Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18
WIN, LOSE OR
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Hogun's Human, After All

FEW SPORTS SpECTACLES pack as much drama and
are perfectly adaptable to teevision wndup
major golf tournament especially it's close In the
latter respect the teevision people have been extremely
fortunate The Masters finish was dandy and so was
the Opens And who forget Lew worshams final shot
with wedge in the 1858 worlds championship" at Tam
-OShanterP siis
f Even the posurng and waggng and prolonged studies
of lies by the pros is forgiveabe You could
why on your screen Saturday when pro after another
TEL apart The magic box brings more than pcture it
transmits tension.
~ In that two-hour teecas there were two thrills that
stood out both missed puts There Ben Hogans
the 18th green and Julius Boros on the 18TH Hogans
WIN live probably with Ben himself and with millions of
buffers 1t only 2a feet and it cost him tie with Cary
Middleton and possibly his fifth Open title He may
try again now.
q THE TELEcAsT CAUGHT the gallerys enthusiasm
for Ben as he caught fire No. and began charge
that seemed inevitably destined to beat tie Mddecof
the Jttery exdens who sweating it out in the club
house Then the 17h All he needed to tie two pars
The cameras faithfully recorded the strain Hogan
1as the little Texan proved he was human after ALL as
he studied his 2foot putt for his par on NO. IT. When
Ben stepped up to the putt could that for once
be wasn't of himself.
wasn't satisfied with his original stance hesitated
and modified it. When the ball missed the cup couple
OF million hackers across the Nation knew exactly
fhow he felt They'd all felt the way after blowing
u short putt for a four-bit Nassau.
He needed birdie No. 18 and he putting for
rt but Ben was 40 feet from the cup and it
ong shot, anticlimactic when he missed but not
sN the ovation the crowd gave him as he walked off,
&Rk *#**
BOROS, A BIG, GRIM, colorless sort of a guy but
fine gofers notwithstanding made the best impression
ION televon Of all the contenders trying catch Nddecoh
HE, too needed birdie No. 10 to tie and left with
IA putt of about Is feet.
He was the picture of golfer who fully expected to
drop It, Boros Sroked smoothly and the ball seemed to
be rolling unerrngy to the cup land the camera And
then it peeked into the can, did crazy little dance and
moved of to side.
Boros too, is human. dropped his putter despair
That ball that wouldn't go down cost him quite few
thousand dollars He walked of smiling into the
1t must have been hard to do
There only sympathy mingled with pity for Ted
Krol last man the with chance Through the
l4th all he needed to win finish in par He blew the
way Ken Ventura took the pipe in the Masters.
- 1T WAS HARD TO BELIEVE the screen when Knoll and
jerry Barber his playing partner picked up the
18th tee They only 1873 yards from the pin, light
S-ron shot, but 1t looked closer to SO yards And still Knoll
was not only far short but of to the right
He bogied and then the 6th he shot himself right
out Of the tournament with horrendous 7. While this
clubhouse where Middleton being interviewed Oddly
he and his interviewer did not know Knoll done
the audience had been told and Middleton under
standably cautious and nervous
1t whale OF show and afternoon when sports
viewers really hit the jackpot because there had been
the Belmont and that incredible fromast by Needles
No matter how often you this colt pull o-and he
did 1t in the Famngo Florida Derby and Kentucky Derby
you still don't believe it. Live TV.
The difference between the two Needles
won the Belmont The Open more lost than won be-
cause Middleton scrambling himself the final three
holes
But Hogan, little man Of STEEL missing sO-inch puttI