European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday Aagott 1, 1�8 the stars and stripes Page 21 56 pros., 168 amateurs Lith Golf set for Friday Start by John Williamson staff writer Ramsten Germany is a Field of 56 professionals and 168 amateurs will Lee off Here Friday morning As the Lith an n u a 1 Woodlawn International Golf tournament starts its three Days of play. Barry Franklin of South Africa Julius Boros did More than just win the pea championship at sin Antonio a couple of weeks ago. At the Ripe old age of 48, Julius not Only collected the $25,000 that goes to the Winner but he also struck a tremendous blow for us old fogies who trudge around the courses in the futile Pursuit of Par. Boros and the perennial Sam Snead belie the fact that Golf is becoming a Young Man s game. Snead at the Ripe old Aye of 5 5 is still the soundest swinger in Golf. If you Don t believe just wait until the present crop of Golf youngsters reach the half Century Mark i really Don t think Many of them will be playing and winning like the slam Rich has been doing for these past three decades. Then there s Hoyl Wilhelm the venerable Knuckl Ball Maestro of the Chicago White 801. Hoyt just edged by his 45th year and celebrated by appearing in his w8th major league game. In his 18years of major league pitching Wilhelm has a 128-107 record and shows no signs of slowing up. But then How much can he slow up his knt Ickler. Football has a few oldies too. Lou Groza is 44 and seemingly headed for another season with the Cleveland Browns. The Oakland raiders use a comparatively Young alternate quarterback in the personage of George Blanda. Blanda is Only 41 but does the kicking for the raiders and fills in at quarterback when the need arises. Professional sports in the . Spend a lot of Money for players and the owners Are always moaning Over the six figure Bonus Money they have to Shell out for their stars. They could take Solace in the fact that they Are Mere bikers when it comes shelling out the hard Cash for players. The italian soccer league just closed its player Market trading add one club Cagliari of Sardinia turned Down a $1,600.000 bid for their Star gig Riva. Milan and Juventud of Turin made the offer but Cagliari said no Dice. However invent us shelled out $1,056,000 for 20-year-old Pietro Anasthasi of Varese. Varese bought Anastasi for $64,000 three years ago. Quite a profit for Varese. Flat and soccer Juventud. Which is backed by Gianni Agnelli president of the Fiat motor corporation also handed out $640,000 for it Lmuth Haller the German Star playing for of two things is very apparent. There must be a lot of Money in kicking a soccer Ball around in Italy or Fiat Sells an awful lot of cars. Or maybe a lot of about Money. The University of Texas has probably the richest linebacker in the history of College football. Corby Robert son tabbed As one of the starting linebackers for the longhorns is the heir to the Oil millions of Hugh Roy s friends Tell him that if he in t drafted by the pros he can to out and buy his own team and play wherever and whenever he wants. Okay so you want to build a Golf High rollers at the old club have decided they need a bigger and better playground and you re stuck on a committee to look into it. Or you re in a new group expanding into Virgin territory to further the Lively Pursuit of the Little White happens More than 400 times a year across the United states and maybe All you know at the Start is that it s Gonna Cost a lot of Money. If history repeats most of it probably will be mis spent. The first Dollar in the pot perhaps should be sent to the . Golf association for a Little Blue Booklet called building Golf holes for Good turf was compiled by the expert grass growers of the Urga no Are alarmed by the tendency of certain Golf course architects to design Layouts with Little or no appreciation for the Fine Art of cultivating a playable crop of grass on it. Coif Weed grass Olf is played on grass says the Urga Booklet. Grass responds to Good management. Good management begins with l Ood than 5,000 Golf courses double the number existing in 1945, Nave been built during the phenomenal growth period since the end of world War ii. They re going into business at the rate of nearly 450 per year counting Par-3 courses and major additions or rebuilding of existing facilities. ,. Unfortunately most of them including those with Good design Nave also arrived by Way of poor construction methods says he Urga Green Section staff. La May take Only a year to build a course. But if the work is not done properly it May take eight or 10 years to untangle the mistakes. Often initial errors never can be they la Tell you How to select a site acreage requirements drains to be featured How to work with soil types drainage now much water Supply will be needed How much Power where 10 store maintenance equipment How Long it should 11 Tell you How to build a putting Green a tee a Fairway Bunker and even the rough. They la Tell you How to handle Ais by a iras and natural hazards like lakes Ponds and they la Tell you about grass and the Trees to be planted Nilst types for yur area the Best types to make the Best laying conditions where you Are. 1 hey won t Tell you where to get the Money but they do Tell you to w to get your Money s Worth. That service is a Little thin fact of the Urga which a a act know f01% Stusen Ginis like the . Open and As guardian of the rules of Golf. Local sports vim i my of a Mil Kolh 11 k my pc Nimr mtg Al my Auto am a the course map above shows 22.8 Kilometre n Herb urging course in the Eifel mountains. Among Best places for watching Are Schwalbe Schwanz 19krussel 14 and Brun Chen 16. World s top Drivers vie at nuer Burgering sunday by Randy Barnetts a racing columnist who won the German open at Cologne last week Heads Alist of foreign pros that includes Dennis Hutchinson also of South Africa the Winner Here in 1963 and 1964 Donald Swaelens of Belgium who won Here in 1966 and placed eighth last year and Graham Henning of the South african golfing Henning family who was seventh in 1967. Franklin tied for second in the 1967 meet with Tony Grubb of England three strokes behin Britain s Fred Boobyer. Boob yer and Grubb Are not return ing for this year s meet. Hutch Inson finished in a tie for fourth last year. Ten american pros Are on the entry list most of them serving in Europe with the armed forces. A familiar name among the r s t e i a Germany is the Lith annual Wood Lawn open slated for aug. 2-4 Here was officially kicked of with a one Day pro am women s tournament on tuesday. Dennis Hutchinson who holds the course record with a 62carded la 1962, teamed with Ginny Beane for a net 56 and first Swaelens and Gay Sam Mer were second and Barr Franklin and Carrol Mellerski were in third. Twenty two of the world s bes Drivers will be flagged off at 2 . Sunday at the famed nuer Burgering in the 30th running of the German grand prix which this year is also the grand prix of 15-Lap race will be run Over the 22.8 Kilometre North slope. The German grand prix is the eighth in this year s series with Only four left to go the grands prix of Italy Canada the United states and Mexico. Graham Hill of England who leads in the race for the world Drivers championship with 24 Points is followed closely by Jacky icky of Belgium with 20points and Jackie Stewart of Scotland with 17. A win for either icky or Stewart would give them the Lead for the with the grand prix there Are four other races scheduled two for saturday and two sunday. These include the avd Rhem land Pfalz prize for it car from 1000 pcs to 1300 pcs set for 4 . Saturday the Nuermburg trophy race for formula v cars Amateur drivers5 15 . Sat urday the deutschland trophy race for formula v cars licensed drivers11 . Sunday and the Rheinland Pfalz prize for it cars Over 1000 pcs and touring cars Over 1300 pcs 5 . the races listed above seven americans will compete. The Yare Francis e. Mcnamara in the formula v deutschland race Bates John Magee William Scott and Glon Sullivan in the formula v deutschland race and Campbell a. Mccomas an Jim Doherty in the Klu Midland Pfalz races. Practice sessions for the for Mula 1 race begin at noon Friday and end at 1 15. Practice ses Sions for other races begin at 1 30 and continue through 6 30.on saturday practice will be held from 7 30 . Until 2 30.with the formula ones going Tom 12 45 until 2 30.the entry list reads As follows. But there May be one change. The German newspaper Bild Zeitung said that Ferrari would have formula 1 car for the German lil climb Ace Gerhardt list by Drivers with cars in parentheses Denny Hulme and Bruce Mclaren both of new zealand Mclaren Ford Graham Hill and Jack Oliver both of England Lotus Ford Jack Brabham Australia. And Jochen Rundt Austria Brabham Repco Jackie Stewart. Scotland Matra Ford John Surtees England Honda Chris Amon new zealand and Jacky Cox Belgium Ferrari Pedro Rodriguez Mexico and Richard Attwood England . Jean Pierre Beloise France Matra Matra Dan g u r n e a .a.tgurney-Engle Joakim Bonnier Sweden Mclaren-. To Siffert Switzer land Rob Walker Lotus Ford Kurt Ahrens West Germany Brabham Geoco Hubert Hahn West Germany . Lucien Bianchi Belgium and Vic Elford England Cooper-. Piers courage England Reg Parnell . Silvi Omo or Switzerland Brabham Repco. American entries is Doug Ford or. Who is playing out of Baum Holder. Doug is the son an namesake of one of America s _ top Money winning golfers Over i the pro will play with three amateurs on Friday and sat urday. Each of the three amateurs will play As the Best Ball partner of the pro he is playing with. Therefore each pro will be a member of three teams for each of the two Days play. The individual medal play for the Over All tournament has been Cut to 54 holes this year with Only one 18-Hole round set f o r sunday. All of the pros will play in the final round As will the ten Low amateurs plus ties after the first two Days. The pros will be shooting at a top prize of $1,000 with $600 going for second and $400 for third. Other Cash prizes Range Down to $75. In addition the pro on the winning pro am team each Day will get $125 with smaller prizes for the next four places. Cash prizes will also be awarded to the top four Low medal scores by pros on Friday and again on saturday. Merchandise prizes w o r t h Over $1,000 will be awarded Iheama eur members of the t o p pro am teams. Stars claim Pavkovic Houston up the hous Vlad ton stars have claim Imir Pavkovic 25. Of Yugoslavia on waivers from the Dallas Tornado a g e n e r a 1 manager Owen Martinez announced Here. Germans nudge twinkle toes ii Anau Germany special despite a second half rally that tied the score the 2nd support brigade twinkle toes dropped a 3-2 soccer decision to the visiting German air Force team Here tuesday trailing 2-0 at the half the twinkle toes caught the Ger mans on goals by Shew Lee a Danthony Lawrence. Lee s five Mot i a Bhot four minutes into the half was assisted by Mike it Mer. Twelve minutes later Law rence tied it up with a goal from 10 Mcmorse out. The German club tallied its winning goal at the so minute Mark of the second half on a head shot following a Corner kick the same manner in which the winners first two Points were scored
