Top Women Golfers In National Open
Fay Crocker and Marilyn Smith lead a strong field as the National Open opens in Duluth Minnesota at the Northland County Club. The 6400 yard rugged course tests endurance with uphill holes as Patty Berg and others seek titles and a share of the $6 000 prize in the 72 hole event.
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Duluth
Minn
Fay Crocker
Marilyn Smith
Miss Crocker
Wichita
Kane
Patty Berg
Louise Suggs
Beverly Hanson
Marlene Bauer Hagge
Betty Jameson
Betsy Rawls
Miss Smith
Fay
Miss. Crocker
Northland County Club
Lake Superior
Paris
Miss Berg
Minnesota
Numbers Up Bert Rechichar Jersey Shoulder Number
The Baltimore Colts star Bert Rechichar wears a jersey with a prominent shoulder number to help identify National Football League players more easily.
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Bert Rechichar
Baltimore Colts
Colt Red Hannigan Drives Carter Handicap Triumph
Red Hannigan a grandson of Man o War bred by Faraway Farm and sold in 1953 for 11000 dollars has won 1631 dollars. The colt trained by the Estate of Samuel D Riddle and defeating Nashua in the Carter Handicap is a top stakes runner.
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Red Hannigan
Nashua
Rich Carter
Faraway Farm
Samuel D. Riddle
Old Bones Remembered at Pimlico Cup History
The Pimlico Cup at 21 16 miles honors racing great Exterminator born 1919. Henry H Knight’s Almahurst Renewal features the aged gelding nicknamed Old Bones as the event returns this fall following three previous runnings.
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Henry H. Knight
Pimlico
Zimmer's Eye Injury Haunts Burgeoning Baseball Career
Don Zimmer faces a long comeback after repeated injuries including a left eye issue from a pitched ball and a right wrist fracture in Puerto Rico. He fears bench time may end his promising run and weighs leaving Brooklyn for another club if he cannot return to active duty. His wife reads to him as he reels from pneumonia and multiple hospitalizations while awaiting a spring training future.
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Jimmy Breslin
NER
New York
NEA
Don Zimmer
Cincinnnati
Vero Beach
Fla
Brooklyn
Zimmer
Jean
Cincinnati
Hal Jeffcoat
Don
Ebbets Field
Paul
Chico Fernandez
Pee Wee Reese
Chico
Reese
Columbus
American Association
Pat
Tinal
St. Paul
Jack Kirk
Flying burglar turns out to be a flying squirrel
Marshall Texas police responding to a call from Miss Fanta Britte found a flying burglar but uncovered a flying squirrel on a window screen. The suspect was a rodent rather than a thief. Meanwhile a different entry notes a Maine Chance Farm sale of a dozen well bred yearlings at Saratoga Sales in mid August with sires including Jet Pilot and Ace Admiral.
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Marshall, Texis
Fanta Brittenum
Elizabeth N. Graham
Maine
Saratoga
Jet Pilot
Ace Admiral
Tord Boswell
Mr. Busher
Knockdown
San Diego Diver Tags 464 Percent Sea Bass Record
Honest Ron E. Church of San Diego spears a 2 pound sea bass near the Coronados Islands Mexico. The fish allegedly sets a word record for the species in a skindiver contest and fought for 45 minutes.
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Ron E. Church
San Diego
Coronados Islands
Mexico
Klaus Moved Family 32 Times to Reach Big Leagues
In a Boston profile Billy Klaus recalls moving his family 32 times since starting baseball in 1947. He explains how trades, rookie chances, and mentors shaped his path from the Boston Braves to the Giants Milwaukee and finally the Boston Red Sox where he hit .283 as a rookie and earned regular playing time at shortstop and third base.
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Billy Klaws
Psy
Fella
Boston Red Sox
Kieve
Billy Klaus
Boston
Boston Braves
Ed Mathews
Johnny Logan
New York Giant
al Dark
Henry Thompson
Giants
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Mike Higgins
Centralia
Hurd
Tom
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Stan
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Jeffcoat
Corvette
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Monstrate
Washington & Locust Streets
Hagerstown, Maryland
Hancock, Maryland
Klaus
Bree
Ave Cat Forgé Aerts
Adam Scheidt Brewing Company
Norristown
Prior Beer
Gerstonns
Dacron
Ingram's Men's Shop
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