Correct Grip Boosts Power and Control Says 3-Time Champ
Three-time Long Island Open champion Willie Klein explains grip technique for golf. He urges aligning the club with the left palm and gripping the right hand mainly with fingers to gain control and power. Klein coaches at Wheatley Hills in East Williston, New York, and in winter at La Gorce in Miami Beach.
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Black Knight Linksmen Clinch 25 8 Victory Over White Oak
Black Knight Country Club golf team opened with a 25 8 win over White Oak of Oak Hill in Nassau match play. Notables include E M Payne III shooting 40 35 75 and Brookie Watkins partnering with S L Davis to take a late win. The day featured multiple three point margins and a 1 1 overall season record for Black Knight.
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Bob Wills
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Nash Campbell
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C. P. White
Mike Delridge
Dr. E. B. Wray
E. M. Payne Jr
D. C. Snyder
Jack Calloway
Tony Massinople
James Thompson
Dr. J. B. Thompson
C. P. Anderson
Local Baseball League Notes From Beckley Youth Tryouts
Last day for Warren Williams Junior League registration at Beckley Newspapers library. Boys should sign up with Jerry Latham between 4 and 6 and bring birth certificates. Babe Ruth League tryouts report at Woodrow Wilson High field with scheduled groups from 5 to 5. Earlier holdovers exempt. Oak Hill Midget League opens with a triple header washout and a full schedule follows through the week. Dodgers Cards Yankees Little League drills set at Beckley Elis Stadium and No 2 Diamond. Submit briefs for future columns.
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Babe Ruth League
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New River Supply
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LaFayette Softball League Opens After Rainouts
Fayetteville report: LaFayette Softball League began play after a week of postponements. Fayette Mercantile and the American Legionnaires won opening games as Mercantile defeated Lochgelly 16 to 14 and Legion 13 to 3 over State Lunch of Oak Hill. Haynie and Chambers were winning pitchers. Edmonds and Smithers debut Monday. A H Allen of Oak Hill named umpire-in-chief.
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Smithers
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Hayine
Parrish
Naylor
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Manning
Babe Zaharias Wins In National Capital Open
Babe Zaharias, 38, wins the National Capital Women’s Open by one stroke over Betty Jameson, taking $1,000 prize money. She plans a month of rest after a cancer operation a year ago, with Louise Suggs finishing third and earning $600. The report also notes Sam Snead’s 1946 Royal Open memory and a Michigan Mile racing date, plus a northern pike with a pig snout ring captured by Albert Lenius.
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Betty Jameson
San Antonio
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Fla
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Perham
Minn
Colts Uncover New Slab Star In Spot Leach
In Raleigh County, the Coal City Colts and Sophia Slab Fork White Sox led the standings after twin victories. Harry Ballard and Spot Leach starred for the Colts in a 3-1 and 13-3 sweep of Stamford, while White Sox bats beat Montcoal’s Armcos 8-3 and 5-4. A Mullens game was postponed due to a flooded field after a drain clogged.
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Armcos
Amigo Redbirds
Mullens Moose
Mullens
Ballard
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How They Stand Coal City Stanaford Slab Fork Montcoal Amigo
Standings show Coal City top with 3-1 record and 1.000 pace followed by Slab Fork Mullens and Stanaford in order. Yesterday results list Coal City 3-13 Stanaford 1-3 Slab Fork 8-5 Montcoal 3-4 with Amigo at Mullens postponed on wet grounds. Next Sunday games include Mullens at Slab Fork and Stanaford at Amigo plus Coal City at Montroal with umpire duos named.
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Slab Fork
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Mullens
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Early Miller
Jack
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Montroal
Ray Crawford
Marshall Gibson
Colts Sweep With Cheetham Held To Two Runs
The Colts earned two in the first and added another in the third on Bob Wheel Thomas’s double, while Stamford’s Marvin Fitzpatrick homered for the lone Stamford run. Cheetham took the loss after three strikeouts and three hits allowed in each of two innings. Leach emerged as a second winning pitcher, fanning 13 over five innings with no earned runs allowed. Coal City then overwhelmed Montcoal 9-1 as Slab Fork’s Harry Poling drove in four runs and Frank Fragile closed the night with a relief win just before Montreal’s Jimmy Salters took the loss. Totals for the Stamford side show a line dominated by Cheetham and the Colts’ pitching staff.
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Snead Grabs Round Robin with New Putters and Attitude
Sam Snead, after finishing with rounds of 66 and 65 at Meadow Brook, wins the Round Robin by a record 36 points. He says a new putter and driving swing, plus a revived mindset, could help him claim his first National Open title at Baltusrol June 17-19. Closest pursuer was Bob Toski with plus 26, followed by Lloyd Mangrum and Cary Middlecoff. Snead plans a break from tour until the Open.
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Alston Sets Rules for Dodgers at Spring Training
Walter Alston, new Dodgers manager in Miami, outlines spring training rules. Beach off limits, swimming in a pool allowed, golf permitted, and curfew at midnight.
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Miami
Fla
Dodger
Walter Alston
Beckleyan Rifle Champ Crowned At Greenbrier
Cadet Lt. A. Kirkland Canterbury of Beckley captured the individual high score with 254 of 300 points in the Inter-company rifle program at Greenbrier Military School. His Company P team won with a 1096 team score. sixty finalists were selected from 112 entries. Firing was supervised by Capt. Everett Norton and Sgt. Walter Butler.
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Wisburg
RNS
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