Evening star., 1948-08-16
|Greiner, in PIayof
With Demaret, Owes
Better Golf 10 Tip
By The Assoeiussd Press

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. Ito
days warning to Jimmy Demaret-
watch out, because Otto Greiner
has had instruction.
And that instruction has worked
wonderfully well, Greiner says.
1t worked SO well during the St.
Paul Open golf tournament that
Greiner fashioned q tie yesterday
at 273 with Demaret for the top
money. In achieving that, the 29-
year-old Baltimore pro turned in
four cards, none of which was more
than two strokes away from the
others.
That tie forced the pair into q
playoff starting at pm. to de-
termine which one will get. the
$2,450 first money and which one
takes second prize Of $l,750. They
also will split one-haH of the gate
receipts.
Greiner shot a 50 yesterday, three
strokes under par, to 60 with prior
rounds of SO, SO and 81 for his 273
Demaret had to call on his expert
ence and coolness under fire to blast
20 feet out of a sandtrap on the
18th green and sink his putt for a
birdie 4 to get his 68 and the tie.
Greiner started yesterdays round
with 204 and Demaret had 205.
The tip that Greiner said
smoothed out his game SO well came
from Dave Douglas, a fellow pro
from Wilmington, Del. Douglas
studied Greiner's game during the
Tam OShanter golf carnival in
Chicago, and discovered that
Greiner was lifting his left heel
lust as his clubhead hit the ball
He told Greiner.
Boy, and how that has smoothed
out nv game" the eX-Navy f1ier
said smilingly. Il don't know how
I'll make out against Demaret-
he's a great golfer-but I'll sure be
in there trying"
And so it was a comparative new
conner, practically unknown outside
his home State, against an expert
enced and wise campaigner.
Lloyd Mangrum, Chicago, watched
by his boss, George May, promoter
of the Tam O'Shanter tourney,
posted his best score of the meet
Yesterday, five-under par ST which
gave him 276 and third money of
s1.240. Ellsworth Vines, golf in
structor at Iowa University, shot
a SO for 277 total and $1,000.
Skip Alexander, Lexington, N. c.,
and Dutch" Harrison, Albuquerque,
N. M, shared fifth and sixth money
each getting $780, Alexander shot
the best single round of the tourna-
ment with fancy eight-under-par
64 that gave him 279 while Harri-
son faded to a par 72 for his 279
Alexanders "a was one stroke
away from the tourney single-round
record held jointly by Harry Cooper
and Horton Smith.
The low 25 finishers:
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Skip Alexander 7o-75-70-64-27a. $3.50
E. J. Harrison 69-70-6S-72-279. $500
Ed Furgol 71-7l SO $3.50, S8l3.33
Henry Ransom -69-S6l3.33 .33
KY Laffoon S-10-s0-12-2SO, S6l3.33
Bill Mary 6S-71-1l-7l-2S1, S423,33
George Faz1o 70-6S- So 74-2S1, 1923 .33
Pat Wilcox 6961- 2-73-2S1. S423 33
Fred Haas, --72-70-71-69-2S2, S32o
Dave Douglas 10 O-70-70-74-2S4, S255
Jerry Barber 72-6S-69-75-2S4, S255
Johnny Bulla 69-13-74- -69-2S5, 5000
Johnny Revolta, 72-69-G4- -7O-S2S5, $500
Jim Milward -T4-71 1-69-72-2S6, Sl1U
Ernie Tardiff .-70-72-7 -74-2S7, S135
George Getchell. 1911 l-69-77-2S7, S135
Bob Fretland - 6g-75-12-71-2S1, S135
Lawson Little l-16- -69-2S1. ST 30
Len MattSon ------ -72-oSS, so
Eric Monti -12-13-2SS, $50