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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1967
Page
8
In Indianapolis Indiana UPR Auto drivers prep for Tuesday Memorial Day event and a final drivers meeting by paying heed to safety warnings. The pit race promises a top jackpot around 725000 with drivers urged to follow pre-race instructions to avoid danger during the spectacle.
Scottsdale High School players Roy Muller and Phil Vetter were named to the South team for the Chass AA All-Star game in June. Muller hits .278 this season with 11, and Vetter, a .350 hitter, leads the team with 14 or more hits. The South squad faces the North team from AAZ and AAQ in Ishesan on June 10 with practice on June 9.
Texan Miller Barber defeats Gary Player in a playoff to claim the $66,000 Oklahoma City Open at Quail Creek Country Club. Barber sank a three-foot birdie on the third extra hole to win as Player finished 10 under for 278. Barber praised facing a champion like Player after the dramatic victory.
Arcadia and Coronado sent six athletes to the Take-Greenway Track meet. Joe Mackey won the high jump at 6 6 tying the meet record while Arcadia’s Bo Kite placed third in discus. Dipley used a lighter pole after breaking his 60 type pole and did not place. Dan Watts and Tor Wade also failed to place. Three all time high school marks were set Hick Merwin ran 1 43 9 for Arizona best, South Mountain 880 and mile relay times 1 20 90 and 3 17 6.
Scottsdale youths aged 8 to 17 can join a summer golf program at Villa Monterey Golf Course. The course and Scottsdale Parks and Recreation Dept sponsor a young league with lessons from 8 to 10 AM and play time 10 AM to 4 PM Monday to Friday at reduced rates. Registration is limited to 30 youths and costs 3 per person for all three lessons plus reduced-rate play. contact Noel Fraser at Villa Monterey (947-416).
Jim Paschal, driving a Plymouth from High Point North Carolina, won the Charlotte 600 stock car endurance race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in a record 134.624 mph pace. He led 334 laps, with David Pearson's Ford and Buddy Allison's Dodge close behind, as Paschal admitted luck played a major role amid steering issues and late caution debris.
Bubba Smith, the All American lineman drafted by the Baltimore Cubs, announced Sunday he will attend the Baltimore Bullets rookie camp to try basketball first.
The United States beat Mexico 74 63 at Mercedes on Sunday to reach the finals and the Soviet Union routed Japan in Montevideo to join Argentina Yugoslavia in the final round of the world basketball championships.
Roger Adams captured his second consecutive victory at Manzanita Race Track with a 30 lap win in a 16 Pontiac finishing in 20 51.88 ahead of Jerry Schell and Bud Klansen. Doug Rowe won the sports car feature in a Corvair and Adams posted a 30 25 one lap fast time. Bud Hansen took the trophy dash in 2 33 90.
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