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Wbs Day for Three-Time Champions WtK- i PRESS-SCIMITAR They have gone by him in bunches had he been at 72 here yesterday when beside the trio mentioned only two others veteran Paul Harney and rookie Jim Simons broke par PAGE 18 FRIDAY APRIL 7 1972 enroute to the sensational 31 he carded coming home AUGUSTA To everything there is a season it is said and a time for every purpose under the Heaven and yesterday obviously was a time for three-time Masters champions So today two men in this distinguished category Jack Nicklaus and Samuel Jackson Snead were running one-two as a field of 84 moved in to the second round of a Masters which already has produced an over-abundance of surprises and gives promise of yielding still more before scheduled conclusion Nicklaus 32 is the youngest of three-time Masters champions Snead 59 and going so fast on 60 that celebrate that milestone before last days fall from the calendar is the oldest three-timer still around It comes as no surprise to find Nicklaus leading the pack with his opening round 68 it is a surprise bordering upon disbelief to discover Snead notched at 69 just one length back of the leader For the day here was in the late and early when he was perennially a man to beat in this tournament and in recent times his name if it appeared at all on the list of the top 25 would be found near the bottom But yesterday on a day moreover when only a handful could break par Snead turned back the clock his beautifully-wrought 69 excelling any of his opening rounds in his three title years (1949-52-54) It was a day which seemed to invite par-breaking a balmy and almost breezeless day until late in the afternoon but besides Nicklaus and Snead only three others accepted the invitation and one of these was a man who stop after he won three Masters title but added another for good measure: Arnold Palmer Strange Happenings It was a day of great deeds and misdeeds a day when strange things were happening strangely to people like multiple US Open champions Lee Trevino and Billy Casper who had struggling 75s and neither Nicklaus the tourney favorite nor Charles Coody its defending champion were exempt Coody ran the gamut from a hole-in-one on the 190-yard No 6 to a triple-bogey seven on No 7 each of these feats performed with the greatest of ease His ace the fourth which he has made in competition over the years was the product of a five-iron shot which landed on the green and made like a homing pigeon for the cup 15 feet away his triple-bogey which he labeled a of and blamed for psyching him into a 73 was the result of poor drive a poorer second which buried in the bunker then four to get out and on for a long They cheered when he got that putt down he felt Nicklaus had his ups and downs too and when invited to describe his round aptly asked one the first ten or the last eight?" At the 10th he was two over par and worried at the 18th he was four under having scattered birdies and an eagle in his wake after at No 11 he somehow suddenly got the feel of the putter he explained at once fell into my hand properly and I began to knock everything The most spectacular one he knocked in was a here since 1965 and he conceded that he play too Playing his first Masters with his eyesight abetted by recently-acquired contact lenses Arnie said they affected his game the better" He blamed his failure to fashion a lower score on a lot of putts which might have fallen but Snead for his part could find nothing to fault in his play yesterday except the three putts he required to get down from 25 feet on the 18th hole It was his only three-putter of a round in which he used only a total of 31 putts with that stance which been exceptionally effective since he adopted it a few years ago Sam was in a merry mood as he described a round in which he hit every fairway but one and offset his two bogeys with five birdies most of which were fashioned with little sweat on a day when that picturebook swing was hitting as straight and almost as far as in the era when it was winning him titles in everything save the US Open At his press room inquisition a tactless questioner asked if Sam was surprised to have played so well at his age and the ageless wonder man of golf seemed surprised at the query He answered in the negative pointing out that been playing good golf all along but shooting 72s because he needed 35 to 42 putts to get around go by you in he said waggishly at 72" Jack Distracted The of golf went into this Masters feeling that he was not really prepared for it still not swinging he said hit better tomorrow (Friday) Jack feels that his sluggish start on the opening nine was a little traceable to the continual talk about a Grand Slam and he labeled this chatter but then took the sting out of the remark by adding exciting the thought of a Grand Slam and I blame the press for bringing it up glad the man talking about making All the same he left no doubt that prefer to hear no more mention of the Slam until at least after the Masters and preferably until much later like say until three legs of the Slam journey are behind him I was trying to make the he said only half-jestingly everybody was talking about a He have to worry now about making the cut and neither it would seem does Sam after their fast starts on a day Heaven-made for three-time Masters champions Scores Soar Palmer satisfied with the 70 which placed him third but it was the best opening round he has fashioned 30-footer for that eagle at No 15 but there were a couple of others of the 25-foot variety which he sank for birdies tr ir Lenses Help Palmer Establish Contact if it felt like old times to be running third behind veterans Nicklaus and Sam Snead not a bad he replied grinning kind of like the thought I hope it stays that way but just reverse the guy who is employment selling contact lenses He was enthusiastic as he described them to newsmen feel like I have anything on my he said glasses seem to bring things in too close This is the same as it was before I had to wear out of he said in the press building help me a lot The wind was blowing pollen off the trees and it could get in my eyes so I kept this visor down pretty low on my If he already a millionaire Palmer could get the cup but needed two putts to get down drive it say I drove it he said hit a couple of tee shots that were not good still a little ways from what like Just everything could be a little Then the conversation switched to his eyes and his contact lenses sore as heii right now and going to take these things out when I get couraged say not he said I had a total plan for the four rounds 70 at this stage be far off" ni still tramps along behind the 42-year-old Pennsylvanian perhaps more loyal at Augusta than at other points on the tour He is the only man ever to win four Masters championships but his last one was eight years ago He was asked by newsmen AUGUSTA Ga (UPI) Wearing contact lenses and a white sun visor jammed down low on his forehead Arnold Palmer yesterday shot his best opening round in a Masters golf tournament since 1965 I play too he said summing up his day But he enthusiastic about the two-under-par 70 which put him two strokes behind leader Jack Nicklaus than say en First Round Scores Palmer one-putted the third eighth and 14th holes for birdies His only bogey was on No 11 when he missed the green then pitched to within 10 feet of Big Jack Begins 38-38-76 38-38-76 39-37-76 36-41-77 37-41-78 38-40-78 38-40 78 36-43 79 38-41-79 4i -r Homero Blancas a-Garv Cowan Dave Hill David Groham Doug Ford Roy Floyd Al Gelberger Dick Lotz Julius Boros Lorry Hinson Art Wall a-Richard Bendall Gardner Dickinson Tommy Aaron Bobby Cole Harry Bannerman a-Thomas Culligan Dave Eichelberger a-Marvin Giles Ramon Sota Labron Harris a-Eddie Pearce Hsieh Yung-Yo Gene Sarazen a-Martln West Herman Keiser Orville Moody Hale Irwin a-James Grabielsen a-john Farquhar Brian Barnes Ralph Guldahl Gory Brewer withdrew Illness A Amateur The 32-year-old Nicklaus only man to win the Masters the US and British Opens and the PGA at least twice who from the start has been favored to win his fourth Masters and his 12th major championship each wants to win all four this year and thus become the first golfer to complete the professional Jack Nicklaus Sam Snead Arnold Palmer o-James Simons Paul Harney Tony Jacklin Bobby Nichols Bruce Crompton Lanny Wadklns Bob Charles Frank Beard Steve Melnyk Bert Yancey Jim Jamieson Gibby Gilbert Jerry McGee Bobby Mitchell Charles Coodv Grier Jones Gory Player a-Ben Crenshaw Bob Goalby Jerry Heard Georoe Archer o-Thomas Kite Masashj Ozakl Bruce Devlin Bob Rosburg DeWitt Weaver Ken Still Chi Chi Rodriguez Peter Oosterhuis Snead Tom Welskopf Mason Rudolph Jim Colbert a-Willlam Hyndman Roberto De Vlcenzo Bob Murphy Bert Greene Don January a-William Campbell Miller Barber Lee Trevino Takaoki Kono Dave Stockton John Miller Tommy Bolt Today's Scores 42-42-84 47-42-89 AUGUSTA Ga (UPI) Jack Nicklaus who has already won more major tournaments than any other professional golfer past or present began pulling away from the field today in the second round of the Masters Nicklaus who shot a 68 yesterday and began the second round one stroke ahead of remarkable Sam Snead turned front nine in 35 and at that point was three strokes ahead of Snead and Paul Harney No other golfer in the 84-man Masters field was within four strokes of Nicklaus Nicklaus birdied the par 5 second and par 3 sixth holes today but bogeyed the par 4 seventh Snead who will be 60 next month and who won his last of three Masters crowns 18 years ago birdied two of his first three holes but offset that fast start with bogeys to make the turn in even-par for the front nine and then had a second straight bogey at No 10 Boh Murouy Julius Boros Hale Irwin Mason Rudolph Chi Chi Rodriguez Masashl Ozaki Labron Harris Dave Hill Bobby Cole Hsieh Yuno-yo Dick Lotz Dave Eichelberger oMarvin Giles Jim Colbert A-Marty West A-Gary Cowan Ray Floyd Gene Sarazen Herman Keiser -143 75-69 144 76-70 1 46 73-76-149 74-70-150 74-77-151 Charles Coodv -Bobby Nichols Robert De Vlcenzo Steve Melnyk Tom Welskcpf 'Bobby Mitchell Al Gelberger Ben Crenshaw Homero Blanca9 a-Thomas Kite Grier Jones Takaoki Kono Gardner Dickinson Bob Goalby Hubert Green Bert Greene Peter Osterhuis a-James McLean Snead Ken Still '71 FORD CLEARANCE SAVE lOO's! ED MEIER FORD Your "GIANT" Ford Doalor 3403 Elvis Prtly Blvd 332-0150 Press International Telephoto Nicklaus Really Has Eye on the Ball Jack chips to No 6 enroute to the lead Hopes High for '72 By BILL BURK Preas-Scimitar Sports Writer by will probably join them there With all the talk Antonelli will have the pressure on him to produce One gets the feeling Antonelli thinks he can that the Blues have ever had He says this team will be faster stronger defensively and better at the bat than the 1971 edition which finished third in its division After a week of watching the Blues in training here this is a assessment of the team as it prepares to break camp to arrive in Memphis for an evening workout Wednesday at Blues Stadium Ho Malignancy ST PETERSBURG Fla There is an air of excitement running throughout the New York Mets minor league complex this spring when the talk turns to the 1972 opening version of the Memphis Blues year we had all the good said Tidewater manager Hank Bauer the grizzled old former major league star year Memphis has the see how you can keep from winning with that says Joe Frazier manager of the Class A Visalia club in the California League have speed defense hitting and The outfield Greg Harts in left Jeff Anderson in center and Dave Schneck in right will be the fastest and best defensively since the Blues won the Texas League crown in 1969 with Ken Singleton Tommy Campbell and Leroy Stanton manning the pickets Anderson is the fastest player in the Mets camp just as Campbell was in his day and he possesses a stronger bat than Campbell did His 72 stolen bases last season attest to his speed Anderson leading off and Deremer batting second are both switch hitters The pitching staff be settled until Sunday when Tidewater makes its final cuts but indications are that the starting rotation will be veterans Don Camy Tommie Sheppard and Juan Veintidos along with rookies Bill Apadaca and Terry Blitz Frazier who had both Apadaca and Blitz at Visalia last season says they are winners and will help hurl Memphis to a title Who will back this group the five other pitchers is even more conjectural at the moment Russ Seals making a comeback bid may open the season in Visalia as may Randy Sterling Ken Esposito is definitely ticketed for the bullpen and if they make the final cut Al Dodson Ed Pate Ron Stewart Dan Murphy or Jim Kir The infield with Hallums at first Terry Deremer at second Bryan Ostrosser at short and Paul Womble at third is definitely an improvement over last inept inner gardeners at every position These bats will speak louder Ostrosser is labeled the best shortstop in the livery This seems an overbilling though he is 99 per cent better than anyone the Blues tried at that position last season The weakness would appear to be the defensive play of Womble at third But big bat is expected to more than make up for any defensive bobbles he may SAN DIEGO (UPI) -Golf pro Gene Littler says he already has started exercising after being told an examination of tissue removed in surgery Tuesday showed no remaining cancer am tickled to death with the he said of medical report from his room on the 11th floor of Mercy Hospital have started an exercise program consisting mainly of moving my left arm It was believed his surgeons might determine today how long he would stay in the hospital and estimate the time for convalescence in his La Jolla home Not once in the five years the Blues have been to spring training with the Mets has any of the previous teams created the excitement this one has Blues manager Johnny An-tonelli rare with his superlatives says catcher Joe Nolan and first baseman Tom Hallums may be the best overall at their positions Central Air Conditioning PRE-SEASON SALE ENDS APRIL 30 1972 everything you need for WHOLE HOUSE TOTAL COMFORT 35000 BTU CENTRAL SYSTEM ideal for 3 and 4 bedroom homes included: Outdoor Condensing unit Matching Evaporator Coil 15 feet of Pre-charged Refrigerant Tubing Deluxe 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played on any day other than Saturday A capacity crowd of 51410 watched the game at Memorial Stadium also The Sugar Bowl because of strong competition from the Cotton Bowl asked the NCAA for the change after officials of the Astro-Bluebonnet game requested their contest be played on Dec 30 this year rather than the customary New Eve Dates of other bowl games are: Orange Rose and Jan 1 Astro Bluebonnet Gator Sun and Dec 30 (the Peach Bowl may be played Dec 29 Tangerine-Dec 29 Dec 23 CALVERT EXTRA THE SOFT WHISKEY BLENDED WHISKEY 86 PROOF 65 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS 1972 CALVERT 0IST CO LOUISVILLE KY.