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Show r It's Hard To Public links Still U&g acted J : V It's True i yt Champions Are Bonn There By HARRY GRATSON NEA Sports Editor ' ' j Memphis, and Towry, the latter, 6 and 5, in the final round. Buxbaum and Towry ' formerly toured with the pros. The U. S. Public Links has graduated a number of outstand ing, shotmarkers into the amateur- and professional ranks. ' A trim carpenter out of Shreve-po- rt Tommy Bolt, was eliminated in the third round in Cleveland in 36-ho- le JOLIET, HI. (NEA) A public links golfer is the kind of aj. guy who will get up at 4 o'clock, M the morning of the one day he could , sleep, j The publiclinks golfer will sarise at that;hour, ride a streetcar or a bus for Jan hour to get to the course at 6," ask for a starting time and wait around j until j 9:35 to tee off. Even though be is permitted expenses when he qualifies for the United States Public links Championship, the municipal player is the ' most amateur of golfers, certainly more so than, say an insurance salesman, j playing private club golf for , an indirect gain. The public i links golfer plays in his spare time because he likes the game. He: can't afford to" belong to a private club. Because it is strictly, for working stiffs, the U. S. Public Xinks is the favorite tournament of a lot of people. It is the only tournament in which the municipal player gets any attention. Accustomed to standing in line, he deeply) appreciates playing on schedule . . . just as they "do on the big time.' The Public Links always has been grossly neglected publicity-wise- .. This is largely due fco the fact that there are no fatniliar names to conjure with such as Ben Hogan and Sam Snead among the professionals and Harvie Ward,' Jr., in: the amateur field This really makes the Public Links a better story, for it & a different refreshing and tyfiole- some jone. You get rathernumb reading about- the starsof the 1 ' .. 1938. Thunderbolt Tommy, is the players picked up current U. S Open champion. ' Ed Brucei McCormick Furgol, the Open Champion of was dismissed in the fourth round in 1939 by Jim Molinari, a San Francisco policeman. Eddie Held, Frank Strafaci, Bud Ward and Gene; Andrews went on to the superior amateurs. Harry Givan and Scotty Campbell became Walker Cup players. The money 1954 on toptx VaLA outre h&bp I . :; ; U.S. Jones SAN FRANCESCO ('UPD- -, The United States isn't winning jaiany tennis championships foreign these days, but the game Vis the healthiest in history of this coun try, Perry Jones, U. S. Davis Cup captain, said today. Stopping here for a short con ference with Jim Moffet, chair man of the Davis Cup Selection Committee, Jones was bubbling with optimism over the chances for getting the Davis Cup back from Australia this winter. "We are going there to win it not just for a trip," said Jones. 'Tennis k booming inthis coun . , . try." "It just happens that our top players have, been skimmed off by the professionals. If we could meet Australia with our top 25 players against their top 25, we'd n slaughter 'em. Even Harry of the Australian team admits that." Neither Jones nor Moffet is ready to predict who might make the challenge round Davis Cup j Hop-ma- : ' THE . 33RD U." ft PUBLIC LINKS Championship is down for the beautiful and truly fine' North Silver CXnirse of the at Orlando Golf Course Lakes Park,--. hard by Joliet, 30 ) miles southwest j& Chicago, July Thb layout Is reasonably long at 6,866 yardsIt is fairly level, but there are clumps of trees all around to create problems. Rough has been maintained and the greensf are well bunkered. A prairie wind could be annoying. Par7 is 5 73. A player has to be a genuine router to cop the U. S! Public Links. After two , qualify!;.-;ing rounds, the winner plays two serai-priva- team.! "We are developing young players right along," .said Jones, "and itvis bard to tell who will come up by the time we make the final selections on Sept. 7." te . 7-- 12. ' 38-3- ANUM AT , - 1. . , 18-ho-le 129 Golfers Battle to Stay In Rubber City Golf Tourney 36-ho- le courses in the counand something like one miltry lion people play them. Exactly 2,003. of these thought enough of their chances to pay a $5 entry fee. The championship field consists of 150, all of whom 'except the defending champion, Don Esslg III of Indianapolis, and last Gene Towry of year's runner-up- . DaHaff, were, determined by sectional qualifying. semi-iprivat- i. A Fourth win of ttie year. The Pennsylvani- of July fueworks display wasJ an, who uses an unorthodox base scheduled today at Firestone ball grip on his clubs, canned a (Country Club as a field of 129 40 foot putt for, an eagle on the pros and amateurs fought to post par 5 second hole, then added anone over par 143s to stay in the other eagle on the back nine for running in the $22,000 Rubber (City a Griffiths, 31, the Ohio Open Open. The explosions began Thursday champion and a virtual unknown Jas a record 45, nearly one third on the touring pro circuity had of the field, carded under par won only $675 prize money this scores in the first 18 holes. The year. field will' be cut to the low 60 pros and the low 10 amateurs at the end of today's play. -Heading into the second day, L rt Wall Jr., Pocono Manor, Pa., and "'Ed Griffiths, Youngstown, Ohio, had six under par fes to AKRON, Ohio OUPD 31-34-- ESSIG, AN 18 - YEAR - OLD schoolboy, dad in a T shirt and faded plaid shorts, won over the hilly Hershey, Pa., Park course a year; ago. Doing so, he beat among .others, Junie Buxbaum, the defending champion out of ' Player Of The Day In M aiors tie for the lead. Wall, 34, was bidding for his second RCO title and first tourney Area Soccer Title Battle Set Saturday 1 They know a lot differently be- 11-- ; 31-fo- ot But you do have ' to read be tween Ihe luies. . Consider,;' first, the observa tiong of Dempsey ; as the old Ma uassa Mauler observed his 63rd birthday anniversary, Dempsey applied the spurs and more than a touch of the whip to Floyd Pat terson, who wears the heavyweight crown which bnce adorned the Mauler's head. "Patterson's ' inactivity hurts him and, boxing in general,' Dempsey allowed. "When 1 he doesn't fight, the whole game suf fers because people lose interest.-Undoubtedly this is tfue. I. Patterson, in a year and a half as champion, has made only two title defenses. e Great Dempsey s considering Yet, comments, isn't it strange that he h i nvs e Ff is remembered, and rightfully so, as one of the all- time greats of the ring? Because, in the seven years and two months he held the heavyweight title beating Jess Willard on July 4, 1919 and losing finally to Gene Tunney in September, 1926 Dempsey made only five title defenses. Dempsey defended twice in 1920, against Billy Miske and Bill Brennan; once in 1921, against Georges Carpentier; failed to de fend in 1922; defended twice in 1923, against Tommy Gibbons and Luis Firpo; aent twosyears with out a defense, and finally met Tunney exactly three years after his last title defense. Which means that if Patterson climbs through the ropes once in the next year and a half he'll be exactly even with the immortal Manassa Mauler's time tabte. Which brings us to Kramer, the pro tennis czar. , Kramer At WImbiedon7 Arriving in England Tuesday, Big Jake hastily reassured the all England court moguiks that he wasn't there to raid the amateur ranks for fresh pro talent and, horrors, had no idea of trying to put his circus into hallowed Wim WIN RELAY TITLE AACHEN, Germany r second homer went two- rds of the way into the left field bleachers. Mantle is the only man in history ever to clear the, , bleachers in Washington. Both 'homera were hit off righthander Buss Kemmerer. I All-Sta- tonight at 8 o'clock at Harmon Park. The game will be a polio benefit affair and is part of a nationwide Pony League . project. ' ; . J5 Hans-Guenth- i left-field- er j ; undefeated, n, Whatever Happened To. . "N FRANK DEMAREE By United Press International The Chicago Cubs brought up Frank Demaree, an expensive pros pect from California, in 1932 but the stocky outfielder didn't make the grade until 1935 and then with a fine .325 batting averl as the Cinderella-styl- e Cubs Won the flag. The next year, Demaree hit .356, then .324 the following season. He helped the Cubs jwin another pennant in '38 but moved to the Giants in a shakeup following the Cub fold-u- p againsU4he Yankees in the '38 World Series: Demaree twice hit over .300 for the Giants but moved on the Bos ton Braves and wound up his ca reer jin 1944 with the Cardinals. Whatever happened to Frank Demaree? Now 48, he is technician on , movie sound stages in .. .""'!' baseball's finest managers but a man burdened with an atrocious lack of talent on the field. The good senor's hirelings are ' looking at the Yankees through the wrong end of the baseball telescope. They, are so far back they should be wearing the orjgina sack uniforms of the golden2Ds But Lopez says: "We still have a chance of catching the Yankees." sWell, what do you expect hum to say? BUt, as you can see, you have to read between the lines. J ;. of trying to get dates at Wimbledon," he light weight oarsmen reached the round of eight by defeating Kent (Conn.) School rowers Thursday by two- thirds of a length, while the Wash , ' three-quart- GO B Championship Qualifying Gomes To End on Sunday Qualifying rounds for the Timpanogos Club championships must be completed by Sunday night Bill Johnston, course pro. said today. i Bowdry, Luedee Tangle Tonight ' of. "Did you ever think," Hurley asks, "that D' Am a to could be right? He fought the Interna-- 1 tional Boxing Club and he could do it with a clear mind. Ht wasn't ducking any legitimate challengers.". ',-:- So at the end of Cus D'Amato's devious trail to another cham pionship match you find there is nothing except Harris, a back woods bay who is awkward, but game, and has never demon strated championship ability. 1 don't khow," Dusty Bettor. the manager was sayinir one day, "he beat my Bob Baker. But Baker hit him a right hand . and Harris went down. The kid even said he was hurt. And Baker, well, yoi know, he doesn't punch too hi rd any more on ac count of hisf hands." Harris has color but much of it is based op his native diggings in Texas' big thicket country. Much of t lis Charm has to be lost in shij mtnt to California, where he v ill be judged more ' as a fighter thai as a country boy whose relatives, chiefly one known as Cousin Armadillo, eat restaurant meals with pig stickers and in rare visits to big city hotels hold each other out upper-flo? J or windows. ' -- . v j ; ; I ; j 4 A SWAIN TO,--NORT- --- i O o o . in- one-mil- e, y j one-quarte-r. ousted Kent with a clocking of 6 minutes, 57 seconds, a performance topped only by Russia's defeat of the the first Huskies. Washington-Lee- , U.S. public high school crew to make an appearance at Henley Was timed in 7 minutes, 20 sec onds in its first outing. The Virginians will have to row some to match Harvard's highly-- t o u t e d eight. 150-pound- ers SOUTHBOUND NORTHBOUND - 11:00 a.m. Arrive CEDAR CITY -- - 1:15 p.m. Arrive PROVO - - - - 2:30 p.mJ Leavo PHOENIX - BRIGHTEN YOUR Lcavo PROVO - - - - 4:38 pLm. -- i. i Arrive CEDAR CITY - - 6:00 pirn. Arrive PHOENIX - - - 8:05 p.m. DIRECT C0MWECTI0MS TO SAN DIEGO OUTLOOK with LOS AMGELESj AND TEXAS POINTS Your Car Can Have Mora Pepl Try Our Automatic . . Transmission Special ' si For More Pep and Go' Band and Linkage Adjust-, ment, and Road Test only $5.00 --- --- Complete Paint Job, Same Color Just $45.00. ALSO $25 to $2000 Springtime Witt b o happy time when yov 4 85 EAST 1200 NORTH PROVgUfR 3-28- 55 :. "' I ese extra cash to stay ahead of aU expenses. Loons on Sign ater e only, car or farniture. SPRINGVlLLE 13 EAST 2sd, SOUTH Owen O. Jensen, Mender Phcaa HU 9-55- Loans B0YER GARAGE 'I" blow $600 mod by Cftf Hmpc 33 Co. fUtak AMERICAN FORK 15 EAST MAIN STREET D. C. Bfsndt, Mancj Hicac: C0 !, 2& a Call FUanliun 6-)- 7i .!, "Tell you one thing about Roy," our Houston bureau relates, "he is going into this thing" with too much guts for his own good. To begin with, he's not as keen on fighting as they tell you. I don't know how good he isJ "Only one of any account that he's beaten is Willie Pastrano. Big problem is he'll get up. Every time Patterson puts Roy down he's gonna get up. I don't' like that. He'll take too much f a beating." The turmoil, then, is finished.! All that is left for Patterson and D'Amato is Roy Harris who, perhaps can fight only a little. Once, people suspected there was no such person as , Floyd ENJOY DAY OFF Patterson. Ttey were wrong. is a .Floyd Patterson and There LOS ANGELES! (UPD The Los he can fight. Of that you can be Angeles' Dodgers for the first time sure. in their; recollection nad a day of! But is there a boxing busion July 4th, traditionally one o: !' ' ness? The baseball's big days. Dodgers played' la double header Thursday night with the Cardinals and had WICK today off ! because their home HAS MOVED grounds;, Memorial Coliseum, an nually is the scene of a fireworks display sponsored by the Ameri 2ND WEST 51 can Legion and the baseball club agreed Ito give up the date. , Harvard's -- v er str sight-awa- , to-spea- AIR GO BONANZA e d Ht7"T-Uta- Yet Harris has the best set f credentials for the job. He is at east undefeated, although ' his competition has been nothing i Cinderella crew eliminated Emmanuel College of Cam bridge University with a one and -length triumph. A highly-toute- d University of crew was Washington eight-oare- d knocked out of the , Grand Chal lenge Cup by Russia's Trud Club of Leningrad in a blindiag rain storm. The Russians recorded a ute, 49"second finish, fastest for this year's regatta, over the ington-Le- j LOUISVILLE, Ky. (UPD Young Jesse Bowdry, of St. Louis, hoped to stretch his victory string to 10 straight and earn a shot at light heavyweight champ Archie Moore by beating unranked Jerry Luedee, New Haven, Conn., in a nationally - televised, broadcast bout here tonight. t Bowdry, the St. Louis teenager who has surprised fight fans with his savvy and poise despite his age (19), id ranked 8th in the light heavy division and has won his last nine fights, the last one a de Hollywood. cision over Clarence Hinnant , with his pros, who were Wimble- - April 30. a tree surgeon when 24, Luedee, don champions, as the main at he isn't chopping down opponents, traction. I know he said this. He sakLJt hasn't fought since last December when he lost a decision to Cana to me. Yvon Durelle in Tampa, Fla. dian Then "there's Lopez, one of "I have no intention Cup. Harvard's Doing Now bledon. "obstacles. t What They're Zf (UPD West Germany's championship jumping team of Fritz Thied-manWinkler and Hermann Schriddle won the European relay title Thursday with a time of 232.2 seconds for the 15 liOXS j All-Tim- 1 , ' Lopez. . j Sfiadium: (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.) By OSCAR FRALET Uaited Press Internationa NEW YORK (UPD You don't need bifocals to understand the current comments of such estimable .sports figures as Jack5 Dempsey, ' Jack Kramer and Al On the other hand, Hurley, the old professional who lis in on the' Aug. 18 Los Angeles promotion, rates, Patterson "a fighter who is going to be as good as any heavyweight champ we ever had. You could say he is inexperienced now and he still Is a; real good, fighter. "They tried to cram that (Ed die) Machen and (Zora) Folley down Cus D'Amato's throat. We seen how terrible they were. Fight people on the , whole agree with Hurley except to go one better and say Harris doesn.'t belong either. So after a year of jibes, it now turns out Patterson is defending his title against no real threat. course to win by a length and The Timpanogos Pony League of Provo will play the rs Salt Lake Cops League here Saturday when Salt Lake A bus, champion tangles rwith Denver's Western Foundry, The title game wlil be played at Riverside Park, according to Hermann Neumann, Salt Lake soccer promoter. cause they saw him tee off for two; tremendous homers against 3 them in an victory by the New York Yankees Thursday, t t Mantle's first hoiner cleared th right-fiel- d fence, 372 feet away. The ball, still rising when it left the park, landed on a roof across j the street from Griffith Prep rew Surprises At Henley 560-yar- SALT LAKE CITY (UPD-T- he first schoolboy safeRocky Mountain area soccer foot- tyAmerica's, in Colum patrol originated ball championship will be decided Ohio. ' , Timp All Stars Play IS.L Nine Here Tonight All-Sta- rs By United Press International MICKEY MANTLE Don't try to . tell the Washing-to- p Senators, Mickey Mantle is in a slump. 65. j . - said. But before enplaning for Eng land, Kramer said he had inside information that Wimbledon wjuld HENLEY - On - THAMES, Eng be receptive to giving him dates .11! A favored Harvard and that Jhe would see about put land (UPI) ting on a pro tournament there high eight faces a Washington-Le- e school crew from Arlington,- - Va, race or today in a quarter-fina- l the Henley Regatta's Thames 18-ho- le matches on Wedseparate nesday, the same on Thursday, rounds on Friday and and a lot of walking. That's Saturday.) There are 2,500 municipal and By JIMMY- BRESLIN NEA Staff Correspondent NEW YORK (NEA) We now come to the ether side of the Floyd Patterson puzzle. Here; is a fighter who has not willfully hurt anybody for a year. Now Patterson is booked with what must constitute an authentic challenger Roy Harris of Cut and Shoot, Tex. and the suspicion is it is no match at all. Harris, Houston fight people say, is a year and a half away from a championship bout. If, indeed, he ever will be ready for Patter son. T Ma TnV TTitrlow haven't seen Harris fight. No body else has, either. The cash customers, I mean. They're the t only ones that count." j :: I . i The small segment. of the mob able to qualify make the national tournament part of their vacation, and when the old man is elimi nated the family goes to the beach; From Sick In y. , there he's prepared. Net Game! Far - tournament-every-Thursda- Quick. , The public links player v comes the hard way and! when he gets - f ' Smiley AWESOME AUSSIE j pros' and . : " , Pat Abbott, r Is Harris Real Mated fori Floyd? Believe But . FRIDAY. JULf 4, County, Utah DAILY HERALD nfTi uu n nrxnrp'f? J lM -- tor reservations or Chrisfophqrsoii Travel Aooncy |