. c., course he hadn't seen
in two years, and carved out three
under-par SO yesterday in the first
P. G. A. qualifying round. This left
him two strokes of Harry Cooper's
near-record pace as the second and
final l8-hole elimination got under
way today.
Two more arguments with which
Sam backs his belief that this may
be his turn to win the Alex Smith
Memorial Qualifying Trophy, and pos
sibly the title that has gone to Denny
Shute the last two years. are:
He feels that. right now. he's
even better at match play than at
medal play-and his medal play record
As above, speaks for itself-72 holes
in 268.
2-The Shawnee course. which Is
fiat, and. on the first nine. respecta-
bly, long. suits his game. It's right
up my alley" says Sam. "and if my
putter really gets hot. l ought to be
able to do some scoring. The course
is just about my length and a little
too long for the average hitter"
Never on Fairway.
Sam isn't the average hitter. He's
straight and he's tremendously long
as he was on the 342-yard 18th yes
terday. where his tee shot just missed
catching one of the bunkers that
guard the green. He never was of
the fairway, didn't miss a green, and
didn't have a. putt OF more than 8
feet.
Two strokes behind Cooper at the
start of today's round. from which
Shute and the So low scorers will 20
into match play tomorrow, Sam
started in threesome with two other
pace-setters. They were Frank Moore,
genial Mamaroneck, N. Y. par buster.
who shot So as his opening bid. and
Teri Johnson. Norristown. Pa, dark
horse" who fred a 50 that gave him
tie for third with Snead and Henry
Picard.
Four others. Ex-champion Paul
Runyan, United States Open Champ
Ralph Guldahl, Dick Metz and Marvin
Stahl of Lansing Mich. were working
on 70s. while nine more. including
Home Club Fro Jimmy Thomson. were
oracketed at II. Six others. among
them three-time winner Gene Sara
zen, Byron Nelson and Ray Mangrum.
had par TBS to show for their first
round
Jimmy Hines and KY Laffoon we're
at 70; Shute. Johnny Revolta. Billy
Burke and jug McSpaden at "A: Hor-
ton Smith at IS. and Tony Manero,
Leo Diegel and Johnny Farrell at rs.