Evening star., 1949-05-28
Mangrum and Barron
To Clash in Another
Tourney HeadIiner
By MerrelI Whittiesey
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three players the Virginia capital
Is counting On to carry the $45 900
financial nut of the National PGA
golf championship-Sammy Snead.
Lloyd Mangrum and Lew Wor-
sham-still are In there today
after 48 matches at Is holes yes
terday reduced the field to Is
survivors.
From today's third round
through Tuesdays final all
matches will be at 50 holes. and
that's the way the name players
like it. Anything can happen in
an 18-hole match over a course
like Hermitage. but at SO holes the
big shots figure to win.
There were casualties yesterday.
There must be when a match play
field of 81 Is reduced to Is in a
single day. Lawson Little, Ed
Oliver, Gene SaraZen and last
years runnerup. Mike Turnesa,
went out in the morning and
Claude Harmon, Skip Alexander
and Johnny Bulla were afternoon
losers. But the principal gallery
favorites made the grade.
Palmer Meets Worsham.
Snead may lose his gallery. to-
day. The match they're talking
about is the upper bracket meet
| ing of Johnny Palmer, the Caro-
linian who is overdue to win a big
one, and Lew Worsham. who
breezed past two opponents by a
total Of II UP.
Palmer definitely is on his stick.
He had to 60 20 holes in the morn
ing to eliminate the stubborn Mike
| Turnesa, but Johnny was 4 under
part in smothering Clay Gaddie,
8 and 6. in the second round
Palmer is the ballplayer's ball
player type. The pros like the
way he hits the ball. his tempera-
ment and, although he doesn't win
too many tournaments, he has
been in the top five money win
ners for several years.
Worsham, simmer than last
year as a result of hard work and
a careful diet. admittedly is play
ing better golf than the year he
won the National Open. With the
possible exception Of Snead. no.
body here is hitting the ball any
better.
The Chin" a quarterfinalist
two years ago and loser in the
third round last year to Jimmy
Demaret. thinks he can win this
one. And that's important. Wor-
sham toyed with F. j. Staszowski
of Torrington. Conn, and George
Schneiter, the PGA tournament
bureau manager.
Mangrum Opposes Barron.
Another factor in backing Wor-
sham or Palmer for the title role
in this tournament is the fact that
the winner meets either Al Brosch
or Henry Williams in the fourth
round and figures to get by either.
Lloyd Mangrum. the years lead
ing money winner, and Herman
Barron, a tough match play COM
petitor, clash in another good 36-
hole ioust today. Jim Ferrier, still
on the practice green as dusk fell
last night, and Marty Furgol are
a good match. The same holds
true in the Demaret match against
| the last surviving Turnesa--
Jimmy. Clayton Heafner is ia
vored over Jack Patroni.
Snead. who incurred the dis
favor of tournament officials by
knocking the golf course and
whose caddie almost quit him be
cause that man hasn't bought me
bottle of pop all week." still is
the sfair- haired boy.
Yesterday Sam carried more
followers than all others combined
with three-under-par golf that
was too much for Jack Burke. jr.,
and Henry Ransom. two respected
foes. Snead meets string -beanish
Dave Douglas today and the Doug
las hackers are few.
Romans Still In Tourney.
Walter Romans, the Baltimore
lC. c. pro who won the District
Open at Indian Spring last year
with a sensational 1873, Is among
those present In the third round
which is no surprise to Romans.
The 31-year-old SHOEMAKER
played $3.50 golf In defeating Jack
Ryan of Louisville. and l, in the
morning, but his card showed all
threes and fours as he was four
under regulation figures in giving
Frank Moore a 4-and-2 trouncing
In the second round. Moore upset
Oliver on the 18th in the morning.
Today Romans meets the tourna-
ment medalist, Ray Wade Hill.
Romans hit every drive in the
fairway and reached all green's in
regulation figures.
Jack Isaacs, who followed his 81
in the qualifying round with two
under-par golf that upset Lawson
Little. up. lost to Hill. 3 and 2,
as Jacks good golf simply ran out.