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Evening star., 1955-06-20
FIeck's Startling Victory
Spells End Of Hogan Era
Retirement Talk
Discounted, Ben
Moy TNAqoin

SAN FRANCISCO. June 20 (P).
Tournament golf may have
seen the last of Ben Hogan II
he carries out his announced
plans to retire. but it'll see q
lot more of a hitherto obscure
Iowan who used the old mas.
ter's mannerisms, style-even
his clubs-as he won the Nation.
al Open golf championship yes
terday in a thrill-packed lS-hole
playoff.
Soft-spoken Jack Fleck, OPP
orator of two municipal golf
courses in Davenport, Iowa,
played the four-time Open
champion of his feet in the
first overtime session of the Open
in five years.
Fleck took the lead on the fifth
hole and held it grimly to post
Ia one-under-par SO as Hogan
skidded to a 70 over the heavily
roughed and lightning fast
greens of the Olympic Country
Clubs lakeside course.
Fleck's triumph was o dandy
and a heartbreaker. It was
the first tournament OF any kind
Jack ever had won outright and
it apparently marked the decline
of the Hogan era in golf.
Ben Says He's Through
"I'm through with serious
competitive golf," Ben said in
a choked voice to thousands Of
fans packed on the hillside over
looking the 18th green after it
was all over.
Il want to become a week.
end golfer. It's too hard to train
for big tournament"
Just how he meant it defied
Interpretation. He was a tired
man, discouraged at his failure
to reach the coveted honor Of
being the first man in history
to win five National Open titles.
The feeling was that he might
probably would-make another
bid for the crown by the time
next wear rolls around.
Later, when newsmen asked II
this meant he wouldn't try again
to become the first five-tims
champion. Hogan replied: Not
necessarily. But I don't really
know. know this, though, about
retiring. I'll never train as hard
again as I did for this one. It's
too tough"
Wife Thinks He'll Play
And Ben's wife, Valerie, was
inclined to discount her hus-
bands remarks last night as
much as she did after Saturdays
final round. She said: when
he came back to our hotel room
I made him a bet he'd be back
in the Open next year. What
would the Open be without my
husband?"
Hogan's remarks injected q
note of sadness into Fleck's VIC
tory, but it left the 32-year-old
Iowan as top man in the Nations
golf picture and netted him
$4,000 in prize money plus thou
sands more from other sources.
He is the longest shot to win
the Open title since Sam Parks
pulled the trick 20 years ago.
Hogan won $500.
The actual triumph main.
tanned the drama of the sem
sational surge of brides he rode
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bition fees and Endorsements
Fleck replied:
"I'll let my wife take care oi
that. She is my business man.
ager. I didn't play much COM
petitive golf until married her
She encouraged me to try out
side tournaments. She stayed
home and managed the two
municipal courses we have In
Davenport"
At their home in Iowa, Fleck S
attractive 26-year-old wife con-
fided that up to two and one
half years ago II didn't think
he'd make it."
Because of his temperament"
she said, "he'd blow up on a bad
shot. But he learned to control
that and I have every confidence
in him now."
Fleck, who served in the Navy
during World War II, met his
wife at the Credit Island golf
course in Davenport where Jack
now is pro. They were married
in 1850 and their son, Craig
Wood Fleck, was named for the
famous golfer.
Craig Sad for Hogan
Young Craig. an ardent Ho-
gan fan. proudly declared he was
pulling for Daddy but I didn't
like it that Hogan lost"
Mrs. Fleck opened the Credit
Island pro shop as usual yester-
day, going out there in rain
storm. She spent all afternoon
listening to q hole-by-hole radio
account of the championship
match. With only two hours
sleep Saturday night, she dis
played remarkable composure
during the tense playoff.
Jacks last tournament was at
Fort Wayne, Ind, where he
placed 17th and won $3.50. Last
year he made $113 profit on the
winter circuit.
Prom 17th to the top spot in
the country Is just too much to
See FLICK, Page A-19
Evening star., 1955-06-20
Buckeyes FuIIbock
Shifts to Tennessee

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, June 2C
P.-Hubert Bobo, star fullback
on Ohio States national cham
pionship football team last fall
says he has decided to enroll at
the University of Tennessee next
fall.
Bobo visited the Tennessee
campus last week and said yes
terday before returning to Ohio:
MY mind is made up. am
looking forward to trying out for
the Tennessee football team"
AS a transfer student, Bobo
would not be eligible at Tennes-
see until the 1856 season.
The Ohioan denied he had
dropped out Of Ohio State be.
cause of scholastic deficiencies
He said he quit for personal rea.
sons which he declined to dis
close.
Evening star., 1955-06-20
Western Open Field
includes Top Pros

PORTLAND, Ore, June 20 (R.
Some 200 golfers. including
many Of the top pros who played
in the National Open at San
Francisco, will compete in the
Western Open championships
here this week.
The tournament opens Thurs
day at the par 70 Portland Golf
Club course and will continue
through Sunday with 1S holes
Of play each day. The field will
be cut to the low so after the
first two days.
Defending Champion Lloyd
Mangrun, who suffered q rib in
jury recently, will not be able to
compete.
Evening star., 1955-06-20
New Open Champ Gives
Wife Credit for Success

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2C
t(P.-"The Lord was with me-
think" was the way Jack Fleck
summed up his dramatic victory
over Ben Hogan in yesterdays
playoff for the National Open
championship.
Fleck, who never before had
won a golf title Of any con-
sequence, told newsmen: Some
thing was driving me all the
way. I never played this well
before in my life and all of a
sudden I just started to play :.
I'm overwhelmed"
Fleck, who unabaShedly calls
Hogan his idol, impressed every
one with his apparent GOODNESS,
and said II was never nervous. -
In fact, Fleck mirrored even
less emotion than the notoriously
expressionless Hogan.
Less Nervous Than Fans
when I had Hogan three
down doth hole), I was less
nervous than your friendly San
Francisco gallery" Fleck said.
II felt the gallery was for me
and that helped. simply kept
playing as hard as could and
the puts dropped in for me-"
Newsmen. noting the tall,
dark-haired Iowan played in the
same fashion as Hogan, asked
Fleck if he had modelled his
game after his idol.
when I was kid" Fleck
said, II kept a scrapbook on Ho-
gan but I never saw him in the
flesh until last month at the
Colonial in Fort Worth. Let me
put it this way. I modelled my
self after some of Hogan's posi-
tions. No man can initiate a
stroke. That's your own"
Fleck, whose chief job has
been pro at Davenport's Duck
Creek Country Club, said he'll
pass up the Western Open at
Portland, Greg, this week end
and fly home to his wife Lynn
and their 4-year-old son Craig.
But he intends to follow the pro
circuit.
Asked what he would do with
his Open winners-$6,000 cash
plus $4,000 to $4,000 in exhi-
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Games Tomorrow
NATIONAL
Results Yesterday

hesuits yesterday
Bklyns z: St, L. 4.
Pitts. 80; Gin. "a
Phila.. Ii; Chi. 0-S
list game 15 inn. e
game called after By
innings, darkness)
Games To-day
N. Y. at Cine. (n.)
Pitts. at Nil. tn.)
Phila. at st. L. (n.)
tOnly games sched.!
Games Tomorrow
N, Y. at Cine. tn.)
Pitts. ct Nh. (n.J
Phile. ct st. L. (n.)
sklV' ct chieas0'
Evening star., 1955-06-20
By the Associated Press

The Yankees are perched atop
the American League again
today with a two-game lead In
the battle for first place-and
they are there because they
whipped their No. / rivals, the
White Sox.
That's never been any bic
problem for Casey Stengel and
his lads. They could always
fight the pretenders to Their
throne on at least even terms.
When they were beaten out by
Cleveland last year, Stengel be-
moaned the fact that the league
"have-nots" didn't help. He
complained that the Indians
fattened themselves on the Sec
ond division.
All of which was true, accord
ing to the statistics. It also
makes the Red Sox' lit triumph
over the Indians yesterday sig
nificant.. The Red Sox couldn I
lick the Indians in Boston at all
in 1854 and. in fact. won only
two of % decisions with them
all year.
Their victory over the Tribe
was their seventh in IL games
this year and the third in the
four-game set. 1t also was the
Red Sox' 18th triumph in their
last 13 games, but they're still
fifth, 10 games off the pace. The
Tribe is now four games out OF
first.
Williams Blasts Two
Ted Williams blasted a pair of
homeruns in the slugfest, and to
add insult to injury, the Red Sox
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MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS
AMERICAN
Results Yesterday

Results Yesterday
K. G. at Wash. rain
N. Y, rs; Chi, l-2
Bos., IL: cleve.. z.
Det. at Bait, rain.
Games Today
No games scheduled
Games Tomorrow
Chi. at Wash, 500.
Cleve. at Bait. tn.)
K. c. at N, Y. (n.l
Det. at Boston (n.)
Evening star., 1955-06-20
Moore Stakes
Everything on
Beating Olson

NEW YORK, June ~ tR1.-
Archie Moore is gambling what.
ever ring future may be ahead
of him for about $50, 1000 when he
risks a September heavyweight
title shot by defending his light
heavyweight crown against
Middleweight Champion Bobo
Olson at the Polo Grounds We'd
Inesday night.
Although Moore is a 9-to-5
favorite in the 15-round match
he has everything to lose and
little to gain. If he should lose
to a middleweight. nobody could
take seriously his challenge to
Rocky Marciano. The 38-year-
old ring veteran needs an impres-
sive victory. probably by a
knockout. to clinch the big one
"Sure, I'm gambling" Moore
said yesterday at his camp at
Summit, N. j.. I'm always
gambling. When you walk across
the street, you're gambling. ]
need money to keep my cam
paign going"
Have to Keep Busy
Asked If 1t wouldn't have been
smart to "sit 1t out" while wait
ing for his campaign for a Mar
ciano bout to pay of, Archie
said, That's one trouble with
the boxing game. Too many
people are sitting it out.
"You have to keep busy or
you get rusty. I was out for nine
months before I fought Nino
(May 2 at Las Vegas
and I got way out Of shape, over
200 pounds. If I could fight once
a month, I'd be better off,"
Moore repeatedly is down to
the 175-pound class limit, maybe
a little below it. although he is
keeping it a secret. Officially,
Archie weighed 1862 for Valdes,
but persistent rumors insist he
was 10 pounds lighter.
Although Moore is gambling
on the big prize, he hardly can
afford to pass up an estimated
100000 purse, the biggest pay
day Of his long career. If the
fight crosses $3.50, 1000 and draws
$4,000 people as the Inter-
national Boxing Club predicts,
his share Of the house plus his
share of the 100000 television-
radio money tABC) will be
about $4,000. Archie gets 30
per cent and Olson 271a per
cent.
(The fight will be heard and
seen in Washington on WMAL
and WMAL-TV. starting at
10 p.m.)
Moore Looks Sharp
Moore, looked real sharp yes
terday in a two-round workout
with Clint Bacon of Toledo. He
was sharp-shooting with his
right hand, landing at will. AL
though Bacon is no Olson, it
made one wonder what would
happen when Moore started
dropping in that right hand on
Bobo's jaw.
Cheerful Norman, one of
Moore's trainers, plans to have
him continue boxing through
Tuesday. However, that may be
changed If Archie decides he has
had enough. After the Sunday
drill, Moore had boxed a total
Of 40 rounds for his fourth title
defense.
Olson, only 26 years old, fin
ished his boxing yesterday at
Asbury Park, N. j., with a total
Of more than 100 rounds.
Evening star., 1955-06-20
Doueherty Will Aid
North AlI-Stur Team

MIAMI, Fla, June 30 R.-
Hugh Daugherty. head football
coach at Michigan State. has
been named one Of the North
coaches in the Mahi Shrine's
1855 Christmas night All-Star
football game, Director Andy
0Vstafson announced today.
Evening star., 1955-06-20
Seixas, Drobny
Win Openers
Al Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, England, June
20 (P.-Jaroslav Drobny. the
defending champion, and third
seeded Vic Seixas of Philadel-
|phia easily won their first-round
matches today at the All-Eng-
land tennis championships got
underway on the historic VIM
bledon courts.
Drobny, seeded sixth after a
poor early-season showing, de-
feated Rene Buser of Switzer-
land, 6-3, 6-1, 60. Seixas
trounced A. j. Clayton of Brit
ain, 6-3, 60, 60.
Twenty-year old Gordon
Forbes of South Africa, whose
15-year-old sister, Jean, was the
sensation of last weeks London
championships, provided VIM
bledon's first upset by ousting
Lennart Bergelin. Swedish Davis
Cup star, 4-6, 2-6, 60,
12-10, 81. Forbes was making
his first appearance in the VIM
bledon tournament. T.
North Carolinian Wins
Another American, John
(Bud) Ager Of Black Mountain,
N. c.. played erratically in de-
feating J. M. Ward of Britain,
4-6, 60, GO. Ga. Ager is
a 28-year-old Oxford student
who has not been home in four
years.
Fourth-seeded Lew Hoad of
Australia met unexpected OPP
position from another Austral-
ian, Robert Howe, but was able
to score when necessary and
won, IS, rs, Ga.
Sidney Schwartz of Brooklyn
dropped a set to E. J. Della
Paolera Of Argentine before win
ming, 6-3, IS, 3-6, 6-3.
Winners of other openers in
cluded Wayne Van Voorhees,,
Palm Beach, Fla, over Carlos
Fgueira, Portugal. Go, 6-1.
6-1; Rex Hartwig, Australia,
over r. j. Lee, Britain, 60,
6-1. 60; Mervyn Rose, Aus
tralia. over Ashley Cooper, Aus
tralia, Ga. IS, 60; Kurt
Nielsen, Denmark, over A. D..
Marshall, Australia, 60, 6-1,
8-6; Enrique Morea. Argentina.
over Alfred Gubb, Australia,
60, 8-6, 6-1: Giuseppe Mer-
10, Italy. over I. A. Mcdonald,
Trinidad, 60, Ga, 6-4..
Richardson in Feature
Hamilton Richardson, young
Davis Cup player, hg-
ured in the feature match of the
first round today.
The 22-year-old Rhodes
scholar from Baton Rouge, La,
was ignored by Wimbledon's
seeding committee. But he gets
his chance to prove them wrong
from the word "go."
The center court crowd will see
the. third-ranked erica n
tackle Sweden's Sven Davidson,
eigEth-seeded and regarded as
one of Europe's best players.
Davidson won the United States
indoor championship last year.
Top-seeded Tony Trabert of
Cincinnati is the 7-to-4 betting
favorite for the mems title, with
Ken RoSewall of Australia, seed
ed second, a 3-to-1 shot.
Evening star., 1955-06-20
HOMERS TUMBLE WHITE sOX
Yonks, on Crest Again,
Hail Red Sox's Switch

teed off on Rookie Herb Score
for eight hits in the four-plus
innings he lasted. Mel Parnell
and Tom Hurd handled the
Boston pitching.
Williams homers were his
seventh and eighth in the Ia
games he has played since end
ing his retirement. Norm Eau
chin hit his 18th and Jim Piersall
his fourth for the Red Sox, while
AL Smith and AL Rosen con-
nected for the Indians.
The Yanks' triumphs over the
White Sox were by I'll and So
scores and they used their
favorite weapon, the home run. to
good advantage. Elston Howard
and Bill Skowron hit for the
circuit in the opener and Gil
McDougald and Mickey Mantle
connected in the second con-
test. .. ...-
Pierce, Harshman Bow
The first game was no con-
test. with Ed Lopat scattering
seven hits for his fourth victory.
Billy Pierce was shelled in the
fourth. The nightcap, however,
presented more of a problem.
The game was tied at 2-all going
into the last half of the seventh
and Pitcher Jack Harshman had
the Yanks worried. But Nc
Dougald broke the tie with a
blast into the lower rightfield
seats. Then Hank Bauer tripled
and in came Sandy Consuegra,
who was greeted with a home
run by Mantle. Rookie Johnny
Kucks needed help from Jim
See BASEBALL, Page A-l9
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Games Today
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which govern the activities Of
Federal agencies and depart
ments.
The banquet, which was spon.
sored by The George Washing
ton Law Association. received 9
telegram from President Eisen-
hover which read:
"It is gratifying to learn Of
the forthcoming celebration Of
the Tooth anniversary OF the
q. s. Court Of Claims. Through
out its history. that court has
played an important role In see
ing that justice is done between
the Government and its citizens.
Please convey to the Judges Of
the court my congratulations
with best wishes to the members
Of the George Washington Law
Association and to all who Join
with them In this observance"
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Red OK. Seen
On Book Plan
BY the Associated Press

A Library Of Congress spokes-
man says the Russian govern
ment is apparently" willing to
increase exchanges Of books with
libraries in the United States.
Werner w. Clapp. chief assist
ant librarian, told a reporter last
night that a representative Of
the library now In Russia has re-
ported finding "a viii to in
crease" the exchanges.
He said the representative. Or.
Martin Malta. has found that In
the spirit Of Geneva he is getting
quite q good welcome from Rus
sian officials. Mr.. Clapp added,
however. that DR.. Malta has not
yet made any definite arrange
ments to increase the exchanges.
He said the Library Of Congress
has been exchanging books with
Russia since the end Of World
War II and that the arrangement
has been more or less satisfac-
tory" until recently. when 1t has
become increasingly less salts
factory"
He added that. although DR..
Malta represents the Library Of
Congress, 'he Is over there pri-
marty to assist other Libraries
rather than ourselves"
Mr.. Clapp pointed out that in
the government controls
the production and distribution
Of books and so far few have
been made available for export.
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MAILMAN HAULS HARD CASH
TO FOLKS IN PARAGOULD. ARK.

PARAGOUID, Ark. lP1-Somebody Is mailing money
to selected Paraecud residents for apparent
rency.
It started In August when ve residents reported they
received ranging from 50 70 $40 in typewriter
dressed envelopes without return addresses The envelopes
contained messages AL were postmarked Paragould
The donations" stopped suddenly. but were resumed
last Saturday when Mrs r. B. Armstrong housewife
ceived four 81 bills.
Then Wednesday Harmon Mag. heading mill en-
ploye. got envelope containing IS bill.
The August recipients included railroad brakeman
doctors receptionist hookkeeper and elderly widow
The dow Of cash has followed dscernible pattern
The recipients members Of any particular social
civic group church. None could recall anyone might
be renting conscience money"
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out Of piracy and insurrection. :
he said.
Mr.. Ellison said the courts
peculiar contribution" has been
to provide Q forum at which
Government personnel can OBJ
tain q fair hearing. Army ON
GERS. stenographefs, slIipyard
welders and Philippine Scouts
all have reason to regard the
court as their final protection
against what they regard as
discrimination or oppression at
the hands of Uncle SAM" The
Claims Courts decisions In this
field, he said. constitute q codi-
fication Of principles Of en-
ployes' rights.
H. Brian Holland, Assistant
Attorney General, told the as
sembly that decisions Of the
Claims Court have provided the
basis for many of the rules
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U.S.. Claims Court Louded
On Tooth Anniversary

Nation had no such tribunal.
And even after 1t was set up 1t
was not until 1853 that its judg-
ments were final and did not re-
quire congressional review.
Creation Of the court, Mr.. Eli
son said. "llas aptly been char
acterized as a practical negative
upon the vicious maxim that the
sovereign could do no wrong"
He said this notion should have
been "anatheraas to q people
who had won freedom by force
of arms.
he outlined some Of the Judi
cial landmarks that have been
the result Of the courts work.
Some of these were adjudication
Of spectacular claims arising
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The United States Court Of
Claims. where the little man
goes for protection against big
government. was honored last
might for being 100 years old.
But one Of the speakers at the
Mayfiower Hotel banquet said It
was q pity the court is not still
Older. Attorney Newell w. Eli
son told the 900 attending
mostly lawyers--that tthe most
startling fact about its estab-
Ilishment Is that II was not
founded many years earlier. "
It is in the Claims Court that
the Government Is held account
able for its actions against q
citizen or his property. For too
many years. Mr.. Ellison said, the
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One Killed in Fire
AT Covered Bridge

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Oct. 20
R1.--A volunteer fireman was
killed and nine others were in
jured early today when a 300
foot covered bridge collapsed
In q fire believed set by Halo
ween pranksters.
The wooden bridge. spanning
White River east Of Gosport In
Monroe County. apparently was
set afire about midnight.
The body Of Bert Dittamore.
80, q Gosport merchant. was
recovered from the stream. It
was not determined Immediately
whether he was killed In the
bridge collapse or drowned.
State police said all the in
jured were volunteer fire fight
ers. Three were taken TO hos
pitfalls but their injuries were
not serious.
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Argentine DevoIues Peso,
Blocks Foreign Exchange

BuENoS AIRES. Argentine.
Oct. 2s R.-Argentina's central
bank ordered all foreign ex-
change operations suspended
today In the wake Of the new
governments bold steps to re-
store the nation to q liberal
economic policy after Q decade
Of Peron rule.
The order postponed the
eagerly awaited opening Of trade
IN official and free markets fol-
lowing devaluation Of the peso
last night in a broad economic
move to stimulate exports and
encourage foreign investors.
Argentine banking circles
called the devaluation of the
peso - vital and realistic STEP
Argentina devalued the peso
by nearly % per cent last night
in q broad economic move to
stimulate exports and WOO for
eign investors.
10 Pesos to Dollar
Finance Minister Julio Alizon
Garcia, announcing the new
rate Of 10 pesos to the United
States dollar, said this action
marks q return to reality"
The new rate gives the peso q
value of about 51a cents. The
previous rate was II to the dol
lar. or . little more than cents.
In banking circles this morn
ing it was said. "the deprecia-
ton of the Argentine peso had
been-a fact for o long time but
1t never was recognized. con-
cealed by fictitious rates"
MIR. Garcia also announced
that the free exchange market
win be restored. thereby legal
izing unrestricted peso-dollar ex-
change. Heretofore such ex-
change required permits from
the central bank.
The Finance Minister said the
new provisional government Is
adopting economic measures rec
commended by Paul Prebisch,
former head Of the U. N.-afi1li-
ated Economic Commission for
Latin America and now economic
adviser to the government.
Cures Suggested
simultaneously with the de-
valuation move. Mr.. Prehisch
recommended cures for the dis.
astrous" economic ills which the
government says were brought
on by Juan D. Peron's l0-year
dictatorship. Mr.. Prebisch said
Argentina must export more Of
its products, increase output
from the soil, attract foreign In
vestors and achieve all these
goals through increased econom-
ic freedom.
This philosophy represents Q
sharp divergence from the poll
cies Of Peron, who frequently
sniped at foreign capital on the
claim it was a threat TO Argen-
tina's economic independence.
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|Peron's government also imposed
drastic economic controls.
Mr.. Prebisch told the people
hluntly that II more foreign cap
ital does not flow into Argentina.
'the country will have to resign
itself to continue indefinitely its
precarious situation
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