Evening star., 1943-08-22
.135 Total Gives
Phi||y Pro Lead
By 7 Strokes
Jim Turnesu Second
At 1877; Wood Third, !,
Nelson Is Fourth
BY CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN
Associated Press Sports Writer


CHICAGO, Aug. 21.-The ex-
Yankee outfielder, 35-year-old Sam
Byrd, hit home run in golf today
sharp subpar 33-34-67. which
pushed him into the halfway lead of
Chicagos Victory National cham
pionships with a 36-hole aggregate
of 1875, nine strokes under standard
figures
The Philadelphia pro was the only
competitor among the six first
round front runners to better his
score on the second trip of the To-
hole medal tournament, which
concludes tomorrow with a double
round. ...
Staff Sergt Jim Turnesa of Staten
Island, NJ Y, the 18-hole leader with
ST, took a pair of 35's for a 137
total and dropped into second place.
Craig Wood, the duration U. S. Open
champion from Mamaroneck, N. Y,
hooked up a 10 with his 50 for 139
and third position, while Byron Mel
son OF Toledo was l over par with
70 W CdIu 1fU
Laffoon Places Fifth.
A 35-37-70 placed KY Laffoon
Of Tulsa, Okla, in fifth with 141.
Four players were grouped at 143
PVT. Chick Harbert of Camp
Grant, Ill; Jim Ferrier of Chicago,
the former Australian champion who
climbed to the front with 6S:
Jimmy Demaret of Detroit and
Harry Cooper of Minneapolis. both
of whom suffered putting jitters and
too 74's after firing 69's in the first
round.
Bracketed at IA were Johnny
Revolta Of Evanston, ILL.,, Willie Cog
gin of White Plains, N. Y, and
Lloyd Mangrum of Los Angeles,
while Ed Dudley of Colorado
Springs, Colo, the PGA president,
placed at 145.
Byrd. whose previous low halfway
score in tournament action was a
1876 in the 1912 Augusta Masters,
strung out three consecutive brides,
two by long puts, and the other by
sinking a 20-foot shot out of trap.
to grab 80 on the front nine. Three
one-stroke greens were good for
brides on the back side which more
than nullif1ed pair of bogies and
left him with "a for his 81.
Turnesa Misses Puts.
Z Sergt. Turnesa cut a stroke from
par on two holes-getting pair of
deuces with Is and Ie-foot puts. He
needed birdie 4 on the 572-yard
18th to tie Byrd, but it took him
three shots to reach the apron and
three more to get down for a 6. He
was putting for brides under 10
feet on three holes on the last nine.
but failed to drop. He was one of
six players to break par on the Sec
ond round today.
Four competitors went into tie
at l49 for the amateur lead-Steve
Kovach of Tarentum, Pa, Ray Bill
lows of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Sergt.
Jim McHale of Baltimore and Will
ford Wehrle of Racine, Wis. Nc
Hale, after fine 10 yesterday,
scared to 70.
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71--72-143
Harry Cooper, Minneapolis. Mimi. 60
Johnny Revolta. Evanston, ILL.,. "a
Lloyd Mansrum, Los Angeles, 71-73-
Willie Gosgin, White Plains, N. Y. 70
Ed Dudley. Colorado Springs. Colo, 70
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"a Herman Barron, White Plains, N. Y,
Steve Kovach, Tarentum, Pa. 74-75-
'Wilford Wehrle, Racine, Wis. ID
~ 'sergt, Jim McHale, Baltimore. 70
Harold McSpaden, Philadelphia, 75-
ray Billows, Poushkeepsie, N. Y, "a
. Buck White. Greenwood, Miss. 10
Jimmy Hines, Amsterdam, N. Y. IT
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John teman, Chicago, 14-71-15l.
151 O'
Tony, Manero, Greenwich. Conn, "a
79--152.
Bill Kaiser, Louisville, KY. 75-77-
Bill Mehlhorn. Chicago. 7s-74-l52.
Joe Trrnesa, Rockville Center, N Y,
-7S-74-152.
Tommy Armour. Chicago, 75-7s-l53.
Frank @ Connolly. Detroit. 76-7sa-l54.
.. Dale Morey. Martinsville. Ind. 70
Gene sarazen. Brookheld Center, Conn,
16-15-l51
Johnny Bulla. Atlanta, Ga. 75-s0-
1855.
Bob Cochran. ST. Louis, 75-s1-l Sc
Jock Hutchison Chicago, S1-15-l56.
Don Armstrong, Aurora, H. 12-i5-
Chick Evans, Chicago, so--19--l59.
Amateurs.