Ransom Leads Tam O'Shanter Pro Field
Henry Ransom roams the Tam O'Shanter world championship with a two stroke edge after a 69 in round two to reach 139. Chandler Harper, Dick Mayer and others chase at 141 and 142 as weather issues threaten scoring, with amateurs led by Wilford Wehrle and Frank Stranahan and women pros Babe Didriksen Zaharias and Patty Berg in contention.
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Jim Dailey
United Press Sports Wrnter
Chicago
Henry Ransom
Chandler Harper
Portsmouth
Dick Mayer
Porky Oliver
Jim Ferrier
Chick Harbert
Detroit
Harbert
Gard
Clayton Heafner
Ed Furgol
Bobby Locke
Lawson Little
Johnny Bulla
Skee Riegel
Ted Kroll
Jimmy Demaret
Cary Middlecoff
Wilford Wehrle
Ormond Beach
Fla
Louisville
Frank Stanahan
Toledo
Wehrle
Stranahan
Babe Didriksen Zaharias
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Patty
Peggy Kirk
Findlay, O
Dot Kielty
Long Beach
Calif
Worms Create Garden Spot in Ninety Six South Carolina
Mr and Mrs J E Gunter transformed a barren clay hillside into a garden area by releasing about a million earthworms two years ago. They sourced 750 wrigglers and expanded by allowing worm castings and worms to multiply. They feed scraps leaves and other organics to the beds to enrich soil with phosphorous potassium nitrogen and magnesium. The Gunters say they stay ahead of the worms as they work the beds.
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S. C
J. E. Gunter
DiMaggio Benched For Hitting Slump In Yankees Shakeup
Old pro Joe DiMaggio sits out as Casey Stengel benches him for a severe batting slump. Cliff Mapes and Johnny Mize shift in the lineup while DiMaggio bets rest and a return to form can reclaim the pennant chase for the Yankees. DiMaggio had a .270 average this season after a .331 career mark.
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DiMaggio
New York
Joe DiMaggio
Yankees
Philadelphia Athletics
Babe Ruh
Casey Stengel
Stengel
Cliff Mapes
Johnny Mize
Yankee
Walter Hagen Wins Five PGA Championships
Walter Hagen captured his fifth PGA Championship victory, achieving four consecutive titles and cementing his dominance in early professional golf history.
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Walter Hagen
Professional Golfers Association
Lusty Song to Race at Du Quoin Homecoming
Lusty Song the Hambletonian champion will return for a Du Quoin State Fair homecoming on August 30 in the $12,000 Championship Stallion Stake for three year old trotters. He faces Star's Pride Florican and Lord Steward on the one mile track alongside other Hayes stable horses in a marquee card.
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Hayes Fair Acre
du Quoin State Fair
Star
Arden Homestead
Pride
Florican
Lord Steward
Hayes
Fair Acres
Lusty Long
Goshen
Mighty Fine
Castelton Farms
Castleton Farms
Dudley Hanover
du Quoin
Billy Direct
Delaware, Ohio
Our Time
Beryl Hanover
Dazzleway
New York
Hambletonian
Harness horses headline Glendale Grand Circuit meet at Du Quoin
The Grand Circuit meet at Du Quoin runs August 28 to September 1 with purses totaling 125000. The event tops a Fair history of racing and draws attention to local ties and racing excitement.
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du Quoin
Beached craft project teaches kids shoe making
Mrs. C. Juanita McGowan, handicraft superintendent, has children fashion beach and play shoes from inner tubes. Shoes are sewn with yarn, fastened with metal clips, and decorated with wooden beads. Material comes from discarded tubes and the cost remains nominal.
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C. Juanita McGowan
Rock Trade Hits Cleveland Brown End
Zeke O Connor a Cleveland Brown end and part time TV salesman returned from a sale to find a rock had been tossed through his car window and a top cat removed from the vehicle. Police suspect the rock was used as a substitute entry tool and the missing feline remains missing.
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Cleveland
Zeke O’connor
Cleveland Brown
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