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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1962
Page
22
Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus finish 72 holes tied at 283 and set up a Sunday playoff. Palmer complains about distractions including a plane and photographers, while both players note puts and irons shaped by Oakmont's tough course.
National League standings and weekend matchups listed with team records and pitchers. Chicago beats New York 6-3 while San Francisco edges St Louis 5-? and Philadelphia 4 Cincinnati 3. Sunday games include St Louis at San Francisco and Milwaukee at Pittsburgh among others.
Palmer led by three before the 9th at Oakmont as he battled roughs and a stubborn 3‑inch lie. He bogeyed the 9th and 13th while Laus won a tense finishing stretch with pressure putts and a late surge to chase the championship.
Milwaukee Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 as Roy McMillan homered to start and later drove in the go ahead run. Lew Burdette scattered eight hits to earn the win while Vern Law took the loss.
Philadelphia erased a three run deficit with a seventh and eighth inning rally to defeat Cincinnati 4-3. Roy Sievers and Sammy White hit key homers as Jocko Conlan ejected Reds players earlier in the game.
The Enterprise Classic at Blair Park sees Seven Are 1959 two strokes off the pace as leaders chase a 36 hole record of 141 while High Point celebrates a record field of 190 entrants and strong prizes including a championship trophy.
Philadelphia AP report details Jocko Conlan confronting Reds coach Regie Otero in the seventh inning at Connie Mack Stadium. Conlan tossed gear and advanced on Otero before Pelekoudas Mauch intervened. Phils edged Reds 4-3.
Oregon won the meet with 85 points for the first time, dethroning Southern California. Budd and Drayton split the 220 title as Jerome won the 200 meters in 20.8, Belitza Hansen Elkins, and Traynor set meet marks in pole vault and steeplechase, while Cal finished third behind Villanova and Oregon.
Juan Marichal pitched a two hit shutout as the San Francisco Giants defeated the St Louis Cardinals 5-0. Felipe Alou hit a two run homer in the first inning and Willie Mays added a two run double in the fifth, extending a three game losing streak for St Louis. Marichal improved to 10-4, with Larry Jackson taking the loss.
New York Giants place kicker Pat Summerall announced retirement from pro football to join a network sports team. Joel Wells also quits to focus on Tampa business. Wells had 216 yards on 65 carries as a reserve last season. Summerall, 32, had 129 consecutive extra points and led the NFL with 20 field goals in 1959.
Ernie Banks hit his 17th homer and drove in four runs as the Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets 6-3. Banks added two singles and a sacrifice fly, powering a five-run stretch including a fourth-inning homer into the upper deck off Bill Hunter. Don Cardwell earned his third win after Don Elston took over in the seventh.
Carlos Hernandez stopped Paolo Ross in the first round at Madison Square Garden in a scheduled 10 rounder. Ross was knocked down three times in the round under New York rules for three knocks, ending the bout with Hernandez claiming the victory.
Mention notes Don Chandler and rookie Jerry Hillebrand as potential kicking options. The text discusses using Chandler as a field goal specialist and mentions Hillebrand as another kicker candidate.
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