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Commencement crowd or no, Yale will probably do the scoring for the Americans. Wade, pole vaulter, George Appel, the Hipple twins in the high jump, and shot putter Jim Fuchs are the Eli headliners...
...gets set to hit a tee-shot, the stock gag with his fellow pros is: "This won't hurt a bit... Ouch!" He has a loose swing, hits a long straight ball, steadies down under pressure like a real pro, works well on the greens with his unorthodox putter (a gooseneck with the blade extending forward from the shaft instead of backward...
Cann's NYU fives have always ranked among the nation's best. He himself was a three-letterman there and represented the United States as a shot-putter in the 1930 Olympics...
...using a putter borrowed from Ben Hogan, who was still convalescing from a near-fatal auto crash. On the last green Sam eyed a tricky, 20-foot putt, then stepped up and tapped the ball with Hogan's putter. It rolled straight.and true for a birdie, a 67 for the round, 282 for the tournament. Said Sammy: "Who was the bum that started the story about I can't putt?" At 36, after ten tries, Sam Snead had finally won a Masters. It was his third tournament victory in a month...
Track meets can be doped out pretty accurately on paper. And on paper, Bob Giegengack's G-men are way too powerful for the Varsity to handle. Olympic shot putter Jim Fuchs, for instance, has been heaving the iron ball 55 feet this winter. That's the type of material Yale has this year, right down the line...