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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1955

Page

11

U S Invades British Golf at Royal Lytham and St Annes

Britain's biggest amateur golf championship opens with 45 Americans among the favorites. Eight Walker Cup members compete as Dale Morey Dick Yost Don Cherry Billy Joe Patton Bruce Cudd and others start in first round. Jim McHale also a top contender.

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Citation Handicap Inaugurated at Washington Park

Chicago’s Balmoral Jockey Club opens its 50 000 added Citation Handicap at Washington Park with an expected 15 starters. Favorite Sea O Erin of Calumet Farm and Hasty House Farm carries top weight 122 pounds under Johnny Adams. If all 15 run, the winner earns 37800 dollars as Memorial Day crowds of about 38000 anticipated.

Chicago Balmoral Jockey Club Washington Park Calumet Farm Hasty House Farm Sea O Erin Johnny Adams

Swaps Big Attraction At Hollywood Park

INGLEWOOD Calif Hollywood Park opened to expected Memorial Day crowds around 60 000 as Swaps Kentucky Derby winner of 1955 headlined a day of racing and a featured tennis championship for the 3 year old colt Palete or Palete.

Hollywood Park Inglewood Calif Camer Palete Polte Ean Picines Jack Magic Andy Cre Saeco Lima Areca

Wolverines Dominate Outdoor Meet Amid Weekend Shuffle

Michigan swept all three doubles titles and claimed six singles crowns to rack up 624 points at Columbus, edging Illinois 1313. Purdue won the golf title with 1141 to 1147 for Ohio State, while Indiana finished second in other events. East er and Ziern posted 1483 in doubles but went two of three in the series against Welu and McClaren.

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Television Programs Preview Colorless Era Backed by Plans

Television programs face a colorless era with scarce viewers as black and white sets persist. Sackayel and Max Liebman on Saturday headlining efforts, while Fred Coe’s Producers Show returns Mondays. Summer projects aim to revive American life themes through 1938 recall and naval maneuvers off San Francisco.

Towsan Theron Sackayel Max Liebman Hella Wil Sendor Thayel Wil San Francisco Liebman Coe

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Fragmentary sports snippet mentions names and times with unclear figures and stray terms. No clear event, location, or outcome is readable, though references to a meeting or race timing appear amid garbled OCR.

Mandel Wins All-Gauge Title at Kentucky Skeet Open

Louisville shooter Carola Mandel, who started pistol shooting five years ago, captured the all-gauge crown at the Kentucky Blue Grass Open Skeet Championships. She faced a shoot-off with Chet Crites and Dee Stroit before prevailing after both hit two strings of 25 targets. Crites faltered on clay No. 6 in the final third string.

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Ex champions ousted as WIBC tourney reaches seventh weekend

Omaha coverage notes two more former champions bow out, including the Hickman Whirlaway team of Indianapolis 1961. Whirlaways posted 2436 Sunday night, over 500 pins behind the leader and about 300 short of their 1981 total. No change in leaders as the tourney has two weeks left to run.

Omaha International Bowling Congress Hickman Whirlaway Indianapolis Whirlaways

Little Leaguers Given Ike's Congratulations

President Eisenhower congratulated Little League Baseball for over 4000 local affiliates aiding the National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis. He telegrammed Peter J. McGovern to salute the league for donating June 14 game receipts to the polio foundation. New Urbana Coach Strannon to lead Urbana High basketball team next year after two District Class 1A titles.

Ike Williamsport Eisenhower Little League Baseball National Foundation For Peter J. McGovern Little League Baseball, Inc Polio Foundation Urbana Springfield Ur Iannon Tecumseh High School Strannon

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