Show SPORT LIGHT two master golfers should meet by GRANTLAND RICE TF F THERE IS A NATURAL in t the he golf world today it would be a meeting ot of ben hogan of the USA and bobby locke of south africa hogan is U S 0 open p e n champion locke L 0 c k e Is british open champion hogan has won t the it e last two opens he played in 1948 and 1950 locke has won the last two british grantland iGra niland rice opens hogan has been acknowledged as the one to beat in most of the leading tournaments 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 ailder trail of devastation through t the h e united states than any foreigner that ever played including harry vardon and ted ray it was bobby Loc locke keho who lured fared sammy snead to te south africa a few years ago and gave virginia sammy a steady walloping over this faraway terrain both hogan and locke are great golfers their styles are wide apart but each is a master of fundamentals both are consistently straight oft off the tee but I 1 like hogans iron play better locke h a a a shade around the greens where he can turn out near miracles on certain occasions hogan snead and mangrum have dominated play in the united states his season cason and the game over here can cad stand another face th the e same being babby lockes hogan with his motion picture work ahead ahead has a busy busi schedule but the call to contest usually finds ben more than eager to return to action locke has now made his pence peace with the american and lie he can find far richer hunting over here than england offers at the moment we have had similar duels in the pst past vs jones hagen vs barnes barncs and blagen to mention only a few the hagen clash was the most spectacular these two had the better right at that time to be called the two top men both hogan and locke are fine compete abts as well as being consistently fine golfers goders it would be a new new boost for general golfing interest to bring them together in a series of matches in this connection it might also be mentioned that lloyd mangrum lately has been setting a dizzy pace 4 red sox and 1950 just about mid july last year the red sox were 12 or 13 games off the pace they were that far back of the yankees they ore are not quite that bad this season but with ted williams injured they face a terrific job it if they hope to better their position so far under two different managers they have been an ineffective active lot only their hitting has ke kept pt to the high road they passed the fourth of july with a team batting average of this was by all odds the highest mark in both leagues it Is high enough to win two pennants with only fair pitching heres the main trouble with the red sox lt if you care to io listen there are three departments of baseball at least main departments these are pitching hitting and field ing the red bed sox are the supreme hitters ot of the game they have sec ond class pitching they have close to second class fielding for example their infield is a powerhouse at bat it any too hot defensively in fact it Is second division defensively ive heard too many opponents speak about the number of easy hits that slip through the red sox infield this infield has power offense offensive ve power but no defensive speed it cant cover ground to choke off opposing rallies once again I 1 getchis get this information from other ball tea teams rits this makes it tough on the pitchers they have hits charged against them that a rizzuto would kill off or er another faster moving infielder lelder would knock down the trouble is chattoo that too many people look only at batting averages at home ruts runs and runs driven in where the red sox sos excel they overlook pitching they overlook defense they overlook spirl ti they all say rather play p lay for tom yawkey who the red sox have taken four years to discover that power alone doean doesn I 1 rule baseball lamotta and robinson it remains to be seen seen whether or not jake lamotta can be lured into the ring with ray robinson rut this is the only fight of any tance that could be made this s summer tiberto mitri failed to come up to earlier predictions the italian is a good boxer not a great one but he cant punch it if a fighter a knockout punch he must at least have enough kick in either his left or right fist it will be an entirely different matter matier in facing robinson a better boxer than mitri and a far different puncher jim norris has worked hard enough to keep the light fight game going but at th the e moment it is badly stalled as far as any outdoor action is concerned |