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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1957
Page
8
Marietta hosts the 34th Southeastern Ohio Golf Association where Athens pulls off an upset to claim the title as Saunders earns medalist honors. Gallipolis star shatters scoring records amid windy, partough conditions on Sunday.
Paul Harney, 27, Holy Cross graduate from Boston, borrowed a hot putter and shot a final round 31 on the back nine to win the Flint Open by three strokes, finishing 9 under 275 and taking the $5700 top prize. Don Finsterwald settled for second at 278, earning $3700, with Bob Inman third at 279. Athens Country Club captured the team title in a three-day event that featured Saunders dominance with five SEOGA individual titles and a tight medalist race between Saunders and Dan Cawley.
Cherif Hamia the top French challenger faces Hogan Bassey of Nigeria in a 15 round world featherweight title bout in Paris. Hamia seeks to confirm his status after a bye to the final and past wins over Costa Chestnut and Berrios. Bassey earned this shot by beating Berrios in Washington in April.
Hollywood report shows Neal Rivers of Los Angeles stopping San Flores of Buenos Park in the ninth. Manila card notes Seo Espinosa of the Philippines outpointed Larry Bataan of the Philippines in twelve rounds.
Britain’s 3.5 liter Jaguars dominate the Le Mans endurance race. Ivor Bueb and Ron Flockhart lead in a green Jaguar to a one two three four sweep over Maseratis and Ferraris with an unofficial 114 mph average speed.
Calumet Farm star Princess Turia won the New Castle Handicap at Delaware Park by a nose over Attica to boost Calumet’s bid for the $150000 Delaware Handicap. The race capped a day of major eastern stakes with Willamette upsetting Bayou at Belmont and Miss Erline defeating Venomous at Monmouth. Bayou had just won the Delaware Oaks, fueling a crowded chase for the 3 year old filly title.
Sunnyhill improved to 4-0 in the first half by routing Glouster 14-4 on their field. Glouster moved to 3-1, with Ernie Lewis Jim Sicilian Bob Roback and Earl Davis each collecting two hits. Sunnyhill's offense piled up 15 hits led by Bob Patton Bob Fick Vid Canter and Clayton Walters. Walters and Patton had three hits apiece as Glouster was held to four runs on 11 hits. Sunnyhill will face Amesville next week to close the half.
Mickey Mantle leads the majors with a .392 average and 21 homers as New York wins 9-2 and 4-3 over Chicago in a doubleheader. He belted his 21st homer amid a 5-3 and 5-2 sweep that kept the Yankees atop the league standings.
Lawrence Hawersatt Jr., 18, of Chagrin Falls, hit 368 of 400 to claim top honors in the eastern section of the National Junior Outdoor Small Bore Rifle Championship at Greensburg. He fired nine perfect shots, ahead of Ronald Anderson, 16, of Youngstown, who scored 352x5 and won expert class.
Louis Cramer of Middletown won the 50 mile National Championship Motorcycle Road Race in 55 minutes 55 seconds breaking the old record of 56 minutes 5 seconds set by Don Lawson. Dick Klamforth of Middletown finished second in the 100 mile event.
English walking clubs welcome guests from foreign countries and invite women and men to partake in journeys of 40 miles. About 10,000 hikers travel these routes and are to be met by special trains.
Sunday's results show Denver 3 Louisville 0 Indianapolis 8 Minneapolis 4 Omaha 4 Charleston 3 Wichita 9 St. Paul 3. Saturday's games include Minneapolis 6 Indianapolis 3 Wichita 3 St. Paul 2 Denver 5 Louisville 2 Omaha 7 Charleston 4.
At Dayton the AAU championships saw three American records and ten meet records set. Notable results include Merv Lincoln winning the mile in 4 06.1 to set a meet mark, while Don Bowden finished third in 4 07.2. Bob Backus set a new American 56-pound weight mark at 44 feet 8 1 2 inches and Glenn Davis cut the 440-yard hurdles record to 50.0 seconds.
Chandler Harper of Portsmouth Va faced a risky water shot on the 16th hole in the final round of the 1954 Texas Open at San Antonio. He dropped his shoes rolled up his pants and waded into water to reach the green with a No 9 iron then holed a par four to seize the lead and win by two strokes tying national records for 54 and 63 holes and setting 72 hole marks.
Barry McKay of Michigan defeated Sammy Giammalva in five sets to win the National Collegiate Tennis championship in Salt Lake City. McKay, ranked No. 2, triumphed 6-4 3-6 6-2 3-6 6-3 as Michigan earned the team title with 10 points while Tulane 9 Texas 7 and Iowa 5.
Gallia County Riding Club members won trophies at the Albany Riding Club show in Albany sponsored by the Albany Volunteer Fire Dept. Janice Houck of Cheshire won first in Lead Pony with Silver Sandy ridden by Ann Senter of Gallipolis. Clifford Brumfield of Gallipolis won first in the Trail.
John White of Hazel Park Michigan won the eighth annual 100 sprint car race at Dayton Speedway Sunday after taking the lead on the 64th lap and holding it to the finish.
Milwaukee Braves first baseman Joe Adcock broke his right leg sliding into second base in the second inning of the nightcap against the Philadelphia Phillies. The injury will sideline him six to eight weeks. Adcock drove in two runs in the first game as the Braves swept the doubleheader 7-6 and 7-3.
Chattanooga opens the Southern Girls and Junior Tennis Tournament with Carolyn Wikoff of Middletown Ohio as the top seed and defending junior champion entering the event.
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