Evening star., 1951-07-30
|Mongrum Says Sneod Also Got
Threat From Telephone Caller
BY the Associoted Press

! CH1CAGO, July 81. - GOl1erI
Lloyd Mangrum said today the
same men who threatened him
against winning the st. Paul Open
yesterday also ordered Sammy
ISnead to win.
Mangrum. met by three police
squads to escort him to a North
Side hotel this morning, said
ISnead-who finished 8 strokes be-
hind Mangrum's record breaking
I266-received a phone call about
a half-hour before he got his
menacing instructions to lose the
tourney.
! I'VE got lots a money bet on
this golf match and we would like
to see you win" Snead was told.
(Snead today few to Sioux Falls,
IS. Oak, for an eXhibition.)
Sammy's only retort, according
ito Mangrum, was: do you know
what time it is?" The caller
abruptly hung up. Mangrum said.
Snead 10 Strokes Behind.
II don't know how those men
figured Sammy had a chance to
pick up 10 strokes on me in just
one round, but maybe they just
wanted to get us both jittery
and were betting on a third play
er," Mangrum said.
| The Niles Police Department
planned to guard both Snead and
Mangrum during the All-Ameri-
can tourney which starts Thurs
day at Tam O'Shanter course in
Niles. Mangrum is pro at this
course.
| Mangrum first told of the
threat on his life at the cere-
monies in st. Paul yesterday at
which he received a $2,250 check
for winning the tournament. He
said the call came to his hotel
room about 1870 Saturday night.
| A voice told him, he said,
We've got a lot of money bet
on the tournament; if you want
to get out of st. Paul alive, don't
win"
| He reported the call to author
tiles and all during yesterdays
day uniformed and plain clothes
policemen mingled with the large
gallery that followed him. They
stayed close to Mangr,fm. who
in turn steered clear of specta-
tors and well-wishers alike.
Affected His Sleep. =
II didn't sleep very we'll last
night" he said. "and naturally
the call unnerved my golf game.
I refused to shake hands with
anybody for fear they would try
and twist my hand or wrist"
It wasn't until he left the club
house locker room, with plain
clothes police close by, that he
would even sign an autograph.
About the time Mangrum was
being warned by the telephone
caller his apartment in Los An
geles was looted. Police said
there was no way Of telling what
was stolen until Mangrum and
his wife returned.
The apartment next door was
entered first. Bonnie Beckington,
secretary to County Supervisor
John Anson Ford, said suitcases,
jewelry and a bottle of milk were
taken while she was at a concert.
An empty milk bottle was found
in Mangrum'S apartment.
How much the telephone call
upset Mangrum was shown by the
r2-under par 10 he posted for yes
terday's round. It was his poorest
score of the four day tourney over
the 6,557-yard Keller Municipal
Course.
He started out with two rounds
of ST. five strokes under par, and
then chopped 10 strokes off par
Saturday in his record-breaking
tour.
His 266 for the 72 holes set a
record also, clipping two strokes
off the mark set by Henry Ransom
in winning the 1916 event. Snead
equalled the total in 1949 when
the Western Open took the place
Of the st. Paul Open.
His firSt-prize money of $2,250