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Evening star., 1961-04-02
BossIer Is Appointed
Pro at Indian Spring

Charley Bassler, long one of
the Middle Atlantic sections
leading pros in tournament golf,
yesterday was named as Buck
Whites successor as profess
sional at Indian Spring Coun-
try Club.
White had taken the Job
March l but resigned Is days
later because of disagreements
with club management. His res
ignation was effective yesterday.
Bassler, 38, has been pro at
Turf Valley Club in Ellicott
City since 1859. He has won
the Maryland Open six times,
the Middle Atlantic PGA cham
pionship five times and the
Baltimore Open on four occa-
sions. He also won the District
Open twice.
Bassler has played in six
National Opens and was a semi
finalist in the 1851 National
PGA tournament, in which he
lost to Sam Snead at Oakmont
in Pittsburgh. He also was run
nerup at the Eastern Open in
1854 in Baltimore.
The lanky SHOEMAKER is re-
turning to the Washington
scene for the first time since
he turned pro in 1916, when he
signed on as an assistant to
Bob Barnett at Chevy Chase
Two years later he took the
head pro job at Rolling Road
in Catonsville, where he once
Evening star., 1961-04-02
Maryland Beats
Princeton in Golf

Maryland didn't lose an in
dividual match as it success
fully opened it's golf season
with a 251a-101a victory over
Princeton yesterday on the
TerpS' course.
1t was Maryland's 18th
straight triumph at home and
18th in II matches since the
par-72 course opened two years
ago. Sophomore Ron Scales
from Baltimore was medali5t
with 36-35-71.
Paul Quinn (M) defeated Jack Hus-
camp, 2la-la; Tom Bartolec (M) tied
Lynn Adelman, 1h-1h. Best ball
Ronnie Rightsr tM) defeated Pau
Earle, 2-1; Ron Scales (MI defeated
Bob Walker, 80. Best ball--Maryland
curt Thatcher M defeated Pre-.
feated Dick Romsh. 2Ea-la. Best bal
CraiE Wisotzki (M) tied Franz
Brown, ] AL h Harry Leavy CM) de,
feated Bing Powell, 2-l. Best ball
Maryland, 81.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
The SUNDAY STAR
Washington, D. C., April z, 1861
95 Golfers Slated to Begin
Firing in Masters Thursday

Open championships. In cold
cash it's way ahead of them
1t is listed only as a $4,000
tournament, but the prize
money is increased annually
according to the amount taken
in at the gate-and the gall
leries are enormous. Last year
Palmer received $17,500 out of
a total purse of $87,050.
NicklauS Threat
Although an amateur never
has won the Masters, anna
teurs play an important part
in the tournament. For one
thing its a sort of monument
to the greatest, amateur of all,
Bob Jones, who founded the
event and acts as host. The
invitation list this year in
cluded 81 United States anna
teurs and two Canadians
nearly one third of the total
The only amateur regarded
as a serious threat to the pros
is Jack Nicklaus, the 1859 Ma
tional Amateur champion, who
has the big game that Augusta
National demands. He tied
Billy Joe Patton for amateur
honorS last year, the first time
he had played in the tourna-
ment, and his recent victory
| in the Western Amateur indi.
Gates he is playing well.
Evening star., 1961-04-02

while the entry of Lew Hoad
and Tony Trabert, who replaced
Hoad when the latter hurt an
ankle, is third with 22-18.
To complicate things further,
Ashley Cooper is taking over the
Hoad- -Trabert record because
Trabert is unable to leave Eu-
rope, and will play out the
string. But Frank Sedgman is
being imported to take over this
spot when the pro playoffs
start.
Fourth place is a bat
tie among Barry MacKay, Alex
Olmedo and Earl Buchholz.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
Griffith Koyoes Poret
To Take WeIter Title

MIAMI BEACH, April /
(AP) Emile Griffith of New
York won the welterweight
championship tonight by
knocking out Benny (Kid) Pa
ret of Cuba in I'LL of the 18th
round of their scheduled Is
round title bout at Convention
Hall.
A solid left hook followed by
right put the game Cuban
out for the first time in his
career. At the count of 10 he
was still resting on his right
elbow, eyes staring unseeingly
at the ring lights.
A crowd of 4,618 which paid
$20,3l4 saw the dramatic end
ing of the bitterly fought bat
tie in which the New Yorker
slowly piled up a lead by muf-
fling Paret's offense and ther
pot-shotting him with we'll
aimed rights and stabbing him
with a potent left.
1t was a battle between two
wel-conditioned athletes, one o1
whom-Paret-defended him.
self largely with his well-bat-
tered face as he waded in end
lessly in an effort to loose his
piston-like flurries.
Griffith, after learning in
the first couple of rounds that
he had nothing to fear from
the champions largely powder
puff flurries, 500 nfound a way
to protect himself from the
Evening star., 1961-04-02

Palmer in money winning so
far this season although he
has only two tournament VIC
tories to Palmer's three. Player,
not notably long hitter, broke
290 at Augusta National for
the first time last year.
Leading Candidates
Some other leading candi-
dates include Ken Ventura
who staged a historic blowup
that cost him the Masters IT,
tie in 1856 and who finished
only a stroke behind Palmer
last year; Dow Finsterwald
Bill Casper. Julius Boros, Jay
Hebert, Canada's Stan Leonard
and such Still-dangerous vet
Grams as Snead, Hogan ano
Middlecoff.
Leonard, who tied for the
lead after 54 holes two years
ago, probably rates as the No.
foreign threat after Player
Some of the others who might
do we'll include Australia's Pc.
ter Thomson, Kel Nagle anc
Bruce Champion and Roberto
de Vicenzo and Antonio Cerda
the Argentine pros who worE
in Mexico.
Measured in terms Of pres
tige, the Masters ranks or
about even terms with thu
United States and British
Evening star., 1961-04-02
Palmer and Sneud to Defend
Canada Cup in Puerto Rico

the International Golf Asso-
citation, announced today that
Palmer and Snead had ac-
cepted invitations to play in
the international competi-
ton at Dorado Beach, Puerto
Rico, June IA.
Pace had conferred with
Cesar A. Calderon and William
McCabe of the Puerto Rican
Conn .ittee, who told him they
would like to have the defend
ing. champions compete.
1t is customary TO ask the
host committee to suggest the
American and other players il
would prefer to have in the
Canada Cup and international
championship competitions.
Flory van Donck of Belgium
who won the individual inter-
national trophy at Portmar-
mock, Ireland, with a'279 score
last year, also will defend his
title. Snead and Palmer wor
the two-man Canada Cur
team event with 565.
Evening star., 1961-04-02

pestering punches and at the
same time land his own BOOM
ing shots.
Griffith would close in with
the start of a furry. tie up the
frustrated Cuban, and work in
side with Furnishing uppercuts
His punches through carried
more authority, and two or
three times, particularly in the
10th round, he had Paret
groggy.
1t had been expected in some
quarters that Griffith, who
never had gone more than IL
rounds, would wilt after the
bout passed that point, but he
seemed to be as tireless as his
Cuban rival, noted for his en-.
durance and ability to carry or
under bitter battering.
The ending was quite un-
expected. Paret had backed the
superbly-built New Yorker
toward the ropes with one Of
his endless flurries when sud.
denly Griffith'S left lashed out
to land solidly on Paret's chin
1t was followed in a split sec
ond by a right, but it was the
left which did the work.
A startled, bewildered look
came over the fading cham
pion's SCARED face. and he took
a step or two backward before
tumbling flat on his back.
At the count of 10 Griffith
leaped high in joy and turned
a somersault.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
Ohio U. Leading
Greenbrier Golf

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
w. Va, April l (AP).-Ohio
University, led by Medalist Ed
Gordon, took a 25-stroke lead
today at the halfway mark Of
the eight-team Greenbrier In
tercollegiate Golf tournament.
Gordon shot a II in cold,
snowy weather at the Old White
layout.
The Ohioans, winners the
past two years in the 36-hole
two-day tournament, posted a
low aggregate of ATS for the
six-man team.
The final 18 holes will be
played tomorrow.
Second with 500 is Virginia,
followed by West Virginia with
'503; George Washington, $40;
Washington & Lee, 522; Col
gate. SOL; Denison, 536, and
Davidson. $40.
Evening star., 1961-04-02

NEW YORK, April (AP).-
Arnold Palmer, who won more
money last year than any pro
golfer in one season, and Sam
Snead, who has won more
tournaments and more money
than any golfer in history, will
defend the Canada cup for the
United States this year.
Frank Pace, jr. president of
Evening star., 1961-04-02
7 Swim Records Fall
Bittick Scores Triple

NEW HAVEN, Conn, April /
(AP). - Seven American rec
ords were wrecked and South
ern California's Charley Bit
tick scored a triple tonight in
a history-making National AAU
indoor swimming champion
ships.
New world records were
made in the 100-yard freestyle,
and breaststroke, as National
standards were shattered in all
seven races.
The capacity crowd Of $500
went wild over the display of
power that had swim experts
cheering about Americas po-
tentialities.
Eclipsing even the fact that
Bittick won gold medals in the
100-yard, 220-yard backstroke
and 4O0-yard individual med
ley, was the sensational 0:46.S
in the century by Steve Clark,
the high school senior from Los
Altos, Calf.
Rose Tops Standard
Chef Jastremski, Indiana
sophomore; Fred ,Legacki,
Michigan senior; Murray Rose,
a Southern California junior
from Australia, and Ted Sickle
Indiana freshman, Joined Bit
tick and Clark in setting rec
ords.
Moments after CLARK, 18
broke the 100-yard sprint, Jes'
tramski turned in an 0:59.6
100-yard breaststroke, another
record.
Bittick then did 0:53.4 in tn,
100-yard backstroke for hi
triple. Legaoki wrecked tn
100-yard butterfly STANDARD
with an 0:51.9. Rose sizzlet
over the 440-yard freestyle II
4:18.2, and Sickle smashed tn
2oO-yard individual medley II
2:02.1.
| Clark's 46.8 second centur
made Jeff Farrell's liste
| 0:48.2 American record loo
, like something out Of the pas
yet it was only made here las
year and created a sensatio
! at the time.
r The schoolboy led all tn
7 way and easily beat Mike Aus
Y tin, Yale freshman who poste
e an 0:47.9 this afternoon. Le
:, gacki, who 80 minutes later wo
= the butterfly gold medal, We
Y third in the classy competition
Next Jastremski crashe
Evening star., 1961-04-02

played an unwise shot where
he caught the water.
NO." Billy Joe replied, "I
wasn't concerned with catch
ing Mr.. Hogan, but I'll tell you
something. If I hadn't caught
the water, Mr.. Hogan would
have been concerned about
catching me-"
But while Patton has shown
a fondness for Augusta Ma
tional, it is safe to say that
neither Billy Joe, nor Strana-
han or Ventura as amateurs
were the threats that Nicklaus
is today.
1t seems absurd to consider
that Nicklaus, with only the
Western Amateur under hii
belt in 1861, would be a match
at the Masters for Palmer anc
the top pros who have re-
tanned an edge on the winter
circuit.
But NicklauS is younl
enough and strong enough tC
overcome such handicaps. two
years ago Jack failed to sur.
vive the cut at Augusta, bu'
last year he and Billy Joe wert
the low amateurs in a tie fol
18th place. NicklauS shot r.
71-72-75 for 293.
That was before he almos
won the National Open, anC
prior to his spectacular scor
ing in the Eisenhower Cul
matches at Merton.
Player poses the soundes
foreign threat since Australia
Jim Ferrier come so close II
winning in 1850. Ferrier ap
peared to be home free, bu
he stumbled on the back min
and Jimmy Demaret roaret
home with his third Masters
He and Sam Snead are tn
only three time winners.
Player is a bit on the brasl
side, has all of the shots an,
has had some good rounds q
!; Augusta National. Two year
ago he tied for seventh. An,
it would seem that Player
feat Of leading Palmer in tour
nament winnings going int
the Masters could give hir
more confidence than his Brit
ish Open triumph of 1859.
Deane Beman has a pre-
Masters exhibition mate
scheduled at Atlanta's Eas
Lake course today. one i
which the defending Master
: champion and the Nations
| Amateur and PGA titlists max
an appearance. 1t is for tn
benefit of Atlanta's Multipl
: Sclerosis Society.
Beman and Jay Hebert, tn
l PGA champion, will tear
/ against Palmer and Gen
Dahlbender, one of the South
top amateurs. Palmer's think
ing for the Masters could b
disrupted by his Atlanta sched
ule. In addition to the exhi
bition, he is listed for thre
: department store appearance
l and a speaking engagement 6
a golf dinner.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
PUTTING WITH GRAIN

the same line, although quite
a bit shorter I had missed
this putt, a e-footer, when
I failed to read a we'll hidden
break to the left.
My putt last year, while quite
a bit longer, figured to break
the same way. I struck the bal,
boldly. Sure enough, it die
Evening star., 1961-04-02
Howqrd Nine Hit
By Sixth Ruinout

1t is taking Coach Clarence
Pendleton longer than usual to
size up Howard University's
baseball team this year.
The Bisons, who have yet to
play a game, suffered their
sixth straight cancellation yes
terday when wet grounds forced
them to call off a scheduled
game with Southern Connecti-
cut at Banneker Recreation
Center.
Howard will try again Tues
day against Vermont, anC
Wednesday against Massachu,
sets Institute .of Technology
both at Banneker.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
THE PALMER METHOD

point during the fourth round
last year remembered some
thing which had happened the
year before.
Last year. my previous ex-
perience with the 18th green
spelled victory. Needing two
brides to beat Ken Ventura
and one to tie him, my ap-
proach on the 18th was
straight. but it left me 30 feet
below the cup. located on a
second and upper level near
the back Of the green. In 1859,
I had faced a putt on exactly
Evening star., 1961-04-02
Muccobiuh Coach

NEW HAVEN, Conn, April
(AP). - Bob Alexander Of
Wayne. N. j., today was named
head coach Of Americas Mac
cabiah Games swimming team
The Sixth Maccabiah Game,
will be held in Tel Aviv, Israel
August 20 to September 5.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
Banquet Set April 19
By CIV Booster Club

: Colonials. Inc. the George
Washington University sports
booster organization, will hold
its annual all-sports banquet
April 19 at the Kenwood
Country Club.
The principal speakers will
be DR.. Thomas Carroll, new
CIV president, and Jim Camp,
new head football coach.
Generally, the Colonials
bring in an outside speaker
for this yearly salute to CIV
athletes, but this time they
are taking advantage Of the
Inew appointments to get new
top-level information on fu-
ture plans for the university
and the football team.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
PUTTING AGAINST GRAIN

In judging distances. make
mental notes of how much club
it takes you to reach a green
from certain landmarks, such
as a bush or tree. Then, max
ing due allowances for wind
and ground conditions, you
can better select your approach
iron.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
Pitt Schedules Army

PITTSBURGH, April (AP)
The University Of ittsburgh
football team scheduled games
with Army in 1862 and 1868,
Pitt announced today. Both
games will be played at Pitt
Stadium. The 1852 game will
be on November II and the
1868 contest on November 16.
Evening star., 1961-04-02

through with his 0:59.6 that
smashed Dick Nelson's 1924
record. Michigan's Nelson, the
1860 champion, was sixth to-
night. Jastremski won by three
yards over Michigan's Ron
Clark. the runner-up.
Swim experts likened the
performances by Clark and
Jastremski to the breaking of
the four-minute mile barrier in
running.
Wins by Four Yards
Battick, Southern California
captain, repulsed a serious chal-
lenge from Princeton Freshman
Jed Graef to win the back
stroke by abou tfour yards. The
listed mark, held by Bettick, is
0:54.4.
Legacki barely beat Fred
Schmidt, a 17-year-old high
school boy from Winnetka. ILL.,,
by a touch. Mike Troy, the de-
Tending champion from Indiana
and an Olympic medal winner,
who held the mark Of 0:53.1,
was fourth.
Rose, who lost his first
championship race in America
last night in the 220-yard sprint
to Clark, was more in his ele-
ment in the 440-yard distance
tonight. His time shaved six.
tenths Of a second off his pre-
vious best time.
Sickle clipped more than
second off the 200-yard medic!
mark set by Lance Larson las
year, as he dethroned Navy 1t
John McGill who finished third
Evening star., 1961-04-02
BY ARNOLD PALMER

This Introduces a netD IN
Structiondl golf series which
iUiH be run regularly Mon
day. Wednesday and Friday
in The Star throughout the
golf season.
Past Experience Led the WAY
At the Masters Tournament
If you play the same course
regularly, you can profit from
previous experiences. Familiar
ity is especially helpful il
judging distances and reading
green's.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
TEE TO GREEN
By MERRELL WHITTLEsEY

MYRTLE BEACH, S. c., April
Nobody ever has put to-
gether back back victories
in the Masters and this great
championship that start S
Thursday never has been won
by an amateur or a foreigner,
but don't bet your Easter
bonnet that these three facts
will stand next Sunday night.
Arnold Palmer, of course, is
the biggest threat to make it
two in a row since Bobby Jones
stood on the hill where the
Augusta National Club stands
and decided it would be a
pretty spot to build a golf
course.
And if Palmer doesn't make II
two straight, the reason could
be Gary Player, the chunky
South African who is the big
gest foreign threat since his
fellow countryman, Bobby
Locke, played at Augusta. Locke
incidentally. never could dc
much with Augusta National.
! And If Palmer fails to get his
third green coat or Player hi.
first, the reason could be thai
the committee could be search.
ing for a size A, or there
abouts, to fit Jack Nicklaus
the 1859 National Amateur
champion, who was runnerur
in the National Open last year
Palmer could be going fol
four in a row except for that
bad hole on the back nine il
/, 1859. Arnold had Art Wall BY
six strokes going into the fina
round, but Wall birdied five o.
the last six holes and passed
Palmer by two shots with a fl
nal Sc to Palmer'S IA. Cary
Middlecoff also passed Arnie OF
the back nine, as Palmer fin
ished third after having wor
in 1858.
Ben Hogan was within 1
single stroke of a successful
defense in 1854. Ben shot tn
: 274 that may stand forever a
the Masters record in 1858
! and the next year lost a play
off to Sam Snead after the,
tied with 289s, Is strokes owe
, Hogan'S almost unbelievabl
feat of the previous year.
Hogan was runnerup again
in 1855. but it wasn't much o
a contest as Middlecoff VOL
that one by seven strokes.
The major bids by the ANA
teurs were in 1947. when FRAN
Stranahan tied Byron Nelsol
for second behind Demaret, b
Billy Joe Patton in 1854, an
by Ken Ventura in 1856, tn
. year of his final-round 80.
1 Patton looked like a WHINE
! in '54, the year he had every
l thing going for him. He wo
the driving contest, made
p ole-in-one, and then let tn
, title get away on one of tn
/ water hazards on the bac
4 nine.
That was the year that Bill
Joe was asked If he might hav
been overly concerned wit
catching Hogan. and possibl
Evening star., 1961-04-02

break left at the hole and ]
had the first of my two victory
brides.
Past experience certainly
pays off.
To get your pocket-sized
pamphlet, Fundamentals Of
Putting" send 10 cents and a
stamped return envelope to
Arnold Palmer, in care of The
Stac.
(Copyright. 1861, by National News.
paper Syndicate, Inc, Of America
Evening star., 1961-04-02

caddied, and he remained there
until going to Turf Valley.
At Indian Spring. Bassler will
direct two 1S-hole courses and
will be host professional for the
Carvings Open tournament at
the Layhill road club August
1920. The club moved from its
old location at Four Corners
in 1857.
BaSSler plans to move his
wife and three children to
Washington from Ellicott City.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
FinsferWaId
Shoots 6S for
AzaIea Lead

WILMINGTON, NC, April l
(AP)-Dow Finsterwald, who
figured his golf game needed
work to prepare for next weeks
Masters tournament, gave evil
dence that it was rounding
into shape today as he shot
a four-under-par 68 to lead
the first round of the $4,000
Azalea Open tournament by a
stroke.
The Jupiter, (Fla.) pro had
a hot putter as he fashioned
a 1888 over the 6,700-yard
Cape Fear Country Club course.
Ferree Right Behind
Jim Ferree, who plays out OF
Crystal River, Fla, needed one
more stroke than Finsterwald
on the back nine as he carded
a SO for second place in the
tournament which winds UP
with two rounds tomorrow.
Sharing third place at II
were Frank Boynton of Corpus
Christi. Tex, and Tommy ia
cobs of Bermuda Dunes, Calf.
whose closing 81 was the best
nine-hole effort Of the sunny
windy day.
Only eight men in the fielc
Of 80 bettered par as the winC
was a factor on many holes
1t blew at a 20 to 80 mile clip
with occasional gusts of 40.
Misses Three Greens
Finsterwald, PGA champion
and pro golfer Of the year il
1858, has never won here. How
ever, he has shown a fondnes
for the course by picking VI
SIS, 300 over the years, the sec
ond highest amount any pr,
has earned.
After three-putting the sec
ond hole today he settled dow
to a steady round. He missed
only three green's, a fine per
formance in view Of the wind
Most unusual for me. I usual,
} miss a half-dozen even in cain
/ weather." he grinned.
Sharing fifth place at II wer
Dave Ragan of Orlando, Fla
Chandler Harper of Ports
mouth, Va, Jerry Barber of ,Lo
/ Angeles, and Wally Ulrich O
Akron, Ohio.
Evening star., 1961-04-02

In reading green's, note that
If the putting surface looks
slick, your ball will roll more
steadily since the grain is with
you. If the grass appears dull,
the grain is against you and
you're going to have to hit the
ball more solidly.
This week, I'll be defending
my 1860 Masters trophy at the
Augusta National Golf Course
in Augusta, Ga. One of the
reasons I'm defending cham
pion is that at a particular
Smyrna times., 1961-01-12

plants leaves. But plants vary
in the amount of sunlight they
need. In general, plants grown
primarily for foliage, such as
philodendron or ivy, do quite
well in less sunlight than flow
ering plants such is African
Violets.
unlike humans, plants don't
have to be fed every day. A
meal of fertilizer every four to
six weeks is plenty" Mr.. Stew
ems says.
Liquid fertilizers are the east
est form of nourishment for
house plants. Directions on the
package are usually an accurate
guide to the amount of fertil-
izer plants need.
Plants should be grown in
loose, well-drained soil. The only
requisite for a container is that
it provide adequate drainage.
Mr.. Stevens says, 'It's wise to
remember that most Towering
plants outgrow their containers
in a year or less, and have to
be moved to larger ones.
Smyrna times., 1961-01-12
Farmers Who Attempt to Keep Records
On Back of Barn Door Pay More Tax
Bv w T. McAlister
OF KENT COUNTY
By w. T. McAllister

But, how about the great guam
tity of small expenses-many
of them paid in cash-such as
bolts, nails, lum b er, window
glass, repair parts, twine, etc.?
If you don't put them down in
some permanent record book as
they occur, you are going to
forget about many of them.
Even though most farm rec
ords are kept for income tax
filing purposes, these same rec
ords can be of value to the
farmer for other purposes, too.
A good, carefully kept record
will provide a historical picture
of the performance of the farm.
1t points out the enterprises on
your farm that are m a ki in G
money for you. Also, good rec
ords will indicate the weak
nesses in your farm business.
Records furnish you with a bas-
is for comparing your crop and
livestock yields with various
feeding or fertilizer treatments,
with different breeds or variet-
les, with other farmers in your
community, and most important
of all, with the progress you
are making in improving the
productivity of yo"r farm.
If properly kept and properly
used, farm records show you
the progress you have made,
the strong points you want to
emphasize in your farm, the
weak points to be improved,
and serve as a basis for devel-
oping a longtime farm plan
designed to yield the largest
possible family income,
When your tax filing jobs are
finished, don't file your record
book away somewhere, never to
be seen again. Instead, go over
the book carefully, analyze each
enterprise, study your labor and
machinery costs, compare your