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Show f 0 THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH Speaking of Sports Budge Likely To Turn Pro Anytime Now Girl, 16, Is Mother of Triplets New Golf Champ WIN the amateur TOpionship little 130-pou- . CO-E- D golf chamWillie Turnesa put on one of the flashiest shows of putting and blasting out of bunkers that has ever enlivened a U. S. amateflr contest. It was the highspot of an otherwise uninspired tournament. The dapper Italian youth who won By HERB ROGERS d the national amateur is no novice. Last IKE Alexander Don championship the Great, jT Bodge has no more worlds to year he won the national intercol-.conquer. This is true, at least, of amateur tennis, for the titans successful defense of the D avis cup in his recent match with Adrian Quist of Australia, indicated that there is no player in the amateur ranks anywhere in the world (who is his peer. And so a career in professional tennis beckons. Lucrative engagements as pro tennis have been the reward of poor but deserving amateur champions in recent .years. Bill Tilden set the style and made a fortune out of his cross-counttours, which unfortunately he did not keep. Ellsworth Vines followed suit and accumulated $70,000 in his first year ,as a pro. He has added considerably to that total in the last year or two and is now rated as inde pendently wealthy. Fred Perry of England made $100,000 his first year WILLIE TURNESA as a pro and has been a consistent ever since. money-maklegiate qualifying meda at Oak-moand finished only two shots back of Medalist Gus Moreland in this show. This is his sixth amaSo young Don Budge, the son of teur, his best performance prior to parents, has an this time being a quarter-finpoor, job impressive precedent behind him, against Lawson Little at Brookline, when and if he makes the leap into Mass., in 1934. the professional ranks. Insiders will give you long odds that the redhead soon will be a pro. Promoters From the standpoint of the balare pelting him with offers. The ,most attractive is said to be for ance of both its attack and defense, l$100,000, and this, it is believed, the current New York Yankees rank with such other e would be just a beginning. great teams d has given all he has as the Yanks of 1926 and 28, the The Philadelphia Athletics of 1910, 13, to tennis. He has American prestige in international 29 and 31; the New York Giants of competitions by winning the Davis the early 20s, and Chicagos Peerless Wonders which Frank Chance led in the early years of the century. The 1938 pennant gives the Yankees an American league record of 10 championships in their history, all of them since 1921. Heretofore, they had been deadlocked with Connie Macks Athletics, each with nine loop titles. The crown also gives the Yanks the chance to do what no other club in diamond history ever has accomplished: Win three world championships in a row. They meet the National league pennant winners in the fall classic. .The Yanks already claim the record of six world titles since 1923. Only twice before in baseball history has a team had the opportunity to win three straight world series. o IDEAL forty-secon- red-topp- ed 1 I sJa ' Afcw ry er truck driver, rewife of a Mrs. Paul Grimm, The a two to and birth boy. triplets (shown girls triplets, cently gave above with mother) whose combined weight was 15 Yz pounds, were reported doing nicely at a Steubenville, Ohio, hospital. Mrs. Grimm said gee when told by nurses of the triple blessed event. Her husband, who recency got off the relief rolls, was too surprised to comment. Miss Mary Grabhorn, 17 years old, of Short Hills, N. J., was chosen as the ideal American college girl in a contest which barred all career girls. Miss Grabhorn, who entered Blue Ridge college as a freshman this fall, was chosen on avowed pursuit of marriage and a home. Plows His Way to Championship LEADS LEGION nt Fortune Ahead hard-worki- ng al Wonder Team all-tim- red-hea- r DON BUDGE cup and successfully defending it. He has added to it by capturing the Wimbledon, the French and Australian titles as well as a variety of other important championships. He is today at the height of his of the popularity a drawing card 'in his Tilden of Bill magnitude prime. His feats on the courts have won him a place in the tennis hall along with Tilden, Little Bill Johnston, Vincent Richards, Maurice McLaughlin and Ellsworth Vines. Why shouldnt I turn professional and accept $100,000, he asked In the course of an interview a while back. That is more money than 1 might accumulate in a lifetime working at some other business. It would seem rather foolish to let such an opportunity pass by. Spark Plug Probably the biggest single factor to improve the 1938 club over the 36 and 37 champions was the addition of Joe Gordon, rookie from San Francisco via Newark at second base. Gordon is one of the top rookies of the campaign, having driven in close to 100 runs and hit more than a score of homers, as well as imfielding per proving the formance of the Yanks. Of course, old standbys such as Bill Dickey, Joe Di Maggio and Lou Gehrig have been the backbone of all-arou- ' ll jgjjgs ' "I . Stephen F. Chadwick, Seattle at torney, is the new national commander of the American Legion. He was given the high office by acclamation at the annual Legion convention in Los Angeles. Paul Stiefboldt, 22, of Naperville, 111., is rewarded with a smile from annual Wheatland plowing chamhis wife after winning the sixty-firpionship at Plainfield, 111. The youth defeated two former champions and a field of veteran farmers in the farming world series to win the crown of champion plowman. st Paddleboard Polo, Brand New Sport, Full of Thrills First played in Los Angeles is this fast and exciting new aquatic game in which the players can lie down and paddle, stand on their boards to throw the ball and even run across the boards of teammates and opponents to make a pass. There are six players on a team, and anyone who has done surfboard riding can realize the high degree of skill and balance necessary. Left to right Art Alsten and Adolph Huber try out the new game with a bit of fast action. . A Aw. Bowling a la Panda Is Easy and Lots of Fun Goes Stale Budge has shown a variable tend- ency on other occasions but like Bill O. O Tilden he has always risen to the necessity of winning when he had to win. His experience in Australia last winter was an example of this. When he dediced to go on that tour, the wiseacres shook their heads. Their pessimism seemed justified Bromwich when he let beat him in some exhibition matches and then had what appeared to be a nervous breakdown. The bigwigs of the U. S. Lawn Tennis association were censured for sending Budge down to Australia where continued competition seemed to threaten his health and promised to cost the United States the Davis cup later on. Budge himself was blamed by others for turning down pro offers when he had been red hot. Everybody thought a long rest would be necessary. But this sad situation changed almost overnight. Budge regained his form and proved that Bromwichs victories in the early exhibition matches meant nothing, for he routed his opponent and swept on to win the Australian lawn tennis championship. Once again he became King pin of the. tennis world and no tfiinta authority had any serious doubts about what he would do when the Davis cup matches came at the end of the summer. - JOE GORDON f the team, although it was not until late in the season that Gehrig snapped out of his poor performance at the bat. But the fundamental reason for the Yankees success year in and year out is their scouting system. In competition with other teams in the matter of discovering and signing new talent, the Yankees lead the league and results show in the standing of the clubs. Western Newspaper Unloo. soo she opened tenpin style is a little unorthodox, but quite effective. At Chicagos Brookfield that determined stroll through the mathe new bowling season with a neat toppling of four pins. Her follow-u- p ples will get the rest of the pins, however. Mei-Me- is |