Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 197, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 19, 1952 Page: 3 of 8
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Gruber, Hiskey Upset
Defending Golf Champs
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 19 (W—
Two strapping young fellows
fMmed Gruber and Hiskey held
Spotlight Tuesday as the second
round of the 1952 U. S. Amateur
golf tournament got underway on
the tricky, tree-studded Seattle
Golf Club course.
It was Gruber, first name of
Kansas Crown
To Middlecoff
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 19 IIP)
—Cary Middlecoff of Memphis,
Tenn., who won his fourth major
golf championship of the year by
beating Jack Burke Jr. of Hous-
ton in a playoff here Monday, had
a golf bank account of $30,139
Tuesday and was pressing Julius
Boros for the top money-making
£sition of 1952.
Scoring a six under par 66, to
beat Burke's par golf by six shots,
Middlecoff was only $4,242 back of
Boros, the U. S. Open champion,
as both headed for the Fort
Wayne, Ind., Open beginning
Thursday.
Burke, who missed a 30-inch putt
Sunday for a clear claim to the
Kansas City Open championship,
never was in contention after the
to\st four holes Monday. Middle-
^ff started off with four birdies
in a row to be three up, made the
turn in 32, four under par and as
many strokes better than Burke,
and then coasted in.
Burke could blame no barking
dog Monday. The black and white
pointer which yelped as Burke was
stroking a 30-inch putt that would
have given him first money, was
among the missing.
But Burke, to use golfing par-
lance, "dogged" numerous putts
gainst Middlecoff, was short on
six of them on the front nine, and
by that time Middlecoff had the
title and $2,400 first prize as good
as clinched.
The victory was the second in
three playoffs for Middlecoff this
year, and also was the second
playoff loss for Burke.
Middlecoff won the 1951 Kansas
City Open by beating Dave Doug-
las and Doug Ford in an extra 1-
hole round.
Sponsored in the name of char-
ity, the Kansas City tourney was
expected to turn over between S8,-
000 and $10,000 to Children's Mer-
cy hospital here.
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Odis Wafer — Ben Burchard
BI2 W. Bdwy. Phone 2628
Ira, who upset defending champi-
on Billy Maxwell of Odessa, Tex.
on the 21st hole Monday.
And it was Hiskey, nicknamed
Sonny but baptized Marion, who
turned back Sam Urzetta, 1950
champion, one-up.
So these two towering college
stars moved along into the sec-
ond round with the greatest thrills
jf their young lives behind them
—with possibly more and better
things still to come.
"The greatest thrill in my life
and one I'll never forget is tank-
ing that 12 foot putt for a halve
on the 19th hole," said Gruber, of
Pottstown, Pa.
A Pressure Deal
That putt was a real pressure
deal. Both Gruber and Maxwell
made poor approaches and the
tiny champion was a few inches
further away. He tapped his ball
and it curled in for a par four.
Gruber had to follow that shot.
Just like he had been doing all
day, he went straight for the back
of the cup and connected. That
kept the match alive. The Duke
University sophomore then won
the contest with a seven-footer for
a birdie three on the 21st hole
after Maxwell already had holed
out for a four.
Hiskey, a modest chap, attri-
buted his victory over Urzetta
more to luck than anything else.
This lad from Twin Falls, Ida.
grew up on the golf course there,
where his father was the greens
keeper. In fact, his home was on-
ly 20 feet from the first tee. Now
towering 6 feet 1 inch and a junior
at North Texas State College, the
one-time "little" Sonny is a long
ball hitter but wild.
"I hit trees with three tee shots
and every time the ball bounced
back into the fairways Monday,"
he said. "Can you beat that for
luck? I am so wild I can even hit
trees with a five iron. On top of
that 1 sank a 25 foot putt on the
15th hole and came back to sink
a 35-footer on the 16th. How lucky
can you be?"
Bu Champ Play
Never-the-less, he played cham-
pionship golf and lie is in the sec-
ond round. He meets Chester Gor-
don, a Seattle star, Tuesday and
Gruber tangles with Bill Patton,
Morgantown, N. C.
Two former champions, both
drawing byes Monday, get their
first test Tuesday. They are Char-
lie Coe, Oklahoma City, who won
the 1949 crown and the venerable
Chick Evans, who annexed the
title a bit before that—in 1916 to
be exact. Evans meets Dick Han-
en, Coos Bay, Ore., and Coe meets
a rival from his home town, R. L.
Brown.
Don Cherry, the singer and re-
cording star from Garden City,
trimmed Thomas Beck of Tulsa,
4-2.
VALUABLE COIN
NEW YORK, Aug. 19 lUl — Wil-
liam Mertes of Chicago handed
the man four $10 bills and got a
penny in "change."
He paid $40 to Abe Kasoff, a
Bverly Hills, Calif., coin dealer,
for a rare 1907 Indian head penny
at the annual meeting of the
American Numismatic Association
here.
By Bud Worsnam
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Carlsbad, Snyder In LL?
No one knows for sure the mem
bership lineup for the Longhorn
League's 1953 season, but rumors
are flying thick and fast on the
probable setup.
Latest report regarding the local
baseball franchise is supplied by
Big Spring's Tommy Hart:
"There has been no official word
that Sweetwater is to lose its team,
but Club Owner A. C. Gonzalez, ac-
cording to an unauthorized report,
has been dickering with Snyder
groups to move the franchise there.
"Gonzalez is unhappy over the
attendance in Sweetwater, which,
he says, isn't in keeping with Class
C ball."
Local fans would doubtless like
to remind Gonzalez that his team
isn't exactly in keeping with Class
C ball, either.
Rusty Ayers of Vernon reveals
that the Duster baseball club has
been contacted by Carlsbad, N. M.,
but "nothing whatsoever has been
completed along lines of moving
the Duster franchise to the Cavern
City."
According to the AP news
source out of Carlsbad for the past
week, that city is on the verge of
replacing Vernon.
Commented Ayers: "We spent a
couple of years in New Mexico, and
last year the granddaddy of all
excuses was given by Carlsbad for
not having baseball—'we don't
have a place to build a park.' Does
that sound like that city's ready for
pro baseball?"
An official of the Artesia club
stated at a recent Longhorn League
meeting that the majority of Carls-
bad business places were a little
cool towards supporting a team in
Organized Baseball.
When a local fan heard that Carls-
bad citizens were trying to raise
$60,000 to obtain the Vernon fran-
chise, he inquired: "Do they plan
to buy the entire Longhorn Lea-
gue?"
—SS—
Vernon Eyes Sooner Loop
If Vernon could land a berth in
the Class D Sooner State League,
it would please Duster fans more
than a little and they wouldn't mind
giving up their Longhorn holdings.
Even the Vernon general manag-
er, Pat McLaughlin, believes that
such a move is quite likely. The
city could better support Class D
baseball ad the club's traveling ex-
penses would be greatly reduced,
not to mention lower player in-
comes . . .
Baseball briefs:
Longhorn League teams adding
players after today cannot use the
ncweomers in the Shaughnessy
playoff . . .
First Baseman John lteimold of
Vernon has quit baseball. He ask-
ed for and was granted his release
following last Frid- v's game. Rei-
mold, who hit .2.,J last year and
had 115 runs-batted-in, will return
to his Pennsylvania home.
Latest averages showed Reimold
batting .306 and the owner of 75
rbi's this season with the hopeless
Dusters . . .
Although Paris has the Big
State League's top pitcher, Joe Wa-
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ters (21-4) and the second and third
best hitters, Buck Frlerson (.375)
and Jim Kirby (.365), the Indians
haven't been able to crack the first
division since the early stages of
the season.
Because of his impressive record,
the Gonzalez organization is apt to
get a pretty solid price for Pitcher
Waters . . .
Paris has optioned Tony Estrella,
the Cuban side-armer who opened
the 1952 campaign at Sweetwater,
to Lubbock. However, Estrella says
lie won't report to the Hubbers.
The Big State Indians have also
signed a Negro player, Wilford
Stiggers, to a five-day look con-
tract.
—SS—
Pressly Visits Here
Former Sweetwater player-man-
ager Julian Pressly and wife vis-
ited here Sunday with the Claude
Lanes and other friends. He's
working on his master's degree at
McMurry College.
Pressly played semi-pro ball In
in Minnesota for several weeks this
season before a leg injury sidelined
him . . .
One new record has already
been set in Longhorn League play
this year: Roman (Lefty) Loyko's
22 triples.
The Odessa outfielder bested the
mark of 21 set by another Oiler,
Les Palmer, in 1949.
Sweetwater's Charlie Buck still
has a chance to become the second
player to surpass the old triple
record. He now has 18. . .
Remember Frankie Romero, who
won eight, lost five for Sweetwater
in 1950 and had the league's fourth
best earned-run-average?
He and Buck live only a mile and
a half apart in California, and both
played on the same sandlot teams
prior to entering pro baseball . . .
It will be student vs. coach when
John Paul Cain and Pat Gerald
meet in the championship semi-
finals of the City Golf Tournament.
Cain, the tourney's medalist, is one
oi Sweetwater's top young golfers
and may give the football mentor
a tight battle for finalist honors.
Gerald is getting in a few golf
swings before starting the fall foot-
ball grind in two weeks, Sept. 1.
lie won't find too much spare time
for the golf course once the grid-
iron season opens.
Vic Raschi Stops Boston
On Five Hits For No. 14
By CARL LUNDQUIST
NEW YORK, Aug. 19 HP>—One
sure way to start an argument is
to start comparing Vic Raschi and
Allie Reynolds, but take it from
Manager Casey Stengel, he's glad
to have them both around.
The two power-packing right
handers have remarkably similar
records and because their support-
ers are so evenly divided, neither
probably will ever get the most
valuable award. The selectors nev-
er would go down the line for one
man or the other, and a look at
their records show why.
Since 1947 when they both moved
in as regular starters with the
Yankees, Raschi has a 103-41 won
and lost record while Reynold's
overall mark is 100-48. Both are
terrific clutch pitchers and com-
petitors in big games and both are
rugged workmen who can stand
up in the pressure-packed stretch
run.
Yankees Down Red Sox
Monday, as the Yankees gave
the Boston Red Sox pennant hopes
another kick in the face, quick Vic
fired a five-hit, 4 to 2 decision for
his 14th victory of the season
against just three defeats.
Tile Yankees took a 2 to 0 toe-
hold in the first inning and in the
third Hank Bauer drilled a two run
single to "wrap it up."
In the only other major league
game Monday, the Cubs topped the
Pirates, 4 to 3, when pinch-hitter
Phil Cavarretta, the Chicago man-
ager, broke things up with a two-
run homer in the ninth. Dinky
Murry Dickson had been nursing
a 3-1 lead going into the ninth
when Bill Serena walked, pinch-
hitter Bruce Edwards tripled and
Cavarretta unloaded his homer.
His First 1952 Homer
It was the first homer of the
year for the Chicago boss and Ed-
wards' triple also was his first.
Bob Schultz, pitching two innings
of relief, gained the victory. Hank
Sauer drove in his 100th run with
a fly for the other Cub tally. He
leads both leagues in runs batted
in.
I The final western trips for the
National League clubs and the fi-
nal eastern swing for the Ameri-
can League begins Tuesday and
the pennant hangs in the balance
in both circuits.
The Giants, 7 1-2 games behind
the Dodgers and showing no signs
of cutting loose with a new mira-
cle, open with a doubleheader at
Chicago. And Manager Leo Du-
rocher will be missing, beginning
his five-day suspension for his rhu-
barb with Umpire Augie Donatel-
li.
Meanwhile, Brooklyn plays two
at Cincinnati, where it has not lost
a game this year. The Phils, who
still have faint hopes, though they
are 14 games back in fourth place,
take on last place Pittsburgh and
the third place Cards, nine games
behind, play the visiting Braves.
The Yankees open their long
home stand with the White Sox
while the Indians, now two games
behind, play Boston which fell 6
1-2 games off in Monday's defeat.
The Tigers piay a pair in Philadel-
phia and the Browns have a sin-
gle game with Washington.
Monday's Star
Quick Vic Raschi of the Yankees,
whose five-hit, 4 to 2 victory over
the Red Sox, his 14th of the year,
put New York two full games in
front of Cleveland.
SHE WAS A WOMAN
LONG BEACH, Calif., Aug. 19
Finnegan was booked on a drunk
charge Monday and puzzled patrol-
man Howard J. Baxter finally ex-
ploded the question that had been
bothering him:
"Say, are you a man or a wom-
an?"
"A woman," Finnegan answered.
She was remanded to the jail ma-
tron.
Baxter had a right to be puzzled.
His suspect wore short h^ir, boots,
men's socks and garters, a T
shirt and men's trousers. Further-
more, every legal paper on the
suspect had the name Arthur Tom
Finnegan.
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Baker, Allen. Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 197, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 19, 1952, newspaper, August 19, 1952; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth283905/m1/3/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.