Bolt Leads Open as Gary Player Closes In at Tulsa
Tommy Bolt stretched his Open lead in Tulsa with a 36 hole 142 as Gary Player 143 faced two late challengers. The field shrank from 162 to 55, with notables Sam Snead, Cary Middlecoff and Ben Hogan among eliminations or struggles in the final 36 hole marathon.
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Hugh Fullerton JR
Tulsa
Okla
Tommy Bolt
Bolt
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Frank Stranahan
Sam Snead
Cary Middlecoff
Charlie Coe
Labron Harris
Oklahoma State University
Snead
Gene Sarazen
Ed Furgol
Jack Fleck
Hillman Robbins
Fight Results Highlight Carter Besmanoff Matchups
Harold Carter of Linden New Jersey defeated Willi Besmanoff of Germany by points in a 1914 bout. The record notes trainer Ivan Parke of Maine Chance Farm as America’s leading jockey in 1923 and 1924.
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Germany
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Maine Chance Farm
America
Joey Jay Debuts Strong Shutout Pace With Braves
Milwaukee rookie Joey Jay, hailed as a potential ace like Warren Spahn, pitched six innings of shutout ball against St. Louis to improve his record. The win kept Milwaukee atop the NL race as rival San Francisco beat Philadelphia. Johnny Antonelli earned his sixth win with a five hitter for the Giants, who held Robin Roberts to three hits. Willie Mays snapped an 0-for-10 skid with a third inning single.
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West tops East in third game of prep world series
Evansville Indiana saw the West beat the East 76 to 66 in the world series of prep basketball. Roger Strickland of Jacksonville Florida scored 21 points to Bill McGill of Los Angeles 20 as every West starter hit double figures.
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Williams Comes Alive as Red Sox Rally Past Kansas City
Ted Williams snapped a drought with two singles and two RBIs helping Boston beat Kansas City 9-3 to pull within eight games of the Yankees. Detroit beat New York 4-2 as Shantz lost again, while Chicago and Baltimore split after a late curfew.
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Mickey Mantle
Ray Narleski
Indians
Chuck Stobb
White Sox
Jack Harshman
Jim Marshall
Jim Busby
Billy Fierce
Bill Fischer
West Wins Third Straight in Hutchinson Setback Rematch
The West team earned its third consecutive victory after an opening loss at Hutchinson Kansas. They will face the same foe again tonight for another game in the series.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Foreign players first to join Golf Writers Association
Gary Player of South Africa and Bruce Crampton of Australia became the first foreign associate members of the Golf Writers Association of America. They received press cards in Tulsa Oklahoma for the U S Open coverage. Player writes for the Johannesburg Star and Crampton for the Sydney Morning Telegraph.
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Okla
Gary Player
South Africa
Bruce Crampton
Australia
Golf Writers Assn
America
Johannesburg
Crampton
Sydney Morning Telegraph
Braves blank Cardinals as Jay earns third major win
Joey Jay of the Braves notches his third major league win and his second shutout with a four hit effort in a six inning rain shortened game 2 0 over St Louis. Pee Wee Reese of the Dodgers delivers a two out two run double in the ninth to lift the Pirates 5 4.
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Joey Jay
Braves
Cardinals
Pee Wee Reese
Podgers
Pirates
Opening Day Sparks Local Recreation Baseball Season
The article highlights Bob Ferguson as a busy recreation program manager with vast exposure to Little League Pony League and Cruelty-to-Coaches activities. It notes the start of most recreation baseball on Monday and jokes about big league expansion while skimming local anecdotes about bull-fighting shifts and swimming pool attendance.
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Bob Ferguson
Bob
Keane Leads Dartmouth Golf Team Since 1922
Thomas F. Keane has served as Dartmouth College varsity golf coach from 1922 onward, guiding the program through decades of competition and development.
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Thomas F. Keane
Dartmouth
Hambletonian Nominations Reach Record Levels
Du Quoin Illinois reports year big Hambletonian nominations totaling 571 for harness racing world series. E J Hayes US Trotting Assn board chairman says purses could hit 150000 within two to three years if trend continues. At least 20 horses expected to enter this year's 115000 Hambletonian on August 27.
Du Quoin State Fair purse value noted
A report cites the Du Quoin State Fair and mentions last year’s purse of 10000 dollars, indicating prize money context for a forthcoming event.
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du Quoin
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