Campbell Qualifies For National Amateur In Golf
Campbell of Anderson Indiana, 20 year old newlywed and 1955 National Intercollegiate champion, shot 72 in the forenoon and 65 in the afternoon at Camargo Country Club to finish with 137 strokes, six better than the field as six players qualified for the 1956 National Amateur to be played September 10 through 15 at Lake Forest Illinois. Julie Hull won her match in Cincinnati as part of the same golf coverage.
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Cincinnati
Joe Campbell
Anderson
Ind
Lake
Purdue University
Patton
Camargo
Lake Forest
Knollwood
Bill Hyndman
Philadelphia
Harvie Ward
San Francisco
Hyndman
Sun Valley to Stage Fifth Annual Racing Fair
Sun Valley Speedway hosts a carnival style Racing Fair on Saturday night September 1 starting at 8 p.m. (EST) featuring stock cars midgets and three quarter midgets along with a wide range of public events including roller skates bicycles lawn mowers and bulldozers competing for trophies on the quarter mile oval. Hardtop races include twin car silver dollar and red flare events plus a three laps then goldfish bite finish where swallowing the fish leads to disqualification.
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Sun Valley Speedway
Anderson
Campbell's Card Par Out and In Summary
Campbell entries show morning par out and in movements with numbers 454 434 454-35 and 434 443 454-35-70. Afternoon shows out and in with 454 334 443-34 and 324 443 453-31-65-72-137. The data lists timing and coded values, likely race or scoring notes.
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Campbell
Nicklaus Wins Sixth-Qualifier Playoff At Ohio Open
Jack Nicklaus, 16, of Columbus Ohio won a playoff to secure the sixth qualifying position for the national amateur championship, with Joe Turner Jr. of Fort Mitchell Ky and others qualifying at Cincinnati and Indianapolis. Campbell and McManus posted top scores in the district rounds as 200 players advance to Lake Forest.
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Jack Nicklaus
Columbus
Ohio
Joe Turner Jr
Fort Mitchell
Nicklaus
Turner
Kentucky
Joe Campbell
Anderson
Ind
Roger McManus
Cincinnati
Jack Zimmerman
Dayton
Pete Dye
Indianapolis
Owens Ice Cream and Cross Street Rally In Little League
Little League Owens Ice Cream tied with Erskine National Little League champion, then fell to Cross Street Market of Shadyside in yesterday's game. Steve Calloway struck out 15 and allowed five hits as Cross Street scored early then pulled away 16 to 3. Line scores show Owens with runs in the third to fifth innings, while Cross Street added six in the fifth.
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Owens
Owens Ice Cream
Erskine
CIO
Shadyside
Cross Street Market
Shadyside Loop
Steve Calloway
Cross Street
Gwen
Townsend, Kean and
Mills
Reikard, Zirkle and
Havermale
King Wins National Dog Caddy Title
King the Great Dane wins the first national dog caddy championship in Chicago. He scored 96 of 100 as Dominick Colucci of Northbrook pulls him through the Chicago printing industry event. Jupiter and Beau tied at 94, with Jupiter earning second on a coin flip.
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Chicago
King
Art Blitstein
Bee Bindery
Northbrook
Dominick Colucci
Jupiter
Paul Bovey
Jerome
Idaho
Beau
Harold Classen
Muskegon
Mich
Indianapolis Tops Louisville 5-1 in Tigers game
Indianapolis defeated Louisville 5-1 to improve to 12-4 this season. Dolan Nichols pitched a four hitter to earn the win over Vib Clarke who allowed 11 hits. Bill Harrell led Hoosiers with three singles and Rudy Regalado drove in three runs. Waldo Gonzales set an American Association record-tying pace with 15 fielding chances, while Roger Maris extended a 14 game hitting streak with a fourth inning single.
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Louisville
Indianapolis
Dolan Nichols
Vib Clarke
Bill Harrell
Rudy Regalado
Colonels
Waldo Gonzales
Stars Enter Fort Wayne PGA Open Tournament
Defending champion Don Finsterwald leads a field including Mike Souchak Bob Toski Tommy Bolt Ted Kroll and Doug Ford for the 15 000 Fort Wayne PGA Open Sept 13 16 at Elks Country Club Other entries include Don January Jim Turnesa Arnold Palmer Art Wall Jr and Bo Winninger Brandeis football captain and first three sport star.
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Fort Wayne
Don Finsterwald
Mike Souchak
Bob Toski
Tommy Bolt
Ted Kroll
Doug Ford
Elks Country Club
Don January
Jim Turnesa
Arnold Palmer
Art Wall, Jr
Bo Winninger
Moon Aims NL Batting Title for Cardinals
ST LOUIS UP Wally Moon targets the National League batting crown. He leads Hank Aaron by three points, hitting .333 to .330, surpassing his 1950 season best. Moon credits Terry Moore and Stan Musial for helping him adjust his hitting style in late-season surge.
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ST. Louis
Wally Moon
John L. Lewis
St. Louis Cardinals
Moon
Hank Aaron
Omaha
Wally
Terry Moore
Stan Musial
Schattner Wins Ping Pong Meet
Bob Schattner won the Wilson Boys Club singles ping pong tournament final 21 15 over Ken Streaty. Early rounds saw Schattner beat Tommy Hunt, Sprague beat Shultz, Vaughn beat Lang, and Streaty beat Raford. In the third round Schattner defeated Sprague, Streaty defeated Vaughn, and in the finals Schattner again defeated Streaty.
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Schattner
Bob Schattner
Wilson Boys Club
Ken Streaty
Tommy
Fred Hunt
Larry Whelston
Fred Sprague
Bob Speedy
Terry Hamerickhouse
Jerry Shultz
Bill Lang
David Herbert
Hunt
Sprague
Shultz
Vaughn
Lang Streaty
Raford
Streaty
Anderson Girl Meets Caldwell At Toledo Today
Anderson Edgewood champ Miss Julie Hull defeated Miss Carole Mann 2 and 1 in the first round of the U S Golf Association Junior Girls championship at Toledo. Hull advances to meet Kaya Caldwell in the second round as the match play unfolds with Creed Mills and Dack also winning.
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Julie Hull
Anderson Edgewood
Carole Mann
Olympia Fields
U.S. Golf Association
Toledo
Anderson
Kaya Caldwell
Kansas City
Ohio
Clifford Ann Creed
Opelousas
Janice Butler
Reading
U.S. Golf Assn
Miss Creed
Pennsylvania
Mary Mills
Gulfport
Miss
Gayle DePietro
Pleasanton
Calif
Jackie Dack
Wichita
Kan
Andrea Cohn
Waterloo
Towa
Ind
Ill
Injury Plays Hole With Argonauts
Toronto Argonauts face loss of star import centre Hardiman Cureton as his 30 day U S draft deferment nears expiry on Sept 8. Cureton, ex UCLA star, could apply for another deferment to finish the season, compounding quarterback Tom Dubinsky’s injury setback for the Big Four club.
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Toronto
Toronto Argonauts
Tom Dublinski
Hardiman Cureton
U. S
Cureton
UCLA
Pasadena
Calif
Canada
AHS Gridmen Drill Twice Daily at South Anderson Stadium
James Carter, Anderson High School football coach, said the initial 81 candidates for varsity football were reduced to 60. The squad drills twice daily at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. at South Anderson Stadium as they prepare to face the veteran Shelbyville Golden Bear eleven Friday night.
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James Carter
Anderson
South Anderson Stadium
Carter
Shelbyville
Orioles sign 18 year old Willard Leach to farm system
The Baltimore Orioles signed 18 year old Willard Leach a Negro outfielder from Elgin Illinois to their farm system He will report to the minor league training camp at Thomasville Georgia next spring The note mentions Ick Osborne Joe Vargo and Pete Russo aiding drill for the Redskins in a season opener in Baltimore
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Ick Osborne
Joe Vargo
Pete Russo
Redskins
Baltimore
Baltimore Orioles
Willard Leach
Elgin
Ill
Leach
Thomasville
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