Evening star., 1954-01-17
Bolt, Demaref Follow
With 141s; First-Day
Leader Scars 10 81
By the A.soeiossd Press

! PEBBLE BEACH. Calf. Jan,
l6.-Dutch Harrison, 43-year -old
veteran Of the golflng wars, bat
tered four strokes of par in the
wind today to go into the lead
of the Bing Crosby pro amateur
tournament with a two-round
total Of 139.
When the chips were down and
the going was tough, the one
time Little Rock caddie, now pro-
fessional at Ardmore. Okla. came
through with a 1888 to take
charge of the seth hole Of the
64-hole $4,000 event.
Harrison played his second
round over the Monterey PENN
sula Country Club course. 6,246
yards mostly cut out Of the
woods. and with par of 35-37-72.
In his opening round yesterday,
he posted a one-under-par II for
the Cypress Point course.
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While Dutch was taking over
the role of pace-setter, Tony
Holguin of San Antonio, who
startled the field with his first
round So, blew up today.
He took an 81 at Cypress
Point, nine over par. in contrast
to his nine-under figure yester-
day over the Monterey Peninsula
course. Holguin simply went to
pieces and his 144 left him trail
ing the new leader by five shots.
Tommy Bolt of Houston moved
into contention with a second
round 10 and total of 141. Jimmy
Demaret of Houston also jumped
into the thick of it with fine
6S, giving him a tie with Bolt.
Doug Ford of YonkerS, N. Y.
tackled up another II for a total
Of 142.
The defending champion and
favorite, Lloyd Mangrum. came
through with a 10 for a 14S.
Deadlocked with him were Byron
Nelson, with 72-71: Australian
Champion Peter Thomson with
1910; Jimmy Clark. Huntington
Beach, Calf, 69-74. and Bob
Toski, Haydenville. Mass, 72-71.
Five Grouped at 144.
Grouped at 144 and the only
others to equal or better par for
the first two rounds were Chuck
Congdon. Tacoma: Max Evans,
Detroit; Earl Stewart, jr., Dallas;
Holguin, and Ellsworth Vines,
Arcadia. Calf.
Walter Burkemo. national
PGA title holder from Royal
Oak. Mich. had a par II for las.
Two former National Open king
pins, Julius Boros and Lew
WorSham. were at LAG. the
former with a 70 today and
Worsham with a IS.
Cary Middlecof and Lawson
Little were grouped with others
at lat. Middlecof had a weak
rs while Little improved with a
70.
Marvin Stahl of Detroit. who
was second yesterday with a
four-under 68, fell to pieces to
take an SO for ISL.
Littler and Wall Lead.
Gene Littler. National ANA
teur champion from San Diego,
and Art Wall. jr,, Honesdale,
Pa, set a sizzling pace to lead
the pro-amateur division with a
best ball 62-65-127.
It was Littler who packed the
load for the second day. He
had a 70 today and a SO yester-
day. Wall needed II each day.
Baseball Manager Frank
Oefty) ODoul of San Diego anc
Burkemo were tied for the second
spot with Doug Ford and anna
teur Monty Moncrief of Fort
Worth, at 1913. Both had best
ball rounds of 66-62.
Bob Hope and Jimmy Demaret
were back in the ruck, tied with
five others at 1874. Hope gave
the big gallery plenty of laughs
particularly when Demaret sank
a 75-foot chip shot for an eagle
3 on the 18th. Hope leaped int
the air, led the applause anc
rushed over and bussed hi!
partner on the cheek.
The final round tomorrow viii
be played over the 7,001-yard
par 36-36-72 Pebble Beach
course. The field will be trim.
med to the 40 low teams anc
ties while the so low-scorins
pros, plus ties, will continue IL
the individual competition.
Scoring leaders.