Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 July 1941 — Page 7

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Clutch For Junior Title

Babe Bona Thinks Ladies Open|_ Slugging Pete Reiser C Climbs Heads A. A. |Tourney Monday Back to N. L. Hitting Lead

Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind. July ‘12 (U.

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| SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1941

\ JOE WILLIAMS SAYS—

- DENVER, July 12.—You can’t be a champion and “play safe. Little Ben Hogan realizes that today. It was conservatism more than anything else that eliminated him in the P. G. A. quarter finals after one of the most "brilliant golf matches of the year. : As a result, Byron

"Mejor Leaders

“The 10 leading batters in each league:

Captures res Lost: Five Holes M—— a CHICAGO, July '12.—Herb Barna, 405

} . make them impregnable.

Nelson now stands out as the man they've got to beat.

The turning point of this epic struggle over the billowy Cherry Hills Course

came at- the 16th hole of the afternoon round, or the 34th

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hole of the match. Nelson had -

missed a four footer at the 29th. to go one down, a bleak deficit at this stage in a match between two _- such - steady, competent players. _ The next four holes were halved. 3 pgan was getting - closer and loser to the pay-off booth with

lis old boyhood rival and onethe fellow caddie from Ft. Worth,

ONLY PROFESSIONAL enmity

exists between the two men, Throughopt the years, the lean ones and the fat ones, they have maintdined’'a warm mutual miration. Their feeling always is . if one can’t win it’s to be hoped the other can. They have béen

golfing rivals since they were mere °

kids, poor kids, too. The first time they ever met was in a

caddie tournament at Dallas. Even

in ‘those days it was hard to tell which was the better golfer. And in this caddie tournament they finished ‘exactly even, tied for the lead. «There wasn’t a play-off; each youngster was presented with "a shiny new golf stick. Since those days they have established themselves as two of : * the -foremost- golfers in the game,

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THAT'S SOME OF THE background the two men whose dazzling artistry with woods and irons wove such a: memorable match against the breath taking beauty of the Anterican ‘Rockies .out here yesterday. At the end of the morning 18 Hogan was one up. For the first eight holes there wasn’t a single hreak in the uniform perfection of their play and each hole was halved. Hogan ‘won the ninth when Nelson's second was pushed to the right of the green. Hogan had two 33s, Nelson two 34s. That will give you a faint idea. It was much the same in the afternoon. Nelson had caught Hogan, and, as recorded above, had gone one down when he blew that short ‘putt at the 29th. The status of the match remained unchanged through the next fou holes, » 8

THE 16TH is a kv. tough 397-yard hole, hy an excellent “test of golf. A creek. splits the fairway ‘about half the distance _ to the screen. It’s a hole where a fellow shouldn’t’ be criticized too severely for going soft and safe, especially if he’s leading his opponent by ‘a hole with only three more to go. ‘But that’s not the way you .win these big cham‘pionships. "You win these championships by pouring it in, not by letting up. z ~ Now. we've finally got Hogan on ,the tee at this hole and he has ‘the honors, = Keep in mind, too, ‘that Hogan is one of the straightest men in golf with a wood off the tee or anywhere else. . But what does he do at this vital moment but pull out an iron and - give it the safety slam and. the y Cautious Charlie business. Of course, Nelson, being one down, goes for a wood and is 60 yards out front of him. This isn’t yet the determining break for Hogan plays a beautiful long: iron that stops 10 feet short of the pin. A big, noisy whoop comes from the enthralled gallery. But this whoop has scarcely lost itself in the sultry July atmosphere before gielson, much closer to the green, has slapped his approach six feet ' inside of Hogan's for a birdie putt and a win. He gets both and the - match is evened. For:all practical purposes, indeed, it is ended.

Hogan blows the next hole-to put

Nelson, 1 up. You can forget the details of this hole and.the for- = mality of the last hole. The match was decided when Hogan

- . took out that iron and decided to

- protect his one-hole lead. j F » f J . f . CHAMPIONS. DON’T ' protect ‘slender leads; they go out and “That's ., why Nelson is what he is—what . even Craig - Wood, the present ~~ Open champion, who was in the ghllery, calls “the best golfer in. the world today.”

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Kids F voin Texas: Favored in P.G. A. |,

CHERRY HILLS CLUB, DENVER, July 12 (U. P.).—The kids from Texas—Champion Byron Nelson and young Lloyd Mangrum—were heavy favorites to-roll into the finals of the Professional Golfers Association Tournament today as they headed over Cherry Hills in 36-holer semifindls ' against gentleman Gene Sarazen and Vic Ghezzi. Since match play .started, the champion and darkhorse have fired the best golf of the tournament of the basis both of medal play scores and sheer courage. Fourteen under par for 99 holes, Mangrum was considered a walk-in against Ghezzi, six foot, three-inch Italian from Deal, N. J,, who is eight over par for the same distance. Sarazen, of course, was the unpredictable. By almost every rating, Nelson should beat him. But Gene has been coming to these P. G. A. tournaments for 21 years—three times leaving with the trophy in his luggage—and seldom has he been hotter than this week. Mangrum was the sensation of the tournament from the time he eliminated Mark Fry of Oakland, Cal, who had upset U. 8. Open Champion Craig Wood. Then; yesterday, he knocked out his idol—Slammin’ Sammy Snead, 6 and 4, taking command by winning two of the first three holes.

Soose Triumphs ;

. CLEVELAND, July 12 (U. P.)— Billy Soose, middleweight champion by decree of the New York Boxing Commission, last night battered Tony Celli, Morristown, Pa., to win a technical knockout in the second round. SR

Midget Winner

Times Special MUNCIE, Ind. July 12: --.Ted Hartley, Roanoke driver, was the

victor in last night’s 25-mile feature:

on the midget car race at Muncie Veledrome. ‘ ® o : Firemen Win Times Special MIDDLETOWN, O. July 12— The Indianapolis Firemen scored three runs-in the ninth to defeat the ‘Armco: 'Steelmakers; 5-4, in an

Indiana-Ohio Baseball League game here ‘last. night. '

" Softball and Baseball Notes.

SOFTBALL A city softball tournament, spon---sored by the Indianapolis Softball

Association, will be held again’ this Ts

ear, President Robert Mathers anpounced ‘today. ‘rhe local winner will play in the [ndiana Recreation Association’s tate tourney, out of which will come the representative for the na“tional meet in St. Louis, Entry blanks will be available soon at the Bush-Feezle and EmRoe: stores and Softball and Stout : Stadiums. Entries will close Aug. 1 and the tournament will start the “next. week,

STOUT I STADIUM : Metal Auto Parts will play the Shower Brothers team of Bloomington and Mitchell A. C. will play the

Burtias of Hamilton, O., in the fea-|

ture games tomorrow t at the ‘stadium. Hal Mahaney the Auto’ Parts and H takes the hill for the A, Cs. Bev‘eridge ‘Paper will meet the Lock-}Sh field Pals ’ Cis in a preliminary game. . Results In wat ; oe Mercantile Priday |v, 5 0s Beveridge Paper, 3. a BR Fire’ Da Sh ment, 10; Hall

es Shvnes & Lona 4; Oearse

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‘BALL SCHEDULE ny Catherine vs, Shamrock at Brookside

vs. 8t. Roch at’ Gar Eraser v8. Holy Trinity, mgr | dioly Rosary’ vs. St. Philip at Willérd hourdes: drew a bye. % CITY PAI PARKS { Sunday, morning: Bush-Peesls Softhall Sam's Men's Shop vs. New Jersey A. C. of Riverside I vs. N at Willard 1. at Brookside 1. tal will meet Delava: e Fl TIER softball thal me at 3:30. p.m. Sunday anes at Memorial Park, i Bn ette Duncan Electric: " hi 5%

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|and’ knotted at 73 onthe last 18.

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Frank Roales Falls Before Sub-Par Golf

LEBANON, Indi; July 12: . PJ. —Young Billy Dahl of West Lafayette today wore the Indiana Junior Golf crown because he had:courage in the clutch and produced sub-par golf when the heat was on.

* The 17-year-old Dahl eked out

Terre Haute at Ulen Country Club yesterday only aftér bearing down ahd capturing the last five holes of a 36-hole match in ‘a row. He defeated Roales 2 up for the championship. Except. for the brilliant stretch drive by Dahl, there: was little to choose between :the champion and the runner-up. Both carded 72%, 2.over - par, on. the first 18 holes,

Dahl ‘had..20 ‘pars “and 6 birdies, Roales 21 pars and 5 birdies. » But Dahl produced golf. in the stretch. that would: not be denied. Although Jeading 2 up .at:18 holes, he was in a bad spot, 3.down, com-

_|ing to the 13th of ‘the final round.|pasis |His fortune seemed to change on

the: 13th; a ‘lucky putter shot :to the-pin from a sand trap which’ enabled him to halve the hole. Then Dahl turned on the heat, carding three birdies and two pars

all and blasting Roales’ title hopes. Dahl birdied the 14th to Roales’ par 5, parred the 15th while Roales bogeyed with another 5, birdied the 16th to even the match. On the -235-yard 17th Dahl drove to within 10 feet of the pin and sunk the putt for another birdie which put him 1 up. Roales missed a chance to send the match into extra holes when Dahl got into another trap on his He fell 7 feet short of the pin from the back edge of the green, then missed again to bogey the hole while Dahl blasted out of the trap and dropped the pellet for a par 4. In other matches Dan ‘Cravens, Franklin, won the first flight championship from Joe Fouts, Muncie, 3 and 2; Bill Thompson, Milan, won the second flight from Bud King, Indianapolis, 2 up, and Mitchell Petercheff, Indianapolis, took. consolation honors from Bob Stackhouse, aiso of Indianapolis, 4 and 3.

Evansville Pro Takes Elks Meet

Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind, July 12— Bob Hamilton, Evansville professional, today held the Elks Ft. Harrison open golf championship by virtue of "36-hole sub-par firing.

“Hamilton won, the annual tourna-{Rhodius ‘ment yesterday by shooting a two-

under-par 142. Wayne, Timberman, professional at Indianapolis’ Meridian Hills course, was second with

Hillcrest course in Indianapolis, fin-

. |power-laden Minneapolis Millers,

‘| parade.

|Goodwin Defeats

146, and ‘Massie Miller, pro at thei";

apparently the most potent of the

refuses to quit his spot at the head of the American Association batting

‘Barna, now possessing a glowing .372 average, is leading A. A. hitters ‘| for the third straight week, averages released today show. come Fabjan Gaffke, a teammate, with .353; ‘Glenn McQuillen, Columbus, .352; Ray Sanders, Columbus, 344; John Pesky, Louisville, ..337; Bob _Repass, Columbus, '.326; Otto Denning, Minneapolis, ,326;. Gil English, St. Paul, .322; Stan Galle, Milwaukee, .322, and ‘Wayne Blackburn of indianapolis, iT, .Leaders in other. departments: Runs, Sanders, 67; Hits, . Sanders, 110; Doubles, Sanders, 26; Triples; ‘Walt Cazen, Louisville, 9; and Home runs, Ab ‘Wright, Minneapolis, 16,

Golfers Hold Tourney 7 » . * * At Meridian Hills Members of Meridian Hills Country Club will participate in a Calcutta tournament at the North Side course today and tomorrow. Ohe of the highlight -events on the club's tournament calendar, the meet” will be conducted ‘on a full handicap Eighteen-hole qualifying rounds will. be played this afternoon starting at 1 o’clock, with. Wayne Timberman, club. pre, in charge, Prizes will be awarded for low. gross and low net performances. Following the qualifying ‘rounds, the tournament committee, headed by Alan C. Sweetser, chairman, assisted by E. H. Kemper McComb, handieap chairman, will make up the foursomes for the final matches. Paul ‘'R., Summers, club president, announced that Sweetser and Kenneth Larrance would have charge. Final matches will be played tomorrow,

Amateur Tennis

Because of the Western Tennis Tournament play at ‘Woodstock all first division matches in the Indianapolis' Amateur Tennis League have. n moved up to 9 a. m. tomorrow. instead of 1:30 p. m, as usual. Tomorrow’s matches include:

Seven-Up vs. Smith-Hassler Co. at Rivorsiae Park. iota Ciub. vs. Liehr's Tavern at Fall Creek Park.

m-Roe Sporting Goods ‘vs. Green Lawns Addition at Willard P A second division DE between LinkBelt Co. and Junior Chamber of Commerce has been cancelled. The iatter team has withdrawn from competition.

Allen at Rhodius

Results in last night's amateur

boxing show at Rhodius Park: 135 Pounds—Clifford Goodwin, Rhodius, defeated Sammy Allen illard; Earl Etheredge, Willard, defeated Bil Sinclair, us; Floyd Aliderson, Yash ington, deteated Earl Alderson, Northeas 100 Pounds—Carl Wallace, *Rhodius defeated Connie Taylor, Christian Park: and ey Cook, Rhodius,

feated Lynn Lowrey, Washingto! 126 Pounds— Bill Henry, Washington, de-

ished third with 149.

feated Don Jones. Rhodius.

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to be played over the Morris Park Country Club’ course. Pairings were to be made late this

participate in a pro-lady tournament tomorrow. Match play to determine the 141. champion ‘will begin Tuesday.

olis, the defending champion, has been in South Bend for several days, sharpening her gante. and - acquainting ‘herself. with: the’ Morris’ Park premises. Others ‘expected: this

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3 | Leading the National League in two 101 dbpartmenits — batting and runs 38 | scored— Pete Reiser of the Brooklyn

3% Dodgers . came back today to top -| the senior loop’s sluggers while Ted i Williams of the Boston Red Sox re-

tained his American League batting lead for .the sixth successive week. Averages released today and in-

3 cluding games of Thursday showed

5| Reiser,’ who is batting .354;, six

3 NEW YORK, July 12 (U. P.).— tery in their sppuctive leagues,

Riddle’s nine victories against no defeats tops the National, and six wins. and only one loss for Benton gave him leadership of aj junior circuit. Leaders in other Rr Runs—(A) J. DiMaggio, Yanks} D. DiMaggio and Williams, Red Sox, 72; (N) Reiser, Dodgers, 61. Hits—(A) DiMaggio, Yanks, 107} (N) Slaughter and Moore, Cardi«

® points ahead of Johnny Mize of the] nals,

St. Louis Cardinals. Mize, last week's

leader, slumped 18 points to 348. Williams, whose ninth-inning home

wil run won the All-Star game for the

American’ League, played in only three games. last week but picked up two points: to boost his average to 405 when he made five hits in 11 times’ at bat. Elmer “Riddle of the Cincinnati

Reds and Al Benton of the Detroit

6 Tg retained their pitching mas-

95, Doubles—(A) Boudreau, Indians, 26; (N) D’Allesandro, Cubs, 24. Triples—(A) Keltner, Indians, 10;) (N) Slaughter, Cards, and Moore, Braves, 7 : Homers—(A) DiMaggio and Kel« ler, Yanks, 19; (N) Ott, Giants, 18, Runs batted in — (A) Keller, Yanks, 72; (N) Nicholson, Cubs, 60, Stolen bases--(A) Heath, Indians, and Kuhel,” White Sox, 10; (N)

Frey, Reds, 11.

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