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Bruni Shoots 73 on Eve
Of State Fem Golf Tourney
2-A
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Abilene, Texas, Monday Morning, May 2, 1957
Redlegs Sweep Pair,
Lead Braves by Two
By DON OLIVER
Reporter-News Sports Editor
Seventeen-year-old Joanne Bruni
of Laredo, with a million-dollar
swing and the looks to go with it.
fired a two over mer’s par 73 Sun-
day afternoon in the final practice
round of the Texas Women’s Golf
Association state tournament,
which opens with the qualifying
• round at 7 a m. Monday at the
the back side, countering with bird-
ies on two holes to card a final
38 The soft-spoken brunette who
was co-medalist in the 1956 tourna-
ment at Waco, had a 78 Saturday.
Mrs. Mary Anne Rathmell of
Houston posted • 75 Sunday de-
spite having miseries on the putt-
ing surface, while Mrs. Betty Rush-
ing of Dallas, the ex-Arkansas
state champion, had a 76. Defend-
ing champion Frances Rich of Dal-
las had a 79.
A total of 155 women signed up
Abilene Country Club course.
Miss Bruni, using only 21 putts
during the day eagled the ninth -- -----— — .
hole to come in with a 35 on the for the tournament along with 40
front She picked up four bogies on non players for a grand total of
STATE FEM PAIRINGS
195, one less than registered at
Waco last year. However, 61 coun-
try dub# were represented.
The first twosome goes off at 7
a.m. today with starter Leroy J
Brannon winding up the day’s ac- 1
tivity at 2:54 p.m. First-round
matches are set for Tuesday with
the tournament winding ip Satur- 1
day
During Monday’s qualifying
round players will also compete for :
putting prizes and the team cham- ,
pionship. At 5 pm, the annual busi- 1
ness meeting of the Association will
be held in the Country Club ball- ,
room. 1
Miss Bruni, two-time Texas Pub-
CINCINNATI. May 18 in—Home second game after winning No. 4
runs by Smoky Burgess, Bob
Thurman and Wally Post powered
Cincinnati’s Redlegs to a 5-4 vie-
the same way in the opener.
Acker took over for Redleg
Nash. Waco-Mr. LW
L Waco Mrs. Ruby
terson, Lubbock-
boar. Dallas-Mrs.
Newberry, Dallas
noum. Dallas-Mrs.
Mrs.
Rathmell, Houston-Bet-
Pool. Abilene-Mrs. Lou
Lewis, Abilene-Miss
Lubbock-Mrs. E. L.
tory over Pittsburgh’s Pirates to-
day, helping the National League-
leading Reds sweep both ends of
a doubleheader. Cincinnati eked
out an 8-7 first game win. The
Reds moved two full games ahead
of the second place Milwaukee
Braves.
Tom Acker, 27-year-old right-
bander from Paterson, N. J . won
starter Brooks Lawrence and
nailed down the last out in the
ninth inning
.“ISh’eNE Su End same
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Francona Blasis
Orioles by KC, 10-2
BALTIMORE, May 19 in-Tito
Fraucona’s two home runs and five
runs batted in paced the Baltimore
Orioles to a 10-2 victory over Kan.
sas City today in the first game
of a scheduled doubleheader, and
rain halted the second game aft-
er 5% scoreless innings.
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m. Gonzales-Mrs.
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Dallas-Miss Lena
Hurst, Dallas-Hazel
If. Houston-Mrs. Jack
Humphries, Lubbock-
Port Arthur-
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Terry, Austin-Mrs.
Midland-Mrs.
:Allen-Mra.
ewis. Abilene
ERG.
artin, Abilene
lic Links champion, sank a four-
foot putt for a birdie on the first
hole. On the ninth she hit two per-
An- feet wood shots and sank a 20-
Pan footer for the eagle. She bogied
two holes on the front nine, hit-
ting her .second shot short of the
green on the sixth and getting in
the rough on the seventh.
Mr*
Mr
DUTCH HARRISON •
... final round of 62
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both game# in relief, ar
Acker, fifth Redleg hurler, J
picked up hi# fifth win against •
one defeat, by stifling a Pirate C
rally in the ninth inning of the as
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Bowen. Fort Worth-
FO. Mstown-Mra. 3.
ane. Corpus Christi-
n, Lubbock..
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H Reed, Dallas-Mrs.
Clemens, Dallas-Miss
B. Dousiss Jr. AM
"Smits "AGuene-Mrs.
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fellwain, Abilene-Mrs.
Chilton, Dallas-Judy
ben. Dallas-Mrs. For-
unter. Corpus Christi-
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w. Bier. Houston-Mrs.
Her: stamford-Mrs. s.
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Wadam. Houston-Mrs.
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Miss Bruni bad a five-footer for
a birdie on the 13th but bogied the
11th, 14th, 16th and 18th holes for
the windup 38.
Mrs. Gloria Ezell of Midland, the
former Women’s West Texa*
champion before being sidelined
with polio, carded a 93 Sunday.
She plays from an electric cart
that has support# for her legs so
that she can stand up to the ball.
Harrison’s 266
Wins Snead Golf
Port Arthur Blanks
Corpus Christi, 3-0
PORT ARTHUR, May 19-
Dizzy Dean Higginbottom, backed
by home runs by Bill Newkirk and
Roy Sanner, blanked the Corpus
Christi Clippers on two singles to
give the Port Arthur Redlegs a 3-0
victory.
Higginbottom’s only tormentors
were Keith Carpenter, who sin-
gled In the fourth, and pitcher El-
mer Toth, who singled in the fifth.
Toth later was cut down in a
double play.
The Clippers had only three run-
ners as far as second, all coming
as the result of bases on balls.
By GEORGE BOWEN
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
W. Va., May 19 —E. J. "Dutch"
Harrison, easy - going Arkansas
traveler bearing his 48 year# light-
ly, finished with a frisky 62
strokes that were eight under par
to win the Sam Snead Golf Festi-
val today.
The rousing finish, one over the
old White Course competitive rec-
ord. gave the lumbering giant a
total of 266, 14 strokes under par
and his second victory in the tour-
nament on the mountainous
courses. Harrison, now play-
ing out of St. Louis, Mo. won the
tournament two years ago with a
total 269. 1
Harrison, always noted for his
steady average golf which won
him the Vardon Trophy for con-
sistency in 1954, capitalized to the
fullest on the collapse of the front-
running Paul Harney of Worces-
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League to Operate Wichita
VICTORIA. May 19 u—The Big Wichita Falls franchise, turned
Mate League will operate the back to the league by owner Joe
Wichita Falla franchise but will Hale, in operation with funds ob-
eontinue to base the club in Wichi- tained from the major leagues
They will ask the major league
ta Falls. They will ask the major league
Also, the season will be split fund committee for $25,000 to help
starting June 30 so that clubs In operate the franchise and if that
the predicament of Wichita Falls request fall# will seek 86.000 from
can have a chance of winning a each major league affiliate in the
place in the playoffs. league - Brooklyn, which is tied
Meeting here today directors of up with Victoria: Cincinnati, with
the league decided to keep the Port Arthur; Milwaukee, with Cor-
pus Christi: Kansas City, with Ahl.
lene. and Pittsburgh, with Beau-
mont
To statrt the bail rolling each
club in the league gave $1,000 of
its 23 000 deposit money.
A deal must be worked out with
Blue Sox Divide
Yanks Defeat
Indians, 6-3
NEW YORK, May 19 (Little
Bobb} Shantz won his third game
with ninth inning relief help from
Johnny Kucks today and Mickey
Mantle hit his seventh home run
as the New York Yankees downed
Cleveland 6-3 before 28,103 chilled
fans.
Rocky Colavito was the most
consistent Cleveland batter with
ter. Mass., and Ben Hogan of
Fort Worth to win by two strokes.
Harney, who led for two of the
first three rounds, and Hogan for
one, both soared over par in their
final 18 holes.
The 27-year-old Harney slumped
to a 72 to finish with a total 268
and tied for second with Snead
who made a real valiant bid to
win his own tournament for the
fourth time by shooting a M.
Hogan, admittedly faltering into
ordinary golf for him, posted a
71 and total 269 which was
matched by Peter Thomson of
Melbourne, Australia, and winner
of the past three British Opens.
Billy Caaper of Bonita, Calif.,
landed in the sixth spot .with 270
by matching par on his last round.
The field of 47 pros split up to
play two courses and Harrison
shot his 62, lowest score of the
tournament, on the supposedly
more difficult Old White. Bob
Watson of Ardsley-on-Hudson,
N. Y., made the same score on
the other course, the Greenbrier,
in his final round although it sal-
vaged him only a total 274 for a
15th-place tie.
Harrison put on a terrific late
four straight hits, including his
fourth homer of the season lead-
Ing off the ninth.
CLEVELAND ii
Bur 111
Hale to obtain the money paid in
on advertising, box seats, etc. If 1
that fails, the franchise will be %
taken to Waco A. H. Kirksey, $
owner of the Waco park, offered a
facilities free of charge but said c
he would want the concessions N
2 With Beaumont
BEAUMONT, May 19 un—The
Waco formerly was in the league.
Hale is expected to meet the
league’s requirements.
Mack Davenport of Abilene, ex-
ecutive secretary of the league,
will go to Wichita Falls to help
set up the operation No changes
will be made in the front office
personnel, with Ernest Lorbeer
continuing as general manager
NEW YORK
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SECOND GAME, .
Kansas City
Triandos.
DIXIE LEAGUE
Abilene Bluesox pushed over an
unearned run in the 11th inning
to turn back Beaumont’s Pirates OPENS TONIGHT
18-11 in the second game of a
doubleheader here today, after the
Bucs had won the seven-inning
opener by 6-5.
The Pirates overcame a ten run
lead to tie up the nightcap, only
to lose it in the 11th on an error
and a wild pitch. Beaumont out-
hit the Blue Sox by 18-13, but a
grandslam homer by Ronnie Mills
spelled the difference.
AMEx *.,**woxr.
Mayor Jesse Winters will
throw out the first ball Mon-
day at 5:30 p.m. as the Dixie
Little League opens the 1957
season at K-D Park.
Perry-Hunter-Hall and Thom-
ason Enterprises open the dou-
ble header at 6 pm with West-
em Chevrolet meeting Abilene
Realtors at R p.m
and Jodie Beeler a# field manager
Hale gave up the franchise be-
cause of poor attendance, a long Tigers
losing streak by his club and bad 9TR DCOI
weather which had prevented his
playing many games at home.
To help the league in general.
31 MU 3
Giants Trim
Braves, 6-3
MILWAUKEE, May 19 UB-Ray
Katt’s two-run single with the
base# full in the eighth inning
gave the New York Giants a 6-3
victory over the Milwaukee
Braves before 21,817 shivering
fans today.
The hit. Katt# third of the
it was decided to split the season
affective through games of June
29. The winner of the first half
will automaticily qualify for the
playoff, The second half winner
also will qualify. The next two
club# with the best overall season
records will make up the 4-club
playoff bracket. If one dub win,
both halves, the next throe clubs
with the beat overall season
record# will be in the playoffs.
All the clubs realized that Wichi-
ta Falls needed player help, so the
league will ask all major league
club# for help through George
Trautman, president of the minors,
and also will ask the affiliate# of
the other clubs In the league for
help through their farm director,
TEXAS LEAGUE
tals
LI-PSon
game, climaxed a comeback with
which the Giants overcame an
early 8-1 deficit. Johnny Antonelli
was the winner and Bad Murff the
loser, both in relief-
MILWAUKEE
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Lefty Bob Leach tossed a four- -00 Y
hitter here Sunday afternoon as the Clevelar
Ballinger Westerners took a 6-4 .Sturove
Southwestern League victory from 904
the El Paso Texans. Detroit At.
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Ballinger took a 4-0 lead with a Kans,
four-run spree in the third inning
but the Texans tallied three in the
fourth and one in the fifth to
San Antonio at 1
Austin at Dallas
Drysdale
catch up.
The two winning Ballinger runs
came in the sixth as right fielder
Frank Cofane singled, took second
on a groundout, and scored on left
fielder Walter McNiel’s single.
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AUSTIN, May
financial problem
55th Legislature
lawmakers bega
time week witho
The session ap
at 6 p.m. Thurs
legislation will h
this week before
agree to quit a
House passed t
ment resolution 1
is meaningless
agree.
Although both
the 2-billion-doll
priations bill and
tied by the stat
position of seve
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The biggest of
posed teachers’
a year which wo
for the two-yea
passed by the
only Senate apt
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vert said over
only about 34% 1
left in the stat
his March 1 est
revenue. This es
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suiting state tax
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outlays totaling
lion dollars. in<
totally disabled,
pay and gas
funds.
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McNiel stole second and scored on
shortstop Stubby Greer’s single.
McNiel, Cofone and center fielder
Jim Moore each got two of the
. nine Ballinger singles off loser Stan
rally to take the 82,300 first prize Patehell
out of the total $10,000 stake. j
He went unnoticed in the first
round with a one-over par 71
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63 He moved up slightly with a come 2
65 that could have been at least fuarex‘5
64 if he didn’t bogey the last hole.. Totals, ...
He kept plugging in the third Gir #.
round with a 68 and turned every-Greer set
thing loose today.
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WASHINGTON. May 10 • -
Duke Maas, winning his sixth
straight decision, limited Wash-
ington to five hits today as the
Detroit Tigers dealt winless Chuck
Stobbs an eighth successive de-
feat. 6-1. It was the Senators'
fifth loss in a row.
Dodgers Rap
Cards, 10-3
ST. LOUIS. May It un—Brook-
lyn’s Don Newcombe beat the St.
Louis Cardinala for the 10th
Chisox Tame
Boston, 6*2
BOSTON. May It —Rookie
Bill Fischer assured Chicago’s
American League lead by pitching
the White Sox to a 62 victory
over Boston today with relief
from Paul LaPalme. Fischer con-
tributed a two-run single to his
•-- • • • • • •
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first start in the majors.
Larry Doby drove in another
pair of runs on a double and a
415-foot homer as the White Sox
ran their unbeaten string to eight
games. The blow# ran his hitting
streak to 10 games
straight time today in a six-year CHICAGO .. [ BOSTON
hoodoo. 10-3, as veteran Carl Fu----•
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Newcombe’s triumph, evened
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his season record at 3-3, two of
them over the Redbirds, who here
not beaten him since Aug. 23, 1951.
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