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Casper Only Step
From The Greatest
By JOE SARGIS
UPI Sports Writer
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SAN FRANCISCO (UPI)—
They can start making room at
the top for Billy Casper any day
,now because he is only a step
or two away from becoming the
greatest golfer in the history of
the game.
• Quiet Billy, improving with
age, showed the doubting
Thomas’ and the PGA tour’s
young turks a thing or two
♦ during the weekend as he won
the SIOO,OOO Lucky Open Golf
Tournament with a record 72-
hole score of 15-under-par 269.
* Casper, who is 37, has had to
take a back seat the past few
years to Arnold Palmer and
Jack Nicklaus, but, oh, how
things have changed in the last
10 months.
Winning the Lucky and its
'first place prize of $20,000 did
3 this for Casper:
—lt was his sixth tournament
victory of the year and 41st of
♦bis career.
—lt boosted his year’s earn
ings to $203,389 and left him
only SB,OOO short of the all-time
'’single season money winning
record of $211,000 set by
Nicklaus a year ago.
-’-It left him trailing Palmer,
golf’s first and only millionaire
by a little more than SIOO,OOO
for the all-time lead.
» —lt also left him trailing
Palmer, who seems to be on the
downgrade this year, in career
tourney victories, 53-41.
* Casper takes off after Nick
laus’ single season mark this
week in the SIOO,OOO Hawaiian
Open—his last tourney of the
•year—and that is his immediate
goal. He also is after Palmer’s
career record but that will have
to wait until next year.
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HARBERT HONORED
PALM BEACH GARDENS,
,Fla. (UPI)—M.R. “Chick” Har
"bert, 1954 PGA champion and
former U.S. Ryder Cup team
captain, was named Sunday to
golfing’s hall of fame.
•»
Max Elbin, president of the
PGA, said Harbert will be
formally installed as the 39th
•member of the Hall of Fame on
Nov. 12 at the annual PGA
meeting.
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“I need a goal to keep on
going,” said Casper after he
closed the door on the Lucky
Sunday with a five under par
66. “I guess the Nicklaus record
is the next plateau and the
Palmer record follows that.”
Casper is one of the best
putters on the tour—and maybe
the best of all time—and he
showed how good he really is on
the greens in the Lucky. He
Percival’s Free Kick
Field Goal Nips Pack
By VITO STELLINO
UP* Sports Writer
Mac Percival used to he
almost as obscure as the
National Football League’s free
kick rule.
But Percival, an assistant
high school coach discovered
last year by the Dallas Cowboys
utilized the litlte known rule
Sunday to make himself one of
the most talked about players in
pro football.
Percival kicked a 43-yard free
kick field goal with 23 seconds
left Sunday to give the Chicago
Bears a stunning 13-10 upset of
Green Bay that was a
staggering blow to the Packer
hopes for a record fourth
straight NFL title.
Percival’s kick came after
Donny Anderson got off only a
28-yarder into the wind and
rookie Cecil Turner called a fair
catch on the Packer 43. Under
NFL rules, the Bears have their
choice of how to put the ball in
play. They chose the free kick—
with no lineman able to rush
the kicker —and Percival booted
it through the uprights just like
a kickoff.
Chicago, Minnesota Tied
That left Chicago and Minne
sota, a 27-14 victor over
Washington, tied for the Central
Division lead at 4-4 while Green
Bay and Detroit, a 10-7 loser to
Los Angeles were behind with 3-
4-1 records.
Form prevailed in the majori
ty of the rest of the contests.
Baltimore, a 26-0 victor over
New York, remained tied with
Los Angeles at 7-1 for the
Coastal Division lead while
Dallas, 17-3 winner over New
Orleans, is still tops in the
Capitol Division at 7-1.
took only 113 putts for the
entire four rounds, including 56
holes in which he needed only
one putt to get down.
Casper won by four strokes
over Ray Floyd and Don
Massengale and five over Ken
Still, Bob Murphy, Dave Stock
ton and Miller Barber. Aaron,
who tied the course record with
a 63 on Saturday, was another
stroke back at 275.
St. Louis, a 45-17 winner over
Philadelphia, and Cleveland, a
surprise, 33-21 winner over San
Francisco, remained tied for
the Century Division lead at 5-3.
In the other game, Pittsburgh
won its second straight by
routing Atlanta, 41-21.
Percival, who beat Minnesota
last week with a field goal with
three seconds left, said, “I felt
less pressure on that kick than
on a normal field goal. Sure,
everything was riding on it but
I didn't have to worry about
any Packer linemen coming in
on me.” Percival was released
by the Cowboys during the 1967
exhibition season when he
missed two field goal attempts
against Green Bay—and Chica
go picked him up.
Kapp, Washington Score
Joe Kapp tossed two touch
down passes to Gene Washing
ton as the Vikings romped past
Washington to tie Chicago for
the Central Division lead.
The Rams’ Bruce Gossett
kicked a 37-yard field goal that
eave them a 10-7 lead on
Detroit in the second period.
That’s the way it ended as both
teams played tenacious defense.
Lem Barney ran the opening
kickoff back 98 yards for the
Lions’ only TD.
Don Meredith, playing with a
broken nose, tossed two touch
down passes to Bob Hayes as
Dallas beat New Orleans before
84,728 fans in New Orleans—the
largest pro crowd this year.
Jim Hart scored twice on
quarterback sneaks and tossed
a 40-yard TD pass.to pace St.
Louis past the Eagles while Don
Cockcroft kicked four field
goals and Bill Nelson flipped
two TD passes as Cleveland
stunned the Forty Nir.ers.
Roy Jefferson became the
first NFL player in five years
to catch five TD passes in a
game as the Steelers routed
Atlanta.
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November sth
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whether they will establish Commissions to assess themselves to conduct research,
promotional, and educational programs to improve the production and marketing
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3. This WILL NOT increase taxes or prices. All expenses are paid by the producers.
AMENDMENT 19 has to do with the various Commodity Commissions. A Commodity Commission comes
into being when the producers of a commodity thru a referendum vote to have a Commission.
The primary purpose of a Commodity Commission is to improve the production and marketing of the
product with which it is concerned. This means that the Consumer receives at the market a higher quality
product. This is done through programs of research, education, and promotion. These programs help the
producer by reducing the amount of poor quality products going on the market. They help the Consumer
by assuring him of a higher quality product.
And remember, the producer pays the cost of the Commission by assessing himself so much per unit of
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since the producer pays the cost. There are now eight Commodity Commissions in Georgia. These deal with
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Whitworth
Top Money
Winner
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (UPI)
—Kathy Whitworth is back in a
familiar place in the Ladies
Professional Golf Association
money standings today—first.
The 29 year-old Texan took
over the top spot from lanky
Carol Mann Sunday by coming
from four strokes off the pace
to win the $26,000 Canyon
Ladies Classic.
The victory was worth $3,300
to Miss Whitworth and gave her
$53,501.50 for the year. Miss
Mann managed only $342 here
on a 227 finish and made her
1968 total $51,611.50.
Miss Whitworth, the leading
money winner the past two
years, shot a one-under-par 71
for a 54, hole total of 218 while
Donna Caponi and Shirley
Englchorn, the 36-hole leaders,
each had 775. They ended in a
tie with Mary Mills, who carded
a third round 72 for a 220, two
shots behind the winner.
Miss Whitworth’s final round
included five birdies, three of
them in a row after a triple
bogey on the par four third
hole. Her three straight birdies
came on putts of 10,12 and 20
feet, respectively.
Jets Get ‘Kick’
Out Os Turner
By GARY KALE
UPI Sports Writer
Weeb Ewbank doesn’t seem to
mind Joe Namath’s inability to
find an end-zone scoring target
—the New York Jets’ coach
gets his kicks from the talented
toe of Jim Turner.
Ewbank watched Turner boot
a record-equalling six field
goals Sunday that beat the
Buffalo Bills, 25-21, and in
creased New York’s lead in the
Eastern Division to 2’/ 2 games.
Namath was stymied for the
fifth straight game. He couldn’t
be blamed for his shutout in the
contest, however, as he was
classicly careful to avoid a
repitition of the Buffalo disaster
on Sept. 29 when the Bills
intercepted him five times and
ran back three of the thefts for
touchdowns.
The New York quarterback
was intercepted only once this
time as he completed 10 of 28
passes for 164 yards. Namath
studiously avoided the pass as
an offensive weapon in the
second half, preferring to travel
on the ground and capitalize on
his strong defense which set up
several of Turner’s field goals.
Turner tied a mark set by
Boston’s Gino Cappoletti against
Denver in 1964 when he kicked
field goals from the 32-yard line
twice, another pair from the 27
and tow more from 9 and 35
yards out.
NFL Standings
By United Press International
Eastern Conference
Century Division
W. L. T. Pct.
St. Louis 5 3 0 .625
Cleveland 5 3 0 . 625
New Orleans 3 5 0 .375
Pittsburgh 2 6 0 .250
Capital Division
W. L. T. Pct.
Dallas 7 10 .875
New York 5 3 0 .625
Washington 3 5 0 .375
Philadelphia 0 8 0 .000
Western Conference
Central Division
W. L. T. Pct.
Minnesota 4 4 0 .500
Chicago 4 4 0 .500
Green Bay 3 4 1 .429
Detroit 3 4 1 .429
Coastal Division
W. L. T. Pct.
Baltimore 7 10 .875
Los Angeles 7 10 .875
San Francisco 4 4 0 .500
Atlanta 17 0 .125
Sunday’s Results
Baltimore 26 New York 0
Pittsburgh 41 Atlanta 21
St. Louis 45 Philadelphia 17
Dallas 17 New Orleans 3
Chicago 13 Green Bay 10
Minnesota 27 Washington 14
Los Angeles 10 Detroit 7
Cleveland 33 San Francisco 21
Sunday’s Gaines
Baltimore at Detroit
Green Bay at Minnesota
Los Angeles at Atlanta
New Orleans at Cleveland
New York at Dallas
Pittsburgh at St. Louis
San Francisco at Chicago
Washington at Philadelphia
NBA Standings
By United Press International
East
W. L. Pct. GB
Boston 6 2 .750
Cincinnati 6 2 .750
Baltimore 8 3 .727
Detroit 4 4 .500 2
New York 5 6 .455
Philadelphia 3 4 .429 2y 2
Milwaukee 2 6 .250 4
West
W. L. Pct. GB
San Diego 4 3 .571
Los Angeles 5 4 .556
Phoenix 4 4 .500 y 2
Atlanta 4 5 .444 1 "
Chicago 4 6 .400 V/ 2
San Francisco 3, 5 .375 V/ 2
Seattle 3 7 .300 2i/ 2
Sunday’s Results
Boston 123 Atlanta 103
Los Angeles 127 Phoenix 109
San Diego 121 Chicago 107
New York 122 Seattle 106
(Only games scheduled)
Monday’s Games
San Francisco at Phoenix
(Only game scheduled)
Monday, Nov. 4, 1968 Griffin Daily News
What Happens To
Chiefs’ Players?
ATLANTA (UPI) — Atlanta
Chiefs Vice President Richard
Cecil said the status of the
North American Soccer League
champion players would be de
termined by “Wednesday or
Thursday” of this week.
There hasn’t been a decision
made as to the disposition of
the Atlanta Chiefs players,” Ce
cil, who represented the league
title holders at an NASL meet
ing in Chicago Friday in which
the league proposed a single
national team to play foreign
teams.
Cecil said he would have to
consult with player - manager
Phil Woosnam, who was in Kan
sas City, Mo., Sunday where
the U. S. World Cup Team,
which he coaches, played the
Bermudan team.
Cecil said that Kaiser Boy-
Boy Motaung, the NASL
“Rookie of the Year,” might be
invited to play on the national
team, which would play in the
cities which supported and con
tributed members to the team.
“We control his contract.”
Cecil said of the Johannesburg,
South Africa, native, explaining
that the Chiefs held the option
on his contract.
Cale Wins
Peach State
JEFFERSON, Ga. (UPI) —
Cale Yarborough raced his Mer
cury Cyclone Sunday to a first
place win and a SI,OOO purse in
the Peach State 200, the final
event in the 1968 NASCAR
Grand National season.
The Timmonsville, S. C. na
tive, who has won more than
any other driver in NASCAR
history this year, was trailed
closely until the final nine laps
by Bobby Isaac of Catawba,
N. C.
Isaac, who has pocketed $135,-
000 in NASCAR prize money
this year, went into a spin on
the 181st lap and hit a wall.
Richard Petty, of Randleman,
N. C., finished behind Yar
borough with his 1968 Plymouth.
Third was the NASCAR point
champion of the year, David
Pearson in his 1968 Ford Torino.
Yarborough averaged 77.742
miles per hour to win.
Rounding out the top ten
were: James Hylton in a
Dodge; Leroy Yarbrough in a
Mercury: John Sears in a Ford;
Friday Hassler in a Chevelle;
Elmo Langley in a ford; Bobby
Isaac in a Dodge, and Neal Cas
tles, in a Plymouth.
A capacity crowd of 7,000 saw
the race.
Most of the players’ contracts
had expired, he said, and all
but three English players had
returned home while the future
of the NASL was being decided.
The league representatives
Friday decided to suspend play
between existing teams from 17
member cities, and to support
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the single team while building
■ at home.
Cecil said the move was ’’by
no means a step backward but
a step forward.”
“You can’t build a league
from the top down,” Cecil, who
is also vice president of the
Chiefs’ owners, the Atlanta
Braves, said. ‘‘lt’s got to have
some kind of base.”
Cecil said he was named to
a three-man executive commit
tee which would draw up the
detailed plan for the national
team, and present it to the
U. S. Soccer Football Associa
tion this week as a step toward
winning approval for the plan.