anaheim-gazette 1950-06-28

Harper Downs Williams For PGA Championship By CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN COLUMBUS, O. (AP)—The state of Virginia can continue in a state of elation. Long used to crowing about its homebred hill-billy golf champion, Sam Snead, from Hot Springs, it now has Chandler Harper, too. Harper, of the Portsmouth Harpers, won the National PGA title yesterday. He defeated little-known Hank Williams of Seane, Pa., 4 and 3, in the scheduled 26-hole finale over the rangy Scio Country club acres. At 36, Harper succeeded Snead as PGA king. He became the oldest player to grab the crown since Jock Hutchison won in 1920 at the same age. Harper's sharp features and winning personality belie his age. But that all changes when he takes off his hat. Like a lot of guys at 36, he's getting bald. “This worries him quite a bit,” confides Essie, his lovely wife, who has followed him through 172 holes of match play, during which he knocked 23 strokes off par in his victory march. Harper picked up $3,500 for winning yesterday, as much as he had pocketed in nine previous tourneys this season. His only tournament victory before was the 1950 Tucson open, bagged with the help of a 63 which was supported by a record PGA low putting total of 20. Harper has long been regarded as overdue. His game, built around wizardry on the greens with a 10-year-old hickory-shaft putter, Tulare Hosts AAU Decathlon TULARE, Calif. (P)—For the second straight year, Tulare assumes the role of track and field capital of the week as host city for the National AAU decathlon championship. The explanation: The defending and Olympic champion is Tulare’s favorite son, 19-year-old Bob Mathias. Mathias defends his laurels when the 10-event grind gets underway for two nights tomorrow night. Fourteen or more rivals are slated to challenge Mathias, but only four are expected to offer serious threat to him. Leading contenders, based on performances this spring, appear to be Bill Albans of the University of North Carolina, third in the national last year; Otey Scruggs of Santa Barbara college, and two Los Angeles Athletic club athletes, Brayton Norton, Santa Ana J.C., athlete, and Floyd Simmons, formerly of North Carolina who placed... Harper picked up $3,500 for winning yesterday, as much as he had pocketed in nine previous tourneys this season. His only tournament victory before was the 1950 Tucson open, bagged with the help of a 63 which was supported by a record PGA low putting total of 20. Harper has long been regarded as overdue. His game, built around wizardry on the greens with a 10-year-old hickory-shaft putter, was solid as he paraded through Post-Amron, Dick Meta, Ben Toski, Lloyd Mangrum, Jimmy Demaret and Williams to the championship. "It was the best consistent golf I've played," he said. "I had a poor 75 in my morning round against Williams, but I grew stronger in the afternoon and gave the crowd (of about 5,000) a little something for their money. I was sorry I couldn't do better for them." Army Cadet Swims Panama Canal BALBOA, Canal Zone (AP) — Charles J. McGinn, 23-year-old West Point cadet, has just swum the 46-mile Panama Canal, third person to do it. Why? "Why does a man climb a mountain?" He retorted yesterday after he ended his swim, begun last Thursday. He completed the trip through the locks in the elapsed time of 36 hours, swimming an average of 732 miles in eight hours daily. McGinn has been visiting his parents at Gatun, C.Z., on summer leave. He said he doesn't know if he'll be billed for tolls but doesn't ex usual charge per ton. The West Pointer said he wanted to show what military academy training has done for him. "I'd like to take a crack at the English Channel," he added. A rowboat paced McGinn on his swim. 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Anaheim 2118 TAYLOR LUMBER CO. (Formerly HARVEY'S LUMBER CO.) Peps, Dons Tally Open League Wins Peps downed the Fullerton 46ers 49-27 and La Fonda. Dons handed Whieldon's a 54-39 setback as Open League basketball commenced officially last night on the high school courts. Jerry Schmitz and Hugh Faulkner hit the hoop hardest for the victorious Peps, scoring 18 and 12 points respectively. Doug Thamer and Sterling Clayton notched eight apiece for Fullerton. La Fondans reversed a practice setback as they turned on the steam in the second half to dump Whieldons. Ralph Engen and Hart contributed 17 and 18 points in that order to pace the victors. Lloyd Trapp scored nine digits for Whieldon's. Scoring: Peps (40) Fullerton (27) Knapp, 9 F Holmaen, 2 Pannier, 8 F Blair, 2 Paulknar, 13 G Thamer, 8 Schmitz, 16 G Davis, 0 Liabhart, 8 G Clayton, 8 Hubs—Peps. Don Ames (6), Bill Ames (1), Fullerton: G. Kraemer (7), Schroeder, Lamhofer. Half score—Peps 24; Fullerton 13, La Fonda (54); Whieldons (89) Engen, 17 F Bonner, 4 Lima, 9 F Hall, 8 Bene, 4 G Henning, G, 8 Hart, 18 G Trapp, L, 9 Billot, 6 G Cramer, 8 Hubs—La Fonda: Planagan (8), Whieldon's: Whieldon, Hamilton (9). Half score—La Fonda 19; Whieldon's 14. American Beauties Show Tennis Ability as Well By CHARLES WHITING WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—American beauties on display in the British tennis championships are showing the crowd that their tennis rackets are not merely props for pretty pictures. The gals are playing sharp, crowd-pleasing tennis. Also, they are going about their business without any of the fashion frills introduced last year by Gertrude (Gorgeous Gussy) Moran of lace panties fame. Maybe it's because the championship committee has laid down the law about unconventional dress. A notice in the women's dressing room says "white dress will be worn on the court during play." There had been some talk that Miss Moran might repeat her performance of wearing the black shorts with which she shocked Cairo court circles last winter. But so far the Santa Monica, Calif., girl and her compatriots have avoided any extreme styles. Gussy appeared yesterday wearing a white tailored sleeveless blouse with white shorts. The fans might have been displeased at Hollypark INGLEWOOD, Calif. (UP)—Off to a successful and formful start, Hollywood park settles down to its abbreviated summer meeting today and fans await the arrival of California's new hero of the turf, Noor. The Irish-bred champion, owned by Mrs. Charles S. Howard of Burlingame, Calif., is due in and track officials are hoping the four-time conqueror of Citation will start as scheduled in the $25,000 Argonaut handicap, July 4 feature. Noor whipped Citation the last Florists Nine Lynx 1-0 Buena Park travelled the second in three stland last night as Florists posted a 1-their Southland visito. The Lynx outhit the picking up a quartet from pitcher Parrish. Beverly Meissen all three hits. Portland notched lone run in the fifth roughs drew a base was sacrificed to scored on a single Price. Two more games at in store for the locals, in Boise on the 30th exhibition match. Then July 1, 2, 3 and 4 a concluding their Week tour. First bout on tap af turn is with Montebe. The rest of the p will be conducted services of center Mr Maxine sprained her day night and is current about on crutches. Sh by utility player Lu Big League Ballot Battle Gives Changes CHICAGO (P) — The red-hot battle of ballots for the American League's starting shortstop and catcher produced changes at both spots today as the poll for the July 11 all-star baseball game heads into the stretch. Shortstop Phil Rizzuto and Catcher Larry Berra of the New York Yankees returned to leading positions with vote counts of 584,496 and 528,612 respectively. That put Rizzuto 72,496 ahead of Vern Stephens of the Boston Red Sox and moved Berra 52,277 in front of Birdie Tebbetts, also of the Red Sox. The poll to pick the American and National League lineups the nation's fans want for the all-star game at Comiskey park will close midnight Saturday. Today's vote: American League First base—Dropo, Boston 642,-856; Henrich, New York 371,403; Fain, Philadelphia, 342,118. Second base — Doerr, Boston 547,184; Coleman, New York 489,-259; Michaels, Washington 448,722. Third base—Kell, Detroit 718,-442; Rosen, Cleveland 302,516; Pesky, Boston 297,384. Shortstop—Rizzuto, New York 584,496; Stephens, Boston 512,203; Lipon, Detroit, 332,065. Catcher—Berra, New York 528,-612; Tebbetts, Boston, 476,335; Masi, Chicago 272,114. Outfielders — Williams, Boston 679,586; Evers, Detroit 594,176; J. DiMaggio, New York 586,394; Doby, Cleveland 542,847; Wertz, Detroit 463,102. National League First base—Musial, St. Louis 674,218; Hodges, Brooklyn 266,-553; Waitkus, Philadelphia 284,-072. There had been some talk that Miss Moran might repeat her performance of wearing the black shorts with which she shocked Cairo court circles last winter. But so far the Santa Monica, Calif., girl and her compatriots have avoided any extreme styles. Gussy appeared yesterday wearing a white tailored sleeveless blouse with white shorts. The fans might have been disappointed with her costume but they couldn't find much fault with her game. She toyed with a Swedish opponent, Miss Lagerborg to advance to the third round in straight sets. Twenty-two-year-old Nancy Morrison of Palm Beach, Fla., provided one touch of color with blue ribbons holding her tight pigtails. The American women lost two of their number, cutting the survivors down to 12. Ousted were Betty Rosenquest of South Orange, N. J., who lost to France's Mrs. G. Bucaille, and Marta Bennett of Coral Gables, Fla., who bowed to glamorous Nancy Chaffee of Los Angeles. All seven seeded American men, headed by New York's Billy Talbert, reached the round of 32 without any narrow squeaks. The only casualty was unseeded Tony Trabert of Cincinnati, who lost to Britain's Tony Mottram. Talbert assumed the favorite role with a straight set triumph. He beat Marcel Coen of Egypt while Frank Sedgman, the Australian ace seeded No. 1 just ahead of Billy, played erratically with a strained wrist to conquer a little known French player. Sedgman also won in straight sets, but only after losing 12 games. Today's matches are mostly doubles events plus a scattering of second round women's singles. BASEBALL STANDINGS Pacific Coast League W L Pct GBL Hollywood ..... 56 34 .622 — Oakland ..... 52 36 .591 3 San Diego ..... 49 43 .533 8 San Francisco ..... 44 46 .489 12 Portland ..... 42 44 .488 12 Seattle ..... 42 47 .472 12% Los Angeles ..... 40 51 .440 16% Sacramento ..... 34 58 .570 23 Yesterday's Games Sacramento 13, Portland 3. San Francisco 7, Los Angeles 2. Oakland 5, Hollywood 4. Seattle 12, San Diego 4. Games Today Oakland (Lou Tost 1-1 or Clyde Shoun 10-2) at Hollywood (Lee Antoinion match. Then July 1, 2, 3 and 4 are concluding their Wet tour. First bout on tap after turn is with Montebel. The rest of the play will be conducted by services of center Maxine sprained her day night and is current about on crutches. She by utility player Lu Scoring last night: Buena Park ..... 000 Portland ..... 000 Meissen and Whitney Moore. Fish and Gamers Divide State SHASTA SPRINGS, Calif (P) — The fish and game commission announced yesterday the state will be divided into five districts. Headquarters will be in San Francisco, Redding, Sacramento, Fresno, and Los Angeles. Each division will have its own manager. The reorganization, the commission said, will be effective today but may require several years to put into operation. The new system is expected to add about $100,000 to the cost of the commission. In other action taken yesterday, the commission: Adopted a new deer policy, prompted by the fact that the deer are eating themselves out of house and home. Riggs Sued For Divorce LOS ANGELES b/P—Professional tennis player Bobby Riggs has been sued for divorce by his wife, Catherine Ann Riggs. She alleges cruelty in a suit filed yesterday and asks an equitable share of community property including $236,000 in insurance policies, troplies valued at $10,000 and other properties worth $65,662. Mrs. Riggs also wants royalties of an unestimated amount from his book, "Tennis Is My Racket." She asks custody of two sons, Robert L., Jr., seven and Lawrence, sik. The complaint said the couple married in 1939 and separated yesterday. PORTS Gazette, Wednesda, June 28, 1950 Florists Nip Lynx 1-0 Buena Park traveling Lynx lost the second in three starts at Portland last night as the hosting Florists posted a 1-0 win over their Southland visitors. The Lynx outhit the northerners, picking up a quartet of good ones from pitcher Parrish, Lynx hurler Beverly Meissen allowed only three hits. Portland notched the game's lone run in the fifth. Jerry Burroughs drew a base on balls. She was sacrificed to second and scored on a single by Dolores Price. Two more games at Portland are in store for the locals. They're due in Boise on the 30th for an exhibition match. Then they spend July 1, 2, 3 and 4 at Salt Lake, concluding their Western States tour. First bout on tap after their return is with Montebello July 7. The rest of the present jaunt will be conducted without the services of center Maxine Clark. Maxine sprained her ankle Monday night and is currently moving about on crutches. She is replaced by utility player Lu Mahoney. Local Legion, Optimist Nines Absorb Setbacks La Palma Park was an unhappy place for Anaheim horsehide rooters last night as local Optimist and Legion squads bowed to visitors. Vic Ruedy's legion men lost a 5-0 contest to Newport in the evening's opener, Anaheim Optimist ballers, mentored by Joe Huarte bowed to Hawthorne 5-1 in the closer. Newport staged a four-run first inning to sink Anaheim from the start. The visitor's final talley came in the fifth. After the initial blast, everybody settled down to a respectable ball game which saw each squad hit six times. Don Carter, Anaheim shortstop was the heaviest at bat last night, collecting a perfect three for three. Anaheim Optimists pushed one run across in the fourth inning to lead Hawthorne for a while. But it was only for a while. The visitors tallied once in the fifth and then banged out four more in the seventh when Anaheim pitching went wild. The victors picked six hits off of local hurlers Gil Martinez and Gene Albin. Anaheim collected three safeties including knocks by Larry Weaver and Lloyd Trapp. Tonight Ruedy's legionmen host Laguna Beach at 7:30 La Palma session. Optimist competition continues tomorrow night at La Palma sans Anaheim as Pomona and Brea take over the stadium at 8 p.m. Score by innings: Legion—R H E Newport—400 010 0—5 6 2 Anaheim—000 000 0—9 6 3 Optimist—R H E Hawthorne—000 010 4—5 6 2 Anaheim—000 100 0—1 3 3 Fights Last Night (By The Associated Press) MILWAUKEE — Paddy Young, 158, New York, stopped Vinnie Cidone, 158¼, Brooglyn, 3. Pat Jacobucci, 128, Cincinnati, stopped Arthur Portley, 128, Milwaukee, 8. LOS ANGELES — Clarence Henry, 189, Los Angeles, outpointed Frank Buford, 194, Oak- hibition match. Then they spend July 1, 2, 3 and 4 at Salt Lake, concluding their Western States tour. First bout on tap after their return is with Montebello July 7. The rest of the present jaunt will be conducted without the services of center Maxine Clark. Maxine sprained her ankle Monday night and is currently moving about on crutches. She is replaced by utility player Lu Mahoney. Scoring last night: R.H.E. Buena Park ... 000 000 0—0 4 1 Portland ... 000 010 x—1 $ 0 Mejssen and Whitney; Parrish and Moore. Juvenile League Results BASEBALL A League Hall's Bakery 3, Foster's Freeze 2. Optimists 4, Agren and Larson 4. B League 20-30 7, Hatfield Cleaners 4. C League Sharks 19, Kaulbars 9. BASKETBALL A League Agren and Larson 20, Ehler's 15. B League Hatfield 14, Williams Sporting Goods 6. Wallace Tractors 20, Lakes Men's Store 17. Thursday Schedule BASEBALL A League 9:30—Hall's Bakery vs Optimist. 10:30—Agren and Larson vs Foster's Freeze. B League 9:30—20-30 vs Lake's Men's Store. 10:30—Cotler's vs Hatfield Cleaners. C League 10:00—Flying Saucers vs Kaulbars. BASKETBALL A League 1:00—Ehler's Bike Shop vs Anaheim Gazette. 2:00—Agren and Larson vs Hall's Bakery. B League 1:00—Hatfield Cleaners vs Lake's Men's Store. 2:00—Williams Sporting Goods vs 20-30. SC CASABANS NAB KEN FLOWER LOS ANGELES (P)—The University of Southern California's basketball squad has a prize recruit today. He is Ken Flower, San Francisco, a high scoring guard who has been tabbed as one of the brightest prospects produced in the Bay area for years. He had been expected to enroll at Stanford University. COAST ALL-STARS DOWN PERUVIANS LIMA, Peru (P) — The West Coast All-Star basketball team last night again defeated the Deportivo municipal team, 36-32. 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