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C-1 Stranahan Has 72 ftienirtg CLASSIFIED ffiaf SPORTS AMUSEMENTS In British Open Golf WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1956 ** HOYLAKE, England, July 4 The defending champion, four i UP).—Frank Stranahan, the To- under level fours through the j ledo, Ohio, muscle man. shot a 16th, took bogey fives on the 17th one-over-par 72 in the first and 18th. round of the British Open golf Gene Sarazen, 54-year-old vet- -4» ’¦!"! ¦ championship today. eran from Germantown, N. Y., —1 I Reins Stranahan, who finished won the British Open in Braves Grab sec-!!who ond in the Open twice during his 1932, shot an opening round of amateur days, was the first fin- 40-38—78. isher among four Americans who j Steady on Bark Nine qualified for tournament on Sarazen took a bogey five on the 6,950-yard, par 35-36—71! - the first hole and skied to a seven Hoylake Mark course. the par four 14-7 on third. He col- On Road Welsh Champion Dennis lected birdies on the fifth and Smalldon, the first finisher of the ninth holes but bogeyed three day. shot a record-equaling 68. others to reach the turn in 40, TRIPLE BEATS RED SOX Memory of Last Argentina's Enrique Bertolino five over par. He was steadier I | had 69 and defending champion on the back nine but didn't get Stand at Home Peter Thomson of Australia a 70. another birdie until the 18th, 1 A brisk wind which started in where he sank a 10-foot putt, Senators Hit Jackpot the middle of the morning made; “That the only Only Drawback j was one I Press trouble for some of the players made all day,” he said. “Iputt" Bv The Associated on this course by the Irish Sea, !ed terribly.” That game of musical chairs In Keeping Jim Lemon the National League is staging but it didn't seem to disturb Sarazen said missed four 1 he one batter to notch a j, a Stranahan. He got an eagle putts from about two feet By BURTON HAWKINS |<only more in the disguise of pennant race and victory. running strong, Mil- three at the 513-yard 16th hole ' had 36 putts altogether. The Senators hit the halfway ’ |iiis still but after birdie at the 13th. He couldn’t get that final out. waukee may be sitting in- the a His seven at the 466-yard mark of their season today in the . v The Ohio golfer, who lifts bar third came when his low Pete Daley batted for Tom Hurd c driver’s seat. drive game of a double-header ; bells to strengthen his muscles 1 crashed into a fairway bunker first and doubled to left. That left The Braves, who should stand for golf, reached the green in with the Orioles at Griffith Sta- ; it up to Billy Goodman and he to benefit from a 19-game home and he had to play ~ t 1 out safe. single left, scoring two at the long 16th, then sank ; His wood of liml dium and perhaps the time has delivered a to sstand opening today, shot back shot was short the • $ jack- Consolo with a 7-foot putt. He holed a 30- green and he' took three putts arrived to say they hit the ; Pinch-runner Billy into, first place as Lew Burdette footer for his birdie at 13. after chipping up. pot when they acquired gangling the tying run. Camilo Pascual brushedj off Cincinnati with a to off up- On the way out Stranahan Sarazen three-putted the tenth Jim Lemon. came along choke the five-hitterj for a 7-0 decision yes- misSted a 5-foot putt at the first from about 10 feet and missed If the first half of the season rising and, incidentally, achieve t terday It gave Milwaukee a ¦ fourth hole and took a bogey five. He See BRITISH OPEN, Page C-3 may be taken as a criterion. his win. ssplit of the two-game set at had another five at the 466-yard I The Senators mauled Dave Cincinnati< while ousting the third, where he hit two bunkers, Senators' Box Score. Poge C-3 Sisler for five runs in the first Redlegs1 from their less-than- and a third bogey at the 426- Tiger Crew Wins 'inning. Ed Yost was hit by a I -24-hour stay in the lead and re- yard fifth, where he was in the Lemon is en route to establish- pitched ball, but Sisler retired eestablishing the Braves’ five- Runnels, rough off the tee and bunkered First Henley Test ™ ing a record for strikeouts. He Whitey Herzog and percentage-pointi edge. mb 68, which is a Then trouble arrived. Sievers The only thing that doesn’t his second shot. HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Eng- RBJLiftfe has accumulated Best major league walked and Tony Roig, Milwaukee's home Second Nine July 4 (,/P). Princeton’s big step toward the Lemon. imake new a birdie four land. set by Vince Di- Lou Berberet and Jose Valdi- stand< fire bet for bolster - He got beautiful ; lightweight crew won an mark, of 134 a sure easy] vielso singled. ing that slim lead is the fact the at the 580-yard eighth, where victory in its first appearance Maggio. 1 i perfect chip only of a shot from the today in the Henley royal re- But Big Jim- by no means is Boston picked up a run in the Braves1 won five 15 in stay County rough landed eight inches from gatta. having a fruitless season. He’s second when Jackie Jensen dou- their1 last at Sta- cup. dium—a slump that dumped the The American eight defeated a .308 hitter and has slammed bled and White singled. The « * place. Stranahan was one of the few Lensbury Rowing across 53 runs, pacing the club Red Sox added another in the them from first the British They left home under Man- players to shoot better figures on Club by many lengths its in that important department. fifth when Buddin walked and in first ager they’re the second nine, with the wind heat Challenge He has contributed 10 home runs came around on singles by Good- 1 Charlie Grimm. Now blowing, in the Thames FOLLOW THE BOUNDING BALL—This timely than on the first. Cup competition. shot indicates accurately enough and is tied with Pete Runnels in man and Billy Klaus. back from a 14-7 road tour un- Princeton's ball, Manager Fred Haney. The card: time for the mile and 550 yards that Dick Sisler’s first-inning pitch to Eddie Yost yesterday was a but it hits. Each has 86. NOTES—Stone now has been der1 Par out 444 344 34ft—35 doesn’t the whole story. The Red Sox pitcher bounced Stranahan 535 354 444—37 was seven 52 tell the ball off Yost’s shelled 11 straight times. Cubs Beat Cards in minutes. seconds. Lemon Gets Four Hits Par 434 354 544—36—71 The Challenge Cup back and Umpire Hank Soar sent Eddie to first base. That was the start of a Runnels has hit safely in 12 Stranahan 434 255 354—35—72 1 Thames Lemon got four hits yesterday In the only other National games. Vicenzo, former • event 32 five-run outburst by the Senators, who went on to win, 6-5, in straight . Pete, doing Roberto de Ar- had entries. the 11th.—Star the Senators traveled 11 . Leaguej games, the Cubs handed gentine champion now residing : The Kent School eight Staff as surprisingly well at first base, of Photo by George Havens. innings to defeat Boston, 6-5, fourth-place St. Louis its 14th in Mexico, in right behind Connecticut also its slipped down the Senators’ dug- , came I won first before a Ladies’ and Children's defeat in 20 games, 7-4, and Stranahan with par 71 to tie heat in the Thames Challenge out steps catching Dick Ger- ; a ¦ Day of 10,846, of which in Pittsburgh beat Philadelphia, with Gary Player of Cup. beating crowd inning South Africa i the Burton Leander 2,188 paid. nert’s foul in the fourth i 6-5, on a two-run pinch homer and | Florv Van Donck of Belgium. Rowing Club by a half length. but held the ball. Pete also by Nashua, Swaps U. S. Men Play Aussies provided the payoff punch Bob Skinner in the ninth Thomson, shooting great golf : Kent's time was 7:35. Jim speared Valdy’s wide throw in ( Phils had wrapped up Against Kiely after Runnels after the until the last two holes, tied at Kent School meets the London Leo 1 the sixth and lunged glove-first ; 7-2 victory in completion Roy Sievers singled. a the 70 with A1 Balding of Canada Rowing Club tomorrow. fanned and to the base to retire Norm ( suspended game. who hits of a May 13 In Wimbledon Semifinal! The 6-foot-4 outfielder | Zauchm. A pinch single by Maury Mc- Big to all fields tripled high off the To Dermott with the bases loaded in Answer anymore Hank Soar, plate umpire, and WIMBLEDON, England. July during the tournament up the 1 3 rightfleld fence to break (A ).—Although begin- Dressen exchanged words after the 12th inning brought the 4 in the —and after getting to the semi- game after Boston had rallied 1 a the Red Sox batted in the fifth. ' Yankees 4-3 decision over Bal- ning it looked as though long for three to tie the a finals.