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Jack Brophy, playing number three Bruin golfer Norm Anderson, lost out in the 20th hole of a sudden-death playoff match. Bruce Thurmond, second on the local ladder, edged Art Bell to win 1-0. Captain Dave Hedberg outstroked Bob DiSato, 4-3, which Crimson golfer Peto Malkin defeated Floyd Well...
...Cincinnati, after Washington's American League opening game was rained out, the newly named "Redlegs" lost to the newly resettled (from Boston to Milwaukee) Braves, 2-0, as the 1953 baseball season officially got under way. ¶ln Manhattan, after losing the first game of the playoff, the Minneapolis Lakers whipped the New York Knickerbockers four straight for the National Basketball Association championship the fourth Laker title in five years iln Pocatello, the Idaho State boxing team, with the aid of its Olympic boxer, Ellsworth ("Spider") Webb, won the N.C.A.A. title from Wisconsin, 25-19 ¶ At Bowie...
Softball: Last year's strong finishers Eliot and Dudley are toss-ups for the top spot, with last year's championship playoff pair, Leverett and Dunster, also expected in the first division...
Montreal coach Dick Irvin is pessimistic about his team's chances against the Boston Bruins in the final playoff series, which begins tonight in Montreal. The Bruins had little trouble beating the Detroit Red Wings, League champions for five consecutive years, 4 games...
...Montreal Canadians broke a second period deadlock and defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 4 to 1 last night in the deciding game of their best of seven semifinal Stanley Cup playoff series in the National Hockey League. Montreal will meet Boston in the finals, which start in Montreal Thursday...