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-TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1953 PAGE 28 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR Abbott Assumes Lead Among Open Qualifiers Fires 69-66-1 3S Over Own Course Purdue, I.U. Enter AAU Meet i rl to 1 1 r. Four Hoosier Golfers Qualify Four Indiana golfer qualified for th U.S. Open. Fred Wampler of Indianapolis, former Indiana Open and amateur champion and now a pro, qualified Ht St.

I.ouls with 71-76147. Two South Bend men, Pro Jim Shaw with 73-78 151, and Amateur Tom Matey with 77-75 153, made the, field at Chicago. Ivan Cantz of tlwood madn It at Cincinnati with 71-79 150. Gordon Irishman of 1 mow Hin snmrFS Pat Abbott of Memphis. former public links slar and a veteran pro, lired hot rounds of 69-66135 over his homo-town course at Memphis yesterday and took the load amonj; 1,619 1 players shoot ins? for berths in the United States Open championship in qualifying rounds at 32 cities across the nation.

Abbott's subpar card was the i lowest among early finishers as! the huge army of amateurs and pros battled for the 265 berths still available in the field that will challenge Julius Bnros for; the title at Oakmonf, June -12. At Los Angeles, little Smiley Quick, another former public links star, led the five qualifiers i in his section with 67-71 -138; And Mike lloma topped the tough field of 1M qualifiers at Mamaroneck, N.Y.. with 72-68 150. Muncie's Jaycees, defending champions in the Indiana Amateur Athletic Union track and f'cld meet Saturday at Ball State, may get a run for 1953 honors. Both Purdue and Indiana universities will be in with team entries, according to Powell Moorhead, AAU chairman of track and field for the state.

The meet will be a twilight affair, beginning at 5:15 p.m. with hurdle and dash trials. Entries will be accepted up to the Starting time, Powell said. Some of the top talent already entered include Russ Smith of Anderson, Dave Martin and Jim Lambert of Indiana University and Tom New, Muncie Central's Indiana high ichool cross country and mile 8ft site'' i A champ during the past seasons. CAREFUL OF CURVES, MAYOR-Fairgrounds Little league competition got off to an official start yesterday as Mayor Alex Clark (catching) and Harry Geisel (the omp) got behind David Alderson of the Tee-Pee Indians to look over that first pitch.

The Indians were full of hits, beating the John Ramp Dodgers by 10 to 7. (Star Photo) Madison placed as an alternate nt Cincinnati with 74152. Don Albert of Alliance, and Purdue University, BIr Ten champion, led the field at (irand Rapids, with 73-73146. Md qualified at Washington. Amon" the top hands qualifying at New York were Jackie Burke Claude Harmon, Pete Cooper, Vic Ghezzi and Al Men-gert, runnerup in the U.S.

Amateur last year but now a professional. DAVE DOtULA of Newark. led llie Philadelphia section with 69-67136 but another standout 'amateur, former U.S. and British Champion Dick Chapman nf Pinehurst, N.C, lost out in a playoff. Let's GO Outdoors SMITH, an all-'round competitor, wop second in the recent Kansas Relays decathlon and was eighth for the same events in the United States during the Olympic tryouts of 1952.

Shortridge, Broad Ripple and Tech, from the city high schools, will bo represented at Muncie. Ripple's half-mile relay team, unbeatable in the. 1953 state event but a first-place loser be-t-puse of disqualification, intends to compete as a unit. The National AAU Senior FRANK STRANAHA.Y of Toledo, who tailed in his recent "bid for a third British Amateur crown, led the New York amateurs with 70-73-143. Jimmy McIIale of Philadelphia, Walker Cup amateur star, was beaten in a playoff berth at New York.

Former U.S. Amateur Champion Sam Urzet-la suffered the same fate at Buffalo. N.Y. The Veteran Paul Runyan got In easily at I-os Angeles and Charley Bassler of Catonsville, Top Casters Scheduled For Six Events Sunday ROOKIE PLAYS HOOKIE-Jimmy Daywalt, nominated "Rookie of the Year" for his sixth-place finish in Saturday's 500-Mile Race, missed out on 1953's Victory Dinner celebration when he fractured his left leg in a Sunday race at Winchester. But his plaque and $1,000 Stork and Wetzel prize caught up with him yesterday as George Stark (left) presents both to him in the Randolph County Hospital.

track and field meet, for which the Indiana show is a stepping stone, will be held June 26 and 27 at Stivers High School track in Dayton. O. DO HOT SEND CASH WITH ORDER ENCLOSE CHECK OR MONEY ORDER All-Star Basketball Game, 307 N. Pennsylvania The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind. Gentlemen: Little League Baseball Cubi 3.

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fork, lke'4 Gordon HolUce, 163'i. Brinl-lord, Onl iSl. The local club has a reputation for staging highly successful tournaments and with a number of top casters among its membership, visitors from other clubs know that they will be up against good competition. The meet Sunday will open the outdoor tournament season for casters in this part of the state and will be followed at later dates by the state and other regular casting meets. By MARC W.

WAGGEXER Six events have been scheduled by the Indianapolis Casting Club for the Open Tourney being staged Sunday at the Riverside hatchery grounds, with some spirited competition assured by early entries from over the state. Leading off the program at 8:30 a.m., will be the wet fly accuracy event, open to all casters, with the dry fly accuracy competition getting under way an hour later. Men, women and I desire to purchase the number of reserved seats indicated below for the 1953 Indiana-Kentucky All-Star Basketball Game scheduled at the Butler Field House on Saturday night. June 20. I understand that I will receive the tickets no later than June 12.

Main Floor Seats (5) $2.00 suitable for fishing. The lake has been stocked with large and small mouth black bass, northern pike, bluegills, crappies, channel catfish and bull heads. Due to the marshy shoreline, all fishing will be by boat with anglers privileged to bring their own boat or to rent one of the state-owned boats. It should be a paradise for the anglers as no motorboats will be permitted on the lake. OUTDOORS photographers are again invited to compete in the Evinrude Boating Photography Contest, now open find continuing until Sept.

15. The 1953 contests offers $740 for the best photographs of outdoor or boating scenes that include a recognizable Evinrude motor. Names of winners will he announced about six weeks after the close of the contest. Balcony Seats $1.50 Rain Postpones Wallard's Return Altamont, N-Y. (UP) Lee Wallard, 1951 winner of the Memorial Day classic at the Indianapolis Speedway, has had to postpone his return to racing until July 4.

Rain Memorial Day washed out a scheduled match race between Wallard and Eastern Dirt Track Champion Tommy Hin-nershitz. It would have been Wallard's first start since suffering near-fatal burns at a Reading, track in 1951. The seven-event card has been rescheduled for July 4 at the fairgrounds here. Mortgage Lending yttm 0 our business H. DUFF VILM I enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope so that you may return the tickets to me.

Name A NUMBER of anglers are looking forward to opening the i bass fishing season at the Wll- low Slough game preserve in northern Newton County, on June 16th. The area, which had been under development for some time, was formally dedicated last summer. There are approximately 750 acres of water in the lake, about 400 acres of which is Mortgage Inc. 503 Union Title Bid. MA.

7441 Mailing Address juniors compete at 12:30 p.m. in the -ounce accuracy event which will be followed by the -ounce accuracy event for the same classes at 2:00 p.m. Team a ti will start at 3 Post Offic AS All t- i o'clock, 1- lowed at 4:30 by skirmish competition. Teams will be com- posed of five members. Plaques will be awarded win- ners in each event and mer- fVtunrlicA auL'flrHc will crrt tA av- eral place winners in each of the events.

Final arrangements IE favorite in your Go On Sale Here Todav Ticket sales on June 20th's Indiana-Kentucky All-Star basketball game begins today at The Star's public sen-ice counter. Tickets for the 13th annual benefit game for the state's blind are on a first-come, first-served basis. Balcony seats are priced at 51.50 and main floor ducats are $2. Mail order service on tickets, however, is still being offered 'ith today's ticket blank above. for the contest were made at the club's regular meeting last nighr A a.

a favoring the next most popular brand. That's because Seagram's 7 Crown outsells any other whiskey by more than two to one! Take a whiskey census among your friends. If your circle is typical, you should find twice as many "7 Crown men" as those i Tag-Team Bout Heads IMat Card Steve Karras, New York City, and Rocky Columbo, the "Bronx Bull" of wrestling, will meet Young Bull Montana, Braintree, mat ruffian and Dr. Frank Gallagher, Houston's wrestling chiropractor, in the headline attraction of tonight's Armory grappling bill. Matchmaker Billy Thorn has booked the Australian tag-team test for two falls out of three with a 90-minute time curb.

Another feature of the card will be the first local appearance of Dr. Jerry Graham, noted wrestler hypnotist, who learn, io ne coached for the second straight sea-Bon by Indiana Central's Angus Nicoson. was completed Sunday with the announcement of South Bend Central's Jack Wil-trout and Richmond's Lamar Lundy as the ninth and 10th players t-j sprips' first overtime for the Hoosiers to whip 77, Kentucky group last June. That gave the Indiana AU-Star squad an 11-won, 1-lost record, including the 1949 inaugural when the party was strictly an all-Indiana show. In the first one the All-Stars trimmed the Frankfort team which copped the 1949 state championship.

The interstate scrap was started In 19:50 and Indiana senior high school talent has dominated every event except the 1945 show, which the Blue Grass boys won by five points. The 1953 Indiana All-Star aggregation, picked by state sports writers and radio broadcasters, is filled with championship timber houth Bend Central, which ran off with the most recent state event last March, is represented by Tom Schafer on the first five and Wiltrout. Ml-NCIK CENTRAL, which ran off with the I9.i1 and '52 titles, scored with a pair of guards although Central didn't clear out of its own regional during the recent state shooting. The Bearcat guards, both of whom saw plenty of action with the 1952 Indiana champs, are Jerry Lounsbury, third All-Star picked this season, and Charley Hodson. Indianapolis scored with Hallie Brvant of Crispus Attucks Bryant, all-time scoring record-holder for citv prep players led nil the vote-catchers and was accorded the "Mr.

Basketball" title for the font. He was followed by Harley Andrews, only senior on Terre- Haute Tech's '53 runnersup in the state meet, Lounsbury. Schafer and Hodron. Eyansville Central, a standout state title threat during the pat season, is represented by Bob Wessel. Gary Wallace, another contender is contributing Joe Zimmerman, one of Indiana's outstanding high school centers and the all-time top shooter in the western division of the Northern Indiana Conference.

Shelbyville, which surprisingly ousted favored Attucks in tourney action here, is represented bv huskv Jim inmate. win demonstrate nis mai aouiiy i against Johnny (Satan) Rococo, of Boston, in the supporting i bout. Dr. Graham plans a show- ing of his hypnotic powers fol- i lowing his bout with the Bos-tonian. The Graham-Rococo duel Is i slated for one fall or 30-minutes and will start the action at I 8:30 p.m.

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