Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-08
Three Tie al 203
In Capital Golf;
Sam Cards 2O4
Worshom, Oliver, Vine.
Also Only a Stroke
Behind Leaders
By MerreII WhittIesey

BY Merreli WhIttiesey
Sam Snead found something he
wasn't looking for yesterday, that
old bad round, and while the British
Open golf champion was founder
ing around in 70 strokes he watched
Lloyd Mangrum, Bobby Locke and
George Payton pass him in the
order of their finish and tie for the
National Capital Open lead at
Prince Georges Club with totals OF
203.
Snead tossed few words, a few
clubs and generally put in an un-
pleasant day as he went eight
strokes over Fridays round. AT
that, he finished with three brides
on the last four holes, including an
8footer for birdie on the last hole
that drew healthy applause with nc
response from Snead.
With one 18-hole round to go to-
day and $4,000 of the $4,000 prize
money to the winner, seven players
were locked within one stroke OF
each other and any one of then
could win.
Worsham Shoots 204.
Snead's company at 204-12 under
par-included Washingtons Lew
Worsham who picked up solid back
ing yesterday with his third straight
So; Ed (Porky) Oliver, the big fell
low who is sixth among the money
winners who had SO, and ex-tennis
great Ellsworth Vines.
There was enough drama for any
| theater around the 18th green. II
could have been six-way tie TO,
the lead had Vines not three-putteo
and Oliver and Worsham missed
puts of less than 5 feet for brides
to the plain disgust of all three.
The greatest cheer of the day went
to the perfect gentleman from
South Africa, beknickered Bobby
Locke, who carefully surveyed a 25-
foot putt and tapped the ball GIN
gerly into the hole for a birdie on
the 18th to gain the tie. Locke
tipped his cap and the applause was
so loud he continued to tip it in
his own inimitable style until he
reached the scorers table.
A trifle tired of playing in COM
parative obscurity in relation to the
attention paid to Locke and Snesd
National Open Titlist Lloyd Man
grum moved into contention with
the days best round, smashing
6-under-par Sc that enabled the
dapper Texan to pass dozens of
players and shoot for his first title
since he won the big one last year.
Payton Three puts 18th.
Payton, the 24-year-old tanned,
loose iointed youngster from Hamp-
ton, Va, who beat Snead with
strokes to spare for the Virginia
Open title several weeks ago, was
the leader from the minute he
birdied the sixth hole until he
three putted the 18th from so feet
to drop into the three-way tie.
The young Virginian was not
bothered by q, milling gallery of sew
eral thousand. He went about his
round in workman-like fashion.
finishing with SO as did Vines. The
total gallery for the day was 5000.
Snead, who gave a group Of cam
eramen dirty look when he blasted
out of sandtrap over the green
and took DOGGY on the second
hole, started to pout and lost the
smile that marked his previous
rounds of sc and IS. Twice he was
two over par, but came back with
brides and he still is to be reckoned
with today.
Newly crowned Middle Atlantic
Amateur Champion Bobby Brownell
peat the host clubs Billy Griffin by
five strokes with 10 to rs. He
took the lead among the simon
pures with a 209 total, score
matched by Roger Peacock, the. To-
cal driving range owner who slipped
to 10 and E. J. Dutch) Harrison
who had II pars and finally dropped
a birdie putt on the 18th.
Breaks Help Worsham.
Worsham, who would like to win
this one before the home felix's. had
couple of good breaks on the first
nine, the fourth hole. where he hit
a tree that saved him from going
out Of bounds and the fifth, where
ne Clipped into the cup for a birdie
2. But coming back he missed two
birdie puts he figured he should
have made, one on the home green
Two youngsters not far out of the
college ranks. Baltimores Otto
Greiner and Skip Alexander, the
drawing Carolinian, were in con.
tention with 206 totals, Greiner with
a 10 yesterday and Alexander with
So, while Tommy Wright of Knox.
vile and handsome Dick Metz were
at 207 after the latter started liz
third round with four straight
brides.
In contrast to the 81 and 80 sub.
par rounds Of the first two DAYS. q
broke par yesterdcv' with Man.
erum's IS best by to strokes. Ec
Furgol, whose IS was the sensation
of the second round, started with
| three straight brides, making i
six in row. but he PLAYED ont
over par golf from that point for {
TO and 2o8, whcih left II player
ahead of him. At that, he was !;
under par and II players beat tn,
54-hole par total of ZIG
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