Evening star., 1950-06-24
ONe off to Good Start Hopes Have Red Sox Stride Soon
|Sneod Upset Costly to PGA;
Fozio Out, Harper Survives
By Merrell Whittlesey
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COLUMBUS. Ohio. June "a
There are . lot Of guys named
Joe left in the PGA today-but
nobody named Sam.
As l6 survivors teed OF in third
round matches, Sam Snead was
missing, the victim Of q startling
upset. But Eddie Burke's l up
victory wasn't q popular upset
with the tournament sponsors.
who figure to lose plenty in this
$4,000 guaranteed event. now
that the top drawing card Is out.
Along with Snead. defending
champion, medalist, leading
money winner and q tremendous
crowd favorite, went all the pres
ent and former members Of the
Middle Atlantic delegation with
the exception of Virginia's Chan
dler Harper, whose brilliant golf
all day long yesterday was too
good for Fred Annon and then
Dick Metz.
Harper Six Under Par.
Only Johnny Palmer. runnerup
last year. played better golf than
Harper in two matches over the
Scioto Country Club course IN the
first and second matches. and the
Carolinian was seven under par
for his two victories, to six under
for Harper and Dave Douglas.
Burke (shortened from Burkow-
skD, the 43-year -old Union City
Conn. (summer), and Boca Ration
Fla. (winter). mentor. Clipped in
to the cup for an eagle three from
81 feet or the 18th green to beat
Snead.
Today Harper met 24-year-old
124-pound Bob Toski, the young.
ster with the match-stick arms
who beat AL Smith and Wood
mont's George Fazio yesterday
after F'azio played some very spot
ty golf on the last five holes
Fazio beat Frank Staszowski. .
and 3, in the f1rst round.
The sponsors still have Lloyd
Mangrum and Jimmy Demaret to
draw the folks at $3.50 each from
today through next Tuesdays
final, but half Of the remaining
professionals are little known out
side of their home districts.
Demaret Plays Shute Today.
Today's top matches appeared
to be between Demaret and As
year-old, twice-champion Denny
Shute, and Mangrum and the l947
finalist, Chick Harbert.
Mangrum and Demaret are
plenty glad to be around today,
Demaret was one down and three
to play to Greensboro's Charley
Farlow in the first round. and
buried a ball in the trap on the
18th, but still edged Farlow. ! up,
Mangrum was / down to Skip
Alexander through II holes OF
their second-round match. and
had to drop a 5-footer on the
18th to keep from going extra
holes.
The presence Of Shute and 1886
Titlist Henry Picard. AZ years old
give heart to COLTS veterans. Ir
fact the only players under 50
are Toski and Jackson Bradley
28-year-old Chicagoan who met
Picard today.
District Open Champion Charley
Bassler was in q great spot to be
where Bradley Is today, but
Charley lost in the first round to
short-hitting George Shafer OF
nearby Greenville.
Bassler three-putted straight
greens in from the second through
fourth but still played the out
nine in even par and was even
with Shafer. ex-bull-pen catcher
with the Cincinnati Reds. But
Bassler played Sunday afternoon
golf coming back. He had five IS,
and lost on the sixth. Then Brad
ley beat Shafer with three-over-
par golf, 4 and 3. Shafer didn't
break 80 in the afternoon.
George Plays Too Cagey.
Fazio. lost on the 18th to Toski,
l up, but the long par four 18th
was the deciding hole in that
match. Fazio was ]. up going into
the hole. and after Toski was in
trouble, Fazio needed only two
puts from 18 feet to 60 2 UP. But
George loafed on his first putt and
left it 4 feet short. playing 1t too
cagey. and missed the next to give
Toski a halve.
Fazio had q bad taste in his