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Thunderbird Classic Hopes To Break Golf Jinx
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CLIFTON, Nil. (AP) A group
of amateur golf promoters starts
out today to break a metropolitan
attendance jinx while some strict
ly professional players try to
break Arnold Palmer's grip on
Golf's money bags.
Tbe first 100,000 Thunderbird
Classic tournament at the Upper
Montclair Country Club appears to
have all the elements to make it
a box office success including
Palmer, a golfer of great wealth
and ability who appeals tremend
ously to spectators.
Past Tourneys
But the records show that In a
decade or more, the only pro tour
naments in the New York Metro
politan area to draw really big
crowds were two U.S. opens at
Baltusrol in 1954 and at Winged
Foot in 1959. In 1955 both the Cav
alcade of Golf at Westfield, N.J.,
and the Long Island Rotary open
brought disappointingly small
crowds and were abandoned.
The Classic was conceived only
seven months ago and much of
the preparatory work has been
done by members of the conser
vative Upper Montclair club,
which never has held a major
tournament.
The $100,000 jackpot, with $25,-
000 to the winner, assured a top
rate field. Most of the players
here also will be going for the big
one nent week in the U.S. Open
at Oakmont, Pa. a tournament
which carries more prestige but
less financial reward than the
classic.
Possible Record
If Palmer wins here, he will run
his tournament earnings for the
year to a record $84,871.
The field of about 140 also in
cludes the current Open and PGA
champions. Gene Littler and Jer
ry Barber, the entire membership
of the 1961 U.S. Ryder Cup team,
and most of Palmer's leading riv
als on the pro tour, including Gary
Player of South Africa, Kel Nagle
and Bruce Crampton of Australia
and Stan Leonard and Al Balding
from Canada.
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SHOWING THEIR rewords of a fishing trip to Twin Lakes, British Columbia, ore (I. to r.)
Tom Meyer, Jerry Davenport, ond Howard Jones. The group left Roseburg by plane with
Bud Good of Roseburg Skyways May 31 and returned the next day. Most of the 37
caught were Komloops ranging from 2 to 5 pounds.
Bulldog Turner Joins Forces
With Old Pro Gridiron Rivals
NEW YORK (UPI)-Clyde (bull
dog) Turner, for eight years an
all-pro center, as new coach of the
New York Titans was joined to
day after 22 years with two men
from the other side of the football
fence.
One is Harry Wismer, owner of
the New York team in the Amer
ican Football League. The other
is little Harold (Bud) Leininger,
once an assistant trainer of the
Los Angeles Rams.
Both of them formerly were ri
vals. "Back when I came out of Har
din - Simmons," Bulldog remem
bers, "a man named George A.
Richards owned the Detroit Lions
and he instructed his coaches to
draft me number one in the pro
football draft Wismer was his as
sistant." But the Detroit . coaches went
against Richards' orders and
drafted a back named Doyle
Nave. Richards was so angry that
he fired the coaches and sold the
team.
"Meanwhile, George Halas of
the Chicago Bears drafted me as
his number one choice," Bulldog
added. "I never had a kick.
enjoyed playing with the Bears
and pro football was good to me."
Leininger will be the trainer for
the Titans this season and his e
lection came about as result of
Turner's remorse over the punch'
ing of a smaller man.
Had Violent Meeting
Their violent meeting occurred
during a game between the Bears
and the Rams in which there were
a number of fist fights on the
field. After the game, which the
Bears won, the tiny Leininger
grabbed the ball and started to
make off with it.
"Some big guy on our team
knocked him down and took the
ball away from him," the mass
ive Turner recalled. "I thought it
wasn't quite right."
Turner went straight to the
Rams' dressing room where tem
pers still were blazing. When the
Rams saw him there was a gen
eral rush in his direction.
"Whoa down a second," Bulldog
roared. "I still ain't satisfied with
the outcome of all those fights on
the field and I'll accomodate any
or all of you guys. But I came
here for another purpose."
With that, he pushed his way
through the scowling Rams and
apologized to Leininger for what
bad happened.
Bulldog ended his playing car
eer in 1950 and then served as
an assistant coach of the Bears
for five years. After this he re
tired to his Texas ranch to breed
quarter horses and "put it on a
sound financial footing."
Early last year, Bulldog came
to New York for induction into
the Football Hall of Fame. There
he met Wismer again.
'I guess the thing that sold him
on me was how badly I always
wanted to win," said Turner. "I
told him how one time when we
were winning by a big score they
wanted me to make a bad pass
from center so we wouldn't kick
the point. Footballs cost $18 and
we were losing too many by kick
ing them into the stands. I told
them I wouldn't make a bad pass
for no reason. That point played
honestly was worth more than $18
or any amount of money in the
world.
And that, said Turner, is how
the Titans are going to play it."
"They're gonna give me every
thing they ve got, he vowed.
"and if there's only 11 darned
good men, you may see 11 men
playing two-way football again. I
want guys who want to win."
They don't call him "Bulldog
for nothing.
Midgets Set
To Wrestle
In Roseburg
The wrestling midgets will head
line an all-star pro wrestling card
at the Community Building of the
Douglas County Fairgrounds Sat
urday night at 8:30. '
Teaming up will be Pancho Lo
pez and The Brown Panther to
take on Irish Jackie and Fuzzy
Cupid. Lopez is a newcomer to
the ring, weighing in at 95 pounds.
Irish Jackie is noted as one of
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Gottlieb Sells Team,
Will Coach It Now
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Eddie
Gottlieb disproved the saying that
you can t have your cake and eat
it too.
He sold the Philadelphia War
riors of the National Basketball
Association for a record $850,000
so the franchise could operate in
San Francisco. Now he becomes
its general manager for at least
a year here.
And he conceivably could be
come president of the pro loop
since .Maurice Podoloff has an
nounced plans to retire after next
season.
Gottlieb's appointment with the
San Francisco Warriors was an
nounced Wednesday night by Mat
ty Simmons of New York, one of
the five partners in the new cor
porate setup and chairman of its
board.
Undisclosed was the salary for
Gottlieb, who founded the War
riors 16 years ago in Philadelphia.
San Franciscan Tom Gray takes
over as president of the club.
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Mock Keeps Tie
For League Lead
Keeping in a tie for the Twilight
League lead, Mock Motors clob
bered the Winston Merchants, 13-0,
Wednesdsay.
Dick Blehm fanned 11 and walk
ed four, while giving up two hits.
Carlton and Pruitt tallied the hits
for the losers.
Don Wells paced Mocks with
4-5, while Blehm blasted a three
run homer and collected four
RBIs.
The victory puts Mock back into
a first place tie with Jackson
Wholesale, both holding 4-0-1 rec
ords. Winston now owns a 1-2
league mark.
Mock Motors 022 230 413 8 2
Winston Mer. 000 000 0 0 2 5
Batteries: Mock Motors; Blehm
and Myers. Winston Merchants; E.
Carlton, Murphy (4) and Bisson
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... in prelim match
the "toughies," and is sometimes
referred to as "Dennis the Menace."
The semifinal match will bring
together two big men Shag
Thomas and "Wild" Bill Savage.
The semifinal battle will be the
best two-out-of-three falls or a one-
hour time limit. Thomas tips the
scaled at 240 pounds and Savage
at 230. Thomas, an ex-AU-Ameri
can football player, is one of tie
famed head-butters of the ring.
Savage says if Thomas tries any
of his head-butts that he will wear
a mask to protect himself. Thorn
as came back saying Savage can
wear anything he wants to, but
he will still best "Wild" Bill.
Rocky Columbo and Dick Garza
will clash in the best two falls or
30-minute time limit for a prelim
inary bout.
Saturday's matches at the Com
munity Building will be the first
pro werstling card in Roseburg in
three months.
Yesterday's Stars
' Major L.agu Start
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pitching Ralph Terry, Yan
kees, posted first shutout of year
allowing only four hits, striking
out 10 and retiring 16 men in
order at one stretch in 5-0 victory
over Cleveland that sent New
York into American League lead
Batting Joe Hicks, Senators
tripled and scored first run
seventh inning, then provided
margin for 2-1 victory over Balti
more with ninth inning homer.
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