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...Also-Rans. Behind the announced candidates, there were several interesting also-rans. Democrat Averell Harriman, still active in New York politics, was scratched on a technicality-he lives outside the city. Manhattan District Attorney Frank Hogan is a Democrat who finds favor with Republicans, especially with his old boss Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Congressman Jacob K. Javits is a Republican well-liked by Liberals and Democrats, but apparently out of step with leaders of his own party, especially with Tom Dewey...
...came up to the 18th green, where a golf-wise crowd of 20,000, bigger than any Hogan had ever seen in the U.S., was waiting to greet him. The British Open was all but certainly his already, but he had a final course-burning in mind: a birdie four would give him a 68, a Carnoustie course record. To the roars of 20,000 fans, Ben Hogan shot his birdie four. His 282 for 72 holes beat the rest of the strong Carnoustie field by four...
...Triumph. Not until the final putt had been sunk did Ben unbend. Then he doffed his cap and smiled for the crowd. At the trophy presentation, Hogan made a little speech: "I didn't come here to take home a trophy. Whether I won or lost was incidental. I came over here because a lot of people back home wanted me to, and some people over here...
Britain's sportswriters spent their superlatives: "The Hogan Open, the greatest open in modern times," said London's Daily Express. "Hail the greatest golfer of our time," said the Daily Herald. "And who shall say he's not the best of all time?" echoed the Daily Telegraph...
...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...