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COURAGEOUS Pro Stars’ Goal His Homer in 9Th P Nation*s 20 Bent Bolters Who Piny for Ml, S. O. Here Todays Sunday *• V . y^^^Bhßwbk * ’--* * *' x < >', y i' : i>'. <t f •-TPV'* , rt4^’"'i^;U^'^f, js -*~ vJI WxtC**. ,*fj- -¦ HB I Cotyrlfht hy Detroit Ti*«. AII rl«Mo rtMrvod. Detroit has the chance to see 20 of the nation’s top LITTLE. ED DUDLEY. BEN HOGAN, JIMMY DEMARET, HINES, HENRY PICARD. RALPH GULDAHL, WALTER Metz, a member of the Ryder Cup team, had not arrived golfers in action today and tomorrow’ at the Detroit Golf GENE SARAZEN, BOBBY JONES. DENNY SHITE. HAGEN, TOM WALSH, president of the P. G. A.; HOR- when this photo was taken. Proceeds will go to the Club. Standing, left to right, FRED CORCORAN, r. G. A. TONY BULLA. CLAYTON HEAFNER, CRAIG WOOD. TON SMITH, PAUL RUNYAN, SAMMY SNEAD. BYRON United Service Organizations and it is hoped $25,000 will tournament secretary; and the Challengers, LAWSON Sitting, are the Ryder Cuppers, left to right, JIMMY NELSON, JUG MacSPADEN and VIC GHEZZI. Dick be realized for the patriotic cause. Detroit times, august 23,1941 PAGE 9 Tigers Hold sth, CAPTAINS 1942 Cup Places djJ<4 Due to McCosky COURAGEOUS Pro Stars’ Goal His Homer in 9th P. G. A. to Select Brings Ist Trap Nats, Ends 1 SL New Lineup 06 m- 13 111 0 f}if ikkpiuj R •• ~.- I Two ‘Streaks’ a ¦ v ¦ This Fall Title to State sll fat premises crowding in If the men on the don’t keep By LEO MAC DON ELL BY M. F. DRI KENBROn us, to see Tigers just front of we exfH*rt Bobby Jones play every shot today The are stubborn More than a team victory will Walter Tulburt, 52, plain stubborn. , at Detroit Golf Club in the Ryder Cup matches. Ryder Cup With sixth place yawning for he at stake in the Wins Grand American Ordinarily we have nothing against fat men; sort of like them, they rebelled and defeated match which opened today at De- the Washington Senators. 5 to 4, and will continue In Dramatic Shoot-off them, in fact. But it is funny how they insist upon getting in f B jUjUflraL 1 troit Golf Club in a dramatic, ninth inning upris- I ¦ Mm\ through Sunday with morning and our way at golf tournaments, especially when one of the stars ing at Briggs Stadium yesterday. P Mm I By DON GILLIES afternoon rounds both days. is about to rifle a long drive down the fairway or park an Thus the Tigers today were VANDALIA, Ohio. Aug. 22. clinging to fifth spot, with the The 20 professionals, whose Walter Tulburt, erstwhile Detroit approach dead to the flag. Senators and Athletics tied for ranks number most of the world’s outstanding golfers, skeet shooter made trapshooting They can crowd ahead of us around the greens all they wish, sixth in the league standings. also are bat- history here yesterday by bring- tling for personal recognition and And instead of being two and ing to Michigan, for the first time, 1 ecause frankly we’re not interested in putting. Never could one-half games out of last place, inclusion on next year’s Ryder l:arn to putt and probably never will. Tournaments undoubtedly they are three and one-half games Cup squad, the goal of every pro- away from that doubtful honor. fessional in this country. are won on the greens but we get our thrills out of watching the r • sMhL.. Dick Metz of the Ryder team 2 STREAKS ” drives and long seconds. SNAP w* s %- > wtL arrived late last night and will be PPIF"’ . And as a result, the Tigers in today’s matches. Having disposed of the fat men, we now can get down to snapped a Washington winning Wmi\ ' y This Fall the National P. G. A., the main point Bobby Jones and his golf. strrak that had reached six it was announced today, will ap- By the way. did you know' that while all of us fellows keep games, an Alex Carrasquel win- ! point a committee to select the referring to the great Atlantan as Bobby, he’s plain Bob to the ning stmak which also reached new lineup, and much will depend six games in many starts and upon the of the pros closest as performances and his friends? ended a Detroit scoring famine various players in this tussle be- which had lieen extended to 23 tween Walter Hagen’s Cuppers and His Swing Rated as Model innings. Bobby Jones' Challengers. Here is the good, unexpected, if BOBBY JONES BACK I’ve had quite a kick out of reading about Jone fi:. coring news: practice rounds here because he long has hern one of my With right innings played, the This match, which marks the leading Tigers. return of Jones to active competi- favorites, not only in golf but all sports. Senators were the 4 to 0. It looked like another tion after his retirement since They tell me that he was one under par for the 45 holes he triumph for Carrasquel. the giant 1930, except for the Masters tour- played in practice. That’s good going on a course like the one Venezuelan; a shutout, more-; nament, includes five foursome at Detroit Golf Club with its tree-lined fairways and well-trapped over. tussles today and 10 individual greens. But the Goddess of Luck matches tomorrow. played one of her infrequent visits Morning and afternoon rounds Like every one who has seen him play, I’ve always marveled to the Tigers Billy Sullivan led will be played both days, starting at Jones’ smooth, rhythmic swing. It s made just like all the off with a single. Birdie Tebbetts. at 9:30 and 2 o’clock. Proceeds best books on golf tell us it should be done. His swing not only hatting for Croucher. also singled. will got to the United Service is picturesque but effective as well. At least it was in his Schoolboy Rowe, who had re- EL m Ba Organizations to help provide re- the youths now sere»- heyday. place! Paul Trout in the sixth and creation for was the winning pitcher, forced ing their country. It is hoped that “The best proof of its effectiveness is contained in the fact Tebbetts by grounding to Cecil close to $25,000 will be realized WALTER TULBURT that it carried him to 13 major championships here and abroad. Travis, the Washington shortstop for the patriotic cause. Then, Campbell hit for Tuck The match, which is being held the greatest prize in all “trap- Teams With an Old Rival Stainhack and slashed a single C«*yrl|M fcy o«tr*lt Tl»«r AM flfhtt r»t#rv»d here for the second year in a row. dom"—the Grand American to center, scoring Sullivan Rowe BOBBY JONES Heft), captain of the throats” (figuratively, of course.) in the and ivhich promises to become a Handicap. moved to third on the blow and two teams at fixture on the national schedule Tulburt, a 52-year-old furnace That was a fine gesture by the Atlantan, captain of the Challengers, and WALTER HAGEN match between their until the the later scored after George Case today Sunday. TOM war ends and series salesman, is one of the state's top Challengers, in naming Gene Sarazen as his partner in today’s gobbled up Charley Gehringer’s (right), captain of the Ryder Cuppers, Golf Club and with the British can be resumed, ranking skeet shooters and a mem- Scotch foursomes. For years two of the hottest rivals in big- long flv ball. Then Rip Radcliff posed for this “gag” picture illustrating WALSH, president of the Professional has attained a ranking close to ber of the famous King’s Gateway time golf, they now are in there together playing alternate came through with a single. they’ll ‘‘tearing each others Golfers’ Association, is the peacemaker. the United States Open and P. G. Skeet team of Detroit. He took how be at why the performances strokes in determined effort to win one of the matches for their A. That’s up trapshooting only a few weeks STAGE WAS SET of the stars this week-end will ago and today he brought the side. Thus there were two Tiger figure so prominently in the selec- five - day Grand American Trap- I might be wrong, but I figure they’ll be tough to beat. They runs in and with Campbell and tion of the new squad. shooting tournament to a dra- always were. Radcliff on the sacks, Barney Mc- National Events Bushwacker Sole The lineup which Hagen is matic close by defeating Del Bund- came Highlights piloting against No one interested in golf can afford miss these matches, Coskv to hat. Jones aggregation schuh. a Fremont. Ohio, machinist, to DROVE A was named in 1939 for shoot-off, had will BANG! McCOSKY another of in a after the two which be played both today and tomorrow. With 20 of the HOME RUN INTO THE LOWER the biennial affairs with the deadlocked with 99 out of 100 to country’s outstanding pros competing, a show to equal that in DECK OF THE RIGHT FIELD In Spcrts Threat to Whirly Top Regattas (Continued on Page 10) (Continued Page 10) any sport is assured. Keen competition, excellent shot-making STANDS: BRUCE AND RIP on and thrills will abound. No one could ask for more than that. SCORED AHEAD OF BARNEY Intern*4bmal Hfnlrf Hire AND THE TIGERS WERE TRI- The first national sailing events By tntrmaltoniil A>m AmtfX event CHICAGO, Aug 22 II an) And what’s more important is that the proceeds of the place locally UMPHANT.
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