Old Pro Boros Proves He's Premier Golfer
Julius Boros, at 43 the oldest Open winner, captured the National Open in a three way playoff over Arnold Palmer and Cocky Cupit at The Country Club Brookline. His victory, worth 16 000, followed a stretch of wins and strong earnings, highlighting Boros as the hottest player on tour this spring.
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Boros
Brookline
Mass
Julius
Moose) Boros
Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Gary Player
Arnold
Nicklaus
Cupit
Irons
Tommy Bolt
Julie
Cleveland
Arnold Palmer
Jacky Cupit
Moose regains youth with Open victory at Brookline
In a dramatic Brookline showing, Julius Boros aged 43 wins the U S Open by matching rounds that top young rivals Arnold Palmer and Jacky Cupit. Boros triangles the field with a 76 to capture the title on a brutal course after a late surge that echoed his Dallas prime.
Houk rewarded for Bouton faith in Yankee win
Jim Bouton improved to 10-2 with a four hitter against Boston as the Yankees beat the Red Sox 8 4 lifting their AL lead to two games. Ralph Houk had kept the young pitcher and he paid off with a second shutout and six complete games. Roger Maris hit his 15th homer and drove in another run. The nightcap saw a Cleveland win as Latman allowed five hits and the Indians snapped a three game skid.
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Joe Sargis
UPI
Ralph Houk
New York Yankees
Willemeus Hn
Whee Hawk
Robin Roberts
Roberts
Baltimore Orioles
Jim Bouton
Houk
Orioles
Jim
Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Kansas City A’s
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Washington Senators
Los Angeles Angels
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Red Sox
Dick Stuart
Yankee
Roger Maris
Clete Boyer
Yanks
Pete Ward
White Sox
Ray Herbert
Hoyt Wilhelm
Barry Latman
Indians
Ward
Tito Franona
Cleveland
Tigers
Pete Lolich
Kansas City
Bubba Phillips
Rocky Colavito
al Smith
Baltimore
Steve Barber
Stu Miller
Barber
Tom Cheney
Senators
Angels
Cheney
Colonels Top Lawton in Practice Game 2-0
Antone star pitcher limited Marlow to four singles as Lawton Colonels beat the spinning Legionnaires 2-0 in a Southern Oklahoma American Legion league practice game. Antone struck out 11 with no walks to improve to 2-1, while Dent Gibson and Lonnie Sanders led two singles for Lawton.
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Frank Antone
Marlow
Lawton Colonels
Legionnaires
Jerry Boucher
Colonels
Dent Gibson
Lonnie Sanders
Antone
Colts Sweep League Tests
The Lawton Colts won two Southwest Oklahoma Sandlot league games over the weekend. They beat Snyder 32 to 7 with Bill Bailey hitting for the cycle and Burgess homering. Mike LaPainte allowed five hits in the 25 hit attack. Saturday. Sunday at Frederick they won 14 to 7 as Ken Buttram hit for the cycle and Shotts held opponents to seven runs. The Colts improve to 5-1 in league play.
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Lawton Colts
Oklahoma
Colts
Snyder
Bill Bailey
Bill Burgess
Mike LaPainte
Frederick
Ken Buttram
Bill Shotts
Eskimos Sign Iowa Running Back Harris for Camp
Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Football Conference signed University of Iowa running back Sam Harris. Harris is expected to report for training camp as it opens today in Edmonton, Alberta.
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Edmonton
Alta
UPI
Edmonton Eskimos
Canada
Sam Harris
University of Iowa
Harris
Eskimos
Loreto Wins Grand Steeplechase de Paris at Auteuil
Loreto owned by Pierre Mercier and ridden by Robert Kirchhoffer won the $60,000 Grand Steeplechase de Paris at Auteuil. Blaps finished second and Azemour was third in the 6,500 meter race.
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Paris
UPI
Loreto
Pierre Mercier
Robert Kirchhoffer
Auteuil
Blaps
Azemour
Bills Finalize Preseason Schedule Opener vs Jets
The Buffalo Bills announce a August 16 preseason game against the New York Jets at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo. This marks the completion of their upcoming schedule.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Ace's All Stars Lead City League Softball Race
Ace's All Stars sit 10-1 atop the Lawton Softball League at ABC Park with Frank White Construction a game back after two losses to Underwood's Bar-B Q. Ron Koski tops Frank White in batting at .440, while Wes Pewewardy owns a 5 0 pitching mark and Cliff Greeney leads Ace with 9 1 wins.
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Ace's All Stars
Abc Park
Frank White Construction
Underwood
Bar-Bq
Ace
All Stars
Frank White
Ron Koski
Rudy Akento
Ron
Akento
Sparky Hefner
Bill Bailey
Pepsi-Cola
Wesley Pewewardy
Cliff Greeney
Ace All Stars
Page
Ace's
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Pryor
Perkins
Sportsmans Lounge
Millards Cafe
Movies Help Reds Pitcher Regain Form In NL Race
Reds ace Bob Purkey rebuilt his delivery after a film session with catcher Johnny Edwards and hurled a four hit 4-0 complete game against the Houston Colts to spark a seven game winning streak. Joe Nuxhall added an 8-1 win in the nightcap as Cincinnati closed to one game back of first.
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UPI
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Johnny Edwards
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Edwards
OPM
Reds
Big Bob
Houston Colts
Joe Nuxhall
St. Louis Cardinals
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Milwaukee Braves
Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
New York Mets
Philadelphia Phillies
Colts
Nuxhall
Bob Skinner
Vada Pinson
Chris Zachary
Jim Gilliam
Dodgers
Ernie Broglio
Dick Groat
Cards
Warren Spahn
Milwaukee
Hank Aaron
Braves
Pirates
Cubs
Minor League Czars Dead
George M. Trautman longtime president of minor league baseball since 1947 died at 73 in Columbus Ohio after a heart ailment. His death prompts questions about the minor leagues fate and possible merger with the majors under Commissioner Ford Frick. Trautman led the minors to a peak in 1949 with 59 leagues in 448 cities. now 18 leagues remain in 129 cities. He played one day as a professional in 1914 at Hartford Connecticut.
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Columbus
Ohio
George M. Trautman
Trautman
Ford Frick
Weekend Fights Across Cities Report AP Card
In a series of bouts reported by the Associated Press Jose Statie of New York outpointed Charley Scott in a 147 pound match in New York Alfredo Can Elo Urbina of Mexico outpointed Joe Brown of Houston in a 132 pound bout in Monterrey Horacio Accavallo of Argentina outpointed Ramon Arias of Venezuela in Caracas Rezgui Guizani of Tunisia outpointed Ham Chung Il of Korea in Seoul Memo Teilez of Mexico outpointed Rafael Mota in Mexico City.
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Associated Press
New York
Jose Statie
Charley Scott
Philadelpha
Monterrey
Mexico
Alfredo Canelo Urbina
Joe Brown
Houston
Caracas
Horacio Accavallo
Argentina
Ramon Arias
Venezuela
Seoul
Rezgui Guizani
Tunisia
Ham Chung-Il
Korea
Mexico City
Memo Teilez
Rafael Mota
Jets sign four rookie linemen to AFL roster
The New York Jets sign four rookie linemen including Bob Smith from Toledo University Larry Reaves from Arizona State Lou Lingerman from Baltimore Md and Ted Poliskin from Hofstra College.
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NEW York
UPI
New York Jets
American Football League
Bob Smith
Toledo University
Larry Reaves
Arizona State
Lou Lingerman
Baltimore
Ted Poliskin
Hofstra College
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Cauliflower Shadows
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Julius Boros
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San Diego
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Denmark
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Tony Lane
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Jim McManus
Berkeley
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Russia
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Mcmanus
Allen Fox
Los Angeles
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Rhodesia
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Led Legenstein
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Shines
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Antone Stars
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Doug Joyner
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Mike Coleman
Tom Fremin
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Lloyd Davis
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Coleman
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Parmenter Finance CO. Financing Bank
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Joyner of
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Scott B. D. Davis
Automotive Machine Shop Service
Burch Machine and Auto Parts
BEL
Lawton Speedway
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Kansas
Bill Smith
Cache Road
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Page Aircraft
Pepsi- Cola
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Dick Pope Jr
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