AILY ad Palmer Favored in Masters Tourney The Inside Corner with Dave Andrews AUGUSTA, Ga. (R)-Arnold Pal- ball off the tee and he'll give mer, bold as a pirate and strong Palmer a target to shoot at in enough to choke a tiger with his distance. bare hands, is a 3-1 favorite to While wagering is illegal and whip a record field in the 26th frowned upon by the Masters Masters Golf Tournament, start- sponsors, an Augusta bookmaker ing today. put out a line which showed Pal- The relaxed, confident profes- iner at 3-1 one of the shortest sional from Latrobe, Pa., heads a priced favorites in the tourna- list of 110 of the world's premier ment's history. Ben Hogan, in his amateur and pro shotmakers who heyday, was seldom better than tee off, starting at 9:15 a.m., on 6-1., the first round of a four-day, 72- Defending Champ hole battle with the Augusta Na- The defending champion, Gary tional Course. Player of South Africa, was listed Largest Field as a 4-1 second choice with Bill The field is so large, surpassing Casper Jr., whose phenomenal' by eight the previous record of putting. touch has projected him 102 in 1957, that the organizers to the top of the year's money-, found it necessary to break with winner list, and Doug Sanders, tradition and send the competitors the man with the hurry-up swing. off on the first two days in three- Jack Nicklaus, 21-year-old slug- somes, instead of the customary ger from Columbus, Ohio, who twosomes. turned pro shortly after winning Palmer, who has won two of the the National Amateur title last last four championships and miss- fall, is rated a strong threat at ed the other two by the combined 5-1. margin of three strokes, goes off An amateur has never won this at 12:58 p.m. with Bill Hyndman prized championship, but two of III, the stylish Walker Cup ama- them-Charlie Coe of Oklahoma teur star from Philadelphia, and City and Billy Joe Patton of Mor- Mike Souchak, the former Duke ganton, N. C.-are rated at "6-1 football player. with- U. S. Open Champion Gene Good Pairing Littler, Dow Finsterwald, Ken It's a good pairing for the fa- Venturi and Phil Rodgers. vorite. Hyndman is one of the Ben Hogan, whose 274 in 1953 game's finest craftsmen. Souchak, still stands as the Masters record, like Palmer, loves to pulverize the is an 8-1 choice despite his chronic attack of putting jitters. You can get 10 for 1 if you like such mas- ters as Sam Snead and Cary Mid- dlecoff. '+ Perfect Weather Perfect weather-fair and warm -was forecast for the weekend. The sun brought added warmth yesterday after a brief cool spell and indications were the tourna- ment would be played in 70- degree temperature. The 6,990-yard, par 72 Augusta Course is lush and green after spring rains, with flowers which frame most of the holes in full bloom. The course is playing long but its. broad, deceptive greens are soft enough that bold marks- men can go for the pins. No Inhibitions Palmer, determinedly whipping his game back into championship shape after a brief slump brought on by. business distractions, said he was entering the tournament with no inhibitions over last year's renowned blowup. Coming to the final hole need- ing only a par to win, Palmer took a double bogey six and finished in a tie with Charlie Coe for second, one shot 'back of Player. "If I worried about every hole .L DAY WITHOUT GREASE' I goofed up in a tournament, I'd Vitalis With V-7, the have nightmares in the daytime," ps your hair neat all day - Palmer said. "I'd like to come up Vtlstdy to the 72nd hole again, with a one- ss, too. Try Vitalis today. stroke lead." ARNOLD PALMER ... favored to win IN BOXING: Substitute Mental 'Test For Count PHILADELPHIA (P)-Elimina- tion of the 10 count in favor of a quick mental test was suggested yesterday as a means of helping to avoid fatalities and permanent injuries in boxing. Dr. Robert Goff, Professor of neuro-surgery at Pennsylvania, emphasized there was no way of preventing death in the ring short of destroying the psychology of boxing-to knock out your oppon- ent. But he urged a better means of determining a fighter's mental condition after a knockdown. Make Definite Test The professor told a conference on athletic injuries that just be- cause a fighter gets up before the count of 10 doesn't mean he has regained his mental facilities. He said questions such "Where are you? Who are you? What day is it? etc." constitute a more definite test of a man's ability to go on. Speaking in the wake of the death of Benny (Kid) Paret, the neuro-surgeon said he was against boxers wearing protective equip- ment. He said that if boxing is to continue as a sport-he doesn't think it is a sport-wearing such equipment "would destroy the psy- chology of boxing, to knock out your opponent." Couldn't Save Paret The doctor said that under the circumstances nothing could have saved Paret. He declared also that it was impossible to determine duriig a fight if a man has suf- fered a brain injury. ATO Champs In Water Polo Alpha Tau Omega repeated as social fraternity water polo cham- pions Tuesday night by defeating Sigma Alpha Epsilon 8-1. Captain Andy Crawford paced the victors with four points. Never in trouble throughout the game, ATO held a comfortable 4-0 lead at halftime and wrapped up the game with a four-point out- burst in the final quarter. SAE's lone tally came in the third quar- ter on a penalty shot. ATO defeated SAE last year 1-0 in the finals. Members of this year's winning team are Crawford, Bill Rose, Dan Molhoek, Dave Mol- hoek, John Enns, and Bob "Bear" Brown. Sunshine Ho! GUESSWHAT folks? Spring is here! The last of the winter sports-swimming-wraps up the season this weekend with the National AAU Meet at Bartlesville, Okla. The rest of Michigan's varsity teams finished earlier, gymnastics being the last five days ago. The University golf course opens Friday, Ferry Field's ball park has dried out, the tennis courts aren't in bad shape and the track is at least runable. So what do Michigan's spring teams do? Head South. At the time when 20 major league clubs are breaking camp for the northern half of the U. S., Coach Don Lund is bringing his diamond squad to Phoenix. The track team under Don Can- ham will run at Coral Gables, Fla. Coach Bill Murphy's tennis team will work out at Miami. And last and least Coach Bert Katzenmeyer's golf squad leaves Ann Arbor for Pinehurst, N. C. They take the cake. Oh, there are arguments that can be made for their leaving. Things like warmer weather, experienced competition, a break *from school, etc., but none seems to be worthy enough to override the advantages of working out on the home course. The sophomore inexperience adds another home course advantage. And what about sun-tanned Wolverines coming home to play in Ann Arbor's chilly rains? Michigan does have two home meets this year. Northwestern and the University of Detroit come in first on May 5. Purdue, Ohio State, and Michigan State follow on the 12th. Hum! A better case can be made for the other Michigan training trips. Need Competition .. . TrHE BASEBALL TEAM needs the competition. And Arizona, Arizona State and Grand Canyon College-yup that right G.C.C- are no slouches. Lund still fondly remenibers the beatings Phoenix J. C. handed his Big Ten champions last spring. "But that wasn't fair," he'll tell you. "They (Phoenix J.C.) played their outfielders so far back we could hardly see them. There were no fences. "To illustrate," he'll go on, "Bill Freehan got a double one time on a grounder past short. Their leftfielder was so deep by the time he got in to pick up the ball Freehan was on second. "We hit 500 foot outs." This year the two teams don't meet. "We tried to schedule them," Lund says, 'but their classes won't let us play during the day and the lights on the J.C. field aren't fit for night ball. We couldn't get the city park. This year Grand Canyon takes J.C.'s place. Wouldn't it be funny..... In Florida the tennis and track teams, hampered in efforts to get outside work because of the recent chilly atmosphere, can point to the warm weather-hopefully. Both Canham and Murphy have been saying their prayers, Florida, a la John Glenn, has a history of having many more clouds than Arizona. We wish them good luck. PLAYOFF SIDELIGHTS : Ra yRejoinsCeits Leafs .Dress Brewuer Research Professor of Psychology University of Illinois By The Associated Press The return of Frank Ramsey and the home court advantage make Boston a favorite over Phila- delphia in the% seventh and final game in the National Basketball Association's Semifinal Playoff Series tonight. The teamswill play at Boston Garden and the winner will play the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA best-of-seven championship series. The Celtics are favored to win tonight and to defeat the Lakers as well and win their fourth con- secutive championship. Ramsey, who has been out of action because of a leg injury, will bolster the Celtics' defense. He is expected to be assigned to guard either Paul Arizin or Tom Mes- cherny, the two Warrior corner men who have been bad news for the Celtics in this series. After a skull session and a light practice today the Celtics' peren- nial star Bob Cousy said: "We won't be able to let up for a minute but if we play the de- fense we'll win it." Carl Brewer, one of the Natiofal Hockey League's outstanding de- fensemen, is likely to be back in the Toronto lineup tomorrow night when the Maple Leafs and New York Rangers battle to break the deadlock in their Stanley Cup semifinal series. "Keep A-Head of your Hair" We specialize in " PERSONALITY CUTS " CREW-CUTS " PRINCETONS t FLAT TOPS THE DASCOLA BARBERS near Michigan Theatre "He looks good, he'll dress." Toronto Coach Punch Imlach said today after Brewer went through a tough, one-hour workout at Maple Leaf Gardens. "I won't say any more than that," Imlach add- ed. However, at appears certain that Brewer will play in the fifth game. The 23-year-old defenseman has been sidelined since March 18 with a charley horse in his left thigh, The Montreal Canadiens will be trying to halt the aggressive Chi- cago Black Hawks' onslaught when Football Managers Any freshmen or sophomores interested in becoming football managers can do so by contact- ing head manager Tony Klain, NO 3-7894. Spring football practice starts April 17. the two clubs meet in the fifth and key game of their best-of-seven Stanley Cup hockey semifinal series-tonight. The, Canadiens, out to avenge last spring's humiliating loss to the Hawks, haven't been consist- ent -- even though the present series is tied 2-2 in games. They were hard pressed to win the first two games 2-1 and 4-3 here last week, before losing 4-1 and 5-3 at Chicago Sunday and Tuesday. Coach Toe Blake was particular- ly disturbed about the club taking too many penalties and its in- ability to kill them. "I thought we played well enough to win that last game, but the penalties killed us," said Toe. "When we were shorthanded we ;ust stood there watching the other fellows put the puck in the net." I OPEN TO THE PU LIC crTr.1 IrQ of ,"fi: r.. iv : l in Tr's 1 - '