All Star Cast Tees Off In Golf Open Favorites Nelson Snead Hogan
The 44th U S Open at Canterbury Golf Club in Cleveland opens with Byron Nelson defending. Top contenders include Sam Snead and Ben Hogan as 61 to 1 co favorites, alongside Ralph Guldahl Jimmy Demaret Craig Wood Lawson Little and others amid windy Lake Erie conditions over 72 holes.
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Strong Tucson Team Plays Phoenix Compressors Here Tonight
Steve Belloise the 21 year old welterweight and his brother Mike Belloise, the former featherweight champion, are profiled as rising boxers with a shot at the middleweight crown. Trainer George Hughes praises Steve’s power and left hook while noting his open stance and drive to earn a million and quit boxing.
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McKinney Teen Star Draws Big League Scout Buzz
McKinney high school sensation Howard Wafer, a 17 year old pitcher with a three year record of about a dozen strikeouts per game and four hits allowed, attracts major league interest from White Sox scouts. Howard aims for college first and has not signed with any club.
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Williams Tourney Set to Open June 21
The fourth annual Williams Country club invitational golf tournament will be staged June 21 to 23 with qualifying scores accepted June 16 to 20. Invitations go to golfers in California Nevada and Arizona. Howard Verney of Clarkdale is the defending champion. Milt Coggins and Ann won the title in 1937.
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Baseball Stars: Key Hits and Wins Across Teams
Schoolboy Rowe limited the Athletics to seven hits and drove in three runs as the Tigers won their fourth straight. George Selkirk led the Yankees with three hits including a homer in a 12-hit attack on the White Sox. Dom Dallesandro doubled with the bases loaded for all Chicago runs in a 3-2 Cubs win over the Phillies. Walter Masterson allowed four hits in a 6-1 Senators victory over the Indians. Bob Harris pitched seven scoreless innings in relief and drove in the winning run in the 14th for the Browns against the Red Sox. Junior Thompson earned his seventh win as the Reds beat the Giants with ten scattered hits and three runs batted in.
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Pittsburgh Woman Reimburses City For Hand Lotion Theft
A middle aged former Pittsburgh woman paid 60 cents to the city conscience fund at the health bureau for five bottles of hand lotion taken over two years ago while at the municipal hospital. She said the theft kept her awake and she might also repay for a pencil. The note ends with a garbled line about Greenland and Texas population and gods.
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Standings and Scores From Regional Showdowns
Arizona Texas games noted with El Paso Bisbee and Tucson Albuquerque totals. Last night results list El Paso 9 over Bisbee 8 and Tucson 12 over Albuquerque 6. Tonight games include Tucson at Albuquerque and Bisbee at El Paso with western teams also posting San Francisco 3 San Diego 6 and Los Angeles 10. Sacramento 0 Seattle 3 Oakland 4 Portland 0 Hollywood 2.
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Senators Cheerful Over Young Hurlers Work
Walter Masterson, a 20 year old righthander, hurled a four hit four to one victory over the Cleveland Indians as the Washington Senators snapped a slump. He followed a three hitter May 30 against the Philadelphia Athletics. St. Louis Browns beat the Boston Red Sox in 14 innings 4 3. Schoolboy Rowe starred Detroit beating the Athletics 9 1. Yankees defeated the White Sox 7 5. Giants lost to the Reds 7 2 while Cubs edged Phillies 3 2 in separate night games.
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Giants Club Cincinnati Reds in High-Scoring Baseball Legend
The Giants routed the Reds 17 to 3 in a game noted for seven homers, three in a row, and five round trippers in a single inning setting multiple major league records. Additional items reference Cunningham’s U S three-quarter mile mark and unrelated mid century sporting and legal notes.
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Cowboys Roll Past Knights 8 1 In Class A Softball
Frankie Casanova starred for the United Sash and Door Cowboys as they beat the Knights of Columbus 8 1. Casanova worked four hits against Columbus pitcher who yielded four hits but issued six walks. Ed Jerky drove in most Cowboys runs with a double and triple. In other action Tucson Steam Laundry forfeited to Quality Feed and Fuel. Allied Printers beat Central Auto Sales 3 1 in Commercial league exhibition. Tonight's schedule lists three doubleheaders.
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Progression at Kings Country Club Four Holes In One
Four cadets playing a foursome at Kings Country Club Hanford California set an apparent record at the seventh hole as Fred Salas made a hole in one Harry Yegholan followed with a two Jess Delgao poured in a three and Tommy Spear completed a four in the same hole all in numerical sequence.
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Ares Pitches El Centros Against Phoenix Compressors Tonight
Ares faces the Phoenix Compressors at Municipal Park in a key semi-pro clash. Fito Aros starts for Barg or El Centros with a deep relief corps ready, while Ford Smith leads the visitors. This merger aims to yield the strongest Tucson lineup for the upcoming state tournament.
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James Roddy Faithful Track Official for Marquette
James Roddy, a traveling salesman, has served as an inspector at the Golden Avalanche meets for seven straight years without missing one. He is praised as possibly the most faithful track official Marquette University has ever had.
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Canterbury Greens Dominate National Open Preview
Henry McLemore argues the 1940 national open will be decided on tiny Canterbury greens rather than Canterbury’s length. He notes six-footers win tournaments, citing Ralph Guldahl’s Philadelphia miss and Bobby Jones era averages, asserting accuracy over power in the final putts.
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YMCA Water Safety Course To Start This Week
Qualifying work in the YMCA water safety and life saving course will start tonight at 8 30. Elmer F Coble ph director announced the program will continue for the next six or eight weeks. Lessons will be Monday 7 30 to 9 30 and Thursday 8 30 to 9 30 next week. An adult learn to swim campaign is set for next Tuesday and Thursday 7 30 to 8 30.
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Sammy Snead Poised To Claim Canterbury Victory
The speaker argues no champion yet, but singles out Sammy Snead as the ideal winner at Canterbury. If wrong, Snead should be blamed, but confidence rests on Snead’s blend of power and precise putting to seize the win.
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Phillies Second Baseman Reveals Real Name
Ham Schulte of the Philadelphia Phillies says his sole extra claim to distinction is his birth name Hermann Joseph Schultehenrich. He played at Iowa under that name before shortening it for professional ball.
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Ham Schulte
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Texas game commission leases vast tract for wildlife restoration
The Texas Game Commission has leased 144 757 acres to support restoration of deer turkey and other wildlife across state lands.
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