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Page B4-The Chronicle, Thursdi Golf Profile Brown's By DAVID BULLA Chronica Spoftt Editor Before he had even heard of Jonas Salk and his famous vacripe, Pete Brown was stricken with polio. A caddy in Jackson, Miss., Brown had learned the art of hit# M M A f r WaII Wtf Ua ting a gun i/aii uj ff?uiui|. jm had memorized every nuance of the game and was itching to get a chance to play-. Yet, just as he got that chance, polio overtook his body when he was 19 years old and ravaged it like termites dismantling the frame of a house. Pne by one he lost control of his limbs. "1 couldn't walk and I couldn't talk for a year," Brown said. "They didn't have a cure then." But Brown somehow pulled through the seemingly hopeless situation and went on to make history. "The doctors don't know how I made it,*' he said. "1 don't know how I made it." Ten years after successfully KaHlmfl MIU Duuu> wniuiii? ^A/UV) muwii ucwiic first black to win a regular Professional Golfers' Association tour event; His victory came in the Waco-Turner Open in Waco, Okla. "Dan Sykes was the clubhouse leader and I needed par on the * last hole to win," Brown said. * The last hole was troublesome, a 240-yard par-3. My first shot went in the rough left of the greo{i, but my chip shot was beautiful and I made a 314-foot putt for par. "Sykes was well-known and I think everybody was expecting a playoff, especially after my tee shot went left." The Waco-Turner win changed Brown's career. "That opened a lot of doors for me," stud Brown, a two-time United Golf Association Nai ti(jWpSniB5w. "H qualified me for the Tournament Players' Championship, the Colonial and Local Sports Cameron Browder doubled and a sacrifice from George Strausbaugh sent him to third. Greg Cox singled before a fly ball by Jeff Barton was lost in the lights. Long grounded out to score Burton. The Raiders scored a run in the fourth to close the gap to 4-2. The Giants added two in the fourth on singles by Browder and \ Wes Ragland, sandwiched ? around a walk to Kingsmore. Strausbaugh added a single to bring Kingsmore home for a 6-2 Giants' lead. The Raiders rallied in the top of the fifth inning and scored six runs to take an 8-6^ead. Winston-Salem countered with a single run in the bottom of the fifth before scoring four in the sixth to grab the lead for good. Cox walked, Browder doubled and Strausbaugh and Long provided back-to-back RBI singles. ^ Another single and a sacrifice fly delivered the final two runs. Oiant Manager Nelson Petrce believes that the loss was due to the repeated moving back of the games because of rain in Roxboro last week. "I think that our problem was that because they had to reschedule the game because of rain three nights in a row, a lot of our guys just couldn't make it,** Petree said. The Giants, 14-3, will play a regular-season game Sunday at Ernie Shore Stadium at 3 p.m. Parkland Unbeaten Parkland remained unbeaten in the Winston-Salem Summer Basketball League. 1 * - - ? J - i nc mustangs ciaimea ineir fifth win Monday night with an 83-68 decision over West. WBHam Bitting led Parkland with 20 points. Dwajrae Morgan countered with 19 for West. Ribtrt Thomas totaled 14 i v I . - ; 4 I ly, July 17, 1986 ; career had the PGA Championship, events blacks had never played in before/' Brown* among 16 men who will be inducted into the National Black Golf Hall of Fame Saturday in Greensboro, played on the PGA Tour until 1972. His only other win came in the San Diego Open in 1970. But, considering the effects of polio, Brown felt lucky to win at all. '*1 would have liked to practice hard every day,** he said. "But 1 couldn't. I had a bad back and my legs ached. I'm like Cal Peete; I can get going good for two uiMlra an/I T kau? " nvvM BUW Ul?ll > UATC IU mi. Brown worked at a driving range owned by NBC in Burbank, Calif., for 13 years before coming out of retirement two years ago. That's when he joined the PGA Seniors Tour. The 51-year-old Brown, who is a pro at Madden* Oolf Course in Dayton, Ohio, plans to stay on the Seniors Tour until he's 55. Then Brown will retire from golf altogether and return to California. ! This weekend's induction ceremonies will be held in conjunction with the National Black Hall of Fame Open. The tournament that is part of the North ~ American Golf Tour, a predominantly black satellite tour that makes stops in Knoxville, Tenn., and Asheville before moving to Greensboro's Bet-Aire Golf Course. Tournament Director Harold Dunavant said this year's purse is the largest ever for the Triad stop on the tour. Previously, the Triad touj stop had been the E. Jerry Jones ProAm, played at Winston Lake Golf Course for 21 years. The inaugural tourney's purse totals $15,000, including a $3,000 first-place check to the winner. The runner-up will get $2,000 and the third-place finisher $1,000. TYsc senior flight vmifei wmmn $700. * ? WY ft*L Proceeds from the tournament From Page B1 points to lead the Spirits past Mount Tabor 70-68. Pat Cunningham had 11 for Mount Tabor. In last Thursday's games, West edged North 76-75 behind Kevin Mumford's 26 points. Rodney a ? i %.?- * - scon tea iNorui wiui zi. Ben Miller's 29 points propelled the Sabres past Bishop McGuinness 90-52. John Bennett added 19. Cancellation The Winston Lake Family YMCA has cancelled the karate tournament that was scheduled for this weekend. Trimona Garlington, the Y's physical director, said there would be an attempt to reschedule the tournament at _ another date. Volvo Regional The Grandslammers tennis team will compete in the Volvo 3.5 women's regional next 4 for | il MONDAYS & mXjm THURSDAYS $40 P?r B ' H Foursome H / HI DURING JULY (Price includes green fees c Bring this coupon and your friends carts, remodeled clubhouse, and n our new golf professional. Winston Lake 3836 Winston Lake Park I Locittd onty 2% tdloi from downtown /Maim x J I a rough st BLACK OOLF I will go to set up a junior golf program in the Triad. Dunavant plans to run a free juniors dime at Bel-Aire July 28-Aug. 8. There also will be a nine-hole exhibition on Friday with a winner-take-all prize of $500. Participants include Brown and three other inductees, James Black and Chuck and Jim Thorpe. The tournament 'director expects more than 200 golfers to participate. The registration deadline is Friday. jLtunavani saia me response to the Hall of Fame has been overwhelming. "I've received calls and letters from all over the coiintry," he said. "Most of the people are saying that it's about time -* that blacks don't honor ourselves enough." Dunavant said the Hall -of Fame will be headquartered temporarily at a black business in Winston-Salem. He said he has obtained a two-year commitment from the business, which he will identify at a press conference Friday. Dunavant also got a letter from Arnold Palmer, who will be inducted into the hall because he was responsible for making golf popular to the masses. Palmer said he was flattered to be selected, but he will be unable to attend the induction ceremony or play in the tournament because of a prior commitment. Others to be inducted are Peete, among the money leaders on the PGA Tour this year;JLee Elder, the first black to surpass the million-dollar mark on the PGA Tour, and Charlie Sifford, who won more than 50 black tour PGA Tour \n the 1960s and '70s. *v-?Also, John Shippen, the father of black golf who finished second weekend in Lexington, Ky. The Grandslammers are the state and city champions. They have won two of the last three state titles. ineir nrst-round opponent in the regional at the University of Kentucky will be the Alabama representative. 14th Street Program Each weekday a group of 21 children meet at 14th Street Recreation Center for a basketball and weightlifting class. The class teaches basketball fundamentals and keeps young bodies in tip-top shape. "You can't play ball anymore if you're not fundamentally sound," said Hansel Hentz, the class's teacher. "These kids can learn the fundamentals now and be a step ahead." The youngsters go through three types of exercises in the gym: loosening up, running through basketball drills and Please see page B5 m ? WINSTON ! 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