Worsham Co-Leader
At Las Vegas as Snead
Trails Field With 79
By th* Associated Press
LAS VEGAS, Nev., April 24.
Sam Snead provided the big sur
prise in the first day’s play of
the Tournament of Champions—
but not by one of the sizzling
accomplishments for which he is
famous.
He did it by winding up at the
bottom of the field of 20 crack
Rolfers with an astounding 79.
That was 11 strokes back of
the leaders, a pair of outsiders
in the betting. They are Earl
Stewart, jr.. of Dallas and Lew
Worsham of Oakmont, Pa., for
merly of Washington, D. C.
Well in contention as the
tourney went into its second
round today were such stars as
Lloyd Mangrum, Jack Burke, jr.;
Julius Boros and Cary Middle
coff.
Snead May Not Finish.
Snead may not even finish this
72-hole grind for which first
prize is SIO,OOO and no player
wins less than SI,OOO. The hand
in which he broke a bone in 1951
is bothering him again, and he
summed up his first day’s per
formance with: “It isn’t fair to
the tournament or to me to be
playing like this.”
Snead was ’ sold” for $16,500
in the pre-tourney Calcutta or
auction of players' chances, far
ahead of second-choice Man
gvum. who brought SIO,OOO. First
place in the Calcutta will pay
$33,750 from a whopping purse of
$93,250. By comparison. Wor
sham's chances went for $4,500,
Stewart's for $2,500.
Before the tournament started,
the consensus was that the pros
—all entered by virtue of winning
a major tourney in the last year
—would find the 7,102-yard, par
36-36—72 Desert Inn Country
Club course easy pickings. A new
layout, now having its first tour
ney, it lies on the flat sand and
has few natural hazards. But
with lakes and traps it proved so
tough only nine of the players
beat par.
Chandler Harper Shoots 70.
Behind the leaders were Burke
and Dave Douglas with 695;
Mangrum. Jim Turnesa and
Chandler Harper with 70s; Ted
Kroll and Jimmy Demaret with
71s; Boros, Middlecoff, A1 Besse
link, Jerry Barber and John
Palmer with even par 725; Dutch
Harrison and Tommy Bolt, 73;
Jim Ferrier and Tony Holguin.
75. and. of course, Snead with 79.
Slam min' Sam spent most of
tha day slammin' ’em in the
wrong direction. He said after
ward that he was sorry he had
been entered in the Calcutta;
that except for the charity as
pects of the tourney he would
have passed up this one. The
sponsors, in addition to putting
up $35,000 in prizes, also do
nated $35,000 to the Damon
Runyon Career Fund.
Stgwart achieved his low with
13 one-putt greens. Worsham’s
putter was doing well, too. He
canned one from 30 feet, two
others from 15 and was dropping
them all from well out.
Otherwise, the first day was
marked largely by consistent
golf.
Pan American Official ,
Denies Hogan Guarantee
MEXICO CITY. April 24 (/P). ;
—Ben Hogan has not been guar- i
an teed $5,000 “or a half or a
fifth of that,’* a spokesman for
the Pan American golf tourna- i
ment said yesterday.
The official, who declined the i
use of his name, branded as
false reports from Las Vegas, 1
Nev., where the Tournament of
Champions is being played, that
Hogan had received any guar
antee.
Hogan passed up the Las
Vegas after he had asked for a
$5,000 guarantee to play there
and was turned down, according
to a club official. The official
added that when the sponsors
refused to make the guarantee,
Hogan sent a telegram saying he
would be unable to play.
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NEW MFH AT MIDDLEBURG—Governors of the Middleburg
(Va.) Hunt have appointed Mrs. Holger Bidstrup as joint
master of foxhounds for the coming season. She will serve
in the absence of Newell J. Ward, jr., joint MFH for the past
seven years, who was granted a leave to pass the season
hunting in Ireland. Middleburg Hunt’s other master is the
veteran sportsman Daniel C. Sands, who has held office for
more than 40 years. —Photo by Darling.
Hoy as in Drake Relays Today;
Terps, Navy Compete at Penn
• i
By th* Associated Press
DES MOINES, April 24.—The
Drake Relays began today with
the spotlight focused on at
tempts to set new American
records in the university 4-mile
relay and sprint medley.
Kansas owned the 4-mile mark
for a brief time last spring after
Wes Santee outsprinted Joe La-
Pierre of Georgetown in the
final lap for a 17:15.9 victory, a
mark later bettered by Michigan.
With much the same team, the
Jayhawks are slight favorites
today over a field that includes
Georgetown, Indiana and Michi
gan State.
Running for Georgetown will!
be Ed Kirk, Carl Joyce, Charley
Capozzoli and LaPierre.
Kansas Choice in Sprint.
Kansas is a big choice in the
sprint medley where it set a j
mark of 3:21.8 this spring. The j
accepted American record is
3:22.7.
Five other final events and six
preliminaries were on the open
ing-day card.
Some of the country's fastest
sprinters and hurdlers were to
make first appearances in the
preliminary rounds.
The 100-yard dash field had
Willie Williams of Illinois, the
Big Ten indoor champ who has
done 9.4 seconds, a tenth of a
second under the Drake record
set by the late Roland Locke of
Nebraska in 1926 and twice tied.
Other dashmen include Charles
Thomas of Texas; Charles
Teague of North Texas State and
Gene Buie of the Pittsburg j
(Kans.) Teachers.
Illinois Hurdler Back.
Joe McNulty of Illinois is back
to defend his 120-yard high
hurdles championship and it
would be a big surprise if he
didn’t win again, possibly under ,
the Drake record of 41.1 seconds, i
McNulty did 14 flat in a dual'
meet with California last Satur
day. Jim Philbee of Bradley did
14.2 for a close second to Mc-
Nulty in the Southern Relays.
Part of tomorrow’s final pro
gram will be on television (over
WTOP-TV in Washington from
3 to 4 p.m.) and one of the fea
tures is another clash between j
Georgetown and Kansas in the
distance medley. Michigan State
also is expected to be prominent
in this race, scheduled for the
television program at 3:15 p.m.
Silver Hill Schedules Two
Sifver Hill Sand and Gravel,
defending ludustrial League
champion, will play two practice
games this week end. Silver Hill
faces Atchison and Keller at 1
p.m. tomorrow at Fairlawn field
and plays at Snug Harbor Sun
day at 2.
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By th* Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, April 24.
The 59th Penn Relays opened
today at Franklin Field with
3,500 entrants ready for the two
day track and field carnival.
The relays, granddaddy of all
such events in age, tradition and
color, will carry an international
flavor with entries from Finland,
Sweden and Jamaica.
As far as individual perfor
mances go, the Benjamin Frank
lin Mile tomorrow is expected to
provide one of the highlights
with Denis Johansson, Finnish
Olympic athlete, and Fred Wilt,
fleet FBI agent, in the competi
tion.
Edged Wilt Last Year.
I Johansson won over a muddy
! track last year, edging Wilt.
I Other competitors who can’t be
overlooked include Ohio State’s
: Len Truex, winner of the last
| three top indoor mile events of
the indoor season, and a Swedish
exchange student, Sture Land
quist, now studying at Oklahoma
A&M.
Among today’s opening events
are the class mile relays, in which
Maryland is entered, and the
Heptagonal mile relay, where
Navy is a strong contender. Also
slated today are heats in the 440
and 880 relays with Navy en
tered.
Maryland and Navy both are
I entrants in the mile champion
| ship relay tomorrow, while the
S Terrapins also will try for the
sprint medley and the Middies
for the shuttle hurdle relays
j titles.
103 Colleges Entered.
I In all, the 3,500 entries will
represent 103 colleges, 262 high
! schools, 31 preparatory schools,
34 junior high schools, 45 pub
lic elementary schools and 19
parochial schools.
Individuals who will draw more
than the usual attention include
| Sam Felton, now with the Navy
; at Bainbridge, Md., who was a
| member of the Olympic team as
1 a hammer thrower; Steve Dil-
I lon of Manhattan who performs
| in the same event; Bill Miller of
the San Diego Marines, National
AAU javelin champion; Michi
gan’s Fritz Nilsson in the shot
put and discus; Arthur Bragg of
Morgan State, defending 100-
yard dash titlist; Ohio State pole
i vaulter Jerry Welbourn; Pete
Isburgh of Maryland in the jav
, elin; Dave Matthews of Mary
land in the 100; Ira Kane and
Charles Cole of Navy in the 100
and Bob Cameron of Navy in
the shot.
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West Virginia Visits
For GW, Terp Games;
AU Gets First Win
West Virginia University base
ball team comes into town to
day with high hopes of send
ing George Washington and
Maryland downward in the
Southern Conference standings.
The Mountaineers have a
double-header with each—
against GW on the Ellipse
starting at 2 p. m. today and at
Maryland starting at 1:30 p.m.
tomorrow.
GW, which has a 10-2 overall
record and is 3-1 in the North
ern Division of the conference,
can take undisputed possession
of first place by winning both'
games. Richmond climbed into
a tie with GW for the Northern
Division lead with a 15-2 victory
over Washington and Lee yester
day.
Maryland has a 5-3 overall
and a 2-2 conference record.
Only other game involving
Washington area colleges today
listed Catholic University at
Bridgewater in the Mason-Dixon
Conference. The Cardinals
entered the game winless in six
starts.
Georgetown, trounced, 10-1,
by GW in its last game Wednes
day, entertains Loyola at 3 p.m.
! tomorrow. The Hoy as have a
5-4 record.
Wilson Teachers College, like j
| CU winless in six starts, plays
host to Shepherd College to- j
| morrow.
American University lifted it- !
self out of the winless class in I
j dramatic fashion yesterday at
j Emmittsburg, Md., with a 4-3
! victory over Mount St. Mary's
in the Mason-Dixon Conference.
Trailing, 3-2, in the eighth
inning, the Eagles got even on
Charley Baer’s home run. Then
with two out in the ninth Fresh
man Bill Williams slammed an
other homer to win. Jay Cone
held the Mounts to six hits. The
victory gave the Eagles a 1-4
overall and 1-2 conferences rec- j
ord.
Dodd Heads All-Stars'
Coaches Second Time
By th* Associated Pres*
CHICAGO, April 24—Bobby
Dodd of Georgia Tech has been
named head coach of the College j
All-Stars for the second succes
sive year.
He and his staff of four assist
ants later will pick a 50-player
squad and mold them into shape
at Purdue University for the an
nual football classic in Soldier
Field August 14.
The opposition will be pro
vided by the Detroit Lions, 1952
National Football League cham
pions. It will be their first ap
pearance in the series since 1936.
Two of Dodd’s assistants also
are holdovers from last year.
They are Stu Holcomb of Purdue
and Bob Voigts of Northwestern.
The other two are Eddie Er
delatz. Navy, and George Sauer,
Baylor.
Purdue’s facilities will be used
by the All-Stars for the first
time under a new policy prob
ably calling for a change in
training sites every two or three
years. For the last three years,
the collegians have trained at
St. John’s Military Academy,
Delafield, Wis.
Bears Sign Willie Thrower
EAST LANSING. Mich., April
24 (/P).— Willie Thrower, the
Michigan State passing quarter
back with the apt name, has
signed a pro football contract
with the Chicago Bears. Thrower
said he had been signed for
$6,500 a year..
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ROOTING FOR COLLINS—Tommy Collins, who meets Light
weight Champion Jimmy Carter in a 15-round title fight to
night in Boston, is pictured with his two most ardent sup
porters, his wife Mae and his 7-month-old son Tommy, jr.,
after completing his training at Acton, Mass. —AP Wirephoto.
High School Baseball Nines
Open League With Busiest Day
High school baseball today has
its biggest schedule of the seas
on lined up with 19 games, 12 in
league competition.
The Interhigh Division I race
opens on four fronts at 3:30 p.m.
with Coolidge at Anacostia,
Chamberlain at Eastern, Bell at
Roosevelt and Wilson at West
ern. Division II play, already in
progress, has Armstrong at
Spingarn and Cardozo at Dun
bar, also at 3:30.
St. Anthony’s meets Gonzaga
at Taft Field and St. John’s
faces DeMatha on the West El
lipse in Catholic League games
starting at 3:30, while Washing
ton-Lee plays at Falls Church at
1:30 and Mount Vernon at
George Washington at 3:30 in
Northern Virginia Group I
games.
The two Montgomery County
rivals, Montgomery Blair and
Bethesda-Chevy Chase, were
scheduled to meet at 3:30 at
B-CC, while Suitland was to visit
Bladensburg in the Prince
Georges County League.
In other games, all at 3:30,
Landon was scheduled at St.
Stephens, Northwestern at Tech,
Georgetown Prep at St. Albans,
Phelps at Carver in Baltimore.
Nokesville at George Mason and
Damascus at Sherwood while
Stuvvesant met Woodward on
the Ellipse.
In scholastic games played
yesterday St. Stephen's downed
Priory, 7-1, at Priory; Bullis
Prep picked up its second straight
Mary Freeman Best
In Swimming Meet
Mary Freeman and Sigma
Kappa shared the honors in the
George Washington University
Athletic Board swimming meet
last night at the Southeast
Branch of the Washington Boys’
Club.
Miss Freeman, National'AAU
300-yard individual medley
champion, was high scorer with
18 points. Miss Freeman’s team.
Kappa Kappa Gamma, finished
second behind Sigma Kappa.
Southeast Teams Honored
Southeast Settlement House
will honor its basketball, foot
ball and boxing teams with a
dinner tonight.
i victory by beating Woodward,
■ 6-2, at Bullis and St. Anthony's
i ruined Anacostia's perfect rec
ord, mauling the Indians, 15-7,
: | on the losers’ field.
Pitcher Russ Holcomb allowed
, only two hits and Leftfielder Bill
; Brophy and Catcher Leonard
■ Newton drove in six runs to lead
i St. Stephen's victory. Brophy
< contributed two triples, once with
the bases loaded and Newton
homered with one on and also
tripled.
* Curran Sullivan, Bullis pitcher,
permitted four hits and Manny
; Baca homered in the bottom of
the sixth to pace the win over
■ Woodward. Three Anacostia
hurlers combined to hold the
Tonies to six hits, but the visitors |
j capitalized on three errors to win
their third of the season against
three losses. Right-hander Bill
1 Herber scattered five hits for St.
Anthony’s and got credit for the j
■ victory.
Mosconi Runs 322
For Exhibition Mark !
In Pocket Billiards
By the Associated Press
PLATTEVILLE. Wis., April 24.!
—Willie Mosconi, world pocket j
billiards champion, set a new
exhibition record in 14-1 pocket
billiards with a run of 322 last
night.
The former mark of 309 was
held jointly by Mosconi, who i
now lives in Chicago, and Irving
Crane.
Mosconi was playing Bill
Ashard of Madison when he
broke the record. After a run
of 98, he clicked off the 322. A
difficult cut shot finally stopped j
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Ox DaGrosa, Sports
Figure, Dies at 51;
Was GU Line Coach
$y th* Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA. April 24.
John (Ox) DaGrosa, one-time
college football coach and more
recently a member of the Penn
letic Commis
sion, died of a
heart ailment Hp ' M
at his home
yesterday MPlllllilr*
after an ill- |r
ness of three
months.
DaGrosa, 1
who was 51, HMnjlr jg
devoted most
of his adult
life to sports
and was wide
ly known in
athletic cir- ° xD,Gro “
cles. He was head football
coach at Holy Cross from 1946
through 1948. In three seasons
his teams had a .655 record, in
cluding three straight wins over
Holy Cross’ traditional rival,
Boston College.
A varsity tackle at Colgate, he
was an assistant coach at
Georgetown and Temple before
going to Holy Cross.
Became Boxing Figure.
As a member of the Pennsyl
vania Athletic Commission from
1949 until his death, DaGrosa
became a leading figure in the
boxing world. He played a major
role in bringing the Joe Walcott-
Rocky Marciano heavyweight
title fight to Philadelphia last
September, the Kid Gavilan-Gil
Turner welterweight title bout
here also and the Walcott-Ezzard
Charles heavyweight title bout to
Pittsburgh.
DaGrosa went to Colgate from
the Atlantic City High School
and Wenonah Military Academy.
After graduation he w'as named
line coach at Georgetown under
Lou Little in 1926. He went to
Temple for the first of two stints
in 1930 and remained three years.
In 1935 he became an assistant
coach of the Philadelphai Eagles.
Promoted at Holy Cross.
He was chosen line coach at
Holy Cross in 1944 and in 1946
succeeded Ank Scanlan as head
coach when the latter retired.
Kis last job in collegiate football
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was a one-year stay at Temple
in 1948 as assistant coach.
He is survived by his widow,
Mary Bennett DaGrossa; a son,
! John, and a daughter. Ruth.
; Funeral arrangements will be
made later.
Jack Hagerty, Georgetown
athletic director, recalled today
that DaGrosa was an outstand
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from 1926 through 1929. and ex
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football players. Hagerty. a star
back, whe finished his varsity
career at Georgetown before Da-
Grosa appeared, said:
j “He was unforgettable. Ox
! loved to talk, and in coaching
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