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...commandant of the academy, rebelliously horsenaps his own herd, ships it to safety in an isolated village. So much for the stallions, but what about the Lipizzan mares? They are prancing through Bohemia like a bunch of damn foals, and the Russians are sure to rustle them unless General Patton rapidly develops some horse sense...
Farmers Union President James Patton, wearing a black eye patch as a result of a cancer operation, introduced "the great Secretary of Agriculture...
...enough big names to make a big list of favorites. Deane Beman, the 1960 winner, was there. So were Charles Coe (winner in '49 and '58), Harvie Ward ('55 and '56) and Ted Bishop ('46). There was North Carolina's own Billy Joe Patton, a perennial gallery favorite, and at 40 certainly the best amateur never to win a major tournament. And then there were scores of kids, respectful of their elders, to be sure, but slamming golf balls with devastating irreverence...
Then, on succeeding days on varying holes, it was goodbye Mr. Beman, goodbye Mr. Ward, goodbye Mr. Chapman (and, along the way, goodbye Master Gerringer), all beaten by smooth-swinging youngsters who were in turn beaten by better ones. By the fifth round, only Mr. Patton was among the eight quarter-finalists. The others were all 25 or under, and the fact that Patton had come that far suddenly seemed a marvel of geriatrics. Billy Joe even made it through to the semifinals...
Died. Dean Bartlett Cromwell, 82, longtime track coach at the University of Southern California, who from 1909 to 1948 produced teams that won more national championships (twelve) and more individual honors (among his champions: World Record Sprinters Charlie Paddock, Frank Wycoff, Mel Patton) than any other coach; of a heart attack; in Los Angeles...