The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05
Elk TEXAS CADDIE
HAS 1876 TOTAL AT
MIDWAY POINT
Hogan Ties Riviera Course
Record In Leading
By Four Shots
PENNA SECOND ,
Ed Oliver Perched In Third
Position With
Neat al
PENNA SECOND

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4-(P)-
Benny Hogan took command of
the $4,000 Los Angeles open at
the midway point today when he
tied the Riviera Country Club
Course record for this tournament
with a score of 66 and a 36-hole
total of 1876, four strokes ahead of
the field.
Clipping five strokes off the
par 35-36-71 course, the one time
Texas caddie, COLTS current num-
Der n competitor, tied the tourna-
ment record set by Johnny Bulla
In ls41 over the Riviera Course.
Hogan, trailed by nearly 5000,
finished with nine hole scores of
1888. Bulla shot his amazing 1871
round in 1926.
The tournament favorite thus
goes into tomorrow's third round
OF IL holes for strokes in front Of
dark-horse Toney Penna of Cinci-
matt, five strokes ahead of Ed
(Porky) Oliver of Wilmington Del,
and six shots to the good over the
leading amateur of a star-studded
field, Marvin BUD Ward, two
time National Amateur champion.
Ward and Penna lead through
yesterdays first round with a pair
of 69's. Penna toured around in II
today while Ward, who three-put-
ted three greens, wound up with a
70 for 142.
England's leading representative
Dia Rees, chalked up a 70 for 143.
Rees and a Texas amateur, John
Barnum, were the only players
to break par today with the ex-
ception, of course, of Hogan. And
Hogan, if he hadn't been trapped
on the 585-yard 18th for a six,
might have broken the tournament
record for this course
Tied at IA were amateur Bruce
Mccormick, Los Angeles. former
National Public Links champion
and Jim Terrier, Chicago pro,
who was third to winner Byron
Nelson and runner-up Hogan here
last year.
Amateur Frank Stranahan of
Toledo, who tied up with Hogan at
10 in the first round, three-putted
three greens in a row. took a six
on another, finished with a Is for
145, along with George Fazio, Los
Angeles, who had "a.
Several other first round con-
tenders dropped back, including
Chick Harbert, with rs for 147;
Eddie Joseph. Oakland, with 70 for
$50; and Red Rhodes, Negro entry
from. New York, with 81 for l53.
Hogan's putting was astonishing.
He rammed two down from 30
feet, one for IS, and on the 4O2-
yard seventh he sent the throng
into near-hysterics with n that
was estimated at go feet. Going
into the 18th, Hogan was trapped
to the right and he exploded out
short, and he ended with a six.
He had no eagles.
The field was cut tonight to
those who had scored l58 or better.
Ninety-one made the grade for the
third round tomorrow, with the
final Is set for Monday.
Top scorers at the end of Sc
holes of play:
Ben Hogan, Hershey, Pa, 1856
1856.
Toney Penna, Cincinnati, 69-71-
40.
Ed Oliver, Wilmington, Del, 70
l71-141.
x-Marvin Ward, Spokane, SO.
1912.
Dai Rees, England, 73-7O-143.
X-B1uce Mccormick, Los An
geles, H-74-144.
Jim Terrier, Chicago, 72-72-144
X-Frank Stranahan, Toledo, O..
70-75-145.
George Fazio, Los Angeles, II.
74-145.
Lew Worsham, Washington, D.
&C., 75-71-l46.
Jim Clark. Huntington Beach.
Calf, 74-72-146.
Joe Zarhardt, Norristown, Pa,
146.
Bob Hamilton, Chicago, 72-74-
75-71-146.
Horton Smith, Detroit, 74-72-
146.
Dale Andreason, Long Beach,
Calf, 72-74-146.
Jim Milward, Madison, Wis,
75-72-147.
Jimmy DeMaret, Houston, Tex,
75-72-147.
x-Bob Gardner, San Diego,
Calf, 75-72-147.
Dick Nj tz, Chicago, 74-73-147.
X-John Barnum, Houston, IT.
70-147.
Chick Harbert, Detroit, 71-76-
lat.
X-Denotes amateur.