European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse F Page 20 the stars and stripes thursday july 9, 1959 George Bianco named judges for most valuable player poll Darmstadt Germany is two Safe officials it col Dominic George chief of special services and athletic director Al Bianco have accepted invitations to serve As judges in the stars and stripes most valuable player poll which opens Friday. George and Bianco were tie first of six prominent military and civil Ian officials to join stars and stripes sports editor Jack Ellis on the seven Man panel which will oversee the final stages of the bal lot counting. One Usa eur and one Safe s Vega figures led by Wall Ford tops to Dunedin Fla. Up Art Wall kept his dominance in professional Golf statistics in figures released Here by the professional golfers association allowing Only Doug Ford to. Cop a category. Wall the new masters Champion Jed the association s departments of Money winning Vardon trophy Points and Ryder cup Points stand Ings. Ford led in the top tournament to Point standings but Wall was close behind in second place. In 1959 earnings Wall is far at Iead with a total of $36,686. In second place is Gene Littler with$21,436, followed by Billy Casper $19,643 Ford $19,447, and Ken Ven Turi $19,237. Averages 70.08 Wall leads the Vardon trophy standings with p average of 70.08 strokes for 69 rounds. Gary Middle coff is runner up with 70.58. Next Are Jay Hebert 70.93 Ford 70.95, and Mike Souchak 71.01. In Ryder cup standings Wall is ahead with 9258/15 Points. Follow ing Are Dow Finsterwald,81857/120 Ford 47819/30 Jay Hebert 4265/15, and Julius Boros,-44941/60. Ford leads the to list with 1,281.00 Points. Wall is close behind with 1,097.50. Next Are Littler 1,072.00 Jay Hebert 1,040,50, and Wes Ellis 972.50. Third straight year the pea also announced its National Hole in one contest is scheduled labor Day with More than 250,000 golfers expected to compete. Harold Sargent pea president said the pea will sponsor the nationwide Competition sept. 7 forthe third consecutive year and will award trophies to Hole in one champions at All participating clubs. Last year s Winner was John Allen who shot a Hole in one on the 215-Yard seventh Hole at tas Cosa country club Amarillo Tex eleven others shot holes in one last year but All were on Shorter holes where no holes in one were made the player whose drive roller closest to the cup was the Winner Frankfurt track slates 96th Waeldchen event Frankfurt special the 96th annual running of the Waeldchen race will be the Fea Ture event of sunday s card at the Nieder Rad track on the program which is a special one dedicated to All the Hunters in Hesse will be a steeplechase. Rod and gun clubs have i f been invited and May make res or for blocks of seats at i track. As an added attraction Hunter player will be selected in the poll with a free trip to the world series the prize for the winners. The voting is open to All personnel entitled to logistical support. George who supervises Safe Svast athletic and recreational pro Grams adds a wealth of experience n sports organization to the panel of judges. ,. 7a native of Stockton calif., George played both varsity base Ball and football at Washington it col Dominic George. Adds experience Al Bianco. Joins panel again record fish caught of f Montauk Point. Montauk Point . A mrs. John l. Casullo Oyster. Bay,., landed a 492-Pound, 4-ounce Broadbell swordfish Here. Officials Here said it was the largest fish of this Type Ever hauled in by a woman using no. 15 thread on her line mrs. Casullo fought the fish for one hour and 58 min utes before bringing it in. 54-Hoie pea record Portsmouth a. Up Chandler Harper Sho t 63s in each of the last three rounds of the Texas open in 1954. His 189 still stands As a 54-Hole record for the pea t6ur. State College graduating with a physical education degree in 1934. He later earned his masters de Gree education at col lege of Pacific. George coached High school basketball football and baseball from 1935-42 before entering the air for 1947, when he coached at Stockton High school he has served in an athletic supervising coaching or administrative capacity with the air Force. In 1946, George was on the coaching staff of the first football team in Safe the Fuersten Feld Bruck eagles later Jie served As 7th air div personnel services and special serv ices director in England and was assigned to strategic air come he i Omaha neb., As chief of the education Branch and later As Dep Uty chief of personnel services. Cism Delegate in addition to his special service work George is the Safe representative to the Conseil inter National do sport military cism and last year was named the first european president of the babe Ruth youth baseball program. Bianco who also served on thesis map polls in 1954-55, has been Safe director of athletics since1951, during which time the com Mand s sports program has expanded to include thousands of participants at bases located from Scotland to North Africa. Most of Bianco s life has Bee spent in sports. A native of blooms Burg n.j., he was graduated from Seton Hall College in 1949 with a physical education degree. He served As athletic director at Camp Kilmer n.j., before taking Over the Safe program. Ballot each Day ballots will be printed daily in the stars and stripes sports Section until the poll closes aug 10, fans May vote As Many time Sas they wish providing they sub Mit their choices on ads ballots no reproductions of the ballot " will be accepted. The voting will end Midnight aug. 10 and All ballots sent by mail must be. Postmarked before that time and reach the St sports office before aug. 16. " ballots sent other than by Mai must reach the sports office before the aug. 10 Midnight deadline. The contest is sponsored by pan american world airways an the a. G. Spalding Bros. Sporting goods company As in 1954-55. The winners will be flown to the for their free trip to the world series. Vermeulin still leads in tour de France Albi France a Switzer land s Rolf Graf won the Lap of the tour de France which ended Here tuesday night scant seconds ahead of Overall Leader Mich Vermeulin France Vermeulin the sensation of this year s edition of the world s Long est bicycle race has an aggregate time Ead of More than 15 minutes Over the tour favourites. Fire 71s to share Lead tourney fort Wayne ind. A Marlene Bauer Hagge and Patty Berg equated men s Par on the 6,370-Yard fort Wayne country club course tuesday and tied for the Lead at the Halfway Briark of the Hoosier celebrities Golf tournament. Mrs. Hagge the defending Champion from Delray Beach flu., had 38-3&-41, while the Chicago pro turned in. A 35-36n. The final 18 holes of the $4,000 event will be staged wednes medallist out of s West Amateur meet Day along with a Best Ball Handi Cap tournament involving the lady pros Midwest sports figures and s 33 on the Back nine was the Best Ever turned in Bya woman on the course. She birdied four of the last five holes the last three in a played steady Golf and finished with two birdies. One stroke behind in third place was Fay Crocker Wichita kan., with 35-3772. Joyce Ziske Mil Waukee arid Bonnie Randolph Columbus Ohio were tied for fourth with 73s. The leaders Marlene Bauer Ingga 38-3371 Patty Bern .35-3671 Fay Crocker 35-3772 Joyce Ziske 38-3573 Bonnie Randolph 37-3673 Beverly Hanson 39-3675 foggy Kirk Bell .,."" 38-3775 Mickey Wright. 37-3876 Betty Dodd 39-3776 Kathy Whitworth 38-3876 Betsy bawls 41-3677 Kathy Cornelius 39-3877 Murle Mackenzie 39-3877 Wanda Sanches 40-3878 Barbara Ronick 37-4178 Mary Ann Reynolds 38-4078 Esther Foley 40-3878 Gloria Fecht. 38-4078 Bettye Danoff 39-4079 Sybil Griffin 39-4079 Sidi captures 16th of swim no masseur Morocco. Special Sidi Slimane captured the 16th of swimming championship Here last week edging runner up port Lyau Tey 76-68. Host no masseur was third with 52. Sidi Slimane picked up five individual titles and one relay Crown during the two Day meet with Lance stauffer showing the Way stauffer won the 80-Yard free style 80-Yard Butterfly and 800 Yard freestyle with his 12 06.6clocking for the 800 giving him More than l1 minutes on the Fielda the end. No masseur s Karl Roesch was an other of the meet s outstanding performers winning the 200-Yard breaststroke the 320-Yard individual Medley and placing second to stauffer in the Butterfly. Other events were won by Jim Leaman Sidi Slimane 200 and 400 Yard freestyle Bob keen port Lyautey 80 and 200-Yard Back stroke and Rabat s Mike York who took the one and three meter div ing events. Port l Lyautey captured the 320-Yard freestyle relay and Sidi Slimane finished first in the 320-Yard Medley relay. Swimmers selected for the Safe meet at wheelus Field were stauffer Leaman Jack d am Ico Bill Byberg Gerald Marinelli and Kenneth Kerr Sidi Slimane Roesch Anthony Worman and Jerry James no masseur and York and George Ederly Rabat. Chicago a a Miller s reign As a Golf Queen lasted Only a Day. Mrs. Ruth Miller Long Beach lalif., 39-year-old Mother of two who won medallist honors in the women s Western Amateur Golf tournament with a Par 75, tuesday was eliminated in the first round of match play. The conqueror of the onetime assistant Dean of students at Antioch College Ohio was 34-year-old Marge Lindsay Decatur 111., for Mer Curtis cup player and 1951 Western Amateur Champion. Miss Lindsay and mrs. Miller battled 20 holes before the decision. Miss Lindsay fashioned a Regula Tion five on the 20th while her be spectacled Jolly opponent missed a six foot putt after fighting through the rough to take six. I had no Golf swing at All and no concentration whatsoever said mrs. Miller. She was 11 Over Par for the distance on the trying6,567-Yard, Par 37-3875 exmoor course. There were few other upsets Ashe Field was trimmed to 16. De fending Champion Barbara Mclyn tire Jupiter Fla., blasted Sandra Spuzich Indianapolis 6 and 5, be ing two Over Par in Quast Everett wash., the 21-year-old National Champion of1958, trounced Frances Rich Bain Bridge ga., 8 and 7, and Joanne Gunderson Seattle the 1957 us titlist was even Par in an 8-and-7 thumping of mrs. Leroy Weir Waukesha wis. Women s Golf meet set at Wiesbaden Wiesbaden Germany special qualifying rounds for the annual Wiesbaden area women s open match play tournament got under Way at the Rheinb ick Golf course Here and will continue through july 17. The tournament scheduled for july 21-23, is open to All . Or Allied women eligible for . Base Exchange privileges. To be eligible entrants must play two 18-Hole rounds by july 17 and intent to qualify must be recorded at the Golf shop before playing. Downes Kos Davier London a British Cham Pion Terry Downes recovered from a sluggish Start to Knock out andr Davier France in the seventh round of a middleweight Fig there. Thomas shoots 276 to win French open by three strokes Paris. A David Thomas 24-year-old British pro won the French open Golf tournament her tuesday by shooting two subpar rounds on the Fin a 36 holes. Thomas had a five under 67 in the morning and followed with a 68 in the afternoon for a 72-Hole total of 276. The tournament was played Over the 6,750-Yard, f unbaked -Par-72 la Boulie course near Versailles dry f airways Nadje Ftfe course by Vista a a4-am f Peter Alliss British Ryder cup player who had been tied wit Thomas at the end of 54 holes at 208, took a,71 in the afternoon fora 279 total Good for second place. Angel Miguel Spain Leader at the Halfway Point and Harold Hen Ning South Africa were tied for third at 280. Miguel had rounds of 72 and 71 tuesday to add to a 137total Henning closed with rounds of 67-71 after his 142 in the first a two rounds. ,1 Miguel had rounds of 70-70 after i r9ber o5sojas Aln tied th6 taking a 14j2 in the 1 first two. Atilis4ml��ffitm so a. Iti it course record with a 65 in the afternoon. He had a 69 in the morning to give him 281 and a tie for fifth with j. C. Harismendy France. Harismendy had closing rounds of ,.71-68. Bob Watson Ardsley-on-Hudson,. Tied with Sebastian Miguel Spain for seventh at 282, Watson closed with a Brilliant 66. He had a70 in tie morning round to go with his 14j5 Halfway total Migue d round f 70-7 r Jim Ward a . Student living in France showed up late for the morning round and was disqualified. He played the round provisionally and took a 75 for a 230total Over 54 holes. Sam Friedman former Usan Champion stationed in Wasser Kueppe Germany finished with rounds of 72-73 to add to a 150earlier total of r 295. Paul Wise. Ardsley-on-hudsorj.., won the cup for Low Amateur with 301.\v 1.
