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Garden City Telegram

Location

Garden City, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1955

Page

4

Ousted Champ Faces Drive to 36-Hole Finale

Charlotte reports the 55th Women's National Amateur Golf Championship continues with 32 players in third and fourth rounds. Defending champion Barbara Romack fell to Mary Ann Downey 1 up, while title contenders include Mrs. Mark Porter and Grace Lenczyk, plus teens Anne Quast and Clifford Ann Creed. Quarterfinals set for tomorrow, with semis Friday and a 36 hole final Saturday at Myers Park Country Club on a par 74 course.

Charlotte Barbara Romack Mary Ann Downey Mark Porter Philadelphia Grace Lenczyk Newington, Conn Anne Quast Marysville, Wash Clifford Ann Creed Pounder Opelous Sass la Myers Park Country Club

Springs Builds Western Lead in Western League

The Colorado Springs Sky Sox stretched their Western League lead to three games Tuesday night. Despite five hits, they rallied in the ninth to beat Lincoln 3 2. Pueblo and Des Moines split a doubleheader, Pueblo taking 7 2 the opener and Des Moines winning 21. Sioux City defeated Wichita 4 3. Bob Harrison of Wichita set a postwar league strikeout record with 13 but walked five and lost for the 11th time.

Associated Press Colorado Springs Sky Sox Sox Lincoln Pueblo Des Moines Sioux City Wichita Bob Harrison

Two Big Specials to KC Game

Kansas and Oklahoma fans will travel on two special trains to the Boston Kansas City game. Union Pacific expects about 2,450 fans aboard trains from Colby Hays Russell Eilsworth Salina Apuene and Junction City plus a Katy train from Muskogee Omaha. The event would top the prior record of 900 for a Yankee White Sox game, with additional groups from 36 of 40 Athletics broadcasting communities.

Kansas City Kansas Oklahoma Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Colby Hays Russell Eilsworth B. R. Alexander Chicago

Modesty Blamed For Drowning Of Secretary

In Southwark England a 32 year old secretary Gladys Hook drowned after falling from a yacht on the Thames. A coroner's verdict of accidental death cited her modesty and a restrictive skirt as factors. Frederick Gosling testified that she stumbled down the gangway steps toward the dinghy and her skirt hindered her movement.

Southwark England Frederick Gosling Gladys Hook Thames

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