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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1954
Page
9
Ed Furgot, recent U S Open golf champion, will compete in the $25 Carling's tournament in Cleveland Ohio next week. Bart Walls began workouts Thursday for an outdoor bout against Argentine heavyweight Edguardo Romeva set for July 22 in Vancouver British Columbia.
Veteran American pros Jimmy Demaret and Jim Turnesa sit three strokes back as the British Open heads into its final 36 holes at Royal Birkdale. Tom Spence leads with 269 after two rounds, while Cerda and others remain within a few shots. Fifteen players are within striking distance, including Demaret and Turnesa, as the field pares down to decide the champion.
Willie Mays blasted his 29th and 30th homers in a decisive 11 to 2 win over Brooklyn, pushing New York toward the World Series. Giant manager Leo Durocher praised him as the greatest player, while the Dodgers faced a daunting deficit in the late stretch.
Baseball standings show multiple games with scores across leagues including Baltimore 4 over Detroit 2 and Chicago 9 over Milwaukee 8 in extended innings. Other results include New York 1 over Brooklyn 2 Cincinnati 1 and Dallas 8 over Fort Worth 2. Also notes Houston 14 over Beaumont 2 and Shreveport 4 over San Antonio 1. Queen of Scots burial noted at Westminster Abbey.
Goshen prepares for the Hambletonian trotting classic drawing about 20,000 visitors. Two top fillies, Stenographer and Princess Rodney, lead a field of roughly 85 three year olds for the prestigious $15,600 purse. The event, dubbed the Kentucky Derby of trotting, captivates locals with pageantry and racing history.
Fawles Bay pitcher from St. Petersborg, Fla. Stan Ma lnthoven reports a four and one half win loss record with Petersburg club. He is expected to join the Bagies here Sunday as part of the Internat per Tee year. Americans spend about $424 daily on model making hobbies.
Bob Smith, 23, lefty pitcher for Shreveport Sports, fired a two hitter to defeat the San Antonio Missions 4 to 1, widening the lead to two games. Frank Kellart homered for San Antonio for the lone Mission run. Joe Keppe and Ed Burr drove in two runs apiece for Shreveport, Willie Brown collected four RBIs, and the Sports pulled away with a four-run sixth inning. Other scores noted include Tulsa's 8 to 2 win over Fort Worth and Oklahoma City's 7 to 1 victory over Beaumont in a nine-inning affair.
The International Boxing Club announced that Jimmy Carter will replace Paul Andre as headliner in Chicago on August 4. Andre will appeal the decision through August 1. Opponents for the bout were not yet confirmed.
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