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Show 4 Rams in Playoff YU Tips a homerun to drive in three runs. BYU broke a scoreless deadlock in the playoff game third inning. with a three-ruJeff Riggins, who replaced tlx injured Gary Hatch, started the inning with a walk and was forced at second by Mark Schofield. Bill then flied FORT COLLINS (Special to the Herald) Sophomores Craig Hunt and Grig Cla wson led Brigham Young University to a 5-- 1 n playoff victory over Colorado the State Saturday afternoon sixth consecutive Northern Division championship for the Cougars. Hunt, pressed into action after the- Rams had swept a three-gam- e series from the Cougars, limited CSU to six hits and contributed two doubles and a single to the BYU attack. Third baseman Clawson also collected three hits including out. But with two outs, Hunt singled to the hole at shortstop and Schofield raced to third on an error by Dave Kitamura. Clawson then singled to score Schofield and Lee Iorg walked. That brought in relief pitcher - Bob Dunn who walked Mike Staffieri to score Hunt for the second run. Clawson scored the third run on a wild pitch to Dave Coon. The Cougars added a run in the seventh on a double by Hunt and a single by Clawson. Clawson homered sn the ninth for the fbal run. Colorado State's only tally came in the seventh on three hits and a walk. Rod Uchida doubled to open the inning and Rick Hertzke walked. Kitamura then singled but Uchida was thrown out at the plate by rightfieider ame, Cops Division Title Jeff Dusek in a game delayed by rain. The Rams' triumph in the third game of the series, lost by Mika Pfitier of BYU, evened the WAC record of both teams at 12--6. It was the fourth tie in WAC history. In 1965 Utah beat Wyoming in a playoff ar.d in 1367 Arizona State edged Arizona in a playoff, h 1968 Arizona State gained the title over Arizona on a run differential ruling. BYU will host the WAC championship Friday and Saturday when the Cougars meet Arizona State for the fourth Coon. A single by Wade Jensen scored Hertzke. The losing pitcher was Keith Kasparovich who had pitched win in the first game CSU to a 5-- 4 Saturday. Kasparovich hr, BYU shutout 0 until the ninth when a home run by Coon sparked a four run rally which fell short. 5-- In Friday's doubleheader, Darryl Southwick's seven hits led CSU to wins by scores of 1 Felix Martinez beat and Steve Fitts in the opener and Jim Sullivan bested 2-- 5-- nine-innin- g time. The Sun Devils won the WAC crown in 1967 and 1969 while the Cougars grabbed the title last year by upsetting Arizona State. In the three games series last year at Mesa, Arizona, BYU lost the first game 0 but came back with wins of u and 10-- The Cougars went on to win the District Seven NCAA title over Gonzaga and finished fifth in the College World Series. In the final regular season poll, Arizona State was given the number one ranking on the basis of an 18-- 0 record in the WAC Southern Division. The Sun Devils are completing their first year under Jim Brock who formerly coached Mesa Community College to the junior college national championship. The first game of the series will be Friday at 2:30 p jn. The second game will be Saturday at 1 pjn. and the third game, if 3-- 4. ive More iLeod m vmunmmmnQ necessary, at approximately 3:30 p.m. Ail games in the playof series will be nine innings. Radio coverage will be carried live by KOOL in the Phoenix-Temp- e area and by KIXX (1400) in Utah Valley. prvooein Par Proves Elusive In Opening Round By JOE WATTS Herald Sports Editor The first day of the Provo Open didn't decide much, except that sub-prounds are rare on windy Ford. 12:36 - Jack Ridd, Mike Smith, Bob Droz, Robert Betley. 12:44 - Paul Allen, Joey Bonsignore, Bill Downs, George Moun-tainla- ar days. It was a windy day at the Timpanogos Gol: Course and rounds. there were no sub-pFour pros and one amateur shot even par rounds of 71 and share the half-wa- y lead, but six other golfers are only one stroke back going into today's final round. The leading pros are defending champion Paul Allen of Billings. Mont., Joey Bonsignore of the Alpine Country Club, Billy Downs from Ogden, and George Schneiter of Billings, Mont. The lone amateur in the lead is Tom McEwan, a West High School graduate now working at Rose Park Golf Course in Salt Lake. Just one stroke back were three pros and three amateurs. The three pros were Mike Smith, formerly of Cascade Fairways and now of the Copper Club, Bob BeOey from Montpelier, Ida., who set a course record in the Pro-Aon Friday with a sensational 64, and Bob Droz of the Carbon Country Club. The three amateurs were Ray Leach, a former Provo Open champion, Larry Winchester of Ogden, and Jack Ridd of Magna. With only 18 holes remaining there are 11 players within one shot of each other, and another 17 players trailing by five or less. So it is still a jammed race going down the homestretch, with the winner still being anyone's guess. The tee times for today's final round have been announced as follows for the leaders: 10:04 -Ray Leach, Tom McEwan, ar m Larry Mac Winchester, Christensen. 12:04 - Jim Hunter, Jamie Edman, Steve Nelson, Dave Bingaman. 12:12 - Randy Tiesiera, Rusty Guernsey, Jon Mauss, Hamp Greene. 12:20 Vaughan Barker, Glen Hatch, Jon Durniak, Reed Goodliffe. Schneiter, Jr., John Evans, Max Filhnore, Garth -- 12:28-Ern- ie Orem Places Second In Tennis team SALT LAKE CITY The Orem High tennis placed second behind Cottonwood High in the State Tennis Tournament held yesterday at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City. The Tiger team was led by their top two doublos teams, that each finished with a first place in their individual flights. In the number one doubles competition, the Orem team of Tom Briggs and Allan Cranney defeated David Hughes and John Nielson of Skyview, for the championship. In the number two doubles action, Tom Peterson and Dave Clark of Orem defeated Dennis Jeppon and Neil Whitaker of 6 to gain Bountiful, their championship. l. 6--4, 6--1, 8-- Sunday, May 21, MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UPI)-L- ee scorpion, fell victim to Arnold Palmer's army Saturday while steady hometown boy Bert Weaver fired a par 72 for a lead in the third round of the $175,000 Danny Thomas vlolf Classic. one-stro- Of those who carded scores of or better 17 are amateurs and are professionals, but of the 11 leaders there are seven pros and four amateurs. Tom McEwan started with a bogey, but then had birdies on two, seven, and eight to get to two under par at one time. He then bogeyed nine, 13, and 14 while getting a birdie on 12. Paul Allen, the defending champion, paired the front nine except for a bogey on six. On the back nine he bogeyed ten o go two over par, but he birdied 12 and 15 to get back to even. He bogeyed 16, but birdied 18 to finish at even par. never Bonsignore Joey strayed far from par. He started with a bogey, but birdied the second hole. He bogeyed the fifth, but birdied the ninth to finish the front nine even. On the back nine he bogeyed 13, but birdied 18 to stay even. Billy Downs got his score to two under at one stage. He bogeyed the first hole, then went birdie, bogey, birdie on four, five, and six to finish the front nine even. He birdied 11 and 12 to go two .under, but promptly bogeyed 13 and 14 to go even. George Schneiter two birdies and two bogeys on the front and one birdie and one bogey on the back. Ray Leach had three bogeys on the front nine on five, seven, and eight, but went two under on the back nine with birdies at 14 and 17. Mike Smith birdied two of the last four holes with a strong finishing performance which put him just one stroke off the pace. Bob Droz started strong with birdies on three and five to go two under. He bogeyed six and seven to finish the front nine Pacers Defeat Nets for Title 76 11 even. On the back nine he bogeyed 12 and 15, but got a birdie on 13. On the 14th hole he took seven strokes, but soil got a par. He was about 90 yards from the green hitting an approach shot, and three consecutive times he hit a wire some 40 feet above. His fourth shot landed right next to the pin for a short par putt. 71 Paul Allen, Joey Bon; Billy Downs, signore, Tom George Schneiter, McEwan A, 35-3- 72 Ray Leach Winchester A, Larry Smith, 37; Bob Betley, A, Mike 37-3- - Bob Droz, 35 Jack Ridd 36-3- A. 73 A Durniak 74 ' 108-10- f V I Guernsey, Randy Tiersiera A. 76 Glen Lassen Reese Howard Hamp Greene A; Roe! Ford A.A; Jon Mauss, A; Steven Nelson A. 77 Sonny Braun, Lane Larkin. 78 Wayne Anderson, Jeff Perkins, Neil Woody Himmelwright. Jon Fister, Thornton, 79 Dave Densley, Gale Parcell, Kean Ridd, Tommy Williams. r i - i 108-10- nt ' ill 11 - !) jft stfl - THE BALL is on the Up of the cup and wont go down, but It sure makes Ernie Schneiter Jr.'s lips go down. Ernie Is a bit chagrined that the putt didn't drop. Watching on the right L - INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (UPI)-Pe- ter Revson and Mark Donohue, two Yankee speedsters in British-bui- lt McLarens, joined pole-sittBobby Unser Saturday as front row occupants for next week's $1 million Indianapolis "500" auto race. er Fifteen cars made qualifying runs Samore successful turday, increasing the field to 27, leaving just six spots to be filled in Sunday's final day of the trials to complete the lineup. 33-c- ar outside. N.M., Unser, Albuquerque, the 1968 race winner, was the fastest qualifier last Sunday at a record clip of just under 196 miles per hour in his Dan Gurney Eagle, a d Offenhausen, and as expected, nobody came close to his breakneck performance. Revson, Redondo Beach, Ca four-cylind- turbo-charge- room and left quickly with his putter in his hand. That putter deserted him on the three closirg holes as he missed birdie putts of four and 10 feet on the 16th and 17th holes before the big blowup at 18. e, third-roun- ' ! 5 ' ' V'j ih Paul Alien, defending champ of the Provo Open. Allen finished with a 71 and Schneiter shot a 74. Revson, Donohue Gain Front Row Indy Spots one-stro- 538-yar- Brown's field goal and foul shot on the play put Indiana ahead by seven points at But Jim Ard's short jumper and Rick Barry's two foul shots cut the margin to 5 with 35 seconds left. Indiana then called time out twice to gain floor position, but ran out the 30 second clock. in the opening session. The Nets then called time and points He was held to four points in had one last chance, but Bill the second quarter as Barry Melchionni's attempt for a returned and kept a close three-poifield goal that would on the watch Pacer have tied the game fell short of forward. the basket. 108-10- 1. Arnie's Army let out a road hot." He put on a pair of brown and Trevino's putt rolled by the cowboy boots in the locker hole. Trevino wound up with a par 72 to tie with dapper Doug Sanders for third place after 54 holes at 214, two strokes-of- f the lead. started. Barry injured his left shoulder in a Friday practice and aggravated the injury in the pre-gawarmup. With one minute gone in the game, Barry hurt the shoulder again and underwent treatment the rest of the first period. Brown, without Barry guarding him, hit a pair of three-poifield goals and scored 14 years. The same, three drivers last year's front row, Ernie Schneiter, Jr.,. John occupied Evans, Mac Christensen, A, Max only then Revson, the New A Garth Ford Fillmore A, Yorker who now calls CaliforVaughn Barker A, Glen Hatch nia home, had the No. 1 A. 75 starting spot; Donohue was in Reed Goodliffe A; Rusty the middle and Unser on the John New York's surge was all the more astonishing because Johnny Roche, their star rookie guard, sat out the game with a sprained left ankle and Barry was hampered by a shoulder injury before the game even UNIONDALE, N.Y. (UPI)-Ro- ger Brown scored 32 points, including a key three-poiplay with 1:31 remaining, Saturday as the Indiana Pacers defeated the New York Nets 5 for their second American Basketball Association title in three nt "I knew he was going to Weaver, who held a Weaver, seeking to become putt," said Palmer, who hit a lead going into Saturthe first host professional to prodigious second shot to the 18th. "I never day's round after scores of 71 win a PGA tournament in 11 par-5- , d total realized I could make that and 69 on Thursday and Friday, years, had a of 212 and a tight lead over green. Of course I walked up said he was tired. The Colonial pro quit the tour at young J.C. Snead going into and apologized o Lee. the end of last year after 15 Sunday's final round. Snead "It's one good shot that I and this i3 his first crack also shot par 72. wish I had never made," said years at competitive golf this year. . "I don't want to say a thing," the golfing master from Merwho I the "If had d can a said Trevino usually Pa., keep the wheels two-fo74 to put him in a tie from rolling off tomorrow," he ry Mex after he missed a par putt on the final hole with a crowd four strokes off laughed, "I'll be in real good when Palmer put a shot onto the lead. shape." He had two bogeys and Trevino refused to talk to two birdies in his balanced the green from the 13th fairway whjie Trevino was putting. newsmen, saying it was "too round over the course which ot 9 Utah-P- age Schneiter. lif., second in last year's race, lineup on their second attempts. had a top speed Saturday of Another pominent chauffeur, 192.885 m.p.h. for his Gordon Johncock, Mcunt Pleasprint and Donohue, Newtown sant, Mich., had three laps at Square, Pa., was runnerup at speeds of better than 187 m.p.h. 191.408. when ignition troubles forced Other qualifiers Saturday, in him to end his qualification order of their speeds, were attempt for the day. There were no accidents, but Jerry Grant, Seattle, Wash., Mike Mosley, Cler- Bruce Walkup, St. Paul, Ind., 189.294; mont, Ind., 189.145; A.J. Foyt, suffered minor burns when his Houston, Tex., 188.996; Bill engine blew in practice. Vukovich, Fresno, Calif., Hiss became the fourth to qualify for the 184.814; defending champion Al newcomer Unser, Albuquerque, 183.617; rich race next Saturday. There was little activity after on, Roger McCluskey, Ariz., 182.695; George Snider, 13 cars were qualified Saturday 181.855; because of a brisk wind and a Calif., Bakersfield, Steve Krisiloff, Parsippany, track temperature of 130 N.J., 181.433; Mel Kenyon, degrees. With the weather forecast for Lebanon, Ind., 181.388; Carl M o., Sunday's final trial day also Williams. Grandview, 180.469; Dick Simon, Salt Lake good, a hectic qualifiSam cation period was anticipated 180.424; Utah, City, Sessions, Nashville, Mich., for the final spots in the lineup. Onre a field of 33 starters has 180.415; and rookie Mike Hiss, been achieved, the slowest Tustin, Calif., 179.015. The 27 cars now qualified qualified cars will be eliminataveraged 184.223 m.p.h., 12.7 ed. The slowest now in the field miles faster than the first 27 is the machine qualified last weekend by Wally Dallenbach, cars last year. Foyt, Sessions, Mosley, Vuko- East Brunswick, N.J., at a vich and Williams made the speed of 178.421 m.p.h. le fuse six-ho- ur Hometown Golfer Leads in Memphis Meet Trevino, mad as a Mexican THE HERALD, Provo, 1972 some pros call the toughest new finishers although he stood far off the lead after the third layout on the tour. A gallery of more than 30,000 round. Mitchell boomed a four wood fans many of them fans of 12th Palmer swarmed over the off the tee on the into tee rolled the hole and it to watch course sunspiashed the big names and hometown cup for an ace after taking two bounces on the green. It was favorite Weaver. e but his ninth career in a Trevino was playing his first in competition. twosome with young Herb "I think I have a bad cold," Hooper and the duo of Palmer said Mitchell who requested and George Hixon was behind that a doctor meet him at the trouble occurred them when the third hole and give him some at the 18th. pills. He finished with a Weaver came in last with despite the ace. Charlie Sifford, who will be 50 birdie putts of four and 14 feet next month, started the day at on the par-- 4 second and par-- 5 16th holes while bogeying Nos. 2 six over par but turned the and 11. "I missed a putt front nine in a record 31 with on 11," he said, "and it was not five birdies and no bogeys. But carelessness. They put the pins he had bogeys on the 11th, 14th, 15th and 17th to go with a in some great places today." Bobby Mitchell provided the birdie on 16 in completing the excitement among the early round at 203-ya- hole-in-on- 74-2- Major League Standings 28-2- 8, Milwaukee .400 .375 .333 W L Pet. 9 .654 16 10 .615 16 10 .615 13 15 .464 12 17 .414 11 17 .393 nt 56-5- Arrhenius Sets Record Cougar Spilcers Win In Federation Tesr 6Va 7 8 G.B. 17 1 Pittsburgh Philadelphia Chicago Montreal St. Louis 7 12 13 15 17 20 West W Houston Los Angeles Cincinnati San Dieyo Atlanta San Fran 18 L 11 .759 .571 .536 .483 .433 .375 5Va 6V2 8 9Va 11 .621 .631 1V2 5Va 6 lOVj Saturday's Results 3 Chicago 2 Pittsburgh 6 Montreal 0 3 San Francisco 2 Atlanta New York at Philadelphia 2 (Twinight) Houston at Los Angeles (night) Cincinnati at San Diego (night) St. Louis Sunday's Games (all times EDT) New York at Philadelphia 63-8- 86-5- 1, Johnson, Long jump Snow. 2, Young, BYU. 3, Bax- ter, BYU. 24-- 7. 1, Johnson, High jump Snow College. 2, Shelley, USU. 3, Hinton, Snow. 6--2. high hurdles 1, BYU. 2, Marsh, USU. 3, The Intermountain Track Club Guimon, Snow. 13-t acked up 25 points, Snow ColPole vault 1, Richard Yates, lege nine, and Ricks College BYU. 2, Smithy, ITC. 3, Klein, in which saw the meet, eight Ricks. 1M. only Ain Roost, an independent, exceed the 175 feet minimum Javelin 1, George, BYU. 2, required to qualify for the Legas, ITC. 3, Parkinson, USU. Olympic tryouts with his discus 229-toss of 181-dash 1, Young, Dave Johnson's 24-- 7 in the USU. 2, Redfearn, BYU. 3, triple jump for Snow College led Brantley, Ricks. 9.8. other efforts. BYU's Sigurd 440 1, Stubbendoorrf, BYU. Langland hopped, skipped and 2, Davis, USU. 3, Pelphrey, 50Vi in feet the jumped triple USU. 49.5. 8 jump, coming close to his 1, Cummings, BYU. 2, mark set earlier in the sea- 880 Bingham, USU. 3, Flint, ITC. son. eration meet. Red-fear- n, 120-yar- d 9. 5. 100-ya- - 51-- 153.2. Pet. G.B. 19 12 17 13 .567 17 .433 13 14 19 .424 10 24 .294 AnLOGAN, Utah (UPI) of B r i g h a m inches Young put the shot Saturday to set a new stadium record and lead the Cougars to an 1 trouncing of Utah State in a U.S. Track and Field Fed- 6'j ders Arrhenius 7 National League Standings (night games not included) East W L Pet. G.B. 22 16 15 14 13 12 - 1 5 Saturday's Results Oakland 8 Kansas City 5 Texas 5 Minnesota l Cleveland 2 Detroit 1 Baltimore 6 Milwaukee 0 Boston at New York (ppd., rain) California at Chicago (night) Sundays Games (All times fcDT) Oakland at Kansas City (230pm) Minnesota at Texas 2 (2pm) California at Chicago (215 p.m.) Cleveland at Detroit (230pm) Boston at New York 2 (1pm) Monday's Games California at Oakland (night) Chicago at Texas (night) (Only games scheduled) New York 59-5- 8. 54-5- West Minnesota Chicago Oakland Texas Kansas City California 47-3- 88-8- American League Standings Press International (night games not included) East W L Pet. G.B. 17 9 .654 Cleveland 2V2 15 12 .556 Detroit 14 13 .519 Baltimore 3'2 10 15 9 15 8 16 Second-hfl- f Foul trouble hampered the performances ces by Mel Daniels and Indiana effort as Daniels and "Killer" Billy Keller helped Keller sat out the second period Indiana win the title, four with three fouls apiece. Bob games to two, in the ABA Netolicky, however, turned in a playoff final. Held to two points good job as Daniels' replacebefore apiece intermission, ment with seven points in the Daniels finished with a total of second stanza. 18 points and Keller had 14. Melchionni, who scored only Freddie Lewis was second-hig- h four points in last Thursday's for Indiana with 17 points. fifth game loss to Indiana, Barry and Melchionni each scored 15 points in the first scored 23 points for New York half. and Billy Paultz nutted 20. Indiana took the lead for good The Nets were amazing as with 10:23 to go in the third they hejd the favored Pacers quarter when Lewis' free throw even at the end of the first on a technical foul against New and .then swept York coach Lou Carnesecca put quarter, to a lead at 5 with the Pacers ahead Indiana five minutes gone in the second was in fror-- t 0 going in to period. But a 19--6 Indiana rally, the fourth period. led by Lewis' eight points, set effort in Daniels' eight-poi3 the Pacers in front with the final period kept the Pacers 1:40 to go in the half. The rolling and they went back teams were tied 9 at home to Indiana with the ABA intermission. championship trophy. nt By United New York Boston nt The toss by Arrhenius broke the record of 62-- 4 set lsst year by L. J. Sylvester of the Intermountain Club. Brigham Young took in the meet. 11 firsts 440 Chicago at St. Louis (215pm) Montreal at Pittsburgh (2, 1pm) Houston at Los Angeles (5pm) Cincinnati at San Diego (2, 4pm) Atlanta at San Francisco (2, Mondey's G.mes Philadelphia at Montreal San Francsco at Los Angeles (night) (Only games scheduled) 1, - Discus 1, Roost, ITC. 2, Boubelik, USU. 3, Olsen, BYU. 181-- 220 dash -- 1, Young, USU. 2, BYU. 3, Brantley, 1, Arrhenius, BYU. Redfearn, Shotput Ricks. 22.5. 2, Caulfield, USU. 3, Boubleick, 1, Langland, Triple jump USU. 63-stadium record; BYU. 2, Baxter, BUY. 3, L. J. Sylvesold record Summary: 8, Ma-jur- y, 62-4- Track, 1971. meter steeplechase 1, Cramer, BYU. 2, Stucki, USU. USU. ter, 3,000 (130-pm- ) intermediate hurdles Young, BYU. 2, Low, BYU. 3, Huff, Snow. 0:52. , Lewis, USU. 9:43.5. 2, 50. Three mile -- 1, Hindley, ITC. Wiley, BYU. 3, Hansen, BYU. 14:55.0. - Paul CumMile relay-B- YU: BYU: Dan mings, Ted Himebaugh, Lars Redbearn, Ted Hime b a u g h, Stubbendoorrf, Steve Young. 2, Steve Young, Mark Low. 2, USU USU. 3:18.6. 440 relay 41.9. -- 1, DeVries, Intermountain Track Club. 2, Murdock, BYU. 3, Davis, USU. 4:19.8. Mile TEAM SCORING: BYU 86, Utah State 51, Intermountain Track Club 25, Snow College 9, Ricks College 8. |