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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1962
Page
15
The Greater Greensboro Open opens Thursday with more than 120 players and a 35000 purse, the largest in North Carolina. Sam Snead leads a field featuring Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player while amateurs compete for seven spots in a two day event ahead of the 72 hole tournament.
Freddie Lorenzen will start from the pole at Martinsville as Ford drivers occupy the first three spots in the Virginia 500. Nelson Stacy and Marvin Panch join Lorenzen in the front row as NASCAR action heats up with 20 qualifying cars and 40 possible starters.
Three top stock car drivers from Virginia headline the seventh annual Virginia 500 on the Martinsville half mile banked track. The late model Grand National race starts today at 1 o clock with contenders including Joe Weatherly from the Old Dominion.
Fred Taylor of Ohio State, whose Buckeyes ranked No 1 nationally for two straight years, will be the basketball instructor for the 14th annual North Carolina Coaching Clinic in Greensboro. Taylor has guided OSU to three straight NCAA finals with one national title in 1960, compiling 89 victories and 17 losses in four years. Clinic director Bob Jamison announced his acceptance.
Heavyweight Tunney Hunsaker remains in grave condition after midnight brain surgery for injuries from a Beckley fight. Doctor E Lyle Gage said a 50 50 chance of recovery exists and noted signs are favorable at 48 hours. Hunsaker, a longtime pro since 1958 and former Fayetteville police chief, collapsed after a Friday round at Beckley. Meanwhile Benny Kid Paret’s Miami burial followed his brain injury death in New York, sparking calls for boxing restrictions. Joe Sheldon knocked Hunsaker out in the final round.
Arnold Palmer holds a two stroke lead after a three under par 69 in round three at Augusta. Don Finsterwald shoots a brilliant 65 to rise to second place at 207, threatening Palmer with one round to play and pushing Gary Player to third at 209 as crowd size swells to 40 000 to 50 000.
Two new baseball clubs the New York Mets and the Houston Colts plus four new managers and three new parks headline the 1962 season opening. Major figures include Casey Stengel aging to 71 returning with the Mets and Walter O Malley’s Dodger Stadium debut slated Tuesday. Opening games scheduled across cities feature rookies John Powell Ray Washburn Bernie Allen Rick Rollins and others in a 11 game Monday Tuesday program.
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