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Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 41

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Ml'MfV Four Tie for 54-Hole Lead Tam Golf Porky Oliver Blows To 79 As Field Feels Pressure Apaches Edge By Aces 5-4 In Ten Innings Bjr HOT 8WANX lered ovr the right field fence A pinch hit double by Albert end then tied the gnme In the Metres against the right-center-1 sixth with a couple of runs field wall in the tenth inning gave When the Aces opened the the Laredo Apaches a 6-4 victory seventh with a single by Fisher over the Corpus Oirtoli Aces at the Apaches called Carrasquel to Irheppe Palms last night jth mound That was it for the The blow came after two were Aces PH1 eledth leH Laredo set things up tor Metres venth Ptal "ln the 10th after two were down lt 0ldl laAue- It wts the and Senties singled fifth consecutive loss for Manager George Fisher's Aces and gave Reliefer Evillo Ortega wasi charged with the loss bis 11th against seven victories fi tarter Martin Perez who leaves for the Army Monday went the first six innings giving way to pinch hit ter after allowing four runs on even hits and four walks day afternoon Combat Boots was second in the two-horse race on which there was no track wagering It was Tom ninth victory in a row (AP Wirephoto) EVEN BBEATHE HARD Tom Fool with Ted Atkinson up gallops easily in to win the 26th running of the Whitney Stakes at Saratoga yester Of these Burke has the beet chance to leap ahead He toured the front nine in 34 then soared to 39 he took a 9 on the 13th and a two over on the next wan dering into trees a trap and fin ally three-stroked the green missing hia last putt from two feet Douglas started his third round with a 6 after three putting then dropped putts of six and three-feet for birdies on the next two holee Another pair of birds cama on the deventh and eighth on putts under sure-laden scramble for the game's 10 feet aa ha turned in 34 richest prise was by Porky Oliver But a trap cost him a 4 on the the halfway leader with a ll5'hort 11th and he needed three Oliver drifted to a 37-42-79 today top to roll into the 13th to take winding up with a 7 on the 410- He finished with a 38 yard last hole Beaaelink bpened with a 34 and His second shot zoomed Ui rough then forged ahead with a deuce 3 an opening in the grandstands aur-jon the 160-yard 11th by chipping rounding the green and nestled on Into the hole from 60 feet He the concrete near an outside wr Dlrdied the next with an tight Hia next was on the seato of the putt but three-stroked for SPORTS SECTION 1 AND CLASSIFIED StJNDAY AUGUST 9 1953 Corpus ChrMI'e Aces to end a five-game losing skein tonight at Mieppa Palma at Tstl agwfaut the sixth place Brownsville Charroe Mttle Danny Parra seeks to better Me 6-6 record In the ae- big Alsx Carrasquel hb second win in two nights over Corpus Chrlstl Carrasquel relieved starter Ray Hegatrom with the game tied up! in the seventh and the Aces felled to scratch from then on The Apaches had to come from behind twice to claim the victory Corpus Chrlstl drew first blood in the second entirely on the heads up baas running of Vince Liberto and a bad throw by Laredo catcher Ralph Bedford Liberto Scorn Liberto on second base after a walk and Flip Hernandez single took off for third on third strike on Morris Jones Bedford threw CORPUS AUGUST 9 1953 crowded bleachers Stayed to Trouble He lifted off without penalty then'0 Pr 01 the 18th dhilpped short in four Hia Has til hot finally rolled on the green and Grouped at 211 were Lloyd Mang he needed two putta 'nun leading money winner Ed 'liver' windup wu almost typi-j uddlecrff- cal of the leaders aa they spiayed hots on the bark nine while buck-1 Thirteen others were par or batting brisk winds for the distance including Hec Ford consistent 31-year-old mon-itor Thomaon of Glasgow Scotland ey winner from Harrison Yl at Jls- the ovcriesi dels- big 6 on the 14th and missed a four-footer to forfeit another stroke Chote Layton In Golf Finals First of 36-Hole Finals Scheduled for 9:30 Today behind the runner and the ball Balled Into centerfield Liberto loped across before center! lelder Vie Kawalic could peg it in isSr-ai eurwi Lardo matched this run in the i Corpu Chr11 third and plated three men in the1 R-nwifsre Tom Fool Is Easy Winner WllltllPV FJ ff Hf 7 O' Combat Boots Doesn't Furnish Competition In Saratoga Feature SARATOGA SPRINGS Aug Tom Fool turned hie second race of the week into Just another workout today aa he beat Combat Boots by three and one half lengths in the Whitney Stakes victory for ninth straight eighth this year The four-year old son of Menow trim the Groentrae Stable picked up 618230 for hie mile and one-quarter victory booetlng hie total earnings to (303785 There waa no betting since Combat Boots was the only other entry Last Tuesday Tom Fool won the Wilson Mile against ona rival The time wee a comparatively ImTfein merely routed the remainder of the journey kni th dZ't didnt need travel any faster Jack Weatrope let Combat Boots set the pace for the first quarters of a mile with a 1:13 clocking Porky Fined Two Strokes For Cursing CHICAGO Aug 6 (AP)-Porky Oliver was assessed two penalty strokes and required lo apologize for alleged obecene language to an official in a bitter argument over an errant shot in today's 278000 'world" pro golf tourney The ahot far peat the 13th green in the third round resulted in CHRISTI TEXAS SUNDAY Chote the defending champion has bis work cut out for him in hie effort to repeat hta 1992 city title If Layton la on ona of hie hot streaks Layton i one of tour 1 i brothers is a hot and cold golfer hie hot periods he hits ithe bsl1 well enough to give anybody fourth to go out front Three m-fii smi OAR tWO fun doublo by JuinlNrtrii Colombatta HR-Mnghir DP- lhV corpus cnnsu puinod in i'i onsga i 90-Hrtrom i onw i Singleton In the fourth inning aiHO-Hwrom nm MBP-Hrawmsi ma Vm W-rirrfqueL L-OrOji U-Itnooig min BOM Ji4Sftl9r nowlunhw Kfllty A-MO (PaM GORDON PIRIE DOES Melret Ungher hd tha smoothest sailing of the 'lot He came in with a steady to go with hie previous rounds of 70-72 Besseiink finished with 34-36-70 Douglas with and Harper with 13-36 71 to elbow into the 209 bracket with Ford who finished Rufus Chote and Johnny Layton tea off at 9:20 this morning at the Oso in quest of the city golf championship start! nr their second 1 MltfSoS thisfoon aii0lB Tom Lawrence tut night three-' The championship finale over 36 holes will see Layton and in other been completed rhou which have A few finale have already Lawrence uid Thou not will be teeoff times hours ahead of them vn Md lelt Oliver the 38-hole! only one shot away at 210 77 leader five strokes out of firstLew Worsham who shared second 75 place with 214 The penalty would Pl with Douglas and Bob Toski: 1 riiIe hl total -ist the halfway point with in Smith Guadalajam Mex with Wes Santee Loses 'Mile of LONDON Aug I Gordon of three lap that this was silly" Plris who usually runs anywhere Pirle said "If they had passed from three to eta mile In track the throe quarter marit at three! meete ran only one today but he minutes I'd atiU be there and I Oliver nninci-j Wortham took starting' for 543 nd whopping 13-stroke hi streaks last week' PoloSiled shortly after nJne with a pair on bertha Baker of Let lln moving through a tough field 110 disciplinary action igainat himUrdiefand a par then going over 111 lnt0 the finals against Chotewu announced and said he wi whose home bass la the Corpus tee off tomorrow plenty of trouble He was on one I Carrasquel Too Often LARKDO Flu Gomel Murptur Rincy Kawahc Hi 1 1 1 01 lie ef lias 1 1 1 esaeoesel 110 9 ite a i i a i a eseeeeeeeseeeeeea 0 0 6 1 i 2 a i 1 imm maun Anna a airfare si it rurr ib ecu iFiurn cf I SSI liMfi i i a Liberia a 1 1 i saiwr ir2JUbee sees io it i-i 1 seeesees eeeeeeeeesl mo un we e-i MonbiM Hrmandn I for the longer race Martin Engel of the New York Pioneer Club eet a British all-comers record when he threw the hammer 188 feet 9 Inches Toski was still in a chase for the Dout ror lead after 36 on the front sidelf' In' 974 hut tha little 123-pounder caved BMlink Christl Country Club I The ball on Oliver1! second ahot Historical background If that bounded Daat a nermanMt mesne anything gives a tovorit Tand' role to Layton who does moat of tand nd lodd lbiat an out-hia shooting on tha municipal 000 bar on a concrete patio tournament Never in the history PGA and meet officials ruled OU-of tha tournament hu a Country ver had to play the bell two club Club flayer won tha city title at1 cmo lengths from the bar lorky chip- coming buk with a 40 buoyed by a twoover-par 6 on the 14th Chartered at til Clustered at 211 were Julius Bor- oe the defending champion a solid and Freddie Haas 1'rfMu Hau lilllll BftTOB imBUf Lwmarat Jim Ftmtr Birl ItfwiH Jr WiUjp Wrick Jack Burk Jr Tommy Ml Yanks Win Two Over White Sox given after 11 o'clock this morning by Lawrence All flights other than tha championship flight will bo over 18 holes Mels and Gena WoodUng and a hair-raising catch by WoodUng on Minnie Minoeo'e 428-foot drive in the opener set the stags for Johnny Mize's dramatic pinch hit ingle in the ninth that gave Ford the edge over Sandy Consuegra Although the big crowd that actually numbered 68329 counting city matches are held on sltematePed onto temporary grandstand the new Ryder CUp team member ask Toki 77VVti yean at the Oso and the Ooun-'from which he was allowed to drop'alth a matched par of ewn-nlni cup unsays throe more taps to hole out (rich of Austin Minn and EarllHmo Oliver contended he should have Stewart Jr of Dallas Jim Ferr-iJ1' Marini been allowed to drop on the rraaa to- Jimmy Demarot and Jackin HirMit VV BUV)l9 LAV20H Llli'2 ar silts Firit riizht ronaeumoa: JcSaej Kerr rr Carlud Xied 1 up Fosna Tliihi: Parker lteMr ever PrMnuil Allsrl I Nl 1 Fourth Flizri esseeiailea: Jus Orseei ever Ted Anitrioo 4 sod Fifth Filial: Al Bord aver Jaka Jar from hi a in Trorir uintr mm RipccI SMS OCCan ne4etieie4n4eei4ii1'Rl0fll iBBiWBIIB eeeeeeeeeeeeeee T2Tfrilill I LaVSOfl Lilt! ff eeeeeeeeeeeeeeT372-Tl2l9 Gardner did it in fast enough to de-i think the four minute mile would feat weary Wee Santee of Kansas be possible" Tha 22-year-old bank la what had been billed aa "the clerk quickly added however that mile of the iha prefen the throe and six mile Pine reeling off 884-second races last quarter surged past Santee Santee who set an American re-to the stretch and won by three1 cord with a 410:4 mile June I end yards aa 40006 fane went -wild at turned in a sizzling 1:483 for 600 the White City Stadium Santee waa meters only a few nights ago said timed in 4DTJ ihe'd been running too often on A a often happens in mile races the European tour advertised aa tha first "Tvs run seven one every four-minute mile" the time prov- day" the lanky Kansas said "I'm ed disappointing Any chances for more than bit tired" four-minute race or even new Bill Nankeville of Britain wu mark to auroass Gunder Haegg'a third in 4 :138 and Chris Ctietawey world record of 4:014 went by of Britain wu fourth in 4:146 Ing-the boards when the runner pass-var Eriksson of Sweden wu die-ed the three quarters in 3:084 qualified for an unannounced rule Back In FMd violation and Olaf Lawrans of Ger- Plris and Santee whom Hugg many the early pace setter drop-had tapped the man most likely ped out on the last lap to eucrssed in running a four-mln- Van' ute mile were still back In the field of eix at that point They scored heavily swung Into the lead together then won 10 of the 13 events in which crowd and Santee went off in front by they competed Joe Schatzle ofl5'aPk' Despite Santee'i loaa American wed heavily in the meet as thev NEW lefty I the New pitched the The ason "rvuFiSkt eensolattnt: Dl keCrultr ever Jo aerrstli Fliahi: K- 1 rittle ever Bill Seventh Vliahj con o'rt'ry: Alerood Inoka wrr McIePod 9 ml PWMa Htd Champion!) AmUl Rufus SEn it Jr iik'ni msis: YORK Aug 6 (AP)-Rookie Boh Boyd's doubla ruined Bob Kuuva'i no-hit bid after 1-3 hitleu Innings today York Yankee lefthander a one-hit shutout to complete a doubleheader sweep over Chicago White Sox 1-0 and double victory' before the i a largest lankee Stadium 88787 paid bcoated the American League lead to original position behind "temporary obstacle" could have chipped over the permanent stand from a grnaa location" Oliver told the press might have wound up with five and only three atrokee off the' nai(a pace Promoter George 8 My told press conference several hours telephoned Matt Meaen tourney chairman and called Mm an obecene name for hie part in the ruling May asserted that the PGA which concumd to Oliver's cirrus ahot itipulatea jnin its tournament contract a punish-1 of two penalty strokes for disciplinary purpotes The ef West Side All-Stars Colorado Comity Mil Victoria Monday warn Rnrfivw (Siini'iMihlp pat fiWWt ladiM preii and Kniremen ti fm thrills in the opener 'Jw rleni: im vhi ota Cluna va Mknny Layma 1 1 "j1' Oliver's finish that Oliver had Phi Mklr i 11 24 Wtlttr rtntm himself with about 250 yards to Manhattan won two go Around tha last turn however dash in 10 seconds fl pirle started to sprint and he came In 218 charging down the stretch to over-! Mai Whitfield two-time Olympic haul and pass the obviously tiring 800-meter champion won the 880 Santee jin loafing 1:318 He had been Firte who bettered the world re-announced earlier in the week as cord for eix mlice on July 10 and a starter in the mile but eaid yea-ran tha thlrd-faateet throe miles it erday he could not get in condition the 100 yard nth hum contountwi Kuzava Threw Fast Ball to Boyd In 9th Corpiia Chriati'a West Sid Little League All-Stars travel to Victoria Monday night to meet the Color-j County (Weimar) AU-Stara Htfit full games Kutava needed only two more outa for a no-hit no-run game when Boyd doubled to right renter with one out in the ninth The next two White Son went down quietly The brilliant one-hitter following a fine five-hit shutout by WhU tey FOrd stretched the White Box string of scoreless inning to 25 as the Yanks took the first three games of the big four-game eerie Sensational throws by Bam the eecoiwl gama of tha aecttonal tournament opening doublehead-ment 11 ictoria a Little League ruling on on the meat -i- The West Side-Welmar game is on July 10 and ran the third fastest three miles hi history only a week ago waa frankly nuprined at the ease with which ha won "I thought to myself at tha end scheduled to start at mMika Turner Elmo Speckles Gor following the opening I clash don Garwood Hank Bauman between Los Angeles Heights of Lloyd Letter John Kreuger Ed San Antonio and the winner of die Varner Dick LeBleu David the Houston district title game be- LeBleu Dickie Wheelia Ronnie tween Rotary South of Houston and! Henderson and Roger Rape the Brazoria County All-Stare Bremer the star of the West End Tuesday 81de'a district victory here will The tourney winds up Tuesday! be ineligible to pitch in Monday's gation of 30 proa The other world championship divisions shaped up this way: Men's Frank Stranahan with 77 for 213 and a two-stroke margin over Joe Conrad San Antonio who bagged a 74 Women's pro Louise Suggs Deusims 12-ee-ra-s 4eese4l(973Wl OfllUUB 219 eeeeeeeeeeeeieeeea9A727l 5ll TiXTO-TS-aij TTO-Ti-212 99TMt-lll eeeeeeeaeaeoee9Tl T3 "111 eeeeeeaaeaeaee9STTSM2l2 The 14-man West Side team will depart by hue for Victoria Mon day morning at 6:30 from the Chamber of Commerce Building on Shoreline Drive and wiU spend the night in Victoria TVs nr Going Making the trip for the locale will be David Bremer Edwin Flint opening game because Little League rules forbid using the erne pitcher In two successive playoff games regardless of tha length of time between them Bremer's last pitching outing waa Tueeday night when he hurled tha locals to a 3-0 victory over Laredo for the district championship shot in front by a head then sr-aaar WtTSTs disappoint AAA NEW YORK Aug 8 Jtmumial situations in the history I'd aura like to have that pitch -of golfdom'a richsat tourney wu back again" moaned Bob Kuaavn etared by Niesen Arch Mstson in the New York Yankee locker chairman iff Tarn's rules commit-room minute after Chicago noktaftMi R) PGA Bob Boyd robbed him of a no- tourney eupervlsor hitter today with a doubla in the I OMw on of pro golf moat ninth toning after on out popular PUyeroamoog coilea- SoT'made totos'iecond tor comment on hia Tutoilfow anSiUhOIi enda of their vital May would buiali Oliver P1' ovr i uid that "if Porky dorn too off Kuzava who hadn't pitched nor complete game all year allowed j01 01 rthr P- only thro runner to reach bae all on iralka until the left handed until the left handed nri mg iT night with the championship game between the two Monday winners with tha losers being eliminated The sectional champion goes to Austin Aug 17 to compete in the Ngional tournament which match-ea the best pint-sized baseballers Texas Arkansas Louisiana Miaaiaaippi and New Mexico TPTTV DV HUjA I I Ift 1)1 LFtlllT I It iKuzava topped It as he marched steadily toward that no-hitter in the second The 30-vear-old veteran from Wyandotte Mich who has pitched for Cleveland Chicago Washington and New York in big league career dating back to 1947 walked three men and struck out -four First Batter Walks Kuzara lost all chances of a perfect game on the very first hitter vrtien he walked leadoff man Boyd In the first inning hut the Negro Aral baseman waa cut down trying to steal second Bob Wilson walked with two men out In the fifth and was left Mincao also waa walked with one gone in the seventh but was forced by Rocky Kranich on a bouncer to Phil Rixzulo The only no-hitter pitched In the major this eeaeon was thrown by Alva (Bobo) Holloman of the Bt Louis Browns against tha Phila-dslphia A May 6 Holloman later flopped and now is pitching for Toronto in tha International League Digging In at home to turn hack the throat of the hustling Chicago team the Yanks now have won team the Yank now 'have won seven Inn row to greatly strength! Ml tfieii Itaa Ones ItlOM ninA en their lead One more gam with the Whit Sok tomorrow will complete the series Vie Raschi (9-4) ia supposed to pitch against Joe Dobson (3-81 unless Billy Pierre 114-7) the club's are tella Manager Paul Richards his arm feels strong enough to try the job riasr OAMK rmrna ROydi lb IMIlt4IMUMM4SI Ml Far 9b 9 9 9 4 MlnNK If 4 I I Rllintt Sb I 9 Mp1 rf MSSMIIISISIMSSSSSII 9 WilMta 9 IM4IISIIMS4SMSll 9 1 Rltfrti ff mu sssestssesil 9 as a a a ff Mil ssmtssesil III IIMSMiMtSSSlI I I (I MNtllti 9 9 9 It tmsk aM is OM NI whta IM Kbit I aaeeee4 9 I iaaaaeeaoaaaoo9 9 1 aaeeeaaeaeaeeeaeat 9 9 aaasl 9 isoeaoe? 9 9 I I mw rnaa MrlXmaalit Caliuw lb Nwf I4ISM4MS4MI Barra Nflfffla ff'ff S4MMS4elMSM WoMltlUK if S4M4M4ISMM4- Sirtm 9b I tinitdb oeeeeeaeeaeeeaaeaaJ PMd aaaeaaeaaaaoaeasooei HIM aeeaeeaaeeoaaeaeaaeaas Tnli M44MMII4MMI fr Vbr9 I nifcata Ntv York K-TrrPHUft RRI-Mlf tRUflf Rli riti pftutT 9 Martin DF-Osir- rquf! axt Vto4: I'arrasaufl Par anil ItMiral: MlNnicUI aad Pns Car ranauvl arfl Pmif Rinatit Martin art I'Yllltta lrrt-CttMKn Rrw ork R9 tVnautftni rant (M-Cntnunra MRR-tVmiiNTf 1-1 r'rd MM RooipiaL Ho cbitb a4 Imr ii lrn-CW-eani i Kew -tVnaufftrH Kant 4 (XHWWn U-Hriv Koa caws 04 Beets T-IH IKOIS faCA eoaeetnta iW law Yarn 119 ftU WMI? Bern 9 Grecian Queen Steps Out To Win Monmouth Oaks hlltlnt Boyd stroked hia hit Itj Kna strive me wit ihirp lint drtV9 ovw 9bc rad Bob retired the next two batten easily to preserve hie shutout "It wee a fast Kuzava explained later "Naturally I'm orrv I didn't get the no-hltter be Ivlng if I said I wasn't But the important thing to wa won the game "I'd throw him the earns pitch If I had to do it all over again Except I'd pitch it outeide to him Instead of inside However I'd the play The Yankeea beat the AP Wirephoto) OCEANPORT Aug 81 Grecian rul The old attendance mark hereder down the barkstretch run but was 40793 Aug 9 1932 as they began to swing into the It was- the fifth major stakes bout Tii victory of 1933 for Grecian Queen left- Grecian Queen and Arab Act rirk bov daughter of Heliopohe- n0 on spinning top Qbanl and she collected 241300 Arab Actress got a brief lead to shoot her all-Ume bankroll to on tha bend but Grecian Queen was pounding up along-elde and rounding into the home highway today in th before n'hreaktn Queen speedy stepped to a epectscutar -ictory crowd of 42867 at Monmouth Pspk Park The Texas owned miss rril of Mrs Ben Whitaker hi taker racing sams pWchVr DesjHte the double victory Casey Stengel refused to count the ais 4h Whit9 Sox out at th9 ponnant met "No air" he declared "I ain't counting them out They're the reboundingeet team I ever aaw I've still got all those games to play Too many things can hap- puiib kiW aannaaesw which gave tha Yankees their Mg-1 jpnt lead in a month table took over field swung into home etretch and flashed to the victor over tho Be-lair a o- 130013 Grecian Queen carried hbra the board gabette beaten in June In contrast to the Yankee clubhouse where everybody wee congratulating each other as if they had Just won the pennant the ter away bled a rokerMin rm ridden bv Nick Shut iteppes1 the' "She ran easily ravord crarkin the old mark Manager Paul Richards how-'mile an1 eighth over tost track aid Jockey Shuk "but she began f1 he old rk eier iook the double setback In t-8 compared with the foaflng once or twu-e sni had01 Aug DhUosonhlrnlly track recoid of 1:30 set by three lo shske her up a bit with the The record crowd atao eet an he eaid "tt like ring in 1849 whip" mZ S' we can all spit on the fire and: Thu waa the richest race of Spinning Tip gaiMd window? Si call in the doge" Monmouth's 60-day meeting which lead going into the backitretuy 83470 through the wlndows bet Then as an after thought he end Monday and attendance and followed by Arab Ac'ivm j'tning added: "For today anyway To- betting records were blasted all Ride Stable Slava Girt and the established on ctoeing day morrow to another day lover tha place They remained in that or-1 year wire length Stud's Sabette Tlw mid-woat-em invader Arab Actress was third another length and quar-t in the nine -horse field owned by hire Henry nose by Grecian Queen in the (SO Spinning Top was fourth fob reroived by a 4S48t1 WOODUNG MAKE IT Gene Woodlinjj Yankee outfielder is forced Bt second (above) is one of yesterday's Ramea with the White Sox at Yankee Stadium Nellie Fox (right) fielded Billy Martin's roller tossed to Chico Carrasquel who Pitched the ball on to Bob Boyd at first base for a double sox twice in the crucial scries A aAesAssAAAAAAAS fcAAAAAAA A t4 44AAAA4S 4SAASAA AA AAS SSAAAAA.

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