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Oshawa Times (1958-), 16 Aug 1965, p. 8

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DOUBLE PRIZE! George "Bunky" Henry, new Cana- dian Amateur Golf Cham- pion, receives a warm smile from Kay, his bride of only ithe Chicago automobile agency pion. In the gruelling -hole contest, the 20-year-old West Virginian finished "one up," seven weeks, as well as The Earl Grey Cup, after nip- ping a fellow-American, vet- after the lead changed hands six times --CP Wirephoto eran Bill Campbell, reign- ing U.S. Amateur Cham- THRILLING FINISH 'Bunky Amateur Golf Crown WINNIPEG (CP) -- George (Bunky) Henry of Valdosta, Ga., defeated Bill Campbell of Huntington, West Virginia, 1 up in a thrilling 36-hole final Satur- day to win the 6ist Canadian Amateur golf championship. The lead changed hands six times. Henry accepted the Earl Grey Cup from Bruce Forbes of Brantford, president of the ey Canadian Golf Associa- tion. "A really fine performance" was the way loser Campbell, United States Amateur cham- pion last year, described the triumph by the 21-year-old Georgia Tech University stu- dent. It was a great putt, 16 feet into the cup on the 173-yard 16th hole for a birdie deuce, that spelled victory for Henry in the first all-American final in 10 years. Henry Snares The dramatic putt broke a|the first man in 58 years to win! draw and Bunky held on with/three consecutive champion-| CHICAGO (AP) -- Howie Young, the Toronto kid who bat- tled in and out of hockey rinks, sail last week that he is win- ning the toughest battle of his life--the restoration of his self- confidence, "I. got serenity, man, seren- ity--peace of mind," he said at where he works as an assistant car service man, "That's another fringe bene- fit. Now I can do something for myself, now that I got the Big Man upstairs going for me." A former. star defenceman for Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League, Young played last season with Los Angeles Blades of the Western Hockey League. Young's hockey career fell flat as a sheet of ice because |Howie Young Figures He's|' Winning Toughest Fight They met while he was with the Hawks, It will be his sec- ond marriage. He has had discissions with Tommy Ivan, the Hawks' gen- eral manager, and Young says Ivan appeared impressed with the change in him. Young's reputation as hock- ey's bad boy billed him as a wild man with an all-time rec- Angeles jail on a drunk and dis- rly charge. , " thought I was going to die a couple of times," te saia, "T was scared as hell of dying drunk. I said: 'God, don't take me--I don't want to die drunk'. I was killing myself, "1 didn't think I was going to live past 30." JOINED AA : Young joined Alcoholics anon- ymous after an inmate in jail told him how to make contact with the organization that aids alcoholics, "That was when 1 was re- born,' he said happily. | ord of 273 minutes in the pen- alty box in a National Hockey) League season, | His brawls off the ice made him one of the most notorious) of athletes. BROKE JAW i | He broke the jaw of Kenny) Wharram and one arm of Mur-| ray Balfour before he became} their teammate on the Hawks. He joined Gil Mains, a Detroit Lion football lineman, in a his cantankerous attitude turned friends away from him. | "E discovered I was an alto-| holic," he said forthrightly.) "And alcholics die or go crazy.| That's the only thing they have going for them. THOUGHT HIM DIFFERENT "All through my career I stand against four or five as: Sailants in a bar. He fought an unsuccessful after spearing a sausage off his place in a restaurant. He was an idol of fans in Chi- cago Stadium and _ Detroit's Olympia, not only for his vio- lent ways but for being one of couldn't figure out why every- body thought I was so different. "Why aren't you like other) guys who have a few beers, eat) and go home?' they would ask. "It's like the fellow who dis-| covered his drinking was inter-| -- his league's best defencemen. Last season, the Log Angeles fans aroused the madcap in him, When the season ended he woke up one morning in a Los fering with his job and quit, | Thai's about what 1 was doing and what I did." | Young, 28, who tipped the| scales at around 230 pounds) during his major league career, now weighs 185 to 190 Young, who arrives at his job) at 7:30 a.m. and says he en-| joys his work, talks about when| he'll return to major-league hockey with the Black Hawks. He's committed to Los Angeles) Blades to play next season. _.|TO MARRY SEPT 4 Much of the credit for the) change in him, he says, belongs to the girl he will marry Sept. 4. She is Raellyn Pauson of Chi- cago, the girl he had lost be-| cause of his way of life a few months ago. FAIR" Aug. 19, 20 21 Alexandra good shots and wrapped things/ships--George Lyon of Mont-| "OSHAWA | ae 728-0192 EPI'S fight with a Detroit policeman) Young came to Chicago when | Herb Nortell, owner of an auto- mobile agency, found him in Las Vegas and offered him a) |job. A hockey fan, Nodrtell now NEW PLANT The Detroit Tigers will have' a new stadium for spring train- ing in Lakeland, Fla., next year.| , OSHAWA DRIVE-IN THEATRE 723-4972 NOW PLAYING the "0" ' | Unsinkable MOLY Brown i DEBBIE REYNOLD HARVE PRESNELI a " COLOR | aii ah : A UNIVERSAL PICTURE BOX OFFICE OPENS AT 8:00 FIRST SHOW AT DUSK has taken a personal interest in| stairs" is his manager. own manager," he said. "He's Young's life and career. "In 12 years, I made a mess|done more for me in three But Young says "the man up-|of it, and I gave it up as my| months than i did in 12 years." Held Over... By Popular Demand ! ! For The Fifth Smash Week ! The Popular and Entertaining "ESCORTS" STARRING HART WHEELER -- On the Sax & Vocalist GARY LEWIS--Drums & Vocalist GEORGE ROBB--Pionist & Vocalist Excellent Instrumental -- Popular & Comic Vocals At The SPRUCE VILLA HOTEL LOUNGE and DINING LOUNGE ENJOY OUR FRENCH BUFFET -- OPEN DAILY - Luncheons 12 --- 2:30 -- $1.45, Dinners 5 to ? -- $2.75 @ Sundays 5 -- 8 $2.75 @ We cater to weddings, porties, etc. @ For reservations call Whitby 668-3386. [ HELD OVER 2nd WEEK ! j Two Mighty Armies. Trampled Its Valley... 'A Fighting Family JANES STENART, ww Feature: 1:30 - 3:30 - 5:30 + up with a clutch 30-inch putt on/real did it in 1 the final hole. a Both players had trouble con- trolling shots as winds gusted to 35 miles an hour across the) 6,573-yard Pine Ridge course. | Henry's conquests en route ot the final test were Pierre Ar- chambault of Montreal, at the 2th hole; Bill Pidlaski of Win- nipeg, 6 and 5; John Johnston of Vancouver, 1959 champion, 4 and 3; defending champion Nick Weslock of Burlington, Ont., 1 up, and Ed Ross of Sas-' kaoton, 3 and 2. | Ross's defeat in the semi- finals marked the fifth time since the inaugural tournament in 1895 that a Canadian had not qualified for the final. Weslock's quarter-final loss -- Phone -- 728-7321 DELIVERED PIPING HOT dashed his hopes of becoming Home Delivery or Pick-Up 522 Ritson Rd. South | HARRY' » HIDEAWAY RM STE MRT AE NORE STEN SST LY SAAT AEEHATE EO FOR ONE WEEK ONLY ! 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