(rrrry srs * a a a 10 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Mondey, July 29, 1706 Golf Course Plane Crash Kills Champagne Tony Lema LAnNonvay lis (Ary = Tne death of Tony Lema, the de- lightful Champagne Kid whose quick wit and flashing smile charmed golfing fans of two continents, brought a stunned, incredulous response from his fellow pros. "Oh, my god! What a ter- rible, terrible thing," said Jack Nicklaus, the Masters and Brit- ish Open champion. "1 can hardly speak," said _.Ken Venturi,.\\We -was--like--ar- brother to me." Lema, 32, his: wife, Betty, and two others were killed Sun- day night when their light plane plunged into the manicured turf of the seventh green of the Lansing Sportsman's Club. Lema was scheduled to play in} the one day $12,000 Lincoin-| shire Tourney at Crete, Lil., to day. The other victims were Doris Mullen of Joliet, [ll,, the pilot, and Dr. George Bard of Kan- Solfers I've ever seen," said his kakee, Ill., the co-pilot. business manager, Fred Cor- PLANE BURNED |was exciting to watch," The plane was en route to Jol-| je disclosed that the original fet from Akron, Ohio, where) niane Lema had chartered to Lema had played in the Pro- tare him and his wife, to Joliet fessional Golfers Association! 4ian't show and Tony told me pad wg i held if egg = Mot had chartered another." an st in " 1.| "A shock to all of us--a real Fig ol gga i to the game," ge Pag C J Fi esident A, A witness, Bud Dorton, said miein, president of the PC the low .« flying plane swerved 'WORLD OF COLOR' to avoid a group of people' 'Tony had a world of color standing near the clubhouse,|and he added tremendously to anteaters \ \ TONY LEMA b was the second victory | $ FROM 7.88 GENERAL TIRE SERVICE 534 Ritson Rd. South 728-622} coran, 'I am all broken up, He} name that was wo become personal trademark Champagne|a Tony. other vietory, It was at the Orange County) more frequent, Open in California that year, He was fourth on the money when he saw some reporters) winning list in 1963 and sky- drinking beer in the press room, |rocketed to golf's upper eche- "Fellows," he said, 'if I winjlon in 1964, winning the Bing this tournament, it's going to be Crosby, The Thunderbird and champagne for everyone," Buick Opens and the hearts of He won and the champagne the British. is (flowed, He 1ollowed it up with hi party after every which became! Me flew to Scotland for the British Open, played that year at craggy old St, Andrews, He had never before played the! course, nor had he ever used | the smaller British ball, nor did) he even practice, | Loone and relaxed, he took a jand held off a closing challenge \by Nicklaus to win the tourna- ment one af the mast nreati- |gious in the world, | also won \Werld Series of Golf in 3604 land his earnings soared to $101,816.62 in 1965 when he won the Carling World and his sec- ond straight Buick Open, This year, he had won the Ok- lahoma City Open and had earnings of more than $50,000. the $50,000 'Casey, Ted With Selects COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) Casey Stengel and Ted Wil- 173 on the opening round, then|liams were formally indueted \set his jaw, barged into the lead| into baseball's Hall of Fame to- day. Baseball IKam 1D, Kobert pre commissioner Wil- And at the Aawie tee hReee ceremonies marking the admis- sion of Stengel, one of the game's most successful man agers, and Williams, the last of the .400 hitters, Stengel, who won 10 Ameri- can League pennants, and seven World Series in 12 years as manager of New York Yank- ees, was named to the Hall ina special election held in March after the normal five - year, post - retirement waiting period had been waived, Casey retired last August as manager of New York Mets, Williams, number four on the alltime home run list, was voted in with 93,3 per cent of} the ballots case by 10-year vet- erans of the Baseball Writers | Association of America, | Ted finished his 19-year ca- lreer in 1960 with a lifetime hat. ting average of 344 and 521 homers, He won six American * 1943 he hit 406, me MARGIE'S 6ECOND kee Women' GRAND BLANC, Mich, (AP)| second teams of Gail Davis and Blonde golfers J Kimball and Gloria Ehrct swept to a|Bayeie and. Ciliferd Aan six-stroke in » La., and victory Sunday in the|of Alexandria final round of the $21,000 Yan-iMasters of Ottawa. CITY OF OSHAWA REQUIRES PERMIT CLERK SALARY RANGE --~ $4,348.00 to $4,943.00 (361, hour week) ITHES; Under the supervision of tie Senior in Cir, and. receptionist cuties" with ecient a TURIN (AP) --- Argentine- born Carlos Duran, now an Ital: jan citizen, won the Italian mid- dieweight boxing crown Friday night by outpointing title-holder clerical igned. Receive and assist in completion iving full detoils of payeetion mporionss, petra stotus, ete, will be received until 91 om, Kine 98, yi Bruno Santini in 12 rounds, Written applications, 9 w Plumbing Permits ond Sewer Connections. r Rersonnel Oftieer So, 'Onterio, ul # ] | ; | the engines died, then started|the appeal of golf. He was a bursting into flames, Calif,, and played on the mu- Lema, a slender, handsome|nicipal courses in and around man with an impish grin, flash-|the San Francisco area until he professionals, sistant pro in the San Francisco "He was one of the greatest|area after leaving service, took a job as head pro in Elko, Nev., Ontario ' tough ones and his earnings didn't surpass $12,000 a year. But in 1962 his game began to Sarnia whipped Halifax Orioles 14-6 Sunday night to advance to the finals today of the Cana- It against no defeats for Sarnia who downed Regina 4-1 Satur- Pitcher Bill Neal of Sarnia | gave up only five runs on seven) hits over eight innings and Mike Benteil collected four hits in six times at the plate, includ- ing a two-run homer, and dou- replaced for the ninth inning. Ron Marcotte, the Orioles losing pitcher, went seven in- hits while Halifax picked up Its six on an eight-hit attack, Pitcher Rick Gamble of the over Saskatchewan, Gamble fired a two hitter and gave up two walks. ble. Barr and Mike Bentien were driven home in the eighth by catcher Bill MacKenzie's GLECOFF'S SUPERMARKET Early-in-the-W y-in-the-Week Home Hemburg er Hot Dog and died again and plunged to) great inspiration to the younger the ground, digging up a furrow players." near the seventh green before) |ema was born in Oakland, ing blue eyes and thinning hair, |joined the Marines in 1952, was one of the world's leading) je spent 13 months as an as- then joined the professional tour in 1957, The first five years were In Final \jell and he acquired the nick- 8T, JOHN'S, Nfld, (CP)--On-; = a tario's representatives from dian junior baseball champlon- ships against Newfoundland Terra Novas, day. 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