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...Brown shot putter is behemoth Bruce Ross, whose winning effort last week was an awesome 47 ft., 4 in., only six feet shorter than Art Croasdale's victorious heave at Army. Ross will be fighting for second place against the Crimson's Ray Frieden in what could be an exciting duel...
...computer-minded whiz kids (whom he was fond of calling "the numbers-racket people"), and sometimes confronted them with analogies like this: "Arnold Palmer played golf the other day. In terms of your weapons-analysis system, he used his 5 iron three times, his driver 18 times and his putter 38 times. Well, according to your system, if he wants to play even better golf, he should go out and get more putters...
Navy does have scattered strength, but it's not enough. The Middies should take first place in the shot put and the pole vault, and they have a good chance at the top position in the dash and hurdles. Navy shot putter Mike Berkowitz, Heps Yale's Chuck Mercein should take second place, with the Crimson's Art Croasdale third or fourth...
...undoubtedly a good thing for golf that Nicklaus is no great shakes as a putter. By the time he finished the round, Jack had three-putted two greens, muffed four easy putts of 5 ft. That pretty well settled his hash: the best he could manage was a score of 66 for a 72-hole total of 271 (13 under par) and a three-stroke victory. He even managed to look annoyed at himself as he pocketed a $7,500 check that boosted his bankroll to $8,700 and made him golf's No. 1 money-winner...
Jack Nicklaus is strong for status. In only two years on the pro tour, he has already won three of golf's Big Four tournaments-the U.S. Open, the Masters and the P.G.A.-and missed the fourth (the British Open) by a single swipe of his putter. He has $98,990 in official winnings this year, and he has turned the World Series of Golf (unofficial, says the P.G.A.) into a private endowment fund that pays him an extra $50,000 a year. He is franchised, merchandised, televised and incorporated. What more could a 23-year-old want...