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...When this program was first presented to the shipbuilders," wrote Texan Admiral Sam Robinson, "it was regarded by them as being nothing short of fantastic. ... It was generally felt . . . that only an incorrigible optimist could expect that the goal [a two-ocean fleet by 1947] would ever be reached...
...Texan outfits in many places, men of a fighting breed, not easily diverted from the joys of soldiering...
...Handsome Vic Ghezzi, 29, of Deal, N.J., who had never won anything more important than the Los Angeles Open (six years ago): the Professional Golfers' Association championship tournament, closed-shop meeting of U.S. pros; defeating Texan Byron Nelson, defending champion, on the second extra hole of the 36-hole final; after the lead had changed four times and the match was squared four times; over the ribbon-fairwayed Cherry Hills course, one mile above sea level, at Denver. In nine previous P.G.A. championships, Ghezzi had never reached the quarterfinals...
...when Millionaire Marvin Leonard, a native Texan who had parlayed a downtown popcorn stand into Fort Worth's biggest department store, plunked a $25,000 guarantee on the directors' table of the U.S. Golf Association, its bigwigs decided that Texans deserved to play host to the blue-ribbon event of golf...
...other occasions Wood has lost both the U.S. and British Opens in playoffs. This time his 284 was three strokes better than the score of his nearest rival, Denny Shute, and five strokes better than that of third-place Ben Hogan. The next best score turned in by a Texan was the 295 of Lloyd Mangrum. Mighty Byron Nelson...