Evening star., 1950-11-03
Snead, Now Leading
AT Pinehurst, Could
Tie Record Today
BY the Associated Press

PINEHURST, N. c., Nov. g.
Samuel Jackson Snead and the
Pinehurst Country Club golf
course have caught up with the
boys in the North and South
Open tournament.
Through two rounds the old
course was subjected to quite q
beating from the fast field and
the attention was focused on
others in the race for position.
But going into today's final
Is holes Snead, the slamming
man from White Sulphur Springs,
w. Va. had raced into a two
stroke lead on the impetus Of a
third-round 66. six under par for
the 6,952-yard course.
Sammy. laying slightly off the
pace with opening rounds of SO
and II. opened up yesterday with
a 1924 that caught Johny Pal
mer OF Badin, N. c., leader through
the first two rounds, and dropped
him into a second-place tie at
207 with Jim Ferrier Of San
Francisco.
Under-Par Ranks Depleted.
The under-par ranks have been
steadily depleted after Tuesdays
first onslaught when IS players
wound up the day under standard
figures. The list was cut to 81
after the second round and only
lS held that distinction as the
final round began.
Snead's 66 was fashioned on a
1924 card. He never went over
par. Going out he had two brides
and dropped a 50-foot putt on
eight for an eagle 8. On the re-
turn trip Sam birdied 16 and II,
the latter with q 40-foot putt.
If he can deliver another SO
today his 271 total will match
the tournament record owned by
Ben Hogan.
A year ago Sam waited until
the final round to score q 66, win
ming then with 274-second best
score in the 48-year-old tourna-
ment's history.
Final Hole Disastrous.
For Ferrier and Palmer the
final hole was disastrous-each
needed three puts. For Ferrier
1t meant a 2-over-par 6 as he'd
been trapped and was short get
ting out.
Palmer wound up with par 70
after earlier rounds of 65 and 10.
Terriers II followed opening
scores Of 81 and SO.
Snead and Ferrier have waged
a running battle all year for top
money honors. Sammy has won
$33.758 in PGA-sanctioned events
to head the list. Ferrier, 35-year-
old former Australian amateur
champion. is No. 2 with $25.5s1.
To date Sammy has seven ma
jor victories. four seconds and,
oddly. teamed with Ferrier to win
the Inverness round robin last July
at Toledo. Ohio.
Ferrier Playing Greatest Golf.
Ferrier, playing his greatest goli
this year, has won the Canadian
and st. Paul Open tournaments
twice finished second, once tc
Snead, by the way, and also tied
for second in another event
Palmer. although not winning a
tournament, is No. II on the list
with $11.035 in earnings.
In fourth place alone at 20e
after shooting his second 6s was
Tommy Bolt, Texan who now
plays out of Durham. Tommy has
picked up some $4,000 in winnings
this year, including unsanctioned
events, and his performance is no
surprise to the pros who know
him. They rate the 32-year- -old
linksman a potential Snead.
Art Doering, Richmond pro
scored the fourth hole-in-one the
tournament has seen in two days
His ace on the 206-yard 18th gave
him II for 216.
George Fazio of Washington S
Woodmont Club slipped to a n
after two subpar rounds and was
in a five-way tie for 18th place
with ZIG. Andy Gibson of Balti-
more scared eight strokes over his
second-round Score to rs for 217
Walter Romans of Baltimore
Country Club had 76 for 220 and
Maryland Open Champion Charley
Bassler posted rs for 223. Balti-
more's Otto Greiner failed to
qualify for the final round after
shooting a 76 for 217.