Show I Two Master Golfers Should Meet By GRANTLAND RICE F THERE IS A NATURAL In the IP IF golf gol world today It would be a meeting of ot Ben Hogan of ot the USA U.S.A. and Bobby Locke of ot R South Africa o Hogan is U. U U.S. S. S open ope o p e n champion r Locke L 0 eke is British open champion Ho Ho- Hogan Hogan Hogan gan has won the thelast thelast last two opens he played in 1948 19 and i 1950 Locke has won the last two British Grantland Rice opens Hogan has been acknowledged as the one to beat at In most of the leading tournaments tournaments tournaments ments he has entered before and after his accident Locke has not only ruled ruled South Africa and Great Britain but he has also left a wider trail of devastation through the t h e United States than any foreigner that ever played played including including Harry Vardon and Ted Ray It was was Bobby Locke who lured Sammy Snead to South Africa a afew afew few v years ago and gave Virginia Vir VIr- Virginia ginia Sammy a steady wallop wallop- walloping walloping ing lug over this faraway tara terrain Both Hogan and Locke are great golfers Their styles are wide apart but each is a n master of Both are consistently straight off oU the tee tec but I like Hogans Hogan's iron play better Locke h a s a shade around the greens where he can turn out near miracles mi acles on certain occasions Hogan Snead and Mangrum have dominated play in the United States this Ws season and the game over here can stand another face the face the same being Bobby Lockes Hogan with his picture motion 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- moment ment mente We have had similar duels In Inthe Inthe inthe the past past Hagen vs Jones vs Barnes and Dagen to mention only a few The Hagen 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 competitor tors tor as well as being consistently fine golfers It would be a new boost for general golfing golting interest to bring them together in a series of ot match match- es In this connection it might also be mentioned that Lloyd Mangrum lately has been setting se ting 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 of ot the Yankees They are not quite that bad this season but with Ted Williams injured they face a ter ter- terrific terrific terrific job If U they hope to better their position So far under two differ differ- different different different ent managers they have been an Ineffective lot Only their hitting has kept to the high road They passed the Fourth of July with a team bat bat- batting battinI batting ting tinI average of This was wasby wasby wasby by all odds the highest mark In both leagues It Is high enough to win two pennants with only fair pitching Heres Here's the main mala trouble with the Red Sox Sox Sox-If If you care to listen There arc are three departments of baseball at least main departments These are arc pitching hitting and field field- Ing The Red Sox are the supreme hitters of the game They have sec sec- class ond-class pitching They have close to second class fielding For ex ex- example example ex- ex example ample their infield is a 1 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 through the Red Sox infield This Ibis infield has power power offensive offensive power power but but no defensive speed It cant can't cover ground to choke off op op- opposing opposing op- op opposing posing rallies Once again I get this information from other ball baU teams This makes it tough on the pitch pitch- ers They have hits charged against them that a Rizzuto would kill off offer off off- or er another moving faster Infielder would knock down The trouble is s that too many peo peo- people people people look only at batting averages averages- at home runs and runs driven in in- in where the Red Red Sox excel They overlook pitching They Ibey overlook defense They overlook spirit They all say they'd rather play for Tom Yawkey Who wouldn't The Red Sox have taken four tour years to discover that power alone alono doesn't rule baseball LaMotta and Robinson It remains to be seen whether or not Jake LaMotta can be lured into the ring with Ray Robinson But Rut this is the only fight of ot any importance importance importance tance that could be made this sum sum- mer me Tiberio Mitri failed to come up to earlier predictions The Italian 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 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 different puncher Jim Norris has worked hard enough to keep the fight game going but at the moment it is badly stalled as far as 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