Evening star., 1941-07-12
Gene Hit by Insomnia
But 5he|Iacks Par:
Snead Dies Hard
Munerum Meets Ghezzi;
Byron Sorry He Had
To Erase Hoeun
BY LOUDON KELLY,
Assopda ted PreSa 6ports Writer.

DENVER, July 12.-Golf cham.
pionships are such an old story to
Gene Sarazen that he might be ex-
cused for losing the competitive urge,
but no youngster could be more
eager to spill Byron Nelson's fast
charge toward another P. G. A.
crown at Cherry Hills birdie -strewn
battlefield
The 36-hole scrap between the
pink k-cheeked Nelson and the sharp
tongued. knicker-clad little squire
who first won this title 10 years ago,
when Nelson was 10 years old, is the
big news Of today'S semiflnalS.
In the other match the tourna-
ment freshman" 26-year-old Lloyd
Mangrum of Monterey Park, Calf
challenged the drive Of Vic Ghezzi
of Deal, N j., who is built like a
football tackle, toward tomorrow S
championship struggle.
1t was subpar golf or you're out
In Yesterdays quarter-finals and at
that two of the losers also gave par
q fruitless pasting.
SOrry - Beat Hogan.
Defending Champion Nelson.
from Toledo, Ohio, Travelled the So
holes in six strokes under standard
II for a drama-laden 2-up victory
over Ben Hogan of Hershey, Pa, the
little fellow who has won more
money than any pro this year. Nell
son said. Il wanted to win, but I
never was more sorry about winning
a match than about this one"
Sarazen, inevitably referred to as
-the old man" although he admits
only 80 years, broke par by four
shots In 7-and-6 triumph over the
only other ex-champion in the quar-
ter-flnals-quiet Denny Shute of
Chicago, who won two straight in
1867.
Mangrum, Manufactured, good
looking Californian playing in his
first P. G. A. tournament, dealt out
a 6-and-f spanking to Sam Snead
of Hot Springs, Va, tournament
medalist and the man around whom
the biggest mountain country GAL
1eries have flocked all week. Man.
grum, who said he was putting
marvelously," matched Nelson's s.
under-par shooting.
Ghezd, a P. G. A. tourney COM
petitor since 1882. played his best
golf-2 under par-in four matches
to crush Jimmy Hines of Great
Neck. N. Y. father of five children,
and 7.
Insomnia Worries Gene.
Sarazen has had q reservation
aboard an eastbound plane ever
since Wednesday, but keeps putting
1t of from night to night.
He said. IF only could get some
sleep, I'd be tough for any of them
I've been waking up every morning
at o'clock. My feet still feel fine
but one leg gets little stiff now
and then"
Nelson hadn't mastered par all
week until yesterday, but when he
at last found the combination, he
couldn't have cracked it more thor
oughly with INT.
He and Hogan, both former Tex
ans, closed in a battle of cham
plonship brilliance. Little Ben led
most Of the morning and was / up
to the 397-yard, creek guarded 34th,
where Nelson, who admits no mas
ter in iron play, hit one to within
1 feet for birdie g.
Nelson also captured the long
35th when Hogan drove near a tree
and hit weak second. The cham
pion cracked a No. 4 iron shot to 6
feet from the cup. Hogan studied
his long downhill putt more than
ive minutes, tapped it and rolled
past. Then Nelson curled in his
birdie for the clincher.
Snead made good a fight to stay
In the running for the title he
can't seem to win by firing ,1-under-
par golf, but his thrust really ended
on the fifth hole yesterday after
noon. He won that, but Mangrum
captured six of the remaining nine
and halved the rest.
Sarazen has been S under par
for two matches, playing only 50 of
the u holes scheduled the last two
days.