Sport: Scoreboard, Jul. 20, 1953

¶At Birmingham, Mich., Walter Burkemo, home pro at the nearby Franklin Hills country club, defeated Felice Torza, another club pro from St. Charles, ILL., 2 and 1, for the Professional Golfers' Association title after all the more famed touring pros, e.g., Sam Snead, Gary Middlecoff and Claude Harmon, had been beaten in earlier . rounds. Notably missing from the entry list: Old Pro Ben Hogan, who was busy in Scotland (see above).

¶ In St. Louis, the hapless baseball Browns set an unenviable major-league mark: 20 losses in a row in their home...

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