Snead and Worsham Battle In PGA Open Debut Round
In Louisville Sam Snead defends as Lew Worsham edges him 70 to 69 in a dramatic sudden death playoff rematch from 1946. Harrison posts 67 69 for medalist prize, Todd shoots 66 to emerge as runner up as 32 players whittle to 16 after 18 holes.
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Louisville
Sam Sneed
Lew Worsham
Snead
Worsham
St. Louis Country Club
Sammy
Lew
Sneed
Sam
Dutch Harrison
Harrison
Lloyd Mangrum
Cary Middlecoff
Harry Todd
Dallas
Tuesay
Valley Open Back on PGA Schedule
The Rio Grande Valley Open at Harlingen will not return to the PGA schedule this year but is listed for a February 1922 return. The event’s troubled history includes a fist fight in 1948, criticism by Dick Metz, fallout from players skipping to Mexico City, and later sponsor-led tours. The winter tour now includes El Paso, San Antonio, Rio Grande Valley, and Houston events in 1952.
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Louisville
Harlingen
Dick Metz
PGA
Mexico City
Tournnament
Texas
el Paso
San Antonio
Veteran Pitchers Spark Longview Cherokeees Triumph
Clem Hausmann and Johnny Bruzga fuel Longview in a doubleheader split with Temple. Hausmann stars in the 50 shutout opener after remaining with the club as manager changes. Bruzga adds a homer and double for four runs. Temple wins the second game 11-5 as Jodie Phipps blanks Austin.
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Clem Hausmann
Johnny Bruzga
Longview Cherokees
Longview
Temple
Hausmann
Lou Fitzgerald
Bruzga
Jodie Phipps
Texarkana
Childress Seeks AAU Track Win Tonight
Odessa sprinter Joe Childress prepares for the opening action in the National AAU Track and Field meet in Long Beach California. He will run the 100 meter tonight and the 200 meter event Saturday afternoon after a rest day while in good spirits.
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Long Beach
Calif
Joe Childress
Odessa
Childress
Shoopman
Odessa Sprinter Childress Aims For Olympic Berth
Odessa sees sprinter Childress chase one of six Olympic Trials berths in Los Angeles. Top US finishers earn spots for Helsinki World Games. coach Taylor adds metal guard to injured finger, not hindering starts. Odessa fans back via phone reports and local fundraising of 1500 dollars for trip to Long Beach.
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Odessa
Lee
Pop) Taylor
Childress
Las Cruces
N. M
California
Joe
Los Angeles
U. S
Helsinki
Finland
Texas
Odessa High School
Long Beach
Open Ocean Race Set With Record 59 Yachts
Newport Rhode Island June 20 a record fleet of 59 sailing yachts gathered for the start of the 675 nautical mile Newport Bermuda open ocean race. The field includes 11 foreign flags from six nations and five U S Naval Academy representatives plus Royal Naval Sailing Association member.
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Newport
R. I
Musial Leads All Star Balloting in NL and AL
Stan Musial of the St Louis Cardinals leads fan balloting for the all star game with 243159 votes. Dom DiMaggio of the Boston Red Sox is second with 239073, Hank Sauer of the Chicago Cubs third with 237816, and Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers fourth with 231494. Balloting closes at midnight June 27 for the July 8 Philadelphia game.
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Chicago
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Dom DiMaggio
Boston Red Pax
Chicago Cubs
Hank Sauer
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Shell and Jackson claim Odessa League wins
Shell TXL defeats Phillips Goldsmith 9 to 6 as Giles Acker gets the win. Skeeter Selson relieves in the third. Jackson beats Well Service 25 to 15 with Norris Hail earning the win and Henry Meeks taking the loss. Burl Gabriel goes 4 for 4 with a home run.
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Shell Txl
Gib Jackson
Odessa City
Shell
Phillips
Goldsmith
Jackson
Tennessee Milk
Carter Hardware
Stanolind
VFW
Giles Acker
Skeeter Selson
Cecil Overby
Norris Hail
Larry Martin
Henry Meeks
Burl Gabrel
Ph Goldsmith
Acker
Donaldson
Overby
Selsor
Jennings
Erskine Hurls No-Hit Game for Dodgers
Carl Erskine, 25, held the Chicago Cubs hitless in a 5-0 Brooklyn Dodgers win. Only a third inning walk to Willie Ramsdell kept a perfect game from the books as rain paused play for 45 minutes. Erskine struck out one and credited his control for guiding a 103-pitch no-hitter, the second in 1952.
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Carl Erskine
Brooklyn
Anderson
Ind
Chicago Cubs
Lonly
Bruins
Dodger
Charley Robertson
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Willie Ramsdell
Ramsdell
Warren Hacker
Carl
Erskine
Philadelphia
Bobby Shantz
Athletics
Allie Reynolds
New York Yankee
Ivan Delock
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Browns
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Phillies
Hal Rice
Red Schoendienst
Cloyd Boyer
Washington
Cleveland l
Bobby Morgan
Peewee Reese
Jackie Robinson
Dodgers
Fondy
Cubs
Roy Campanella
Fred Toney
Cincinnati
Detroit
Virgil Trucks
Pirates
Dickson
Dick Groat
Duke University
George Metkovich
Babe Pinelli
Metkovich
Dusty Boggess
Wes Westrum
Pinelli
Baseball Continues Tonight in Odessa Little and Pony Leagues
In Odessa, Little League tonight features Carter Hardware Yankees versus Cole Motor Browns at 6 30 p m and Kiwanis Tigers against FOE Senators at 8 p m. Saturday night adds Athletic Supply Cards versus Green's Giants and McClurg Grocery Braves versus Bunch Construction Cubs in the Little League nightcap. Pony League Saturday events include Perry versus Athletic Club in the opener and Paul Cole against Permian Scales in the afternoon at West County Park for Little League and Pony League fields.
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Odessa
Carter Hardware Yankees
Cole Motor Browns
Kiwanis Tigers
Senators
Athletic Supply
Green’s Giants
McClurg Grocery Braves
Bunch Construction Cubs
Perry
Athletic Club
Paul Cole
French Defends Hobbs Invitational Championship Round
Hobbs New Mexico hosts the Hobbs Invitational Golf Tournament opening with medalist Bill Bartley of Lubbock shooting 65 to lead West Texas and New Mexico golfers. Championship flight pairings list defending champ Bob French facing Dick Jennings and other first round matches with scores from the regional field.
Southpaw Meet In Second Round
SEGUIN June 20. Second round play began in the state tournament of the arenas Left-Handed Golf Association. Father and son winners included H G Agnew Ballinger over Carl Krueger Austin 3 and 2 and Bob Agnew UT senior over Homer Adams Houston 8 and 7. Other results show Cal Upton Randolph Air Force Base over Jack Gers Randolph Air Force Base 1 up and Bill Upton Weatherford over Julio LaGuarta Houston 3 and Jack Wilkerson Tyler over J C Thrope Corpus Christi 4 and 2. New officers elected include John Lopez Galveston president Collin Campbell Nixon first vice president Silas Fry Corsicana second vice president and Percy Harry Houston secretary treasurer.
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Jack Gers
Randolph Air Force Base
Bill Upton
Weatherford
Julio LaGuarta
Houston
Jack Wilkerson
Tyler
J. C. Thrope
Corpus Christi
Neal Stair
Lilly
Whit Wheeter
Lampasas
Aalin Mitchell
San Antonio
Ed Kreupper
A. T. Cook
D. A. Young
Monahans
Association
John Lopez
Galveston
Collin Campbell
Nixon
Silas Fry
Corsicana
Percy Harry
Politicians Play Baseball Tonight
Democrats and Republicans field House teams in a 40 year old rivalry at Griffith Stadium at 8 p m. EST. The Washington Evening Star sponsors the charity game benefiting underprivileged children with Rep. Runt Bishop leading the Republicans and Rep. A S Herlong captaining the Democrats in a festive political showdown.
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Washington
Griffith Stadium
Washington Evening Star
Rep
C. W. (Runt
Illinois
Rep. A. S. Herlong
Florida
Bartzen Advances In Tennis Tourney
Bernard Tut Bartzen of Fort Sill Oklahoma and San Angelo Texas, seeded No. 1, defeated Keith Self of UCLA 6-4 6-1 to reach the Heart of America Tennis Tournament quarterfinals in Kansas City. Other top singles players include Charles Hare Chicago Hal Surface Jr Kansas City and Clif Mayne University of California.
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Kansas City
Bernard Tut Bartzen
Keith Self
Bartzen
Fort Sill
Okla
San Angelo
Tex
Self
Ucla
Charles Hare
Chicago
Davis Copper
Hal Surface Jr
Clif Mayne
University of California
Washington Not Picked To Capture Regatta
Syracuse June 20 Washington came in unranked among the favorites for the Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta on Onondaga Lake. Coaches poll named Navy Wisconsin California Cornell Princeton Washington Pennsylvania Columbia Stanford MIT and Syracuse to place in the three mile race.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Washington
Intercollegiate Rowing Association
Navy
Wisconsin
California
Cornell
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Standford
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Onondaga Lake
TAAF Boxing Tournament Entries Requested in Odessa
The district boxing tournament for open class fighters will be held in Odessa on July 25. Athletes in the Permian Basin who wish to enter must complete the entry blank and mail it to The Odessa American sports department. Include name weight and address.
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TAAF
Odessa
Permian Basin
Sports Department
The
Odessa American
Western Open Semifinals Set in Women’s Golf
CHICAGO June 20 Betsy Rawls a three time champion faces Louise Suggs top money winner in the upper bracket while 19 year old amateur Barbara Romack meets Betty Jameson in the lower bracket at the 23rd Western Open semifinals. Rawls defeated Peggy Kirk 2 up while Suggs outlasted Mary Lena Faulk 5 and 4. Jameson beat Patt Berg 5 and 3 and Romack beat Barbara McIntire 4 and 3.
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Chicago
Betsy Rawls
Austin
Tex
Louise Suggs
Atlanta
Betty Jameson
Barbara Romack
Sacramento
Calif
Miss Jameson
Patty Berg
Miss Romack
Barbara McIntire
Miss Rawls
Peggy Kirk
Miss Suggs
Mary Lena Faulk
Selby Eliminates Past Champion In State Amateur
Raleigh Selby of Henderson defeated Billy Maca of Texas A I College 4 and 3 to reach the semi finals as quarter final play opened in the state amateur golf tournament in Corpus Christi. Roy Tom Rogers beat Bob Moncrief 6 and 5 to advance, with other matches including Erfurth over Ram sey 5 and 4 and Crannell facing Wendland in Dallas.
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Corpus Christi
Joe Conrad
North Texas State
Raleigh Selby
Henderson
Conrad
Lafayette
Ind
Billy Maca
Texas A&i College
Roy Tom Rogers
Kenedy
Billy Erfurth
Brownsville
Raymond Ramsey
Austin
Rogers
Bob Moncrief
University of Texas
Benny Castreo
Herbert Durham
Dallas
L. M. Crannell Jr
Lonnie Wendland
McAllen
A. J. Trigss
Texan V Eagles Game Tickets On Sale By Mail
The Odessa Shrine Club offers tickets for the August 29 professional football game between the Dallas Texans and Philadelphia Eagles. Priced at 3.60, money orders or checks made payable to the Odessa Shrine Club and mailed to Box 574 Odessa. Many tickets remain available and will go on sale at the high school administration building two weeks before the game. A 0.25 mailing fee should be included with orders.
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Dallas Texans
Philadelphia Orly
Odessa Shrine Club
Odessa
National AAU Meet Opens in Long Beach Cal
Athletes from across the country begin the National AAU track and field meet in Long Beach California aiming for championships and Olympic berths. The first final is the 3,000 meter walk at 9 50 p m CST and the meet closes with the 5 000 meter run at 3 20 p m CST. Texans in the meet include Darren Hooper Texas A M shot putter Dean Smith Texas University and Val Joe Walker SMU sprinters and Javier Montes Texas Western in the 1 500 meters.
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Long Beach
Calif
A.A.U
Darren Hooper
Texas A&m
Dean Smith
University of Texas
Val Joe Walker
SMU
Javier Montes
Texas Western
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Spark Longview
Associated Press
AAU
Eddie West
Santa Ana Register
American
Meeks
King
Martin
Hail
White
Hobbs
Don Cherry
New York
Houston Trammel
Lubbock
Wendy Green
Teddy White
Roswell
Dick Martin
Jack Williams
Plainview
Earl Allen
Albuquerque
Bobby Wright
Big Spring
E. L. Vinzant
Wichita Falls
Pat Season
Bill Bartley
Bill Franklin
Midland
Vato
Fisherman
Don Maxwell Co
Dial
Gene Shreve E CO
Mustang & Bsa
Clinton Gas Engines
Phare
Odessa Tayloe Machine Works
Selby
G.N.S
Melrose
East 2Nd Street
North Grant
Country Club Store
East Hwy É
Midland-Andrews Highway
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