Evening star., 1951-06-29
|Snead 10 Battle
Haas, Mdngrunl.
Meets Ransom
MedoIist Award Goes
To Harmon After
Sway PloyoH
Later story on Page Al; today's
pairiugs on Page ca
BY MerreIi Whittlesey
siar Staff Correspondent

OAKMONT, Pa. June 29.--The
33d National PGA championship
entered match play today with
two l8-hole rounds scheduled, and
among the star performers who
drew rugged opposition from the
outset were Chandler Harper, de-
Tending champion. and Sam
Snead and Lloyd Mangrum, the
|co-favorites.
Sixty -four of the Nations sharp
est shotmakers survived yester-
days qualifier- shooting l54 or
|better-to get into the title
bracket, and they'll be whitfield
down to Is in today's double
round.
The course was soaked by
overnight rains for the second day
and there were threats of more
showers as early starters teed off
Clearing and cooler weather was
forecast this afternoon.
Harper Takes Lesson.
Harper, far off his game until
he took lesson here this week
from Bobby Cruickshank, win need
all his shots as his first-round
opponent is Jim Turnesa, runner
up to Snead IN 1912. II Harper
gets by that one, his afternoon op-
Iponent win be either Baltimore S
Charley Bassler or the Maryland
Open champs first-round oppo-
inent. Ed Furgol.
Mangrum drew Henry Ransom,
lco-Winner of the Inverness four
ball last week, and the winner OF
that one plays Dave Douglas or
Buck White In the second round.
Snead Meets Haas.
Snead plays Fred Haas. jr., ano
tif he wins over the Southerner
Samuel, twice a winner and twice
lrunnerup In this championship
plays Marty Furgol or Harold
Oatman. the Norfolk pro.
Medalist Claude Harmon drew
Dick Shoemaker, Cleveland pro
and If successful plays either Law
son Little, a great match-play
golfer as an amateur, or his fore.
noon opponent, Johnny Weitzel oi
Harrisburg.
Lew Worshanl, who broke pal
lin the qualifying with 71-72. plays
Harold Williams of Tuscaloosa
Ala, runnerup in the driving con-
! test, and If Lew wins he plays
either Al Brosch or Frank Kiraly
After today's two rounds, &c.
hole matches will be playec
through the final next Tuesday
Harmon Wins Prizes.
Harmon won the Alex Smith
trophy and the $3.50 that goe:
to the medalist in a Sudden-deatt
playof with Pete Cooper and Man
grum, the first of its kind. Pre-.
lvious medal ties have been settled
later, if at all.
/ Nobody birdied the easy frs
hole but both Harmon ano
Mangrum birdied the second
Harmon won with a par on thi
third when Mangrum. obviousl,
weary of it all, charged birdie
fputt from 40 feet away and went
feet past the cup, He missed com,
ling back.
! The PGA apparently is one o.
Harmon's favorite tournaments
He twice has been 10 the semi.
finals, and last year lost in th'
third round to ienry Williams
tjr.. the runnerup. A former Mas.
tiers winner, he plays in only &
few tournaments because a.
Winged Foot Country Club il
Mamaroneck, N. Y, and at Semi.
mole in Palm Beach he has twt
lucrative pro jobs.
Ten Players Break Par.
Ten players broke par at Oak.
mont yesterday, a record for any
tournament ever held here. Anc
for the two days is were under
par.
i Mangrum. with It'll, is thu
only man ever to shoot two sue
cessive subpar rounds over tn,
6,882-yard par 70 stretch of roll.
ing. we'll trapped terrain.
/ WorSham's missed putt for ;
IA that would have tied for tn,
medal threw him back to 143, on,
under par. with Ferrier, ex-Cham.
! pion Vic Ghezzi and Chuck Klein
/ Harper. who had an excellen
chance to win the medal, was evel
par at LA with Ed Oliver. The IA
shooters included Fazio and a dis
lgruntled Snead. The 146s include,
4 ABassler and Johnny Palmer.
/ The biggest names among thos
IWho failed to qualify were Robert
IDe Vicenzo, winner of two of th
last three big money tournaments
land Paul Runyan. twice PGl
champion who made a fine show,
ling in the National Open thi
month. De Vicenzo played poorl.
all the way for 80-78--158, Will,
IRunyan lost in the six-players-for
Ione-place playoff after shooting
I154.
EYaIe-Haryard Team Wins
Track Meet in Belfast