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PGA CHAMPIONSHIP GETS UNDE WAY; UPSETS EXPECTEDLOUISVILLE US) — The tournament of upsets, the PGA Championship, gets under way today, and one of the safest bets in golf is that a lot of golfers who have been grabbing the headlines will be out of it by Saturday night.And Saturday is only the halfway point in the weeklong grind, con- sisting of two lhold qualifying rounds and five rounds of match play.Most of the big names of the tournament circuit are in the field, although they had to change the rules to invite Open Champion Julius Boros.*COLUMBIA REDS NINE GAMES AHEAD IN SOUTH ATLANTICBy STERLING SLAPPEY. Associated Press Sports Writer .It may be that when the South' Atlantic League baseball season isfinished the Columbia Reds will be able to point to June 17 and say, that'swhen- we 'settled'^ the pennant/'Columbia today is nine games in front of the race. The biggest boost of all in putting together that fancy lead came last night-, i June 17-with two victories over Montgomery.Montgomery is second in the race and the 5-2 and ,7-1 decisions look imposing. Macon had a tremendous lead during the 1950 season and all but threw it away in August, but Columbia gives no hint of doing the same this sum- , mer.Charlie Metro, Montgomery manager, homered in the first inning bi the opener and singled and scored in the eighth. Ron Bowen homeicd for Columbia in the lat** game.Charleston took third from Macon with a doubleheader dividing against Columbus. Macon lost a single game to Jacksonville, 9-7. Charleston took the first game 4-2 but lost the second, 6-0.Dennis Reeder pitched the Col* umbus victory, farming 12 and giving four hits. George O'Donnell, Charleston reliefer, got credit for the opener.
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Thomasville Times Enterprise
Thomasville, Georgia, US
Wed, Jun 18, 1952
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