Evening star., 1953-09-07
Worsham and Fazio
Two Strokes Behind
With II Holes Left
BY MerreII WhittIesey

COOK the 45-nOle lead In the sos,
while Lew Worsham, the half
way mark leader, struggled for
a SO and was two shots back.
After two rained out days the
players found perfect overhead
weather for today's final 36
holes, although some parts of
the course were wet and there
was casual water n some traps.
With 27 holes still to be played,
Middlecoff and Kroll were six
under par and Worsham was
tied for second with George
Faxio. who was bidding for con-
tention with an out-nine of 33.
WOrsham Is Sloppy.
Worsham played sloppy golf
going out. He three-putted the
second, missed the green to the
right on the fourth and fifth
and hooked a long iron on the
eighth. His only birdie was on
the par-5 sixth, where he
dropped a 20-footer.
Kroll tied for the lead despite
horrible fiub of a drive on the
eighth, where he topped a tee
shot in the rough right in front
of the tee.
After nine holes. Bill Nary,
Skee Riegel and Jim Turnesa
were three under par for the
distance and Charlie Bassler was
two under.
Sam Snead, first off today,
f1oundered to a rs. His playing
partner, Jerry Barber, got a II
for 216
Gardner Dickinson had 73 for
217. Snead's total was 219. Doug
Ford, whose 81 of Saturday was
erased by rain, started on the
back nine today and took an 8
on the 14th hole. He was three
over at that point. Other good
nine-hole scores today, with
their 36-hole scores in paren-
theses, were Henry Williams "a
146J; Walter Romans "a G49) /;
Ed Oliver 35 Q45); Jack Isaacs
SO Q46); Bob Toski "a Q43); !;
and Shelley Mayfield Sc 142).
Nary Stalls in Rain.
Probably it will never be ad-
mitted, but the double rouno to-
day was made necessary when
Nary stalled. asking for a ruling,
during the late stages of yester-
days play in tn rain.
AS a result of the 35-minute
delay. play was called off for
the second straight day because
the course became unplayable
The final SO holes was to be
packed into one day today, with
play starting on both mines ST.
multaneously. The same pair
| ings were to be used. which
means the pros will have the
same playing partners for four
straight rounds.
(The $4,000 tournament will
be televised over WTOP-TV
from 4::30 until 6 p.m.)
Last ThreeSome Suffers.
Ben Hogan has said golf is 70 pei
cent mental, and Nary was using
his head yesterday. He, Worsham
and Charley Bassler were the last
players on the course and they
we're getting the worst of the
doWnpour. BY that time it was a
driving rain. and it threatened to
continue for the six holes they
still had to play.
After all, there are many prec-
edents for Nary's stall. Major
league baseball teams frequently
go into slow motion when. they're
in the early innings and it ap-
pears rain may stop a game be-
fore five innings have been COM
pleted.
Nary was three over par after
II holes and on the 18th was
short of the green in two. He had
to chip through, or over, a stream
of water running through the
green. Everybody had been lifting
balls on the putting green's and
placing them on dry spots to
avoid the casual water.
Nary was not on the green, and
of course had to play through the
water But he contended he could
move the ball equal distance
from the hole where the water
would not interfere with his shot.
He asked Worsham and Lew said
no, he couldn't. Lew had the
same problem.
Rule Book No Help.
Nary pulled out a rule book
and stood huddled under an urn-
brella reading the definitions of
casual water none OF which said
he had a right t. move his ball.
He searched for 10 minutes,
while Worsham and Bassler
stood silently under their UNI
brellas.
In the meantime, the puddles
on the 18th green were getting
bigger and water rapidly was
surrounding the cup. Nary had
sent in call for Harvey Raynor,
the PGA Tournament Bureau
supervisor.
When Raynor arrived he just
glanced at Nary's ball. told the
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