EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, September
3, 1959 Vol. C740
LOCAL
NEWS
RAIN CAN’T STOP THE GOLFERS
East
Farewell – The heat wave finally broke. Unfortunately, it brought rain storms
that arrived right in time to disrupt the 4th annual golf
tournament. While it didn’t completely wipe it out it make for some
postponements and some soggy rounds. Nevertheless, the tournament went on and
the fans came out, albeit with umbrellas and ponchos, there were even a couple
of celebrities in the crowd. The schedule had to be thrown out when the opening
ceremony had to be postponed due to a sudden downpour. Friday afternoon’s top
round had to be pushed back to Friday evening and the second round moved to
Saturday morning. Saturday saw another period of rain pushing the two rounds
back to Saturday afternoon and evening. And Sunday’s round was pushed back to
Sunday afternoon due to the wet conditions. All the changes and adjustments did
cause a drop in turnout but those who attended were treated to a very good golf
tournament played by very competitive and determined golfers.
The changing weather did not scare
away the regular celebrities that have made the tournament a scheduled event on
their calendars. Bobby Jones, who had a big hand the course’s design, showed up
early on Thursday night but he has been seen around the course throughout the
year checking with the management and staff. His presence always causes
excitement; after all he is one of the greatest golfers ever. Joining Jones
were two other greats Sam Sneed and Ben Hogan and while they competed in the
tournament they also held a putting clinic for 20 selected youths from the
Regional High Golf Club. The Regional High Golf Club was formed two years ago
after the Reese Links had been open for a year and there was a great deal of
interest in the sport shown by students. Originally, it was only open to
seniors but last year membership was extended to juniors and sophomores. The
students were treated to a lesson of a
lifetime on Saturday afternoon when two of golf’s greatest legends held a
putting clinic and offered tips on improving the student’s game.
The tournament was played on a soggy
course and the greens were slow but the participants all made the most of the
difficult situations. Besides Hogan and Sneed the other professional
participants were Ken Venturi, Doug Ford and Tommy Bolt. Local pro Will Heart
and local favorite, Art Fox were both in the lineup. The tournament is also a
chance for local players to hobnob with famous pros. The rest of the
participants were area locals from in town and the surrounding area. After the first round Sneed was well in the
lead at a -4 followed by Sneed and Bolt at -1 and Venturi even. By Sunday
afternoon the slow greens had taken a toll on the overall scores and saw Sneed
walk away with the pro winner at a respectable -3 followed by Venturi at -2,
Bolt -1 and Hogan even. The local winner was Art Fox and second place went to a
new comer, Bill Reenen from Cedar Creek. Fox was even and Reenen was +1.
Once again there were comments about
the playing of the tournament in mid-August while the rest of the PGA seems to
be played in the spring. Once again Course Manager, Jim Gauge, defended the
timing by saying that the professionals had all been asked about the timing and
had agreed that they had no concerns. The locals were all glad to be able to
play with golf royalty so they were not complaining. It is funny that the bad
weather did not come into the conversation. This just goes to prove the old
golfer’s adage, “A bad day on the golf course beats a good day anywhere
else???”
Will Heart chips thru a
puddle on the 9th green as Art Fox looks on
SPORTS
‘CAT’ CLAWS THE TRAVELERS
Ondita
– Sam ‘Cat’ Caterno showed why he is the league leading game winner on Saturday
night. He kept the Travelers off base and off the scoreboard as he struck out
12 and only let three hits get by him in the Cougars 5-0 thumping. The
Travelers were unable to catch up to Cat’s fastball and they spent the evening
watching his curve fall right into the strike zone without any answer. The only
bright spot was the weather which was perfect. The Cougars got on the board in
the fifth after four strong innings by Traveler’s Joe Nagy when Trey Diamond
smacked a double, Winston Gentry was issued a rare walk and then Cougar
slugger, Moose Herman, took Nagy deep after falling behind 0-2. That was all
the Cougars would really need but they added one run in the seventh and one in
the eighth the complete the beating. Caterno was gracious in the win saying he
was very concerned throughout the game because “Those guys can erupt at any
time. I know it has happened to me more than once. Thank goodness I was on top
of my game tonight and I was able to keep them off base.”
The Travelers will stay on the road
next week and visit the Bedford Bears and Howlin’’ Frank Fowler who is riding
his own winning streak of five games in a row. The Travelers will counter with
Joey Alfred and try to regroup. The game begins in the afternoon at 1:05 in
Bedford Ballpark.
NATIONAL NEWS
RUSSIA HITS THE MOON – US CONGRATULATES – NIXON
URGES CALM – US LOOKING AT LEGAL PRECEDENT – PRINCESS BEATRIX VISITS NYC
Russia
is up one again. Russia’s space rocket hits the surface of the moon
marking the first time man has hurled an object to a heavenly body. It gives
the soviets a wider lead in the race to conquer space. The United States
congratulated the Russians on hitting the moon and called upon them to make
available data from their lunar rocket flight to scientists of all countries.
At the same time, Vice President Nixon urges Americans not to get overly
“excited or hysterical” about the Russian feat.
The
United States is taking the legal position that just planting flags on the moon
will not give the Soviets or anyone else any claim to rule over that
body. But John Raymond, deputy legal adviser to the state department said
that the United States has “no views on how far you would have to go” to claim
moon sovereignty, as yet. William Hyman, an international lawyer says the
Russians may do otherwise: “Since consistency is not one of the Soviet’s
virtues, it would not be surprising to hear them say that if the satellite made
physical contact with the moon, they would then claim they had extended
sovereignty to the lunar sphere. But this would be in violation of their own
position taken in September, 1958”.
Princess
Beatrix of the Netherlands visits New York and lunches with Mayor Robert
Wagner.
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