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The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 21

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THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Thuriday July 13 1961 9 11 1 AA RS E0 BmAELTIE 1 RAINY FIRST ROUND Lema's 65 Leads Canadian Adam Is Free To Hear Local Hockey Offer I Ladies' Day I L-'-f-LV 7 7-4i'47 PD i' Al I I I (CON (C CP i Iltb1- 1 13 )' I JA 't e' LA) l' ---Iti: 1112 'i 0 --1 Ci i I SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE Pet GB Asheville 49 32 605 Jan vine 46 37 554 4 Charleston 43 38 531 6 Greenville 41 38 519 7 Portsmouth 40 39 506 8 Columbia 40 40 500 Fli Charlotte 35 48 422 15 Jacksonville 28 50 359 191i River Fla Frank Boynton of Corpus Christi Texas Mac Main of Danville Va: Tom Nieporte of Bronsville and Jerry Steelsmith Glendale Calif Only six others broke par with Os in the miserable steady rain They were Frank Wild) ley of Kitchener Ont Bobby Nichols of Midland Tex George Bayer cl Miami Fla Jack Fleck of Los An geles Johnny Pott of Shreveport La and Dave Ragan of Orlando Fla were Marty Furgol and licoA le Johnson both of Cog Hill Ill and Dave 'Hill of Denver Best Canadian scores of the day 68s carded by George Knudson of Toronto and Joe Tachan of Winnipeg Four others carded 68s They were Bob Goalby of Crystal WINNIPEG A 811 Tony Lema of San Leandro Calif fought his way out of some rough spots Wednesday to manhandle the rain-soaked Niakwa Country Club course for a five-under-par 65 and the first-round lead in the 1961 Canadian Open golf championship The 27-year-old ex-Marine was in serious troublcl on four holes but emerged with only one over-par hole He made six birdies and required only 38 putts "tier only made only "Never expect a girl mith those curves to hale such a straight left would you?" WESTERN CAROLINA I I Any question as to whether Dougie Adam erstwhile 4W I 1 r-P80 0 GB player-coach of the Philadelphia Ramblers is free to con- 4 1 800 sider a Charlotte offer was cleared up Wednesday night I 3 2 600 I "I am a completely I 2 333 2 Stock Car phia "I signed a one-year con- I agent" said Adam in Philade11 0 2 000 3' i 1 0 4 000 4 1 tract with the it I 1 It (bet It chi t1 11 ne 1 has expired- I 4 Race Betting I 100 MILE (200 lap) LATE MODEL GRAND NATIONAL Statesville Salisbury Belmont Lexington Neu ton-Con Shelby esville bury nont ington ion-Con by STOCK CAR RACE Clay Scores KO In 5th CS Swimmers rill I oppie Amity The Charlotte Country Club defeated Amity Country Club in a Charlotte Swim Association meet Wednesday 327 to 109 The CCC swimmers were ied by Betsy Hayes and Susan Matthews each of whom won four first places and Ben Benoit and Scott Brown who captured three firsts apiece 1' Richard Berg won four firsts Amity and Ricky Bober had GB Is Sought 7 14 Continued from Page 81 8 Continued from Page SR "I'm looking forward to visiting Charlotte and listening to the situation there I have made no 1961-62 commitments with Bud Dudley (Ramblers owner) In fact haven't talked to him since May" Columbia SATURDAY NIGHT -JULY 15th TIME TRIALS 7 8:30 One stroke behind after the first-round firing were Rob Pratt of Houston Texas Jon Gustin of Gladwyne Pa and Jacky Cupit of Longview Texas Two strokes off the pace Tony Lima Jacky Cut Jon Gustin Bob Pratt 3244-- Marty Furerg Dave Hill after Kere 7upit pace 32-3365 LEAGUE Pet 30 647 29 646 37 565 39 547 44 488 45 471 46 452 51 407 50 405 52 373 AMERICAN Detroit 55 New York 53 Baltimore 48 Cleveland 47 Chicago 42 Boston 40 Washington 38 Los Angeles 35 Minnesota 34 Kansas City 31 SPOKANE Wash QPI Clay 177 Philadelphia staggere: Kirk Barrow 180 Spokane with a series of blows and then used one thunderous right Tuesday night to win his second straight knockout victory in the series between the two young light heavyweight contenders PLENTY OF It is known that Dudley would insist that Adam play again if he were to coach the Ramblers ADMISSION $300 131i the telephone from Daytona 13 "Nothing really organized But 164 they had win place and show 201i and all that" 20q Here's the way parimutuel 23 betting on auto races would work Turner said: "Just like horse and dog races we would hold say sev en heat races and a feature at every event with betting on each race FREE PARKING There University of New been playing basketball years CHILDREN UNDER 12 ADMITTED FREE! 3432-46 3234-66 three firsts 352-41 36-31-41 Old 34-33-61 kfillt Op( 33-35-68 3333 St John's -68 13-61 York has 1 353-68 33-35-68 ball for 5 4 3434-68 35-33-68 3633-69 3435-69 3633-69 34-35-69 fir 3534-69 3534 --69 Old Sport St John's York has for 54 "I'll be 38 in September" said! The fight scheduled for 101 Howie Johnson Adam "and I'm i i I 1 rounds was fairly even until Knudson through as a player If I were to Clay began unloading in the Bob GoallW come to Charlotte it would have fifth round He chased the stag-1 Frank Boynton gering Barrow across the ring Tom 741no' to be as general manager-coach rt I won't play" waited while the referee counted! Jerry erry Steelsmttb I Adam played right wing two off a standing eight-count and Frank WhI Dave Ragan ble'Y previous seasons for Charlotte then hit the defenseless Spokane Bobby Nichols' setting a league goal-scoring fighter with a right to end it George Bayer Jack Fleck A 1' PI 4 lAIC VI all at 2:58 of the fifth Johnny Pott to be as general manager-coach I won't play" Adam played right wing two previous seasons for Charlotte setting a league goal-scoring Johnny Pott NATIONAL LEAGUE Pct GB Cincinnati 54 30 613 Los Angeles 49 35 583 5 Pittsburgh 42 35 545 an Francisco 44 39 530 Milawaukee 37 40 481 131 St Louis 36 43 456 15'A Chicago 36 44 450 16 Philadelphia 23 55 295 28 GB 5 "We would have a big bus in the infield with IBM machines inside figuring up the odds On top of the bus would be the board announcing the odds EN Et RITJOE Pierce Column Wednesday's Results SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE record of 75 in 1956-57 He was sold to Philadelphia in 1958 and has coached the Ramblers the past three seasons Adam will appear at another "town hall" hockey meeting set for Monday July 24 at the Coliseum It is thought that if Adam one of the most popular players in hockey's I e-y a history here accepts the local offer to run the club the sale of suffielent stock to operate the team will be assured If You Don't Agree That This Tire Is: If You Charlotte 2 Knoxville 1 Portsmouth 9 Asheville 8 Columbia 8 Charleston 0 Greenville 6-3 Jacksonville 3-0 GREATEST quick-stop tiro over! SMOOTHEST riding tiro over! ABSOLUTELY without squeal on turns) GREATI (Continued From Page 8B) 1st because a new radio-TV contract will pour an additional 8558000 guarantees into the fund annually Consultation with Jack Fitch and Dick O'Hair a couple of local insurance execs produced this fact: to do the same thing you would have to stash 858000 in a retirement fund by age 50 Also the big leaguer gets a 820000 paid-up life insurance policy as soon as his playing career is over would cost you or me between 88000 and 810000 "There would be 12 pay windows around the bus And in addition collectors would walk through the grandstands collecting bets "Odds would be figured on the basis of say performances of autos entered in their last 10 races You can't bet on human beings ''There would be only on-track betting "I think it will be the greatest thing for stock car racing since the first Grand National (late model) race 13 years ago" AMERICAN LEAGUE No games scheduled NATIONAL LEAGUE No games scheduled Today's Games Some $25000 in stock already has been pledged and the im mediate goal is $50000 STOPS FASTER on wet roads than you now can stop on dry roads STC yot Champion Eagles WESTERN CAROLINA LEAGUE Belmont at Lexington Newton at Shelby Statesville at Salisbury SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE Asheville at Charlotte Charleston at Greenville Columbia at Jacksonville Portsmouth at Knoxville Start Practice "Any 10year major leaguer who doesn't end up with a stable financial situation it was directly due to his own negligence" said O'Hair "And in addition to these face figures there's all kinds of tax gimmicks which work in his favor" There's only one thing wrong with this whole investigation: the eight-year-old thus far has to baseball with the same fervor he attacks stew beef and boiled carrots Which ain't much! NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh (friend 9-9) at San Fran-Cisco (O'Dell 4-3) 3 Milwaukee (Buhl 5-7) at St Louis (Gibson 6-5) II PM Chicago (Ellsworth CO at Cincinnati (O'Toole 7-7) 8:05 pm Philadelphia (MahaffeY 7-10) at Los Angeles (Williams 18) 10 pm Milwaukee Buys Louisville Ace MILWAUKEE The Milwaukee Braves announced Tues day night the purchase of Mack Jones a 22-year-old outfielder from Louisville of the American Association He was to join the team in St Louis Wednesday Jones was leading the league in batting with a 334 average He has nine home runs and 54 rbi's He bats left throws right HERSHEY Pa UP) The Philadelphia Eagles who won the National Football League title last year Wednesday opened pre-season drills here in preparation for their meeting with the college All-Stars Aug 4 The Eagles will be guided by a new coach Nick Skorich who replaced Buck Shaw who retired after last season Skorich's big problem will be finding a replacement quarterback Norm Van Brock lin now coach of the Minnesota Vikings 1 c7171-)a-Fr--rraaYr-TarimaYFr 91-7ra Open Fridays and Mondays 'tit 9 AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore (Pappas 6-3) at Boston (Muffet 2-9) 7 Pm Minnesota (Ramos 5-10) at Cleveland (Grant 11-2) 7 pm Kansas City (Rakow I-4) at WashIngton (McClain 7-7) 7:05 pm New York (Stafford 7-4) at Chicago (Wynn 7-11 I Pm Only games scheduled Be head and natural shoulders above the crowd in clothes from r(i'UrD'''e1 4T i a 4 15 i' 4' i 4 '4 4 4 i it 5 4 C-- Open Friday and Mondays 'fil 9 hr jai 4 31 A1 1 A tv i 14tt0034 i lilt' Irrtc77f-- 0 MELILJON'S MELLON'S STREET FLOOR 2 a 0 SemiAnnual Clearance of Men's Quality Clothing 1- final clearance of lightweight suits sport coats and slacks All taken directly from our regular stocks Many of these famous label suits ore in easy care wash ins wear fabrics Come in and replenish your wardrobe at these outstanding savings 2 ni aL 0 men's natural shoulder clothing and summer furnishings ErerySultItediteed (all a famous make) Dacron and wool Dacron and cotton Dacron and mohair Regularly NOW 3995 2899 4500 3199 5500 3899 5995 4199 (Complete Sport Coots stock) 2995-3250 2199 3750 9599 India Madras Sport Shirts Beautiful muted patterns in authentic India madras Ivy model short sleeve pullovers with tapered body S-M-L Regularly 695 NOW 399 I 4 NORTH TRYON At 27th ED 21111 fiskK 407 41 lintmit 1 ii 0 1 ks IISROYAL THE LOW PRonaTiRE Made of Butyl rubber 30 MONTHS GUARANTEE by USROYAL Guaranteed against road hazards such as blowouts cuts impact breaks abuse and consequential damage excepted based on service rendered at current list price for period speced for full explanation read your guarantee certificate CO OP 1111 ON Oa 1111 Because you'll want a set of 4 "tow Profile" is US Rubber Company's trodemark for its lower wider shape tire I STOPS 30 FASTER on any road But its big stopping advantage is on dangerously slippery roads where you need it most GENTLEST RIDE in the world Butyl rubber soaks up a million jolts a mile NO on sharpest curves or turns SOUNDS SAFER as it grips the road A "LOW PROFILE" TIRE puts more rubber on the road for faster stops more traction greater safety CASH REFUND CERTIFICATE Bring This in TRIAL OFFER expires in 10 days If after one week of use you are not completely satisfied with your set of US Royal Butylride tires and wish to return them we will gladly refund your money or whatever down payment has been REMOUNT YOUR OLD TIRES FREE OF CHARGE 11Y2t1PA GEM AT 50off You ALWAYS MID EASY CREDIT AT aktgrastERWEE LEONARD NICHOLSON PI A 'I 4 (At -1 ti i 21t 4 i4i 4 ii 4:00 mp Ic: 1 4 73 's A 44' i 1 4 51 "i STOP )0 4 1 115-- ::3:: oks 'e i -tviwirrire i Primit 1 IQ of 0 iiiii0-44mrxrF7 I 2 Mni :4 -4 1 11 So RONA i 1 7 is 1 1 J1 THE LOW PRonLETiRE Made of Butyl rubber I STOPS 30 FASTER on any road iill 1 t7--- kk it----- -zix1 i I --e- e--- -7 4174 I 4 1--4it '7 iii' But its big stopping advantage is on dangerously slippery roads where you need it most Ar i i--: AO vt tt Is GENTLEST RIDE in the world Butyl isti A r-- rubber soaks up a million jolts a mile vfi 7-: A-14ov 'Y -100V i -ti i-soi 20 4 NO on sharpest 344 road for faster stops r1' A cruurbybeesroornutrhnes SOUNDS SAFER os it grips the road 1 i-----1--7 i 7 ri ifi'l tTg-Fidit' -ts -t-- A "LOW PROFILE" TIRE puts more 1 A 43 i --41 l'IS's i I 'Ii 111 tj pi v- iti3 "tow Profile i US Rubber Company's 1i Akcor- more traction greater safety 4rk 0 4 y0 31 1 ii A trademark for its lower wider shape tire 44 P--N VZA ii ik IV SI IS IS Si lk in I te' 1 CASH REFUND CERTIFICATE 30 MONTHS GUARANTEE I Bring This in TRIAL OFFER COASTTO- COAST expires in 10 days If after one week of use 1 by USROYAL I you are not completely satisfied with your Guaranteed against road hazards I set of US Royal Butylride tires and wish to 1 such as blowouts cuts impact breaks return them we will gladly refund your abuse and consequential damage ex I money or whatever down payment has been 1 cepted based on service rendered at REMOUNT YOUR OLD TIRES current list price for period specified I REE OF CHARGE for full explanation read your guar I anise crtificate Ili ta CO OP 1111 ON OD UN MI Because you'll want a set of 4 el auy 2 uadiViti2-ce GEr 2 AT 50 c) OFF YOU ALWAYS FIND EASY CREDIT AT I 2 Ati lf RI) LE011ARD NICHOLSON NORTH TRYON et 2716 ED 21111 ITMEIEFERarEE VP40Y itNiks ctl''''''' 50 i' II" 4 -e --gi-- tappo 3" 0t 0::::::: ::::::0:14044 )1 44 i -4iI 744: 4 42 iv i 4--1-': i Id 1 1 i' it :1 it 41 4 0 4: f0 41 yA 15Lft Iro lit 1 1 14--: vv: 'I I 1Ri -e ti i :1:: 411 -1 ikoc rii I -Vi--it'' 1 SUITS We re 3995 4500 4995 6500 7500 8500 9500 11000 NOW $29 $34 $39 $49 $59 $69 $79 $89 SPORT COATS Every Cavanagh and Knox '61 Straw Hat REDUCED COMPLETE SIZE RANGE 3250 4000 4500 6500 7500-8500 $23 $29 $33 $49 $59 Hats that were: 595 695 795 SLACKS NOW 399 549 799 999 895 1095 1495 1695 2250 3500 599 799 1099 1299 1799 2499 1095-1195 1500-1650 FREE GOLD INITIALS FREE HAT BOX 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 '1'1S1tel 1' '4s' 1 tcciro Pof -e vr 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