15 3 5 re SPORTS THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, SPRINGFIELD, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1954 SPORTS 29 Walt Kupiec Captures N. E. Public Links Title Golfer Tops Field by Six Strokes With 142 Total; Fires Record 30 On Front Nine By GENE M'CORMICK Walter Kupiec, A standout in public links circles for years. made history repeat itself for the second time in 17. years at his home club yesterday as he captured the 30th annual New England Public Golf Association championship with an even par .142 total.
The short, swarthy, ever popular Home. City golfer. who last won the, event in 1937' at the Dwight Road layout. fired a two under par 69 afternoon round with the. help of A tremendous and record five-under-30 on the front nine to go with a morning round of 73 to straddle field by six strokes.
Overtakes Leaders The 44-year-old Franconia shotmaker cut- a field of: 117 entries down to his size as he added another: triumpha to his outstanding public Kupiec's biggest threat as the day progressed came from New Haven Municipal golfers. Bob Santillo of New llaven finally tofinished, as runnerup with a 148 three of his teammates Al Ilarold Christenson and two-time winner John -tied for third with 149s. Their efforts, however, aided New Haven Municipal to the team championship by a ninestroke margin over runnerup 1231-1243. The lowest eight scores on each team were tabulated in determining the team winAlthough Kupiec was in good position after his morning: score of to set sights on the Sven Anderson Memorial Trophy, he was still trailing three front runners. Santillo had joined Bill Barry of Franconia, the hard working president of the NEPGA, in fashioning one under par 70s to lead the field at the halfway mark.
Two strokes back was Sam, Hong of Keney Park. Hartford, former champion. Kupiec and Dan Wortmann of Hubbard Heights of Stamford were deadlocked with 735, while defending champion son and William Kowalski of Fairchild Wheeler of Bridgeport had 14s; Some great golf by Kupiec. however. in the afternoon pushed the Franconia swinger to the front to stay.
as he ripped five strokes off: par on the outgoing nine. with five birdies, four of them in succession from the third. to the sixth holes. Walter's first bird on this tour came on the first. Misses Another He missed another birdie putt on the 10th after blasting neatly out of A a trap and settled for a par.
He matched par through the 13th before his hot putter cooled. off considerably. Tiring visibly he hogeved the 14th and 15th to lose two of the strokes he had- gained. He found the range again for a par on the 16th, but three-putted the 17th for the second time to take a bogey. He canned a four-footer on the 18th after blasting out of a trap to wind up with a.par and his 69.
His cards: Morning Tar nut: 3 35 Kupier out Par In 4-36 Kupiec In 36 31-13 A Afternoon Kupiec nut 3 3 4-30 Kopier in 5 4-39 30-69 Although Santillo to 78 he still wound up second. Barry who had shared the former's good start in morning also ran into all kinds of to finish with an 81 for A total of 151. Roth Franconia and Memorial. which finished. fourth in team standings.
thus turned "in a commemorable day on the links in the which drew 12 municipal golf Green Hill of Worcester. cam' champion. wound un vith third place honors. Kit vicc down through the years, hos more than made his mark on the links. He.
of course won the Nov England publinks title in 1037. captured the Massachusetts State Links crown at Brockton in 1946, and finished second in the Mass. state event at Melrose in '47. His second New England championship effort yesterday befits his golfing career. Host.
professional Henry Bontempo presented $630 worth of individual and 'team prizes to leaders. John Tehan, Franconia Club made the award to Kupiec; while Barry, the NEPGA head. presented the team trophy to New Haven team captain Art J. Gedney. Midget League FENWAY PARK Basketball STARS! DOUBLEHEADER FEATURING THE FABULOUS HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS VS.
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E. Public Links Tourney Scenes at Franconia Here are some highlights of the 30th Bill Barry, NEPGA president. (left) Top right: Joe Giorgio, a disabled war Hill of Worcester, a'former champion wife Helen who caddied for her husband. Franconia Golf Club president. (left) Ottawa Pitchers Move Up to A's Gray and Bishop to Replace Trice and Van Brabant In Deal July 12 (P) The Philadelphia Athletics swapped pitchers today with their International League farm club: the Ottawa A's, Righthanders Bob Trice and Ossie Van Brabant, were.
sent down to Ottawa, A's called up, as replacements. lefty Johnny Gray and righthander Charley Bishop. At Own Request Trice requested that he be sent back to Ottawa for whom he won 21 and lost 10 last season "for more seasoning." He has a 7-8 record in American League this year and the Negro started off sensationally. winning four in a the hitters seemed to catch, pounded on him to his offerings. and Van Brabant freehliched for' Williamsport in the 'class A Eastern League last season.
He has been used mostly in relief by the A's. Gray. 26, came to the A's in the winter deal with the New York Yankees and has a 3-7 mark with Ottawa. He pitched for Kansas I City last Bishop, with the 1932 and 1953. has a 4-4 record with Ottawa.
He and Gray will join Philadelphia tonight when the travel to Canada for a game with their farmhands. Holyoke of Nine Bows, 4-1 Holyoke. July 12-The dislodged Holyoke Knights of Columbus was from first place in the Western Mass. Baseball League tonight Gervais Buick of Ware handled the Paper City nine a 4-1 setback. Roy Provost pitched good ball for the Knights but was the victim of poor support.
Rohan had a home. run for Ware in the first inning. Summary: WARN BUICK ab, 0 Paydos, 2 3 Rohan. Decolle. 2 Kra H.
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WHEN M. MARKET ST. I T. 31 Champs and Youngster Steal Publinx Spotlight Bielat, Szwedko and McCommas Beat 110-Degree Heat and Opponents. to Move Into Second Round Longmeadow Host I To Women Golfers Annual Invitation Event Listed Tomorrow; 10 Clubs Invited Longmeadow, July 12--The annual Longmeadow Women's Invitational Golf Tournament comes Wednesday and it promises to he one of 'the best ever staged.
Ten other 'clubs have been invited to take part in the event and some of the top women golfers will be seen in action. Clubs which have been invited to take part are the Farmington Country Club, Hartford Golf Club, Indian Hill Country Club, Ludlow Country Club, Northampton Country Club, Pittsfield Country Stockbridge Country Club, Wannamoisett Country Club, Wethersfield Country Club, and Wilbraham Country Club. The tournament will be a medal will start about 8.30 mornplay event with full handicap. Play ing. Prizes will he awarded at.a dinner following the tournament.
Little Loop Opens 5 At Greenfield Greenfield, July 12-The playground Little League Baseball program opened this morning at Vet's er played host 10 Wyman's Field. Beacon Field and Green Rival Newton St. at Abercrombie. League schedules were given, out and games will continue. to be played on Wednesday and Monday mornings at 10 o'clock.
Parents are urged to co-operate in furnishing transportation to the areas. The Pony League met tonight at Vet's Field at which time a ing with the coaches took place. Schedules were given out for the rest of the playground season with the schedule opening Monday night. July 19 at 6:30 p. m.
Games will be played at let's Field on Monday and Tuesday nights. The Little League schedule calls for Green. River at Abercrombie. Beacon Field at Newton St. and Vet's Field at Wyman's on Wednesday night.
Pee Wee Baseball (Giene Sheehan Division) Holy 001 33X -7 3 6 0 1 Holy Cross 100 110-3 Scibelli and Stewart; Samay and Agnew. Home run-Scibelli. Dallas, July 12 -Stan Bielat of Yonkers, N. Y. and Andy Szwedko of Pittsburgh, the two veteran former champions in 'the field, and young Hal McCommas, a collegiate sophom*ore from Dallas, stole the show i nthe 29th annual National Publinx Golf Tournament today.
The two former champions, both past the 40-year mark, and the slender 20-year-old McCommas, who was a sensation in this same tournament A year ago, moved confidently into the second round today despite 110-degree temperatures that wilted golf games and contestants alike. Bielat, five up at the turn with even par golf over Cedar Crest course's surprisingly tough 6296-yard layout, had the stamina and know to stave off a late rally young Harry Missildine of Spokane, and advance by a 2-up margin. He won the title in 1050. Szwedko, a '44-year-old pipe inspector who copped the championship, 15 he years wiped ago, out was two hopes under of Roland Schmid of Toledo, 0., 5 and 4. McCommas, a member of Southern Methodist University's soil team and son of a Dallas profes.
sional. whisked around the hilly par 36-35-71 course three under regulation figures as he ousted F. M. Wiggins of Louisville, 5 and 3, 0 Theirs were only three 72 matches unreeled in the sweltering heat that hit 104 degrees well before noon, but their performances stamped them as likely favorites in the field of 200 virtual unknowns who play the nation's public fee courses. Neither Szwedko nor Rielat complained noticeably of the heat but if the current searing temperatures continue, it may take its toll among the predominantly elder portion of the field.
If that is true, then young McCommas, who grew up around his. father's public course across town from Cedar Crest, appears to be a' strong bet to chop his way through six more rounds and Saturday's finals. The short SMU youngster, who makes the most of his 135 pounds, proved a giant-killer 'in last year's Publinx Tournament at Seattle when he stroked his way into the I quarterfinals. In fact, he's the only man in this year's field who managed to get that far a year ago. Pages 21, 27 Other Sports On THIS SALE ESSEXTRA st IN TOTAL SALES "TOTAL POWER ESSO EXTRA OUTSELLS ALL "PREMIUMS" I far.
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Memorial NC Team Scores Var Munie 1931 Franconia 1243 Green Fill Memorial Tries 1095 Park 1085 Inhhard Hairhta Fairchild Wheeler 1980. -irer 'Cir 1300 Park 1300. Froch Pond Christy to Meet. New York Boxer Thompsonville, July 12 Gus Christy, Springfield Greek middleweight who has been A standout in semipro boxing ranks this summer, will get an acid test Thursday night at. the Thompsonville Arena when The meets Richie Tulone, a member.
of the New York Mt. Carmel CY0 team that is appearing. Last weck. Gus kept his winning streak of 14. intact when he came back from a first round knockdown to defeat Gunner Warme.
Two more Springfield boy's will be back in action. In a heavyweight bout. Red Robart of the North End will face another member of the New York team, Artie Lucedo, a hard punching young heavy who has had much success in New York Golden Gloves circles. Lucedo is managed by Mike Capriano, who also guided Jake La Motta to the middleweight crown. The third Springfield boy on the card will be Nicky Daponde of' the South End Boys' Club.
He will be facing. Mario Sarro of Worcester in a rematch. These two boys met here two weeks ago with Daponde receiving a very unpopular decision. -SIGNS WITH STEELERS P.ttsburgh, July 12 UP- Chuck Cherundolo today signed his sixth successive contract as an assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers: A former star renter at Penn State, he. played 10 seasons in National Football League before becoming A coach in 1948.
9 of Barrett Captures 5 JCC Golf Event Holyoke. July 12-John Barrett, veteran Holyoke Catholic High School golfer, led A small field today in the annual Holyoke Junior Chamber of Commerce golt tournament when he posted a 79 at the Mount Tom Golf Club. Barrett had a nine-stroke edge over his nearest rival. By capturing the Holyoke tourney, Barrett qualified for the state JCC tournament. Following the competition, Jimmy Thompson conducted a clinic.
Triple A Softball annual New England Public Golf Association championship held yesterday at Franconia. Top left: congratulates medalist Walter Kupiec of Franconia. Kupiec fired a 73-69--142 over the 36 hole test. veteran who in former years played in the tournament, talks with his brother Frank (left) of Green who competed yesterday. Bottom left: Sam Hong of Keney Park.
Hartford is handed a club by his Hong was one of the early leaders with a 72 in his morning round. Bottom right: John Tehan. presents team trophy to team captain Art J. Gedney of New Haven Municipal. New Haven edged Franconia for team honors.
Brightwood od Wins by 5-2 To Tie for Legion Title Post 449 Gets Four Runs in Eighth to Beat Westfield; Boulris Edges Siska in Hurling Duel By RAY FITZGERALD Westfield, July :12 Brightwood Post 449, which has never won a Hampden County American Junior Legion Baseball title, tied for the tonight by beating Westfield Post 121, 5-2, at Municipal Field in the final game of the regular season. Both Brightwood and Fairview have 5-1 records. Reopel Hits Homer For seven and half innings it appeared as though Brightwood was going to have to give it the "wait until next year" chant once more. Westfield leading, 2-1, on the strength of Ron (Whippet) Reopel's long home run to dead center field. But the Springfield Legion broke loose for four, big runs in the top of the eighth and Chet Boulris held the lead the last two innings.
Big Chet, who gets faster and less wild every time out, fanned 12 and walked only two tonight. His fast ball was blazing. and his curve working well. At that, he had little margin over lefthander Dick Siska, who kept Brightwood off balance with good curves and an occasional straight one. A leadoff walk, which has lost 2 Post 454 Grabs 10-9 Softball Win Westfield, July 12 Post 151.
Legion of this city pushed American runs in the final frame to defeat the Associated Engineers Agawam by a score of 10 of to 9, a second round game Westfield invitational softball tournament tonight at Municipal Field. Fabbri, the ageless veteran, was on the mound for the and aided his own cause with two home runs over left field fence. He allowed the En-! gineers seven hits while his mates were collecting 10 base blows off the deliveries of Phil Wolf of the Agawam nine. Post 454 will now move into the semifinal bracket against Post 207 of West Springfield with this game to be played Thursday night at 8. Tomorrow night Mass Mutual of Springfield will play the Cafe of the same city in an 8 p.
m. first round attraction at the local Municipal diamond with Package Machinery of East Longmeadow 'meeting Dana Lunch of Chicopee Wednesday night. The winners of these two contests will meet in the other semifinal clash on Friday night at 8. The finals are scheduled for Saturday night; Tigers AC Seeks 10th Straight Win Chicopee, July 12 The Tigers Athletic Club baseball team will be seeking its 18th victory of the season and its 10th straight win when it opposes Scotty's Cleaners on Tuesday night at 6.15 in Lincoln Grove. Joe Banas or looker Cournoyer will pitch for the Falls team.
The Tigers AC will play Buick Aces of Indian Orchard in a TriCounty League game on Thursday night at 6.15 in Goodwin Park. Indian Orchard. Wes Carr, former members of the Springfield Cubs has hit two homers in the last two games for the Tigers AC. Chuck MacKechnie, former pitcher and outfielder of the Tigers, home on furlough. here from Fort Jackson, S.
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ball championship, it was announced late last night by John Dazelle, county baseball contmissioner for the Legion. The game will start at 5.45 and will gO at least nine Lights will be turned on necessary, according. to Dazelle. Brightwood qualified for the playoff by whipping Westfield Post 121 last night in the Whip City. Both have 5-1 records.
more games than Spalding's has baseballs, started Siska's downfall. He passed Archie Best start the eighth and compounded the felony by dishing out another one 10 Jim Capeless. Skip Ehnstrom tried to move them along, and only a fine play by Siska and Reopel stopped him. Siska scooped Ehnstrom's bunt and fired a blazer to third that Reopel grabbed onehanded for the force. Karl Balland bounced out to first, and when Siska whipped across two strikes to the dangerous Boulris, Westfield saw daylight in the clouds.
Boulris then hit a chopper to short that Joe Kelly threw too late and too wild. Boulris got a hit. Kelly got an error and Brightwood had two runs. Bobby Kleit, the kid that makes Brightwood go, slashed a single to center to score Boulris. Ile took second on the throw-in, stole third and came home on a wild pitch.
Westfield put two men aboard. in the top of the eighth, but Byrne Ito Ehnstrom to Best double play killed that threat. Up until the eighth, Reopel looked, a like the Boulris hero. fast lIe the sixth and sent it high and deep lover Balland's head in center. He made the trip even through he slowed down for a second at third.
Klett scored Brightwood's first run in the fourth when he reached on a fielder's choice, stole second, went to third on another fielder's choice, and scored on a passed ball. Westfield tied the score in the bottom of the inning on a single by Skip, a walk to Joe Michonski and Siska's line hit to left. Summary: BRIGHTWOOD Ar Chastrom. 2 Balland, cl Boulris, Klett, Byrnes, Tenczar, Atkins, ri Beat, 1 Capeless, 3 Kelly, Totals 32 27 WESTFIELD al A Puza, A Michonski, Reopel, 3 Siska, Bednarsky, 13 Schulz, It Prince, Glickman, Totals 33 2 8 27 12 BRIGHTWOOD 000 100 010 000 101 100 RBI- Reopel, Michonaki, Siaka, Roulris, Klett: HR-Reopel; Reopel, Klett Tenczar, Rest. Byrne: DP- Puza.
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