Evening star., 1947-06-21
Open Champion Rated
One 10 Beat After
Day Of Upsefs
BY MerreIl WhittIesey
S,or Stuff Correspondent


ssor sioff Correspondent
DETROIT, June 21.-The sad
dened sponsors Of the 29th National
PGA golf championship, who must
watch this tournament struggle
along without Bobby Locke, Sam
Snead, Ben Hogan, Jimmy Demaret
and Sam Byrd, had no sympathy
from Washington's Lew Worsham,
who more than ever is the man to-
beat.
Going into today's third round
and the first of four consecutive
36-hole matches, Worsham stands
virtually alone as gate attraction.
The big names Of 1947 were whole
sale casualties In yesterdays two
quick death 18-hole rounds. There's
never been anything like 1t In PGA
history.
But while the upsets were likely
to lessen the interest of the Detroit
golf galleries, it means that Wor-
sham,s path to the title VIII be
easier II Washington's National Open
titlist is to add the PGA crown TO
his week-old title.
Things even broke for "Tl1e Chin"
in his half of the draw. Worsham's
third round opponent today was
Reggie Myles, veteran local tour
nament player from East Lansing,
Mich, who surprised even his home
State boosters by beating PGA
Tournament Bureau Manager
George Schneiter in yesterdays
second round, / up. Despite the
upset theme of the tournament.
| Worsham doesn't figure to have
much trouble with Myles In So
hole match.
Lew Breezes to Victories.
Larrupin' Lew matched his great
golf of the National Open In breez-
| ing through two matches yesterday.
He was two under par in beating
Johnny Morris Of Montgomery, Ala,
and 3, in the first round and four
under in trouncing Clarence Doser
OF Hartsdale, N. Y, and 4, IN the
second.
Worsham was crashing his drives
from 20 to 40 yards beyond both
opponents. He raped IN nine
brides in the % holes and lost only
two holes all day, the eighth in the
morning to Morris chip-in for an
eagle and the eighth In the afternoon
| to Doser's birdie. He hit 70 OF the
20 greens In regulation figures. He
passed on only three holes.
Only big Vic Ghezzi, former
champion who drubbed Herman
Keiser and Earl Martin by 6 and S
each, won his matches by healthier
margins than did Worsham.
Worsham was comfortably ahead
| in both matches when reports
spread over the golf course as the
mighty fell. First it was Defending
Champion Hogan (to Toney Penna,
3 and y; then Locke Ito Henry
Ransom, / up); then Home Pro
Byrd Ito Claude Harmon, l up);
then medalist and top money Win
ner Jimmy Demaret (to Earl Mar
tin, 2 and H.. In the afternoon.
Snead came up with the days top
| per when he bowed out to 45-year-
old three-tine former champion
Gene Sarazen, 2 and !. Martin,
Ransom and Penna lost in the
afternoon.
Byrd, Hogan are Blistered.
Byrd and Hogan ran into blister
ing golf on the part of Harmon, who
was S under par, and Penna. who
was 7 under. Locke, however, had
no excuses as he was over par and
over-par golf is no good here.
With the exception Of Worsham,
the first days play was far more
memorable for its losers than its
winners. A lot of good players are
left, but few of them have crowd
appeal.
! One very fine player who had
little trouble beating jug McSpaden
and Ed Dudley and who gained lot
of backing as the stars fell, is the
National Open champion OF a year
ago and Capital Open Champion
Lloyd Mangrum, who is the stand
out player in the lower half of the
upDer DraCk6I. odldAcIl dllQ LIN
Metz are among the names in the
top of the upper brackets.
Today's best match may be the
4 one that precedes Worsham off the
| tee, that between Ex-Champ Vic
Ghezzt and a former flnalist Jim
Turnesa. The winner will meet
the Worsham-Myles victor tomor-
row in the quarter-finals. Ed Oliver,
last years runner up, is the top
player in the lower half of the bot
tom bracket.
Worsham is the only survivor OF
the Middle Atlantic PGA. Ports
mouths Chandler Harper lost 22-
hole second round match to Mike
Turnesa as Harper was 4 over par
for the route. Jack Isaacs Of Lang
LEY Field bowed out to Clayton
Heafner's birdie on the first extra
hole of their morning match and
Walter Romans of Baltimore last, 2
and /, to PGA President Ed Dudley.