Snead Eyes Open Crown After Near Misses and Comebacks
Sammy Snead, the West Virginia great, has shelved the Open crown despite four seconds and near wins. With a high scoring average and recent form at Olympic Club, Snead is among favorites as the 1955 Open begins, facing rivals like Hogan Middlecoff Littler Souchak and hopefuls such as Ward and Furgol.
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Samuel Jackson
San Francisco
Olympic Club
Snead
Ben Hogan
Texas
Hogan
Carry Middlecoff
Gene Littler
Mike Souchak
America
Ed Furgol
North Carolina
Harvie Ward
Johnny Goodman
Simon-Pure
West Virgina
Sammy Snead
SCOREBOARD REPORTS BRUNSWICK NINE HITS AND WINS IN ATLANTA AREA
The SCOREBOARD lists results from Georgia and Florida leagues with Thomasville over Waycross 11 to 9 and Cordele beating Moultrie 5 to 3 in a 11 inning game. American League and National League scores and standings appear for multiple teams including New York Chicago St. Louis and Brooklyn with Wednesday results and Thursday schedules.
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Resu
Thomasville
Waycross Cordele
Moultrie
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
New York
Chicago
Brunswick
Tifton
Valdosta
Albany
Cordelo
Washington
Kansas City
Baltimore
Cleveland
Detroit
Ston
South Atlantic
Jacksonville
Columbia
Augusta
Boston
Macon
National League
Montgomery
Charlotte
Brooklyd
Reese
Columbus
Savannah
Ft. Walton Beach
Panama City
Crestview
Hopeheptudhtas
Dothan Ooo
Donalsonville
Graceville
Dothan
Fort Walton Beach
Gracevile
Indians and Orioles Make Key Trades As Deadline Passes
The Indians acquire Gene Woodling and Billy Cox while Cox delays reporting as Baltimore sells Harry Byrd to the White Sox. Detroit adds Karl Torgeson for depth at first base, and the Cardinals, Cubs, and others make smaller moves. Ted Gray signs with Cleveland as a free agent amid injury concerns.
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Cleveland Indians
Baltimore Orioles
Indians
Gene Woodling
Billy Cox
Brooklyn
Wally Westlake
Dave Pope
Cox
Newport
Paul Richards
Oriote
Hank Greenberg
Orioles
Harry Byrd
Chicago White Sox
Woodling
Byrd
Yankees
Bob Turley
New York
Preacher Roe
Wooding
Baltimore
Detroit Tigers
Karl Torgeson
Philadelphia Phillies
Tigers
Ferris Main
Jack Phillips
Ted Gray
Gray
Washington
St.Louis Cardinals
Edge Rebels, 1 0 Macon Club Gains Tie For 3rd Place
In a rare pitching duel Dale Matthewson and Jose Nakamura yielded few hits as Macon beat Charlotte 1-0 to climb into a third place tie with Augusta in the South Atlantic League. Matthewson scored the run for Macon in the eighth on a double steal setup. Columbia split a doubleheader with Augusta. Augusta won the nightcap 8-7 after Gerry Davis and Rick Botelho contributed.
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Peaches
Montgomery
Augusta
Dale Matthewson
Jose Nakamura
Charlotte
Columbia
Reds
Columbus
Jacksonville
Savannah
Matthewson
Maconites
Nakamura
Macon
Sam Drake
Drake
Tigers
Gerry Davis
Rick Botelho
Bill Thompson
Wildl Y
Kenith Jones
Berg And Suggs Lead Tourney
Patty Berg and Louise Suggs, leading money winner of the year, carried a substantial lead into the third round of the $8,700 Round Robin tournament at Grossinger Country Club in Grossinger New York.
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Grossinger
N.Y
Patty Berg
Louise Suggs
Grossinger Country Club
Open Golf Tourney Kicks Off At Olympic Country Club
The 55th United States Open tees off in San Francisco with 181 players chasing Ed Furgol’s crown. A 72 hole grind ends Saturday. early forecast hints a winning score over par 280. Notables include Hogan Middlecoff Snead Nelson Littler Ward and rising stars.
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San Francisco
Ed Furgol
Fnr
Bobby Cruickshank
Ben Hogan
Washington, D.C
Beane Deman
Furgol
Hogan
Cary Middlecoff
Sam Snead
Byron Nelson
Gene Littler
Mike Souchak
Bo Wininger
Harvie Ward, Jr
Ted Gwin
Fort Worth
Ralph Arnold
Englewood
Colo
Bob More
Fairfax
Calif
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Glassman
Jinx
West Virginia Bills
Samuel Jackson Snead
Ralph Vauldahl
Lou Worsham
Philadelphia Country Club
Duffer
Donny Shute
Craig Wood
Nelson
Worsham
Sammy
Ouimet
Harry Vardon
Ted Ray
Francis Ouimet
Tony Manero
Middlecoff
Tennessee
Julius Boros
Ball Park
Southern Association Wo Pd
Memphis
Birmingham
Chattanooga
New Orleans
Atimata
Nashville
Mobile
Little Rock
Atlante
Atlanta
LeMans
France
U.S
Jimmy Prickett
Electra
Rochester
Houston
Floyd Wooldridge
Mel Wright
Cards
Herb Moford
Sgurney Schultz
George Freese
Ben Wade
Hollywood
Lino Donoso
The
Phillies
Ronnie Negray
St. Paul
Dave Cola
Chicago Cubs
Owen Friend
Louisville
Edge Rebels
Macon Club
Associated Press
Tire Sale
Goodyear
Goodyear Service
Broad
Berg
Suggs
Allstate
Sears
Allstate Insurance Company
William E. Cox
Fontaine Drive
Thomasville Ph
Sears Antimnois Corporation
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Skokie, Ul
Olympic Country Club
Thrrough
RBI Pet
Salerno
Scannelli
Norris
Steen
Deal
McMullin
Coleman
Langer
Arellanes
Hughes
Humbert
SO Sedlak
Mills
Spier
Virkstis
Pender
Wells
Detmers
Moore
Tae Es
State Farm Mutual
State Farm
ED. Chambers
S. Broad St
Rio
N. Broad St
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