WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1961
TODAY'S SPORT PARADE
M BY OSCAR FRALEY T
• PP Sports Writer
OAKMONT, P*., July 4.—(UP)—
Sam Snead, the tomato can king of
the Blue Ridge Mountains, ruled
professional golf for the third time
today—convinced that he is two
years past the top of his game.
“But don’t get the idea that I’m
going to retire,” Snead bubbled,
stuttering in his excitement after
winning the PGA Golf Champion
% be around as long as i can
make a buck.”
Sam made 3.500 “bucks" winning
the PGA crown for the third time.
And the man accused by his fel
low pros for burying his loot in to
mato cans back in the hills. Joking,
asserted that “this will fill a few.
more.”
His 7 and 6 triumph over little
, Walt Burkemo was an easy victory,
Bnead admitted, but he didn’t rank
%as his greatest golf even though
he was 22 Under par for 162 holes
of match play.
“That’s pretty good golf for me,”
said the lean, tanned man ina simi
serious moment. “But I think I
was playing better golf when I won
at Richmond two years ago. I
think I was at the top of my game
then.”
Slammln’ Sam doesn’t think his
golf has been the same since he
broke a bone in his left hand while
IJttlng a practice two iron at Mi
ami on Dec. 6. Not even consid
ering that he shot a pair of 66’s
in the next two days and has come
all the way back to the top now
by regaining the professional title. j
“I guess, though,” he grinned. :
“A lot of other guys are gonna go j
out now and break their hands.” |!
Sam disclosed that he figured he , ■
was a wlhner when he went six up 1
on Burkemo on the 21st hole of :
their 36-hole match.
I»‘I thought if I couldn’t win then
Anight Just as well go home for
good and never show up anywhere
anymore,” he laughed.
One thing bothered the slammer,
a crowd favorite for years. That
was the way the gallery "seemed
to be pulling” for young Jackie
Burke, Jr., Charley Bassier and !
Burkemo, his last three victims.
What it was, actually, was the old (
American habit of rooting for the 1
underdog. Sam said he “guessed J
«at’s what it was.”
And he was worried, too, about '
the way everybody kids him about
planting his jnoney in tomato cans
bock there in the West Virginia
hills.
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drawled with a little frown, “And
somebody's gonna take it serious
and come up there with a shovel
and start dining.”
■ “Then they’d be rich too!”
somebody shouted.
Sam grinned slightly, then frown
ed—and headed for the shower.
(J. S. Tennis Players
Dominate English Play
By ROBERT C. DAWSON
(UP Sports Writer)
WIMBLEDON, Eng., July 4, —
(UP) —Two crack U. S. teams won
their way into the Semi-Final round
of the Women's Doubles in the
Wimbledon Tennis Championships
today.
Louise Brough of Beverly Hills,
Calif., and Mrs. Margaret Osborne
Dupont of Bellevue, Del., seeded
No. 1, defeated Mrs. Joy Mottram
and Jean Walker Smith of Britain
6-1, 6-4 and Doris Hart of Jackson
ville, Fla., and Shirley Fry of Ak
ron, 0., ranked No. 2, eliminated
Jean Querticr and Kay Tuckey of
Britain, 6-3, 6-1.
BASEBALL STANDINGS
(By United Press)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pet.
Brooklyn 44 26 .629
New York 41 32 .562
St. Louis 36 33 .522
1 Cincinnati 33 36 .478
1 Philadelphia 33 37 .471
Boston 32 36 .471
Chicago ~...30 35 .462
Pittsburgh '.....27 41 .397
Results
Boston 4, Brooklyn 3.
Pittsburgh 2, Chicago 0.
Cincinnati 10, St. Louis 4.
New York 9, Philadelphia 8, (13
innings).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pet.
New York 44 24 .647
Chicago 45 26 .634
Boston 41 29 .586
Cleveland 39 31 .557
Detroit 31 34 .477
Philadelphia 28 42 .400
Washington -26 42 .382
St. Louis 21 47 .309
Results
Chicago 4, Cleveland 1.
Washington 4, Boston 1. ,
(Only games scheduled).
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TWO OF THE NATIONS TOP RACE DRIVERS are shown
in the picture above. Johnny Parsons of Van Nuys, Calif, who
won the ‘big two’ last year, the Indianapolis and Darlington races,
is shown on the left; and Henry Banks of Compton, Calif, who
was the top point man, or the best driver, of last year. Both drivers
are involved In the rip-roaring 200-mile race at Darlington today.
Nation's Second Biggest Race
Roaring At Darlington Today
DARLINGTON, S. C, July 4
(UP) —Some 28 of the nations top
big car drivers, including many In
dianapolis veterans, awaited the I
starters’ flag today for the 250-
mlle Darlington International Race
way event.
A crowd of nearly 40,000 yvas ex
pected to jam the grandstand and
infield for the race that is second
only to the Indianapolis 500-mlle
Memorial Day Classic. The grand
stand seats 10,000 and fans began
lining up hours before the 9 a. m.
(EST) opening time. The race be
gins at 2 p. m.
Racing fans began pouring into
. this small South Carolina town as
CAROLINA LEAGUE
W L Pet
Reidsvllle 43 33 .566
Durham 43 33 .566
Raleigh ..., ..40 34 .541
Winston-Salem 40 36 .526
Danville 37 37 .500
Greensboro 37 39 .487
Fayetteville 32 43 .427
Burlington ! 29 46 .387
Results
Winston-Salem 8, Durham 3.
Dnnville 6, Greensboro 1.
* ♦ Burlington 7, Reidsvllle 1.
Raleigh at Fayetteville, rain.' i#;
THE DAILY RECORD, DUNN, N. C.
early as Sunday and all available
hotel, tourist court and restaurant
facilities were taxed to the utmost.
Johnny McDowell of Santa Mo-
Inica, Calif, grabbed the pole posi
tion during Monday’s time trials
with an average speed of 112.781
miles per hour, almost a full mile
slower than the record 113 MPH
made by Johnny Parsons over the
mile and quarter track last sum
mer.
Twenty-five of the 33 cars that
raced at Indianapolis last Memorial
Day showed up with 17 others for
the first time trials Monday and
Tuesday.
There were no serious accidents
during the trials, but Carl Scar
borough of Clarkston, Mich, spun
his McNamara Special into the
fence during a practice run and
smashed a gas tank. He later
qualified after installing an emer
gency tank.
Lee Wallard is recovering from
burns suffered in a recent crash
and will not drive today, but the
Belanger Special with which he
won the Indianapolis qualified 13th
with Tony Bettenhause® at the
wheel.
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Dramatic Moments
With Hugh Casey,
Famous Pitcher For
The Dodgers
By JOHN GRIFFIN
(UP Sports WiUer)
NEW YORK, July 4. (UP) _
To the faithful, fanatic Dodger
fans who mourn him today “deep
in the heart of Flatbush” beefy,
red-faced Hugh Casey will always
The name of Casey will always
bring back memories like these:
It was the fourth game of the
Yankees Dodgers World Series
in 1941. The Yankees were lead
ing the series, 2 games to 1, but
they were losing this one, 4 to 3,
with two out in the last half of the
ninth, inning and two strikes cm
batter Tommy Henrich. '
On the mound stood Casey, the
20(J-pound “Rock of Gibraltar’’
whose work as S “fireman" had
brought the Dodgers a Pennant.
TOUGH BREAK
Fat Casey cranked up and, with
that familiar overhand motion, let
fly a whistling fast ball that broke
sharply Into a curve as It cut the
plate, Henrich swung and missed,
apparently for the third out. But
fate took a hand when seemingly
all was over.
Catcher Mickey Owen, one of the
surest hands In baseball, missed the
ball. It bounced off the Up of
his glove and rolled to the stands
as the alert Henrich sprinted safe
ly to first. The game was still on.
Casey, who apparently shot his
bolt with that tremendous
which some baseball men insist was
not orthodox, was hammered free
ly by other Yankee hitters until
the Yankees had an mnasing 7 to
4 victory.
Brooklyn mourned with Casey
that day, but (ate balanced the
scale for O’ Hughle one day In
. 1947.
Once again, the Dodgers and
Yankees were facing each other in
a World Series game at Ebbets
Field. Again it was the fourth
game and again the Yankees were
leading, 2 games to 1.
The Yankees also were leading in
this same. 2 to 1. and with the
oases loaaea ana one out in toe top
half of the ninth Inning wore
peril, the Doidgera turned again to
Ol' Hughle, who was to set a record
by pitching six times hi that series.
The fat man strode to the mbund
to face the batter-the same Tcm-
Harnett Legion Team Suffers
Second Shutout From Lenoir Co.
It was a aad night in the Dunn
ball park last night for the fans
and local players, but a happy
group of boys, especially one, left
the park. \
Harnett County’s young Ameri
can Legion team blew sky-high in
last nights’ encounter with the
boys from Lenoir County. Bad
throws, fumbles, and strike-outs
were frequent with the local boys
as they came up with a bad case of
nerves, or something.
The visiting team, however, play
ed a swell game. The fielding was
of professional calibre, and the
pitching that young Fichter fired
at the Harnett boys would have
given lots of more experienced tell
players trouble. The Lenoir hurler
deserved a lot of credit for his per
formance. and Coach Troy Godwin
showed that he is a good sport by
crossing the field immediately af
ter the game and giving the visiting
pitcher the game tell' and con
gratulating him.
J. D. Faircloth of Erwin did a
good Job on the mound for the
home team, to fact, the visitors
never did get an earned run, and
they made only seven hits, two
of which were questionable, off the
hurling of Faircloth and Jimmy
Campbell who replaced him. Fair
cloth had to leave the game after
pitching 6 innings because of a
sore arm. >
Li tie Bobby Day Godwin, the
14-year-old centerfielder of Dunn,
was the only offensive threat that
the Harnett team had last night.
Bobby Day got 3 hjts in 4 trips
up and one was a triple in the last
inning. This was a fine day’s work
on any day, but especially when
his teammates got only one hit
among them. Bobby got 3 of the
4 hits, and Firestbaseman Lewis
Tart got the other one.
The Lenoir club now has a 2 14
game lead over Harnett and Johns
ton, the latter two teams being tied
at the present. It looks like a
' race between Johnston County and
Harnett County for the runner-up
spot in League 1 competition. These
two teams will meet in the
Selma Hark tomorrow night.
VINCE DiLORENZO, former
UNC Star baseball pitcher won
his llth game in the class ‘A’
South Eastern League last night.
"TORONTO, July 4. (UP) ~
The Canadian Open Golf Cham
by Yankee Pitcher Bill Bevens.
Casey had won a World Series game
with one pitch.
That‘s .What made the news from
Atlamnso shocking.
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LENOIR COUNTY
AB H R
Gray, 2b 3 0 0
Sanderson. 2b 2 11
Gooding, lb 3 11
Mayo, lb 1 0 0
Gregg, If 5 ts 1
Abbott, ss 5 0 1
Rouse, cf 4 2 0
Jackson, cf 0 0 0
Heath, 3b 5 11
Williams, c 3 0 1
Trott, rs 3 11
Fitcher, p 4 o 0
Jay bill, x 11 o
x—Hit for Rouse.
HARNETT COUNTY
AB H R
Hartley, ss 2 0 0
Johnson, D., ss 2 0 0
Godwin, cf 4 3 0
Dorman ,rs-c ' 4 0 0
Hall, If 3 0 0
; Campbell, 2b-p 3 0 0
Tart, lb 3 1 0
Goff, 3b 3 0 0
1 Stewart, c .... 2 0 0
Earnshaw, rs 1 0 0
Faircloth, p 2 0 0
Smith, 2b 10 0
The score by innings:
Lenoir 000 201 400—7
Harnett 000 000 000—0
Snead Becomes
Three-Time
PGA Winner
OAKMONT, Pa.. July 4.—(UP)— |
The PGA Golf Championship re
turned today to a man who can do
it justice—the old slammer, Sam
my Snead.
Playing like a hungry pro, he
shattered the hops of chunky Wal
ter Burkemo of Franklin. Mich.,
with a 7 and 6 victory fashioned
yesterday with two spectacular
surges on the front line holes of
each round.
So the PGA Crown goes back to
Snead, who held it in 1942 and 1949.
For a year it belonged to hard
luck Chandler Harper of Ports
mouth, Va., a boyhood rival of
Snead’s but never a tournament
star. .
Snead vfas 22 under par for Iff)
holes of match play. Twice he tied
the competitive course record of
68 set by Bobby Jones in 1925. al
though each 68 Included conceded
putts.
Against Burkemo, he posted 34-
36—70 on his morning round for
a three up lead, went but In 35 in
the afternoon and all told was five
under par for the 30 holes of the
match. Burkemo had a morning
round of 41-34—75, went out In 38
In the afternoon and was one over
for the last three holes—five over
par for the match. ,
KNEEPANTS LEAGUE STANDING
W L Pet.
Cardinals 4 1 .800
Dodgers 5 2 .714
Athletics 0 5 0.00
pionship begins today with United
States golfers, who number 71 in
the field of 184, in their usual role
as favorites.
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