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Show 1 HE DAILY HERALD. Provo. I'aue B4 I tah. Monday, March 17, 1997 3 J tamg aw5d ypsefi Patient Murphy outlasts Sigel NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. Bob Murphy never lost AP) his patience, and he needed every ounce of it to win a record nine-hol- e playoff at the Toshiba Senior Classic. With darkness closing in. Murphy rolled in an birdie putt to beat Jay Sigel on Sunday in the longest day ever on the Senior PGA Tour. "I felt if I was going to miss it I wanted to miss it below the hole, but when it kept tracking towards the hole I said. "Son of a gun. this might go in."" Murphy said. Sigel. who trailed Murphy by six shots early in regulation, birdied four of the final six holes to catch Murphy and force extra INDIAN WELLS. Calif (AP) Michael Chang w atched earlier in the week as unheralded Bohdan Ulihrach polished off Pete Samplaypras, the w orld's er, in straight sets. Then, as Chang saw Ulihrach zipping the ball by him in the opening set of their Newsweek Champions Cup title match Sunday, he grew more than a little worried that he might be the young Czech's next v ictim. "When we first came out. he was hitting unbelievable," said Chang, w ho came from a first-s6-6-- 3 vicloss to take a 4-for his second consecutive tory Champions Cup title. "We were trading ground-stroke- s and all of a sudden he e ripped a backhand, winner just from nowhere. I just kind of stood there. ... Once I saw those first few shot: ! said. 'I better get my act together.' It really took me a good two sets to figure out his game." Looking confused against a player he had not faced before. Chang got off to a rocky start, los top-rank- ( phy said. "The adrenalin was flow ing. But in about an hour I'll really be tired. Murphy. 54. won his 11th Senior tournament in five years on the Tour. He took home 80-fo- S 1 50.000. et "I had a real up and down day." he said. "It was very hard to score out there today as you AP prwxo can tell by the scores. It was a day for a tremendous amount of Bob Murphy rolls In a putt on the first playoff hole at the patience." Toshiba Senior Classic. on the a sank Murphy first playoff hole and then rounds on the weekend. That watched Sigel tie the hole with came in handy for the marathon finish to the Honda Classic. birdie putt. Each playan He couldn't always see a er recorded pars at the 16th. 17th and 8th holes before heading scoreboard, but he knew the tight back to the 16th hole for the fifth pin placements and w ind that rathole in the playoff. tled the flagsticks would prevent Murphy saved par at the 6th anyone from running away with w ith a putt. Both golfers the tournament. recorded pars at the 17th. the And w hen he did hav e an idea sixth playoff hole, and headed for w hat it would take to w in. Applethe 8th hole for the fourth time by managed to reach down and in Sunday's round. find it. a dramatic sank Australian The Murphy putt from the apron to record earned his first PGA Tour victory w ith the kind of kick that usually a birdie at the 18th to tie Sigel. wins long distance races. He holed a HONDA CLASSIC wedge from a thick patch of rough for As eagle to catch up with Payne CORAL SPRINGS. Fla birdie putt an amateur in Australia. Stuart Stewart, made a Appleby used to drive 200 miles two holes later for the lead and then played well enough to w in. to Melbourne to play play. Sigel had a chance to tie Mur- 1 25-fo- ot 1 ot ot 36-ho- chips for win Despite battling a week-lon- g cold. Andrews showed she's healthy by shooting a 68 Sunday to win the Welch's-Circl- e K Championship by one stroke ov er Tina Barrett. Andrews, also the 1994 winner, finished with a total one shot shy of tying Chris Johnson's 1984 tournament record. It was the fifth career title for Andrews and the winner's purse ol S75.000 represented more money than she made in three of her prev ious sev en years on the tour. But things might have been different if it weren't for a rare collapse by Swedish Mar Annika Sorenstam, w ho never recovered from a triple-boge- v on the ninth hole. Qreen drives away with Las Vegas 300 ' Press Just a few weekend surprises were all it took to throw the Kentucky Derby picture into a state of confusion. On Saturday, heavily favored Pulpit lost for the first time, beaten by Captain Bodgit in the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park. On Sunday, second-choic- e Crypto Star beat Stop Watch by a head, w ith favored Smoke Glacken third, in the Louisiana Derby at the Fair Grounds. And out west. Free House, a 10-- 1 longshot. held off favored Silver Charm to win Sunday's San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita. Three Derby steppingstones, thre beaten favorites. Btit the weekend's shocker was Pulpit's first defeat after three straight victories, the last in the Fountain of Youth. "It's disappointing, but at the same time I'm proud of him." said 65-ya- DonTUCSON. Ariz. (AP) na Andrews jokes that she hurt her back picking up all the poker chips she won at Las Vegas casinos after three victories on the LPGA Tour in 1994. But was no laughing matter w hen she earned just S25.346 the following year and had SI 55.231 and one unofficial victory last season. his performance. "I was playing very well all week," said Ulihrach, w hose only two career wins came on clay. "I beat some good players. I beat Pete 1. It was a Sampras, who's No. wonderful week for me, the best w eek of my life." And Chang impressed him. "He was too good. The difference is. he was serving much better than me. He was running and fighting all the time," Ulihrach said. Shane Sellers. Pulpit's jockey. "This doesn't change my mind about this colt." But it sure does muddle the May 3 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. "I think he'll still be in the picture." said Pulpit's trainer. Frank Brothers. Over the next four weeks, the Derby picture will take shape in the remaining major preps, including the Jim Beam Stakes on March 29 at Turfway Park, the Santa Anita Derby on April 5 and the Blue Grass. Arkansas Derby and Wood Memorial on April 2. Next up for both Captain Bodgit and Pulpit? It could be a rematch in the Blue Grass at Keeneland. And Crypto Star's trainer Wayne 1 Catalano indicated his colt could be headed to the Blue Grass, too. Free House is expected to go in the Santa Anita Derby, along with Lukas-'traine- d Sharp Cat, a D. Wayne will the test who boys filly for the first time after four successful starts. LOUISIANA DERBY At the Fair Grounds in New Orleans. Crypto Star threw jockey Pat Day before the race, hit the side of the gate at the start and fell 14 12 lengths behind with a half-mito go before w inning by a head. coming Crypto Star, out of the turn, closed fast to get by the fading Smoke Glacken inside the sixteenth pole, then edged Stop Watch bv a head. Crypto Star ran le next-to-la- st miles in 1:42 "He got the job done," Day said. As the 4-- 1 second choice. Crypto Star paid SI 0.80. 55 and S2.60. Stop Watch paid S8 20 and 53.40. the 3-- 5. 1 Announcing . The Third Annual Utah Chapter LAS VEGAS ( AP) Defending Busch series champion Randy National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame LaJoie was among those who ould do little but w atch Jeff Green drive off to victorv in the Las Vegas 300. It was just a continuation of a ong w eekend for LaJoie. He experienced engine problems early in the ace. and finished 29th Sunday in 'lis Chevrolet 39 laps behind Green. Green passed Tim Steele with !4 laps remaining for his first ureer Grand National victory in .he inaugural NASCAR Busch series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Green, who started from the H)le in a Chevrolet. led 70 of the oval. ?H) laps on the "It took me 100 races to win ihis one." said the ' ireen. who drives for Gary Bech-te- l. "I hope it doesn't take another i(K) to w in my second." NASCAR Winston Cup Series ifgular Joe Nemechek appeared to the favorite when the green flag dropped, leading the first 38 laps of the race before beinc sidelined due 12-mi- By The Associated 15-fo- ot Andrews cashes 5-- didn't seem the least bit disappointed. It was the first time he had even reached the championship match in a hardcourt tournament, and the $177,000 check he received for getting there was the biggest ever for the Asked what he might tell his relatives back in the Czech Republic, Ulihrach grinned and replied, "That I was in the final. And they would ask me, 'Are you crazy? Are you in the hospital? What happens w ith you?"" He obv iously w as very proud of Weekend surprises spice Derby 1 in 6-- 4. down-the-lin- 18-in- phy on the ninth playoff hole, but his birdie putt fell off to the right. "If I'd have just hit that putt a little harder I might have made that putt." Sigel said. "Murph made three key putts and any time you make three key putts in a playoff you should vv in." Murphy and Sigel ended regulation play tied at par 217. Murphy had three birdies and Sigel had two birdies in the playoff. Their playoff et a Senior Tour record, surpassing the eight-hol- e playoff won by Orville Moody against Bob Betley in the 1992 Showdown Classic in Utah. "I wasn't weary at all." Mur 1 3, ing his service to open the match, then letting Ulihrach dictate the pace for much of the first set. "When you haven't played somebody, maybe you're a little tentative. You don't know what to try, you don't know how to go about finding their strengths and weaknesses," Chang said. "It really took me a good tw o sets to figure out his game and see that he was killing me with a backhand down the line." Chang made some hasty adjustments, began hitting to Ulihrach's forehand more, and finally began to play his own style, keeping the ball in play until a tiring Ulihrach began to make mistakes. Chang broke sen ice to take a 3 lead in the second set and. although he never really dominated the match afterward, at least clearly had the edge. "That was a tough match. I think that was pretty ev idem." said Chang, who also won the Champions Cup in 1992. Although Ulihrach, who was ranked No. 43 in the world to Chansfs No. 3, lost the final, he multi-ca- r accident on lap 122. Dick Trickle finished second in a Chevy. to a Awards Banquet FLORIDA 400 Provo Park Hotel Friday March 28,1997 HOMESTEAD. Fla. NASCAR truck series driver John Nemechek sustained a severe brain injury in a crash during the Florida Dodge Dealers 400. a race won by rookie Kenny Irw in. Nemechek. the brother of Winston Cup driver Joe Nemechek. w as listed in extremely critical condition after admission to the neurological intensive care unit at Jackson Hospital Ryder Trauma Center in Miami. Nemechek. whose brother raced Sunday in the NASCAR Busch series event at Las Vegas, was injured when his truck hit the wall in turn on the 144th lap at the e track. le 7:00 pm $20 per person j 1 1.57-mil- Eldredge, Stojko advance LAUSANNE. Switzerland ( AP) He fell. He didn't even consider Irving a quadruple jump. And world champion Todd Eldredge . still out skated Canada's Elvis his top competitor in the first qualifying round of the World Figure Skating Championships on Sunday. Eldredge. the U.S. champion, completed seven clean triple . jumps, including two triple-triplcombinations, to top Stojko and tjualifv to defend his 1996 title probably without the quad. "I am going to take that risk and hope it's enough." Eldredge said. "If it's not enouch then it's some Suv-jko- thing to think about for the Olympics next vear. In the second round, the Russians soared. Alexei European champion Urmanov hit an astonishing highflying quad. Ilva Kulik. the No. 2 skater in the world, matched the quad, but Urmanov had him raised a triple with six. Featuring Master of Ceremonies Ty All Detmer American High School Quanetack American Ojartetfcack BYU He!S!ran Trophy Winner 1999 Curent Ouarielack Philadelphia Eagles receive "Contribjtion to Arr.ateur Foclfcail Award' Ail will e wimwi Be Selective f i & Active ISLES IDS fAU 0o tUm tx liU IVJjtKK "Hi;, mcjm i,,-Hfl mat 'Mil t tu nv (iuatjmri J t' ijh u the H ' wjikf up 6iti' tl jH "Hu t kt k$ Simple md Uv ViKH S - o i Scholar-Athlet- e Merlin Olsen American Lineman Utah State University Outland Trophy Winner All Pro Defensive Lineman - L A. 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