Evening star., 1951-08-12
.Heafner Trails
; Strokes;;
Locke Has 64
South African Shoots
Best Round of Day;
Hogan Scores q 70
By the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Aug. 11.-Pace-Set-
ting Jimmy Demaret today ig-
nored the pressure of matching
strokes with Ben Hogan, National
Open champion, and maintained
his lead in the $4,000 World"
title golf tournament by three
strokes at the 54-hole mark.
Demaret, who hit 19O-yard,
three-iron shot out of the rough
into the fourth cup for his third
eagle in three brilliant rounds,
turned in six-under-par sc for
IA three-quarter total of 2O2, IA
under par for the distance. The
tourney ends tomorrow.
The 202 count for 81 holes
matched Tam's 54-hole competi-
tive mark set by Byron Nelson
in 1945, when Nelson established
IA course 72-hole record of 269,
10 under par.
Heafner 3 Strokes Behind.
That put the 41-year-old Ojai,
Calf. golfer three strokes ahead
OF dogged Clayton Heafner, the
Charlotte IN. c.. pro whose sec
ond straight SO gave him 2O5.
(The windup of the tourney
will be shown on television over
WTTG, channel S, from $50 to
pm. today.)
Bracketed five strokes behind
Demaret in the 64-player scramble
for COLTS biggest top prize, $12,-
500, were Hogan. Lloyd Mangrum,
Sam Snead, and South Africa's
Bobby Locke, whose 81 was the
days best round.
Demaret, the 36-hole leader at
1876 and a co-leader of the first
round with a 81, was teamed
with Hogan in the last twosome
off the tee.
Instead of willing, as some sus-
pected he might, playing along
with the winner of three of the
last four National Open titles
Demaret stroked 1924 ever Tam's
par 36-36-72, 6,915 rolling yards
Hogan SIumps.
1t was Hogan who proved more
affected by the pressure of trying
to catch the already finished
Heafner. Little Ben shot 36-34-7O
MS poorest round, after $3.50
1t was the four -under-par OPEN
ing 80 that made Demaret a
rough, tough customer. After a
birdie on the par S, 495-yard sec
ond, Jimmy stepped up in the
rough on the 445-yard, fourth
fa1rway and uncorked his three
iron shot from 100 yards out. The
ball landed 20 feet in front of the
pin and bounced in the hole for
an eagle deuce.
On the seventh, Demaret rolled
IN a l5-footer for a birdie 3. He
was snagged with the first of his
three one-over-pars on the eighth
when he went over the green. But
Jimmy came back to sink a TO-
1ooter for a birdie 4 on the ninth.
Gets Birdie Despite Trap.
On the back nine, Demaret
came out of a trap and knocked
IN f1ve-footer for a birdie 4
and he shipped another off par
on the short 18th with a four
tooter for deuce. Jimmy went
over the 18th green for another
one-over-par, but a 30-footer on
the l4th and an eight-footer after
being trapped on the 18th gave
him successive birds. His last one
oVer-par came on the 10th when
he was trapped.
Heafner, playing before a sparse
gallery. had scrambling round
including eight brides and tour
one-over-pars as he wrapped iup
34-34.
Notched at 208, six strokes be-
hind Demaret, were Pete Cooper
Lawson Little and Bob Hamilton
Huddled at 209 were four players
JACK Burke. Gary Middlecoff, Ed
Furgol and Johnny Palmer.
Last years world winner, Henry
Ransom, was far outdistanceo
with 223.
Norman Won Nida Of Sydney.
Australia, who was the halfway
leader among the 10 foreign en-
tries at 141. fell four storkes be-
hind Locke, with a 10 for 211.
Also bracketed at 211 was Walt
Burkemo, Franklin, Mich, pro.
with a third-round SO.
Lew Worsham of Oakmont, Pa,
had 216.
Locke, who stumbled around
Tam unimpressively in last week
ends All-American for a 9th
place 200, took 71-72 into today's
IT