Evening star., 1949-08-06
Money Ace, Open Kin!
Given 81 10 Shoot
At by Home Pro
By the Associated Press

money winner Sammy Snead and
National Open Champion Cary
Middlecoff today set chase after
Lloyd Mangrum, the midas OF
Tam O'Shanter, in the $4,000
All-American golf tourney,
Mangrum, who works for Tam
but shoots like he owns 1t, yester-
day whacked an 8-under-par "a
as some 200 pro. amateur and
feminine golfers touched off the
three -in-one, 72-hole All-Ameri-
can event. That gave lucrative
Lloyd a two-stroke lead over halt
the field.
Topped by Snead and Middle
cof. another 200 shooters In the
three divisions will complete first
round competition today. To-
morrow a well-trimmed contin-
gent-125 pros. 40 amateurs and
80 women-will shove off in the
second 18-hQle round.
Mustachioed Mangrum. who
trails third behind Snead and
Middlecof in the seasons cash
collecting. demonstrated yester-
day that he has lost none of the
golden touch that gave him some
$4,000 in last years Tam
O'Shanter free-loading expedi-
ton.
His staccato shooting of two
eagles and five brides in a 1892
round over Tam's par 36-36-72
course was only one stroke behind
the record So he fired last year.
Defends Two Titles.
The jaunty Purple Heart wal
hero Is defending champion. not
only In the All-American which
pays off 1888 to the winner, but
also in the $685. world cham
pionship of golf" which moves
onto the Tam scene next Thurs
day and has a top. $4,000 individ-
ual jackpot.
Mangrum, who had only one
put over 10 feet in going for his
five brides finished two strokes
ahead of Chick Harbert of De-
troit and Jim Turnesa of Briar-
cliff. NY. who fashioned 66's
Knotted at 81 were Jimmy Clark
of independence, Kan. and big
Johnny Bulla of Verona. Pa.
Fred Haas, jr., of New Orleans
Pete Cooper of Ponte Vedra Beach
Fla. and unheralded Bob Fret
land of Duluth, Mimi. were four
strokes off the pace with 68's.
In all, 81 opening day shooters
were under par, which indicated
that Promoter George S. Mays
"toughening" of Tam through con-
struction of several new greens
and tees fell somewhat fiat.
Even the amateurs, paced by
nifty Cts fired by Julius Boros. a
29-year-old accountant from West
Hartford. Conn, and sturdy John
(Pick) Wagner, of Chicago weren't
puzzled by the 6,915-yard layout.
Al Besselink. one Of the Chicago
areas outstanding simon-pures,
was stroke behind with 68, while
a fourth subpar amateur round
was the 10 posted by the defend
ing All-American champion and
former British Amateur champ,
Frank Stranahan Of Toledo.
Ranking contender in today's
amateur array was Bill Campbell
of Huntington, w. Va, who holds
the course amateur record of 65
and is defending world amateur
champion at Tam.
Defending All-American wom-
ems champion, Babe Zaharias. and
hardy Patty Berg headed the days
feminine field. but they had some
thing to shoot at in the u notched
yesterday by Louise Suggs, the
Georgia sweet swinger.
Miss Suggs' 35-37 was four un-
der women's par 76 and only one
stroke behind Mrs. Zaharias' Tam
record of II. The former British
champion and twice a slam win
ner of the Western Open and
Amateur. finished six stroke ahead
of runners-up Dot Kielty OF Long
Beach, Calf. Patricia McPhee Of
Chicago and Betty MacKinnon OF
Texarkana, Tex, who had TBS.