Word: hogans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...treated the white traders. Presently some of the bolder Indians began to ask him to patch up their injured horses and to yank their own aching teeth. The Indians soon discovered that the hospital could be useful, too. When a Navajo dies at home, tribal custom decrees that his hogan (hut) must be burned. By hurrying a dying relative to the hospital, the Navajos learned to save their hogans...
Last week, with the help of a rusty old gooseneck putter, Bobby Locke collected his $5,000 guarantee and $2,000 besides. Other golfers-like Ben Hogan and Jimmy Demaret-refused to indulge in such Tam O' Shanter shenanigans as wearing numbers on their backs, but since there was money in it, Locke was willing. After 72 holes, he was twelve strokes under par and in a first-place tie with Ed ("Porky") Oliver. He went on to beat Oliver in a playoff, and to become the third biggest money winner on this year's pro golf circuit...
...Locke's total is now $16,187.50. Ahead of him: Ben Hogan, with $18,724; Jimmy Demaret, with...
...score-a five-under-par 66-broke the three-year-old course record in the first round of last week's $15,000 Inquirer Invitation Tourney. Fellow golfers shook his hand and slapped his back. Just when he was beginning to enjoy prosperity, the crash came. Veteran Ben Hogan, finishing three hours later over the damp fairways, entered the locker room triumphantly. He had just scored six under par, shooting six birdies and a big wide hole in Alexander's brand-new record...
...Fort Worth last week, he tied for third, finishing four strokes behind Winner Ben Hogan. His first lap on the U.S. golf circuit had already netted him $3,537 in prizes. South Africa's Bobby Locke was obviously a man to reckon with for next month's grand prize-the U.S. Open...