Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25
South African
Steals Thunder
In Eastern Golf
So by Cory Player
Ties for Leod With
Rosburg. Fetehiek
By MERRELL WHITTLEsEY
star star writer


star star writer
BALTIMORE. July 2S.-oary
Player. South Africa's a.
year-old glamour boy from Jo-
hannesburg. Is stealing the
early thunder from the top
money winners Of the United
States competing here In the
Eastern Open golf tournament
at Mount Pleasant.
Player. the youngest pro 10
win a P0A-sponsored tourna-
ment In 20 years when he cap
tured the Kentucky Derby
Open last spring. shared the
first-round lead with Bob Ros-
burg. a pudgy. bespectacled
nonstylist from Palo Alto.
Calf. who gets tremendous
mileage from hts baseball grip.
and Mike Fetchick. the slow
swinging, slow playing pro
from Yonkers. N. Y.
The three hope TO continue
with the winning touch, which
gave them four-under-par 68s.
In today's second round over
the municipality owned course.
Gary a Crowd-PIeaser
Player, who has three more
stops before leaving on a
worldwide tour. is a crowd
lpleaser because Of a charming
personality, because he's small
Is feet u and because he can
make a golf ball do tricks.
Gary trailed only Tommy
Bolt in the National Open and
lost playoffs to Sam Snead al
White Sulphur Springs and al
Dallas. Players winnings since
joining the pro tour last March
total $13,947.
Player yesterday entertained
the spectators, many Of whom
had been drawn here by Sneac
and Bolt, as well as by Dow
Finsterwald. the new PGA
champion; Cary Middleton OF
Frank Stranahan, a former
Eastern Open champion. Fin.
sterwald. obviously fighting {
Fletdown, had 38 puts in a n
round. Finsterwald's scorinl
average. best among the pros
is about 70 strokes. but h,
usually has about 20 puts
That's the difference.
Middleton. the former Mas.
tiers winner-and two-time Ma
tional Open champion, floun-
dered to a rs and swung at 9
ball baseball fashion with hi
putter after taking a triple
DOGGY 7 on the 18th. Strana.
han had n.
Bolt Manages a IL
Bolt was among "a who wert
under par of u. Unhappy about
being caught in a downpoui
that halted play IS minutes
Bolt three-putted the last
green for q II.
But Tommy, playing without
benefit of a practice round this
week. put on a good show. He
laughed, he Snarled. he fused
at a photographer, and he hac
trouble with an inexperienced
caddie. Somebody asked why
he didn't get another caddie.
"If I fired a caddie they'C
send me to the electric chair,
Bolt said. Anybody else coulC
fire one and they wouldn't sa!
anything. No. I'll keep littl,
Bobby Ginsberg. don't wan
J anybody to club me, just carr!
J the bag"
Snead Gets Par
The veteran. Snead. whit
! never went above SO in an!
of the four rounds which en-
abled him to set 275 as tn
! tournament record in 1852
was among those breaking ever
with par.
,, And, the u left Sambo un
happy. II don't know wha
gets into me-" Snead said. &c
play these courses in practicl
rounds and am way under par
But when ! tee up and star
playing in the tournament,
can't play.
by the way" he exclaimed
docs anybody know where
can get a ticket for my niece2
Rosburg is solid threat be
cause he's in a hot streak O
money-winning, although. h
hasn't won a tournament. 30
has earned about $4,000 in tn
past three months, with a heav
share Of seconds and thirds.
r Fetchick's showing ended
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