Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 29, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday july 29, 1968 Star steals swim show by Gordie Sinclair Manitoba s male swimmers can to thank a Gritty 13-year-old lad and an 18-year-old sunday for saving them from Complete disgrace sunday afternoon during the second annual Myca Marathon swim at Falcon Lake. Niel Sherwood the younger stuck out the numbing cold in Saviour and Hick Patino the i what one observer sex unde elder were the Only swimmers of eight male entrants to swim the 4.1 mile stretch of icy wind whipped water. Four of the five female competitors who swam earlier Ter mined said proved the. Natural superiority Sherwood who finished before Patino in won the Junior boys title and the youngest to finish award. Patino lurched out of the water 55 minutes later to cop the senior men s award. Patino entered the water 25 minutes after the Start while waiting for his boat to line up prior to Bis plunge he admitted he was just but for the swim and did t plan on winning Champion of the senior girls Vollmer captures Alberta open title in playoff double Winner Niel Sherwood a 13-yeat-Oid swim Mer from the Cardinal swim club who sunday was the first male to finish the Myca annual Marathon swim at Falcon Lake. Sherwood won the Junior boys and youngest to com Pete titles. By Joe will Edmonton up Wayne Vollmer of Vancouver won the Alberta open Golf championship saturday on the second Hole of a sudden death playoff with an other professional and Amateur Bob Wylie of Calgary. Vollmer was tied with Moe Norman of Toronto and Wylie at 213 after the regulation 54 holes on the 399-Yard Par four he shot to within 15 feet of the pin then dropped the Birdie putt for the win. The other golfers were Par on the Hole. The win was Worth and a berth on the All Canadian championship at Toronto in sep tember. It was the first major tournament Victory for the 23-year-old golfer since he turned professional last year. Norman who won in the Saskatchewan open last week received for second place. Oldest and coldest Garth Bradley 23, the oldest swimmer in sunday s Myca Marathon is helped ashore by y organizers Gary Bodin left and Al Burpee. Bradley s legs were numb and he was taken to Hospital for observation. Meharg earns four records Toronto up Sheila me Harg of Toronto scored three victories and set a Canadian Bantam record sunday in the Ontario Bantam and midget track and Field championships. Miss Meharg won the Bantam mile in the record time of 5 minutes 16.9 seconds and then went on to take the 440 in 60.9 seconds and the 880 in Lesley Burley of Toronto s Balmy Beach club set a Cana Dian midget Mark with a time of 57.6 in the 440 and the East York midget boy s relay team lowered the Canadian record by a second with a time of for the mile. Carol Mann overpowers course competitors by Sterling Taylor Toronto up Carol Mann overpowered the course while her opponents staggered Over it for the third Day Satur Day to win the women s open Golf championship for the second straight year. Only one other woman finished the 54-Hole tournament at Par Over the Bayview Golf and country club layout while miss Mann was shooting under 71 saturday for a three round total of six under i 213. The course is a couple of Hundred Yards longer than what we usually play and a lot of the i girls might be said the i slim six foot three 155-Pound blonde after winning her third straight tournament and her seventh on the signal circuit this season. The first place purse raised her total earnings this season to More than she j leads the women professionals in total earnings. Judy Kimball a fellow Ameri can professional finished Sec Ond at Par 219 and collected the tournament was the Only Canadian one on the women s pro circuit and All prize Money was in . Funds. Money winners Toronto up leaders and Money winners in the women s open Golf championship a denotes Amateur. Carol Mann . Judy Kimball . K. Whitworth . G. Whalen w. Ger. Beth Stone u3. Pam Barnett . Gloria Ehret . Sandra Spuzich . Am. Stewart Streit Tor Sandra Palmer . C. Ann Creed . Sandra Haynie . Marilyn Smith . Patty Berg . Jct Anne Prentice . Sharon Miller . S. Berning . Marlene Hagge . Candy Phillips . Debbie Austin . Sandra Post Oakville 962.50-222 j 223 s s j Simpsons Marina giant mid summer clearance Sale see our classified and in today paper for Complete listing Simpsons Marina 2405 Pembina Hwy. Phone 269-1414 open evenings monday through thursday to 9 . Friday to . Saturday to 1 . Kathy Whitworth of the . And Gerda Whalen of West Ger Many tied for third place with 221s and collected each while americans Beth Stone Barnett and Gloria Ehret followed with 222s and won Amateur Marlene Stewart Streit of Toronto and Fonthill ont tied for seventh place with Sandra Spuzich of the . At 223. Miss Spuzich collected and mrs. Streit won a Silver tray. Sandra Post of Oak vice ont., the Only Canadian woman professional finished Well Back at 228 after a three Over 76 sat urday and collected the Auburn haired 21-year-old has decided to miss the Connecticut open at Danbury later this week. The statuesque miss Mann played the course like a Man gaining shots on the Field by using Irons for her second shot to the greens of the Par five holes. She shot an opening round 69 thursday went to Par 73 Friday and closed with two under 71. The Victory earned her a berth in the women s world series of Golf. Mckee clashes in Walter Mckee was the big noise in the internationals defeat of Saskatoon City in the Western Canada soccer league saturday night at Alexander Park. The Winni Eggers whacked the. Saskatchewan squad 3-0 and the fellow who scored All three goals was the same Mckee. The Saskatoon chaps were doing All right but in the last 15 minutes the internationals took them for a ride. They got two penalty kicks and Mckee cashed in on both of them. And then in the final minutes Mckee burst through the City s defence and fired the Ball Home for his third goal. Olympics too much for St. James South end olympics scored with two minutes left to steal another win from St. James saints 6-5. Ron Jones netted three goals with Ken John Graham and Dale Davis scoring singles for olympics. Vince Orchard and Jim Ogston led saints with two goals each and Bruce Chalmers took one. Wilf Humenuik of Winnipeg had led the first two rounds of the tournament then shot three Over Par 74 and finished fourth Over All and third among the professionals for he was tied at 214 with Amateur Doug Silverberg of Cal Gary. Vollmer who was one under Par at 70, shot an Eagle three on the 479-Yard 10th Hole. His Sec Ond shot stopped about 12 feet from the pin and his putt was Good. Wylie who started the front nine with three consecutive Bir Dies followed by a Par and another Birdie was one Over on both the seventh and the ninth to make the turn at 34, two under Par. On the Back nine he went two Over Par to finish with 71. Norman who shot an exceptional 32 on the front nine had a 37 on the Back nine to finish with 69. Five professionals tied for fourth place they were Bob Breen Montreal Bill Wakeham Victoria Vaughn Trapp Victoria John Hendrick Montreal and Herb Holzscheiter Toronto. They All finished at three Over Par 216. Silverberg was the second Low Amateur in the tournament and earned one of the three berths open on the Alberta Willingdon cup team. The other members Are Wylie through his Victory in the Alberta Amateur earlier this year and Keith Alexander and Norman Gray both of Cal Gary. The final three berths went to the players with the Low combined scores in the Amateur open Cash distribution Wayne Vollmer Moe Norman Tor Moo a Bob Wylle Calgary 73-49-71-213 Wolf Homenuk win a Doug Silverberg Cal Bui Wakeham Vic s300 John Henrick Mon s330 Herb Holzscheiter Tor s300 Vaughan Trapp Vic Robert Breen Mont , Vancouver Doug Van r. Cush Terr. . Len. Harvey Reg Norm Doyle Tor a Mike Zichy Calgary Harvey Dave Clayton Tor Frank Fowler Cal a Hal Pasechnik Calgary Lyle Crawford Van Don Griffin Edmonton a Earl Wilder Calgary Neil Green Edmon Robert Young Tor finn Sorensen eds Norman Gray Calgary a Len Brayton Calgary Garry Bowerman Tor Len Bradshaw Tor a Keith Alexander Cal a Mike Mooney red Deer a Don Price red Deer Bih Carrington Vancouver a Mike Hogan red Deer a Don Graham med hat Del Lee los Angeles to denotes and the open. Silverberg s combined total was 425, Alexander s 433 and Gray s 441. The Wilma Don cup team will compete at the Canadian Amateur at the Mayfair Golf and country club in 5-10. In the Day s Best time was Carolyn Hill a 17-year-old High school student from the Canad an forces base at Shilo Man. Her slashed Ann Wal ton s 1967 record utes. Laurie Hawes a 14-year-old who zigzagged off course much of her 4-hour, 20-minute swim grabbed the Junior girls trophy. The Marathon s old timer was Iverson of St. James. Last year s Winner of the oldest to Complete the swim was Marg Francis then 53 years old. Marathon favorite 18-year-Bld de Jacobson of Kelvin High men who tried Falcon Lake on the Jacobson started it minutes late and had just taken Over the Lead at the half Way Mark when the cold got to him. It in t that you get tired out just that it s so said Jacobson after his ordeal. Young Sherwood seemed to have Thermal underwear for an epidermis As he waded to Shore All smiles and seemingly none the worse for the trial. Asked Why so Well in the icy water the St. Vital lad replied laughing guess i a a Little bit fatter than everyone Niel is 5 feet 115 pounds. Most serious of the shake and shiver cases was the swim s oldest competitor 23-year-old Garth Bradley who had to be carried from the boat that yanked him from the race. 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