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There was one big difference between 1926's and 1946's U.S. Amateur Golf Championship at New Jersey's famed Baltusrol links. The difference was a fellow named Bobby Jones. Twenty years ago, Bobby the Boy Wonder had trouble elbowing his way around the spectator-mobbed course. At Baltusrol last week, the nation's 150 best amateurs had no such traffic trouble; only 4,000 spectators showed up during the first four days...
Scoring for the house championship is computed on the basis of entrance of the houses into a sport and the position which it holds at the end of the competition. Points are forfeited for defaults by teams or individuals. Participation and placing in major sports credits a house with more points than those awarded for activity in minor sports. Included among the major sports are football, squash and basketball. Touch football, swimming, and tennis are listed as minor sports...
Boxing (Fri. 10 p.m., Mutual). Fifteen rounds in Madison Square Garden for the world's welterweight championship between Champion Marty Servo and Challenger Ray ("Sugar") Robinson...
...tennists, Pauline, like all women players, is far behind. The 700-year-old French game of tennis, traditionally as much a lady's as a man's game, was introduced to the U.S. in 1874 by a woman, Mary E. Outerbridge. For 62 years women have played championship tennis at Wimbledon, at first in ankle-length gowns and long sleeves, yet no woman has ever done better than to beat the best men juniors. On the subject of male v. female in tennis, Pauline says: "It's ridiculous to compare them." Her reasons: a man anticipates...
...Verdict. Halfway through last week's doubles championships at Brookline, Pauline ran into trouble. Her big toe became infected, swelled up to twice its normal size. In the semifinals, teamed with Doris Hart, Pauline discarded sneakers, played in heavy woolen socks. They lost. (Osborne and Brough won their fifth doubles championship beating Mary Arnold Prentiss and Pat Todd...