AClaremore Daily Progress Claremore, Oklahoma Thursday, April 17, 1958
Two Youngsters Make Their Mark
By Doc Quigg
New York (UP)—If we can stop yapping about juvenile delinquency long enough, it might be well to ponder the fact that a couple of our juveniles are international sensations.
One is Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, who at 14 set the chess world on its ear by defeating grand masters to win the U.S. championship. He now is entitled to a crack at the world chess title, held by Smyslov of Russia.
The other is Van Cliburn of Shreveport, La., and Kilgore, Tex. who at 23 set Moscow on its ear this week by winning the Tchaikovsky international piano competition. This extroverted Irish-Texan (both his mother and father are of Irish descent gave his first public concert in Shreveport at the age of three.
