Evening star., 1951-08-10
Mats Boston After Helping New York Tie for League Lead
Hogan Strong Threat
In Wild Par-Breakinq
Bid for World Title
BY The Associated Press


CHICAGO, Aug. 10.-Put $12,-
500 UP for grabs and the inevitable
happens Klondike Of golf, wild
mayhem against par.
This is the scene at Tam
O'Shanter where top-graded pros
are gambling shots for the sake
of low score to get rich quick.
They are in a headlong dash
for the winners $12.500 bonanza
in George S. Mays self styled
World Championship and $4,000
more If they crack the course rec
ord of 63.
Never in Tam's 11-year tourney
history has there been such a par
wreckjng frolic as in yesterdays
first round.
In the field of "a pros and 10
amateurs, As players were II or
under on the par-72 course.
"And we aren't going to make
the course any harder by replac-
ing the pins in tough spots" said
May. who knows the public likes
to see brides just as much as
home runs. I've signed a con-
tract with the PGA for a SIS. 900
world championship tourney next
year with $17.500 for the winner,
And it will be more in 1858. Give
fem a chance to shoot their hearts
Iout-that's my motto"
In addition. the 1852 ALI
American tournament at Tam
iO'Shanter will carry $25, 200
purse.
Hogan in Ideal Spot.
| AS the gold rush enters today's
second round. Ben Hogan Is In
an ideal spot-not ahead and
not far behind. His steady 35-
33-68 against the 36-36-72
standard yesterday left him one
stroke off the pace. After shun-
ming Tam for four years, Hogan
returned with the same wallop
that carried him to victory in
the Masters and National Open
this season. 1t was enough to
send shudders through the field.
At 81 were Ray Gafford of Dali
las, Ted Kroll of New Hartford.
IN. Y, AL Brosch, Garden City,
IN. Y, and Jimmy Demaret. who
is finding it difficult to get in
the money-winning circle this
year.
Hogan's main worry seems to
be Cary Middlecoff. the Tam ALL
American champion. and Dutch
Harrison. Each were with him
at 68. Others in this bracket
were Eric Cremin of Sydney, Aus
tralia. topping the foreign dele
CATION; Jerry Barber, Lawson
Little, Earl Stewart and Glenn
Teal.
Among IA shooters in the
jammed SO group were Joe Kirk
wood, jr., winner of the recent
Blue Ribbon Open at Milwaukee;
Ed Furgol, Jim Ferrier, Sam
Snead and Clayton Heafner.
Three Low Amateurs.
These, too, are regarded a.
steady players who can keep III
the pace once it is set. Three
amateurs also were punched al
/ 69-Dow Finsterwald of Athens
Ohio; Phil Scrutton, London
England, and Frank Stranahan
All-American champion.
! Many desperation shots paic
of yesterday, but an outstanding
victim was Chick Harbert, the
Ilong-hitting pro from Worthwhile
Mich, who played with Hogan.
I Harbert had his eye on the pir
instead of the creek in front o1
the second green-a 495-yard pal
Is layout. Twice he went into the
water, finally was on the aproI
of the green In six strokes anc
got down in nine. He wound VI
with a rs.
I In the concurrent women
World event. Betsy Rawls O.
Austin, Tex, birdied the last twt
holes for a 5-under-par II, on,
tap shy Of the course record. fol
the first-round lead. Bah,
Zaharias, the defending cham.
pion. was second with 72. Shar.
ing third with IA were Patty Bers
and Louise Suggs.
Lew Worsham, formerly O.
Washington, had trouble on th'
, par 3 holes on the back nine ant
finished with a 1-under par II
After nine straight pars for al
outgoing So, Worsham birdied tn,
10th and scored an eagle on tn
: 18th. But he went over par OF
the short 18th and 10th.
/. First round leaders: