European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Afurdoy., april 13, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 17 Asper leads masters with 68 five Trail by 1 att Pinta a. A place other players were under Wilb Ltd a pair of Gustaft National s Par with 71. Co say in the opening Roundup 32nd masters Golf tour Rawhie most of the others in lib select 74-Man Field wrestled Tith nerves and Tricky Breaks. 36-Vear-old mormon fro Mikicic Gap Calif., coolly ran in six Birdie putts one from 55set-for a four under Par 68. Favorite Jack Nicklaus admitting he was Overly anxious 5js Fittery nevertheless med of a 69 which placed him in a bracket with four oui ers that looked like a United nations Roll fires 69 also at 69 were Tony Jacklin the Brash Young pro from eng and who two weeks ago became first from his a Puntorno win a pea tournament Robert Devicenzo the balding Argentine who holds the British open Crown Skinny Bruce Devlin of Australia who played so poorly last year he thought he might have to return to his plumbing Trade and Tommy Aaron Jour Neyman . Pro who never has won a tour tournament. Defending Champion Gay Brewer jr., and the gallery s Choice Arnold Palmer both had putting difficulties and settled for Par 72s that left them four shots off the blistering first round i had putted reasonably Well i would have been in much closer Contention said Palmer his brow wrinkled with concern he has won four masters by has t had a major Victory since1964, his last masters Triumph. The pug nosed Brewer refuse to be discouraged by his round which was one stroke Bette than his opening Effort a year be got to get rid of those bogeys Brewer said but think i can still win three . Pros were tied a70-Bob Goalby Kermit Zarle and Jerry Pittman and seven titter were Don january ther Ign Long pea Champion a Floyd Bert Yancey Lee Trevno Amateur Vinnie Giles six Imes japanese open champions Deyeo Suglmoto of Tokyo and German Reiser dark horse win or of this title in 1940. January scored an Eagle one 475-Yard ?.#nung a Rix Iron shot from 70 Yards of the Green. Giles seeking to be come the first Amateur Ever to take the masters had an out going three under 33. Par for the Augusta National course a 6,980-Yard layout with Broad fairways and huge rolling greens is 36-3672. Overnight Rains left Damp spots in someplace and made the greens deceptively slow. A Tricky win put a Challenge on club Selec is two times . Open Champion and second Only to Arnold Palmer in All time Money winnings but has never finished higher than fourth in ten previous masters. He feels that this year will be different. I have a new inner peace everything i do is better Cas per was one of the few who admitted that he was not bothered by the masters jitters the nervousness that comes from a bid to win the coveted Green coat. Another was Young Tom Weis Kopf the towering ohioan who is the leading Money Winner of a photo Bui Casper puts sign on Long Birdie putt at third Hole. Masters Leader had five birdies on hot round twins rally to trip nats 5-4 Washington up1 har Mon Killebrew hit his second Home run in two Days and the Minnesota twins cashed in on four unearned runs to. Score a 5-4 come from behind Victory thursday Over the Washington senators. Killebrew s blast came of reliever Dennis Higgins in the fifth inning and provided the margin of Victory after the twins rallied from a 4-0 first nning deficit to tie the score arly in the inning. The twins capitalized on a to out error by third baseman Ken Mcmullen in the to score three runs and produced the tying run in the fifth when outfielder Frank Froward dropped a Fly Ball and Harmon Killebrew blasts 2nd Homer Higgins contributed a costly wild pitch. Mcmullen s error in the third was followed by a double by Rod Carew a single by Tony Oliva a walk to Killebrew and a single by Bob s error in the fifth enabled Carew to reach second base. He moved up on Outfield Fly and scored anon 1 the stars and stripes o9s Belanger last to National guard Higgins wild senators wasted no time getting their first runs of the season off Jim Merritt in the first. Singles by Del Unser an Mike Epstein a walk and an error by shortstop Jackie Hernandez on Mcmullen s grounder accounted for Hansen then drilled a double to the Center Field Fence for three More runs. Merritt weathered the first inning uprising and settled Down to go the distance for the Victory. Higgins was charged with the loss. Cashing in Minnesota a r h by Tovar 3b Carew 2b Oliva it Washington a r h by 5100 in ser of 41304211 Valentine of 4000 4111 Epstein in 4110 the tour and second Choice at 6-1with Palmer behind Nicklaus in the current lumbered in with a disappointing 74, failing to solv Augusta s massive greens. I was t nervous or tight he said i just could t get the Ball in the Hole. They looked fast but they were slow. I kept leaving the Ball Short ail Casper had no such Down to a trim 175 pounds by an exotic diet of Buffalo meat and polynesian delicacies to cure an allergy an finding strength in his mormon religion he took the Green apart. He had a total of Only 29 putts compared with 34 for Weis Kopf and he was up and in on almost All of his Mak Eabie assignments. Had to Cut rope he three putted the 190-Yardsixth and got his second bogey at the 14th where he had to Cuta restraining rope with a pocket knife after missing the Green but he Sank a 30-foot putt at the third and rammed Down the Snake at the 17th. Known to be a Bland and color less performer he exhibited a new Wise cracked with the Gal Lery. He did Little hip dances on the greens after a Good putt. He stole some of Arnold Palmer Thunder in facial expressions when shots went , the sturdy English youngster with a Little bit of be Hogan in him three putted two holes the sixth and 13thbutran Down Birdie putts of 12, 15 and 30 stole much of the gallery of 20,000, however with his faculty for rallying from trouble. He drove into a Fairway trap Atno. 2 but got a Birdie. He hit a Spectator at the third Hole banged a shot into a Golf cart at the sixth and drove into the Trees at the 18th. On the 18th, he rifled a one Iron shot through a Small open ing in the Trees and got his par4. It was my Best shot of the Day he said englishman 22-year old Clive Clark was even More spectacular but not with As prof Itable a result. He Sank a Hole Inone the tournament s ninth with a two Iron on the 190-yard16th. Clark has 81 but the shot followed a couple of 7s on his card and he settled for a fat 81. Nicklaus Sank a 30-foot Putton the first Hole but admitted that the Birdie Only parti avy relieved the tension gripping him. I was More anxious this Yea than usual i guess because i be wanted to redeem myself for not making the Cut last year he said. I really did Calm Down until about the fifth clobbered the Ball off the tee but his scoring was achieve Don the greens. Besides his 30 continued on Page 20j Baltimore a Mark Belanger shortstop Baltimore s Younglas called to Active duty with a National guard out fit thursday effective May 13, and May be lost to the anoles for two years. All we know is that it could be for a maximum of two years und Mark does t know where he s going Baltimore s said hurry Dalton director of player and former Oriole Pitcher Frank Bertaina who Isnow with the Washington Sena tors Are members of the 175thtactical fighter group of the Maryland air National missed wednesday s sea son openers while on duty i suburban Middle River because of the civil disorders in Balti More this week. 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Up the Sari Diego chargers have announced the signing of their second draft Choice Jim Hill a defensive halfback from Texas & i. The american football league club said Hill who is 6-foot-2 and weighs 192 pounds can run the 100-Yard dash in 9.7 seconds. Hill was named to the All Lone Star state conference team for three years received All America mention last year and played in the senior bowl in to bile Ala
