¶ Intense and studiously silent, U.S. Air Force Lieut. Joe Conrad, 25, allowed himself only a low little pre-putt whistle to relieve the tension of the final round of the British Amateur golf championship. It was enough. Unruffled by the rain and hail that blew off the Irish Sea, Conrad staved off England's Alan Slater and won the match on the Royal Lytham and St. Anne's links by 3 and 2.
¶ Rounding into top form despite the strenuous socializing of the European summer tennis circuit, Cincinnati's Tony Trabert breezed past Sweden's Sven Davidson,...
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