Evening star., 1952-06-21
iTurnstiIe Jitters Hit
Pros With Lone Name
Player Left in Field
By MerrelI Whittlesey
Star StoH Correspondent

The National PGA- championship
was set back a day when torren-
ttial rains turned the Big Spring
course into a lake this morning
The Tournament Committee,
which had already acquired f.
nancial headache over the elm
Iination of all but one name
player. was forced to put off the
third round until tomorrow, when
the severe storm made play i'm
possible.
Heavy downpours and high
winds caused heavy damage across
Kentucky. There was a foot Of
water in the low spots on Big
Spring.
The Postponement will move the
tournament final to Wednesday.
Cary Middlecoff and Is pros who
hardly expected to be around at
this stage make up the field for
the third round. They are the
survivors of one Of the ''blackest"
Fridays in the history of the PGA
event.
So many big names tumbled in
yesterdays two 18-hole rounds
that the PGA is afraid 1t may
not find sponsors willing to put
up $4,000 for a championship
which can have four days to run.
and only one name player re-
manning. There may be a change
by next year in which all matches
will be at SO holes.
OF the top Is money winners
only three remain Middleton
and Ted Kroll in eighth place and
Jim Turnesa way back at 23d.
The $4,000 Inverness Invitation
next week invited II outstanding
Iplayers. The only one still around
lis Middlecoff.
Lew Worsham won the big one.
beating Sam Snead, ! up in 10
holes, in a match far more sdra-
matte than the scoring indicates,
but Lew was uninspired in the
afternoon and played one-over-
par golf to lose to Fred Haas, jr..
II up.
Isaacs Still in Running.
Jack Isaacs, long the most ua-
|derrated of the Middle Atlantic
Ipros. is the only present or former
Maryland, Virginia or District pro
remaining. Isaacs' par golf took
care of Pat Abbott. better known
for his achievements as an anna
|teur, by a 3 and 2 margin in the
first round. Isaacs was 3 under in
the afternoon in beating Marty
Furgol, the man of many temper
|ments, 3 and 2.
Jack almost missed this tourna-
Iment, qualifying in a playof last
month in Baltimore. Tomorrow he
meets Clarence Doser, a Stocky
little fellow from Scarsdale, N. Y.
The Furgol match was the one
Isaacs wanted to win. Marty had
upset Dutch Harrison, the medal
list, in the first round, and he didn't
speak to Isaacs until the match
was over, never congratulating him
on goodsshots. "You either want
Ito beat a man like that. or scare
him to DEATH" Isaacs said. He
beat him.
Snead and Harrison were the
major first-round victims, with
Lawson Little and Claude Harmon
falling in lesser upsets. But in
the afternoon Champion Jim
lFerrier was eliminated and was
followed by Lloyd Mangrum,
Jackie Burke, the top monney win
Iner; Furgol, Worsham, Dave Doug
las, the third top coin collector.
and Chandler Harper, an ex-
champ.
No Standout Match.
There is no outstanding match
tomorrow. Middlecoff, now a heavy
|favorite with all matches at So
holes, meets little AL Smith Of
|Danville, Va. Two former win
|ners meet, but both have earned
little consideration in recent years,
Vic Ghezzi. the 1941 winner. and
Bob Hamilton, "A champ and for
|mer playing pro from the Prince
Georges club.
There are four former finalists
left, all pros who are known to-
be more proficient at match play
than medal-Jim Turnesa, Henry
Williams, jr.; Chick Harbert and
Walter Burkemo. runnerup to
lSnead last year. The only for
Ieigner entered Is still around,
Roberto DeVicenzo Of the Argen-
tine, conqueror Of Jack Burke last
year. DeVicenzo didn't even quail
Iify last year at Oakmont.
Worsham's 18TH hole birdie and
triumph over Snead, defending
and three-time champion, was
the match Lew wanted to win.
There were no incidents in the
match but it was tense, hard
fought. and Lew made pressure
packed four-footer on the 18th to
send the match into extra holes.
Bad Drive Beats Lew.
Snead had a fast beer, one Of
his rare ones, and headed for Hot
Springs before Worsham and
Haas teed off. Lew was two-down
to Haas at the ninth but squared
the match by winning the next
two holes. They halved six of
the next seven. The only one
they didn't halve was the 18th
where both hit poor drives into