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By GARY SHERER
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IN MY BED’
Archer Captures
Colonial Tuneup
FORT WORTH, Tex. (^) —
George Archer, the California
cowboy, fired a record-equalling
five-under-par 65 Wednesday to
sweep pro-amateur honors in a
prelude to the $115,000 Colonial
National Invitation Golf Tourna
ment.
Archer whipped around the
Colonial Country Club course in
32-33-65 and tied the record set
by Ben Hogan in 1964 and
equalled by a quartet of others.
Archer won $500.
The current Greensboro Open
champion missed only one green
and dropped birdie putts ranging
from 5 to 10 feet. He did not
bogey a hole.
Kermit Zarley, with a 67, took
second and a paycheck of $425.
Five deadlocked at 68, including
Tommy Aaron, Tommy Bolt,
Juan Rodriguez, Ken Still and
Mason Rudolph. They split $1,-
450.
Six others cracked par by a
stroke with 69s. They were Rod
Funseth, Harold Henning, Rocky
Thompson, Joe Campbell, Billy
Casper and Bobby Nichols. They
won $152.50 each.
Sports Around The Nation
THE BATTALION
Thursday, May 18, 1967 College Station, Texas Page 7
The north end of Kyle Field was silent as the eyes
of the 3,000 spectators were all on the 260-pound athlete
standing- in the shot put ring.
Randy Matson, Texas A&M’s world record-holder was
the subject of the intense attention. The 6-6 giant gazed
out at the long yellow line that lay at the end of the series
of expanding while lines, with markers telling the distance
of each line.
The yellow one, of course, was Matson’s world record
distance.
With trained concentration, Matson leaned back and,
with the 16-pound sphere held tightly against his jawbone,
coiled in readiness to toss the round steel ball on his first
throw of the afternoon.
The occasion was “Randy Matson Day” April 22.
The citizens of Bryan-College Station and the students
and administration of Texas A&M had all combined to
name this day for Randy.
Matson was competing with the Aggie track team in a
tri-meet with Texas Tech and Baylor.
The stillness of the air was then shattered with a loud
grunt as Matson’s huge frame pushed the shot into the
air and the steel ball fell to earth some 5 inches past that
long yellow line.
Tt was brought out recently that equipment manager
S. M. Meeks had purposely put the yellow line at 71 feet,
or 4% inches further than Matson’s world record mark.)
The crowd gasped and then let out with a chorus of
cheers for the outstanding effort.
They had just witnessed sports history in-the-making
as, after the throw was measured, it read feet and
a new world record.
This writer had seen world marks set before on
television but never in person. My emotions at the moment
ran from happiness for Randy to luck on my part to have
been there to witness the tremendous feat.
It has been a distinct pleasure for me to know Randy
Matson and to realize what a credit this athlete is to his
school and nation. On the few occasions I have had to
speak to Randy he has always conducted himself in a
polite, humble way.
After my first interview with him, I ran into Randy
between classes the next day. I mentioned to him that
I hoped I hadn’t asked to many questions that he had
been asked hundreds of times before.
Randy grinned and replied, “Those are the kind I
can answer.” It’s hard not to be impressed with someone
when they give you answers like that.
Of course, Randy has impressed many people with
both his prowess with the shot put and with his modesty
in the face of great praise.
On Monday of this week, the Texas House of Rep-
| resentatives gave Randy still another honor. They awarded
him with a resolution praising his world-record effort.
The resolution read in part, “this is a token of the
appreciation of this House for the sportsmanship, hard
| work, perseverance, integrity and academic achievement
| of James Rand el Matson;” ■
This is a great honor for anyone, when a state’s politj-
Ical body pays tribute to one person. For Randy Matson, it
* was certainly well deserved.
The Pampa native will be back in action May 26 when
he will throw in the Gulf Federation Meet at Beaumont.
Since he has layed off for the past two weeks, he will
after that, try to compete every weekend. On June 3
he will be in Houston, San Diego on June 10 and the
[NCAA finals at Provo, Utah on June 15-16.
BALTIMORE <A>) _ Although
winner of the Kentucky Derby,
Proud Clarion was rated no bet
ter than the co-second choice
Wednesday to take Saturday’s
$150,000-added Preakness at Pim
lico as the field for the second
leg of the Triple Crown for 3-
year-olds grew to nine.
Blair Wilkinson, who has made
the Pimlico betting line for 30
years, pegged Florida Derby
winner In Reality as the 5-2
choice to take the 1 3-16 miles
of the Preakness despite the fact
Mrs. Frances A. Center’s Flori
da-based ace hasn’t raced in sev
en weeks.
Proud Clarion, who gave John
Galbreath’s Darby Dan Farm its
second Kentucky Derby victory
in four years, was quoted at 3-1
along with Mrs. Edith W. Ban
croft’s Damascus, who ran third
in the role of the favorite in the
Derby.
Barbs’ Delight, beaten one
length as he finished a surprised
second to Proud Clarion at
Churchill Downs May 6, followed
the leading trio at 5-1 with the
others — Great Power, Reason
to Hail, Ask the Fare, Favorable
Turn and Misty Cloud — lightly
regarded for this the richest of
all Preakness renewals.
Entry fees of $1,000 each are
due by 10:30 a.m. EDT Thurs
day. It’ll cost another $1,000 to
be in the starting gate Saturday.
Post time is 5:30 p.m. EDT with
television CBS slated for 5-5:45
p.m.
In addition, the owners of
Barbs Delight will have to come
Major League
Highlights
SAN FRANCISCO <dP)_Tito
Fuentes’ two-run double in the
sixth inning carried the San
Francisco Giants to a 4-2 victory
over the Chicago Cubs Wednes
day.
ATLANTA <A>> — Joe Torre’s
leadoff homer in the ninth in
ning powered the Atlanta Braves
to a 4-3 victory over the New
York Mets Wednesday night.
ST. LOUIS (A*)—Pinch hitter
Tim McCarver smashed a lead-
off home run in the ninth inning,
lifting the St. Louis Cardinals
to a 3-2 victory over Philadel
phia Wednesday night.
CINCINNATI (A>)—Pete Rose
drove in one run and scored an
other and Tony Perez drove in
two as the National League-lead
ing Cincinnati Reds won their
fifth straight game, 3-1 over the
Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday
night.
WASHINGTON UP) — Willie
Horton belted a pair of home
runs and Jim Northrup crashed
a grand slam following three
walks in the third inning as the
Detroit Tigers defeated the
Washington Senators 8-1 Wed
nesday night.
KANSAS CITY <A>> — R i c k
Reichardt and Don Mincher drove
in two runs each as the Cali
fornia Angels snapped a six-
game losing streak with a 7-3
victory over Kansas City Wed
nesday night.
BOSTON (A 5 ) — The Baltimore
Orioles crashed seven home runs,
four of them in a nine-run sev
enth inning, and outslugged the
Boston Red Sox 12-8 Wednesday
night.
NEW YORK UP) — Leon Wag
ner’s grand slam home run and
a two-run shot by Fred Whitfield
staked Cleveland to an early lead
over New York Wednesday night
and the Indians held on for an
8-7 victory over the Yankees.
CHICAGO (A>) — The Ameri
can League-leading Chicago
White Sox bombed out Jim Kaat,
who had beaten them nine
straight, in a three-run fourth
inning Wednesday night and
went on to defeat the Minnesota
Twins 5-4.
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was not named originally for the
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resents a supplementary fee.
Victory, on the basis of nine
starters, will be a record $139,-
500. Other awards are $30,000
for second, $15,000 for third and
$7,500 for fourth.
The Preakness will be followed
two weeks later by the Belmont
Stakes, the final jewel in the
Triple Crown.
★ ★ ★
KANSAS CITY <A>> — Allan
Sydney Lewis is a rarity in
major league baseball — a spe
cialist in pinch running and base
stealing for the Kansas City Ath
letics. So far, he’s made five
steals in six attempts.
“He’s doing his job,” said
Manager Alvin Dark. “Sure, he’s
on trial—so is everybody on the
club. Each one has to do his
job.”
When Lewis comes in the
game, everybody in the park
knows what he’s going to do.
It’s a lot of pressure.
Lewis isn’t an ordinary rookie.
He’s 25 years old, the father of
four children and a veteran of
six years in the minor leagues.
“Yes, it’s hard for me to get
any kind of lead off first,” Lewis
said. “The pitcher is watching
me all the time. I have to make
up for it by developing extra
speed in my start.”
The idea of a pinch-running
specialist was that of Charles O.
Finley, owner of the A’s. Lewis
stole 116 bases for Leesburg in
the Florida State league last
season. The figure caught Fin
ley’s eye.
Lewis has appeared in nine
games as a pinch-runner, scored
four runs, including the winning
run in two games, and stole five
bases in six tries.
He’s a 6-foot, 175-pound native
of Panama, proud of his speed.
“I was timed in 9.6 for 100
yards in baseball clothes back
home,” he said.
★ ★ ★
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (A>) —
Rookie Don Thomas of El Cajon,
Calif., escaped uninjured Wed
nesday as his Gerhardt-Offen-
hauser car hit the wall at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The racer went out of control
in the northeast run, spun, skid
ded 430 feet and hit the wall
with the right front corner. Dam
age did not appear to be exten
sive.
Thomas was practicing in prep
aration for an attempt to qualify
for the 500-mile race May 30.
★ ★ ★
DENVER, Colo. UP) — The
Denver Broncos announced that
Floyd Little, All-America half
back from Syracuse, signed a
contract with them Wednesday
for the 1967 American Football
League season.
Salary figures were not dis
closed, nor was the length of the
contract.
This was the first time since
the AFL began operating in 1960
that the Broncos have signed
their No. 1 draft choice.
★ ★ ★
PHILADELPHIA <A>> — Quar
terback King Hill and field goal
specialist Sam Baker have signed
1967 contracts with the Phila
delphia Eagles of the National
Football League, the club an
nounced Wednesday.
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Cheryl Pedlow, 19, Indianapolis, Ind., who is U. S. track
and field federation women’s 880 champion, runs with
men’s track team at Indiana State University in Terre
Haute, Ind. She keeps in shape this way—keeps tabs with
coach by mail. (AP Wirephoto)
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