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Show jr I" if & 5 II - 0 irniIJm i iitt": ii 1 V?P ! Sunday, May 3, 1970 THE HERALD. Provo, 11 Utah-P- age Cougars Capture Own Golf Classic t f y J 1 V , -v. i" y ii 1 iX 1 ,ir;w:; I ; 4 4 COMING AROUND THE BEND tnd iato the stretch run the bones are bunched in the race for the roses Dust Commander (3) with Mike Manganeilo up pulled ahead of Hit field and at the Kentucky Derby. streaked home the winner for the money. (Herald-UP- I Telepboto.) $128,800 top priie Dust Commander Wins Derby By RAY AYRES UPI Sports Writer shot LOUISVILLE, Ky. Dust Commander wheeled around the final turn next to the rail at Churchill (UPI)-Long-- Downs Saturday and then charged to the front in the home stretch to win the 96th and richest Kentucky Derby by a stunning five lengths. Favored My Dad George was second, half a length ahead of in America's High Echelon premier horse race, which had a record total purse of $171,300. A field of 17 the largest field since 1951, went to the post in the first of this year's "Triple Crown" classics, but orly 16 of them completed the mile and a quarter trip. On the final turn, Holy Land clipped the heels of My Dad George and stumbled, throwing Jockey Hector Pilar. Pilar was taken from the track in an ambulance. The accident went unnoticed by many in the huge crowd because at least six horses were battling for the lead as they turned into that long home stretch at this historic Kenucky track. In the twinkling of an eye, Dust Commander took charge under Mike Manganello's skillful riding. He slipped inside the other contenders along the rail and set sail by the shortest route lor the wire. From there on the little chestnut son of Bold Commander turned this wide open horse race into a private show. Only nine days ago Dust Commander, purchased by owner Robert W. Lehmann as a yearling for only $6,500, earned his berth in the Derby by winning the Bluegrass Stakes at Keeneland as a 35-- 1 shot. But that victory was over a sloppy track. Saturday, after an afternoon of hot sunshine had worked on the racing strip, Dust Commander had a good track and few bet on his because of that change. Thus Dust Commander paid off at $32.60, $12.60 and $7.00 across the board. My Dad George, turning in a game effort after Holy Land had nicked him from behind, paid $5.00 to place and $3.20 to show. The grey High Echelon, coupled n the betting with Personality, who made a menrcing move at the start of the stretch but then gave out, paid $4.40. Track physicians reported jockey Pilar, a Chilean, sp- in good condition but Eared taken to St Mary Elizabeth Hospital for examination of possible back injuries. The Derby featured the first appearance by a girl jockey in the history of the classic. Diane honey Crump, blonde from Oldsmar, Fla., rode the long shot Fathom, who was never a factor in the race. Miss Crump had opened the Derby day program by winning the first race aboard Right Sean, the 34th victory she has he was falling the other way." scored in 15 months as a Dust Commander was timed in 2:03 5 for the mile and a professional rider. Dust Commander was purch- quarter, slow clocking comased by Lehmann at the pared to the record of 2:00 set Keeneland yearling sales in by Northern Dancer in 1964. 1968 for that $6,500. Prior to This also was the first time Don Combs ever Saturday, he already had trainer returned $53,804 in winnings on saddled a Derby starter. After the race, he said he would look Lehmann's investment The victory in the Derby over his relatively small horse brought Lehmann $128,800 and "probably give him another more. chance in two weeks," referring Dust Commander was the to the May 16 running of the first horse owner Lehmann Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, ever started in the Kentucky the second of the triple crown Derby but he did not see the classics. "The further he runs the victory. He was on safari in Africa and his wife accepted better he runs and I especially the outlook for the the gold Derby trophy on his like behalf. Belmont," he said, referring to 15th the last of the classics which, at Miss Crump finished aboard Fathom and was calm a mile and a half, is also the and unruffled after riding her longest of the three. The race opened with a way into racing's history book. She said Fathom "ran very cavalry charge down the long well until the quarter pole and Churchill Downs stretch to the then he ran out of gas." first turn. Rancho Lejos, the Plonde Diane said that speedball from California who Fathom was right alongside only arrived from the West Holy Land when that colt went Coast on Wednesday, went to the front at the start. Dust down. 2-- The scheduled t rail. George Lewis and Silent Screen took up the chase of Rancho Lejos and that was the way the field streaked into the first turn. Rancho Lejos circled the clubhouse first turn still in the lead and pounded down the backstretch with his black silks showing the way. end. 1969 Silent Screen, the was not juvenile champion, good enough to hold the lead and started to fade. Dust Commander zipped by him and broke the race wide open although My Dad George came on strongly and High Echelon closed a lot of ground. "Yes, leaving the gate I got pinched off a bit but after that it was clear sailing," Manganeilo said. Naskra finished fourth, followed in order by Silent Screen, Admiral's Shield, Corn Off The Cob, Personality, Native Royalty, Robin's Bug, Terlago, Dr. Behrman, Action Getter, George Lewis, Fathom and Rancho Lejos. Dust Commander earned $128,800 for the victory, the largest Derby win purse in history. ByEDFITE UPI Sports Writer Nick- DALLAS (UPIWack laus sank a wedge shot from off the final green Saturday to wrest the Byron Nelson Golf Classic lead away from Arnold Palmer and move two strokes out front of the field with a for a 135. total of ot le ar y The Nicklaus, who has trimmed his weight to an almost svelte 190 pounds, was chipping to perfection and aside from a couple of lapses was putting almost as well as he conquered Preston Trail Golf Club's 7,000-yarpar 3545-- 70 once-burl- layout for the second day in a alone at 138. row. Unheralded John Schroeder, a e University of Michigan d leader Palmer, the and a star, generated to Nicklaus' 66 with a 67, in the back from pack and surged scrambled to a 139 along had to be content with a tie for into contention at who had a with Pete Brown, second place with Dan Sikes, who birdied his final steady 364470 Saturday. to leave hole for a Nicklaus started his round on him and Palmer at the 10th hole, a short par-- 5 137 with Sunday's tiring and from 20 feet for finish yet to come. a birdie, but lost that stroke back on the 14th when he Defending champion Bruce Devlin, who started the day far chipped to within three feet of the cup from the back fringe back in the field at and then missed the putt 72, made a spirited charge He birdied the first hole from at the frontrunners, but a bogey on the final hole cut him back three feet and the third from to a and left him five feet, but bogeyed the fifth one-tim- first-roun- long-hitti- three-under-p- ar le two-putt- ar when he missed another three-foot- feet" Palmer had for an 11th place finish. He was At 217 were John Jackson and the first round leader after firing Don Powers of Arizona State and a 70 on opening day Friday. He Andy Boydof New Mexico. Chuck fell off from that two under par Milne of New Mexico finished round to scores of 74 and 76 seventh with a 218. At 219 were Saturday. Howard Twitty of Arizona State, Dave Newquist of New Mexico, and last year's medalist John Disoway of the Air Force Academy. Of the top 10 individual eolfers. Disosway was the only golfer other than players from BYU, New Mexico, and Arizona State. Rusty Guernsey, BYU's other member of the squad, fired a 220 BYU's team total of 864 was even par for the 54 hole tour nament. Garris and Bennett were each two under, with Leach even par, and Guernsey four over par. tournament The was originally slated to be 36 holes on Friday and 18 holes on Saturday, but because of the weather problems on Friday it was decided to reverse the schedule. ' I I XT A ' . " back-to-ba- Bucs 7-- 2 Giants Win By United Press International Jim McGlothlin hit a bases-loade- d triple and stopped the Piitsbureh Pirates on sis hits while pitching the Cincinnati Reds to a 2 victory Saturday. The victory was the fourth in a row for the Reds, who iead the National League West with an 18-- 6 record and it evened McGlothlin's season record at i fx SS! ...I f 7-- bogeys on his second and third The Red righthander's triple, holes, the 11th and 12th since he also started on the back nine. off relief pitcher Dave Giusti, from 12 feet on climaxed a four-ru- n seventh He three-putte-d one and 8 trap cost him the inning rally which rapped up other. He recouped on the 13th the victory for the Reds. Loser Bob Veale suffered bis hole, however, with an and went back to four under at third loss against a single birdie-- to victory. the 16th with a be the last of the day. He Willie McCovey drove in four bogeyed the fourth hole on his ruiu with a. homer and a double way in when he again three-putte2--2. d. mmt m I ,. isiiiiilti ; a m mmm !( )' : "I played better today than yesterday and was never in serious trouble," Palmer said. "I had some makeable birdie putts but if I made all of my else birdie putts everybody could quit" Sikes birdied three of his first four holes with putts of 35, 4, and 15 feet, bogeyed the 17th, his eighth hole since he also began on the back nine, when he buried his approach in a trap. He also bogeyed the fourth hole with a three-pu- tt green, then birdied two of the last three holes from 12 and 5 feet ARNIE CHARGES hit Moot putt into the hole for a birdie on the 18th hole in the second round of the Byron Nelson Classic Saturday. Arnie Palmer has been one of the. names in golf history. Telepboto.) bluest (Herald-UP- I ""1 CHIP GARRIS shows how be got his name as he chips near the hole during the Cougar Golf Classic Saturday. Garris won medalist honors by defeating Lane Bennett in a sodden-deat- h playoff. 20-fo-ot f 1 I Reds Stop er after pitching 20 feet past the pin. Then came the big shot on the final ninth green when his approach went over the green and into the crowd. "I used a pitching wedge, shut the face a little and ran it in," he said. "Here I was trying to figure out how to save a five, and I made a three. "The course, which has been too wet to mow, forces us to play more chips than normally, and I was chipping well I didn't make a putt longer than five for his 216. State. Chip Garris fired rounds of to match Lane Bennett's rounds of and then won the playoff for individual honors. Ray Leach had rounds of Nicklaus Sinks Wedge Shot to Take Lead from Arnie in Nelson Classic triple-head- baseball games between BYU and Utah were postponed Saturday because of wet grounds at Derks Field. The games this week have been set and the schedule calls for one game Monday at 2:30 pjn. at BYU and two games Tuesday at Derks Field reached the start the home stretch. Ray Broussard gunned My Dad George from fifth place and far in the rear Larry Adams stirred up High Echelon, who still was near the tail of The field bunched up considerably on the back stretch with George Lewis and Silent Screen still leading the pursuit and Dust Commander racing sixth along the rail. Manganeilo had to swing Du3t Commander around a horse near the end of the final bend and then he took dead aim at an opening along the rail. Stung by Manganello's lashing whip, Dust Commander streaked through the hole and now he was in a position to challenge the leaders. Rancho Lejos had given up the fight when he reached the end of the backstretch and for a few seconds Silent Screen had "But it didn't bother me," Commander was brushed light- taken command of the cavalry she said, "because I could see ly during the charge but charge. George Lewis still was - Games Are Postponed Manganeilo straighened him out second but now the rest of the quickly and moved him to the field was closing in as they By JOE WATTS Herald Sports Editor Brigham Young University captured its own Cougar Gofi Classic Saturday afternoon at the Riverside Country Club and took the top three individual honors in sweeping to a 10 stroke team victory. Chip G arris won medalist honors for the tournament by defeating Lane Bennett in a sudden death playoff. The two Cougar golfers had finished the 54 hole tournament with 214s, two under par, but Garris birdied the first playoff hole to decide the medalist honors. Third place in individual honors was taken by Ray Leach, another BYU golfer, with an even par 216. Thus Coach Karl Tucker's divoters had three players match par or better. The total team score for BYU was K4, ten strokes ahead of second place New Mexico with an 874. Arizona State, the only other real contender, dropped off to an 878 total, 14 strokes off the pace. Other teams finishing in order were Air Force 907, Utah 910, Colorado 913, Weber State 921, and Utah State 953. Going onto the last 18 holes it was a tight three team race with only one stroke separating BYU. New Mexico, and Arizona State. At that point BYU and New Mexico shared the lead with 57S strokes and Arizona State was just one off the pace at 576. An exceptionally strong round by Lane Bennett on the last 18 holes gave the Cougars a nice cushion. He fired a 68 on that final round despite three putting the last hole which also cost him medalist honors. Ks had a 33 on the back nine to go with a 35 on the front side. The best individual 18 hole round of the tournament was turned in by Don Powers of Arizona State Saturday morning with a sizzling 66. However, Powers had a 75 the first day, and slacked off to a 76 on the final round to finish in a tie for fourth at 217, one over par. On the last 18 holes, with the pressure really on because of the closeness of the competition, the Cougars met the challenge head-o-n and came up ten strokes better than New Mexico and 13 strokes better than Arizona Gary Player, who has averaged $10,000 a week on the tour coming here, faltered badly Saturday and his 3847-- 75 left him far back at 145. Don January matched par at 140 with a bristling Saturday, while unheralded shot Herb Hooper's him into the 141 bracket along with Peter Townsend, Bobby Greenwood and Billy Maxwell. ' 4 ' and Dick Dietz added three more with a homer, backing the six-h- it pitching of Gaylord Perry as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, McCovey drove his seventh homer to left for the first hit off starter and loser Chris in the fourth inning Short ) after the Philadelphia lefthander hit Ron Hunt and mmmmmmmmmm ::ti:t W i v yL ? 7-- 1. (2-3- walked Willie Mays. Th PR'ies, who dropped their third straight decision, lost catchers Tim McCarver and Mike Ryan with injuries in the sixth inning. McCarver suffered a broken hand when he stopped a foul off May's bat and Ryan jammed a finger a little later while tagging McCovey at the plate. The San Diego Padres, with Ron Herbel picking up his fourth save of the season in relief of Clay Kirby, took an early lead over the New York Mets and held on to defeat the world champions 5--4. v. iffiWi LANE BENNETT watches intently after he strokes a short chip shot on the 18th green during Saturday's first round of action. Bennett tied for medalist honors, but lost to his BYU. teammate Chip Garris in a playoff. (Herald photos by Meb Anderson.) |