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m'm 'i (Mt 2C THE PALM BEACH POST SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1987 $10,000 Each Heaviest Page Two DlQlphin Wahoq Environment Choose Your Inlet: Palm Beach, Hillsboro, JThorpe at home on Open course Port Everqlades, Government Cut. June 27 28 SOUTH FLORIDA FISHING CLASSIC" $27500 Entry Fee Per Boat Dave Anderson THE N.Y. TIMES IILOWRANCE SPONSORED BVi BERTRAM-TROJAN, Inc. SAN FRANCISCO Six years ago Jim Jhorpe, one of the few black golfers on the PGA Tour, returned to his Philadelphia motel room as the first-round leader in his first United Stales Open after a 66 at Merion. "I could not get to sleep that night," he said.

I couldn't wait to get to the golf course the next day-and shoot 73 and let somebody else take the jT7 r(IIrti- USX out boards ionSZn Yi For More Information Call: (30S) 942-3204 I i 'i' Somebody else did take the lead. And somebody else David Graham won that Open. But in the recent history of the world's most prestigious golf tournament, Thorpe has emerged as one of its most successful competitors. That year the husky former Morgan State fullback tied for 11th. Waal an arm and a leg." Until two years ago Thorpe had not been able to win a Tour event.

In his only playoff, at the 1985 Western Open, he lost to Scott Ver-plank, then an amateur. But a few weeks later he finally won at Milwaukee in a back-nine duel with Jack Nicklaus. Before qualifying for the PGA Tour in 1975, Thorpe had helped support himself and his wife, Carol, by betting on himself at public courses in the Washington area. "One time I think we had $503 in the bank, and I took out $500," he said. "I was playing a guy named Joe Pugh with this big roll of bills in my pocket and I was one down coming to the ninth hole when I pressed him.

On his second shot, he hit a 9-iron about 3 feet away. He was a good putter. I thought, 'I'm gonna lose I hit a wedge, half-skulled it, but it was on line. It hit the flagstick and jumped in the hole. I went on to win $2,500 that day." Thorpe withdrew from the Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic last week after the first round because of tendinitis in his left thumb.

"I was playing with Sandy Lyle, who shot 65, and Steve Ballesteros, who shot 66, and I shot 78," he said. "I went home to Buffalo and had a cortisone shot and it deadened the hand. I'm a gun collector, I've got about 30 guns and I hurt the thumb shooting one of my .44 Magnums, the recoil from it." But now, Thorpe would prefer to start a nam ENKEI two years. He also won the 1982 Canadian PGA title. In his decade as a touring pro he has earned nearly $1.1 million.

And if he were to win this Open, he would be the first black to win a major golf title. But he doesn't seem driven by that sociological motive. "Thirty years from now, I'm sure I'd be proud of being the first black to win the Open," he said. "But right now I just want to win the Open, whether I'm black or white or green. It's like Payne Stewart told me, he's won a lot of money but he doesn't have any titles next to his name." Of all the golfers now on the PGA Tour, Thorpe and Calvin Peete are the only blacks of stature, the only blacks who have won tournaments.

Peete, who has 12 Tour victories, opened with a 73 here Thursday. "Calvin and I talked earlier this week about our chances here," Thorpe said. "But this golf course is too big for Calvin's game. You've got to be long and accurate here." Thorpe doubted that even a victory by a black golfer in the Open, the Masters, the British Open or the PGA Championship would inspire a surge of black youngsters taking up the game for future delivery on the PGA Tour. "Black kids have too many role models in football, basketball and baseball," he said.

"And those are games you can play without spending GOLD CHROME BLACK MODULARS 13x16 to 15x8 RACING WHEELS ft, it: it as S70A8 '39V44" Assorted Styles Thorpe Two years later at Oakmont, fie Fed for 13th. The next year at Winged Foot JieTied for fourth. And in Friday's second round pi this 87th Open at The Olympic Club he moved up among the leaders with a two-under-par 68 or-138. If the name "Thorpe" is up there on the eaderboard, it must be the Open. "I like tough golf courses," he said.

"I can drive the ball well and I'm a decent iron player, my strong point is not my putting. On a golf fourse where you can shoot 20 under par, I could jlyer win. But if the winning score is two or three under, I can." Thorpe, 37, has won three events on the PCX Tour the Milwaukee Open in 1985 and the Seiko-Tucson Match Play in each of the last CRAGAR SS STYLE 14x6 TO 15x8 ASTRO DESIGN 5 SPOKE 15x7 69 Performance Tire Sale collection of major golf titles. "Just block everything out and go play," he said. LOOKING BACK IN BRIEF FULDA PIRELLI GOODYEAR COMP TA DUNLOP 17550VR13 99.00 21550R13 TA 69.00 20560R13 TA 49.00 55.00 21560VR14 79.00 19550VR15 98.00 159.00 118.00 109.00 20550VR14 118.00 189.00 171.00 119.00 TI9.00 22550VR15 149.00 193.00 M9.00 129.00 24550R15 TA 87.00 22550VR16 159.00 184.00 189.00 2454SVR16 189.00 188.00 25550VR16 198.00 191.00 ITT -k Palm Beach Post Wire Services OLYMPICS 20 years ago: After 21 minutes of deliberation, a jury found heavyweight champion Cassius Clay guilty of refusing induction into the military.

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