In This Corner with Mick Lehss Golf Notes
In This Corner with Mick Lehss covers Cary Middlecoff's remarks on club selection and wind at the Desert Inn tournament. The piece highlights pros' mental errors, weather effects, and the pressure of approaching greens as Middlecoff shoots 68 after a 79 wind-blown round. It also mentions Littler, Gardner Dickinson, and Gene Littler's pressure in Las Vegas events.
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Cary Middlewoff
Las Vegas
Lake Heart
Duffers
Middlecoff
Desert Inn
Ion
Cary
Riverside Country Club
Dallas
Tex
Gene Littler
Cary Sed Gardner Dickinson Jr
Texas
Ben Hogan
Litter
Feld
Micklecoff
Geneoff
Middlerof
Dickinson
Gene
Gardore Shoul
Singing Hills Country Club
Renus
Littler
Major League Gates Cut by 10 Percent
Major league baseball attendance has declined about 19 percent this season, with 21 clubs showing decreases from last year. An Associated Press survey indicates 1,059,172 fans attended games so far, while only New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Detroit Tigers show gains.
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Robert Scheffing
Los Angeles Angels
Hollywood
Wrigley Field
Buldy
Stan Fenek
Chicago Cubs
Bob
Cubs
Angel
New York
AFP
Ady Associated Press
Chids
Berore
New York Yankees
Boston
Ted Sas
St. Louis
Detroit Tigers
Red Sox
Moore Cools Foe in Third Round at Tucson Sports Center
Archie Moore a light heavyweight from San Diego knocked out Tiger Gene Thompson of Los Angeles in the third round of a scheduled 10 round non title bout at Tucson Sports Center. Moore staggered Thompson each round and finished him with a left to end the fight early. The victory serves as a final tune up for Moore before his June bout in London with Yolande Pompey.
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Tecson
Ariz
Archie Moore
Tiger Gene
Attendance Trends Weaken Across Baseball Leagues
Milwaukee leads attendance drop with 33,591 for three home games while overall totals show near 20,000 per game and uneven gains among teams. Baltimore Kansas City New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers report declines, with Giants still drawing most yet off by about 20,896 spectators.
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Milwaukee
Crove
Braves
Baltimore
Kansas City
Orioles
Athletics
New York Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
Sauce Son
Saumare
Metra Warhinests & Merpland
Bental Bornal Shop
Sports Calendar shows varied April events across Los Angeles area
The April sports calendar lists baseball games at Hollywood and Riverside venues, college contests including CCLA at LAC B and UBCC, and prep matchups around East L.A. venues. Notable entries include Hollywood Legion Stadium events and Coast League games at Paramount with St Anthonye in Cabnelle Leama.
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Geelime
Paramount Tigh
St Anthonye
Cabnelle
Leama Malims
East L. A
Record Toppling Attendance Seen Aussies Back Games
Melbourne hosts the 1936 Olympic events from November 22 to December 8 as crowds surge. Berlin’s 3,000,000 attendance record seems poised to fall with 1.25 million seats sold already and 880,000 at the main stadium for track and field plus 110,000 for opening and closing ceremonies.
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Melbourne Cricket Grounds
Melbourne
Australia
Lower
Jeft
Cricket Grounds
Squcer
Lake Wendowtree
Essendon
Berlin
Victoria
197 Yachts Enter Race to Ensenada
Newport Harbor races loom as 197 yachts enter the Ensenada race in two fleets for a 140 mile trip. Entry chairman Mic haud notes minor withdrawals but the event stands as the world’s greatest ocean start. Motorboats and action craft also expected to boost the season with openers on Marine Stadium and Parker Arizona events.
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Newport
George Michaud
Aciion
Marine ‘Stadium
Parker
Ariz
Cad Maginns
Glendale
Russell Sees 7 Foot Leap in San Francisco Meet
University of San Francisco star Russell cleared 7 feet in a track meet, signaling a leap beyond 6 8, though USF lost to College of the Pacific 84 to 49. He improved two inches from his prior mark and, despite a bruised heel, vowed he could still push toward the world record of 6 11 3 4 set by Walter Davis in 1953.
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San Francisco
Russell
An- America
University of San Francisco
Nes
USF
College of Pacific
Walter Davis
Evangeline Moves Series To Lafayette To Bypass Ban
The Evangeline League shifts a two game series from Baton Rouge to Lafayette to avoid a segregation dispute fueled by a ban on Negro players in Baton Rouge. Lafayette hosts five Negroes on its roster as Baton Rouge faces a forfeited game. If a league decision at May meeting allows, the two games may return to Baton Rouge later in the season.
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Baton Rouge
Evangeline League
Lafayette
Rebels
Lake Charles Giants
Jeaders
Ray Mullins
Giants
Art Kowalski
Sandy States First Workout in Coliseum
New York report notes Sandy States first workout in the Coliseum as he joins a bustling draft scene. Boston Celtics gain two star players Bill Russell and K C Jones through trades, while Ed MacAuley moves to St Louis. Russell eyed as top college player, Heinsohn earlier chosen as Celtics territorial pick. Sandy Landy, Australian mile hopeful, plans a light workout and aims to better the world mile record.
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Ed MacAuley
St. Louis
Celtics
Bill Russell
K. C. Jones
San Francisco Dons
INRA
Los Angeles
Southern California
Lia
Landy
Juan Landy
Fresno
Call
Oum
America
Major League Baseball scores and schedule fragment
A tangle of late edition box scores and tonight’s schedule shows Brooklyn versus Milwaukee, Philadelphia at Milwaukee night game, Pittsburgh at St Louis, and Chicago at St Louis with various pitchers listed. The fragment includes several team matchups and incomplete results.
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Ragur
Brooklyn
Milwaukee
New York
Ehiladelphia
Pitsburgh
Chicago
Ste Teesma St. Loui
Milwaukre
Inerimmatl Caight
Erasppntein
Feagn
Hrarn
Detroit Sports Radio-TV Wrap Highlights Fishing Race
Detroit sports radio and television roundup notes fishing results and track events with brief mentions of local teams and broadcasts. The item compresses multiple brief updates into a single card style teaser.
Unclear Names From Historical Transfer Fragments
Fragments list many players and places including Rochester, Duquesne, Kentucky, South Carolina State, De Paul, New York, Philadelphia, Alabama, San Francisco, UCLA, Marquette, and Boston. The text appears as a jumbled roster or trade note with multiple misspellings and broken names, lacking coherent events or dates.
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Rochester
Green
Duquesne
Bob Burrow
Kentucky
Dave Plontek
Nagser
Obie
New York
Rennie Shavill
South Carolina State
Gary Bergen
Utah
Tern Harmer
Alabama
Fort Wayne
Ron Sobieszczyk
DePaul
Gone Shue
Hob Easier
Maryland
But Thee
Philadelphia
Hal Lear
Temeley Phila
Lewisville
Brvo Francia
Rio Tometnacka
K. C. Jones
San Francisco
George Jinn
Stars Host New Seals in first of four game series
Hollywood Stars host the revitalized San Francisco Seals at Gilmore Field in the first of a four game set. Kemmerer faces Raydon in a 8:15 p.m. matchup as Seattle leads the league with Sacrament o close behind. San Diego meets Vancouver in other openers.
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Long Beach
Joe Duhem
Hollywood Stars
Duhem
Poly High
Joe
Gilmore Field
San Francisco Seals
Southland
Seals
Boston Red Sox
Bay City
Deland
Fila
Russ Kemmerer
Curt Raydon
Kemmerer
Raydon
Cohen and Bilko Lead PCL Pitching and Hitting
San Francisco based notes show Hy Cohen of the Los Angeles Angels dominating pitching with four wins in four starts. Steve Bilko shone at the plate, going 12 for 17 to raise his season average to .500. Other leaders include Robin and Risley among top hitters and Cohen atop pitching list.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Hy Cohen
Steve Bilko
Billa
Los Angeles Angels
Cohen
LA Robin
Risley
Sac
Smith
Seattle
Birds Break Lefty Jinx as Cardinals Top Braves in Milwaukee
National League action sees St Louis Cardinals exploit the lefthander weakness to shutout the Braves 2 0 and move into first place. Spahn and Scantlebucy falter as Cardinal hitters including Musial and Schoendienst pace the attack. Attendance 6 050.
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Milwaukee
Warren Spahn
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pat Scantlebucy
Spahn
Cardinals
Braves
Brooklyn Dodgers
Logan
RBI
Moon
Poholsky
Spain
Burdette
Ho—Poholsky
Cofiune
Kinder
Spann
Slegter
Rabr—Spahr
Bleater
We—Fokolsky
L. Spahn
U—Estlantant
Gore
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Russia
Robert Lemon
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L. A. Angels
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Sandy States
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National Basket‘ball Assn
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Fhad
Tom Heinsohn
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Danny Schweikart
Jerome Walters
Catalina Island
Bill Bakerbower
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Martin
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Tele Iy
Aengauy En Senerle
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Hollywod Ig
Vancouver
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Glimare
Keemeter
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Perkowski
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Locke
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Washington
Rennie Nosamen
Grame
Ford
Preston Porterfield
Harahman Itdy
Palica
Cleveland
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Sports On Radio-Tv
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Solan
Rainiers
Fortland
San Diego
Sen Diewo Vanegneer
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Neale
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Claire
Peddecoff
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McDonald
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Rer Peterson
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