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i iv '-ill 'i i ii i as ft top flight owfi home town ahd u.flnfe 'untnatdhcd Dale Borger vouth, flight of O' tburnft- Slorle SrtiM an uphill batlle from the ftfi i hdle, to defeat Orover Ausin Partpa ace, 1 up on 36 Holes. otfithout a nerve In hh Won the tournament the hard He started as the underdog I ti ahd-playing his first, ma lor tournament. He was up against the home towji Idol and the tournament tftedalist, His tee shots wouldn't stay In the fairway and In the rounds his putter wbuldn't Work the erratic greens. -ISmiling and listening tb the vice" caddy, little Zade Watkins, Stbrte gradually found himself. thoUgh he was two down 'at the end of morning play tfg never let His tecovel-y shots ffom the were sensational and his 1 patter gradually took on a magic tfaudh which served him until the hole, when one stroke down putt from about six feet fronv the' edge of' the green to HaiVe tfye hole and win the tourna- taierit after taking his first lead on thfe, 32nd hole.

Stcrie Recovers Storie started playing golf In Bartlesvllle "high school, his home 116 P'ayed in tournaments jJilt; neyer won one. A year and a half- agb, he moved to Borger to wjbrk for the Phillips Petroleum Oofrtpa'tty, He, played golf in his spare but was never consld- Wed Champion. He is married flM-hls, 'one child. Grover Austin is a grad- Uate, frqm, the ranks, of the Pampa Country club. Although pnly 22 years of age he is a veteran He v(as City champion for three years, the Shamrock Invitation two years in a row, won the- Sa'yre Invitation tournament tills, year und was, runner-up In the Gfeenbelt tournament and the Hltlerest' Invitation tournament at Vernoh this year.

Els father, Grover Austin IS a ton flight golfer and his brother, John tin, Is city golf Because of the soggy fairways and'- uneven greens, scores were W)ove the usual shot by tile pair. 'the first time hi years Austin went -several stroked above bar, the 36-holes while 1 Storie'carded 148 Yet both golfers phenomenal games at times. Austin's drives and several ap REDS AND LAW OF AVERAGES CATCH SIP WITH FADING CUBS THE WORLD'S NSORED BY THE WOODWARD ELKS preaches, being uncanny w.hile Storie's Work in the rough. equalled that of Walter Hagen. Austin Blrdled No.

1 With a large gallery on Austin opened play with a birdie. Stofle took the next hole to even things up and they split the third hole. Austin bagged another birdie on the'long No. 4 hole pick another lead. The next ''two' were even with Austin winning Kb.

7 to go two up, a lead he held until the. ninth when The. most unusual golf of the tournament was staged'on the sec-, ond nine holes the pair halved eight of the nine the odd one going to. when he holed but. The morning play ended With Austin two up.

After opening with' two pars, Storie shaved Austin's lead on. the 21st hole. He blrdied the next hole Wevert'the'count only-'to see Austin forge -ahead on the next green. Storie took the 23rd hole to even the count but Austin again went ahead on the next hole. On the 26th hole Storie again'evened the count and two holes later- he went one or, fclie during play.

His lead was short, however, Austin firing a par at him oil the next hole. After pars, Storie birdled hole 14 tp go a lead he held the rest pf tp win. Austin a chance the on the -36th hole when lie Was on for a birdie with Stprle a bunker, in two. Storie jhe green about feet from- edge. three feet out, njissed His -putt by less than two Inches.

Storie 1 then proved a -golf- when he sunk his to halve the hole and win the In Merchandise Playing almost as spectacular a game as Storie was his little Zade Wafckins. Storie consulted him approach, and-roh every during the game. Bill Misklmins played about as itrong game for Austin. received $100 in merchandise -for his win with in mer- chandise'going to After the natch, Clarence Barrett and Slier presented Storie with a new set of golf clubs as a reward for his spectacular play and sportsmanship. Both youngsters showed highest type of sportsmanship and loudly by spectators who were excep- fair in their support of the two boys.

Mark Heath won the consolation round in the championship flight with a. 2 and 1 win over M. M. 'Lefty" Cox. Heath received $32.50 In merchandise.

The first flight title went to Jim Hatfleld with a 3 and 2 win over Odus Payne; Hatfleld received $70 In merchandise with $35 In merchandise going to Payne. Bill Smith of Briscoe won consolation from Mike Kanna, 4 and 3, with $25 in merchandise tlie prize. Joe Gordon took the second flight title from Potts, 3 and 2. Gordon received $40 in merchandise and Potts a $29.75 wrist watch. H.

Weston won consolation and a $22.50 golf. bag. The score cards in tlie champion- hip flight read: First Round: Storie 444 544 455 344 Austin 354 444 346-736 454 344 Second Round Storta 453 454 464 334 Austin 454 544 614 344 By BltL BONI, Associated Press Sports Writer. The Pit'sburgh Pirates, who stum- bfed arouhd fpr 'wjthput suffering and damage beypnd that to self-esteem today awoke to the ifact that the law Of. averages, as weir as the Reds arid Cubs, are catching up with them.

JEmferglng from yesterday's holiday festivities on the short end Of two with Chicago, the battered B'uccaneers' also discovered that their National league lead had bee ncut by Fpr While the Cubs were i whipping them, 3-0 and 4-3, the Reds taking 4-3 and 4-2 decisions from the Cardinals. The Reds are getting their secpnd wind comfng dpwn the horns stretch, and have won of their -last nine, while the Pirates have taken only one out of five. 'The Reds' pitching staff should be strengthened any day now by the return of Johnny Vander Meer. An' overflow crowd Of 42,545, largest of: the day's total big-league attendance pf 179,560, at Forbes field saw the Cubs score three unearned runs to take the first game despite Ed Brand.ls five-hit pitching job. Four of the- other bargain bills also, resulted' clean sweeps.

the Natipnal. leagus, Tot Prqssnell 'was charged with both defeats as the Boston Bees turned, by. the- Brooklyn Dodgers, 5-4 and 5-3. the American league the Yankees beat the Athletics, 5-2 and 6-3; Reel Sox walloped the Senators, i.4r4 and' a-6, and the Indians woil heir sixth and seventh s.raight, iver the White Sox, by scores of 6-4 iid 4-2, The- Giants, after Cliff Melton had il'chcid' a three-hit, 7-0 in he-; opener got no than an ven with the Phils, who took nightcp.p, 4-3, Al Holllngs- vprth struck but seven. The Tigers incl.

Browns also split, St. Louis ching and Detroit the six-inning nightcap, 9-3. PRIZES for "Steer Riding Bulldogging Busting and Steer Rppipg WORLD FAMOUS TRICK RIPERS-ROPERS-CLOWN3 5COPJECE BAN TITLE GAME PLANNED CORPUS CHRISTI, Sept; 6 (AP) Harllngen Hubs came here today to clash with Corpus Christ! in the championship series in the Valley league's Shaughnessy playoff, already two up on the local team. At Harlingen yesterday the Hubs shut-out the Spud- dors 5-0 for the second straight game. They won the first game the series.3-0.

The teams will play two games here. BE SURE TO SEE OUR Special Display of Fall Woolens Winning the on Hbwdrd Mills' fdur-hlt pitchi By GAYLE TALBOT PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 6 The glitterlrife; Davis cup, symbolic of world tennis supremacy, remains In 'these United States, for another -year, and the maligned foot-fault has reared its ugly head again. When Donald Budge has finished, polishing off Adrian Quist of Australia by' scores Of 8-6, 6rl, 6-2 in the match that settled the challenge round out at the Oer- mantbwn Cricket club yesterday, Prank. Hunter, an old American internationalist, said "Gee, it made me feel like I in Hunter reference to the fact that after the French had won the big trophy from America 11 years ago they were very stubborn about turning It loose again, Visiting American teams complained that French line Judges Were extremely valuable -in the French cup defense, and international black looks Were exchanged one.

year when Wilmer Allison thought, 'he had defeated Gene.Borbtra of France in the deciding match but couldn't make it stick. What happened yesterday that an judge; one Harold La Bair of New York, called a series of disconcerting faults against Quist at the exact point in the opening set when the little Australian was blazing and threatening to give-the'world's top amateur a trimming. Whether Quist' In any circumstances could licked B.tidge and.carried the challenge the final match between Bobby Rlggs and Jack Bromwich is, siib- ect to'serious -doubt, but the. de- cost the invader whatever he. had: and made the irowd 9,000: The referee 1 had to calm them lown twice.

Harry Hppman, captain of "the didii't complain. Ke aid he thought 'foot- aultlng. wliat' the crowd-and eral prpminwit -American tennis officials coitipiained about-was the way La Bair Baited "until, the.most crucial ppintji of- the" all-ihiportaiit ttiht, bVbke" dence' so completely that he, pru- ceecled to his service eight straight times, possibly a record 'or big-time tennis. Once he quit using his natural serve and dashing behind It into the Budge had his number. Tlie big-fellow, playing his last Davis, cup match before he turns )ro this winter, was in magnificent ettle the last two.

sets, running lis discouraged rival ragged with blistering drives into the corners and murdering his weak returns at net. Clovis-Pampa Game Begin at 8:30 O'clock (By The AanoclHtud Press) Beaumont's Exporters stepped along today in the last week of the Texas league season with top position not only iced dpwn, but packed in a box. After the regular season, there's always the Shaughnessy playoff be- 'ore a championship, however, and such things as a third or fourth place team emerging with the pennant are not rarities by any means. The league statistician figured yesterday 'hat Beaumont had the regular season sewed up by at least a single point, no matter how the second-place San Antonio Missions But, as If to settle any argument, the Exporters slapped down the Houston Buffs 7-1 and 1-0 in a doubleheader. Schoolboy Rowe pitched the nightcap, permitting only two hits.

The Shreyeport Sports closed out their home season by whipping San Antonio's Missions 6-5 in the first of a twilight doubleheader, and dropping the second game, 9-1. The rash of Labor-Day doubleheaders also saw Oklahoma City down 10-8 and 6-2 and Worth trounce Dallas, 2-1 and 11-0 Factory Representative Here Wednesday and Thursday Sports Roundup By EDDIE BBIETZ NEW YORK, Sept. 6 Bob Neyland has sent out an SOS for Frank (Bring 'Em Back Alive Buck to help coach the Tennesse football team On successive Sat urdays tlie Vols must tangle witl the Scwance Tigers, the Clemson Tigers, the Aubum Tigers and late (if Buck can save 'em) bump intc Alabama's big Red Elephants and Holiday Sports In Brief By pfiux K. MCKNIGHT. DALLAS, Sept.

6 "revenge" angle attached to the Southwest Labor-Day. grid classic between its college -All-Stew arid the world professional champions is a tradition now. Three times In three years the game Has seen a man" give, the college that netted three Lean Jack Robbing, a piece of forward passing machinery who did three years' Of notable playing for the University of Arkansas, came through last night and took his All- Star playmates on a 13-7 spree over the Washington Redskins. Only a -week ago Robbing squirmed on the bench at the' Chicago classic while, the Collegians whipped the Redskins. But last night he loosed the and ground barrage burte'd the pros.

Two years ago it Was Abe Mlckal, Louisiana State star who failed to make the Chicago trip, who did the Last year it was Art Gucpe, Marquette's: whirlwind, who-'paeked a punt return 55 yards the score, that beat down hicago's Bears. The professionals, crippled badly Slingin' Sam'Baugh's ahkle In- ury the complete absence of labattia Riley. Smith, In a Chicago capital, hardly belonged the ame field with. the collegians last ight. The.collegians ma.

20 first downs i the JlSdsklns seven, threw 51 asses an 1 completed'22 of'them for 93'y'arUs, while -the tried 9, 'completed five for 59 yards; allied 130 yards by rushing stalwart. Southwest line was olding Washington's runners to 36 i Bad breaks almost caught the olle'glansj after trailing 0-7 the outset of the third period, icy -finally came rback and -got victory "they deserved, Baugh, espltc' his; injury, was Washing- -the exception of smashing: back. Jay Turner, form- rly, of George" Washington. Once -the Sweetwatcr un- oosed -one of his famed quick Icks for yards that sent the ollegians into. a series of; fumbles hat to.

'George Karmatic's ouchdown from, the one-yard line. But went to work then, arrjflHg the klckoff bapk 40 yards, Toin the Rice edheadr who played a magnificent iffenslvc up 25 on a running; play -and' R'pbblns found Arkansas aerial gain, shooting 13-yard touchdown pass John Kovatch, Northwestern wlld- at. Miller of Indiana, tied up with a.perfect kick, tlie collegians charged the goal again, to lose all. on Bobbins' fumble recovered or a Wallace Johnon, llttie center of Austin College of Texas, Intercepted one of Dick Tuckey's wild passes ind the. collegians were off again Johnson lateraled to Llnnon Blackmon of C.

who "carried the 0 and Robbins toi'e across stand- ng up on a tackle try. Three times the collegians missed ield goal tries. ROSCOE TURNER SPEEDS 283 MILES HOUR TO WIH TROPHY GOING RICE Hie Kentucky Wildcats Sidney Woods, who has played both, says If Budge end Vines tour the country as pros this winter, Budge will win seven pf ten matches Coach Bo McMillen has three aspiring car-: tponists (all members of his squad) helping him dla? ram blackboard plays for his Indiana football team. And how about that double blast the Cubs gave the Pirates? Four ago baseball experts told Ray head of. the National cenil- pro Congress, he was crayy to attempt the organization of 48 states and iialf a million ball players Ray has done just that and off (By The Associated Prpsa) Ocean Cits', N.

Ruther- Port Washington, N. drives lydroplane "Juno" to victory 'In free-for-a'l race of Ocean City Yacht club covering ten miles in 11:45 for average speed of 51.07 miles per iiour. Spur, owned by John Marsh, wins Labor Day handicap as 32,640 see Hawthorne opening. Light Spur runs six furlongs in and pays $9 in winning over Viscounty. and Coppage's Mucho Gusto, six-year-old, wins $3,000 added Governor's handicap at fair grounds over her reign.

Mucho Gusto runs mile and a sixteenth in 1:45 to pay $5.40. Pawtucket, R. E. chestnut filly. Heather Time, $7,500 added Old Colony purse over Yale' O'Nine and Hants.

Heather Time covers six furlongs In 1:11 and pays $11 In winning seventh race of year. New and Isola tor, owned by William Woodward win Babylon and Aqufduct handicaps, two features at Aqueduct be fore 20,000. Johnstown pays 5 to and does six furlongs in 1:11 and Isolator, favored at 9 to 10 witl Fighting Fox, comes within three fifths of a second of track recor; with 1.43 for mile and a sixteenth as two Belair stud entries earn $7, 645. Budge retain Davis Cup fpr United States. Altoona, Rose, Colum bus, Ohio, driver, wins 45-mile A.

A A. sweepstakes auto race. Camp Perry, cer C. E. Ward, Los Angeles polio department, sets new record in win ning Individual pistol championship with score of 285.

California Na tipnal Guard eight wins musketry problem infantry match with 55" out of 616. goeg our brand new derby pown 0uke they're harping about the Blue Devils and that nieans al htjnds had better look out Somebody will get Weir ears pin ned back for fair Lefty Grove runner-iip to Jimmy Dykes for cig ar snioklng honors In the Americai league, has pitched the stogies ii favor of peppermint' drops. Wallace Wacte's 1938 000 to 1837. Tlie estimated value of hogs pro duced in North Carolina increase from (9.145,000 in 1932 to $22,803 Basketball Coach Elmer H. Rlpley recertly signed by Georgetown Un- verslty; played professional basketball for 'twenty years.

By DEVON FRANCIS CLEVELAND, Sept. 6 big guy with a wide toothy grin has re- Time of the Paftipa HarVpSter- Clovis Wildcat football game', Ffl- day night under lights ttt Harvester field hns.beeri changed id 8:30 o'clock by agreement. ThC'SOi minute delay has been made ad that the game can be broadcast over the Clovis radio station vvfileh cannot get a clear channel, until that hour. No dope on the Wildcats has'been captured the world's choicest avla- received here. Many of the hotshots tion trophy for the United States Who took a 33 to 0 game from the, at a speed which those foolish vis- Harvester reserves last year are ionaries used to write about in the gone.

Among the missing Is.Leltwid days of the one hoss shay. Mclntyre, former Shamrock star 1 Snugly seated in a ailver-hued coaches OdUs 'Mitchell and J. O. racing plane, Roscoe Turner of ChN re jean of the Harvesters have not cago breezed around a ten mile selected' a starting Im6- course of minutes yesterday to uo for tlle ffftme on jack up to 283.419 miles an hour the ac "esslon was in 7der for pace of the 300-mile Thompson tro- hls aflernoon after which the phy race. eleven boys to star( the It was just a day's chore for probably be named.

man who Introduced a pet lion cub i J. P. MATHEWS. A the Harvester football team, J. P.

Mathews, above, will join the Rice Institute Owls this week. Alrsady at Rice are J. R. Green, Bill-Haner, Stokes Green and Moose Hartman. Mth- ews, all-district guard last season and mentioned for all state honors, will leave this week-end for Houston where he will report for Freshman practice.

Mathews has spent the summer working in the Pampa oil field. By LKROY SIMMS. TUSCALOOSA, Alabama's 1938 football prospects are so. rosy many of the team's supporters are pinching themselves to see.ir true what thsy say about the 'crimson Tide. Where -the 1937 on'fit -one of.

the lightest in recent Tide history, the 1938 eleven will have an ey2- filliiig line and a swift backfiel'l. Veterans are back In numbers, but prime attention is centered on a trio of newcomers. Fred Davis, a 225- pound tackis froin Kentucky, and E1 Hickerspn, 210-pound guard from California, are sophomores who look like the answer to any coach's prayer. Charley Boswell, junior from Birmingham, out with injuries last year, is slated to step into Joe Kllgrow's post at left halfback. The 175-pound is faster than Joe, and can pass, punt and block.

Hayward Sanford, whose last minute field goals beat Tulane and Vanderbilt last year and brought a Rose Bowl invitation, returns for substitute end duty, but good ends are so numerous here he may not see much action. Jack the game nnhiin with the naming of a fullback brilliant blue uniform of Ms own ta le vUlto.tta hardest job design. I facln tne coaches. For Turner it was victory and 1 Coaches are expected to make something more. To use his own several( changes in lineup Fri- wor (day night as they watch their In annexing the final event of Hie three day National Air Races, Oeneral admission to the game Turner exceeded by 19 miles an hour will be 50 cents for adults and 25 the pace set by Michel Detroyat, of cents for students.

Season reserve France, In the same race at Los seat tickets for the seven Angeles in 1936. games are still available at the Nobody could touch Dstroyat two years ago. He ran away from the field not only in the Thompson race, but. in the less widely known, and slower, Greve event. So Turner had double satisfaction.

He walloped one of Europe's speed aces for the second time to become the only man who ever accomplished the Cecil Smith Leads Champions Scoring WESTBURY, N. Sept. 6 Grecntree, a strong favorite to enter the finals, meets the Ramblers in the first semi-final round match of the National Open polo championship at International Field today. The 30-goal team led by the great Tommy Hitchcock was boocted into a contending position as much thru the spotty play of Old Westbury. the defending champion, yesterday as its own fine work in downing the Jaguars, Sunday.

Old Westtury. in beating a di.s- oiganized Aknusti team, 13 to 7, was far from trp form. Cecil Smith topped the champions' scoring with seven goals, four cf them free hits the result of Ak- nusti fouls. CLOVIS TO FINALS LUBBOCK. Sept.

6 and Clovis square off here tonight in the West Texas-New Mexico league championship Shaughnessy playoff series. Clovis downed Midland yesterday 7-6 for the right to meet Lubbock, victors earlier In first round play against Wink. considerable service, including Foshee and Harkins at the guard posts, but these are the lads who will be in there when the chips are down. "We should be as good as last year," Coach Frank Thomas says, "but they'll all be gunning for us, and we have to get ready for South- A score of others figure to see ern California Sept. 24." office of Roy MCMillen In the city hall, at $1.75.

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