Sport: Small Celebration

Frank Stranahan, son of a Toledo millionaire (Champion Spark Plugs), leads a pretty simple life. He tours the world playing golf. When he is not getting expensive advice from golf pros, he builds up his muscles by wrestling with 150-lb. bar bells. Frank's main ambition in life is to win the U.S. Amateur Golf Championship. Last week he almost made it.

The course at the Minneapolis Golf Club seemed just about built to order for Golfer Stranahan's long-hitting game. It is nearly always windy there, just like St. Andrews, Scotland, where Frank won the British...

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