The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
HARBERTDEFEAT
DEMARET, One UP
snead Gusts Hogan; Little. Is
Eliminated; Heather Beat
en- In Opening Round
BY RUSS

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17-RE
Upsets were a "dime a dozen" to-
day in a thrill-packed first and Sec
ond rounds of the S., 900 San Fran
cisco match play open golf tourna-
ment.
Young Melvin Chick" Harbert,
Battle Creek, Mich, a pro Of one
years standing making his first
winter tournament swing, produced
the second round fireworks. He
eliminated the defending cham.
pion, Jimmy DeMaret, of Houston,
Tex, l up on the 10th hole.
Neither contributed much in the
way of first caliber golf. Harbert,
with a 36-37-73, was one up at the
9th. He won the extra hole, sos
yards long, with a birdie 4 or a
fve-foot put.
Harbert defeated Jim Gauntt,
Longview, Tex, L up in the first
round and DeMaret swamped
Henry Espinosa, San Francisco,
6 and 5.
Two dynamiters Of the game,
Jim Thompson of Chicopee, Mass.
and Sam Snead of Hot Springs,
Va, hooked up in the main ev,
ent" of the second round with
Thompson winning l up.
Each posted an approximate a.
$50 for the par 36-36-72 Presi-
dio course. They were even at the
9th.
In the morning round, Snead
ousted Ben Hogan of White Plains,
N. Y, leading money winner of
1910. The pair turned in the most
brilliant golf of the day.. Snead
shooting a 6-under par sc against
Hogan's 68, a fancy performance
in its own right.
First round reversals saw U. S.
open champion, Lawson Little,
eliminated by Leland Gibson, Kan
sas City. Little Was 1-up at the 9th.
Giant DIN Dutra, former. nation
al open and P. G. A. champion.
bowed out in the first round and on
his doth birthday. He lost to John.
Revolta, Evanston, ILL.,, veteran,
3 and Q. =.
Slender Lloyd Mangrum, of Oak
Park. Hill, ILL.,, bagged two important
victims, defeating Denny Shute, an
ex P. G. A. National winner, 4 and
? in the opening round and taking
the measure of Sam Byrd, Ardmore,
Pa, 2 and 1 in the afternoon. Man
grum, with IS to Byrd's 81, was 1
up at the 9th.
The Canadian entry, Fred Wood,
of Vancouver, B. c., also scored two
solid wins. He defeated Eduardo
Blast, of the. Argentine, 6, and 5 in
the first round and Vic .Ghezzi, Deal,
N. j., 2 UP in the second. Ghezzi
a taken his initial contest from
Jimmy Hines, of Great Neck, L. l.,
when the latter defaulted, 8 down
at the 9TH, because of an infected
Wood was 1 up on Ghezzi at the
9Th. He carded a second round of
39-37-76 to his oopnent's 4O-3s-7S.
Quick stepping Harry Cooper, of
Chicago, defeated Joe. Brown, Des
Molnes, 8 and 2 after a first round
win by the same count over Ray
Oakmont, Pa. Brown had
eliminated Clayton Heather, Lin
vile, NJ. c., at the Goth hole. in the
morning.
Tony P'enna, Dayton, Ohio, won
mis- two rounds handily, out-clubbing
Bob Connolly. Seattle, 2 up in the
finale after %disposing of Bill Will
hanson, Los. Angeles, 3 and 2 in
he morning.
Al Zimmerman, Portland, Ore,
scored 1 up wins over Jimmy Nc
Hale, Philadelphia, and Jim .Walkup,
0desso, Texas, in turn, while broad
.'houldered Johnny Revolta followed
Up his victory over Dutra with a IL
Up setback of Gibson. !,
Two more rounds will be played.
,omorrow with the 36-hole finals
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Third round pairings: Wood VS..
thomson, Harbert VS.. Cooper, Penna
IS. Mangrum, Zimmerman VS.. Re.
'olta.