Evening star., 1953-08-03
Erie Pro Is Closest,
But All Miss $4,000
Tam 0 'Shanter Aces
BY the Assoeiuted Pres.

CHICAGO, Aug. 3. - jay
Hebert Of Erie, Pa, won the
$2,025 first prize for being closest
to the 165-yard 10th hole in a
driving event at Tam o'Shanter
today. but no one won the
$25 900 hole-in-one contest.
A TV sponsor put up $25, 900
and selected 80 men and s
women professionals to try their
skill in a nationally -televisied
event. The $4,000 was for a
hole-in-one only.
While television cameras were
trained on the tee and the green,
Herbert used a 4-iron and stuck
his shot 3 feet 8 inches from the
cup.
His prize of $2.025 was part of
a $4.250 pot put up by George s.
May, promoter of Tam o'Shanter
golf tournaments.
Besselink Second.
Al Besselink, GrosSinger, N. Y,
4 feet 6R inches, $1,025; Jim
Ferrier, San Francisco, 5 feet 2
inches. $525; Ansel Snow, XII
amesha Lake, N. Y, S feet 7
inches, 1925; Julius Boros, Mid
Pines, N. c.. S feet 8 inches,
1925; Patty Berg, Minneapolis, 5
feet 812 inches, $125.
In practice shot, Cary Mid
dlecoff of Memphis planted the
ball 2 feet 9 inches from the
hole, but when the chips were
down he could not even come
close to the 12-foot circle marked
on the green around the pin.
Lloyd Mangrum, the host pro,
came closest to making an ace
on the fly when his ball landed
IL inches from the cup, then
kicked forward about 10 feet.
Final Round Postponed.
This all was incidental to the
retarded closing round of the
All-American tourney. Eighty
players had finished the con-
cluding round yesterday before
Harvey Raynor. PGA tourney
supervisor. ruled the course was
too water-logged for play. All
scores were Cancelled.
Wiped out by the PGA deci-
sion was a closing round Of
36-31-67 by Skee Riegel of
Tulsa, Okla, who walled: II
might as we'll go Jump into the
river" (Which winds through the
courSe). His fine last round had
given Riegel the early lead with
a 72-hole total of 284, four
under par.
The postponement was good
news for the 54-hole leader,
Pete Cooper, the Floridian who
works as a club pro in White
fldlIlS, N. Y.
When the rains came, Cooper,
Jackie Burke and Dave Douglas
were matched for the lead
through the first eight holes of
the final round, all eight under
par. Bo Winninger, Oklahoma
City pro, who had 210 score
for 81 holes. also was eight under
after an opening "a.
Cooper had started the last 18
of the 72-hole medal play chase
a stroke ahead of Mangrum. 207
to 208. Mangrum was three over
par for the first eight, against an
even par performance for
Cooper.
Chief Threats to Leaders.
With all of yesterdays scores
wiped off the boards. Cooper and
Mangrum still~had as their chief
threats Walt Burkemo, the 1853
PGA champion, Jimmy Clark and
Douglas. all bracketed at 209.
In the concurrent All-Amer-
lean Women's Open. Betty Hicks
Of Culver City, Calf. nursed her
two-stroke 54-hole lead of 20
against the years leading money
winner. Louise Suggs, who had
231. Hiss Hicks had an opening
80 erased by the rain, while Miss
Suggs had a 40 and brides on
the 10th and 11th washed out.
Babe Zaharias, who had COM
pleted her fourth round with a
respectable 80 for a 1926 total, 81
over par. said she was ready for
the extra round. The Babe,
making her first tournament
start since an April cancer op-
Grafton. said her game was re-