Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-16


out the final SO holes, but caught
him on the 72d green with a par
and finished with 68-72. Mangrum
overcame straying tee shots and
never showed the slightest emotion
as he gained the tie.
AS Nelson and Mangrum joined
Ghezzi in the clubhouse, to wait it
out, the purring putters of Hogan
and Barron were knocking par for
loop. The crowd heard of Hogan's
great four birdie comeback on the
last nine, after on the para
eighth, and surged around the if
teenth green. Here Hogan dropped
a 20-footer to catch the 5-under par
Barron and they needed three pars
to beat the 284s.
Hogan was the first to crack. He
butchered the 615-yard sixteenth for
6, and now Barron, who pared
the hole, needed two pars for his
greatest triumph. He was safely on
the seventeenth, or list, green.
smiled as he drew great hand from
the weary throng and proceeded to
take three puts from 80 feet.
Hogan Blows Two-footer.
Playing the last hole, Hogan and
Barron needed pars to tie the three
players already in, brides to win or
tie each other. But Barron pushed
his second shot into trap and took
five but Hogan was nicely on in two.
The crowd grew impatient as Hogan
meticulously lined up his first putt.
a 20-footer, and shouted as the ball
rolled two feet past. With painstak-
ing care, Hogan lined up the two
footer and to the amazement of all,
most of all himself, missed it.
That wasn't the last scare. Jimmy
Demaret came to the last three
holes needing a birdie and two pars
to tie. Once again the scrambling
thousands took off after another po-
tential champion, but the handsome
Texan finished par, par, DOGGY in
stead for 286.
Washingtons Lewis Worsham
made a satisfactory showing, aided
by one under par last round of II.
Worsham finished in three-way
tie for 21st place with 294 but
earned 500 and qualifying place
in the August National PGA cham
pionship. plus spot in next years
Open.
Lew Has Birdie Streak.
After a morning round of rs,
from IA pars and four bogeys,
Worsham played the outgoing nine
in the afternoon in par SO and then
belatedly found his birdie touch.
The Congressional pro ran in three
| in a row, on II, IL and l3, but went
over par in the next two holes.
! Only $4,000 of the s6l 900 gate, a
new Open record, goes into prize
money, but the eventual value to the
winner is unlimited. The three who
tied will split $3.50. while all pro-
fessionals through 30th place receive
at least 500. Low amateurs Bud
Ward, the former National ANA
teur champion, and Smiley Quick.
with 295 totals, receive gold medals.
Big Ed Oliver tied Demaret at
286 while Dick Metz and Chick Har-
bert deadlocked at 287, the score
shot by Lawson Little and Gene
Sarazen to tie for the title over this
same course in 1910. Harbert fired
one of the lowest last-day totals in
open history today. $40. Little
fell out of the running in the morn
ing and finished with 288, along
with Dutch Harrison, while Harry
Picard and Ed Furgol tied with 289.
/ Harper Near Record.
The five players who qualified for
the open at Burning Tree in Wash
ington were topped by PORTSMOUTH,
Chandler Harper with 29l, includ-
ing 67-74 today. Harper was six
under par for the first II holes in
the morning and reached the 18th
green in two, which gave him putt
for IS and an all-time open rec
ord. But Harper's ball settled in
a depression in the green and he
was forced to top it out, and three
putted. Richmonds Bobby Cruick-
shank took eight on the 10th hole
to finish with 300. Baltimore Otto
Greiner lost out in his bid for low
amateur honors with SLIT today
for 3O8.
I Tomorrow's playoff will be the
second of its kind for Nelson who
tied Denny Shute and Craig Wood
at Philadelphia in 1889 and won
after second playoff with Wood.
Ghezzi will seek to add his name to
the select few who have won the
open and PGA while Mangrum.
who won the ETC championship
in France while a CT, will be after
his first major victory.
Wersham's cards for today:
Morning.
Out ------ 543 AS 345-3T
In ---~---- 444 545 54-39-76