Portrait of the artist, as a young man

 

 The times were MUCH simpler.  The New York Yankees always won the American League pennant (how tough was that with Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, Clete Boyer, Whitey Herzog, et al?).

No U.S. President had been assassinated for years, although one would be a little less than 14 months later.  The blacks had not yet become "uppity."  Women wore their bras and dressed modestly.  "Everybody" lived in the (all lily white) suburbs with their 2.4 kids.  Mom always greeted dad with  a smile and a cocktail.  Dad could smoke on TV.  Matt Dillon and Paladin resolved all the difficult issues of the day within 30 minutes.  Perry Mason never lost a case (which gives one pause - was "justice" as bad then as it is now?)

These were the top 10 movies (based on box office gross, I imagine):

10.  What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

09. Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962)

08. Music Man, The (1962)

07. Carnival of Souls (1962)

06. Cape Fear (1962)

05. Miracle Worker, The (1962)

04. Dr. No (1962)

03. Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)

02. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

01. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 

Quite frankly, you can see the subversion roiling up from the left coast.  

To kill a mockingbird? Guilty man goes free.  

Lawrence of Arabia?  We're still stuck in the middle east and will be forever.  

Manchurian Candidate - you think some of these creatures we've been elected were bred for any other reason than to be President?  

Dr. No - all James Bond is good James Bond - if you doubt for a moment that there are dogs of war wishing to have it permanently and perpetually waged, you haven't been paying attention.  (They are called "The Project for the NEw American Century"  and the "Neo-cons."

The Miracle Worker - how did this one get in there?  Emphasis is unlikely to be on the radicalized Helen Keller.  

Cape Fear / Carnival of Souls - can't comment, have never seen them.  That WILL change this week.

The Music Man - lovable con man falls in love in Iowa - have seen it half a dozen times; sang bass in the barber shop quartet.  We were quite good, we were more than once told.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - probably the best western ever made - even better than my beloved Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean.  The stuff that legends are made of are not so legendary.

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane - well, she grew up, into a creature that was no longer lovable (nor for that matter, even likely to be human.

The Cubs sucked, but everybody loved them. How could you not?

Chicago Cubs Team Batting

Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Dick Bertell	26	77	235	215	19	65	6	2	2	18	0	1	13	30	.302	.343	.377	.720	91	81	4	1	5	1	5
2	1B	Ernie Banks	31	154	657	610	87	164	20	6	37	104	5	1	30	71	.269	.306	.503	.809	110	307	19	7	0	10	3
3	2B	Ken Hubbs	20	160	715	661	90	172	24	9	5	49	3	7	35	129	.260	.299	.346	.646	70	229	20	3	13	3	0
4	SS	Andre Rodgers	27	138	512	461	40	128	20	8	5	44	5	6	44	93	.278	.343	.388	.731	93	179	12	3	2	2	4
5	3B	Ron Santo	22	162	679	604	44	137	20	4	17	83	4	1	65	94	.227	.302	.358	.659	74	216	17	2	3	5	5
6	LF	Billy Williams*	24	159	699	618	94	184	22	8	22	91	9	9	70	72	.298	.369	.466	.835	119	288	11	4	0	7	3
7	CF	Lou Brock*	23	123	477	434	73	114	24	7	9	35	16	7	35	96	.263	.319	.412	.731	92	179	5	3	0	5	4
8	RF	George Altman*	29	147	603	534	74	170	27	5	22	74	19	7	62	89	.318	.393	.511	.904	137	273	8	5	0	2	14
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Don Landrum*	26	83	272	238	29	67	5	2	1	15	9	2	30	31	.282	.369	.332	.701	87	79	2	3	1	0	0
10	C	Cuno Barragan	30	58	158	134	11	27	6	1	0	12	0	2	21	28	.201	.306	.261	.567	52	35	6	0	1	2	1
11	C	Moe Thacker	28	65	122	107	8	20	5	0	0	9	0	1	14	40	.187	.287	.234	.521	40	25	2	1	0	0	1
12	RF	Bob Will*	30	87	108	92	6	22	3	0	2	15	0	0	13	22	.239	.327	.337	.664	76	31	1	0	1	2	2
13	UT	Jim McKnight	26	60	87	85	6	19	0	1	0	5	0	0	2	13	.224	.241	.247	.488	30	21	5	0	0	0	0
14	SS	Elder White	27	23	64	53	4	8	2	0	0	1	3	0	8	11	.151	.274	.189	.463	25	10	2	1	2	0	0
15	SS	Alex Grammas	36	23	63	60	3	14	3	0	0	3	1	1	2	7	.233	.270	.283	.553	47	17	3	1	0	0	0
16	C	El Tappe	35	26	60	53	3	11	0	0	0	6	0	0	4	3	.208	.288	.208	.496	34	11	2	2	1	0	0
17	CF	Nelson Mathews	20	15	57	49	5	15	2	0	2	13	3	3	5	4	.306	.393	.469	.862	127	23	1	2	1	0	0
18	OF	Danny Murphy*	19	14	37	35	5	7	3	1	0	3	0	0	2	9	.200	.243	.343	.586	53	12	0	0	0	0	0
19	OF	Bobby Smith	28	13	32	29	3	5	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	6	.172	.219	.276	.495	30	8	0	0	0	1	0
20	RF	Billy Ott#	21	12	30	28	3	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	10	.143	.200	.250	.450	18	7	1	0	0	0	0
21	IF	Daryl Robertson	26	9	22	19	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	.105	.182	.105	.287	-22	2	0	0	0	1	0
22		Moe Morhardt*	25	18	18	16	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.125	.222	.125	.347	-5	2	0	0	0	0	0
23	C	Sammy Taylor*	29	7	18	15	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.133	.278	.200	.478	29	3	1	0	0	0	1
24		Jim McAnany	25	7	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
25	P	Bob Buhl	33	34	84	69	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	35	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0	0	1	7	1	0
26	P	Dick Ellsworth*	22	37	78	62	5	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	14	28	.113	.276	.129	.405	12	8	0	0	2	0	0
27	P	Don Cardwell	26	41	69	61	2	9	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	27	.148	.200	.180	.380	2	11	2	0	4	0	0
28	P	Cal Koonce	21	35	68	64	7	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	25	.094	.108	.109	.217	-42	7	3	0	3	0	0
29	P	Glen Hobbie	26	42	53	49	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	24	.122	.173	.122	.296	-20	6	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Bob Anderson	26	57	27	23	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	10	.130	.200	.217	.417	11	5	1	0	2	0	0
31	P	Paul Toth	27	6	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.182	.250	.182	.432	17	2	2	0	1	0	0
32	P	Al Lary	33	23	10	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	49	1	0	0	2	0	0
33	P	Dave Gerard	25	39	9	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.375	.444	.375	.819	120	3	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Barney Schultz	35	51	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	-51	0	1	0	2	0	0
35	P	Don Elston	33	57	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Tony Balsamo	24	18	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.400	.600	54	2	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Jack Curtis*	25	4	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	77	1	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	George Gerberman	20	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	46	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Freddie Burdette	25	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Morrie Steevens*	21	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Jim Brewer*	24	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Don Prince	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Jack Warner	21	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	25.6	162	6173	5534	632	1398	196	56	126	600	78	50	504	1044	.253	.317	.377	.694	83	2084	131	39	54	42	43
		Rank in 10 NL teams

Top 10 TV Shows

10. Gunsmoke - never missed it; vengeance is MINE sayeth Matt Dillon

09.  Dick Van Dyke Show - one of the best shows ever

08.  Dan ny Thomas Show (loved that Marlo - can hardly imagine a Lebanese actor

starring in a top 10 show in America today)

07. Ben Casey Show - not exactly a precursor for Scrubs (nor Mash)

06. The Andy Griffith Show - never missed a one

05. The I Love Lucy Show - "Lucy! You've got some splainin' to do."

04. Bonanza - love it; you still see it all the time today on cable

03. Red Skelton Show - how funny was Red's impression of a falling down drunk?

02. Candid Camera - peep show - the reality show of its day

01. The Beverly Hill Billies - they heralded Sarah Palin; they were NOT a bunch of dumb hicks; they were a loving family, committed to doing some good in their world

American League National League AVG Pete Runnels BOS .326 Tommy Davis LAD .346 HR Harmon Killebrew MIN 48 Willie Mays SFG 49 RBI Harmon Killebrew MIN 126 Tommy Davis LAD 153 Wins Ralph Terry NYY 23 Don Drysdale LAD 25 ERA Hank Aguirre DET 2.21 Sandy Koufax LAD 2.54 Ks Camilo Pascual MIN 206 Don Drysdale LAD 232 American League final standings Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB 1st New York Yankees 96   66 .593     -- 2nd Minnesota Twins 91   71 .562   5.0 3rd Los Angeles Angels 86   76 .531   10.0 4th Detroit Tigers 85   76 .528   10.0 5th Chicago White Sox 85   77 .525   11.0 6th Cleveland Indians 80   82 .494   16.0 7th Baltimore Orioles 77   85 .475   19.0 8th Boston Red Sox 76   84 .475   19.0 9th Kansas City Athletics 72   90 .444   24.0 10th Washington Senators 60   101 .373   35.5

National League final standings Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB 1st San Francisco Giants 103   62 .624     -- 2nd Los Angeles Dodgers 102   63 .618   1.0 3rd Cincinnati Reds 98   64 .605   3.5 4th Pittsburgh Pirates 93   68 .578   8.0 5th Milwaukee Braves 86   76 .531   15.5 6th St. Louis Cardinals 84   78 .519   17.5 7th Philadelphia Phillies 81   80 .503   20.0 8th Houston Colt .45s 64   96 .400   36.5 9th Chicago Cubs 59   103 .364   42.5 10th New York Mets 40   120 .250   60.5

January-April January 23 - In their first year of eligibility, Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson are selected for the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. January 28 - Edd Roush and Bill McKechnie are added to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee. April 10 - In the very first regular season game ever at Dodger Stadium, the Cincinnati Reds spoiled the Dodgers' opening-day party by beating them 6-3. April 11 - The New York Mets play the first official game in franchise history, an 11-4 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. April 12 - In his Major League debut, Pete Richert of the Los Angeles Dodgers ties Karl Spooner's record by striking out the first six Major League batters he faces. He enters the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium with two out in the second inning and strikes out Vada Pinson for the final out. He then records a four-strikeout third inning; the victims are Frank Robinson, Gordy Coleman (who reaches first on a Johnny Roseboro passed ball), Wally Post and Johnny Edwards. To date, Richert is the only pitcher to strike out four batters in one inning in his Major League debut. His record-tying sixth strikeout is of Tommy Harper leading off the fourth inning. The Dodgers defeat the Reds 11-7 with Richert gaining the victory, having struck out seven batters, walking none, and allowing no hits in 3 1/3 innings. April 13 - National League baseball officially returns to New York, as the New York Mets play the first home game in franchise history, a 4-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates at the Polo Grounds. April 18 - Ernie Banks hits 300th career home run helping Chicago Cubs beab Houston Colt .45's 3-2. April 23 - The New York Mets earn their first victory in franchise history, 9-1 over the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh. [edit] May-August May 5 - Bo Belinsky of the Los Angeles Angels no-hits the Baltimore Orioles 2-0 at Dodger Stadium. The no-hitter is the first in both the franchise's and the stadium's history. May 29 - Ernie Banks hits 3 home runs. June 26 - At Fenway Park, Boston Red Sox pitcher Earl Wilsonno-hits the Los Angeles Angels 2-0 and helps his own cause by homering in the same game. He becomes the second no-hit pitcher, after Wes Ferrell in 1931, to hit a home run. Rick Wise will join them in 1971, homering twice in his no-hitter. June 30 - At Dodger Stadium, Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers no-hits the New York Mets 5-0. He begins the game by striking out the first three batters (Richie Ashburn, Rod KanehlFélix Mantilla) on nine pitches. The no-hitter is the first by a Dodger since the franchise's move from Brooklyn after the 1957 season as well as, to date, the only one to feature a nine-pitch, three strikeout half-inning. Koufax will go on to pitch no-hitters in each of the next three seasons, including a perfect game in 1965; his record of four career no-hitters will be broken by Nolan Ryan1981. and in July 9 - At a meeting held in conjunction with the All-Star Game, the ML players request a reduced schedule for the 1963 season. They also vote unanimously to continue playing two All-Star Games each year. July 10 - At newly opened D.C. Stadium, John F. Kennedy becomes the only U.S. president ever to throw the ceremonial first pitch at an All-Star Game, as the National League beats the American League, 3–1, in the first All-Star Game of 1962. Maury Wills, scoring two of the team's three runs, Roberto Clemente with three hits, and Willie Mays's amazing game-ending catch, are the game highlights. Wills receives the first All-Star MVP honors. July 11 - For the first time since 1938, when the brothers LloydPaul Waner pulled the trick, brothers Hank and Tommie Aarongrand slam provides the winning margin in an 8–6 Braves win over the Cardinals. and hit home runs in the same inning. Both were hit in the last of the 9th, and Hank's July 18 - The Minnesota Twins becomes the first 20th-century major league club to hit two grand slams in one inning when Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew connect in a team-record, 11-run first inning, against the Cleveland Indians. Pitchers Barry LatmanJim Perry serve the grand gophers. and July 26 - Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves set the National League record for home runs by a pitcher when he hit his 31st off New York's Craig Anderson. Spahn dealt the Mets their 11th straight loss with a 6-1 victory. July 30 - Home runs by Leon Wagner, Pete Runnels, and Rocky Colavito power the American League past the National League 9–4 in the second All-Star Game of 1962. Wagner is selected MVP. August 1 - Bill Monbouquette of the Boston Red Sox no-hits the Chicago White Sox 1-0 at Comiskey Park, the Red Sox' second no-hitter of the season. A second-inning walk to Al Smith is the only baserunner Monbouquette allows. Monbouquette's catcher, Jim Pagliaroni, scores the game's lone run, on a Lou Clinton single in the eighth inning. August 26 - At Metropolitan Stadium, Jack Kralick of the Minnesota Twins no-hits the Kansas City Athletics, 1-0. The no-hitter is the first in the franchise's Minnesota history; they had moved from Washington, D. C. after the 1960 season. Kralick retires the first 25 batters before a walk to the 26th (George Alusik) spoils his bid for a perfect game. [edit] September-December September 10 - Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hit his 400th career home run, helping the to beat the Detroit Tigers 3–1. October 3 - Eleven years to the day the New York Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers for the National League pennant on Bobby Thomson's Shot 'Heard Round the World home run, the SF Giants scored four runs in the ninth to defeat the LA Dodgers at Dodger Stadium, 6–4, in the third game of a playoff to determine the 1962 NL pennant. October 16 - In Game Seven of the World Series, the New York Yankees scores the game’s only run, giving the Yankees a 1–0 win over the San Francisco Giants for a second straight WS victory and the 20th championship in team history. Pitcher Ralph Terry is named the Series MVP. November 23 - Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills, whose 104 stolen bases broke a major league season-record set by Ty Cobb, wins the National League Most Valuable Player Award. In a controversial vote, Wills beats out teammate Tommy Davis, who led the league with a .346 batting average and 153 RBI. November 29: After 61 years, the American Association (AAA) folds, with some of the franchises being absorbed by the International League and the Pacific Coast League. The PCL adds the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX; Denver, CO and Oklahoma City, OK Clubs and drops the Vancouver, BC club. The International League adds the Indianapolis, IN and Little Rock, AR clubs. As a result, both leagues became ten club leagues. MLB officials and player representatives agree to return to a single All-Star Game in 1963. The players' pension fund will receive 95 percent of the one game's proceeds (rather than 60 percent of the two games). December 1 - A complete classifications overhaul in Minor league baseball is made. The Eastern and South Atlantic leagues are promoted from Class-A to Class-AA. Meanwhile, classes B, C and D are abolished with those leagues being promoted to Class-A. The Class-B leagues were the Carolina and Northwest leagues; The Class-C leagues were the California, Mexican Center, Northern and Pioneer leagues. The Class-D leagues were the Florida State, Georgia-Florida, Midwest, New York-PennsylvaniaWestern Carolinas leagues. The Appalachian League moves from Class-D to Rookie classification. and The 1962 NFL season was the 43rd regular season of the National Football League. Before the season, CBS signed a contract with the league to televise all regular-season games for a $4.65 million annual fee. The season ended on December 30th, when the Green Bay PackersNew York Giants 16–7 in the NFL Championship Game at Yankee Stadium. The Packers successfully defended their 1961 NFL title, finishing the 1962 season at 14-1; their only loss was to the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving. defeated the Eastern Conference Team W L T PCT PF PA New York Giants 12 2 0 .857 398 283 Pittsburgh Steelers 9 5 0 .643 312 363 Cleveland Browns 7 6 1 .538 291 257 Washington Redskins 5 7 2 .417 305 376 Dallas Cowboys 5 8 1 .385 398 402 St. Louis Cardinals 4 9 1 .308 287 361 Philadelphia Eagles 3 10 1 .231 282 356 Western Conference Team W L T PCT PF PA Green Bay Packers 13 1 0 .929 415 148 Detroit Lions 11 3 0 .786 315 177 Chicago Bears 9 5 0 .643 321 287 Baltimore Colts 7 7 0 .500 293 288 San Francisco 49ers 6 8 0 .429 282 331 Minnesota Vikings 2 11 1 .154 254 410 Los Angeles Rams 1 12 1 .077 220 334 The 1962 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball in the United States. It began on March 12, 1962, and ended with the championship game on March 24 in Louisville, Kentucky. A total of 29 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game, which was won by Wake Forest. Cincinnati, coached by Ed Jucker, won the national title with a 71–59 victory in the final game over Ohio State, coached by Fred Taylor. Paul Hogue of Cincinnati was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. The total attendance for the tournament was 177,469, a new record.[1] ast region Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals     St. Joseph's 85*  Wake Forest 96  Wake Forest 92  Yale 82*  Wake Forest 79  Villanova 69  NYU 70  Massachusetts 50  NYU 76  Villanova 79  Villanova 90  West Virginia 75 [edit] Mideast region Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals     Kentucky 81  Butler 60  Butler 56  Bowling Green 55  Kentucky 64  Ohio State 74        Ohio State 93  Western Kentucky 73  Western Kentucky 90  Detroit 81 [edit] Midwest region Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals     Colorado 67  Texas Tech 60  Texas Tech 68  Air Force 66  Colorado 46  Cincinnati 73        Cincinnati 66  Creighton 46  Creighton 87  Memphis State 83 [edit] West region Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals     Pepperdine 67  Oregon State 69  Oregon State 69  Seattle 65*  Oregon State 69  UCLA 88        UCLA 73  Utah State 62  Utah State 78  Arizona State 73 [edit] Final Four National Semifinals National Championship Game E  Wake Forest 68 ME  Ohio State 84 ME  Ohio State 59 MW  Cincinnati 71 MW  Cincinnati 72 W  UCLA 70 National Third Place Game E  Wake Forest 82 W  UCLA 80 The 1962 U.S. Open Championship was the 62nd U.S. Open played June 14-17 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. Jack NicklausArnold Palmer (71 to 74). won the championship in an 18-hole playoff over [edit] Final leaderboard # Player Country Score To par Winnings ($) 1 Jack Nicklaus  United States 72-70-72-69=283 -1 17,500 2 Arnold Palmer  United States 71-68-73-71=283 10,500 T3 Bobby Nichols  United States 70-72-70-73=285 +1 5,500 Phil Rodgers  United States 74-70-69-72=285 5 Gay Brewer  United States 73-72-73-69=287 +3 4,000 T6 Tommy Jacobs  United States 74-71-73-70=288 +4 2,750 Gary Player  South Africa 71-71-72-74=288 T8 Doug Ford  United States 74-75-71-70=290 +6 1,767 Gene Littler  United States 69-74-72-75=290 Billy Maxwell  United States 71-70-75-74=290 The 1962 Masters Tournament was contested from April 5 to April 9 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 26th Masters Tournament. 109 players entered the tournament and 51 of them made the cut at five-over-par (149). The cut was changed this year to low 44 plus ties. Arnold Palmer won his third Masters title in the Tournament's first three-way playoff. He defeated defending champion Gary Player and Dow Finsterwald. They played a 18-hole playoff, Palmer shot a 68 while Player shot a 71 and Finsterwald shot a 77. This would be the last Masters tournament in which 1938 champion Henry Picard would make the cut. Jack Nicklaus finished tied for 15th. Bruce Crampton won the Par 3 contest with a score of 22. [edit] Final leaderboard # Player Country Score To par Winnings ($) 1 Arnold Palmer*  United States 70-66-69-75=280 -8 20,000 2 Gary Player  South Africa 67-71-71-71=280 12,000 3 Dow Finsterwald  United States 74-68-65-73=280 8,000 4 Gene Littler  United States 71-68-71-72=282 -6 6,000 T5 Jerry Barber  United States 72-72-69-74=287 -1 3,600 Jimmy Demaret  United States 73-73-71-70=287 Billy Maxwell  United States 71-73-72-71=287 Mike Souchak  United States 70-72-74-71=287 T9 Charles Coe (a)  United States 72-74-71-71=288 E 0 Ken Venturi  United States 75-70-71-72=288 2,000 *Palmer (68) defeated Player (71) and Finsterwald (77) in an 18-hole playoff. The 1962 Open Championship was a golf competition held at Royal Troon Golf Club. The competition was won by Arnold Palmer. [edit] Final leaderboard # Player Country Score To par 1 Arnold Palmer  United States 71-69-67-69=276 -12 2 Kel Nagle  Australia 71-71-70-70=282 -6 T3 Brian Huggett  Wales 75-71-74-69=289 +1 Phil Rodgers  United States 75-70-72-72=289 5 Bob Charles  New Zealand 75-70-70-75=290 +2 T6 Sam Snead  United States 76-73-72-71=292 +4 Peter Thomson  Australia 70-77-75-70=292 T8 Peter Alliss  England 77-69-74-73=293 +5 Dave Thomas  Wales 77-70-71-75=293 10 Syd Scott  England 77-74-75-68=294 +6 In the state of Illinois boys basketball, Carver wins the championship on a last minute shot by the Freshman Smedly, avenging a loss in the final game by a team which included Cazzie Russell 1962-63 Carver HS def. Centralia HS (53-52) And finally, the top 50 popular tunes for 1962 The Top 100 Songs of 1962 1. I Can't Stop Loving You Ray Charles 2. Big Girls Don't Cry Four Seasons 3. Sherry Four Seasons 4. Rose's Are Red Bobby Vinton 5. Peppermint Twist Joey Dee & Starliters 6. Telstar Tornadoes 7. Duke Of Earl Gene Chandler 8. Hey Baby Bruce Channel 9. Soldier Boy Shirelles 10. The Twist Chubby Checker 11. He's A Rebel Crystals 12. Johnny Angel Shelley Fabares 13. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Neil Sedaka 14. Monster Mash Bobby Pickett 15 Sheila Tommy Roe 16. Good Luck Charm Elvis Presley 17. Stranger On The Shore Acker Bilk 18. The Stripper David Rose 19. The Loco-Motion Little Eva 20. Don't Break The Heart That Loves You Connie Francis 21. Return To Sender Elvis Presley 22. Limbo Rock Chubby Checker 23. Mashed Potato Time Dee Dee Sharp 24. Ramblin' Rose Nat King Cole 25. The Wah Watusi Orlons 26. The Wanderer Dion 27. Can't Help Falling In Love Elvis Presley 28. Only Love Can Break A Heart Gene Pitney 29. Midnight In Moscow Kenny Ball 30. You Don't Know Me Ray Charles 31. I Know Barbara George 32. Do You Love Me Contours 33. Bobby's Girl Marcie Blane 34. Norman Sue Thompson 35. Green Onions Booket T. & MG's 36. Palisades Park Freddy Cannon 37. All Alone Am I Brenda Lee 38. Sealed With A Kiss Brian Hyland 39. It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' Johnny Tillotson 40. Slow Twistin' Chubby Checker 41. Things Bobby Darin 42. Lovers Who Wander Dion 43. Let Me In Sensations 44. Don't Hang Up Orlons 45. Let's Dance Chris Montez 46. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Gene Pitney 47. Break It To Me Gently Brenda Lee 48. Dream Baby Roy Orbison 49. Party Lights Claudine Clark 50. Love Letters Ketty Lester