The Shreveport Journal from Shreveport, Louisiana • 21

NEWS TODAY THE SHREVEPORT JOURNAL TUESDAY JUNE 16 1953 FIVE (I A Journey to End Rountree Ahead In Jaycee Links Meet By CLAUDE DeBEAUX JR Journal Golf Writer Fifteen-year-old Gordon Rountree was the leader this afternoon as play started in the final round of the seventh annual Javeee Junior Golf tournament here at Querbes Park match game title as a 21-year-old Named to the second team were Frank Santore New ABC champion Fred Bujack Detroit and Carmen Salvino Joe Wilman Bill Lillard and Rudy Habetler all 'of Chicago A third team included Joe Rouse Antioch Calif Solomon Dallas Tex Rudy Fugel Milwaukee Boss Yovanovich Akron Stan Thaden Chicago and Steve Nagy Cleveland Overall performances during the fiscal bowling season figured in the selections as did play in such competitive toupneys as ths All-Star ABC National match game team and doubles' the Petersen Classic De Vito National Bowlers Journal and ABC Masters All-America Pin Squad Is Selected CHICAGO UPl A 1952-53 All-American bowling team of Don Carter Buss Fazio and Ed Lu-banski all of Detroit Junie McMahon Fair Lawn Dick Hoover Akron Ohio and Ed Bro-sius Chicago today was named by Mort Luby publisher of the Na tional Bowlers Journal Lubanski and Brosius were selected for the first time on the honor team which has been picked annually since 1940 by Luby in collaboration with the Bowling Association of America Carter McMahon and Fazio were repeaters while Hoover was honored on the 1950-51 team after winning the 1950 National individual About 4 million cows or 17 per cent of all cows in the United States were bred artificially in 1952 Ben Hogan Never Picks Wrong Club By WILL GRIMSLEY NEW YORK UPf WTiat makes Hogan great? What is the success secret of this quiet 40-year-old Texan who today straddles the golf world like a colossus? three-dimensional what it said the grinning former champion Lawson Little after watching Hogan fashion his fourth straight Open championship last week-end at Oakmont "He never chooses the wrong club While we other golfers always have to worry about whether long or short on a shot as well as wide Hogan has only to worry about whether too much to the right or left "He is the greatest I ever saw for picking the right club and putting the ball in the exact tion he wants Gene Sarazen another interna tionalist who has won all the ma jor crowns of America and Britain attributes superiority to superior brain work are several golfers who can swing a club as well if not better than Hogan including Sam said Sarazen is none who can out-think him "Watch him out on the course He is always studying thinking plotting taking mental notes of every shot he or his opponent hits He seems to file all these notes away back in his head for future use "I think it was Keeler (late golf writer of the Atlanta Journal) who used to say golf is a game played on a five and one-half inch course which is between the ears where Hogan Four Bombers Among First Ten at Plate Mantle Leads With 340 Robinson on Rampage To Gain Second in NL By SHELDON SAKOWITZ NEW YORK (JP) XT New York Yankees are dominating the American League batting derby just as ther are the junior pennant race Four members of the front-running Yanks are among the top ten hitters with young Mickey Manfle setting the pace at 340 Johnny Wyrostek of the Philadelphia Phils meanwhile has regained the National League batting lead with a '350 average The other Yankee hitting stalwarts are Gene Woodling fourth at 327 and Hank Bauer and Joe Collins tied for sixth at 321 each Figures include games Mantle in a three-way deadlock for the top slot last week lost seven points but managed to move 'into undisputed possession of first place Mickey Vernon fell to second with 336 while George Kell of the Boston Red Sox dropped to third at 335 Woodling gained eight points as he jumped from seventh to fourth Peter Suder of the slipped from fourth to fifth with 323 The National League batting chase was marked by the sudden resurgence of Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Qodgers bat sizzled during' the week as he delivered 14 hits in 25 at bats He lifted his average 32 points to 349 in climbing from eighth to second Wyrostek runnerup last week backed into the lead while Red Schoendoienst of the St Louis Cards slumped off to third place with 340 Gus Bell of Cincinnati fell from third to fourth at 332 followed by Richie Asburn and Del Crandall tied for fifith with 320 each Gus Zernial of the tops the American League home run derby with 16 and Mantle is the runs batted in leader with 46 In the National League Ed Mathews of Milwaukee is the pace-setter in home runs with 19 and Roy Campanella heads the RBI department with 56 American League hurling honors are shared by a pair of Yankee southpaws Eddie Lopat and Whit-ey Ford Each boasts a 7-0 won-lost record The National League hole-in-one a hole- Rountree a Byrd High School golf star fired a 36-33 69 this morning and added it to his 69 scored yesterday for a 145 total Pat McGonagill held on to second place this morning as he fired his second 77 for a 154 total Third place was taken over today by Sam Love Jr as he posted a 79 for a 161 total Love had an 82 yesterday Ted Cook brought in an 82 today and added it to 80 for a 162 total He was trailed today at noon by 82-81 163 John Bird 82-84 166 and Steve Robert Blewett hiked his lead in the bracket for 12 and 13-year-old players this morning as he added a 46 to 41 for an 87 total Close on his heels was Dan Deupree with a 44-44 88 The 12 and 13-year-old flight will wind up its chase with a nine-hole round this afternoon Ten-year-old Will Lancaster copped the 11 and under flight's title with a 52-58 110 and he was one stroke ahead of Jim Rountree played steady golf for 14 holes before running into trouble and losing four strokes to par on the last four holes in first round On the front nine Rountree scored six pars and three bogeys while on the back nine he fired two birdies four pars two bogeys and one double bogey His score card for the first round reads follows: Par out: 4-4-3-4-4-4-5-4-3-35 Rountree out: Par in: Rountree in: 4-4-4-3-3-5-7-4-4-38 76 Pat McGonagill the St ace fired a 77 to establish himself one shot-back in -second place A bogey 5 on the last hole cost McGonagill a first round tie with Rountree The city junior champ Teddy Cook finished the first round in third place with an 80 David Hamilton last medalist in the City Junior tournament posted a first round 81 to place fourth Ham-'Tommy Robinson 69 i 4 Hank Anderson ilton was out in 37 to talce the le? I Gngrer Grady 72 the end of the first nine and hadjEupene Holder ITJT 77 Gene Deputy 82 at slipped tc a 44 coming in settle for his 81 in-one event when he put his shot holes tomorrow to decide the champ and the 11 and under players will play nine more this morn: ing A driving contest and a contest was held Monday along with the first round of medal play The driving event held down number one went to John Bird in the championship flight with a blast of 257 yards The 12-14 flight went to little Denny Hussey with a 228-yard stroke and the 11 and under winner was Jim Echterhoff Jr with drive of 169 yards In the hole-in-one contest held on the short 114-yard par 3 third hole Bill Sanders won the 14-17 flight with a ball 3 feet 2 inches from the hole The 12-14 title went to Don Carroll with his shot 4 feet 2 inches from the cup while Jim Echterhoff Jr the 11 and under driving king also took the 9 feet from the flag A run down on the first round scores read as follows: 1-17 (AGE GROrPl Gordon Rountree 38-38 76 Pat McGonagill 39-38 77 Teddy Cook 1 David Hamilton 37-44 81 Sammy Love 41-41 82 Steve Kelly 42-41 81 John Bird Jr 40-44 84 Jimmv Hughes 38-46 84 Roy Smith Gerry Kennedy 44-46 90 Herman Meadows 45-47 92 Bill Sanders Ed Bonvillian Wiltz Beimard 47-48 95 Paul Jackson 50-51 101 55-53 108 54-57 111 Richard Grigsby 59-66 125 12-13 (AGE GROUP) Robert Blewett 41 Dannv Deupree 44 Rodnr Yeager 49 Bob Bass 50 Billy Fitzgerald 50 BilJv Coker 51 Denny Hussey 55 Bill Anderson 56 Jerry Parker 62 Don Carroll 65 Ford Gibson 68 11 A YD UYDER (AGE GROUP) Jim Rouch Johnny Parsons 57 Robert Flager 58 Will Lancaster 58 Bill Hancock 58 Bill Hememan 60 Roberts Franks 60 Rex Durham 61 Leonard Rubenstein 65 Jim Echterhoff Jr 65 Bin Bass 69 ftm oeiiSiB on MOTORCYCLE RACER Tommy Byars an expert from Beaumont Tex will be among the riders entered in Sunday motorcycle races at the Fair Grounds The races will be sponsored by the White Eagle Motorcycle Club and they will be sanctioned by the American Motorcycle Association Paul 200-Mile Champion Enters Cycle Races Paul Goldsmith recent winner of the American Motorcycle 200-mile national at Daytona Beach Fla will be among the riders to -perform here Sunday in the White Eagle racing program at the Fair Grounds Riggs and Earn Advance in Pro Tennis Tourney CLEVELAND (J! Bobby Riggs of Miami Beach and Carl Earn of Los Angeles downed their first round opponents last night in the opening session of the world professional tennis championship Riggs got a long workout from Vic Braden of Toledo on the suburban Lakewood court before eliminating him 9-7 and 6-2 Earn downed Jason Morton of Corpus Christi Tex 6-3 and 6-1 A1 Doyle of New York topped George Richey of Houston Tex 4-6 6-4 and 6-1 A child suddenly darts into the street ahead of your car That's uhen you hare to slop quick! And when thankful for a pavement that grips your tires and holds A concrete pavement gives you a very real margin of safety Wet or dry its gritty surface grips your tires firmly enabling you to fast! At night concrete reflects more' light thus improving visibility and helping to reduce accidents Concrete is also far more economical because it lasts longer and costs less to maintain of interest to you Mr Taxpayer for your money that pays for street paving Save lives save money: tell your public officials that you want durable economical safe concrete streets PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION 504 Watts Bldg Birmingham 3 Ala A national organization to improve and extend the uses of Portland cement and concrete through scientific research and engineering field work Some of the other contestants after a share of the purse are Harry Cone Ernie Beckman Tommy Byars Jimmy Chann and Albert Gunter the seven-mile national champion Local officials of the White Eagle club have predicted one of the best fields in recent seasons to be on hand for the nine-event program show will be the first of three programs to be sponsored here this season by the White Eagles who recently were voted best motorcycle club according to an A A poll One of the nation's best cycle jockeys Goldsmith established two records while winning the 200-miler He average 9445 miles per hour for one mark and he finished in two hours seven minutes and 033 seconds for the other The fastest racer prior to Goldsmith was 928 miles per hour One of the favorites the pack of hopefuls is Everett Bra- pjtchmg limehght is focused on re-shear of Lake Charles Brashear lief artists Frank Smith of the Red- COppe(j second nationsl title last legs and Lew Burdette of the week when he won the 10-miler at sPpr 5-0 plates (Columbus Ohio He was last The leading batsmen (based on winner of the five mile national 100 at bats): at Sturgis AMERICAN LEAGUE Because of the vast spaces across which winds blow the Pacific Ocean usually is considered rougher in comparable latitudes than the Atlantic (Quniffr in mwwf' to In the 12-13 age group Robert Blewett fired an opening 41 to jump into a three-shot lead over Danny Deupree with a 44 The next closest man in the flight is Rodric Yeager with a 49 Eleven-year-old Jimmy Rouch took a commanding four shot lead in the 11 and under flight when he opened up with a 53 Johnny Parsons took over second place with a 57 and little Robert Flager moved into third place with a 58 play will send the championship flight over the 36-hole route with the winning low four earning places on the city team which will take part in the state Jaycee tourney here July 13-15 The 12-13 age group will tour 18 Controversy Revived Is Hogan Better Than Bobby Jones at Peak? By HUGH FULLERTON JR OAKMONT Pa (P) Ben fourth victory in the United States Open golf championship has revived the controversy whether lithe little Ben or somewhat bigger Bobby Jones is the best golfer America ever has produced Gene Sarctzen who probably is in "hurry movement The main the best position to judge unhesitatingly picks Hogan Gene was one of-the kingpins when Bobby difference between him and the others is that Ben always knows what he wants to do and knows he Three-Way Tie For Medalist In Western ATLANTA Despite a general skyrocketing of qualifying scores all the favorites were still around today to start match play for the 24th Western Open Golf crown Professionals Louise Suggs of Atlanta and Jackie Pung of Glasgow Ky and amateur Claire Doran of Cleveland tied for medal honors yesterday with four-over-par 75s It was the first time in the tournament's history that the qualifying round ended in a three-way tie for first Miss Suggs drew as her first match play opponent Bebe Smith a young Columbus Ga amateur who qualified with an 85 Mrs Pung the Honolulu housewife who turned pro after her National Amateur victory last year was paired against amateur Helen Hampton of Chattanooga who also had an 85 Miss opponet was Georgia state champion Mary Crawford of Americus who shot another 85 Match play runs through Satur- CALL J-44 day when the finalists go 36 holes One of the many unable to master the rolling fi 339-yard Capital City Club course was defending champion Betsy Rawls' of Sjarton-burg She took an 11-over-par 82 The par is 36-35 71 can do it Beat More Good Golfers One sure thing is that Hogan had to beat more good golfers to win his titles than Jones ever did In two previous Opens at Oakmont only Harry Cooper shot in 1927 total was 309 Last week Hogan fired rounds of 67-72-73-71 283 against a par of 72 and there were exactly 20 players with or better Snead cracking on the toughened-up last nine when he knew Hogan was in front of him with scores that could be beaten only by perfect golf finishe with 289 Lloyd Man-grum had 292 for third place Three others the youngest 37 had They were George Fazio Jimmy Demaret and Pete Cooper 0 DAVIS CO how to begin and end a vacation Presents new crop of tournament stars Bobby Cruickshank who lost to Jones irf the 1921 Open championship playoff--the first of the four Bob won stood in the Oakmont locker room the otner day -nodded in Hogan direction and said: young man is the He won mention Jones going back to some of the great Scottish players for comparisons Bobby Retired at 28 i' But it would be interesting to know what Jones would have done if he had continued to play tourna-'ment golf until he was 40 Bob won his first Open championship when he was 21 He retired at 28 sated with victories and wearied from the constant nervous strain of compe-tition Hogan the ex-caddj have the advantages Bob had as a youth a self-taught golfer and he had to learn for himself how to control what Sam Snead calls the Hogan win his first Open title until 1-e was 35 years old and now at 40 he is just starting out to earn world-wide recognition play in the British Open at Carnoustie next month for the first time Hogan is pictured as a cold emotionless machine and on the course how he acts But eager as a puppy to be liked and to have his feats lecognized He was badly hurt when seme rivals hinted he was receiving preferential treatment in starting times and in the 1 7 AMiim mm Monday Through Saturday 7:00 AM FIGHT RESULTS By The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA Gil Turner 153 Philadelphia decisioned Johnny Saxton 147 Brooklyn 10 BROOKLYN Armand Savoie 134 Montreal scored a technical knockout over Eddie Compo 133 New Haven Conn 5 NEW Ralph Dupas 136 New Orleans decisioned Harold Jones 138 Detroit 8 MIAMI Fla Larry Mujica 132 Miami scored a technical knockout over Bobby Why 131 Los Angeles 7 SAN 'FRANCISCO Leonard Morrow 197 Oakland Calif scored a technical knockout over Frank! 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