Boros Leads Flint Open With 66 After Stolen Putter Incident
Julius Boros surged to the lead at the Flint Open with a sizzling 6 under par 66 at Warwick Hills, two strokes ahead of Jerry Pittman. Al Mengert, Bob Charles, and Gene Littler followed at 69 as Lema and others battled in light rain delays.
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MacArthur Orders Cease Fire In Track Group War
General Douglas MacArthur ends the U S track dispute over the Moscow meet by directing the federation to allow athletes to run in the National AAU championships in St Louis on June 21-22. William Russell, president of the USTFF, authorized competition and ended the boycott. The move clears a path for U S teams to select the Moscow and European teams.
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Major League Leaders National League Batting and More
The top performers split two leagues with Groat and Covington batting .341 in the NL. Flood leads runs with 49, while H. Aaron has 47 and 17 homers. Robinson and Aaron pace RBIs with 43 and 40, respectively. Groat and White lead hits with 77 and 70.
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Clarke Co Esso Beats Lucky Inn Ties For Lead
Clarke County Esso defeated Lucky Inn 2 1 to pull even at the top of the league standings. Pitcher Gene Singhas earned the win as the offense produced a pair of runs including Lloyd's second double and a fourth inning score after a single. Also listed are tonight's matches and Monday church league pairings with games set at 7 00 and 8 15.
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Two Britons Vie For Golf Title
Two English finalists meet in a 36 hole British Amateur final at St Andrews after a week of match play on the Old Course. The event eliminated 39 Americans, including eight Walker Cup players, as John Blackwell and Michael Lunt advanced with Lunt the sole Walker Cup participant to endure the week. Lunt defeated four Americans, notably defending champion Dick Davies and Dr Ed Upderaff, each 1 up, to reach the final.
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Pasadena
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Snell Wins Assault On Mile In Four Minute Time
Peter Snell of New Zealand wins the Compton Invitational mile in 3 minutes 55 seconds, leading a field of six under four minutes and falling just 0.6 seconds short of his world record. Brian Sternberg raises the pole vault standard to 16 feet 8 inches, bettering his own mark.
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Clarke Team Wins Little League Doubleheader
Clarke County Little League opened its season in Berryville with two games. In the major league, the Indians beat the Hawks 9 1 and Jimmy Chafin struck out batters for the win. In the minor league, the Senators routed the Dodgers 38 2 as Guy McFillen earned the victory.
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Kiwanis Edge Nationals in Seven Innings
Kiwanis edged National Fruit 21 in seven innings last night at Sen Seny Park in the opener of a Little League twinbill. Ricky Yeakler delivered a bases loaded single for the winning run in the bottom of the seventh as Alan Sumner earned the win.
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Strange Leads State Open After Strong Start
Roanoke AP reports Tom Strange, aiming to become only the second player to win Virginia State Open as both amateur and pro, holds a two stroke lead after 36 holes. He shot 68 then 67 to sit at 138, with Al Smith and Wright Garrett close behind.
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Shorty) Oatman
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Virginia Beach pro tops Open title race at Blue Hills
The 32-year-old Virginia Beach professional led the Open as it moved into its penultimate round at Blue Hills. He was the man to beat with the title within reach.
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