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II- Page Mo MISSOURIAN 20 1968 I COLUMBIA Friday Sept Ji 10 t JIM MURRAY J J Insurance Co Saves Saes Palmer rr- Golf Television r Well I dontdon't know whether nickel beer sound money peace in the streets or the Whig Party willwil-will- y everler make it back again whether they'll ever have f. er f 1 clean movies plays againwhetherwhere people leave their clothes a on or schools where the teacher is boss again 1 But I do know golf became golf again over I II the weekend when Arnold Palmer won a I ment A lot of people thought he was as long gone as the Great Plainsains bison or flying reptiles I t yr Oh sure it wasn't the l UU. SS. Open the British r the Masters the It was just one of those 72 f ad M 1 z hole commercials for an insurance company ButBut- Y Arnold was getting to thethe- n r point where he would settle forafor a 2 Nassau y i with his brotherin law Arnold had taken t-to 1 l 1 oi slopping the ball sideside- i2 ways He hit putts as if he had toinsink them on r the side of Mt Everest p aa. He was getting so erratic off the tee if he played aA Y in Rhode Island he not n rJ N I W only would be outout-of- bounds but Some of theoutlash and ARXIEARNIE PALMER fury seemed ofto have gone Golf's Only Hope out of Arnold Palmer i 1 a- He began to stand over a w tt shot like a guy who could see where it could go r S t If 9 v r wronglike you and me z y r s r RR. Z like as- The old Arnold Palmer played every shot as rr. he had a divine go in to the if guarantee it would 1 cup or anyway on the green Never the sand the r er cup t r.r.- M orcreek the street the trees or the ocean The rough he didn't care about He was so strong he could n. ww. au 1 n r n 4 i 4 knock a iron yards out of coiled barbed wire Arnold5played as if he had marked the deck Eck the night before as though the dice had all Mick Nicks Denny as if horse had winked at him in paddock the the paddock Denny McLain took care of rest of the game and won his game of Mickey Mantle rounds base as as if he had just heard a little voice say hit the the third Don Wert watches the third-leading home Just season at Tiger The only challenge remaining to Denny is the run hitter of all time after his clout in the eighth inning of Thurs- it-I'llit IllI'll take care of the rest 26 Stadium third ThursThurs- Ill World Series and the inevitable showdown with Bob Gibsonfirst round at daysday's game at Detroit But for the sursurgingging Yankees it was too little to late Actually Arnold had been hit with something 1 pmp.m. Wednesday Oct 2 in Busch Stadium first bound to happen to aIi year man who has spent his life belting the groundoldwith a steel bludgeon The protesting squeaks of muscles bones tendons feet arms and legs got louder The left hip got so Yanks ow Vetoes tender that Arnold would have needed morphine to Mantle HeRo full He forbade close to to Hits take a turn lie those him lifts reveal it but rivals on the tour knew that when As cLainMcLain New Offer Arnold Palmer hit a ball fat there was rust inin- the hinge someplace Posts From Pros JuliesJulie's 68 in Boxing Gloves Trails Only Ruth Mays DETROIT AP Denny PADPALM BEACH GARDENS To a lot of players who have spent their lives McLain won his game Fla AP The Professional golf courses this would require only a Thursday as the Detroit Tigers By LARRY PALADINO Detroit was leading 16 inin- best thrills IveI've had if n grin Golfers Association rejected minimal change in Julius Boros could defeated the New YorkYoY o r k AssociatedAs Press Sports Writer the eighth inning when with baseball said the year He aidsaid Mantle was hi idol Thursdayday a new proposal ofof- shoot 68 in boxing gloves standing in a barrel Yankees 26 despite Mickey DETROIT AP I got a an 20 count Mantle signaled veteran whose nameoldis certain and still is Baseball is going fered by its feuding touring MantlesMantle's career home feeling he wanted me to hit with a hand motion for to be enshrined in the baseball to be sad when he Jealeaves pros calling for a man exex- But Arnold was a slugger He brought a golf run it said New York Yankee McLain to give him a letterletter- HallHan of Fame McLain said ecutive committee to oversee course to its knees He didn't tiptoe up the fire es- in high t h e n McLain11 Lain would confirm But McLain was still grin- es McLain WhOwoo reached the slugger Mickey Mantle the pitch Mantle then ouid not grin the USU.S. tour 5 a the cape to championship he kicked the front door select plateau of 30 victories dressing room Thursday after blasted the next pitch into the that he threw the gopher ball ning You dontdon't think IdI'd e r rr- down hitting his career home upper deck in eld as the deliberately deliberately throw him a home last Saturday scattered eight Robert TT. ereC r e a s e y exex- dOC hits1in bringing his record to run in a loss1055 to Detroit crowd roared think you guys think I run ball do you There would ecutive director of has- said A gambler above all has to have faith He has 26 I behe im- 31 The last time a pitcher The home run off game As Mantle rounded thet h e gave it up on purpose he a scandal and an infmimfm- the new proposal under any to be sure the next card will fill the straight Ar- put him- bases Mickey told newsmen with a teasing m e d i a t e investigation of Ar won that many games was in winner Denny McLain 31him McLain saluted Iickey mediateate circumstances is n o ac- nold Bobby Rosburg once said plays golf like aa- nott ac 1931 when Lefty Gove of the in sole possession of third lain saluted Mickey as if to say baseball Both he and thethe- ceptable to the guy who would throwthrowawayaway two cards of a straight place on the Major Congratulations and the dozen or so reporters Philadelphia Athletics did it time The pros'pros attorney Sam and to come up with a 1 flush expect higher one vic- League home allrun i s t think it was just a Soccer PPiaFlayerlaveslaves'vcr laughed McLain needs one more vicvic- lislist Gates announced the countercounter- surpassing Jimmy Foxx of thethe- straightI fast ballbalI Mantle At first Arnold just tried to play through his ailail- tory to become the proposal in Oklahoma City 52 old Philadelphia Athletics and said after the game Collapses Dies ing left side to treat it as if it were just another par pitcher in years to PlayFlayJav where most of the players are lust the Boston Red Sox got to be one of the I But a funny thing happens in sports when raw In posting the TigersTigers' Its Va AP-AAPAs- participating in the team 5 straight complete g a mrn e 11 iniii power begins to Many players become better game state medical examinerAPsaid II Milwaukee championships ebb McLain was touched for tate the Thursday the death of an 18 S The pitcher loses the hop on his fast one and home run that placed Mantle CHICAGO APCAP The yearyear-old Washington and Lee f That plan callscaBs for sevensevea gets hum- third on the all-time home list American League formally apap- finds control more batters out than the hum time University freshman who colcol- tour players three of- behind Babe Ruth and proved Thursday the Chicago player of mer A football lineman substitutes moves for musmus- lapsed ono the soccer field was ficials and four businessmen dIes Willie Mays White SoxSax request to shift 11 cles k M Odds caused by a heart attack to sit on the executive tour i Eds regularregu ar season gamesg a m e s to Joseph Desha Didier of committee Sponsors would behe The new Palmer emerged of all places on a After getting two strikes inin- L. w MilwauKee next year Maumee Ohio died shortly is ear allowed Iwotwo representatives TV tower At the recent World Series of Golf the eighth inning Mantle momo- One game will be pla eded- LAS VEGAS bookmakers THE ONLY TWO unbeaten after collapsing on the WL in- butallwould not have voting where for a change he didn't qualify the sponsors tioned for McLain to give himhim- with each of the other clubs in Thursday favored the St. LouLou- field Wednesday He was at- privileges quickly him with a microphone and a head- a letter-high pitch McLain St teams in the National Football at the expansion to 12 teams outfitted head letter is Cardinals to win the tending his initial soccer prac- a got gallery did and after the Yankee 1710 League'sLeagues Central Division will Dates will be set later Creasey said president set and scorecard and he a bigger World Detroit tice after having been excused scorecard slugger drove the ball into the Series over the meet this Sunday The ambiambi- The Sox played nine games laxMax Elbin had authorized him than the players Tigers from the required freshman and upper right field standss tant a n d s tious Minnesota Vikings enterenter- in Milwaukee this season andand- to announce rejection of the physical education C o U S e McLain saluted him as he taining title thoughts after course0 Ir drew fans pros'pros plan From Arnold to Anonymous HALL FAMER Di- because of a condition rounded the bases OF Joe DiDi- scoring a record 47 points in heart Maggio will head a baseball A University spokesman r At first I thought it was an imposter Because The homer his of the their first game will face the troupe which will begin a tour said Didier showed up for a once when Masters winner Bob Goalby was selectselect- season enabled Mantle to favored Green Bay Packers of military hospitals in the Pa- soccer scrimmage and Coach ing a wood from a deep rough lie on a par 5 so long break his tie at with JimJim- Pa who are noted for ending cific Oct 12 DiMaggio will be pleasant Joe Lyles not knowing of the l crossed states announcer frowned my Foxx dreams it three Palmer joined by relief pitcher Ron studentsstudent's medical h i s t o r y a Norm Cash provided the historyhis tor and said No sense using wood there the shot Taylor of the New York Mets allowed him to play ofthere Tiger right-hander withw i t h is a feathered iron up the left side thethe fairway right wit and Ron Kline of the PittsPitts- enough power of his own So saying he-andhe and millions of viewers watched burgh Pirates The trip ar- watched Cash sent the Tigers ahead arar- BobsBob's shot andand championship plopviewersin the water ranged by baseball commiscommis- with a fourth-inning homer 10 inning sioner William D.