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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, August 4, 1959

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                In the stars and stripes tuesday August 4, 1959 Rosburg overcomes Barber s Lead to win pea title Minneapolis a Bob Rosburg a rotund bespectacled californian shot four under  66 on the final round Sun Day overcame a six stroke deficit and won the pea championship with a 72-Hole total of 277. Jerry Barber the Little los Angele Veteran who had been in front almost from the Start of the tournament came Aparton the finishing holes and wound up in a tie with Doug Sanders Miami Beach fla.,for second place a stroke behind the new Champion. Barber had a final round 73, his worst of the tournament. Sanders second at the Start of sunday s round missed a 21/6f6ot putt on the 17th Green that would have Given him a tie and  with a two Over  72. Rosburg second to Billy Asper in the National open this year was six strokes off the Pace and apparently out of Contention when he started the final round. He made up the deficit with a five under 30 on the front nine of the 6,850-Yard,  35-3570 Minneapolis Golf club course. Then he clinched the titles Barber regained the Lead with a Birdie at the Long 15th Hole and lost it on the last three holes., the three Man struggle for the top prize of ?8,250 was All that the 12,000 spectators who turned out on a gloomy Windy Day could ask. As he started out Barber apparently had to do nothing More than play it Safe Arii Flet the others beat  that was1 before Rosburg came into the picture. Dodgers rally to turn Back Phillies 4-3 los Angeles a los an Geles came up with a big three run surge in the fifth inning to defeat Philadelphia 4-3, sunday and stay a half game off the National league Pennant race. Charlie Neal homered Over the Loftfield screen with Jim Gilliam a base to pull the dodgers even at 3-3. Duke Snider singled and came Home on Norm Larker s double to deep Center to put the dodgers in front. Snider homers Snider continuing his heavy hit Ting homered in the fourth inning. Both Snider and Neal hit no. 14.the paid attendance of 10,201, the smallest crowd of the year Here watched the game in 80-90 degree weather at memorial coliseum. Sherry wins Larry Sherry who pitched the last five innings was the Winner and now has a 2-2 record. Don Cardwell 5-7 was the loser. Veteran Dave Philley double Home de Bouchee in the first in Ning to put the Phillies in front. The Phillies came up with two More runs on Joe Lon Nett s broken Bat single to Short left in the fourth. Fine Sherry Philadelphia Abr Koppe 83 40  4 0 Bouchee in 31 a Huey of 41 h. Anderson. If 4 0 frees. 3b 31 o. Anderson 2b 3 0lonnett, o Cardwell. P Phillips p a Bogor Farrell. P 0-Post totals 0 0 los Angeles ajibh3 32 3 4 Giuiusa 3b meal 2b Moon if Snider of Larker. In Dometer of Nono Boro. O wills a Craig p a fairly Shwiry p totals 31 4 8�popped out for Craig 4 a fouled out for Phillips 7 of filed out for o. Anderson 9. Philadelphia 100 zoo 0003 4 o los Angeles 000 130 oox4 8 3 in h r Erbb so craig433023 Sherry a 2-2 510005 Cardwell l. 5-7 4f, 8 4 4 2 3phillips 1% o 0 0 0 1 Farrell 2 00010 a Itose Boro. Wills Gilliam. To a Phila Delphia 21-7, los Ani Oleo 27-10. Do Roseboro wills. Lob Philadelphia 4. Jew Angeles 0. 2bphllley, Roseboro. Lurker. If ii Seldor Neal. So Gillian. Ului right  defended it a record 25 times. Yet he wound up owing the. Government More than $1 million in taxes also a pugilistic record. Stroke average of any of the regu Lar tournament players. He has a Fine putting touch that accounts for most of his Good scores and that was what counted the most sunday. After shooting 71-72-68% on his first three rounds Rosburg caught fire knocking in putts and putting his approaches dead to the pin for birdies on five of the first nine holes. He slipped Over  at the 468-Yard 12th Hole where his second shot was just Short of the , a few minutes later Barber bogeyed the same Hole and the still were on even terms. Rosburg shot  the rest of the , whose wide stance swing is even More unusual than Ros i continued on Page 22 x aussies Complete sweep of cubans Montreal a Australia made a clean sweep of the Amer ican zone Davis cup finals against Cuba sunday As Bob Mark Over powered Orlando Garrido 6-4, 6-4,6-2, and Neale Fraser outplayed Renaldo Garrido 6-3, 6-2, 6-4, inthe final singles matches. The aussies won the series 5-0. The sweep gave the aussies a14-1 record in american zone com petition against Mexico Canad and Cuba. They lost one match to Mexico. The australians now meet Italy european champions at German town pa., this weekend with the Winner qualifying to play India Winner of the Eastern zone at Brookline mass., aug. 14-16. H i .  
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