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Gol Palmer Finishes Fast, Wins Colonial Johnny Pott Loses Playoff PressureShooting Champ Fires Hot 32 on Back Nine A r- t'l I I I f. i i Jf I kiri HP tei3 A FORT WORTH, May 14 Wi Pressure-proof Arnold Palmer unleashed another dazzling windup today to trip Johnny Pott by four strokes in an 18-hole playoff for the $40,000 Colonial National Invitation Golf Championships. Palmer, leading by one stroke after nine holes, trimmed three shots from par on the back nine of the sprawling par 70 course to capture his first title here and pick up a fat $7,000 paycheck. He had a 37 going out and, in typical Palmer fashion, a red hot 32 coming in for a one-under-par 61. Pott, who never led the powerful Latrobe, Pa.

belter, tacked together a 38-3573 for second place money of $3,500. The victory was the third straight for Palmer, his sixth current triumph and his 32nd major BLASTS OUT. Arnold Palmer blasts from sand trap on 7th green yesterday during playoff round for title at Colonial National Invitation Golf Tournament at Foil Worth, Texas. Palmer outshot Johnny Pott for first prize money. (AP Wlrephoto) Five SF Giants Are Currently Outhitting Mays SAN FRANCISCO, May 11 Something wonderful happens to a ball club when a player like Willie Mays has five teamates outhitting him.

That apparently has a lot to do with the San Francisco Giants being out in front by four full games today in the National League. They take on the ambitious St. Louis Cardinals here tomorrow night. At Peak of Came Just hack from a 10-day road trip in which they won six of nine games, manager Alvin Dark's sluggers seemingly are at the peak of their offensive power, with four players hitting well over .300 and half a dozen others capable of breaking up a game. Behind the six-hit pitching of Jack Sanford, the Giants wound up their travels Sunday in a 7-2 breeze over the Houston Colts.

Playing Bi tter "We are playing bptter ball than we did last year," Mays said. "We are playing like pennant, winners." Mays, now hitting .265, was a little off on the trip, but his teammates fattened their averages. Willie McCovey, lanky first baseman turned outfielder, came home wilh a .409 average. Right fielder Felipe Alou was hammering the ball at a .341 pace, first baseman Orlando Ccpeda .333 and second baseman Chuck Htller a surprising .311. Then there was shortstop Jose Pagan at .293 and third baseman Jim Davenport at .263.

Mays commented that when he went into a hitting slump last season "there was no one to pick up the slack. But now when I'm not hitting, somebody always takes over. That's the way a pennant contender plays." Well rested Billy Pierce, tough little southpaw retread, will face the Cardinals' Curt Simmons tomorrow night at Candlestick Park. Fort Myers News-Press SEC. TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1962 PAGE 1 championship.

It boosted his 1962 earnings to a fantastic total of Heavy Hitting of Gonzalez Key Factor in Phils Rise NEW YORK, May 14 () The steady swinging of outfielder Tony Gonzalez looms as a key factor in the Philadelphia Phillies' improvement this season. Gonzalez boasts a .360 batting average today to top the National League 1 mM $59,308. Pott's dismal finish was no doubt particularly disappointing after coming from seven shots behind yesterday to tie Palmer with 72-hole totals of 281, one over par. The personable Gulf Hills, Miss, professional shot a 69 while Palmer was skidding to a 76. Palmer was devastating after the first nine, bogeys at Nos.

4 and 9 and left him two over par. He picked up his first birdie at No. 11 after a 24-yard chip shot left him only three inches it 4llrainiiiii hitters while the Phils, cellar- TOT WITH A TACKLE PROBLEM. This smallfry fisherman, 5-year-old Mark Anderson, shows intense concentration and has interest only in the knotty details of fastening a lure to his line. There are other lures festooned in his tiny hat.

Mark thinks he will be the youngest to enter the International Boncfish Tournament at Marathon, Fla. June 12-16, in the Florida Keys area. (AP Wlrephoto) dwelling last season, are in sixth place a half game out of fifth. from the cup. He served notice that the cham Rookie Manny Jimenez of the Kansas City Athletics continues to lead the American League hitters with a .382 mar.

Figures include Decidedly Trainer Fumes Keeping Score By LEN HARSH News-Press Sports Editor Over Rocks on Pimlico Track games through Monday and are based on a minimum of 75 at bats. Brief "Vacation" Gonzalez, who had been sidelined briefly with a cold in his back, returned to action last week. The 25-year-old Cuban, tied for secand a week ago, collected 3 hits in 11 trips. A left-handed hitter, his average dropped 15 points. Billy Williams the Chicago pionship, for all practical purposes, was in the bag when he sank an electrifying 6-foot putt for a birdie at No.

15. He iced the cake minutes later when he sent a 13-foot birdie putt into the cup at the par 3 16th. The hapless Pott never birdied but for a double-bogey six at the ninth hole he would have had a very respectable round. He dumped his approach shot into the water and then missed a 17-foot pull. He went over par on only one other hole, the third, where he trapped his approach shot and missed a 10-foot par putt.

Pott narrowly missed serious Bring Out the Peace Pipes Several years ago fans looked forward to the meeting of Man- BALTIMORE, May 14 Trainer Horatio Luro's Spanish blood was running hot today over rocks accidently strewn over the Pimlico track, and he; threatened to withhold Kentucky Derby winner Decidedly Saturday's Preakness. i Red Sox Shade LL Braves, 1-0 alee and Fort Myers in all sports. The football games were rough and tough and the results over the years turned out about even. "I'm not going to run unless the Cubs, rookie of the year in 1961, bolted from nowhere to climb into track is 100 per cent OK," said the serious Argentinian. Cancels Workout Luro cancelled a scheduled 4th Goalie to Win Hart Trophy Canadiens' Jacques Planfe Vofed NHL's Most Valuable The rivalry between the two schools was a hot one.

The two schools no longer meet in football nor do they meet in other sports only when necessary. Why? Because what was a rivalry grew into a full-fledge feud worthy of the mountain clans of the Hatfields and the Almost any rivalry can get out of hand if you let it do so or have the winds to fan the sparks. The sparks were there in the second place at .342. Not even listed in the top ten a week ago, Williams picked up 18 points on 8-for-18. Tie for Third Felipe Alou of San Francisco and Stan Musial of St.

Louis are tied for third with a .341 each. workout for Decidedly this morning and said if he has to miss one trouble at the par 5 11th when his second shot was saved from burial in the Trinity River by a spectator. The ball struck a spectator's leg and left him a wedge The Red Sox shoved across a run in the bottom of the 9th to edge the Braves, 1-0, in a well played Fort Myers Little League game at Boys Field last night. In the first half of the twinbill, the Indians rode a three-run homer by Dennis Trentham to a 4-0 win over the Cardinals. The Braves' Greg Pacetti hooked up with Glen Smith of the Red Sox in a brilliant pitching duel.

Each was forced to leave tomorrow "I just won't run" Saturday. "I've waited 25 years for a horse like this and I'm not going to take by the adults than by the athletes themselves. It was the fans who 1 MONTREAL, May 14 Jac-? Alou lost two points, but advanced Palmer was collecting his ques Plante's brilliant comeback "talked it up" and taught their youngsters that "Manatee" or "Fort Myers" was a dirty word. from sixth. Musial, tied for second last week, suffered a 34-point a chance of injuring him with something like this," Luro con was climaxed today when he was decline.

tinued. I more interested in named winner of the Hart Memorial Trophy as the National Hockey Stan the Man, who still needs keeping the horse sound than I eighth playoff victory in 11 appearances while Pott was losing his third in four overtime sessions. The playoff was only the second here and was similar in many details to the one in 1959 when Ben Hogan beat Fred Hawkins League's most valuable player for one hit to equal Honus Wagner's am in the triple crown." National League record of 4,430, Luro said he talked by telephone share in the Stanley Cup semifinals. The masked netminder polled 54 points in the second-half voting, only one more than Hull. The Black Hawks' star, who finished strong to tie the goal-scoring record of 50 held by Maurice Richard and Bcrnie Geoffrion of the Canadiens, did not receive a single point in the first-half balloting based on games through Dec.

29. had 4-for-18. Musial now has gone to California with George Pope Then too, perhaps the sports writers have been quite a bit to blame. It is all to easy to fan the flames of bitterness rather thafl to soothe some angry feelings. Too many of us writers have picked up the "Mison pen" and let it flow freely rather than try to give the sports hack to the youngsters.

To make the job a bit easier we have let the boys down, we have shirked our true duty. For instance, this year the Manatee-Fort Myers baseball game the 1961-62 season, The veteran Montreal Canadiens' goalie collected 94 points in the split-season voting by hockey writ hitless in his last 16 at bats. owner of Decidedly, and that Los Angeles' Willie Davis rounds by the same margin, 69 to 73, he had "given me full authority and leave the judgment up to me" out the top five at .340. The Dod whether the gray colt will try to gers' fleet outfielder jumped from tie the Preakness to his Derby seventh despite a two-point dip, Hit By Pitch here wound up in a free-for-all. We heard the Fort Myers side of the story and it would have been easy to write up from that version Touchdown Club To Hold Election Harvey was the first-half leader victory.

The Belmont next month completes the triple crown for 3- Jimenez was out of action part of the week after being hit on the that Manatee was the cause of all of the trouble. But what about the Manatee version? We haven't heard that, one but it is probably leg with a pitched ball. The south just as biased. The Bradenton Herald writer accepted that one ver with 53 points followed by Plante with 40. Glenn Hall, Black Hawk goalie, was sixth in the final vote with 25 points.

Then came Johnny Bower, paw-swinging outfielder delivered sion and wrote as such. He blasted Fort Myers from every direc the mound after six innings in accordance with Little League rules. Pacetti allowed just one hit, struck out. 13 and walked but two. Smith gave up two hits, fanned 10 and didn't walk a man.

John Bailey took over for the Sox in the seventh and mowed the Braves down in order in the 7th and 8th. John Newlin made it 1-2-3 against the Sox in the 7th but ran into trouble in the 8th. Sonny Johnson doubled and Bob Kern walked. Ray Steen was safe on an error and Joe Ab-banato singled to break up the game. Steen's double was the only other hit for the Sox.

Newlin and Charles Stevens had singles for the Braves. Greg Taminosian doubled and Benny Prouix singled to start the first game and Taminosian scored on a passed ball. After Larry Chapman worked Danny Hudson for a walk, Trentham slugged one out of the park. After that, Hudson didn't give up a hit The Fort Myers Touchdown Club tion and placed all of the blame on Fort Myers. will hold its annual election of ers and broadcasters in the six NHL cities.

Doug Harvey, player-coach of the New York Rangers, was second with 60 points. He was followed by Bobby Hul, Chicago, 53 points, Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings, a five-time MVP, 40 points and Andy Bathgate of the Rangers, 31. Fourth Goalie Plante is only the fourth goal-tender to capture the Hart Trophy which has been awarded annually since 1924. The others were Al Rollins of Chicago in 1953-54, Chuck Raynor of the Rangers 1949-50 and Roy Worters of the defunct New York Americans in 1928-29. Sent to the minors for three officers at the conference room Toronto Maple Leafs, 16; Red Kel of the First National Bank at 8 ly, also of the Maple Leafs, 4 and Doug Mohns, Boston Bruins, 1.

p.m. Wednesday. All members are Don't get us wrong! We're not crawling. We are proud of the Fort Myers boys that they are strong enough to fight and proud enough to more than sit hack and take abuse all of the time. But, we still don't feel that the fault of the entire situation was one-sided ours or theirs.

We are proud of the way the Fort Myers coaches pitched in and tried to stop the fight. ycar-olds. Rocky Sand The rocks showed up in new sand put on the track yesterday. Pimlico officials said someone had overlooked sifting it beforehand. They sent out crews to pick out stones by hand and machine.

Luro said he sent out a stable hand to inspect the track before working Decidedly and "he came back with a big enormous stone. I got up and galloped around myself and I came back with a pocketful of rocks." He cancelled the workout as did the trainers of two other Preak urged to attend the meeting and help in the selection of a new slate of officers. Outgoing officers are In nresiHnnt- Rnrtrtv 4 hits in 12 appearances, but fell off nine points. Rookie Dick Rollins of Minnesota and Floyd Robinson of Chicago share second place at .353 apiece. Rollins, fourth last week, went 9-for-24 and gained five points.

Robinson, runner-up a week ago, slumped 28 points with 4 hits in 19 at bats. Kaline Climbs Detroit's Al Kaline moved up to fourth with .343, followed by Cardinals Place The fans and fathers of the players should be able to exercise Roth vjce president; Herb Jones control at all times. It's mighty hard to sit back and take n'j ch'priii WnnH' Minnie Minoso some things but we have the coaches to battle for our boys and Frank Vetter, Kelly Me-they are able to do a good job of if. There should never be anyjrwfjP Rasmmh imh will weeks during the 1960-61 campaign when a knee injury slowed him On Disabled List cause for fans leaving the stands to abuse officials or the opposing' report as the nominating commit-team, the only thing that this can accomplish is that your team tce for npw officers. down, Plante rebounded brilliant ly this past season to win the Ve- will be harmed.

zina Trophy for a record-equalling sixth time. He played in all 70 reguar season games, allowing 1(36 goals for a goals-against average ness probables, Roman Line and Ridan who were (he first to finish behind Decidedly in the Derby May 5. Bitterness Shows Luro expressed bitterness that Pimlico put down the now sand The club will also hear a report from the committee on the selection oL, a high school senior for the annual Mike Murphy Memorial Scholarship award. Dr. Richard Gardner is chairman of the committee and C.

R. Barker is the ST. LOUIS, May 14 St. Louis Cardinals today placed outfielder Minnie Minoso, out with a skull fracture, on the disabled list for 30 days, opening a place on the club's 25-man roster. Tempers get hot In any KMrl but there is no reason for any game to wind up such as the recent baseball game did.

It reflects no glory on Manatee or Fort Myers. It does reflect a definite lack of something on the part of both teams, probably sportsmanship. Mickey Mantle of New York in fifth at .338. Vada Pinson of the Reds heads the National League's home run derby with 11, hitting two during the week to take over the lead from the Giants' Willie Mays. San Francisco's Orlando Ccpeda and the Dodgers' Tommy Davis are tied for RBI supremacy with 34 each.

In the American League, Kaline the rest of the way as lie struck out seven and walked four. But Prouix blanked the Cardinals on just four hits and struck out the last seven batters to face him. Prouix wound up with 11 strikeouts and didn't walk a man. Hudson, Ronnie Younger, Danny Helton and Richard Akin had the hits off Prouix, all singles. of 2.37.

Bonus Payoff fnr Hip honnfit nf nr-nvirlincr a fact A club spokesman said Minoso's trark f(jr rjva, Ridan What we are trying to get at is that the writers and fans faculty representative, should get behind the teams and the coaches and try to smooth place eventually would be filled "The track was fast, it was su out relations betw-een Fort Myers and Manatee. This should be a Plante will receive $1,000 from the league for his victory in the Hart Trophy balloting. This will bring his total bonus earnings for the year to $5,250. He also received $1,000 each for winning the Ve- perb Saturday," said Luro. "You! natural ymatqItm an1 a crnrrl nro XKJct milr? lilro ir cno i rYTl but the club had no immediate plans for bringing up a player from the minors.

Trade talks Today's Games CITY SOFTBALL LEAGUE (Lions Park) slammed three homers last week' mfld lhMwo schools, even on a trial basis. Maybe if to displace Los Angeles Leon Rradenton and Fort Mvers and fans of both cities doubtless will be renewed. can't change it overnight just to suit a particular horse." He said he timed Greek Money, another Preakness probable, in 4S and 1-5 for the last half mile in Yanks Use Error To Beat Bucs 4-3 quit fanning the fires of hatred this can come to pass again. It Baseball commissioner Ford zina Trophy and placing on the circuit's first All-Star team plus as his share of Montreal's first Stale Road vs. N.

Fort Myers f7-30 should be and we hope that it will be that Fort Myers and Manatee Wagner as the leader in that department with 10. The White Sox' Robinson maintains the top spot in runs batted in with 32. Frick has approved the move. Charley James, a righthanded winning Saturday's prep. will meet on the gridiron, the basketball floor and in every sport city Recreation vs.

w. Coast Rock once again. The kids coming along in athletics deserve the oppor-' PJ11' place money and $750. the losers -hitter, and Doug Clemens, batting "So have much faster do you tunity to face each other, not be forced to live on the bitter past. PITTSBURGH, May 14 The New York Yankees scored from the left side, have been tak- want it?" asked Luro.

ing Minoso's place. Both are hit-; offer Rejected ting for high averages, but thej He refused an offer by Pimlico jthree unearned runs tonight and i posted a 4-3 victory over the Could It Be A Jinx? Rcdbirds wore counting heavily in management to exorcise Decidedly piitsburch Pirates in an exhibition the "-9-yr-old Cuban for badly between races this afternoon. me ans. in the 1 eJktHe- The Yanks, outhit 11-8 me ciuo in me peinidin race over mem. replied Luro.

I want to The Pittsburgh Pirates started off the season like the proverbial house afire. They won 10 straight. Then some of the club officials took a trip to Hollywood, Fla. and indicated that there is a strong possibility that the Pirates will move their spring training quarters. game, scored three runs in the firt inninrr nn thrpp siimlnc an I keep him quiet, not stir him up." 4 Royal Bowmen Capture Trophies Four of five members of the Royal Bowmen Archery Club of Fort Myers took first place trophies at" the Central Florida Archery Association Tournament in Sarasota Sunday.

Approximately 50 archers participated in the day's shooting. Mary Munsey took first place While the rocks were giving ouu nam. National Pimlico officials a nightmare, they American from Fort Myers to the East Coast city. Since that time, the Pirates have gone into a dismal tailsnin and can't buy a victory now. Could it be that some of the Fort Myers "luck" rubbed off when also received word from John Ga-ver, Greentree stahle trainer, not Pet.

Behind Won Lost Pet. Behind Lost 10 8 50 24 .630 to expect Cyrano for the $130,000 the Pirates began to (hink of moving? We would like to feel that son Francisco way and maybe it will cause General Manager Joe L. Brown the long haul. Minoso was expected to be out at least six weeks. He also suffered a fracture of a bone in the right wrist, which has been placed in a cast.

The fiery veteran, who ran headlong into the concrete leftfield wall Friday night, showed slight improvement today, as he was able to take solid food for the first time. 20 17 President John Galbreath to sit up and think about the same thing Won 17 16 17 17 14 13 13 12 13 6 Cleveland New York Minnesota Chicago Baltimore Los Angeles Detroit Boston Kansas City Washington .625 .607 .552 .500 .461 .47 .379 .300 .280 4 5 6' 8 9 it 14 13'A V4 l'i 2 3 3'A 3Vi 4V4 6 10'A 10 13 14 13 13 13 14 18 20 .615 .567 .548 .519 .500 .500 .462 .419 .231 added race. Gaver decided that after Cyrano finished third in the Withers Mile last Saturday, the colt wasn't up to the mile and three-sixteenths Preakness. Cincinnati 16 Pittsburgh 14 Philadelphia 13 Milwaukee 14 Hous.on 11 Chicago 9 New York 7 The winning run scored in the third inning when Roger Maris reached base on Dick Stuart's error, moved to second on Mickey Mantle's fly to center, and scored on Elston Howard's double. The only home run in the game was a pinchhit blast by Johnny Logan in the Pirates' ninth.

It was the first appearance for the Yankees at Forbes Field since they lost the seventh game of the I960 World Series. FISCHER WINS CHESS in a woman's division. Taking! first in men's division were Ed, OT lYlOSS IB CURACAO, Netherlands Antil Roberts. David Munsey ana i i Moser. Gene Moser also attended, KeP0nCl UnCnangea lies May 14 Bobby Fisch Results Results er of Brooklyn, N.

won his! the shoot representing the tort Myers club. The Royal Bowmen, which is garrs scheduled No games scheduled LONDON, May 14 L) A hos-1 seventh round game with Paul'o pital spokesman today reported Keres today when the Russian HEADS FOR PKKAKNESS NEW7 YORK, May 14 LV) Jaipur, winner of the Withers arowine in size, meets ii i)-. lriiJit-iiv Today's Games Today's Games each Wednesday evening at thej no change in the condition 01 resigned without resuming play 301 (MM) 001) I 8 1 010 00! 0013 11 3 New York rittshurgh Teen Club on Cleveland Avenue, Stirling Moss, who suffered head. BOWLING ALLEY OPENS Sealurk Lanes, new Fort Myers howling alley, will open for play at 9:30 a. ni.

today, (irand opening of the $200,000 lanes will be held in early June according to ow ners Stan Hamilton and Bill Campbell. Dan Boone will be the alley manager and Charlie C. Jay is (he Mile at Aqueduct, will be vanned to Baltimore Thursday for Sal-i in an International Chess Fischer was ahead when Washington (McCloin 0-3) Ch (Buhl 1-2) at New York (Miiell at Chicago 'arm and leg injuries in an East (Herbert 2-1), night. University of Mississippi's Mondav antn rarity rrh Plav was and KVrcs' res'S" er Monday auto racing crash. Minnesota (Poscuai 4-2) ot Detroit (Lory urday's Preakness Stakes.

Train-! 1-1), night. Kansas City (Rokow 3-2) ot Cleveland jer John Gaver, making the an-; (Perry 2-0). niaht. ti.i Daley, Sheldon (7), Bridges (9) and Howard, Blanehard; Veale and Neeman. Daley.

Veale. Home Run I'ittslmrgh, lOgan. l-l), nignr. Cincinnati (Jay 4-3) of Philadelphia (Mahatfey 2-4), night. Milwaukee (Piche 2-0) ot Pittsburgh (Francis 1-2), night.

Houston (Bruce 1-1 at Los Angeles (Drysdale 5-2). night St. Louis (Simmons 5-0) at San Francisco (Pierce 4-0), night. Los Angeles (Bowsfield 1-1) at Baltimore ball team will play live night annHrentlv meant Ration came as no sui-pnse since games next fall. Two will be in "PP-wntly meant tbat hp was a pawn down was Memphis, two in Jackson, has maintained the im-j Fischer's first victory against a and one in Balon Rouge, La.

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