Show I Two Master Golfers Should Meet By By GRANTLAND RICE RICE- T TF THERE IS A NATURAL In the golf world today it would be a meeting of ot Ben Hogan of the USA U.S.A. and Bobby Locke of w y South Africa Hogan Js is U. U S. S o open ope p e n champion L Locke o 0 c k e is British Y g open champion Hogan Hogan Ho Ho- gan gars has won t the thelast thelast h e last two opens he played in 1948 and 1950 Locke has won the last two British Grantland Rice Bice opens Hogan has been acknowledged as the one to beat in most of the leading tournaments tournaments tournaments ments he has entered before and after his accident Locke has not only ruled South Africa and Great Britain but he has also left a wider trail of devastation through t the h e United States than any foreigner that ever played played including including Harry Vardon and Ted Ray It was Bobby Locke who lured laced Sammy Snead to South Africa a afew afew afew few years ago and gave Virginia Virginia Vir Vir- ginia Sammy a steady walloping walloping wallop wallop- ing over this faraway terrain Both Hogan and Locke are great golfers Their styles are wide apart but each is a master of Both are consistently straight off oU the tee but I like Hogans Hogan's iron play better Locke h has a s a shade around the greens where he can can turn out near miracles on certain occasions Hogan Snead and Mangrum have dominated play in the United States Ws this season and the game over here can stand another face the face the same being Bobby Dobby Lockes Hogan with his picture motion-picture work ahead has hasa a busy schedule But the call to contest usually finds Ben more than eager to return to action Locke has now made his peace with the American and he can find far richer hunting over here than England offers at the mo mo- ment We have had bad similar duels in ID inthe Inthe the past past Hagen Hagen vs Jones Hagen vs Barnes Dames and Hagen to mention only a few The Hagen clash was the most spectacular These two had the better right at that time to tobe tobe tobe be called the two top men Both Hogan and Locke are fine competitors tors as well as being consistently fine tine golfers It would be a new boost for general golfing interest to bring them together in a series of match match- es In this connection It might also be mentioned that Lloyd Mangrum lately has been setting a dizzy pace Red Sox and 1950 Just about mid July last year the Red Sox were 12 or 13 games off oU the pace They were that far tar back backof backof backof of the Yankees They are not quite that bad this season but with Ted Williams Injured they face a terrific ter ter- rifle rUic Job If It they hope to better their position So far under two different different differ differ- ent managers they have been an ineffective lot Only their hitting has kept I to the high road They passed the Fourth of July with a team batting bat- bat batting battin ting tin average of 01 This was wasby wasby wasby by all aU odds dds the highest mark In both leagues It U high enough to win two pennants with only fair lair pitching Heres Here's the main maID trouble with the Red Sox Sox Sox-If If you yon care to listen There are three departments of baseball at atlea lea least It main departments These are pitching hitting and fIeldIn field fIeld- In ing The Red Sox are the supreme hitters of the game They have sec sec- ond-class ond pitching They have close to second-class second fielding For example example example ex ex- ample their infield Is a powerhouse at bat It isn't any too hot In fact it is second division defensively Ive I've heard too many opponents speak about the number of easy hits that slip sup through the Red Sox infield This infield has power power offensive offensive power power but but no defensive speed It cant can't cover ground to choke off oU opposIng opposing opposing op op- op- op posing rallies Once again I get this information from other ball teams This makes it tough on the pitch pitch- ers They have hits charged against them that a Rizzuto would kill off offer off oU- or er another moving faster infielder would knock down The trouble is that too many people people peo pee pie look only at batting averages averages- at home runs and runs driven in In- In where the Red Sox excel They overlook pitching They overlook defense They overlook spirit They all say they'd rather play for Tom Yawkey Who wouldn't The Red Sox have taken four years to discover that power alone doesn't rule baseball LaMotta and Robinson It remains to be seen whether or er not Jake LaMotta can be lured into the ring with Ray Robinson Rut Hut u this is the only fight of any importance importance tance that could be made this sum sum- summer mer Tiberio Mitri failed to cone come cOple up to earlier predictions The Italian tallan is a good boxer not boxer not a great one one one- but he cant can't punch If a fighter hasn't a knockout punch he ho must at least have enough kick in either his left or right fist It will be an entirely different matter in facing Robinson a better boxer than Mitri and a far tar different puncher Jim Norris has worked hard enough to keep the fight light game going but at the moment it is badly stalled as far as 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