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Purcell bigheartedly took over Mott's duties as well as his own, and things went on swimmingly again-although nobody knew just how swimmingly until last week, when Purcell's true genius was exposed to public view. District Attorney Frank Hogan hauled him into General Sessions, charged him with larceny. Approximately $138,000 worth of ticket money from 1948 and 1949 was missing...
...Konstanty, relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, was yesterday named male athlete of the year in an Associated Press poll. He beat out Vic Janowicz by 33 votes. Completing the top ten were Ezzard Charles, Phil Rizzuto, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, George Mikan, Bobby Reynolds, Babe Parilli, and Ed Ford...
...Bantam Ben Hogan over the field, for the Professional Golfers' Association award as "Golfer of the Year...
...Manhattan's special sessions court this week Gambler Erickson meekly entered a plea of guilty on all counts (maximum penalty on each: $500 fine and one year in jail). But a trial might have been worse. Hogan's men had found that a big chunk of his $100,000-a-year income came from Florida's Colonial Inn, a gambling enterprise he shared with Detroit gamblers, New York Gangsters Meyer Lansky and "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo, Brooklyn's Joe Adonis. Erickson would not want to get those fellows into trouble...
...hole Palm Beach Round Robin.* On the final hole, Mangrum had every reason to grin. He saved himself putting troubles by laying his approach shot within nudging distance of the hole, wound up with a winning 16-under-par for the tournament and $3,000. Tired little Ben Hogan, who had squeezed Winner Mangrum out of the U.S. Open playoff the week before, just went through the motions, finished eleventh in a field...