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One of Wisconsin's GoldHarry C. lt;Buddy) Melges Jr, is the world's greatest sailor.He proved that bv earning the gold medal in the Soling class t( of Olympic sailing. sBuddy may not be widely known outside of sailing circles ‘ and Wisconsin, but he returned to the Southern Wisconsin area to ” a tremendous “Welcome Home” from all his friends at a sizeable ^ celebration last week in thelittle community of Zenda.The Zenda-Fontana-Lake Geneva people appreciate Budd Melges, because they are well aware of what he's had to go through to achieve the gold medal. And, Baddy, appreciates his friends. He felt he owed them something for having a lot of faith in him and helping sponsor him.Baddy Is 42, and his mother.Mrs. Harry T. Malges Sr., said the “idea of becoming the steve world's best sailor has been aljolI S' tri jtl A! V]rlt;BUDDY MELGESHornbeck, West’s Terry Dickinson and Dick Nagel, andmost a lifelong goal for him. a hand injury that required plt; It's something he has put his:SUrgery to East's Randy Klong-beart into ever since he was a child.*’The Olympic champion grew ■p on the water, and began sailing when he was six. He won the bronze medal in the 1964land.If that isn’t strange enough, Edgewood assistant coach John Verhelst is a current victim of “Bell’s Palsy,” a slight paralysis of the right side of hisOlympics at Tokyo, but this? face. John can’t close his righttime at Kiel, Germany, 500 miles north of Munich on the Baltic Sea, he took the gold in his 26-foot, 9-inch craft, called. “The Teal.”eye while sleeping.Hardhats Roll arThe Youngstown Hardhats, I ar knocked from the unbeaten byB u d 4 y returned home last tbe Madi,,I, Mustan*s la8‘ J1a|y ^J ... .---- 1.- g0week without his faithful craft. 'P *n ^°* *1ave ^ad consider It was sold to a Swiss yachting flMy morc success than ourteam, and will remain in Eu rope.Melges and his crew, Bill Berntsen of Chicago, former BeCentral States Football League cawlbit College dean and now aLake Geneva resident, and Bill Allen of Minneapolis, trained for two years to earn the right to compete in the Olympics. This time he exuded great confidence and knew exactly who his competition was and what it would take to win.Hie competition was to inigcofto3-riientry.The Hardhats have a current record of 9-2, with four straight shutouts and a six-game victory string. Tbe only other defeat was to the Indianapolis Caps, 17-14, one week after Madison’s 24-14 triumph.Jesse Kaye, former UW quarterback, is known as Jeff Blood in the CSFL, but only because en of his own request. He asked to be called that by teammatesjer|C*inelude seven races. However,!and chiefe’ fans* However, he bad weather forced the sixth his Manitowoc contractrace to be cancelled. Melges as «b*se Kaye and then added awas so far ahead in the stand-i n g s that the international Olympic jury ended the regattanotation about the name Blood. His reason is mysterious.ODDS AND ENDS: Stout of-and ruled him the gold medal-fensive tackle Nick Richter ofwinner.Boscobel went through a sleep-FoUowing the celebration for ^ess experience last week whenCcwlt;H;cosatilt;vi-P*n£Buddy, he and his family, which includes two sons and a daughter, will relax, but it won’t behis daughter was bom at 4:20 15 a.m. He got to bed at 6 a.m., reported to pre-game workoutslong. He’s looking forward to 10:30* a°d then played more competitive sailing, and aSainst River Falls that after-perhaps another chance at a noon • • * Jerry Schliem’s Highgold medal in the 1976 Olympics land team may have crossed upin Canada.its coach on the last play of the! Rlnrnninotnn pamp a wppk apngcBlt;2:asladcfr
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Madison Wisconsin State Journal
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Sat, Sep 23, 1972
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