Evening star., 1951-04-06
Snead,MaIlgrur|l
AndHoganCIo
Behind D. {. Star
Woodmont Pro Aided
By Effective Putting;
Open Chomp Hos Eagle
s.Bs the Associated Press

AUGUSTA, Ga, April 6.-Four
times George Fazio, has poked his
head above the crowd of golfers
who follow the tournament circuit.
This time the pro from the Wood
mont Club in Washington, D. c..
hopes to keep it there.
Swarthy George, who doubles as
a scrap-iron dealer in Consho-
hocken. Pa. led the Masters tour
nament today as the second round
opened over the rough, tough Au-
gusta National course. But his lead
wasn't secure even if he did shoot
a 68 in yesterdays first round.
That four-under-par golf barely
was good enough to put him ahead
of two veteran professionals. Sam
Snead and Lloyd Mangrum were
right behind with a pair of SOS
for the 6,900-yard layout.
Ben Hogan Close Up.
Ben Hogan also was close up
with 10, while Byron Nelson, a
two-time winner. was only three
strokes back of the leader with II :
Nevertheless, the odds on Fazio's
chances dropped sharply after his
first round. A line issued before
play started. and openly quoted,
had George at 90 to /. Today the
revised line put him at 8 to /.
The odds on the other favoritesI
remained about the same, with
only the defending champion,
Jimmy Demaret, soaring. De-
maret. 81 Wednesday. went to-
15-1 after rs.
One operator said the heavy
betting activity still centered
around Hogan. Mangrum, Snead
and Jim Ferrier. Hogan and
Mangrum are short -odds favorites
at Al. Snead is 5-1 and Ferrier, !,
6-1. Nelson is listed at 10-1 and
Lew Worsham. who, had a II yes
terday. is 15-1.
In 1916 Fazio won the Canadian
Open. That was the first time he
whipped his weight in good golf
ers. In 1947 he managed a tie for
first in the Bing Crosby tourna-
ment. But not until last summer
at Merton in the National Open
did Fazio get his head above the
crowd again.
Tied in National Open.
Three golfers finished in a tie
after the final regular round at
Merton. Fazio was one of them,
tied for the greatest championship
in golf. Hogan and Mangrum
were the others.
Ben won the Open in an historic
playoff and down went Fazio
again into the mass of golfers.
| Today. George is UP again, up
higher than Hogan, his conqueror
in the Open, and higher than
lMangrum, who also scored better
than Fazio in that playoff.
| Hogan was in fourth place 60
ling into the second round, with
-four others-W -Worsham, Nelson
dick Mayer and Johnny Bulla-
tied for fifth with Ills.
| ,Fazio's grip on the first-round
lead was unexpected by almost
every one except himself. On his
tour yesterday he scored foul
brides and IA pars. Only once
ibid he get himself in deep trouble
and then he got out of it with q
brilliant No. Z iron shot.
Two Long Puts Help.
| Two long puts dropped for him
on the 14th and 18th holes-firsi
la 10-footer, then an 8-footer. Or
the home hole, his approach from
about $50 yards out stopped -four
feet from the pin. He sank the
Iputt for a birdie three. Only sc
2 puts were necessary altogether.
d Hogan scored one of two eagles
of the day. William Dynamite
, Goodloe of Valdosta, Ca, scored
! the other. Hogan hit a 280-yarc
drive on the 535-yard, par S sec.
i Iond hole. His second wood shot
eIsent the ball past the pin, but
2 1.-THE ball hit bank and rolled
: back to within 10 feet of the pin
Ben dropped the putt for the
3 eagle.
J Goodloe eagled the 480-yarc
I 18th when his caddie talked hin
I into using a No. iron for hi.
second shot instead of a three
! iron. The ball stopped 3 fee
I short of the pin and he sanl
the putt.
Mangrum used % puts and hac
lsix one-putt greens on the bach
nine. Snead was sinking every
putt of around S or 6 feet, plu!
two long green runs.
A recovery shot by Hogan or
the 18th hole fired the ball from
h under a tree and over low
bunker. Hogan said it was ont
a Iof the best he has ever made
The recovery earned hjrrIie d