Oldest golf ball fuels Nick Popa collection
Ohio Golf Association executive director Nick Popa displays a growing trove of more than 1200 golf balls in his Columbus office. The 1899 Spalding Dot is the oldest in his cache. Popa has balls from Nicklaus Trevino Palmer and others, plus corporate and tournament balls from around the world. He trades rarely and does not keep a formal inventory.
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Nick Popa
Gene Caddes
UPI
Columbus
Popa
Ohio Golf Association
Jackie Burke
Tony Lema
Nicholas Popa and Associates
Omaha
Neb
Creighton University
United Press Bureau
Tmes
Papa
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Stan Dudas Embraces Walking Golf After Hip Surgeries
Stan Dudas, 52, Mays Landing Country Club pro, tied for 22nd in the US Senior Open at Detroit’s Oakland Hills. He walked all seven rounds, logging about five miles daily, and reported a dramatic gain in distance and stamina after three hip replacements. Dudas plans to walk in upcoming Oswego pro-am in Cooperstown, NY, believing walking transformed his swing and power.
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Fred Byrod
Knight-Ridder
Stan Dudas
Dudas
Mays Landing
N.J
Detroit
Oakland Hills Country Club
Oakland Hills
Philadelphia
Victory on Film Sees Rockem Soccer Drama at Ziegfeld
New York reviewer Dick Young hails the film Victory as two movies in one a war drama and a simulated soccer match. Stallone stars as an American prisoner who becomes goalie amid Nazi plots and a Paris escape aided by the French underground with Max von Sydow among the German cast.
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Dick Young
New York Daily News
NEW York
Rockem
Sockem
Ziegfeld Theatre
Sylvester Stallone
Michael Caine
Werner Roth
Stallone
Caine
Paris
Margaret Meade
Apollo Creed
Pete
John Huston
Roger Riger
Sly
Rocky Wepner
Gordon Banks
Red Grange
George Plimpton
Baker Shatters Bowling Record In Denver Open
Tom Baker, 26, a tour winner, chased a 10th straight strike while Pete Weber, 18, cheered his opponent after rolling a 300 in the Denver Open. Weber, excited but nonchalant about the split bonus, watched the historic moment unfold as Baker pursued the record and a tour lead.
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Tom Baker
Pete Weber
Weber
Baker
Pete
Combe face strike strain as Reds call-up tightens finances
Cincinnati relief pitcher Geoff Combe, the lowest paid Reds player at 33500, fears strike delays may force his family to move to California. He and wife Sandy have saved little from three major league paychecks and worry about ongoing financial strain while awaiting a settlement. The couple, living in northern Kentucky, have adjusted spending and considered winter housing plans if the strike drags on.
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Cincinnati
Geoff Combe
Cincinnati Reds
Combe
Reds
Indianapolis
California
Geoff
Indy
Combes
Kentucky
Sandy Combe
Riverfront
Disney
Goofy
Baker
Buffalo
N.Y
Joe Hutchinson
Earl Anthony
Marshall Holman
Pete Weber
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Worthington
Ed Sneed
Max von Sydow
Ali
Frazier
Weber Perfect
Sandy
Kristin
Gary Dickinson
Mark Roth
Akron
Ohio
Denver
Disney Productions
Joe Theismann
Washington Redksins
Carlisle
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