Evening star., 1951-05-13
Snead Ties Ferrier
For Greenbrier Lead
With 5-Under-pa IS
BY MerreIl Whittlesey
Stor Stoff Coyvespondent

Sfor Sfoff correspondent
WHITE SURPHUR SPRINGS
w. Va. May 12.-Sam Sneao
knocked one wedge shot into the
cup for an eagle deuce today. Anc
lon two other occasions he Clipped
$50 close he couldn't miss birdie
Iputts as he shot a 65 and tieo
Jim Ferrrier at 1879 for the three.
quarter mark lead in the $4,000
|Greenbrier Open.
It's strictly a two-man golf
show going into tomorrow's finaI
18-hole round as the next player
Al Brosch. Metropolitan Open
champions seven shots back at
|206.
Ben Hogan, Is strokes over his
record tf1ree-round pace here last
year. dropped hopelessly out Of
the running on the 18th hole when
his drive smacked a tree and took
Ia bath in parallel creek. Hogar
dropped a 4-foot putt for a z or
the par 5 hole for q II and 20S
He is tied with the veteran Henry
Picard and a stroke behind BOZ
Hamilton and Jim Turnesa, who
are tied for fourth.
Cameramen Irk Snead.
Snead, playing four foursoNes
behind Ferrier on chilly, windy
day. actually was a stroke better
than Jim after he dorpped an
|8-foot birdie putt on the 10th fo,
his 5-under-par standing. But
Ferrier birdied the 18th to Snead's
par and they both pared the
finishing hole.
Slammin' Sam, never better
than second in four years in tour.
naments- over his home course
was playing with one eye on the
ball and another on his pet peeve.
camera clickers. Four times HI
halted while addressing the bal
on the last four holes and asked
the camera fans to desist.
The pros were paired with mil
lionaires, socialites. nobility ane
some just plain amateur golfer.
in the first half of the pro.
|amateur competition today and il
keeping with some Of the handi.
caps, which were extremely gen.
erous, some of the best ball score.
were extremely low.
Pro-Am. Scores Low.
Bruce Luce. Pelham, N. Y, prt
and Fred Holmes. a retired Nav!
captain from Newport, r. L.. fash.
ioned a remarkable SO, Luce will
Ia So and Capt. Holmes with 6
short game of End 8 handicap.
Three teams tied with best bal
|60. They were Ferrier and Harry
Daumit, 8 handicap player and 9
perfume manufacturer from Chi.
|cago and Miami Beach; Toney
Penna and New Yorker Stanley
Rombough, with a 16- handicap
and Jimmy Thomson and young
William c. Ford, brother of Henry
III, with a Is handicap.
Penna and Thomson had more
help than Ferrier as they shot
10 and II respectively. Sneae
and Paul Shields had 81 as die
Luce and Wally Ford. an in-lav
LOT Henry and William.
The Duke of Windsor, an eye
catcher in his foot-square plait
slacks. had 18 handicap strokes
one per hole, and he and Shell!
Mayf1eld turned in a best ball 81
The Duke made pars on all foul
of the par 8 holes, for net birdi,
deuceS.
Hole-in One Scored.
The best shot Of the day was .
hole -in-one by Ken Morine, ais,
a Chicago perfume executive, whit
knocked a four-iron into the cul
for an ace on the 168-yard 15tl
hole. He was another of Thorn
sons partners.
Ferrier and/or Snead are il
positions to add handsomely t,
their winnings today. Either cal
win top prize Of $500 in the Opel
and Ferrier is second and tied TO
third in the best ball play wher,
the major prizes are $1,000. $75'
(See GREENBRIER, Page B-2)