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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Abilene, Texas, Saturday Morning, April 9, 1955
SCOREBOARD
B'wood 1st,1.
WARBIRD SKYBIRDS — James Leonard (left) and Brandt Baixe will represent Abi-
lene in the pole vault in the District 3-AA track and field meet at McMurry Stadium
Saturday afternoon. Leonard has cleared 12 feet 3 inches this spring and is the fa-
vorite to win. (Staff Photo by Bob Gulley).
Favored
FRIDAY’S RESULTS
MAJOR LEAGUES
Kansas City <A> 10. Richmond n 1
Washington (A) 11. Cincinnati (N) r
New York (N) 8. Boston (A) ▼
Putsourgh <N« te. Baltimore () 7
Philadelphia (N) a. New York (A
TEXAS LEAGUE
Dallas 6. Shreveport 3 ,
San Antonio 8. Oklahoma City 1
Fort Worth at Beaumont, ped. ral
Tulsa at Houston, ppd. ram
THE STANDINGS
TEXAS LEAGUE
Team
Dallas 3 4
Houston ........... 21
San Antonio ...............1
Fort Worth 111711:1220.1 1
Oklahoma City ...........1 1
Tulsa •
Shreveport •
SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE
MAJOR LEAGUES
Pittsburgh (N) vs. Baltimore (A) at
Baltimore .
. Boston (A) vs. New York (N) at
aitin yeotep <A» at Comtske
cle.eiot & Milwaukee <W» at
pool "27% * ^^ at St. Loui
New York (A) vs Brooklyn (N) at
Blue Sox Beat Midland,., Eidhth
1 ■ Eagles Eighth
14-8, in Seven Innings At Aggieland
MIDLAND, April 8 (RNS) — Only
COLLEGE STATION, April 1
three doubles, a triple and a home (RNS) _ Abilene High School rank-
run. in taking the second exhibition ed 8th after 36 holes of the third
,---------------" " annual Texas A&M invitation high
tallies of their own before the [ was Abilene’s third spring win school go|f tournament Friday with
against one loss and was the Brownwood in first place
fourth defeat against two wins Brownwood’s team total stood at
l for Midland. . 598, two strokes ahead of Pine
Martin-Led fort Carson Nine ======
Hii Here for Exhibition Tonight
113 % The Fort Carson, Colo baseball Kilgore boy who played with the
3 2 1, team coached by New York Yan- Dallas Eagles. Spradlin is a catch-
Abilene racked up six big runs
Pet. 80 fans sat in the stands here Fri-
1.00% day night as the Abilene Blue Sox
stripped Midland. 14-1, in an ex-
500 bibition baseball game called after |
333 the seventh inning because of cold
200 weather. slammed out 14 hits, including
in the seventh to bolster an 8-5
lead, then allowed Midland three I decision over Midland in a week I
I game was called.
Manager Bob Westfall's Sox
THE BOX
ABILENE I1«>
Barton. If
Hughes, ss
Ellison, rt
Philadelphia Oil vs. Kansas City (A
cematr-88 48 Washington (A)
Washine TEXAS LEAGUE
Fort Worth at Shreveport
Dallas at Beaumont
Tulsa at San Antonio
Oklahoma City at Houston
| Jones TKO's Johnson
■ ST LOUIS, April s (—Ralph
‘ (Tiger) Jones stunned George
1 Johnson with a left and right to
J the head and left him helpless
I against the ropes with a flurry
j of blows for a technical knockout
tonight after 2 minutes and 1 sec-
ond of the fifth round of their
bout, scheduled for 10 rounds.
Jones weighed 158%, Johnson 155.
. Tate, 3b
Bierman. € .
Wade. p
Job. p
x-Villodas
Santa, P
TOTALS
MIDLAND <3)
, Jones, 2b
Deckman
Jiminez.
. cf
Seales. 1b
Wileox, ss
Balse. p
• • kee second baseman Billy Martin
er.
It will be the second appearance
090 hits town Saturday night for an 1 ..
• • 1 p.m. exhibition with the Abilene this year in Abilene for Martin.
114 2 Blue Sox. He was with the Fort Carson bas
ment.
Jefferson of San Antonio had 614.
Woodrow Wilson of Dallas 616 and
Reagan of Houston 619.
Jack Cupit, Greggton ace, was
the “36-hole individual leader with
a one-over-par 141. including •
hole-in-one. David Boies, ’•Brown-
wood's promising young golfer,
came in one stroke back with 142.
$27
E
He was with the Fort Carson bas-
It’s the next to last home exhibi- ketball team when it was here dur-
2-Speer ...............* 1 9
Pickens. P 2 0 1 0%
zz-Alvorano 0 10 0 9
TOTALS 28 • 10 21 9
x-Hit into double play for Job in 6th.
z-Hit into force for Balse in and
sz-Walked for Pickens in 7th.
ABILENE .
MIDLAND
/arbirds Host
3-A A Track Meet Today
By FRED SANNER I Coach Gus Snodgrass' Brown-1
Reporter-News Sports Writer wood Lions figure to give the
Coach Bob Groseclose’s defend Eagles their stiffest competition
ing state Class AA track and field but the Abilene team is an over-
champion, ^ ess Mme whelming favorite to win the title
lone 5 Radium toward proving and send a dozen to 15 men to
Munenes the bent in the Lone the Region II-AA meet at Steph-
Star State in 1955. enville April 23. .
The Eagles will host Sweetwater, The Eagles have gone unde-
Snyder San Angelo and Brown- ] touted this year while bringing
wood in the District 3-AA meet, home trophies in the Border Olym-
Brownwood has won titles this
spring in the Indian Trail Relays
at Gorman, the Bluebonnet Relays
at Brownwood, and the Brady Re-
lays.
But the Eagles' own better times.
see tion for the Sox. Sunday they close ing the winter, and he's engaged to
0 1 o out the Pre-season games here by an Abilene Christian College coed.
0 0 0 meeting Odessa. Martin made himself famous for
J J Fort Carson (actually it’s the 61st the Yankees during the 1952 and
Infantry Regiment team) is load the 1953 World Series. In 1952 he ,
ed with former college baseball made a remarkable catch of an in- '
stars with a sprinkling of ex-pro- field popup by Brooklyn's Jackie
fessionals. Players from Missouri | Robinson. The bases were loaded
University,
North Carolina State, the Univer-
2
131 012 6—14
210 101 3— a
RBI— Barton 2. Ellison, Phillips 2. Smith
2. Wollett. Tate 1. Bierman 2. Santa 2,
Jones 2 Deckman, Jiminez. Stout, Burns
2 Hacker. 2B—Barton, Ellison. Tate.
Wollett. HR—Bierman. SB—Barton. Eli-
son. Tate. Sae.—Barton. Wollett. Wade.
Deckman. DP—Hughes-Smith-Phillips. Wil-
cox-Scales: Wilcox-Jones Scales. LOS
Abilene 11 Midland 12. BOB—Wade 2. Job
5. Santa 5. Pickens 7, Balse 1- So—Wade
t Balse 2. Pickens 4. H—Off Wade S for
4 runs in 3 innings: off Pickens 9 for 10
if Job 1 for 1 run in
1 4 for 4 runs in 2
for 4 runs im 2 in-
* (Smith). W—Wade
nings. HE
L. Balse.
The little Warbird will also team |
with Don Burks, Jimmy Miller- |
man and Bob Gay in the mile re-
lay. This quartet ran a 3220.6 last
week at Austin, nine full sec-
onds under their own 3-AA record
Abilene Speedway
Reopens Sunday
Ronnie McGraw led the Eagles
with 153 (76-77) after 36 holes. Ro-
land Snipes had 155 ( 76-79); Stan
Binion 156 (80-78); and Clark
Hampton 171 (92-79).
San Angelo's Jim Davidson
fired 170 and John Gandy had 171;
Forrest Daniel of Kermit had 163
Sweetwater ranked ninth in team
.__________________________________totals with 642. Individual scores
Auburn, Oklahoma, and two were out in the seventh were Doyt Dill 148, Don Whorton
” ' inning of the final game, and the 157, Henry Meyer, 162, and Don
sity of Minnesota. Illinois, and the
University of Southern California
adorn its lineup.
Two Fort Carson teams are tour-
ing the West Texas-New Mexico
League this week, the Cist, and the
40th Field Artillery team, coached
by Ken Stonecipher (former Kan-
sas City Blues catcher).
Included on the 61st Regiment
team is the name of Ron Spradlin,
inning of the final game, and the
Yankees went ahead to win. 4-2
Then in 1953 Martin did the in-
credible and hit .500 for the six
games against the Dodgers, getting
12 hits in 24 at bats, two home runs,
two triples and a double. In the
first game Martin hit a bases-
loaded triple and won the sixth
game with a ninth-inning single.
His 12 hits was a new record for
six games
Wafer. 175.
Brownwood scores were Boies
142. Phil Lobstein 149. BiUy Boysen
149. Bill Knobler 15«.
A total of 130 players from 29
schools are participating in the
tournament.
Midwestern Blanks
Tribe Gotten, 6-0
WICHITA FALLS April 8-Mid-
western University's golf team
blanked the McMurry Indians, 6-0,’ •
here Friday afternoon
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Brady, Paschal Win
At Tarleton Relays Tom Bullard defeated Jerry Eng-
lish 1-up and Bill Bookout defeat-
the Buckies in the 220 dash, erm ing ed Otis Ratliff. 5-4, in one four-
I in behind Crow of Paschal who some. Bullard and Bookout took
I ran it in 22.7. Sandefer was also the team points with * 3-2 victory
third in the 100-yard dash won by | over English and Ratliff.
Harris. Charles Pappas defeated Jim
Larry Munnerlyn gave Brecken- Hendricks, 2-up, and Ray Smith de-
ridge another point, running fourth teated Mike Bowden, 6-4. in the
in the mile. It was won by Arthur: other singles Pappas and Smith
Waldrop of Fort Worth Tech in trimmed Hendricks and Bowden
4:54.3. Harris tied for fourth in 5-4, in the team play
the broad jump, won by David McMurry has lost two dual
Norvell of Poly with a 21-6% leap, matches and won none this season.
Cotton gave Breskenridge a They appear next at the Odessa
fourth place tie in the high jump college Invitation tourney in Odes-
Thirty teams and 425 athletes sa April 16 The MeMurrians will
entered, a record field for the play a return engagement with
Tarleton affair Windy afternooon Midwestern at Abilene Country
weather and a cool, misty afternoon ! club April 22
provided some discomfort to fans. —----------------------------—
Doug Crow of Paschal hung up Two records Here broken in the _
A and B division. Joe Noggler of Texas Aodies Even
Muenster smashed a 220-yard dash ICACS A99103 LTVII
record by running 217 in the pre- 1
lims. Floyd Reasoner of Mineral] series II LODOS
Wells set a new mark in the pole
vault. I ALPINE, Aprils (—Dick Mundy
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Abilene Speedway, nine miles Worth shared honors in the fourth
south of town on the Coleman annual Tarleton State College Re-
heights and distances in all but of 3:29.6.
the broad jump, shot put and high The Eagle 44-yard relay team soutn town on _ ------------------
: jumps, so will be expected to low- of Gay, Millerman, John Barfoot. beehive of ac. lays Friday night,
er most of the seven records that and Ronnie Mulhern has turned highway, “i Sundav as stock car Brady rolled up
in 43.1 twice this spring, as com- tivity again Sunday
pared to the Eagle mark of 43.9 racing opens up for the 19585 sea-
last year son.
James Leonard of Abilene, Ger- Modified stock cars, boasting
the broad jump, shot put and high
are in danger.
Half-miler Bobby Mosshart will
Brady rolled up 43 points to win
the Class A and B division. Miner-
al Wells coming in second with 26%
and Hamilton and DeLeon tying for
third with 11 each. Cisco and Clyde
wood in me pics Southwest Recreation Meet, lead the Eagles in their onslaught
which opens wi preli ri a WS •----— —: -—. on the records. Masshart has run , -------------------- -----------than uur'1 witn 11 eacn. cisco anu vyue
a 1:57.8 this spring and owns the 1 ald Puliig of Sweetwater, and some 20 per cent more power than scored six points each. Stephenville
old ark of 2:02 8 set last year Del aidlster Nf Brummand have 41- —one " take the Iracs
10 am and winds up Saturday aft West Texas Relays and Texas Re-
ernoon. lays. Its second contingent finished
Field finals open at 1 p.m with fifth in the Cowtown Relays while
the first track event scheduled the first unit was winning the Tex
at 1:30. * I as Relays.
3-AA TRACK, FIELD ENTRIES
I29 YARD HIGH HURDLES Abilene-
Don Burks. James Brooks: San Amsel
John Robbins, Schmidt Br-edd et
ry Elledge. David Gilger. Fon Morris:
Sweetwater—James Harvey: Smyder&Pow-
all Berry Douglas James.
1 bott. Ellington. Marshall. Hollis Brown-
wood—Brown Wheeler Morris Norton:
Sweetwater—None: Snyder - Spikes, Pol-
lard. Baxter, Kent Fields.
POLE VAULT: Abilene—James Leonard.
Brandt Baize: San Angelo—Noe Brown-
wood—Dale Middleton Donald Chesser:
Sweetwater—Gerald Pullig; Snyder—Harold
rwood—Von-1 Hooks. Dick Martin
-narroll Hobbs.1 BROAD JUMP: Abilene—Mulhern, Mil-
ack Spikes. Bob lerman, Welch. San Angelo—Sehmidt. Rob-
bins, Hollis; Brownwood—Jerry Bob Hut-
MILE RUN Abilene G. W. Davidson tom. Norton, Elledge: Sweetwater - None;
R. Long carter Conoway: San Angelo— Sayder—Langles, Baxter, Berry
Richard Flores: Brownwood—Roy Jones. HIGH HUMP Abilene — Danny Owen
Bob McCurry, Epifenio eneca: Sweetwa- Beall. Ralph Bruton: San Angelo—Rob
ter Kenny Turner, Carroll Boley: Smyder bins. Trevino: Brownwood — Jerry Boler
. Larry Bulls Gilger. Norton: Sweetw-ter—Pullig; Sny-
MO-TABB LOW HURDLES: Abilene- der—James. Spkes. Ward.
Burks. Brooks: San Angelo — Marshall SHOT PUT: Abilene—Jim Briggs, Billy
Schmidt Brownwood—Morris Wallace Mor- Mitchell. Stuart Peake: San Angelo-
ris. Giger: Sweetwater—Harvey; Smyder— Bobby Smith, Gauntt: Brownwood—Piper.
Bud Morgan. Baxter, Berry. Jack Woodson: Sweetwater—Pet Cunning-
YARD DASH Abilene Ronnie Mul- ham; Snyder—Frank Minton, Wally Den-
here welch Jim Millerman: Sam Angel- son..
Hollis. Ellington. Abbott; Brownwood- DE
Brown. Elledze. Ben Norton: Sweetwater- | Eadd
100-YARD DASH: Abilene
Welch, John Barfoot: San
Hollis, Kemp, Ellington: *
nie Brown: *
Bob T*
MEET SCHEDULE
PRELIMINARIES
TRACK
10:00—120- Yard High Hurdles
19:15—tea-Yard Dash
10:30—440-Yard Dash
10:40—180-Yard Low Hurdles
11:00—220-Yard Dash
FIELD
10:00—Shot Put; Bread Jump;
Discus
FINALS
TRACK
1:30—120-Yard High Hurdles
1:45—100-Yard Dash
2:00—440-Yard Dash
2:15— lie-Yard Low Hurdles
2:30—440-Yard Relay
2:45-gee-Yard Run
3:00—220-Yard Dash
3:15—1Mile Run
3:30—Mile Relay
FIELD
1:00—1Pole Vault; Shot Put
1:30—1High Jump
Dale Middleton of Brownwood have the junkers, will take the track five and Comanche 44
all cleared in the neighborhood Sunday at 2 p.m. for time trials. Paschal had 45 % points in the
of 12 feet in the pole vault and Races start at 3 , AA division. Weatherford was sec-
the record is 12.-1 I Ten San Angelo drivers, includ-ond with 28%, Arlington Heights
Jack Woodson of Brownwod has ing Glenn Simpson, the 1954 high-FW) was third with 25% and
tossed the shot 52 feet to inch point driver there, will be on hand Breckenridge fourth with 2312. Fort
and San Angelo's Bob Smith, the to help reopen the Speedway. A Worth Poly got 19 1-3 and Fort
defending champ, and Abilene’s 35-lap feature race and a 15-lap Worth Tech five
Jun Briggs compleu a potent trioPowder Puff Derby will highlight ___.
in this event. | the initial meet of the season | 11% points for top individual hon-
Billy. Mitchell of Abilene has a free Easter egg hunt for chil- ors in the AA division while Dous
sailed the discus 157 feet 2 inches dren under 12 will be held at 1 Ammons of Mineral Wells and Bil-
and is a good bet to better the p.m., Promoter Clyde Johnson an- ly Nicholas, Brady, tied in the
present record of 150-1. nounced. A-B class with ten each.
G. W. Davidson of Abilene has No race will be held at the Breckenridge broke the 100-yard
run a 4 396 mile as compared to Speedway on Sunday, April 17. but dash record, the 440-relay and the
the record of 4:43.2 and Burks of the motors will burn again the fol 440 dash record mark in winning
Abilene has cleared the low hurd- , lowing week. , three firsts. - ...
les in 196 with the record stand- | Clyde Harris knocked off the
: dash mark in the preliminaries I
'when he ran a 10 flat. That was
!___tied by Don Cleveland of Stephen-
ville in another prelims heat and
Dallas 201 102 000 5 1 2 clipped a record of 10.1 set two
Ssigleto and Murray: Blanton and I years ago by Carter-Riverside of
Fort Worth
ing at 20.1 his own.
Other top entries are sprinter Bil ■ TEXAS LEAGUE
ly Hollis of San Angelo, broad ___________________________________
jumpers Ben Norton and Jerry
Bob Hutton of Brownwood, sprin-
ters Harroll Hobbs and Dale Lit- , ..
tlefield and half-miles CLAY Reves Oklahoma cay 900 000 010-1 5 2-m s c
of Sweetwater and sprinter Jack | Sr.drrenee . rieeas and wme Harris won the dash in the finals.
Spikes of Snyer. I kinsom: Diemer and Tabacheck. | running a 10.3.
--—------------------------------! John Cotton of Breckenridge
Tri-Captoins Named up a first -inning home run 10 Nor-
named man Cash, Sul Ross leftfielder, to
IOWA CITY, Iowa, April S — I pitch Texas A&M to a 4-1 win here
In the first such action in the today and an even split with Sul
schools history, the Iowa U. bas-Ross.
Kelton Russell, in losing his first
“ Am MiA Browhwdd- DIsCUs Abilene—Mitchell. Vance Me-
Ehledre. Ben "Norton: | Fadden. Reford. Schmittou San Angelo
Dale Littlefield Bobor Hartsrayes. Bobby ’ Mithal: RresewerdO P
McDonald: Suoder — Pollard. ■ siaepran shmon. wah nenioe.
DISCUS: Abilene—Mitchell Vance Me-
40-YARD DASH: out Pat Fadden. Reford Schmittou: San Angelo-
er. Henry Colwell. Welch: San ngi, Mitchell: Brownwood - Chesser Piper.
Mullins, Trevino : E Woodson Sweetwater — Cunningham: Sny-
der-Spiles. Doug James. Robert James.
der—John Ward. Duane Merritt. Fritz _
===== Middlecoff Halfway Leader at 137
McQueen: Smyder—Jerry Shaw, George .
===== But Bantam Ben 4 Strokes Back
graves. Littlefield Harvey, Hobbs: Say-
der—Fred Cross, Wallace Langley, Tom
Gavy, Morgan
440-YARD RELAY: Abilene—Millerman.
Barfoot, Mulhern, Gay; San Angelo—Ab-
ketball team will have three co-
captains next year. Squad mem-
bers of the Big Ten champions
chose forward Carl Cain. Free-
I port. III : guard Bill Seaberg. Mo-
line. III.; and center Bill Logan.
Keokuk, Iowa, to jointly captain
broke the 440-yard dash
next year's team
record i
game of the season, struck out nine
and allowed only four hits but wild-
ness led to his defeat
A&M 020 000 020-4-4-2
Sul Ross 100 »to 000—1-6-2
Mundy and Williams; Russel!
and Patterson.
20 Ballinger Girls
Get Cage Letters'
By HIGH FULLERTON. JR.
AUGUSTA, Ga. April 8 @B —
Cary Middlecoff, the 1949 Open
Golf champion who has tried vain-
total of 137 Hogan, making a
round, gave Middlecoff a 36-hole
strong bid after Sam Snead had
| set the earls' pace was relegated
lv to take the measure of the to second place with 73-68—141.
Snead and the first-round leader.
Augusta National Course finally!
accomplished that feat with' a 65
today to take the 36-hole lead in
/ . the Masters Tournament
BALLINGER, April 8 (RNS)- The tall ex-dentist from Mem-
Twenty Ballinger basketball girls phis and Kiamesha Lake, NY.
were awarded sweaters as assem- shot one of the finest rounds in
bly this week the history of this colorful tourna-
Receiving letters oa the A team
were Hazel Brown, captain: Jan-
ie Allen, Glenda Shelton Alma
Lou Kirk, Barbara Sharpes, Bar-
bara Bradshaw and LaNell Hol-
ment, only one stroke over the
Masters record ta gain a four-
stroke margin over Ben Hogan,
usually the boss of the big course
Jackie Burke, wound up in a tie
for third with 143‘s.
A sensational putting streak, cli-
| maxed by a 75-foot putt for an
eagle 3 on the tricky-470-yard 13th
hole carried Middlecoff to the first
65 ever scored in a Masters tour-
nament After Mangrum’s 64. three
66s were the best previous scores
made on this great course in the
Middlecoff, putting like a de- greatest golfen
more had nines of 31 and 34, seven
annual appearances of America’s
brook. Strokes under Augusta National's
Coach Elnora Grevelle also was- ---— • ■■ -
Hogan Shot One
twice. He ran a 51.6 in the pre-
lims and a 515 in the finals The
old record was 51.7 set last year by
Arlington Heights
Harris, Dick Carpenter, Cotton
and Edwin Robertson legged the
440 relay in 43.8 and smashed a
447 mark by Paschal of Fort
ond to Claude Harmon In 1948, for second with an opening 71. Worth
- slipped back to 74 for 145 Julius! Jake Sandefer won a second for
Boros, with 71-75, came in with
the vear before he gained his Open
victory, but the best 11 be could
I shoot then was 69.
Snced, although he bewailed a
couple of wasted shots, also had
a fine round today, 36-35-71. He
was four strokes better at the 36-
hole stage this time than he was
a year ago, when he came on to
tie Hogan with a record high score
and then beat him in a playoff
Burke, the first day leader with
a 67, fell far off today, hitting his
shots badly and putting erratically
THE RESULTS
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Grand Opening of The
1955 RACING SEASON
MODIFIED STOCK CAR RACES
SUNDAY, APRIL 10
TIME TRIALS AT 2:00 P.M. - RACES BEGIN AT 3:00 P.M.
ADMISSION - $1.00 . TAX INCLUDED
8 EVENTS — 35 LAP FEATURE RACE
ADDED ATTRACTION - 15 LAP POWDER PUFF DERRY
FREE -Easter Egg Hunt at 1:30
FOR ALL CHILDREN 12 YEARS AND UNDER
ABILENE SPEEDWAY
9 MILES SOUTH ON COLEMAN-BALLINGER HIWAY
a big group at 146
Snead, grinning and talking to
the big gallery that followed him. I CLASS A AND B
after the finish 1 100-YAED DASH 1. Doug Ammons,
commented wryiv after the uiisB Mineral Wells: 2. Don Cleveland. Stephen-
about the difficult pin position on ville: 3. Joe Noggler, Muenster; 4. Bob
the big greens and said: YARCTDASE’I beor Ammons. Mi-
“If it hadn’t been for those two ."D4.7.M cevenand. stemher
shots I lost on the 14th and 15th, | *record set m pre-
I'd be in a real good position. T0 YARD HIGH HURDLES 1. Billy
“It was the round of all rounds Mo-muin eTa Wen: "DON MT
for me. ' he added ‘Some of those * D W L IDLES: 1 Bill Mieh-
flags weren’t even on the greens, olas. Brady; 2. Mitchell. DeLeon: 3. Floyd
I had to look three or four times M-ar-Beca,". 5 4 Dorman Ria- |
440-YARD DASH: 1 Tom Davis, Gran-
bury; 2. Tom Reynolds, Cisco: J James
Womack. Clifton: 4. Jerry Nance. Clyde
Time 51.6.
448-YARD RELAY: 1 Hamilton (Elton
Couch, Bobby Davis, Ted Conner Bob
Andrews): 2 Clyde: 3. DeLeon: 4. Ste
phenville. Time: 45.8.
880-YARD RUN: I Ronny Sadter, Brady: 1
2. John Marcus, Glen Rose A Velton
Evans Laneri (Fort Worth): TP THIS
Boswell. Brady, Time: 2:03.7.
MILE RUN: 1 Jerry Mathews Mos
._ - burn Meyers. Rochelle: 2.
ms. Cisco 4. Roger Groves,
Time: 4:48.7.
AY: 1 Brad (EugeneCor
Boswell. Charles Bode. tRon
Tie between Comantherand I
1 4. Granbury, Time: 3.38 9. I
MP: 1. Don Mitchell, De-
■ Couch, Hamilton: 3 Jee
.=-==== water: 4 Ronald MeKenzie,
Hico. Distance: 21.2.
DIRCUS THROW: 1. Vernon Ryan, Brady
2. Harold Price, Comanche: 3. Bobby
Welse, hr'*- 4. Winston Boeker, Brady
Distance: 141.2.
POLE VAULT: 1. Floyd Reasoner. Min
eral Wells: 1 Bobby Burris. Mineral Wells; 1
3. Tie between Wilburn Shurtleff and Les i
lie Fisher, both of Brady Height: 12′4.
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Six strokes behind at the half-
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have little chance of overtaking
the two pace setters.
Alone at 144 was Bob Rosburg
of San Francisco, who shot his
second par 72. Mike Souchak, tied
THE LEADERS
to find them "
One of the two lost shots he
mentioned came when he put his
drive on 14 into the woods, hit his
second short of the green and then
missed a 12-foot putt. He three-
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Hogan shot one of, those when
he set the ournament’s 72-hole
record in winning his second Mas-
tered on the 17th green. Iters two years ago
Mangrum Holds Record 1 Today Hogan was shooting for
The record for the Masters and the lead after a comparatively
for a competitive round on the poor first round and he would have
6.950-yard Augusta National Course had it except for Middlecoff’s sen
is 64. made by Lloyd Mangrum sational round. He shot 35-33-68,
in the first round in 1940. playing beautifully on the back
lowing a par-72 on the opening nine and never going over par
This great round late today, fol- A huge second-day crowd, close BobRourEinc '
to 10,000, massed around the 16th Mike Sonchak.
green when Ben finished, then Tom, WE.N.C
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second shot on the back of the *"* Pan seo
13th green then plunked in a putt Skee Rierel.
which was measured as 75 feet JubesBoros.
Cary Canned Putts - WNC
Before that Cary had canned S. Loss
putts ranging from five to 15 feet “A’F,
for birdies on the first, sixth, sev- rwilli
enth, eighth and ninth holes. He Gene
also birdied the 505-yard 15th with B”
an 8-footer after driving into the ■>
rough %
Then with most of the galleryLovd.
trailing him. Middlecoff barely x-L.1
par of 36-36—72, and would have
presented a letter, and a sweater tied the record if he hadn’t fal-
The B team girls who were
awarded sweaters were Dorothy
Bishop, Margo Brunson, Rosa Bur-
ris. Linda Cervenka, Jo Ann Con-
way. Monte Cortes. Pat Darby.
Darline Harral, Marilyn Kettler,
Patsy Teplicek, Linda Crockett,
Belva McMillian and Jerry Brooks,
manager.
putted the 15th for a par-5 after
‘reaching the green in two.
On the 11th and 12th holes he i
shot a pair of classic birdies. Sam
faded an iron shot over the pond
beside the 11th green to within 20
feet of the cup and sank his long
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reached the front of the 17th green
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155-yard 12th. Snead got his par-5
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hitting into the creek in front of
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collected his final birdie on the
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