Evening star., 1947-04-06
WorsIlanl 5
Leaves ]. Pro
Shots Behind
Mcspoden and Nelson
Are Tied for Second
With 213 Scores
By Chick Hoseh
Assosiafed Press sperss Writer

AUGUSTA, Ga, April 5.--Jimn1y
Demart, the years leading money
winner, overcame stiff wind ana
erratic shots on the tee today to
post q two-under par 10 for q
three-stroke lead In the $4,000
Masters golf tournament. He had
a 54-hole total Of 2l0 to remain at
the top of the heap.
The singing ex-Texan, who cap-
tured the 1910 Masters title by four
strokes biggest margin In any OF
the previous 10 events-had five
brides but was over par on each Of
three other holes.
Tied for second with 213 were the
original gold dust twins, Harold Nc
Spaden Of Sanford, Me-, and Byron
Nelson Of Roanoke, Tex, who won
the event here in 1887 and 1912.
McSpaden had q 10 today Nelson
shot 70, making an excellent re-
covery on the back nine after going
out In 80.
Deadlocked with 214 were Ben
Hogan Of Hershey, Pa, the runner
up In 1s42 and last year, Chick Har-
bert OF Detroit, and Jim Ferrier Of
Chicago. Harbert and Hogan posted
II today. Ferrier slipped to 50 on
the back nine after going out in
IS to take Is.
Worsham Shoots II.
Washington's Lew Worsham came
back with sub-par round Of II for
217 total which left him seven
shots off the pace In a six-way tie
for 14th place in the closely grouped
field. For the third straight day
Worsham played the outgoing nine
in one under par IS and was back
in Sc, par figures.
A 35 on each nine, one under par
In each case, enabled Demaret TO
shake off Cary Middlecoff, the sem
sational young Memphis dentist who
shared the lead with the Ojai, Calif..
pro at the halfway mark.
Middlecoff remained in the run
ming with a So on the back nine
after poor 40, going out. He had
a 76 for 216 total.
Demaret got of to good start
with birdie on the 525-yard, par
4, second hole when he chipped to
within two feet of the cup and
dropped 1t. He lost the stroke on
the short 9Th when he missed the
green and chipped poorly, needing
two puts.
On the 7th and long 9th he carded
brides with puts of 2 feet and Is
feet, respectively, but lost stroke
on the ninth when his tee shot ended
in the rough and his second caught q
trap. He blasted out and two-putted
the par four hole.
Loses Stroke on 11th.
On the back nine, he dropped
stroke on the 11th when he drove
into the woods, and while up against
a tree, had to chip backwards into
the open. At the long 18th he was
home in two and two-putted for q
birdie, and then laid his tee shot two
feet from the cup on the short 18th
to get another birdie.
Middlecoff, 26, the youngest pro
here and who turned profess
sional last month on a two-year trial
basis. was even par on the first six
holes but went one over. on the 7th,
two over on the 9th with a seven.
and one over on the 9th and tenth.
He recovered with some brilliant iron
shots to birdie the 18th and 18th
holes and par the rest until he
came to the 18th where he lost an
other stroke. He missed a 4-foot putt
at II to take par.
Demaret was wild off the tees, but
his accurate irons got him out of
trouble in a majority of the cases.
However, except for his 15-foot putt
on the 9Th hole, he made no other
exceptional puts.
Claude Harmon of Mamaroneck,
N. Y, had an ace on the 155-yard
18th hole. Chandler Harper of Ports
mouth, Va. shot the first nine in
for this tournament-to
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