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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1951
Page
18
Bob Allison reviews a Prentice Hall book mocking golfers while defending their humanity. Anecdotes from Hank Leiber and others illustrate human flaws on the links, followed by a sports forecast for the Border Conference football race, predicting Arizona as fourth.
Fitzpatrick of Oak Hill and Los Angeles faces Bobby Mitchell of Phoenix in a 10 round heavyweight opener at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday September 18. Promoter Paul Clinite plans Tuesday cards for now with possible additional 10 rounder if a fee for Jimmy Martinez can be secured.
In Los Angeles Sedgman holder of the U S singles title breezed past Bill Roberts 6-1 3 in the opening round of the Pacific Southwest tournament. Larsen battled Read to three sets 8-6 3-6 6-1 while Cranston defeated Cranston 6-3 6-0 as women begin action today in a seven day event.
In Albany New York the Associated Press ranked Tennessee as the country’s No 1 college football team in the pre season poll. Buck White of Greenwood Mississippi won the Empire State golf tournament with a 72 hole score of 284 earning $15000. Louise Suggs shot 221 after 54 holes to beat Babe Zaharias by one stroke at Carrollton Invitational golf tournament.
Orville Moses' Enchanting set a new Pueblo Derby record for 600 yards at 34 4 5 seconds Saturday night in Pueblo Colorado with Axel Jansson's Queen of New York second. Both Moses and Jansson kennels will enter the Washington Park meet ahead of the season opener. Enchanting, last year runner up to Real Huntsman in the Phoenix Open, was named outstanding juvenile of 1950 by greyhound experts. The Moses racer aims for a Phoenix Open berth this year alongside Real Huntsman and other top hounds nationwide.
Statistics from recent games show Williams leading the American League batting with a .324 average and four runs scored. Zernial leads home runs with 30, while Minoso and Busby pace stolen bases with 27. Pitching leaders include Feller and Roe, with notable strikeout totals from Spahn. Musial tops National League batting. Kiner and Hodges lead in home runs for the league.
New York Yankees lead the American League in batting despite no clearly elite hitter. Gil McDougald tops the Yanks with .312, Yogi Berra reaches .303 with 76 RBIs, while the team lacks a 100 RBI man. The takeaway: the Yankees win with timely hitting when the big sluggers are up.
Phoenix entrants Bob Goldwater and Jack Stewart fell in the first round of the U S Amateur golf championship. Cross defeated Goldwater 4 and 3, while Malloy beat Stewart 5 and 8 as a large field began play in Bethlehem with rising stars upsetting veterans.
Omaha and Denver sat atop the Western League with 88 wins and 64 losses each, two games left in the regular season. Lincoln beat Omaha twice, 2-1 and 4-3, allowing Denver to overtake the leaders with a 9-7 win over Colorado Springs. Omaha hosts Des Moines in two final games, while Denver plays Colorado Springs in single final games.
The Phoenix Senators and Arizona semipro champion Casa Grande Cotton Kings will play an exhibition game tomorrow night at Casa Grande ballpark. It marks the first meeting between the city's organized baseball representative and the state semipro champion with advance interest predicting a capacity crowd. Manager Wayne Tucker hinted at a possible second game in another Arizona city.
In two NFL exhibition games Browns 32, Bears 21 at Soldier Field as Lou Groza kicked four field goals and two extra points. Eagles edged Packers 14-10 in Milwaukee with a Pritchard run and Burk pass giving Green Bay a 14-0 lead before Reid and Fritsch replies.
Johnny Hopp veteran utility fielder of the New York Yankees will miss a week to ten days with a fractured right thumb suffered in practice before the game against Washington. The injury occurred when the thumb was placed in a sprint.
Barker and Gunn rally to win main events at South Mountain and Manzanita Park tracks. Barker overtook Cheesbourg on lap 15 at South Mountain. Gunn climbed from 12th to fifth by lap four and finished strong at Manzanita. Jack Holloway injured. no time kept for wrecks.
The Phoenix Senators fell 9-7 to Mexicali in the Southwest International League playoff decider. Nate Moreland earned the win with a relief effort after a tense 10th inning, Jeff Amaro drove in the winning run, and the Eagles clinched the title as the Senators’ long chase for post season glory ended.
State Class B schools restart amid pep rallies as eight hopefuls battle for 1951 honors. Tempe and Coolidge hire new coaches while Scottsdale faces Carver Monarchs in a weekend test. Players like Dalton Cole and Harold Kortsen loom large as teams seek to counter last season’s Casas Grande dominance.
Arizona Wildcats enter third season under Bob Winslow with 3 starting juniors and 17 on 48-man squad. Key linemen Gonzales Matock Dean plus weight gains push average to about 190 pounds. Two 1950 veterans have left, Aggies face 11-game schedule from Lubbock to Honolulu, with Oregon and Arizona State clashes highlighted.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers won a higher court ruling allowing Tackle Dick Huffman to play against the Calgary Stampeders tonight. Chief Justice E K Williams vacated a temporary injunction restraining Huffman from playing for the Bombers. The Los Angeles Rams plan to appeal the decision, which rejects their bid for a permanent injunction.
Arizona State College in Tempe begins final week of pre season workouts at Prescott after receiving a major ranking from the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau. The Sun Devils maintain a major rating for 1951, with seven of its ten football opponents also listed as major programs, including West Texas State Wyoming Arizona Texas Western and Hardin-Simmons.
Seattle Sept 10 AP Don Heinrich star quarterback of the University of Washington underwent an hour and a half operation on his right shoulder to rejoin separated collar and shoulder bones. Surgeon Dr H T Buckner called the operation very successful and said he was optimistic about his chances to return during the football season.
Pvt. Arthur J. Houtteman, former Detroit Tigers pitcher, is nearing medical discharge at Camp Pickett as separation procedures begin. Officials say the discharge stems from a pre existing disability prior to his service entry.
Funeral services for Jim Keesey former Cincinnati Reds scout and Portland Beaver first baseman were conducted in Portland today. He died at 49 from a heart attack on a business trip.
The Chicago White Sox acquired first baseman and outfielder Glenn Becky Nelson on waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Famed racing driver Wilbur Shaw, who endured a heart attack at the Akron Soap Box Derby, arrives in Indianapolis to recuperate fully. The celebrated driver, noted for his Indianapolis 500 successes, is under care as he resumes rest after the illness.
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