Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 87, Decatur, Adams County, 13 April 1954 — Page 7

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Snead Defeats Ben Hogan For Masters Title AUGUSTA, Ga. UP—Sam Snead put in a loud challenge to Ben Hogan’s invincibility as the golfer of the era today after his stiirlng face-to-face victory over the tiring Texas bantaan In a 18-hole playoff for the Masters title. And Snead, forglvably cocky after, he forced Hogan to wilt before hit own tight putting game at the Augusta National course, had a typical hillbilly comment for the occasion. "The sun don't shine on the same dog all the time," cracked Sammy. More exactly, the records showed that Snead how has pulled up close to Hogan with seven major world titles to Ben’s nine;, that he has defeated him the three times they met man-to-man in a playoff or match play; and that Snead is the * only three-time Masters winner besides Jimmy Demaret. Hogan has won the Masters twice and the field had almost con- ... ceded bis third title after he finished the third round Saturday three strokes ahead of the field. But amateur Billy Jo Patton gummed up the works for the pros by shooting a hole-in-one and a flurry of birdies Sunday to alter Hogan’s strategy so that he fin'Sflhed in a mediocre 289 tie with SCTad as the amateur finally faded. B<Ah Snead and Hogan set a pulthrough the first nine holes A the playoff before 7.500 Monday With one-under par 355. Then thqy made the fateful turn where in 17 previous tournaments the title has been traditionally lost or won in the fourth round of the playoff. It was not the first time Hogan had lost the Masters in a playoff oter the historic stretch. His onetime mentor, Byron Nelson, beat him there in 1942. This time, Hogan did the unforgivable for him—a three-putt job from 11 feet on the 16th. Snead already had gone ahead one stroke on the decisive, gully-lined 13th 37-foot chip within sinking distance, and he did the 16th green in two. The 16th was the playoff and ...thejuJwth knew it, Ine single stroke Snead lost on the 18 th resulting from a trap shot was anticlimax as Hogan was already down with a par and when Snead blasted out within seven feet he only had to get down in two and again he did. Snead said that after , he threeputted'the short fourth for a bogey .. he muttered to himself, “oh. oh. TRY OUR MARKS FILM SERVICE FOR QUALITY PHOTO FINISHING Smith Rexall Drugs

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here 1 go again,” he was thinking about his everlasting plague in the U. S. Open — the putting blowup. But this time he dropped the three to five footers every time he had to match Hogan’s pars or birdies and he got a big lift on the 10th when he knocked in a 45-foot chip from well off the green. Hogan, who took $3,000 second money to Snead's $5,000 frorti the jacked-up $25,000 tournament purse safd he concentrated so hard on the lineup of his 16th green putt that he misjudged the stroke, hitting behind the ball. From here, Snead will play next in his own Greenbrier Open at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., and Hogan in the Ft. Worth Colonial, ■both next month. Minneapolis Wins Net Championship MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. UP — The Minneapolis Lakers won their sixth world professional title in seven years Monday night with an 87-80 win over the Syracuse Nationals. The Lakers led practically from the start and never were headed after taking an 8-7 lead in the first period. Jim Pollard, the Lakers' veteran forward, led the champions to the victory—the fourth for the Lakers in the seven-game “World Series" qf the National Basketball Association. • Poliard was high scorer for the Lakers with 21 points, three more than Dolph Schayes, high man for the Nats. The Lakers led 17-14 after one period, and 38-32 at the half. They poured in 27 points in the third period to the Nats’ 22. Clyde Lovellette and Dugie Martin tallied 12 each for the Lakers, in addition to 11 for George Mikan. The Lakers won $7,500 in prize money for the final victory, boosting their total playoff winnings to $17,560. All-Star Team NEW YORK UP — Bob Cousy. of the Boston Celtics, generally regarded as the outstanding player of professional basketball, was chosen unanimously today on the annual National Basketball Association all-star team in which five cities were represented. The other players, selected in a poll of sports writers and broadcasters throughout the nation, were Neil Johnston of the Philadelphia Warriors, George Mikan of the Minneapolis Lakers, Adolph Schayes of the Syracuse Nationals and Harry Gallatin of the New York Knickerbockers. Ray Felix of the Baltimore Bultetrunanimous i choice as "rookie of the year.” The players selected for the second team were Easy Ed Macauley 1 of Boston. Jim Pollard of Minneap- : olis, Carl Braun of New York. Bob ‘ Wtnrzfr - fM PaulSeymour of Syracuse. Each player on the first team was given a check for S2OO while [ the secc-nd team players received ■ SIOO apiece.,

Commodores Are Defeated By Willshire i The Decatur Commodores were defeated by Willshire, 0., 7-4, at the Willshire diamond Monday afternoon. The Commodores scored their first two runs in the second inning without a hit, tallying on five walks and three stolen bases. Decatur picked up single runs in the fourth and sixth Innings. Willshire tallied three times in two-run clusters. In the first, third and fourth Innings, and a singleton in the sixth. The Commodores’ next game is scheduled against St. Mary’s of Anderson at Anderson April 21. Commodores AB RHE J. Voglewede, If, 2b — 2 1 0 2 York, ss 3 0 1 ,0 Mowery, 3b 3 0 10 C. Voglewede, c 3 0 10 Schulte, p 4 0 11 Eyanson, lb 3 0 0 1 Heiman, lb i 0 0 0 0 E. Wilder, cf— .'.2 1 0 0 Costello, 2b — 110 0 Ford; rs 10 0 0 Omlor, rf.2 10 0 J. Wilder, If ....10 0 0 E. Meyer, rs 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 25 4 3 5 Wlllshirt , AB RJi E Clase, 3b ....2 11 0 D. Marbaugh, 2b 4 2 11 Samples, If 3 2 10 Miller, rs 3 10 0 T. Marbaugh, ss, rs 3 0 11 Koch, lb — 3 0 10 Kuhn, cf 3 0 10 Black, plO 0 0 Byer, ss ...2 10 0 Bollenbacher, ss 0 0 0 0 Schaffner, c - 2 0 0 1 TOTALS- 26 7 6 3 Score by innings: Commodores ' 020 101 0— 4 Willshire 202 201 x —7 Fort Wayne Speedway Will Open April 25 FORT WAYNE, Ihd., — Banked track automobile racing, regarded by many as the most exciting sport in the world, will be revived here on the steeply banked Fort Wayne Speedway, Sunday afternoon, April 25. The Fort Wayne track, only five eights of a mile macadam speed Saucer in the land, has beed taken over by Sam Nunls, of Reading, Pa., and the well know'n eastern operator plans an ambitious program of racing. His first presentation will be for AAA regulation race cars and drivers. A six-event card of racing is scheduled, and practically all the leading banked track drivers in the country will be on hand. Indications are that a host of Indianapolis speedway stars will be in the starting field. -Nunls plans a season-long schedule of operation. concluding in early October. During the summer, he will also present raeW"for Fate model stoflt cars, sportsmen stock cars and roadsters. School Days CANONSBURG, Pa.. UP — Burgess Fred A. Caruso announced his office will be open on Mondays and Thursdays, instead of Wednesdays and Fridays, to permit him to continue his studies at the University of Pittsburgh. I

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Concordia Winner In Dual Meet Here Fort Wayne Concordia won a dual meet from the Decatur Yellow Jackets, 61-29, at Worthman field Monday afternoon, and Concordia reserves also defeated the Jacket reserves, 57-30. Roger Blackburn, Decatur senior, copped three first places, winning both dash events and the broad jump. Decatur’s only other first place was won by Bill Roth in ' the pole vault. The summaries: Varsity 100-yard dash: Blackburn (D) first; Roemer (C) second; Rodewald (C) third. Time—lo. 4. 220-yard dash: Blackburn (D) first; Rodewald (C) second; Roemer (C) third. Time—23.4. 440-yard run: Nash (C) first; Krick (D) second; Meeks (C) third. Time —58.7. 880-yard run: Linnemeier (C) first; Halterman (D) second; Ridley (C) third. Time—2:l6. Mile run: Linnemeier (C) first; Manske (C) second; Krueckeberg (D) third. Time—4:s2. i Broad jump: Blackburn (D) first; Nash (C) second; Ridley (C) i and Eley (D) tied for third. Disi tance —18 a, 2 in. High jump: Ridley- (C) first; i Nash (C), Dammeyer (C), Halterman (D) and Sommers (D) tied for second and third. Height—s ft. ■ 7 in. Pole vault: Roth (D) first! Rodei wald (C) second.; Height—B ft. Shot put: Scheurnann (C) first: 1 Reincke (C) second: Hein (C) i third. Distance —40 ft. 2 in. Mile relay: Won -by Concordia. 1 Time—4:o6. i Half-mile relay: Won by Concor1 dla. Time—l:47. Reserve Meet 1 100-yard dash: Doehrman (C) first; Embler (D) second; Goeglein (C) third. Time —12. 220-yard dash: Doehrman (C) first; Roth (D) second; Goeglein (C) thi/d. Time—s>.9. 440-yard run: Solt (C) first; Raney (C) second; Murphy (D) third. Time —63. 880-yard ren: Bols .(C) first; Koehlinger (C) second; Butcher (D) third. Time—2:29. Mile run: Bols (C) first; Egley (D) second; Hawkins (D) third. Titne—s:l3. Shot put: Roemer (C) first; Doehrman (C) second; Lobsiger (D) third. Distance 30 ft. 8 in. Pole vault: .Martin (D). Height 6 ft. Broad jump: Doerffler (C) and Kirkpatrick (D) tied for first: Duff (D) third. Distance—l 4 ft. 10 ip. High jump: Duff IP) first; Fletcher (C) and Murphy (D) tied for second and third. Concordia also won both relay races. i Argentine Champion • Wins By Decision i■ ■ ■ : BROOKLYN, UP —Boston fight fans may get the next look at Ar- , gentine middleweight champion t Eduardo Lausse. who now.is unI Rbeaterf in Tour fights in this, country. Charley Johnson, manager of the Pampas puncher, said today he wasn’t too pleased with the man-. • ner in which Lausse hammered ■ out a split 10-round decision over • Jesse Turner of St. Louis. Mo.. 1 Monday night in their widely tele- • vised and broadcast bout. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur.

Ike Pilches First Ball As Season Opens NEW YORK UP — Wake up Americans, it’s time to go out to the old ball game again. ’ Yi»b, today is the day. Forget about fuel bills, coffee prleee, H-bombs, the McCarthy investigation, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and the Iron Curtain boys— Just Jor this afternoon. That’s what Ike’s going to do. He’s taking the day off to throw out the first pitch down in the nation's capital where the Yankees play the Senators in the ceremonial presidential opener. President Eisenhower makes things official at 3 p.m. EST after every other one of the seven opening games has been in progress at least for half an hour, since all are scheduled earlier. For this bright new season when everybody has high hopes — at least for awhile — there was a promise of bright and shiny weather on all fronts. Generally there is some rain and cold weather. There will be upwards of 220,000 fans on hand in person at the eight . games with millions more watching or hearing the progress of their heroes via television and radio. Although once again Brooklyn and the Yankees are quoted as heavy favorites to win their pennants, lively races were in prospect for both leagues with returning servicemen and the best crop of rookies since before World War II on hand to improve the chances of some of the perennial also-rans. Brooklyn was an odds-on favorite at 4-5 in the National while the Yankees were quoted at even

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money despite the fact that they had a bad spring, winking 14 galbes and losing 19. Around 40,000 were expected to turn out at the Polo Grounds to see the Dodgers renew their feud with the Giants. Carl Erskine opposes Sal Maglie. Cincinnati, where opening day always is an especially festive occa* sion, figured on a sellout crowd of 34,000 including Gov. Frank 1 Lausche of Ohio and Mrs. Dorothy ' Dolbey, vice mayor of Cincinnati who will create history of a sort when she becomes the first woman to toss out an opening day pitch. Sophomore Bob Buhl of Milwaukee will oppose Bud Podbielan. Canadian Champion Wins By Knockout I TORONTO, UP — Canadian heavyweight champion Earl Walls, who says he hasn’t any plans for Rocky Marciano’s world crown "just yet," was perfectly content today to settle for the “revenge” he got by sebring a one-round knockout over Tommy Harrison of Los Angeles. Walls stiffened Harrison, the sixth ranking heavyweight, at 2:173 of the first round Monday night at Maple Leaf Gardens. Nova Scotia Premier Dies This Morning HALIFAX, N. S. UP — Premier Angus L. MacDonald of Nova Scotia died in Victoria Hospital today. The 64-year-old Premier, who never fully recovered from a cold he caught during a visit to London several months ago, died unexpectedly after being ordered to drop all his administrative duties and enter the hospital for a rest, MacDonald had headed the Nova Scotia Liberal Party since 1933. If you have something to sell or rooms for -ent, try a Democrat Want Add. It brings results.

Huntertown Winner In Four-Team Meet Huntertown won a four-team track meet at Hoagland Monday afternoon with a 68-point total. The Pleasant Mills Spartans were second with 43% points, Payne, O. was third with four points and Hoagland fourth with 1%. Lee Wolfe, of Pleasant Mills, won both the high jump and broad jumb. with HuntertoiHi copping all other first places. 100-yard dash: Miniat (Ht.) first; L. Wolfe (PM) second; D. Wolfe (PM) thit-d. Time—lo.s. 200-yard dash: Miniat (Ht.) first; D. Wolfe (PM) second; Fox (PM) third. Time—2l.7. 440-yard run: Shank (Ht.) first; Wyss (Ht.) second; Melching (PM) third. Time—2l.7. 440-yard run: Shank (Ht.) first; Wyss (Ht.) second; Melching (PM) third. Time—6o.l. 880-yard run: Malcolm (Ht.) first; Roe (PM) second; Highter (Ht > third. Time—2:2o. Mile run: L. Dove (Ht.) first; Roe (PM) second; Kenger (Ht.) third. Time—s:lo. Pole Vault: Walter (Ht.) first; Young (Ht.) second; f’rey (PM) and Bearman (Hoag.) tied for third. Height—9 ft. 8 in. High jump: L. Wolfe (PM) first; D. Wolfe (PM) second; Walter (Ht.) third. Height—s ft. 4 in. Broad jump: L. Wolfe (PM) first; Fox (PM) second; Bearman ! (Hoag.) third. Distance —18 ft. 2% in. Shot piit?'Shank (Ht.) first: Miniat (Ht.) second; FatrWl (HtJ third. Distance—43 ft. 9 in. Mile relay: Won by Huntertown; Pleasant Mills second (Sipe, Byers, Ripley, Girod); Payna third. Titne —4:06.5. Half-mile relay: Won by Huntertown; Pleasant Mills second (L.

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Wolfe, D. Wolfe. Fox, Frey); Payne third. Time—l:4s. Wrestling Program At Fort Wayne April 26 FORT WAYNE, Ind., — Yukon Eric, one of wrestling’s most fabulous personalities, will make his Fort Wayne debut on Monday night, April 26, meeting handsome Ray Gunkel, former Purdue football star, in the main event of another big four-match program. Matchmaker Bruff Cleary signed the two stars of numerous television appearances, after nearly a month of negotiations. Yukon Eric, one of the roughest, toughest wrestlers active today, has been making wrestling headlines for little more than,a year, but already has become one of the sport's biggest box office attractions. Ted Williams Joyful After First Workout BOSTON, UP — Ted Williams, enthused after his first workout since he broke his collarbone, hopes to be playing by mid-May. The Boston Red Sox slugger found he could swing much easier than he expected during a onehour "pepper” game at Fenway Park Monday. . He said, however, that his shoulder still hurt “a little” when he had to stretch for a pitch. - : —— MASONIC Regular Stated U ? Meeting at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday, April 13th. J RAY STINGELY, W. M.