Evening star., 1951-06-30
Pro Who Got His Start
AT Chevy Chase Beats.
Furgol and Turnesa
Later Story on Page A-i.)
By MerreII WhittIesey
stor sfoff Correspondent

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OAKMONT, Pa, June 30.--Sam
Snead and Lloyd Mangrum were
at 1t today in the match that
|obscures all others in the 33d
National PGA championship at
|Oakmont. but there's a youngster
still hanging around who has the
sentimental backing of Washing
tons tournament golfers Charley
Bassler. who plays out of Cations
vile, Md.
Sixty-four qualifiers started yes
terday and only 16 survived the
two 18-hole rounds of match play.
The victims were famous as well
as numerous, including such
names as Chandler Harper, de-
Tending champion: Claude Hars
mon. the medalist; four former
champions; the prides Of North
Carolina - Clayton Heafner and
Johnny Palmer: Lew Worsham,
the host pro, and Ed Oliver and
Lawson Little.
Now. with the field sliced from
GA to Is, only 36-hole matches
are scheduled through Tuesday,
so the chances of upsets are less
ened.
Meets George Bolesta.
Today in q 36-hole third-round
match, Bassler, the handsome,
fidgety Marylander. plays George
Bolesta, 35-year-old native F1orid-
ian and summer pro at Danville,
Ill. Bolesta. like Bassler, has a
reputation more sectional than
national. So there is little doubt
that Bassler was pleased that
Bolesta beat the tournament
wise Porky Oliver In the second
round.
Bassler rivaled Dick Shoemaker
ex-Pittsburgh pro, as the giant
killer of the first two rounds
Shoemaker. a former West Penn
Open and Tri-State PGA title
holder. now playing out of Cleve-
land. upset Harmon in the first
round and Little in the second
with two-under-par golf for the
day.
Bassler. making his big move in
a major tournament. almost let
la dormie three lead slip away
against Ed Furgol in the first
round, but Charley played a
magnificent approach shot to the
18th cup and won. l up, after
losing the 18th to a par by three
putting and the 17th to a birdie
3 by Furgol.
Gets Real Late Start.
At sos pm. yesterday, long
after Johnny Bulla had won two
matches. had showered and was
on the way home, Bassler teed of
against Jim Turnesa in a second
round match.
Charley had to wait because
Turnesa Travelled five extra holes
to dethrone Harper in a thrilling
encounter. Harper. three up and
three to play. lost the 10th to a
par. the 17th to a birdie and the
tough 18th to a par four. Twice
during the extra holes, Harper
dropped 25-foot puts to keep the
match alive, but on the 23d
Turnesa sank a 30-footer for a
birdie 3-a putt that looked vir-
tually impossible - and Harper
missed from about the same dis
tance to lose his title.
Turnesa Easy Victim.
But after his grueling endur-
ance contest with Harper, Turnesa
was no match for Bassler. Big
Charley, twice winner of the
Maryland and Baltimore Opens
and former winner Of the District
Open at Indian Spring, played
three-under-par golf to beat
TurneSa. 5 and 4.
Bassler, ex-combat Marine and
father Of two youngsters-who got
his pro start at Chevy Chase-had
four brides against Turnesa and
went over par only on 183-yard
par hole where he trapped his
tee shot. He won, 5 and 4, over
the weary Turnesa, who after he
shanked a chip shot on the 18th
hole said. II must be getting tired. /"
Snead played the best golf of
the first day Of match play, but
for 80 minutes his future in the
championship was in jeopardy.
Marty Furgol, Sans victim in a
2l-hole marathon in the second
round, played his match with
Snead under protest after Sam