Larry Snyder Wins Ohio Junior Golf Title in Sudden Death
Larry Snyder, 19, of Athens captures the 16th annual Ohio Junior Golf Championship at Shawnee CC in sudden death. He and William Muldoon, 19, of Columbus finished 36 holes tied at 1468 and Snyder's birdie on the extra hole gave him the title and a $325 scholarship.
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Larry Snyder
Ohio
Shawnee Country Club
Athens
Snyder
William Muldoon
Columbus
Ohio University
Muldoon
Dentistry
Ohio State University
Ward
Kermit Blosser
OU Bobcats
Athens Country Club
Blosser
Lima
ACC
Bob Littler
Bob, Jr
Ray
Harry Vardon
Burke
von Elm
Inverness Opens 57th U S Open With Record Purses
The 57th U S Open begins at Inverness with 162 players. Prize money rises 20 percent to 30000, with the winner set to receive 7200 more than previous Inverness Opens. Don Finsterwald shot a one over par 71 in practice but faltered late.
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Toledo
Inverness
USGA
Score To Pitch By July 15th
Cleveland pitcher Herb Score should resume baseball workouts by July 15 after eye treatment. Doctors say his swollen retina is improving and full recovery is likely, with return to mound possible in August for the Indians after he was shelled May 7 by Gil McDougald. Score plans to move to Florida for rehab before rejoining his team.
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Cleveland
Herb Score
New York
Gil McDougald
Charles I. Thomas
Score
Hagerstown
Thomas
Lake Worth
Fla
Torch Speedway Sets Eight-Event Stock Car Program
Torch Speedway schedules an eight-event stock car series on Saturday at 8 p.m. with trials starting at 7:30 p.m. The lineup features Modified and strictly stock cars competing in the program.
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Torch Speedway
Rotary and Kiwanis Open Season With Baseball Wins
In Point Pleasant opening night Rotary Club edged Jones-McNeill 4-2 as Fitzsimmons pitched four hitter with eight strikeouts and Sheline went 3 for 3 with two doubles and two RBI. In game two 22nd Street Bowling Center beat Kiwanis 9-6 led by Toles 14 strikeouts for the losers Keefer 2 runs and 4 RBIs keying the win.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Fitzsimmons
Kenton Sheline
Rotary Club
Jones-McNeill
Fitzsimmons
Sheline
Jim Goodman
RBI
Jim Rayburn
Ned Jones
Jimmy Roush
David Johnson
Bobby Rea
22Nd Street
Kiwanis Club
Charles Toles
Keglers
Roy Keefer
Jones and
Pullin
Johnson and
Parsons
Toles
Keefer
Bowmen Set Carp Derby in Point Pleasant
The American Bowhunters Association will hold its first annual carp derby on July 6 in Point Pleasant with co sponsors the Chamber of Commerce and the Point Pleasant Archery Club. The event, West Virginia's biggest bowhunting meet of 1957, is open to all WV and neighboring state bowhunters. Registration starts 6 a.m. at Central Grade School Sixth and Viand, $1 adults $0.50 juniors, hunting permits and WV license required at the point of registration.
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Point Pleasant
American Bowhunters Association
Sixth and Viand Sts
West Virginia
Race horse doping falls at major convention
Dr. John A. Herculson of Maryland reported at the National Association of State Racing Commissioners meeting in Beverly Hills that 52 of 87 442 horses examined last year showed signs of doping. He noted the rate is half of seven years ago due to better supervision detection methods and enforcement.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
John A. Herculson
Maryland
The
American Assn. of
National Assn. of
Herculson
Musial Ties NL Consecutive Games Record
Stan Musial credited luck after tying the National League record with his 822nd straight game. The St. Louis Cardinals star matched Gus Suhr's mark set from September 11, 1931, to June 4, 1937, tying the NL record Tuesday night.
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Philadelphia
Stan Musial
Musial
Pittsburgh
Gus Suhr
Jets Extend Hot Streak With 8-3 Win Over Red Wings
Columbus Jets beat Rochester 8-3 as Charles Douglas pitched eight excellent innings. It marked the Jets ninth win in 11 outings and moved them into a tie for fifth with the Havana Sugar Kings, just a half game behind Rochester in the International League standings.
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Rochester
N_ Y
Columbus Jets
Jets
Red Wings
Charles
Whammy) Douglas
Columbus
Havana Sugar Kings
Harris Upsets Pastrano To Near Paterson Title Shot
Roy Harris, a Texas school teacher from Cut-And-Shoot, defeated Willie Pastrano in Houston. Harris won 97-96 on the referee’s score and 98-95 on two judges while drawing a Texas crowd of 10,000 paying $46,962.50. The win gives Harris his 21st victory in 21 pro fights and puts him near Floyd Patterson.
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Houston
Tex
Roy Harris
Willie Pastrano
Floyd Patterson
Harris
Little Cut-And-Shoot
Pastrano
New Orleans
Texas
Jimmy Webb
Bill Cornelius
Ernie Taylor
Pitcher Ejected In Lubbock Spitball Incident
Lubbock's Northeast Little League scene sparked a major controversy when pitcher Steve Hill was ejected from a game for throwing a spitball. The incident drew attention to rules enforcement in local youth baseball.
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Steve Hill
Lubbock
California Bears poised to clinch NCAA baseball crown
California to finish series with win over Penn State after 8-0 rout and 9-1 victory over Iowa State. Bears showcase strong pitching and hitting as they seek a second championship, with Penn State playing for a comeback after a 5-4 Notre Dame win kept them alive.
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Omaha
Penn State
California
Bears
Braves fail to land Red Schoendienst from Giants
Milwaukee Braves admitted an impasse in trading for Red Schoendienst after four-player offers were rejected by the New York Giants. The club proposed Gene Conley Joey Jay Danny O Connell and Wes Covington, but the Giants said no. Milwaukee countered with Bob Buhl in place of Conley, which also failed.
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Brooklyn
Milwaukee Braves
Red Schoendienst
New York Giants
Braves
Schoendienst
Giants
New York
Milwaukee
Gene Conley
Joey Jay
Danny O’connell
Wes Covington
Bob Buhl
Conley
Pirates sign Jim Vogelge for Hollywood farm club
Canton report says Pirates sign Jim Vogelgesang who set Ohio collegiate records with 29 wins for Mount Union over four years. He posted two single loss seasons, both to Akron University, before moving to the Hollywood farm club.
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Canton
Pittsburgh Pirates
Jim Vogelgesand
Ohio
Mount Union College
Akron University
Hollywood
Instant of Impact in Golf Technique
The article explains the moment of contact in the golf swing as the culmination of preplanned action. It stresses driving through the ball to create speed beyond impact and emphasizes grip, stance, and mental focus developed in earlier lessons as essential to distance and control.
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ED Dudley
Cleveland Signs Nine to Baseball Contracts
The Cleveland Indians announced signing nine young players including Paul Susce, brother of George Susce Jr., with six assigned to the North Platte Neb. club. Also signed were Ronald Shay of Cleveland, John Dale Swagger of Wampum Pa., Charles Edward Stewart of Homestead Fla., Richard Leroy Hatchell of Columbia S C, David Charles Marker of West New York N Y, and Gary Newman James McCoy and Robert Louis Burke of Kansas City Mo.
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Cleveland Indians Today
Paul Susce
George Susce
Boston Red Sox
Tribe
North Platte
Neb
Susce
Sarasota
Fla
Auburn University
Ronald Shay
Ohio State University
John Dale Swagger
Wampum
Geneva
Charles Edward Stewart
Homestead
Richard Leroy Hatchell
Columbia
S. C
David Charles Marker
West New York
N. Y
Kansas City, Mo
Gary Newman
James McCoy
Robert Louis Burke
Tribe Fans Drop Cleveland Home Attendance Slips
Tribe home attendance for Cleveland Indians games runs more than one fourth under last year. After about one third of the home schedule, the crowd totals 273703 through Tuesday night, roughly 80000 fewer than 1956.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Indians
Tribe
Akins Favored 8-5 In Norfolk Welterweight Fight
Virgil Akins is an 8-5 favorite to outpoint Walter Byars in a 10 round nationally televised welterweight bout at the Norfolk Arena. Akins, ranked No. 5 by the NBA, seeks his sixth straight win in the Naval Review feature at 9 p.m. Byars, from Roxbury Mass, is No. 7 welterweight with 15 wins in 20 fights and beat Kid Gavilan and Sugar Hart.
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Virgil Akins
Walter Byars
Norfolk Arena
Akins
St. Louis
National Boxing Assn
International Naval Review
Byars
Roxbury
Mass
Kid Gavilan
Sugar Hart
Swearengens Tug Past Rex Snider In City Softball Showdown
Royal McBee spoiled Rex Snider’s bid for a no hitter as the Swearingens rolled to a 14-2 victory in City Softball League play. Snider lasted six innings, gave up two big hits in the sixth, while his teammates collected eight hits and produced five and six run frames. Dick Baldwin blasted a homer in the six run sixth, with Essex, Cooley and Baldwin adding two hits each to pace the winners.
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Royal McBee
Rex Snider
Swearingens
Snider
C. Bronson
W. Holland
Dick Baldwin
Essex
Cooley
Cady
Baldwin
Allen
V. Nelson
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