Arnie and his loyal army are primed for Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPI) — If Arnold Palmer didn't want his "army" to get the idea that he might be a bit more concerned than usual about this year's Masters, he should have done a better job of disguising it.
Palmer, only man to win the prestigious Masters four times, dismayed his troops last year when he missed the cut, so he's been getting in some extra homework for the '69 tournament which begins Thursday.
In the past, Palmer, also the only man to win more than $1 million with his golf clubs, played in the Greater Greensboro, N.C. Open the week before the Masters—dashing here in his private jet after finishing up his Sunday round.
It's obvious Palmer must have been rankled by last year's failure here. He took it as a personal affront when a second-day 79 sent him crestfallen to the Masters' sidelines.
Not this time. Battling bursitis in his hip and only a few months short of his 40th birthday, Palmer skipped Greensboro to get in some early practice on the Augusta National Course he already knew so well.
After all, the Masters had been Palmer's hunting preserve for more than a decade. Only once in the intervening years between his first Masters victory in 1958 and last year's retreat had he been worse than fourth. That was in 1963 when he "slumped" all the way to ninth-five strokes behind the winner.
Palmer, long favored by the
gallery and oddsmakers alike,
added victories here in '60, '62
and '64; was second in '61 and
'65; was third in '59; and was
fourth in '66 and '67.
General Palmer
However, as Palmer is painfully aware, it has now been five years since he marched to victory here. Although occasional flashes of the old "Arnie" streak along the golf tour—he won two PGA
Volleyball kicks off spring intramurals
Yes Virginia, KU does have a squash intramural season, and it along with a parade of other spring sports began Monday as volleyball officially welcomed the spring sports season.
Volleyball, along with softball, heads a list of competition including tennis, handball, horseshoes, badminton, squash (if you know what it is—tell us), paddle ball, swimming, and golf.
Team play in tennis, badminton, handball, paddle ball, horseshoes, and that violent sounding thing will consist of four-man teams in single elimination. Singles tournaments will only be held in paddle ball and you know what.
The softball season which begins April 14, schedules divisional competition with the winners moving on to battle for the Hill titles. Volleyball will be handled the same way.
Monday night's volleyball results:
**FRATERNITY A**
Beta defeated SAE, 15-3,
15-2.
Sigma Chi defeated TKE,
15-12, 18-16.
PK Theta defeated Kappa Sig,
15-11, 10-15, 15-11.
Sigma Nu defeated PK Sigma,
15-8, 15-11.
Phi Psi defeated DU, 15-13,
15-13.
Phi Delt won by forfeit over
ATO.
Delta Chi won by forfeit over
Delta.
**FRATERNITY B**
ATO No. 3 defeated Phi Pai
No. 3, 15-6, 15-11.
Kappa Sig defeated Delta Chi,
15-3, 15-8.
Phi Gam defeated Beta Sigma
Psi, 15-8, 15-11.
Sigma Chi defeated TKE,
15-8, 15-13.
TKE defeated DU, 16-14,
15-11.
Phi Gam defeated PK Theta
No. 2, 15-1, 15-13.
Sigma Chi defeated Theta Chi, 15-9, 15-8.
Phi Psi No. 4 defeated Kappa Sigma. 15-3, 15-8.
Phi PsI No. 1 defeated AEPI.
15-8, 13-15, 15-7.
tournams and $115,000 last year—it's been a while since the general thrilled his Army with his late charges.
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1969
Delt No. 4 won by forfeit over Phi Gam No. 4.
"There was a time," said one long-time Palmer protagonist, "when the roar that meant Palmer had made another birdie often forced the fellow ahead of him to press and lose a stroke of his own."
That may be. But Palmer is still the man the fans want to watch and, if he has found a remedy for his bursitis as he claims, he's still a threat—especially in the Masters.
"You've got to realize two things," Palmer said recently. "There weren't that many come-from-behind charges, but people magnified them because some were in big tournaments. And, second, there's so many good young golfers these days that there are a lot more people battling for the lead.
"There was a time when you could go after the leader, one-on-one. Now, you've got the whole field to beat."
Don't be surprised the next few days if the front-runners spend just a little time listening behind them for the roar of "Arnie's Army."
Tankers 11th in relay
KU's swimming team placed a relay team among the top 12 in the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships at the University of Indiana March 27-29 to score the Jayhawks' only points.
Hampered by sickness, the nine KU swimmers who traveled to the nationals were forced to wait until the last event of the meet to place 11th in the 400-yard freestyle relay and score four points.
Their time of 3:11.0 was more than two seconds slower than their time in the conference meet. KU was ranked eighth in the nation prior to the meet with a conference record of 3:08.9, which should give the KU 400 free relay team their second All-American award in a row.
Members of the relay squad were Roy O'Connor, Philadelphia, Pa., senior; Bob Hines, Overland Park junior; Bo Darrah, Wichita junior and Kim Bolton, Shawnee Mission sophomore.
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES MAJORS!
Undergraduate Teaching Assistantships are available for next fall in the new Biology Dept. and certain undergraduate lab courses in biology.
- Salaries start at $450/semester.
- Approx. ten hrs./week and enrollment in Bio.
83 (laboratory instruction, 2 hrs.) is required.
- Obtain application forms in Biology Office, 249 Snow.
- Deadline for application: April 15, 1969.
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