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FROSTBITERS FETED Honored at the annual dinner for Newport Yacht Club frost- biters Saturday at the club, are, from left: Robert Morton (third), Henry Spingler (sec- end), and Mike Medeiros (first). Yacht club commodore Peter Hirschler, at right, makes 'the trophy presentations. (Daily News Photo) Taylor Survives 5 Match Points; English Davis Cuppers Triumph By THE ASSOCIATED PItESS Roger Taylor of England sur- five match points in the V' fourth set and went on to beat Mike Belkin of Canada 2-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 Sunday, sending En- into the second round of European Zone Davis Cup play. Taylor's victory gave the Bri'lsh a 3-1 margin in the best-1 of- five series in Bournemouth. Mike Sangster made" the final 44 by halting Bob Bedard 6-4, 6-4, 6-1.

Britain will meet Bulgaria which completed a 5-0" victory over Portugal, later this month. Advancing with Britain to the second round Sunday were Brazil, Russia, Chile and Hungary. France beat Norway 5-0 and in the Good Tennis Season ST. GEOEGE'S SCHOOL, winner; of the.Provl- dence College interseholastic tennis championships, is enjoying one of its better seasons. The Dragons' only loss in five matches was to the University of Rhode Island Freshmen, 5-4, at Kingston.

Coach Jay Doolittle's squad has Sebastian's of Roxbury, Mass. Portsmouth Priory School and Providence Country Day. StV George's No. 1 player Scott'Trotter-and Mead THa'yer are "undefeated in singles. Trotter and Bob Bass, the top doubles team, also are in the unbeaten bracket.

Scott is one of the Island's leading prep arid schoolboy He 1 was quarterback on St. George's football team last fall and last winter led the Dragons' hockey team in scoring. Jay Doolitile also coached the hockey i Newport's De La Salle -Academy, defending Eastern Division champion, and Rogers High are waging a stiff battle for divisional tennis honors. Each school has been beaten only once in league competition. Last year De La Salle was runnerup in the state and fourth in New England.

Co-captains and all staters, Chris Grimes and Tad Connerton, are the only hold-overs from last year's top five singles players. John Fitzgerald, Mike Cecchi and Rene St. Laurent were graduated. T. JEFFERSON "JEFF" BIESEL, who died recently, was an officer in the Sunset baseball and basketball leagues back in the early 1930's when the late Billy Bull was pres- Ident of both those circuits.

Mr. Biesel was on the baseball league's board of directors and was vice president of the basketball loop in the 1932-33 season. Teams in the hoop league that year were champion Narraganselt Cicthing, Og- den Farm, Hudson Essex, Torpedo Trade School, Jarvis Drug and the Boxwoods. Leo Donovan was the outstanding player and his brother Ed, now Princeton's baseball coach, was the second outstanding performer. Leading scor- er was the late Larry Wheeler, an all New England player for Providence College.

DAVE REDWAY, who set a school record of 10:12 in the two-mile last Saturday, was on St. George's School's championship cross country team last fall. Other cross-country runners now shining for the track team are Will Birnie and Chris Litchfield, mile; Dan Pasconc, two -mile; "Chip" Dickson, 880; John Rives, 440, and Ed Wheeler, hurdles and pole vault. Coach Ted Hersey has the knack of producing good runners, particularly in the longer events. Tec! ran the mile South Africa eliminated The Netherlands Saturday.

Brazil won as expected over Yugoslavia 3-2 in Zagreb when Edison Mandarino overcame Mikola Pilic 2-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 in the fourth match. Yugoslavia's Zeljko Franulovic upset Torrias Koch, 6-2, 8-10, 6-2, 6-1 in the final. Brazil next plays Polsnd. Russia stunned West Germany 3-2 in a surprise at Dues- seldorf that sends the Russians against -Denmark in the next round. Soviet champion Alexander Melreveli wrapped up the victory in the final singles by beating Germany's Wilhelm Bungert 6-2, 4-6, 8-2, 7-5 in.t match delayed-Saturday after three sets.

Chile edged -Czechoslovakia 3-2 at Prague on Patricio Rodriguez's 3-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Milan Holecek. Jan Kodes of Czechoslovakia tied the score earlier, topping Pinto Bravo 6-2, 6-3, 8-3. Hungary won the final two singles for a 4-1 triumph over Carol Mann Keeps Pledge To Herself MIDLAND, Tex. Carol Mann left where she' hid been taken for xeatment pinched disc in ho back and won the $12,500 fall City Open Golf Tournament lecause the hid made a pledge herself, In one of preatest ihow- ngs of courage and deternilna- ion women's golf tour has mown, the big blonde from Olympia, played the final round of the tournament Sunday with two caddies, One arried her crutches (sh ouldn't fit down while restin setween falrwiy shots), and th ther her golf bag. Frostbiters Honored At Newport YC Winners cd Newport Yachi lub competition were onored at a dinner Saturday light at the club.

Mike Medeiros, first a inner, was presented with a mg. Second and third place inners, Henry Spingler am obert Morton, each receivec lementoes and Two perpetual trophies were so presented to the winner of the competition which begar New Year's Day and ended last week. Spingler was elected commodore of the frostbiters and Mrs. David DelNcro was elected race- secretary and treasurer. The Rev.

Edward S. Winsor, a participant in the frostbite com petition, was the toastmaster. Yacht club commodore Peter Hirschler, told the gathering jie club has purchased a new fiberglass Turnabout. The 9V5- foot sailboat will be the first iberglass Turnabout in the fleet of nine, used both by frostbiters and In the junior sailing program. (AP)--Tall She a'so was under medica- a hospital tion and remembers little of Die final round of one-under-par that won a duel with the gre Mickey Wright and the tourn ment with 214 for 54 holes.

beat Hiss Wright, golf'i all-tim leading money-winner, by strokes. Miss Mann has been havi trouble with her back since si was 17, bu! it didn'. grow sei ous until 1965 when she jracticlng at the National Ope San Diego. She bent over pick up a ball and had seizure. "People are supposed to hav five vertebrae under this lowe disc," she said.

I on' have four and the strain to much at times. The back continued to bothe her, but she kept on playing, I the last tournament ot the yea in I9G6-at Pensacola, so bad she started taltin treatments. She consulted a physician wh gave her some capsules to fak --three a day--and that kep ler going although she was i ain much of the time. But sh she eventually was goin have to have an operation. "1 was home in Apri! for tw weeks and decided I would tr play the rest of the year an have the operation," sh said.

"I also pledged to myself tha would play as well as I coul and make improvement eac' week until I got to winning Veil, I wa fourth at Raleigh iert for third at Shreveport anc lere I am first." Sunday, she was awakened by a loud knocking, which sh bought was on her door (it real was down the hall) and sb at up quickly. "I have a certain way I am upposed to move and I came wrong," she said. She had to call for help, was rushed to the hospital but Jus 1 vonldn't stay-she left at 12:35 arrived at the Midlant Country Club course in time for 1:30 p.m. teeoff. Sweden.

Andras Szikszay stop ped Ove Begntsson 6-2, 8-4, 6-1 at Budapest after Jslvan Gyulas beat Erik -Lundquist, 8-6, 7-5, Greece took i 2-1 lead over Switzerland it Geneva as Nicola Kalogeropolous and Pericles Garnilidiii outlasted Dlml- Sturdza and Ernst Schoerr, 3-6, 9-7, 7-2, 7-5. Spain," which held an insurmountable 3-0 lead over the United Arab Republic, com rfeted a sweep as Manuel Sanana trimmed Sharer Mourad, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3, and Manuel Orantes trounced Moazat Somboul, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2, at San Sebastian. Spain meets Romania In Bucharest May 19-21. Bulgaria completed its sweep when Hangel Rangelow defeated Alfredo Vaz -Pinto, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 and Kiril Yashmakov whipped Joao Lago 6-1, fi-2, 5-7, 5-7, 6-1. Poland scored a 5-0 victory over Israel at Warsaw by grabbing the final two eingles as Bronislaw Lewandowski powered past Joser Stabholz 6-3, 8-4, 6-3, and Mieczyslaw Rybarcyk Eleazar Davidman 6-4; 6-3, 8-1.

Denmark split Sunday's sin gles and beat Finland 4-1 at Helsinki. Japan held a S-0 lead over Texas Bowlers Win Classic Team Prize The Philippines in the Eastern Zone. and two mile and was also on the cross -country team in his college at Ihe University of Maine. Jaime Kenworthy, former holder of the Dragons' two mile record, sklered a distance a sprint. He was among the finishers in the 19G6 Boston marathon.

TRACK IS POPULAR a junior high level on Aquidneck Island. Charley Gibbons, coach at Thompson School, said that the first annual junior high meet will be contested May 18 at Freebcdy Park. De La Salle, Middlclown and St. George's School have entered freshmen units. Thompson, second in the slate junior high meet, will compete and invitations have been sent to Portsmouth Priory Sclicol, Portsmouth High and Tiverton.

BILL PRESCOTT, St. George's School baseball coach, will pitch for Middlctowii in the Sunset League. The former liar. pitcher turned in a 6 and 1 record In an amateur league in Illinois last summer. In 1053, pitching for the Merchants, bill was the Sunset League's most effective hurler, with a 7-1 won and lost record and an ERA of 1.85.

His pitching was even more impressive for the high school age Aquidnecks in 19GO. Prcscolt won five of seven decisions for a team which played .500 ball. In three Sunset League seasons Bills' control was so sharp that his base on balls averaged only one every five nnct two- thirds innings. "CHUCK" PINNING of Newport is leading the St, George's School team In baiting. The pitcher out fielder has an average of .391 on nine hits in 23 at bat.

The Dragons' Jon Earle is the Island's best strikeout pitcher. His strikeouts num- bcr 43 in 33 1-3 innings. DAVE GAV1TT, Dartmouth's basketball coach, will speak a the Jliddlclown Boosters' fourth annual awards dinner Wednesday night, May 24, at Ihe Midcfiotown High Individual trophies will be given to members of Middlclown's graduating class who participated in a major sport during their slay in school. The a i athlete of the year award will be presented at the dinner. Former Awards Night speakers were football star Tommy McDonald of the phia Eagles; Mike Holavak, Boston Patriot coach, and Pro- vidence College hoop coach, Joe Mullaney.

i A crowd of 300 to 350 is anticipated. Pnrents of the ath- letcs amf members of Middlctown's Rotary and Lions Clubs will a up most of Ihe audience. Joe Magllocco is ticket New Englanders Get Ski Positions KFAMESHA LAKE, N.Y. CAP)--Two New England men have been elected vice presidents of the United States Eastern A a Ski Association. Tom Rogers of Manchester, Vt, and Paul Parker of Bos- Ion were elected at the association's 46th annual convention which ended Sunday.

Richard Clowe of Syracuse, N.Y., was elected president, MIAMI BEACH, Fla. A Shortly the final ball was thrown Sunday, workers began to dismantle the 34 lanes -whict hive been the stage for the las 65 diys of the 64th American Bowling Congress Tournament Prize check, totaling $360,419 will ihortiy to the best" j'co re fs" among' the 18,000 contestants who competed in Convention Hall. Balancer Glove of Fort Worth, grabbed off the biggest check $5,000 'for its victory in the classic team division. An ocTd lot collection of touring professionals, the Balancers totaled 6,298 for tix games. Pinky's Bowl of Milwaukee earned $2,500 for the record- breaking series of 3,327 which won the regular team division and Klutzes of Miami won the $250 top prize in the lowly booster division with 2,850 score.

Bob Strampt of Detroit was enriched by $1,000 for his win nlng 2,092 total in classic all events. Harry Smith of Red wood City, and Norm Myers of Los Angeles collected $1,000 for their 1,422 total which won classic doubles. Lou Man- dragont of Mfaml got a $500 check for his 736 title which won the classic singles. Gary Lewis of Chicago took for a 723 series. The $1,000 regular doubles championship went to Mark Kuglitsch and Ron "Wheeler of Milwaukee, who totaled 1,357.

Dame Pattie Gives Gretel Worst Defeat the $1,000 regular all-events crown with total and the $500 regulir singles title went to Frank of Lorain.Ohio, Auerbach, Cousy Off On Asian Tour BOSTON (AP) Red Auer bach, general manager of the Boston Celtics, Boston College Coach Bob Cousy planned to take o(f today on a five-week Asian tour sponsored by the State Department. Auerbach and Cousy will lecture and conduct basketball clinics on the tour. Dame Paltie won the most one-sided of her 11 victories over Gretel yesterday in the final America's Cup trials ofi Sydney Heads, Australia. Her winning margin was 24 minutes and 10 seconds. The victory confirmed Dame Battle's supremacy over Sir Frank Packer's rebuilt Gretel.

The big question now is will Sir Frank go to the expense of shipping Gretel to Newport for further trials. The original 24.3 -mile course was redesigned yesterday when the wind veered from eouth- west to northeast. The race was held under extremely i winds over a flat sea and in three knot winds. Dame Paltie led from tfw start with skipper Jock Sturrock turning the weather mark four minutes arid six seconds ahead of Gretel. At this point, and barring the most unforeseen change "in events, it appears certain Dame, Pattie will be the yacht to rep-1 resent Australia in the Cup races i lere.

Preliminary trials for a S. defender begin June 5 am continue till June 10 on Long Island Sound Observation trial start July 6 and end July 18 ere. Elimination trials will begin Aug. 15 and will continue unit Sept. 5.

unless a defender can be picked before Ume Competition for the America's Cup begins Sept. 12. Newport Dolly Newt, Mondoy, May 1967 Beard Does It Again: Nips Palmer By Stroke Frank Beard HOUSTON' (AP) Frank Beard, Oic Louisville, slugger of the fairways, can only say that what he has done on the pro golf tour tils year is beyond "my wildest expectations." Twice, he has won tournaments by beating Arnold Palmer with birdies on the last Beard, 28 just a week ago, dropped an 18-footer for bird Sunday to best Palmer, golf's Harvard Crew Favored In Sprint Championships By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The first big college rowing event of the season, tie Eastern Sprint Championships, is sched uled Saturday for Lake Quinisi gamond in Worcester, Mass, and Harvard is the over- vhelming favorite. The formidable crimson eavy weight crew made it 24 In row against collegiate com- setition by winning the Adams ip by three lengths over Penn- ylvania and nine lengths over Vavy on the Charles River last Saturday. Penn, previously unbeaten lis year had been expceted to xse a stern challenge to Harard, but the crimson rowers pened a quick load with a troke of 38 and had little Ironle.

Their time for the miles 'as 8:50.3 to Penn's 9:01.8 and 'avy's 9:24.6 "We're starting to look like a relty good crew," said Harard Coach Harry Parker. Tite rimson onsider opponents probably that an understatement. Cornell's Big Bed beat Yale nd Princeton for the Carnegie up on Lake Carnegie while Cross, Clark and American International. It was a great tfternooa for Columbia and Brown. Columbia beat Rutgers in New York for Its first victory in four years Brown scored its first victory the season by trouncing Syra cuse on Lake Onor.dagJ.

Among the lightweights, Harvard won the Goldthwaite Cup for tie 10li straight year, defeating Princeton ind Yale on the Housatonic River at Derby while Cornell beat Dartmouth by ilx lengths on the Connecticut River Hanover, N.H. No Conference Tennis Champ AJIHERST, Mass. (AP)-For he second time in seven years, the Yankee Conference Is without a tennis champion. Rain washed out the windup of the wo-day competition Saturday, and officials said the alltimc money winner, by ow stroke (o win the $115,000 Chaia- pion- International Golf Classic. Three weeks ago, be did fit same thing--sink a last-ditch, birdie--to beat Palmer In tha prestigious a of Champions.

He picked up $23,000 here and $20,000 in Lai Vegas. Winning Palmer banked $13,800 for a total of $87,073 on the 1967 tour. Masters champ Gay Brewer, No. 2 on the list, finished out of money, at 296. Doag Sanders, third, withdrew the last day be.

cause of a cold. Beard has won a total of $54,987 in 1967. Last year, he won $66,041. He began the day tbrei strokes behind Palmer, who nad held the lead for the two previous days. U.

S. Opeo champion Billy Casper was second, tiro strokes off Palmer's pace, but shot himself out of contention by hitting water on No. 12 and 14, for double bogies. Beard ended with a four- round total of 274, fen under par, firing a 67 on the heavily Wooded a CypresJ Creek course the last day. Palmer managed only an eve- par 71 for 275, alone in second place.

Ben Hogan, running up his best score since winning the 1959 Colonial Invitational in Fort Worth, trudged tha long course at age 54 in humid, 88-degree weather with a fourth- round 63. He closed at 278, tying Charles Coody for third. Julius Boros matched course record of six-under 65 set Casner the day before. lock- ng with young African larold Henning at 279. Casper's disastrous 75 on the final round dropned him to 281, a tie for rtsconsin's veteran crew, not be rescheduled, just ected to compete in the EARC lampionship this week, hipped MIT and Dartmouth the Cochrane.

Cup on Lake endota. On the Pacific coast, the.un- seated Washington Huskies at Stanford and Oregon Slate the Willamette River at Corallis, while California feated Southern California at allejo, Calif. Marietta swept the Mld-Amer- a Regatta for the third raight year on the raln-swoll- Ohio River at Marietta, Ohio, chalking up their llth raight, the Marietta Pioneers at Purdue, Notre Dame, ayne State, Michigan State, innesofa, Huntsville, ansas State, Grand Valley of ichigan and St. Thomas of nnesota. Wesleyan took the Rusty Calw Regatta at Worcester, beating Trinity, Maris, as in 1961, Hret Massachusetts was lead-; ing at the end of Friday's first day play, also curtailed by rain, i The Redmen had 9 points fol-1 lowed by defending champion' Vermont, New Hampshire and Connecticut, 5 each; and! Bhode Island and Maint, 3 each, RYAN'S SPOTTING GOODS OOlf TENNIS SHI swiArm JACKETS FISHINO HUNTING SXHCIJINO touipMfNT 140 TfiatHM II.

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During the probation period Illinois' football and baskelbal teams prohibited from en in post-season competi and the football team can not make commitments for tele vision appearances. However, two schcddtd Joot ball shows this fall will not be affected since the commitments were made prior to Sundiy's crackdown by the NCAA. The NCAA action climaxed a Ix-monlh ordeal during which Illinois coaches Elliott, football; Harry Combes, basket' ball; Howard Brtun, basketball assistant, were forced to resign and 14 athlelej were declared ineligible, five of them The NCAA's move pre vent Illinois from participating in the basketball playoffs and Rose Bowl games until the school returns to good standing, which would he r.o sooner than May 7, 1969. Waller 1 director of the NCAA, said the penal- ly could have been stifter had it not been for cooperation received from the school, which exposed the fund, and the action by the Big Ten, which 'orced the reslgnttlon of the coaches. Byers ssld the NCAA's policy making council could not have isked the Dig Ten to do more than it did and that the conference followed policies made in tha retent meetings In Houston to penalize the head involved rather than avlng an assistant shoulder the lame when violations occur.

BUI commissioner of Sit Ten, ww not available for comment and Dr. David D. Henry, president of the University of Illinois, said he had no comment on the NCAA's decision "at this time." In other action, the University of Tulsa was censured and reprimanded because Tulsa's athletic director had terminated financial assistance to a student athlete for not participating In spring football practice. I Tulsa had been fined $1,000 and warned against repetition of the violation by the Missouri Valley Conference. Waynesburg College and Cen tral College of Pella, were put on probation for one year for participating In post-season football games last fail which had not btun certified by the NCAA.

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