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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1951
Page
13
Miami Beach Florida report states tour director Fred Corcoran of the Ladies Professional Golfers Association named Mrs Babe Didrikson Zaharias of Tampa Florida as the woman golfer of the year even after her defeat in the Weath.
Patty Berg of St Andrews, Il challenges Babe Zaharias who sets a new prize money record by winning 15 087 50 dollars to Berg 13 237 50 in 20 events. Zaharias takes eight wins to Berg five with other money winners including Louise Suggs Betsy Rawls and Betty Mac Kinnon from the 1951 season.
Amos Alonzo Stagg aged 89, longtime advisory coach of undefeated Susquehanna University, received a citation as the grand old man of sports during Northwestern University's centennial celebration in Chicago.
Avery Brundage, head of the U S Olympic committee, warned that collegians who receive scholarships, payments or anything of value to play football or other sports will forfeit eligibility for the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. He noted that athletes receiving need based grants-in-aid would not be affected, a relief for many competitors.
Week end talks indicate heavyweight champ Jersey Joe Walcott will defend his crown against Ezzard Charles at Madison Square Garden in March. Promoter Jim Norris conferred with Walcott’s manager Felix Bocchicchio and with Charles’ co managers Tom Tannas and Jake Mintz. No definite plans until Charles fights light heavyweight champ Joey Maxim in San Francisco on December 12.
Ray Dumont head of the National Baseball Congress said a sand lot Hall of Fame will honor non professional teams. Three big league players will be chosen for induction in Chicago on January 20. The hall will be in Wichita, Kansas, home of the NBC annual tournament.
Kentucky study by the University of Kentucky Experiment Station shows tractor fuel use varies by size, condition, work type, and operator skill. Measured in gallons per 10 hour day, plowing 20, disking 20, cultipacking 12, cultivating 15, mowing 15, binding 15, combining 14, pick-up baling 10, drilling grain 15.
Lakewood beat Littleton 14 to 7 but fans discovered 160 tires deflated as they headed home. Police investigated possible vandalism amid the postgame celebration.
Mrs. John Courrege, a tuberculosis patient at Winfield Illinois hospital, views for the first time, by photograph, her five month old twins Beverly Lee and Barbara Ann. Nurses Ruth McCormick and Katherine Gould observe as she points to the babies. The twins, born last July, are being cared for temporarily by St. Vincent's Orphanage in Chicago after being taken from their mother at birth.
Tom Millikin basketball captain at Southern Illinois University missed a game for tonsil surgery and met Jo Ann Redlin a nurse from West Frankfort while in the hospital. They were married recently.
In Saigon and Cholon casinos, guards frisk all entrants at separate entrances for men and women. Attendants probe pockets to prevent weapons from entering, with the aim of curbing violence and deterring attacks by insurgent groups.
Cole Durango reports Bob Reilly while deer hunting spotted a mountain lion on the same mission. He considered shooting but feared a fine and let it go, losing himself about 50 dollars in the process.
A gold penny dating to Edward the Confessor’s reign, one of only three known examples, has been presented to the British Museum.
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