Evening star., 1952-06-20
Lew Fights Hard
For PGA Upset
oAnswer Sam
Ex-D.C. Pro Still Irked
At Champions GripesI
About 1947 Open
BY MerreII WhittIesey
Stor Stoff Correspondent


LOUISVILLE, Kg., June 90
Sam Snead and Lew Worsham
both were out in three e-under-par
80 and all even at the end of nine
holes in their first-round match in
the PGA championship today.
Worsham, who didn't care much
for Snead's recent magazine ex-
Iplanation of their 1947 National
Open playoff, went ahead on the
par 3 second hole. where Snead
had four. Worsham shot brides
on the first and third holes, but
Sam matched them.
The match was the highlight of
the first round as "a pros started
the match-play phase of the
tournament.
Mangrum Wins Match.
Lloyd Mangrum, former Ma
tional Open champion, posted the
first match-play victory when he
Idowned Frank Newell of Tacoma,
Wash, 4 and 3. The dapper lit
tie pro from Chicago took a four
hole lead by shooting a four-un-
der-par 80 on the front nine, then
closed out the match on the 18th.
Two Middle Atlantic pros had
comfortable margins. Chandler
Harper of Portsmouth, Va, was
S up and 6 to play against Charles
Lepre of Doylestown, Pa, with six
under par golf. Jack Isaacs OF
Langley Air Force Base was 4 up
at the end of nine in his match
with Pat Abbott of Memphis.
Australian-born Jim Ferrier,
1947 PGA champion, rallied after
a shaky start to carry his match
with Leonard Dodson of Mission,
Kans., into extra holes.
Three-down through the 18th,
Ferrier won two in a row and
leveled the match on the 18th
when Dodson pitched over the
green and failed to recover from
"a trap.
Dodson was the last man to en-
ter the match play bracket after
two days of qualifying. He won
his place on the third hole of a
sudden death" playoff.
Lawson Little Trails.
Another winner in the playoffs,
Lawson Little, was 3 down to Ted
Kroll Of New Hartford, N. Y, at
the ninth. Little had a 81 to
Kroll's "a.
Cary Middlecof, 1949 Open
champion, was 3 up on Joe Taylor,
Bethel, Tenn, after nine holes.
Forty-eight heads will fall
today on BLACK Friday" So
named by the big-name pros
who detest 18-hole matches
because there's too much chance
of losing to an obscure player.
Both first and second round
matches are being played to-
day, with 36-hole matches to fol-
low through the finals next Tues
day.
Snead, in his II Still Can Win
the Open" story of last week. wrote
that he didn't think it was quite
cricket of Worsham to demand
a measurement on the last hole
of their playoff just as Snead was
to putt a 30-incher. Sam subse-
quently missed.
There's no feud, as he and Wor-
sham passed the time Of day while
passing on parallel fairways yes
terday, but Lew let drop some
|gibe sat Snead's remarks in the
story. and he hasn't forgotten
them. Apparently Snead has held
IA small grudge for five years.
Snead, an automatic qualifier,
played for the medal but finished
far back with an even par IA.
Worsham had 76-67-143, scorch-
ing the front nine yesterday with
"a 80. marked by four brides and
AN eagle.
The Worsham- -Snead winner
meets Henry Ransom or Fred Haas
this afternoon.
Harrison Meets Furgol.
Dutch Harrison, qualifying
medalist with a six-under-par
1876, meets Marty Furgol in a top
first-round match.
Otto Greiner, the former Balti-
more pro. played six-under-par
golf on the last seven holes yes
terday to qualify with 142 and he
drew John Irish in the first round,
with the winner to meet Harry
(See PGA, Page C-3)