Salt Lake Telegram | 1951-01-04 | Page 19 | Sammy Snead Opens Bid for L. A. Title

I Sammy Snead IOp I Opens ns Bid II I For iFor L L. A. A Title LOS A ANGELES GELES Jan 4 INS INS- INS Defending champion Samuel Jackson Jack son Snead Thursday was paired paire d with two of the men accorded accord d excellent chances to take lake the Los Lo s Angeles open golf crown away from him In Fridays Friday's opening round of oC t the P hole 72 test Snead b begins gins the swin swing for th the e lions lion's share of the swag swa g donated by the sponsoring Los Angeles Angeles An geles Jun Junior Junor Chamber of Commerce Com Corn merce paired with Jimmy Demaret Demarc t and Dr Cary Gary In Fridays Friday's ts s featured threesome On Only one of the 1950 top 2 20 0 money winners will twill not tee off oft i ithe in inthe inthe n the annual midwinter even event t the the first fint 1951 stop on soIls golf s golden trail He is of course bantam Ben Hogan woo has had some of his most brilliant hours as tic a competitor tor in the Los Angeles links cas classic I Ho Hogan an sent his rc regrets from his Texas home but said he had not p played golf olf in some time and that he would not return to the rich tournament circuit until the Masters Masters Mas Mas- tournament at Augusta Ga With Hogan out of the way S Sam Sammy a m m y the sweet swinger from White Sulphur Springs W. W Va ruled on odds-on favorite fa favorite fa fa- to repeat his thrilling win of last yen year when be tie e dropped a foot 15 putt on th v inal Ina hole of oC the final round ant lien went on to blast Hogan in the delayed play play- offs