Palmer Made Welcome
In all the countries he had visited, the American golfer A. Palmer, had never had a warmer welcome than in New Zealand.
Palmer, one of the guest speakers, told last evening’s annual “Sportsman of the Year” dinner in Christchurch that he had not been made to feel more at home than he had while briefly in New Zealand.
In a lighter vein. Palmer said he was “in a pretty precarious position."
“I have to follow Bert Oldfield, and see, today. Bob Charles pick out of the hole (referring to his match against the New Zealand golfer at Shirley). “Then the President had to come to New Zealand. . . . I’ll have to see my Congressman about this!”
R. A. Williams, the decathlon gold medallist at the Jamaican Commonwealth Games, speaking before it was announced he was elected New Zealand’s “Sportsman of the Year,” said: “The higher you go, the more you have to apply yourself to the mental approach of competition. This is a problem that the man in the street does not appreciate."
The other speakers were the Australian wicket-keeper, W. A. Oldfield, and Mr F. R.’ Allen, coach of this year's All Blacks.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31196, 21 October 1966, Page 12
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