Evening star., 1942-07-19
Hogan, Demaret
Lead in Routine
Hagen S Team
Down Little, Cooper
II and 10; Singles
Today End PIoy
BY WATSON SPOELSTRA.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

DETROIT. July 18.-Craig Woods
Ryder Cup dream team established
history in the orphaned inter-
national golf series today by blank
ing Walter Hagen's challengers IN
five best ball matches to seize
practically insurmountable margin
in the Red Cross promotion that
ends with 10 singles matches to-
morrow.
No team In eight previous matches
had swept the first days play, and
to grasp victory from almost certain
defeat Hagen's squad would have to
win eight matches tomorrow, a
hopeless proposition against Blazin'
Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson and other
ranking cup stars.
Hogan, Mr.. Moneybags Of the
tournament circuit, was nearly the
whole show today for the 5000
galleryites who Clipped in the first
half of an estimated $25 900 charity
nestegg. Little Ben clustered nine
brides while combining with Jimmy
Demaret to whip Lawson Little and
Light Horse Harry Cooper, IL and
10. The previous high was a 10 and
9 victory Hagen and Denny Shute
compiled over George Duncan and
Arthur Havers of Great Britain at
Columbus, Ohio, in 1888.
IL Under Par for 26 Holes.
For the 26 holes the torrid ex-
Texans were II under par over
6,957-yard Oakland Hills scene of
the 1924 and 1887 National Open
championships. Lord Byron Mel
son likewise was red hot under the
broiling sun, firing six brides as
he paired with Substitute Ed Dud-
ley, Sam Snead's replacement, to
trim Henry Picard and Sam Byrd,
and S.
Nelson drew Woods top assign
ment for tomorrow's singles, facing
Little, who moved up to the chal-
lenge squad captaincy when Hagen
was called to Rochester. N. Y.
where his father, William, 80, dad
today
With cuppers listed first and in
order of rank, other individual
pairings, are:
Hogan VS. Melvin (Chick) Har-
bert, who is replacing AL Watrous
on the challenge squad; Demaret VS.
Dick Metz: Lloyd Mangrum VS.
Clayton Heafner; Dudley VS. Sergt.
Jim Turnesa; Wood VS. Jimmy
Thomson; Gene Sarazan VS. Picard;
Sergt. Vic Ghezzi VS. Ralph Guldahl;
Horton Smith VS. Byrd, and Jug
McSpaden VS. Cooper.
Wood, Ghezzi Take Close One.
The second largest margin was
achieved by Sarazen and Mangr,1m,
who were 8 under par for 80 holes
while smothering Heafner and
Turnesa. 7 and 6. The closest
match was l up victory by Wood
and Ghezzi in 36 holes over Gull
dahl and Metz, while Smith and
McSpaden downed Thomson and
Watrous. 3 and 2.
In the best ball assault on the
layout. the picked pros produced
one eagle and 68 pars. Little bagged
the eagle by sinking 20-foot-out
shot on the par No. IL in the
morning, but that brilliant man.
euver made no particular impress
sion on Hogan and Demaret. All
winning pairs were no less than
three shots under par.
With the match's outcome ap-
parently sealed, tomorrow's feature
appeared to be a rematch between
Hogan and Harbert, who met last
Winter in an 18-hole play-of for
the Texas open crown at San
Antonio. Harbert, Michigan bred
sensation Of the winter circuit,
carded u to win by four shots,
but he hardly appears to be match
this time for the recent winner Of
the Hale America title.
Hogan and Demaret never gave
their foes chance. Cooper took the
second with a birdie. but the ex.
Texans Immediately started to un-
ravel their string of dozen brides.
They were five up at nine holes and
aside from the eagle Little and
Cooper never won another hole.