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Show = Watt an ove o Coakin By JOE WATTS = Arizona Coaches Worry Absut Rule Vislstion pF itemmelben of Aricona kt en broke ake an an NCAA The University rule during the first three days of practice and it has cost the coaches and athletic officials at the schoola lot of worrying time. During|the first three days of practice the NCAA rules require that no protective equipment be issued with the exception of shoes and helmets. It has been felt important by coaches and the NCAA thatthefirst three days of practice should be devoted strictly to conditioning so that players are in better shape when the two-a-day drills begin. In fact, the practice period was lengthened by three days in orderto doit. By JOE WATTS Herale ae Editor N.M. Fer the first State iz not the fa¥ ts estern Athletic Conference football title. listead thai honor goes to arch ig-state rival Arizona. Arizona was cfficially tabbed as the favorite here in a vote by Western Athietic ference iters and broadcasters at the conclusion of the week iong Shyu four Arizona. co-champions Sun Devils, received 15% first plat and a total of 186.5 points, while Arizona State received 84% first place votes and a tolal of 179.8 poinis for a close second piace in the balloting. The only other team to receivea first place vote was Brigham Young University, but the ot were picked to finish fourth as ney only 138 points in the balloting to ran 's 141, r teams wereclearly regarded 3s the upper division teams in this ‘The iower division ieams were picked to finish in the following order, New Mexico 81, iene & SESE, from the iineup. The vote seemsto be based on thefact that Frank Kush, the head coat, is still ai the yearsthe writ season, and Arizona State’8 picked for the same recogniti defensive side. ability. Wyoming was picked et tinish ‘ Arizona State’s rookie quarterback Dennis Sproul was picked as the top rookie, aliiougi: the voting was spread among nine players and wasn’t very decisive. i Skywriter's Tour. The tour took the newsmen to each footbali camp in the WAC where they witnessed practice sessions anc interviewed player's and coaches Arizona returns 17 of 22 starters to its lineup this year, which was the main basis the writer's used 2 wyabhi the Wildeais in the tavorite’s Arizona State ie won thetitle five straight times and writers seemed reluctant to vote against them. The Sun Devils received eight and a half first place votes despite losing Ail Americans Danny White and Woody Green The local news media picked up the story from the college paper and soonit wasonall the wire services. While Arizona might should geta light slap on the hands for a violation of the rule, that alert Arizona reporter should get a nice pat on the back for his obviously independent reporting. Quarterback Needs Pencil During the WAC Skywriter’s Tour which concluded this weekend most of the cuactes came up with some interesting quips while poking tun at some oiUieii piayers, University of Utah new head coach Tom Lovat seemed to get right in the groove in regard. In introducing his starting quarterback Lou Onofrio to the sporiswriters ke toll the following story “T called Low the other day to request that he drive out a day early so that you gentlemen of the press could interview him. I told him I would iike him to come to the Holiday inn on Sixth South, and he said, ‘Wait a minute coach while I get a pencil,’ and I thought, ‘Brother, if he has to get a pencii to rememberthe Holiday Inn on Sixth South then we are in as much trouble as you guys from the press say we are,’ Actually Utah might not be in as much trouble as the writers think. They picked the Utes for a seventii placef race, and that’s about as lowas they possiblyfinish. They’ve got every aniin the worldto finish higher than that, and could surprise many people by finishing in the upper division. And ob, ineidenially, Onofrio’s no dummy, He's ai afticuiaie aid majoring « political science with an eve on a taw career. His dad is the head foothall coach at Missouri and Lou talks football with his dad all summer. idon’t think Lovat is going to have to worry about Onofrio remembering the plays. Charlie Shaw of Wyoming, and Jin Upeliureh and Willie #.nilicn of Arizona 8 Bob Bruenigreceived 16 vates.as the top Gefensive play linebacker Kevin McLain a: defensive tackle Paul Linford each thre votes The balloting for predicted order of finish this year was as follows: 1. Arizona (1532) 2, ASU (8'2) the exciting offensive 7F Provo, Utah—Page 9 J.C. Snead Leads TPC By 3 Shots UNSEEDED VIJAY AMRITRAJ,left, of India, registers the first major upset of the U.S. Teanis Championships by defeating Sweden's fourth seeded Bjorn Borg,right, 6-1, 7-6, 3-6, 1-6, 6-2. Amriiraj's oider brother Anand ousted idth seeded ManuelOrantes of Spain to give the Indians a big day at Forest Hills. Amritraj Brothers Pull Off Major Upset in U.S. Gpen By MIKE HUGHES UPI Executive Sports Editor FOREST HILLS, N.Y. (UPI) — The Amritraj brothers, those tall, dark gentlemen from India, stole the headlines from Ct Evert at the U.S Open ten championships Saturday by upsetting two of the three male seeds to fall while Anand did his own giantkilling by ousting 10th-pick Manuel Orantes of Spain, 63, 64, 6-2. Tom Gorman of Seattle, Wash., playing in his first tournament since injuring his back in the Buckeye Classic two weeks ago, was the other seed to crash,losing 4-6, 6-4, 6-8, 6-4, 7-5 Vijay Amritraj, the younger of to South Africa's Ray Moore. the two brothers, claimed the Butit wasnot all gloom for the prized scalpofall when he upset seeds. Third-seed Stan Smith of fourth-seeded Bjorn Borg of Sea Pines, S.C., defeated Frew Sweden, 6-1, 74, 34, 14, 62, McMillan of South Africa, 6- Lae East Division leading Otel's and Braun's homers off loser Dick Drago helped Oliva: Inecked in ancther run righthander Dave Goltz even his with a seventh inning single and recordat 7-7. Oliva’s solo the Twins added their sixth run came in the third inning and in in the eighth on a single by Danny Thompson, a walk and WyNational Unie 1aoee arene : Saturday's New York 6 Atlanta $ San Francisco 3 St. Louis 2, Gneinnali 10 Montreal ight Philadelphia 10 Houston 6, night Pittsburgh at Las Angeles ne (Only games scheduled) eae Atlanta (Morton 1-7) a New. York (MeGraw 57), 2:15 pm * mg Gi Fi) at San Francisco (Barr 1098), 4 p.m real. (Torrez 108) at Gacinnay (Guile 158), 2315 pm. Pitisburgt: (Fills 11) at Los Angeles (Sutton 129),415 p.m. Heston (Grif 727) at 1% lagetphia (Ruthven 6-19), 1% pam. henge (RewrelDi ot Soi Diego (Spiliner 68), ¢ pm a => 1 didn't play ail that Miss Evert, wearing a dress of her own design instead of a borrowedcreationas in herfirstround match, moved into the third round with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Helen Gourlayof Austratia. It was her S4th consecutive victory, a streak whichstarted 10 The younglovers, seededfirsi " carat solo single and a ninth-inning "tn the only other afternoon 90,451, got their money's worth in the Amritraj-Borg maich. ‘The two-hour duel betweenthe oe s7 3 pitas Milwaukee nipped Cali- two young lions of the tour went % & Sh 6 fomiaés. through two distinet phases The 6S Mm be pe ee 7 474 10 John Briggs’ninth inning run- 20-year-old Indian dominated the & 7 47 10 snoring single capped a three- first set, took the second WS run Milwaukee rally that lifted tie-breaker5+2 with the 7% 2 50 the Brewers to a win over the 6 55 6% Angels rack during the third aid fourth 2 io it * The Brewers were trailing 5€ 6 48 11 3 when Bob Coluccio opened the sets as Borg boomedhis shots vithpinpoint accuracy oy SM nisth with a single. Pedro Garnee da followed one out later with a It was over @ year since Borg, a & Boston 2 single and Don Moneysingled in 18, had lost @ match in the on ‘Teas 2 Cleveland 0, night Coluccio, moving Garcia to set andit looked ba Baltimore 2 Kansas City 2, night second. Pinch-hitter Bob Mitch- when the Swede, cham) pl at New York 18 Chicago 6, night ell then singled Money to sec- France, Italy. Sweden and the Detroit 7 Cakland 3, ‘Sunday'soes ond and Briggs followed with a new-holderof the U.S. Protitle, (all dees =D single down the leftfield line to startes the fifth set by serving and volley ng with precision, score Money, ixth game, he put q st service into play Cards Buy Twe Healy and was broken to 30. Borg now ‘Pushy 1921), 29 pm LOUIS, Mo. (UPI) —- The staged one of his patented eM) ai Chicago St. ST.Louis Carcinals sai¢ Friday finishes, but wasunableto break ier 30) ak Detroit night they had purchased the back in a nine-deuce seventh Unde618), 139g. ite holding four break. of catcher ae 29) at exer man t wasal! averbut the sat Bill ce‘ti, dpm 5 ¢ (Rewschel 12-10) ai Sur Dregu Scheindivrn from tier ane 48) 4pm the birdie at 18. “T didn't play particularly well taday. Well, I didn't play aii that ae in this $271,760 tournameatafter Murphy and|Richard Cra tae Maia thei’ siiigles vicieries at wore in atfive under211 Dave Eichelberger plunked in pve Richelerger Wimbledon,will marry Nov. 8 at Dale Douglass Ft. Lauderdale, Fla fs Mike Hill A shirt-sleeve crowd of 14,115 Sieve Brye’s double. fans, which brought the fourPp Ray Floyd daytoial at the championship to Boston runs with a fourth inning Welly Armstrong . ' Major League a Standings “cavisrentavveinton oe Baas ag 5 hs green at No. 8. had a sthole good either,” Nicklaus said. score of Il-under-par 205, but Johnny Miller, the leading said he “didn’t play wellat all." money winner on the tour this He had three birdies coming in, year, , withdrew after playing 16 includinghis closing birdie which holes Friday, complaining he was exhausted bythe heat. kept Sneadwithin sight. Second-round leader Lou Gra- ATLANT/A ie = Third Round ham also birdied the 18th to windscares c of the TPC Send 7161-02 up with a one-over-par 73 and a Jack Niekdaus 5, ‘ 718-5 share of third at nine under par Homero Blancas em tournaments ago. 51-73-20 Also moving into the third 207, along with Homero Blancas, Lai Graham pee oe round was second-seeded Billie who shot a 68. ore Jean Kingof Long Beach,Calif., ‘Then came Dave Hill whose 72 Guries Chody 7067-72-20 who defeated Sharon Walsh ot was good enough for eight under Hubert Green mB. Eddie Pearce’s 69 shot him ate anne SanRafael, Calif. 6-0, 6-1. ae i After her match, which into contention at 209 along with aoe: followed the Amritraj-Borg Hagert Green, Bruce Cramptca, Gale Classic on cenier court, Chris David Graham, Charles Coody Bob Murphy lamented, “I don't see much of and Brian Allin. PGA champion Lee Trevino, these days. Now that newinned tha data af nur his charge blunted by four bomarriage, we never are left geys including one on the 18th the sixth Braun cleared the alone. it’s difficult to concen- where he hit into the water “and rightfield fence after Eric trate, so We spend our umein our a bigmouth bass got myball" iad a 71 eea six-underpar 210. Soderholmhad walked. respective locker rooms.”” 1, 36, 7-6, 6-3, and said later, “I played better today and now feel lots happier about my chances.”” Filth-choice Ken Rosewall also advanced by recording a 76, 63, 63 win over Bob Lutz of San Clemente, Calif., while Ilie Nastase of Romania, the seventh seed who won here two years ago, beat Roy Barth of San Diego,6-7, 1-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. Top-seeded Jimmy Connors of Belleville, Ill, now a round behind the field, did not play singles on Saturday. Twins DownBoston, 6-2 ByUnited Press International Tony Olive and Steve Braun homered and drove in two runs apiece Saturday to spark the Minnesota Twins to a 6-2 victory over Bosion. it was the third straight loss for the American & hole-in-one | with a pitching nd the + Ta tor tie day. Hi 214, Snead, on the vergeof his best year as a pro,started his round by wedging to within four feet end sinking a birdie at No. 1. Afterblasting outof a bunker at three to make his par from 15 feet away, he puthis second shot in the water at the fourth hole and took a doubie bogey. Snead kept cool, however, and parred the rest until he siarted his charge at No. 11. He birdied four of the next seven holes on short piitts to set the stage for the heroics at 18, Nicklaus, whose eagle more than offset a bogey five at No. 5, got things going again with a 22foot. birdie putt at 14. He birdied 16 from i0feet, saved par though he was in the bunker on 17 and then two-putted from 30 feet for By JACK WILKINSON ATLANTA (UPI) — Big J. C. Snead pitched in a 30-fout shot from a bunker behind the iain green for an eagle three Saturday to surge into a three-stroke lead over Jack Nicklaus after the third round of the Tournament Players Championship with a 14under-par 202. Snead. who tied the Atlanta Country Club course record of 64 on opening day, fired a fivetinder par 67, one better than playing partner Nicklaus. who birdied No. 18. Snead. his round almost ruined by a double bogey six at the fourth hole, came on strong as he headed home, collecting four birdies and the fantastic eagle. “T thought I hit it too hard,” Sneadsaid of the bunkershot. “I thought it would go six or eight feet past,” Out the dail fiew directly into \he cup as the gallery gave Snead a huge ovation. “It tickied the heli out of me," Sneadgrinned iater. = 0 Miller had twovotes. Giners Tecciving yures were Archie Gary ak day. They were particu’ independent Reporting next fay ihai ihe sc} three votes,and By( impressed with the Cougars on the Sxywriter’s Tour and voted a high finish for BYU, but the Cougars stumbled in their opening game against Colorado State and didn't get untracked until late in the season Still the writers were impressed with BYU and the potential to beat aniytea ona Lagree. It’s miniscule and shouldn’t be considered very serious. Contact drills didn’t take place. It deesn’t seem from this vantage point that an unfair advantage was gained. Too much has already been made of the matter. of therule, wu 4th by the presence of Gary Sheide and Jay Mi the nation's top returning passing - Syomiug Shurwas = optimist cat the comcoach Frank Kush tie conteaderit sx the wrners ed tofinish fourth, and the vote night have been higher except for skepti ving fee wee al the mailers because In light of al! the serious infractions of the rules that are taking place daily in college athletics this one seems very miniscule, but it’s a rule thai’s been broken andis naturally a deep concer: the school. University of Arizona professor Lou Myers, faculty athletie representative, said, “Technically it’s a violation, but I’m hopeful it wen't be considered too serious.’ It’s inieresiing how the matter came to light. It seems that a reporter for the Arizona school paper happened to practice and was alert enought te notice several players with shoulder pads. He reported in the coliege neyapebet tite bw & Colcrado State 76, Utah 71, and UTEP 26. ¢ voting Gary Sheide, BYU &, was selected as the offensive Well, Arizona coaches issued some shoulder pads to several of the linemen. Apparently they didn’t get invelved in any contact drilis, hut nevertheless, the shoulder pads were issued and were worn by severalplayers du day conditioning period. It’s clearly a vielation of the rule, Arizona admits the violation, and is now waiting for a ruling from the WAC and eventually frem the NCAA. In the meantime they are waiting with baited breath as te what the shment might he. In Arizonait’s been big news. It’s hit the papers and tube and caused considerable discussion, which naturally adds to the worries of the coaches. yi farm club Twins Top =" Boston n, DeWit Weaver on ' 6-2 norm 9770-285 717610-215 Bobby Mitchel! John D'Acquisto, with relief Tr aay teip from John Morris, became Hale Irwin the first San Francisev rounie iN Rick Rhoads naie than 20 y games cities Dyroikehlig the par ons to a $2 victory over the &. Louis Cardinals. ser Bob Forsch in the fourth inning. With one out Gary Thomasson singled and Gary Tave Suction Matthews walked. Ed Goodson singled to score Thomasson and both runners moved up on a double steal as Dave Kingman struck out. Bruce Miller grounded (o shortstop and Mike a booted the bal) for an lowing{wo runslo score. D'Acquistoleft (he gameafter giving ip a single lo pinch-hitte Lou Brockin the eighthinning, a ay walk to Ted Sizemore ancarun- scoring single to Smith. Morris retired Simmons and Keith Hemianidez to endthe anil Tr TST}IE18 Dns OTTL-U8 757-218 TSETI-UB WNT-26 RHIG |