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Show Knd.iv. Mari'h s V!iv.v: ( Irwin and Marsh, the best II. TON HKAl) ISLAND, S. C. - Last year. Hale Irwin helped his friend Graham Marsh eorreet a problem with his stance Whatever Irwin suggested must have worked because the two were tied today 's seeoml round of the Heritage (lolf Classic. "He suggeted that move my left leg a little and I have been playing much II I a ilTIi Mi f TDK 11KHAL1). Frovo, I'tah-Pa- ee 7 Marsh Takes Irwin's Advice, Now Leads Heritage Classic ASM; , 1 2S. 1977. r par-thre- e 1 it." said Marsh, an Australian who technically is a rookie on the PGA Tour despite having won numerous tournaments overseas. "TT IM III llllMMIIIIimilllUll fll'l.. Kloyd, who tells all who will listen that his game is better now than it was at this time last year, was two strokes back ot the leaders along with Tom Watson, the second leading money-winne- r this year with $109,535. lack Nicklaus. w ho helped design the stroke lead after firing a par ii" Thursday Irwin overcame an erratic driver with consistent iron plav to get his share of tiie lead while Marsh had to fight back from a double-bogewhen his drive on the fourth hole went into the water. Hen Crenshaw started todav one stroke behind the leaders after touring the l,t)55-yarHarbour Town Golf Links in a 66 Thursdav. Defending Masters champion Hav gu-int- better for triends of both on and off the course, held a one course with its narrow fairways Hanked by pine trees and salt marsh, was in a crowd of plavers who finished the first round s behind the leaders Tied with Nicklaus at 68 were Charles Coody. Jerrv Pate, Dannv Edwards. Lynn Lot't and Leonard Ihompson Thursday was an ideal dav for golf three-stroke- JIJWUUlll'!P.IWMI'LmH I..JI with ..' X 1 J -- in the cairn 60s. and Irwin and Marsh made the most of it. Irwin's round included four straight birdies on the front nine holes but he said the highlight of his dav came on an approach shot to the 11th hole which allowed him to maintain par Irwin's drive on the hole ended up in a wooded area Instead ot chipping back to the fairwav, Irwin elected to go for about a vard of space between two trees a short distance from him His aim was perfect and he ended up in front of the green. "I'm here to pkr golf and I'm not going to pitch it sideways." he said later. "I think if I had hit one of the trees I would have killed myself." Marsh said his drives and iron it unnecessary to emphasize his putting during the first round. "I was getting the ball reallv close on most of the holes," he said. "I was in good position most of the time with my drives and that is very important ;;:'KI $ near winds temperatures 418-yar- d par-fou- CONTACT! Provo's Scott Fletcher has just made it and sent the ball sailing over the fence in the Bulldogs' victory over Pleasant Grove Thursday afternoon. (Photos by Phil Shurtleff) 1 Bulldogs Down Vikings, By THAYNE HANSEN in the two frames but then an error by David Ratliff cost them the possibility of ending the third inning Herald Correspondent - PLEASANT GROVE The Provo Bulldogs took advantage of key errors by Pleasant Grove to roll past the and Fletcher capitalized for the Bulldogs. Already warmed up by his feats in the previous inning, he drove the ball to the fence for a home run, adding two more runs to Provo's total. The Bulldogs came alive again in the fifth frame. After leading the bases on another costly Viking error and two walks, Kevin Childress ripped the ball for a double, scoring two runs. Pitcher Terry Jensen then singled to drive in in baseball action Thursday, grabbing their second victory in as many games. Scott Fletcher led the Bulldogs at the plate with two hits and two RBIs. The Provo rightfielder gave Provo its start in the top half of the second inning by singling, stealing two bases and then scoring on a ground ball by Matt Vikings first 1 another man, accounting Midgley. The Vikings played adequate defense for the remainder of the Provo tally. Vfe- 7-- 1 ' ' ' C - I Even though his team has dropped its first two outings this season, Pleasant Grove coach Jon Hoover has a lot of confidence in his Vikings. "We're really young We start three of four sophomores," he said "We just need experience for our young kids," he added. 6-- 6-- whose quickie diet and personal problems before the Open contributed to her stunning loss in the first round to Janet Newberry. "I've lost a lot of weight, a little over 20 pounds, and got my confidence back. I've settled down mentally." Evert, who won her second Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles last year, showed no intention of abdicating her No. ranking as she whipped tiny Mima Jausovec of Yugoslavia, in 55 minutes, then went out for a longer post - match dinner with suntanned courtsider Burt Reynolds. "I'm playing better now than I ever was last year," said the Fort Lauderdale. Fla.. native. "I'm confident hitting the ball as hard as I can. My only problem is with my serve, but it's not serious "Last year I wasn't moving well," mosphere here compares Wimbledon and Forest Hills. Every match is important because this is one of the top three tournaments in the world for women." "It was like opening night on Broadway," said Rosie Casals. 1 6-- to Casals and another veteran, fourth-seedeVirginia Wade, staged the most dramatic and competitive match of the night when they battled through three sets for an hour and 41 minutes before Casals won, "I just played the big points better," said Casals, who leaped and dove for balls throughout to take a 10-- advantage over Wade in their lifetime head-o- n matches "!t was a very even match 6-- d 6-- 9 Tanana, Angels Ready For Season to Open Press International Frank Tanana is just about ready and that means the California Angels are too Tanana is the By United old lefthanded curvebal-le- r on whom the Angels are counting to team with strikeout king Nolan Ryan and give them the best pitching punch in the American League The Angels finished in a fourth place tie in the AL's Western Division last season but acquired shortstop Hobby (inch, infielder Don Baylor and outfielder Joe Rudi through deals draft y which cost clubowner Gene Autry about The V) 3 million addition of the three stars has made the to Angels win the Western title but they must prove they have enough pitching" depth. Tanana allowed two runs and nine hits while striking out seven baiters in seven innings the Thursday when the San pitcher and probably will try to go nine innings in his next exhibition start. He had a record for the Angels last season. Elsewhere around the camps: Ruppert Jones and Danny Meyer each hit a two-ruhomer in a five-ru- n seventh-innin- rally which lifted the Seattle vicMariners to a tory over the Cleveland Indians Rico Carty hit a grand slam for the Indians ... Cecil Cooper drove in five runs with a single, homer and infield g 16-1- 3 out to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 10 8 triumph over the Oakland A's. Tommy Hutton's three-ruhomer in the ninth lifted the Philadelphia Phillies to a 10 8 win over the New York Mcts ... Rick ("crone doubled in the tying run and scored the winning run on Jim n Mason's third single of the game as the Toronto Blue Jays topped the Chicago White Sox 43 Homers by Dave Parker and Al Oliver led the Pittsburgh Pirates to an romp over the Boston Red Sox Bob Forsch pitched six shutout innings in the St. Louis Cardinals' triumph over Baltimore Orioles the ... Rookie Gerald Hannahs pitched five hitless innings and teamed with Don Carnthers and Joe r Kerrigan in a which gave the Montreal Expos a 2 0 win over a split squad of Atlanta Braves Roh Belloir's single off Carnthers was one-hitte- Atlanta's only hit .,. Cookie Itojas' pair of singles led two-ru- the Kansas City Royals to a win over the Texas 10-- Rangers MUFFLER SHOP SPECIALISTS .... is scheduled to be the Angels' opening day in 1975, " Tom Weiskopf finished the first round four strokes behind the leaders but was later disqualified. PGA officials said he took an illegal drop when his ball ended up on a cart-patwhile he played the 11th hole. I f ' . h r -- is i " and exciting because we both like to go to the net." card opens Friday night's with Sue Barker, a winner Thursday over Betty Stove, taking on Shaw. Evert then goes against Wade. Navratilova against Stove and Casals x- - 6-- - - V I , v 1 " , " The BYU women's f v ' - i Cougar S pikers Whip Vikes - JT"" X four-matc- h i a vy- ? i , 20-1- , 15-- game For the Cougars Joni Rogers starred with 37 assists and 24 digs. Annette Cottle slammed down 24 spikes. For the Vikings Pam Premo made 24 digs and Carmen Hahn scored 21 15-- against Jausovec. With the field divided into two groups the players in each group with the best records after Saturday will meet in the finals on of four. Gold and Orange, USVBA volleyball team won three of five games from Portland State University last night. That BYU scored only 11 points more than Portland State indicates the close match up of the teams. BYU made 71 points, Portland State 60. BYU won the first PSU game won the second BYU won the third PSU bounced back to win the fourth and BYU took the final 15-- . - n AUSTRALIA'S ..... GRAHAM MARSH winces after missing a birdie putt during the opening round of the Heritage Classic I sa .. tournament golf Thursday. But, despite the miss, Marsh was the first round leader with a six under par 65. (L'PI Telephoto) . spikes. Want to Find Dodgers' Lasorda? Just Look for Biggest Crowd By MILTON RICHMAN UPI Sports Editor TAMPA. Fla. (UPI) Rick Monday was only 17. still going to high school, when he showed up at the tryout camp the Dodgers were holding in one of the public parks in Los Angeles. He was doing all he could to impress the scout running the tryout when suddenly he pulled a muscle in his back. With so many other kids to look over, nine out of 10 other scouts would've told Rick Monday that was too bad about his back, and when it got better maybe he could check with them again. Not this scout, though. "He took me to the doctor," Rick Monday still remembers even though all this happened 14'years ago. "He told me to forget about the tryout Don't worry, you're on the team.' he said, meaning this rookie team the Dodgers had then for kids. When I got finished with the doctor, he told me he wanted me to come out to Dodger Stadium 'I want you to see your future home.' he said." Monday recalled the episode here the other day before a ball game with the Reds. The Dodger scout he was talking about was Tommy Lasorda. who is now his manager with the Dodgers. Monday was talking about a side of Tommy Lasorda which not everybody knows. There is another side, the one most people know That's the effervescent Tommy Lasorda, the fellow who gets himself so worked up over God. country, his t.nnilv and the Los Angeles Dodgers that some people think he's full of soap bubbles Nobody who knows Tommy Lasorda for any length of time, nobody who really knows him. ever questions his virw'erttv. - "Tom Lasorda is Tom Lasorda," is the wav Rick Monday puts it. "He's never going to change whether he's the batboy. the manager of the President of the League. He loves baseball and he loves the Dodger organization He can talk the hell out of you and tell you things you can't even imagine, but he means it He's sincere. There are two things you alwavs have to understand about him He does not like to lose and he never gives up." Rick Monday has good reason to know that personally. Lasorda wanted to sign him for the Dodgers right out of high school in 1963 but Monday's mother insisted her boy go to college, which he did He then became the first player selected in baseball's first tree agent draft by the Kansas City Athletics Tommy Lasorda never forgot that high school kid w ho pulled a muscle in his back, and one of the first things he did after becoming the of the Dwlgers was to push for getting Rick Monday from the Cubs. Now Mondav is back with Lasorda after 14 years No other baseball personality has generated more publicity in the entire state of Florida this spring than Tommy Lasorda Not Reggie Jackson, not Pete Rose, not Mark Fidrych Members of the media all love the perpetually obliging Lasorda because he goes out of his way to help them He has a million stones and always finds enough tune to tell them Lasorda talks about his love for the Dodgers with the same evangelists talk about religion ailey's Western Outlet 1973 SCOUT M, thirp unit 1974 SALE PRICES DAILY on All Buys on Selected Tona Lama Boots Quality HANDCRAFTED Boots - Buckles Hanctaags Belts $29.95 Wallets To AH $39.95 Tko V ?4 door, Just look for the biggest crowd." was the answer of it ." "He'll be in the middle o in.!,., .l,HWii.ilWW,. 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Why all this passion for the Dodgers'1 Because they gave me the opportunity to remain in baseball when I couldn't pitch anymore in 1961." I can he says They gave me a chance to scout " never lorget that Anv place Lasorda appears on the field here in Florida, he immediately attracts a throng of newspaper, tv and radio people. One newsman, who couldn't spot him for a moment the day he was here, asked another: SPECIAL M(M Month 1973 Of Ci Ct M UTAH! Uiiiinlff n ww. Any Irene M Cf 29 Vein m Provo full line Repair CoflJUtHttl)f UTAH OFFICE SUPPLY 373 J4JO 69 . 74 Angels defeated Francisco Giants 4 3 The left bander, who led the league with 269 strikeouts " 4V . f. starter." 6-- I here." Navrafilova's Off Junk Food, Now Challenging Evert in Slims Evert continued, referring to her loss in the Slims Championship finals to Evonne Goolagong. "Evonne affected my confidence. I didn't feel like a winner. Martina affects me that way too, but not as much." Neither Evert or Navratilova have to worry about Goolagong this year since the Australian is pregnant and expected to give birth in a few weeks. All eight women in the round robin tournament which continues through Sunday had prematch jitters as they brought their show to Madison Square Garden for the first time and were welcomed by an enthusiastic crowd of 9,064 fans: "I didn't know what to do with myself before the match and I was very, very nervous at the start," said Navratilova. "It took time to settle down." "You didn't have to say anything." said Evert. "You could look in their eyes. They were nervous. The at- - play-mad- Midgley represented the Bulldogs on the mound during the first four innings, allowing only two hits and striking out six Vikings. "We need a lot of work and improvement on defense," said Provo coach Gary Ashton, "but I feel real pleased with the last two ballgames for a - NEW YORK (UPI)- "- Martina Navratilova might still sneak an occasional hot dog or two, but the former Czech, who was sent crying from the U.S. Open last fall after being bounced in the first round, has sworn off her "junk food" binges and is concentrating on the business of challenging Chris Evert's status as the world's top woman player. Navratilova was trim, powerful and aggressive in her opening match at the $150,000 Virginia Slims Championships Thursday night. She took just 44 minutes to dispose of Kristien Shaw, and in one stretch won 10 straight games, allowing Shaw only 15 points during the run. "Between Forest Hills and here I grew up a little." said Navratilova. vj- - ti Ctnfwr, Wuih HiinDLEY GARAGE FOR THE WATCH FOR GRAND OPEMUG 2Q?UQ0!,Proo 373-117- 1 SHOP UTAH BEST IUY Prvo St , Orm r, OPFICE SUPPLY |