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Tuscarora Player Cards 15 Pars For Total Of 73Field Will Move To Cain Creek For Second RoundTfc« Seventh Annual Heglster *nd Bee Golf Tournament got under way Saturday with the opening round o! the 72-bole meet being staged at Danville Golf Club, The second round will find the field moving to Cain Creek today for the aee--end 18-hole test.Next weekend, the third round k scheduled Saturday at Tus-earora and the event will be concluded next Sunday with the final round and playoffs taking place at Glen Oak,Ken Burkhardt, of Tuscarora, let the opening-round pace with * 13, The leader played steady golf with eight pars on the front •ide and one bogey for a 36. On the back wooded side, Burk-feardt again settled down to par golf after taking a bogey on both the ninth and 10th holes. He had a 37 on the back side with seven successive pars.Four rivals trail the leader by just one stroke. Bennie Rich of Glen Oak, Ike Salmon of Tuscarora, Steve Tucker of Danville and Frankie Jones of Glen Oak were bunched at 74s. Salmon missed a good chance to tie or perhaps take the lead by three-putting the final hole. Jones, a three-time winner of the tourney before Jimmy Flip pen of Danville took over the honors the last two years, also had a good chance for the lead before he went into trouble on the 15th and went two over on the long 540-yard hole with aRichard Petty Ties RecordOf 18 Iins•even.Defending champion Flippen bad to settle for a 75 and goes into the second round today tide in this bracket with Ernest Jones, Glen Oak, Gene Campbell, Glea Oak, and Dickie Comer of Cane Creek.Each of the four local courses selected 12-man teams for the competition and the top eight low scores will determine the team standings. Glen Oak grabbed team honors Saturday with 60S. Tuscarora was second at 627, Danville third at 632 and Cain Creek fourth at 635. The home-course advantage should help Cain. Creek cut some of Its deficit today.Trophies wiU be awarded the low scorer on each team. A rotating trophy goes to the team winner, and another rotating trophy goes to the overall individual winner. This trophyroust be claimed by the same golfer for three successive years to be retired. Frankie Jones retired one back in 1964. Jimmy Flippen, with already tow successive legs on the big award, ean retire the present one providing he can repeat again this year.All tourney participants will be honored at the conclusion of the tourney next Sunday at Glen Oak Country Club with an •wards banquet.Burkhardi’s tourney leading card Saturday follows:Par out 444 353 444—35Burkhardt out 444 353 544—36Par in 344 445 344-35—70 Burkhardt In 454 445 344—37—73The pairings and starting times for today’s second round to be played at Cain Creek Golf Club follow: (Yesterday’s first-round icores included)12 Noon — Bill Shelton, Tus,, 81; Leon Riddle, GO, 85; T. Brown, Dan. 95 and Tommy Odum, CC, 96.12:08 — Mult Douglas, Tus., 87; Bobby Mabe, GO, 80; Mike Tucker, Dan., 90 and Jimmy Perrow, CC., 87.12:16 — Teny Towler, Tus., 82; Wayne 7'itchell, GO, 81; P. Wilson, Dan., 88 and G.B. Clark, CC, 86.12:24 — R. Lumpkin, Tus., 82; Lath?m Kendrick, GO, 78; C.E. Putze, Jr., Dan., 88 and Andy Garabedian, CC, 83.12:32 — BUI Stephens, Tus.,WINSTON-SALEM (AP) . Richard Petty led all the wa and attained a tie for « reeoi 18th single season victory in 250-lap Grand National st*c car race that highlighted th Myer* Brother# memorial pr* gram at Bowman Gray trac Saturday night.The triumph gave Petty a ti with Tim Flock for the mos Grand National victories in single season. Flock set his relt; ord in 1955.Petty started on the pole plt; sition after posting the fasies qualifying speed of 53.16 mile per hour. His only competitlo came from Jim Paschal of Hig Point, who qualified third 2 52.48 miles per hour, and Bobb; Allison of Huey town, Ala., wfa qualified second at 53.03 in 1965 Chevelle,Petty’s blue Plymouth dre\ away from the field of 18 in th early laps and he led by a hall lap or more from the 50-la] mark on.Allison, who ftarted on th outside front row, got jostle* back to fifth place by the 10t] lap. He then moved baek inti contention, pulling up behin! Paschal on the 25th lap, but A! iison was destined for tougl luck which eventually cause* him to finish in third place he hind Paschal, who also had lab problems.Paschal held off repeated bid; by Allison until forced to pi with 23 laps to go for gas.With eight laps to go, Allisoi went to the pits with a flat tire For the last 100 laps th* three-car race followed the pat tern of Allison trying to pas: Paschal and Petty riding Alii son’s bumper nearly a full lai ahead.Paschal’s and Allison’: difficulties, Petty coasted to hi: 66th career triumph.Cassius Gay PlansTo Marry AgainLOS ANGELES (AP) — D posed heavyweight boxin champion Cassius Clay sa Saturday be p|aEls to be ma ned again soon.Clay, who was divorced 1 his first wife, told newsmen tl wedding will be in Chicag probably later this month, I said he will make a formal anouncement soon disclosing ti name of his bride in Chicag Clay arrived in Los Angel* to preside as grand marsh Sunday of the Watts Festiv. Parade which climaxes a wee of cultural activities in the N gro district hit by riots tv years ago.80; O. B. Barbour, GO, 79; An* Woods, Da., 87 and Jim Asbur CC, 85.12:40 — Paul Salmon, Tu:80; Curtis Henderson, GO, 7Bob McLeUand, Dan., 84, ai Lyn Riddle, CC, 81.12:48 — Jim Turner, Tus., 7. Tex Bowling, GO, 79; Mi! Mack Hayes, CC, 80.12:56 — Wayne Yeatts, Tu: 79; Bobby Foust, GO, 77; Bi Feldman, Dan., 80 and K*Jones, CC, 79.1:00 — Calvin Rowland, Tuj 79; Gene Campbell, GO, 75; j McConnell, Dan., 77 and Jen Roberts, CC, 79.1:12 — George Carter, Tuj 76; Ernest Jones, GO, 75; Stei Tucker, Dan., 74 and Walt* Campbell, CC, 79.1:28 — Ken Burkhardt, Tu: 73; Frankie Jones, GO, 74; Jir my Flippen, Dan., 75 and Dick Coiner, CC, 75.
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Danville Register
Danville, Virginia, US
Sun, Aug 13, 1967
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