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Show ( 1974 HERALD, Provo, Utah, Wednesday, August 21, 10-- THE Page Blazers Face Storm In WFL Tilt Tonight BY JOE CAR.MCELLI UPI Sports Writer Coach Jack Pardee's Florida Blazers lead the World Football League East and face the winless Portland Storm tonight. But Pardee is worried. "We're thinking of everything but playing football," Pardee complained. "We don't know our game plans. Nobody is asking about Portland. All you hear about is the possible move." The "move" the former star linebacker referred to is the story circulated out of Orlando all week that the Blazers were having money problems and might be forced to move. The club was one of the last established in the league, starting first in Washington and then moving to Virginia and finally to Orlando before playing agame. Less than 11,000 fans attended aluminum-hulle- d yacht head-to-hea- d twice-defend- er steam-powere- managing general partner. Loudd was talking with a group about of Atlanta investors that but there club the moving fell through when Georgia Tech officials refused to allow the WFL to use its field. On the field, the Blazers, with Bob Davis at the controls, are e and hold a edge over New York. Portland has had its problems offensively, scoring only 76 points, second lowest figure in the league, and allowing 156, the third highest total. But Coach Dick Coury feels the club, which has managed only one tie in six games, may be coming around. In other WFL games tonight, 1 one-gam- 2-- 4-- To 5-- 5-- n - WASHINGTON (UPI) Dave Stockton, who earned $40,000 for his victory in the Greater Hartford Open Sunday, jumped to fifth place on this week's top 10 money list of the PGA Tournament Players Division. connected Corner Leads Golf Circuit and the (UPI) Camer, a Joanne strawberry blonde, brought her earnings for the year on the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour to $68,469 this week with a victory in the St. Paul tourney that was worth long-hittin- g Musto and Ssf-SS&- S with distinct mention Sandra Haynie is fourth with par-busti- $56,017 and Carol Mann is fifth $44,985. $5,000. John Mendenhall, and "other offensive and defensive players of said National Football League team." A league spokesman would been only say that the NFL had aware of the N Y. City police investigation for some time, but had been unable to help in the probe. in tne 0I1E-ST- at lineman Lockhart, Michael Astarita. The indictment alleges that Musto. 64, of New York, and Astarita, 47. of Hillsdale. N.J. handled more than a $1 million in illegal pro football wagerings. and that the two conspired with Picani who was to suddIv them 0P EXHAUST SERVICE! The triumph was Mrs. Rounding out the standings Camer's fourth of the year, her from fifth through 10th places best season since she won two are Sandra Palmer, $42,365; tourneys in 1971. Kathy Whitworth, $41,604; Judy Jane Blalock widened her Rankin, $37,070; Carole Joy margin over third place Joann Skala, $35,779, and Gail Denen-berPrentice by earning $1,212 at St. $33,320. Complete Mulder Shop B0YERS IJJW.UMM J7J-2I- Ji g, .v 1 No. 5 against defense-minde- d Houston. George Sauer,. who last chance to save on men's clothing caught two touchdown passes for the Stars last week, will be out with an leg injury. The Texans have allowed only 43 points in six games, best in the league. East w . 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He has amassed $147,253 in 1974, less than $1,500 behind fourth place Jack Nicklaus. I. crime with New York Giants was involved, although not indicted. Dr. Anthony Pisani, who resigned as team doctor of the National Football League club after serving the Giants for 10 years, was cited in the first indictment of fullback Ron Johnson, defensive back Carl indict- syndicates, but added the charge of the shocker that the physician for the ment of Thomas three-gam- ATTENTION! Fifth Place - NEW YORK (UPI) The smoke of a pro football gambling scandal showed again on Tuesday, but this time there was a tip of flame as well. A Manhattan Grand Jury indicted two known gamblers, both of whom were reportedly 3-- Tuesday, beating her in light to by 10: 10 on a course 19.8 miles. Courageous, beating Mariner by 8:10 in a race that started 15 minutes later, came within 1:27 of beating Valiant and most probably would have, had the course remained the normal 24.3 miles. Mariner, missing the entire observation trial series in July while she was rebuilt amidships, bowed out with a 6 mark. her only win Valiant was coming on a protest decision back in June. The new arrangement will give the committee an opportunity to evaluate Courageous, a new aluminum 12, and 1967 and 1970 defender Intrepid on a daily basis in all sorts of wind conditions. So far in the final, trials, the air has remained light, with breezes of 7 knots. The French boat, France, and Australia's Southern Cross were to have light practice days Wednesday, in preparation for the start of their elimination to pick a challenger one day later. Stockton Jumps - Evel (UPI) tuned up for his forthcoming jump across Idaho's Snake River canyon by soaring over 13 trucks on a at the Tuesday motorcycle TORONTO Knievel the Yachts From Competition air shorted a tears, and sister ship Valiant was eliminated from trials to pick an American Cup defender. ."It doesn't come as a surprise," Commodore George Mariner syndicate Hinman, head, said after the announcement by the selection committee. It was a formal statement from Commodore Henry Morgan, chairman of the New York Yacht Club selection committee after the sixth race of the crucial final trials. It leaves races between Intrepid and Courageous in the choppy Atlantic. The cornrnittee has until Sept. 3 to pick a 12 to defend the Cup against the French or Australians beginning one week later. Intrepid put wooden contender Valiant away for good on Toronto Jump Birmingham is at Jacksonville, Hawaiians at Memphis, Canadian National Exhibition. Southern California at PhilaHe told reporters before the delphia and Houston at New jump he was eager to fly his York. Chicago is at Detroit d "sky cycle" over Thursday night in the national the Snake River gorge Sept. 8 television game. despite two test shots having the failed. Unbeaten Birmingham, highest scoring team in the If he lands successfully, he league, attempts to run , its said, "I'll grab a fistful of Idaho winning streak to seven games dirt and thank God Almighty that against a Jacksonville club that I'm still alive. has had quarterback problems. "And if something should Kim HamKay Stephenson, happen to me, then I'll get mond and Eddie McAshan all somewhere quicker where we're have been injured this season all going someday. And I'll sit and the Sharks, hope to have there and have a beer and I'll McAshan ready for this one. wait for you." has one of the Memphis, top running attacksin the league, Young paddlefish start life sparked by J.J. Jennings, Willie without the paddlelike snout but and The John Harvey. Spencer are ending a long feed like the adults. Hawaiians, e road trip. which Southern California, moved into first place in the West last week by winning its third game, try to hold it against The Sun's Philadelphia, also Kermit Johnson ranks second in the league in rushing while Philadelphia has the top passer in the WFL in King Corcoran. New York, which dropped its first two but bounced back with four straight victories, goes for the first two games in the Tangerine Bowl and a game against Florida rival Jacksonville finally brought out 24,000 last week after an appeal by Rommie Loudd, the Blazers' Trials Eliminate Two It NEWPORT, R.I. 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