Evening star., 1950-06-09

long often errac might penaze him tight
Merion But Skip blasted out of traps and hacked out of
the deep rough, and he had hot putter.
only had 20 putts" he grnned sitting in front of his
locker I'm glad played in the morning Later this after
those big fast will be slcken glass after the
takes hold. feel sorry for players this afternoon"
His compassion it developed wasted two guys putting
the afternoon lawns to beat him and another tied his 6S
Neither an Amateur Nor Pro
While Alexander talking year old unknown from
Birmingham Ala toins in the broing and just begin
ming what become the lowest round in the 50year history
the open almost unbelievable 3331-e4 par
When Lee Mackey jr, wound his outgoing nine with
333 and moved into the incoming stretch with 434234
there concerted rush be at the side of this rendess
young who neither amateur. fact it turned
out that he unemployed having vacated job caddie
master under Sammy Byrd at Plum Hollow outside of Detroit
and later having given post assistant at another
Michigan club.
At the 18th hole par 3, Mackey picked up gallery
bogie But No 1S he got that stroke back when 1ofoot
and made Mr. Mackey recordbook item "a bettered by
stroke the round shot by Jimmy Mcale jr
in 1s47 *'t
The had 10 oneputt Only time out
of the farway and that his 595yard
fourth hole.
Two Guys From Alabama
After the photographers got through with him. Mackey
adopted by Messs Granand Rice B. Keeler and other
sorted sportswrers who wrung from that
played in national tournament finished in the
money in any event, 90 owed his prowess to Byrd
Yankee outeder a. isn't married because nobody will
me and besides haven't job" 90 spent s years in the
Il barely quahed" Mackey .Tnele were four
places in district shot good the place.
1t seems that Mackeys father Is abt of golfer
from Birmingham yesterday that when reporters
his oce to tell him about his sons round they Mackey
ST. was out-playng in the qualifying round OF the
Country Club invitation tournament.
Young Mackey Is we'll built 1875 a hair
cut and haberdasery that's strictly public links pants
and undstingushed sweater and bag clubs He
drove here in rattletrap belonging Williams
OF Tuscaloosa equally as sensational
with 3633 that of Snead Hogan
Mddlecof Herman Barron (sS Lew Worsham
to suffer untold anguish. a
Maybe Another Roland Hancock
Unable to eat his sudden fame Mackey
70 the clubhouse dining accompanied
lowers Forty minutes later Lee had outasted his
acquired friends and sitting alone table, doggedy
waiting for garcon to bring him sandwich fel-
low must do than break get fed
couple OF newspapermen wandered by and looked at
Mackey In his loneliness The ink barely dry his score
on the big board and obviously the
one-day sensation Hes used to it," said newspa-
permen cooking his head toward the hungry
BY nghtfan Frday-a the latest Saturday-heI Just
name in the record book. Like Roland Hancock's"
Roland Hancock" queried the other.
"A name to remember sighed the first guy Roland came
from nowhere at Olympia Fields in Chicago 1928 He
needed SIS finish to beat Johnny Farrell who
tied"
so? The details escaped me-"
SO he finished 66 lost the Open a stroke and never
was heard Of again