Sport: Scoreboard, Aug. 3, 1953

¶ In Manhattan, newly crowned British Open Golf Champion Ben Hogan got a hero's welcome: a ticker tape parade up Broadway. Golfer Hogan also received a message from Golfer Eisenhower: "We are proud of you, not only as a great competitor and a master of your craft, but also as an envoy extraordinary in the business of building friendship for America."

¶ In Washington, the Marine Corps announced that Captain Ted Williams, 35, will be discharged from active duty next week after his release from the Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Md., where...

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