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- THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE NINE SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1948 'SAM SNEAD TAKES OVER LEAD IN BID FOR U.S. OPEN GOLF CROWN Where U.S. Open Golf Tourney Is Being Played Bush Travellers Have Obligation 1936, Sweden. and Japan. One Rumor wag they were held in the Russian zone of Germany. The situation was solved by Lord Burghley, chairman of the organ- | izing Committee and one of the world't best-known hurdlers. He unearthed his medal, won in the | 1928 games at Amsterdam when he | {placed first in the 400-metre hurd- | Olympic Games Medal Problem Is Now Solved By JACK SULLIVAN Slammin' Sam Has -1-Stroke Lead Over Rivals As Tourney TORONTO -- (Special) --While weary forest fire fighters in North- ern Ontario prayed for rain, the De- partment of Lands and Forests to- day repeated an appeal to the gen- eral public to be careful in the Enters Final Round of Play Ben Hogan Is Treading On Snead's Heels and obby Locke Is Still In Running Also -- Wor- sham, the Defending Champ, Falters In Second Round Los Angeles, June 12--(AP)--Will hard luck continue to dog Sam Snead in the United States Open Golf championship? The final 36 holes of the big Fair- way derby got under way today and the question was expected to be an- swered about dusk on the Riviera course, Barring a 72-hole tie, that is. Slammin' 8am held a one stroke lead over 57 survivors as he teed off for the third round. His 138 -for 36 oles was compiled with a. pair of 69s. He was three under par 71, for the distance, Fortune has camped at Snead's doorstep in the past. In the 1937 open at Detroit, his initial try, he finished second to Ralph Guldahl's record setting 281, In 1039 at Phila- delphia, he took an 8 on the 72nd ticle whereas a normal par 5 would have won him the title. At St. Louis last year, he missed a 30% inch putt for the victory, then lost to Léw Worsham in the playoff. Treading on Snead's heels were Ben Hogan, the tournament favor- ite and P.G.A. champion, and Bob- by Locke of Johannesburg, South Africa. Their 139's armed each with formidable scoring weapon. "Hogan Conserves : His Strength By ALEX J. MORRISON Ageording to the tournaments he thas skipped during the past months Ben Hogan has found steady com- « 'petitive play too exhausting. This is not surprising, for players much more robust than Hogan have play- ed tliemselves into a breakdown in fewer tournaments. Ben Hogan has found that a pro can be put off his game by com- peting in too many tournaments. The Texan plans to "spot" his play- ing with rest between events. +» + + Ben's problem is repetition of the old question -- how good can a player be in how many tourna- ments? Harry Vardon struggled with this problem when there were relatively few events in which to play. 'There were not many more when Walter Hagen and Gene Sara- zen started. Bob Jones did his share of worrying on this matter and Byron Nelson found it his big- gest problem. Each of these great pla; ed the problem in his own « =. Walter Hagen met it with 4° - sions and relaxation outside of golf, at- Spicy Bits From Other Sports Cols. 'By GEORGE TATHAM Canadian Press Staff Writer Toronto, Juné 12--(CP)-- Bobby Locke, the wizard of the gold cir- cuits who invaded Canada last year to walk off with the Dominion's premier golfing classic, the Cana- dian Open, is still, in the eyes of Doug (Windsor Star) Vaughan, the man to beat in this year's play. The South African, says Doug, "is definitely shaping up as the man to beat at Vancouver come September." During the winter season, Locke collected $9,000 in prize money in the United States, after shooting 43 tournament rounds for an average score of 69-8. Doug said: "On the face of it, that second- place business would seem to indi- cate thet Locke has fallen off the terrific pace he set in his first in- vasion of North America, but ex- perts say that isn't so. "They point out that the big South African last year did much better during the summer season than the winter." They look to him to improve his 1048 season' from on." now on. Only In Brooklyn Mike (Kingston . Whig-Standard) Rodden, who has been lamenting for the McGill University Redmen, who face the prospect of building a whole new team for the 1943 Inter- collegiate football campaign, takes time out for summer sport and he proved it recently, ) While listening to Maury Farrel, sports broadcaster in the Polo Grounds, home of the New York Giants, he heard the announcer "probably eager to match the daffy goings-on that have made Brooklyn famous," thunder over the air waves that( "the batter has just lifted a pop "foul" up behind second base." And the Olympics? Harry (London Free Press) Eisen. who has "called" several sporting events--several with success--lean- ed way back in his chair and, 'hrough the medium of his own mullet-face Malone, came through with, "The Louis-Walcott fight? Louis by a knockout. The American League winner? Either New York or Cleveland, The National Lea- Boston Braves will {ool 'em » Sports Roundup By HUGH FULLERTON, JR. New York, June 12 -- (AP) --Of- ficlals of the strictly professional Basketball Association of America are somewhat perturbed because their athletes want to play for quite as silly as it sounds . . . Seems money this summer . . . That's not the players are being approached to play in the "Borscht Circuit'-- the Catskill Mountain summer hotels that feature basketball to entertain their guests . .. The club owners shudder at the possibility of an $8,000 a season player getting a busted leg or shoulder separation playing on an outdoor court for maybe $100 a week and they're not sure from the wording of their own contracts that they can forbid such activity, Shorts and Shells Rocky Graziano spent part of the afternoon before his latest battle with Tony Zale answering the phone in the tournament of cham- pions office . . .. He did it so well the "Seven Angels" may give him the job permanently . . . Don't be surprised if this new promotion group lines up Ray Robinson for its next show--which won't be held in Newark. Week-End Notes The Professional Tennis cham- pionships, starting today at Forest Hills, have received considerably more space in the local newspapers before today than the $100,000 Bel- mont Stakes, starring Citation . . . In one afternoon, the Belmont will draw more customers than the full week of tennis . . . The feeling is mutuel , . . How come two of this season's' sweetest big league play- ers are Clevelands Lemon and Cincinnati's Sauer? in the tournament. Club, a 7,000-yard layout near Santa Monica, Cal. white sand and has its green fairways outlined with trees, is 71. U.S. Open Golf Tournament, the top links event of any season, is now being played at the Riviera Country Parior the course, which is pdnctuated with bunkers of Lew Worsham is the defending champion HOGAN, U.S. By ALEX J. MORRISON Hen Hogan should be the out- statnding favorite at Rivera, Cali- fornia course, in the U. 8. Open event. Barring bad health or phy- sical handicaps he should start with quite an advantage over any other course he has recently beaten prac- tically the same field he faces in the national event. In 1947 he won the Los Angeles Open with a total | of 280 for 72 holes. In 1948 he won the same event with the sizzling | total of 275. You might gather from these brillant performances that Ben is master of all he surveys at Riviera. Several things figure in his vic- tories at the Santa Monica canyon course. Above all things it proves | a player's ability, to conquer an 'imposing strong field as well as a | long, tough, championship layout. In the Los Angeles Opens, played | early in January each year, the field: ineludes most of the strong players to be found competing in the U. S. Open. The cash prizes for | the mid-winter event make it well | worth the effort for better players. | The course affords a real test of | their skill in handling clubs and | ball. This skill must be of the best. | Lucky breaks here, or anywhere | else, will help a player. But, un- { like many courses where the cham- pionship has been held Riviera will not allow any player to get by on luck alone or with any weak- ness in his game. Most of the tournement big shots have learned this and it weighs heavily on their minds as they plan each shot during the four trying rounds. For the U.S. Open the course is being made longer and tougher, but I doubt if this will hurt Hogan's chances appreciably. | He has the feel of the long grind and emnloys excellent strategy against all obstacles. Last January he shot a 67 for his fourth round OPEN FAVORITE player in the field. On this same | Ben Hogan has Been in and out of the money in various tourna- | ments during the past year, but | he should be close or right at the! top for the U. 8. Open at Rixiera, near Santa Monica, Calif. oe and an average of 683% strokes per round on the7,000-yeard par 71 course. Major League Leaders inne By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting--Willlams, Boston, .395 Runs batted in--Willlams. Boston, $5 Runs--Williams, Bos¥®mn, 45 H Hits---Williams, Boston, 68 ubles -- Boudreau, Cleveland, and Williams, Boston, 14. Triplee--Coan, Washington, 6 Home runs--Keltner, Cleveland, 14 Stolen bases--Coan, Washington, 10. | Strikeouts--Lemon, Cleveland, 51. } Pitching--Raschl, New York, 7-1, .87§. | ATIONAL LEAGUE N. Batting--Musial, St. Louis, 381. Gene Sarazen insisted that he | 'hrived on competition. Bob Jones | was torn between the glory of win- | ning every big title and being dom- | inated by the terrific mental and 'physical strain of constant competi- tion. As soon as he won all four top titles in one year he stopped tor- suing himself with tournament golf. y Byron Nelson seemed to have the temperament and physique to hold out indefinitely. He thoroughly en- joyed improving his game and set- ting all-time records. Like other outstanding champions he founc the peak a spot too slippery and tough to hang on to. He decided to let others struggle with it. This peak definitely was attained by Ben Hogan and the' Texan experi- enced all its trials. Apparently he hes decided to treat the situation with a sort of moderation. Plenty of rest between events is indeed 2 sensible move. No player can sta: at or even near his.best on ever shot every round or every week Try a classified ad in The Times Gazette--It will get good results. | THERE IS NO FINER CIGARETTE . Runs batted in--Musial, St Runs--Musial, St. Louis, 41 Hits--Musial, St. Louis, 69. Doubles+--Schenz, Chicago, 13 Triples--Musial, St. Louis, and Wait- kus, Chicago, 7. Home runs--8auer, Cincinnati, 16 1.358 bases--Ashburn, Philadelphia, Louis, 40 Strikeouts--Jansen, New York, Branca, Brooklyn, 54 Pltching--Wehmeler, 1.000 and Cineinnatl, 5-0, YESTERDAY'S STARS By The Associated Press Batting -- Ted Williams, Red Sox, rove- 1h Soren Tank on three doubles a single and walk in Sox' 4 v , Songs and 0Xx's 12-4 victory Pitching Herm Wehmeier, Canadian Press Staff Writer ver-gilt medals, two inches in dia- meter, await the successful Olympic athletes this summer. But cost of the prizes is secret--"One doesn't put a price tag on sentiment, old boy," a stiff-necked games official acidly remarked. "After all," he added a trifle testily, "who really cares how much they cost?" Manufacture of the medals pre- sented a sticky problem to games organizers a year ago, when they turned over the job to Pinches (Medallists) Limited, one of the oldest firms of its kind in the world. They couldn't find the dyes. An unsuccessful search for them was thade through Germany, where the last Olympics were held in LONDON, June 12.--(CP)-- Sil-' les. | It served as a model for the prize medals. All are ready--the 6,000 bronze commemorative med- als, one to each athlete, and 3 each of the silver-guilt first-prize award silver medals second and bronze for third, Reverse side of the prize medals is a symbolical figure of a vic- torious athlete carrying a laurel wreath and being shouldered by 'fellow-athletes . On the observe is a reproduction of "Big Ben" and the Houses of Parliament with the Pinches, established in 1840. sup- plies medals for various Canadian Universities. including the Uni- versity of Toronto, Western On- tario, McGill and Saskatchewan. Another Canadian order comes from Dufferin Rifles, Toronto. inscription "XIV Olympiad. London, John 1948." ! bush. Two months ago, on the basis of snow reports, it was predicted i early 1048 would see one of the i worst fire seasons in years. 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