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The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah • 45

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The Salt I-nkr Tribune, Friday, August 9, 19ii8 C3 Schlee Cards 65 for Links Lead GOLFING AmU Pafom 0e' ttril i'en DoHtr i A. Mnr I LOOK AT TARGET OVERJDUR LEFT SHOULDER bogey 6 on the first hole. The 29-year-old Schlee, whose best previous finish this year was a tie for fourth at Los Angeles, bopryed the first hole when he landed in a bunker. He (lien birdied Nos. 2.

3. 5 and 7 before loitering again on No. 8 when lie three-putted from 50 loot. The Colorado native rolled in putts of 40 and 60 ieet on holes 3 and 5 for birds Final Bogey Schlee was in a trap on No 10 for his final bogey befote ripping olf birds on Nos. 1U 13.

14, and 16. He missed a bid for another bird on 18 when his 40-foot try hit the back of the lap and bounced away Lany Mowry, former U.S. Amateur champ Billy Campbell, Frank Beard, Musters' champ Boh Goalby, Bobb' Coe and Hideyo Sugimoto ol Japan. Final Hole Palmer rallied with a birdie on the final hole after bogeys on 16 and 17. Nicklaus.

who won the Western Open last weekend his first 1968 victory stead-lied after opening with a double- AKRON, OHIO (AP) -i Unheralded John Schlee equaled the rugged Firestone Country Club course record with a five-under-par 65 Thursday and charged into a two-stroke, fii st-round lead in the $125,000 American Golf Classic. blight Birds The 6-foot-2, third-) ear pro from Dallas romped around the 7.180-yard monster layout like he owned it, ringing up eight birdies and three bogeys while posting nines of 33-32. Aided by a blazing putter that matched the torrid heat, Schlee, the pro rookie of the year in 1966, easily outshot the field of 127 pros and three amateurs. I Second Place Bob Lunn, who has tourna- meat ietoues at Memphis. and Atlanta, came home with a 35-3267 for second place.

The 11K53 Public Links champ had five birds and two bogeys. One stroke back at 68 were veterans Art Wall ga'dner Dickinson, Johnny Pott, NCAA champion Hale Irwin from Colorado University and Lee Elder of Washington. Three-Putted 1 Elder missed a chance at a 67 when he throe-putted the final hole from 30 feet. 1 Leading money winner Tom Weiskopf. Bruce Cvampton and Don Bies were deadlocked at 69.

Weiskopf, the Bedford, Ohio, I belter who has won more than $140,000 this year, saw his fine performance marred by a dou ble bogey on the 17th hole. In a tie at even par 70 were defending champion Arnold Palmer, George KmuNon, Jack Tht ladders John Schlee Id 32 do. BeO Lunn. 67; Lee Elder, 34 i Art Wail. 43461, Hale irwm.

34-34 08. Gardner 1 Dickinson, 34-34 68- Johnn Pen. 33-3568; Broca Crrrpfon, 04-35- 49 Tom Weiskopf, 34 33-69 Don Bies 35-3469, Larry Mowry, 37 370 Jack Nicklau. 36 34 70. Arnold Palner, 35-35 70.

Hideyo SOQ'-noto 34 34 70, a-Bill Campbell. 35-30, Bob Gojiby, ,3634 70; Frank Beard 36-34-70, Bcbby Cole, 3436 70 George Knudson, 35-35-70 1 Al Balding, 35-3671; Homere Biancas, Harold Henning 37 3471, Tony Jacklin, 37-3471; Rtvw McBee, 36-3571; Jack Montgomery, 36 35 7' Steve Opoerman, 35.3671; Dan Sikes, 38-3371, Jerry McGee, is 36-71; Doug Ford, 36-3S 0 McLendon, 37-34-71; Charles Coodv. 3635-71, Ray Floyd J5-36-71, Mason Rudolph, 3536 -71; Dow Ftnsterwald 35-3671, Lionel Herbert, 35-3671, Gay Brewer, 36-3672, Dick Crawford. Jackie Cuolt. 36-36-72, Dale Douglass 36-3672, Paul Harney, 37 35 72; Doug Sanders, 37 35-72, Wavne Yates 37 3572 Ron Cerrudo.

38 3---72; Jerry Barber, 37a5 72; Tom Nieporte, 1 36-3672; Howie Johrson, 38-3472; Juan Rodriquez, 35-37 72; Bruce Devlin, 14-3872, Bob Smith, 34-38-72; Al Geiber-1 8r, 1S-72. You will note from the illustration that I have set myself up a perfectly square address position. The lines across my hips, shoulders and toes all are parallel to the line from hall to target. This is the ideal position, I feel, for hitting straight shots. The difficulty, however, lies in arrivng at this square address position.

It is especially difficult, for instance, for many golfers to align their shoulders squarely. They are often turned lett of target in an open position. A sliced shot is likely to result from such positioning of the shoulders. 67 or '68 DODGE POLARA OR MONACO with AIR CONDITIONING AS LOW AS DODGE TOWN S716 So. Stata, Murray, Utah Per Mo.

HIDEOUT MOTEL MANILA, UTAH Naw choice Air conditioned with Kitchons. For Retorvafioni Phono; 964-4391, Salt loko City, or 1-794-S1S4, Manila, Utah Introductory offer during august! $9 If you slice shots, try positioning your upper body so that you feel you are looking over" your left shoulder when you sight the target. You will feel you are aiming to the right of target. But see what happens. If the shot flies straight and you hit the ball solidly, chances are you have been misaligning your upper body.

mi um. fw i. To get your copy of Tee Shots and Fairway Woods, send 20 cents, stamped, addressed envelope to Arnold Palmer, Salt Lake Tribune, Box 867, Salt Lake City. Utah Nelslers Get Jump In Denver Tournament 6MJL0ETS OF GASOMEI3 CtYJ ID) Special to The Tribune DENVER Utah tennis players got oft to a good start here Thursday in open rounds of the adult division of the Intermountain Tennis Tournament. Wins a Pair The winners will move to quarterfinal matches Friday.

Mexico Calls Football Till In mens singles, Utahs only entry, Laurv Hammel, won two matches, while all four Utah entries in the mens 45 singles advanced. They included Lee Hammel, Jack Fairclough, Jack Morris and Grant Evans. In mens 35 singles Fairclough was delated bv Roald Slater, 2-6, 6-1. 6-4. Win Openers A youth trio of Salt Lake City gals entered in the women's singles, Susan Bradshaw, Jane Stratton and Cissy Greene, all won opening macthes.

Cissy put on the best comeback of the day with a 7-5, 2-6, 11-9 win over Katy Kurtz, Littleton, after being down 5-1 in the third set. Sharon Lence, another Salt Lake gal in the singles, lost her match. Bradshaw-Greene teamed to advance in the womens doubles, but Stratton-Lence bowed to top seeded Joan Birkland-Ann Rase, 6-4, 6-3. PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Mexican government has called off this Sundays National Football League exhibition game in Mexico City between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Detroit Lions, the Eagles said Thursday. A spokesman for the NFL team would give no explanation for cancellation of the game scheduled to be nationally televised.

He only would say, The Eagles are hopeful that the game will be played in an alternate stadium on another day. There was speculation that recent student unrest led to the cancellation. Students have been arrested during recent demonstrations. The game in Aztec Stadium was to be the first NFL contest in Mexico, and would have been the first televised from a foreign country to the United States. The Eagles had gone through a light workout Thursday in preparation for the trip.

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