Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-20

round at the Dallas Athletic
Club today, the 27-year-old ex-
pectant father is in the same
position he started in yester-
days strokes ahead of the
field.
Hart, who had an ace-in-
spired 66-five under par-on
Greens Toke Toll Of D. c. Areo
Golfers. Pose Ala
the 7,046-yard, par 36-35-71
DAG course Thursday, followed
up with 70 yesterday and al
though he lost ground to the
course, he didn't lose any to
the rest of the field.
Hart has halfway total of
1873, while Shelley Mayfield,
Julius Boros and Tony LENA
have 141. Jack Nicklaus, Doug
Ford and Manual de la Tore,
a club pro from Milwaukee, are |
tied at 142. Four are at 49,
Gene Littler, Bruce Champion,
Bill Johnston and Doug Sand
ers, who shot SO yesterday, the
only man in the field to break
70.
Arnold Palmer, the tourna-
ment favorite, never has been
able to get moving here. He
shot 70 yesterday to go with |
his opening IA and stands at
lat, nine strokes off the pace.
But he still can't be written off
yet. He was 8 strokes behind at
Denver in 1860. but staged an
amazing stretch run to win the
National Open.
Player at 149
Doug Ford carried a score
Of 1873 into the third round at
Philadelphia last year, but fin
iShed the 70 holes 4 strokes
behind Gary Player, who won
with 278. But Hart doesn't
seem to know any history. After
all, John Barnum also opened
with Sc last year, but he
wasn't leading after two
rounds.
While Hart, whose wife,
Joyce, could present him with
a second child any mintue, is
the biggest surprise of the
tournament, Mayfield isn't far
behind. A former tour regular,
Mayfield has been a club pro
for the last eight years. He
worked in the New York area
until this season, when he took
a job at the Brook Hollow
Country Club here. Since then
he's been playing more and
liking it even better.
Accustomed to Tension
For the final two rounds
Hart and Mayfield will be sub
ject to unusual pressure-for
them-along with the soaring
heat that sent the temperature
over 100 on the course again
yesterday.
Both Boros and LENA are, Of
course, accustomed to the
mounting tension of fighting
for the lead in the big .tourna-
ments. Boros won the 1868 Ma
tional Open in a playoff with
Palmer and Jacky Cupit, who is
not in the PGA, and LENA was
in contention until the final
holes of both the Open and
Masters.
Lena went out in "a, with
brides on the third and fourth
"a par 4 and par five-but
needed 81 shots coming back,
taking bogies on the 18th and
10th, two par IS, and a birdie
at the par-four 14th. He has
been amazingly consistent,
shooting 81 of the SO holes in
par. He has had one eagle, four
brides, three bogies and a
double DOGGY.
BoroS will take an aching leg
into the last two rounds. He
has a pulled muscle on the out
side Of his right thigh, which
he's had before but thinks he
might have aggravated climb
ing the hills at Brookline.
Mass, site of the Open. He said
the only treatment he's taking
is pills.
Boros, who opened with SO,
shot 35-37-72 yesterday,
starting with an eagle for the
second straight time. He added
one birdie. but had four bogies.
He came close to making the
eagle a double, hitting a four
iron shot to this 52l-yard par
5, which was downwind again,
l8 inches from the hole.
Putting also plagued Nick
laus, who needed 80. Jack said
the 80 puts were more than
I've ever had as a pro. But
I played one Of the finest
rounds I've ever had from tee
TO green.
Wrong Direction
II should have been IS out
there, but all the puts bumped
in the wrong direction" He
didn't one-putt q green and
had three three quits. He also
had 1t inside is feet 10 times
and didn't make one in his
round of 70. His only birdie
was on the paris fourth, which
he reached in 2 shots.
Nicklaus actually had q
rather steady round. with only
one birdie and two bogies. Dut
1t wasn't any more Of q steady
round than Harris. Dick also
had one birdie and two bogies.
Starting the round 5 under
par for the distance, Hart
dropped a stroke at the eighth.
when he hit his four-wood
second TO the 445-yard par 4
over the green, came back eight
feet from the hole and Tipped
his putt. He hooked his drive
on the 10th into the rough,
nit his carnnd IN n Nrao a.,I