The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-20

| SHORTS
PALM BEACH lB = In enc bril-.
liant 4.hole stretch, Sammy Snead
! won The pro division Of the Slo,-
| oeo Seminole Golf Tournament
/ "wednesday and gave his admiring
Igallery a glimpse OF goifing gen
| ius.
j There were nine holes to go and
ISuead trailed Johnny Palmer,
lBadin N. G., by a stroke. 1t was
lfime tc turn on the steam and
1.-THE west Virginia slammer had a
full head.
He birdied the 10th and 18th with
hong difficult puts. He Clipped
| in from 40 feet off the green for
Ian eagle three at the 18th, and
he birdied the 18th with another
Hong putt.
That burst of superb golf shot
Snead far past Palmer, who
lflopped to SO on the Homecoming
stretch. and earned Sammy total
| Of Sl.85s.33 for his work in the
! 36-hole event.
! He collected $1,000 for his vic
tory in the pro section and $685.
for teaming with Arthur Q. Well
| man, New York City, to tie Tor
fifth place in the pro-amateur best
ball competition.
Snead's 36-hole total OF 1873, SIX
under par for the tough, 7,OoO-yard
iSeminole Golf Club course, gave
him d 6-stroke margin over Palm
err and three others--Doug Ford,
Harrison, N. Y: Marty Gurgd,
lLemont, H., and Claude Harmon,
West Palm Beach.
Gusty March winds that raked
the seaside course throughout the
tournament felled such golfers as
ben Hogan, Palm Springs, Calf !,
Jack Burke. Houston, Tex, and
Cary Middlecoff, Memphis, Tenn.
So bad were playing conditions
THAT only Snead among 81 pros
ErOke par.
Hogan tied for sixth with las,
ono aver mar Burke. winner OF
1.-The last four major tournaments
on the winter circuit, was 10Th
with Jag.
| CLEVELAND W--Pounding Dan.
my Nardico, Tampa. Fla, gained
4 i0.round unanimous decision over
Dick Wagner, Ioppenish, Wash,
4 Wednesday night in light heavy
weight bout that excited just about
Everybody.
Nardico, at 1T, knocked Wagner
down for 9-counts twice--once IN
the fourth and again in the sew
enth. But the crowd cheered the
game Wagner, l73, who gave Dan.
| ny his Jumps in the fifth and sixth
rounds, and struggled vainly for
| a knockout in the 10th.
The nationally televised fight
was the first one sponsored by the
International Boxing club in Cleve
land. An audience of 4,426 showed
lap, paying $l9,lSS. Nardico peck
Eeted $500, plus an unannouncet
cut Of television cash. Wagner alst
received $S.s 0and a Nv cut.
LAKELAND Boston Univer
lsity's fine crew, conqueror o
Tampa Wednesday, takes on Flor
ida Southern College here today
Boston whipped Tampa a littl,
more than a, length. leading al
the way over the mile course. Th'
winning time was five minutes 2
; seconds.
Southern has two wins over Tam
!, Epa this season and figures to Civ
, Boston stiff competition.
SEBRING tR--Thomas Robbins
! Larchmont, N. Y. took over tn
I, role Of favorite today in the Ma
! tional Senior Amateur Match Pla
! Golf Tournament
Robbins, the u. S. Senior Col
Association titleholder, scored
surprisingly easy 4 and victor
!, Wednesday over NJ. +. Stephen:
I Sebring, the defending champio
lin the current tournament
+ II was a tough round for th
J, favorites. James A. Fownes. VIII
a ter Park, the medalist. and Co
a M. S. Lindgrove, Morristown, N, J
also were eliminated.
FowneS lost to r. B. Scribne
Rye. N. ", on the goth hole. Lin,
grove was beaten. 2 and /, /
r. A. Holden. Winter Park.
Allen Rankin. Columbus, Obi
the only former champion left
the tourney, Won tough ] up vi
q tory over Col. c. ID. McAlliste
x Orlando.
SIS -
lie WINTER PARK IN North Car
10 lima won the round robin cole
baseball tournament WedneSdi
% with an assist from Alabam
IN After Rollins beat North CAROLYN
rs 81, Alabama stopped Rollins. IA
Final standings we're North Cal
i. lima 81. Rollins 20, Alabama /
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