Evening star., 1952-01-27
KroII in Second Place,
Three Strokes Back;
Boros Slips 10 Third
By III. Associated prs,,


PHOENIX. Ariz.. Jan. 26.-
Lloyd Mangrum. golf's leading
money winner Of 1851. found his
1852 stride today and moved into
the third round lead Of the SIC. 900
Phoenix Open tournament.
Mangrum fired four-under-I
par 81 and q 54-hole total Of 204.
That put him three strokes ahead
of the field heading into tomor-
rows final 18-hole round over the
6.578-yard Phoenix Country Club
course.
Julius Boros Of Mid Pines, N. c.
fell OF to a two-over par 73 today
that left him in third place with
208. Boros held a two-stroke lead
entering the third round.
Moving into the second spot was
Ted Kroll of New Hartford, N. w.
winner OF last weeks San Diego
Open. Kroll also had a 81 today
to give him q 207 for the three
rounds.
Mangrum, who had not been
able to take lead In any Of the
three previous tournaments this
year, evened the count with BorosI
at the nine-hole point today and
then came whipping in the final
nine with a three-under-par 80 to|
grab the lead.
Boros OF to Hot Start.
He knew he had taken over thel
top spot when he finished his
round, one twosome ahead of
Boros who was having his troubles. |
Boros started with pair Of
brides, but was trapped on the
nth hole and behind tree on
the seventh to start his troubles
for the day. |
Jack Burke, jr., of Houston,
Tex. and Johnny Palmer of Ba-
din, N. c., went into a fourth
place tie with zoe. Burke had a I
68 today and Palmer a 10. Cary
Middlecof of Memphis, Tenn, /
was next at 21O with 72 strokes
today.
Fred Hawkins of Ell Paso, Tex, |
and Johnny Revolta OF Evanston,
ILL.,, both had difficulties today.
Hawkins was one over with a 72
and Revolta had 73. Both have
2l1 for the 54 holes.
Fred Wampler Of Great Neck,
L. l., N. Y, was in the same 21l
category and turned in a 66 to-
day-the lowest score for the |,
round. Also turning in 66, but I'm
tShipg with a 213. was young Gil
Cavanaugh of Inwood, N. j..
70, At 212 were Dutch Harrison of /,
6t. Andrews, Ill, and Jim Ferrief, |,
the Australian from San Fran
cisco. Harrison had a 70 and Fer
Jier a 50. f
WOrsham Is Far Back. 1
Mangrum's longest putt TODAY
was a birdie 18-footer on the par 3 |.
18th hole. I'VE I
FRANK StanahanP the Walker
Cupper from Toledo, Ohio, took
over the amateur lead as he moved
ahead Of San Antonio's Billy Err
furth. Stranahan had q 76 and a
226 total. Erfurth fell of to an 80 /
for 227. Ii
Going out OF contention todaytt
was last years Phoenix Openft (
champion. Lew Worsham of Oak-i
mont. Pa. His n and a 220 totaIt
put him far behind. Charley Bas- 4
sler of Baltimore had a 73 for a Il
219 total. Is
Also far back was Ted Rhodes, Is
the only remaining Negro playeris
n the tournament. He had a ISL
and a 223 total. This marked the
trst PGA-sponsored tourney inIl
which Negro professionals were al
lowed to compete. Bill Spiller, who !
also halls from Los Angeles, failed I
to qualify for the final two rounds.
Eural Clark, Los Angeles, the only
Negro amateur to qualify for the
tournament. dropped out after an
81 in the opening round. ,
3 Mangrum fired five brides to-I !
day and was over par only on the
305-yard fifth hole. s
His card:
Par out 534 444 534-36 h
Mangrum out Il
434 445 434-3S