European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Thi stars and stripes Page 17 Boros sneaks in to win pea by 1 shot san Antonio Tex. A forty eight year old Julius Boros 23 a blow for the.paunchy5middle aged Suncy Wert to won the 90th pea Golf championship with 281 that seed out a miraculous Finis by the magnetic Arnold Palmer. The ageless Connecticut Yan Kee oldest Man by three years Lar to win his title coolly sped up to within three feet on the final Hole tar a difficult oar and a closing 69 that ended one of the most dramatic of Allega finishes. Only moments before Boros wearing a Slouchy White hat and sweating profusely in the caul Dron heat had stood on the tee at the much maligned 18th Hole known As cardiac Canyon and watched Palmer make Abold bid to snap a prolonged the popular general of Arnle s army who has won every major professional Crown except this one Only a stroke off the Pace Duck hooked his tee shot on the 488-Yard final Hole and sent the Ball careening into Cluster of his worshippers. The Ball was buried deep inthe knotty wire like grass. There because of an Over hanging television Cable Mer was Given a free drop. Heball landed High of the grass where it could be took a three Wood and lashed into the Ball with All the Power of his Blacksmith s Shoul How they Ders and arms. The Ball flew like a Cannon shot hit in front of the Green and dribbled to Ward the cup. It stopped Only eight fee away. Palmer plagued by an ice cold Putter throughout the Day sped the Ball toward the cup but it did t have a finished with an even 70 for 282 and had to share second Money with new Zea ladder Bob Charles the left hander who won the British open in 1963 and the Canadia Nopen last month. Charles also had a closing 70.first place was Worth $25,000 for Boros. Who has won 16 tournaments in his career including a pair of . Opens. He had never before won the pea. Rookie Marty Fleckman 24, Apro of Only a few months and Leader through the first three rounds of the tournament came to the last Hole needing a Birdie to tie but he missed the Green with his approach and took a bogey 5 for a 73. This gave him a total of 283and tied him at that figure with George Archer the 6-foot-6 for Mer Cowboy who finished with a remarkable 60. Archer had Takena quadruple bogey 8-with three penalty shots on the first Hole of saturday s third round and appeared out of it at that 102-degree heat and the pressure of playing with Mer marking the first Confron tation of Arnie s army and Lee s fleas forced Lee Trev Ino into a tailspin. He shot a 76for 288. Trevino double bogeyed the first where he hit into a trap and three putted and also the sixth where his shot found the thirsty Salado Creek. Louisville s Frank Beard who went into the stretch run Over the 7,096-Yard, 70 Pecan Valley course tied with Fleck Man at even never fully Gotoff the ground. He got Only one birdiethe13thand had five bogeys for a in oldest Champ scored san Antonio. Tex. 6s-285 a $2.00069-75-70-72-286 a Hill $2.06072-14.671288 tt.700.71-78.7 0-73-287 Rhyan. $1,7007j-7w8-7b-287 o or Arnton w.400n-7s.70.72 388 Trevino $1.4006b-n-72-76-288 888m8t4.74.74.78-sm wham is "1 -tnss4ssftssk a stg san Antonio Tex. A Julius Boros sipped a Beer and smiled sunday we Rit was cer Tain he had won the pea championship. S win i backed into this one he said. Boros said it seemed like everybody was making bogeys. I figured i had As Good a chances anyone he elided. Boros said he was concerned Arnold Palmer might make a Birdie on the treacherous 18thhole, but i knew he had t when i heard the oohs and aah " i half hit a three Wood but got that pitching wedge up there close Boros said of his needed on the treacherous 18th. Boros almost had his hat knocked off when he got a kiss from his wife Armen As Herode an electric cart to the press played As Well As i Ever have and my Only strategy to Day was to just stay out of that rough Boros was like playing in a Sauna Bath out there. I tried to stay under my umbrella As much As pos sible. My putting was played no. 18 Well the 48-year-old Boros said on of the reasons he did so Well in the tournament was because replayed the vicious 18th Hole the Scourge of the players in Only one Over figures. He s the oldest player to win the if he he was going to play in the world cup at Rome Boros answered i m hungarian i Don t know whether they will let me in there or world cup matches in Rome nov. 14-17, will have Boros As pea King and Lee Trev Ino As open Champion As representatives Boros who won 125,000 with his pea Victory said can you imagine that w 1952, i was the Ead Fng Money Winner and too Home Only $37,000." a disappointed Arnold Palmer said i missed 11 make Able Iri die putts on the last 13 hit the Hole and jumped out. It was just a Marty Fleckman the Youngsport Ai Hur Tex., tour Rookie asked Boros with a laugh when Are you old men going Home so we Young Guys can winsome Money on the tour wgso8 4 and 72-Hole score at 284where he was deadlocked with he year s leading Money win Ner Bill Casper who shot 70 for "84.before Boros the oldest player to win the pea was Jerr Jarber who was 45 when he beat Don january in a playoff at Chicago in 1961. January the Lefender Here finished with a 72or 296, Well Back in the Field. Boros is a 210-Pound six footer with a Broad Girth that hangs loosely a athletic like Over Lis Low Slung trousers. I seem to be getting heavier and heavier he commented after his Jay or the Moose As he is known to his contemporaries is a native of Hartford onn., where he played Amateur Golf. A pro since 1949, he lived or years in North Carolina an now resides with his wife and eight children in fort Lauder Dale Fla. Saturday after finishing two shots out of the Lead he told friends it s too hot and there Are too Many Hills for an old codger like me to keeps Coo however keeping Cool under his battered White cloth hat and a Blue umbrella he never seemed to waver on the final round. He birdied the fifth and sixth holes just As he did the Day be fore with putts of 8 and 15 feet and wrested the Lead for the Julius Boros. 48-year-old King ports Graebner miss Richey Cap Clay courts titles Milwaukee wis. Up Power serving Clark Graebner won the men s singles title an flawless swinging Nancy Richey gained an unprecedented sixth successive women s singles title sunday in the National Cla courts Tennis tournament. Graebner 24, Beachwood Ohio scored a 8-3, 7-5, 6-0 finals Victory Over Stan Smith of Pasadena calif., who appeared weary after a grueling semifinals win saturday Over Cliff , Cliff s sister out classed Una Tuero Metairie,la., for the women s title 6-3, 6-3. Miss Richey 25, Sanangelo Tex., extended her own record of five consecutive women s singles titles set Here year ago. Her feat of six women crowns in a Row compares with the men s record of six set inthe 1920s by the immortal Bill Tilden. Miss Richey is the no. 1ranked women s Amateur in the country and was top seed echere. Miss Tuero was seeded , who won his firs continued on Page so Janssen wins tour Paris up Jan Janss Enof the Netherlands sunday won the tour de France cycling most prestigious and lucrative race. San Antonio Tex. A Julius Boros Victory in to pea championship sunday qualified him to team with . Open Champion Lee tre Vino in the world Cap Golf matches at Rome nov. 14-17.under the new agreement Between the International Golf association and the pea the american representatives annually will be the two Ameri can , 48, played in the first world cop Competition at Ca Gada in 1953. Arnold Palmer who tied for second Here waste individual Winner last year in Mexico City. First time from Fleckman on the410-Yard Lith Hole with a 15-foot Uphill bogeyed the 14th where he hit a tree trying to Cut the dog leg too closely with Charles in the same threesome also bogey ing it. There was a three Way tie at that stage among Boros Charles and Fleckman with Palmer a shot rammed in a Birdie with a 15-foot putt at the 316th and moved two shots in front As both Fleckman a Dcharles ran into bogeys. He looked fairly Safe until he bogeyed the 17th, where he missed the Green and chipped 15feet from the cup and Palmer sent pulses pounding with his great shot at the 18th. I heard the oohs and has when Palmer missed his putt Boros Aid but i half hit a continued on Paye so Al Riiser wins pair at imly Park -t8-w-t�--�8 Kab w6-80-78-30778-73-7683307 Indianapolis ind. A Al Unser of Albuquerque n.m., whose family has been winning Auto Speed contests for one half Century won both ends of a twin Bill at 100-mile . Auto club events sunday Over the 2h-Mileroad course at Indianapolis race Way Park it was the first event for usag championship cars Over the full Road course about five Miles from the Indianapolis motor Speedway where Al a brother. Bobby won the annual 500mile race May 30. Al s average Speed of 96.795m.p.h. On the first heat was an automatic record. His two win brought him a total of $7,860. Mario Andretti Nazareth,pa., former National Champion had won three straight races Over the Irp Road course but Al Unser passed him on the fifth Lap of the first race and was unbeatable thereafter in a four wheel drive British Lola Chassis with a special Ford racing engine. Andretti got Back in front briefly but spun out on the 19th Lap and never led thereafter. Twas the sixth and seventh Sec Ond place finishes for Andretti on the Sac circuit this year. His prize totals sunday were$4,470. Bobby Unser finished third inthe first 100-Miler but broke his Radiator in the second heat an did not finish. Al credited his Victory to the adhesion he had in the tight turns with new 15-Inch-Widetires and the four wheel drive on his car. The . Auto club has banned four wheel drive after next Lotus Turbine car another innovation under attack bythe Sac rules committee led the first Lap of the first race with Joe Leonard of san Jose calif., at the wheel but late spun off the course
