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Show Page 6—THE HERALD, Provo, Utah. Wednesday. July 15. 1981 A full report and commentary on winners, losers and coming events British OpenDraws Americans, Biggies Yet to Win in England Floyd Could Sneak By Field in Open SANDWICH, England (UPI A popular choiceto prevent either Watson or Jack Nicklaus from Tom achi ing a record-equaling fourth Britist Open golf championship at Royal St Georges this week is Ray Floyd SANDWICH, England (UPI) Floyd, Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus. Previous attempts at four victories in the British Open need his finest form to take the $50000 Ironically triple winners Watson and Nicklaus will be teeing off on the same Royal St George's links course where in 1922 Hagen scored his fourth tirst prize after Sunday's final round on the tough course. Floyd played his practice round Tuesday with Lee Trevino the 41-year old wise-cracking Mexican. who sug gested his partner could win his first Open this time ‘'T think the long hitters will win it Britishtitle and then handed over his $100 first prize to his caddy, Skip Daniels ‘Times have changedandin this 110th edition of the Open which ends Sunday, the 153-strong field will be battling for a $50,000 top prize for 72 holes overthe testing 3,829-yard, par-70 championship course. Although Watson and Nicklaus both have three British Opens to their credit neither has won in no question aboutit. I like Ray Floyd even though hedid not play well or hit the ball well in practice with me today,’ the ebullient Trevinosaid Floyd himself admitted chancesare very good The weather is veering between windy, calm and wet. and as Floyd put switches during the week it will leave mea little uneasy The field has been thinned by the ing on Scottish courses. But the oddsmakers figure tradition will be broken and have installed the two Americans as favorites. Defending champion betting with Nicklaus at 11-2 Spain's swashbuckling Seve Ballesteros, tie 1979 champion is third favorite at 12-1 ahead of Australian Greg Norman (14-1) and American Lee Trevino. backto-back wirner in 1971 and 1972, whoislisted at. 18-1. RENO, Ney. (UPI) The San Diego Chargersand the Dallas Cowboys have been picked by Harrah's Reno-Tahoe Race Book to appearin the 1982 Super Bowl gamewith the Chargers emerg- Watson, leading the money list UPITelephoto Isao Aoki of Japan makes a face as he looks over Open layout. ace is even more determined to retain his British crown after “After winning three Opensin Britain—Scotland I should say—I obviously will be looking to win again. Whether I can challenge Peter Thomson'sfive victoriesin the modern era or Harry Vardon's all-time record of six. remains to be seen.’ Watson flopping in Salt last month's U.S. Royal St. George's. Joins Baseball’s Table Discussion Presence may force the owners to make a move that would bring an end to the strike now in its 34th day. “I want to win here because this is the only major I have not won four times,” Nicklaus said. “My gameis good lately and I have the feeling that the putts are about to go down.” The U.S. armadais as strong as ever. despite the withdrawals of 1973 champion Tom Weiskopf Andy Bean Hale Irwin Gil The champion knows he will have to reach peak form to hold off his greatrival, Nicklaus. In or out of a slump. the 41-year-old “Golden Bear” is ‘Mr. Consistent” when it comes to the British Open, where he hasonly once finished outside the topsix in 18 starts. Nicklaus has won 19 majors. including five Masters five PGAs, four U.S. Opensandthree British Opens, but is still hungry for more. Labor Secretary NEWYORK (UPI) — Secretary of Labor Raymond Donovanhas entered the baseball negotiations and his in the past But most observers still rate Watson and Nicklaus in the forefront of the Americanchallenge. Watson — leading the U.S. money list for the fifth suecessive year with $335,902 ahead of No. 2 Floyd was unhappy about the state of the course when he practiced. claiming it was too American for a links with fairways and soft greens Disappointing as that might be for him, it will hardly damage his perfor. manceon a difficult course but might allow fellow Americanstofeel slightly moreat ease One other U.S. player whom he will need to keep a watchful eye on is Ben Crenshaw 29. The Texan has a good recordin the British Open, notfinishing out of the top five in the last four seasons, Last year Crenshaw whohasyet to win a tournament this year, hoped for success, but after two successive second places in the Open he broke the sequence byfinishing third The major Australian challenge is David Graham who would have refused to play through qualifying if he had not gained exemption spectacularly with his U.S. Open triumph. Hefollowed Floyd home in the Eastem tourneythis year. Chargers, Cowboys Picked To Competein Super Bowl Watson a three-time winner in the last six years is 9-2 in the Open. Remembering how jetlag ruined his chances oflifting the British PGA Championshipon his one previous visit to Sandwichin 1977, the American has given himself ample time to acclimatize and sharpen his touch on the links course. Watson had practice rounds here Monday and Tuesday, squeezed in seven practice rounds on Irish and Scottish courses. and then returned to “I think my it after practice Tuesday ‘If this wind Englandall their successes com- The 31-year-old Kansas City capturing the already this year — the Easter Open the Tournament Players Championship and the Westchester Classic — but will has stood as a record American performance for more than half a but he then followed up with three wins in the next nine weeks, N.C prestigious crown. He has won three tournaments century first victory this season, starting with the U.S. Masters in April, from Fort Bragg comes into the 110thedition of the tour nament in better form thanin any of his the giants of the modem game. shootit out Thursdayfor a place in golfing history alongside the legendary Walter Hagen, whose on the U.S. circuit for the fifth year running with $334 842 to his credit was slow in getting his 38 withdrawals of big hitters like Andy » and Tom Weiskopf Americans ave one well on some difficult Morgan, Larry Nelson and Bob Gilder. If the title eludes the “Big Two" this year it could be the turn of Ben Crenshaw to enter the winner's enclosure after knocking on the doorfor the past four years. The 29-year-old Texan placed fifth in his British Open debut in 1977 and followed it up with two secondsand a third An in-form Bruce Lietzke. winner of over $250,000 this year and Donovan's entry into the talks is putting pressure on the owners and they were expected to offer another Proposal to the players at today’s meeting. Federal mediator Kenneth Moffett, whogotthingsstirred up last weekend by presenting a compromise proposal. said he thought the two sides weregetting veryclose to a settlement. “I'm quite optimistic, especially after the lousy meeting we had last week.” said Moffett Tuesdaynight on ABC-TV's Night Line. “I'm hopeful of A negotiating session was scheduled getting this thing donein a day or two. for2 p.m. EDTtoday and Donovanwill Both sides madea lot of movementlast speak to both sides to advise them of week andthere's beenlots of conversathe administration's concern about the tion since then. I think it's readyto settle.” prolonged dispute. It was under Moffett's urging According to management sources Donovan agreed to attend today’s session. Earl Cox, his special assistant said the decision to go to New York was the outgrowth of severaldaysofdiscussions between Moffett and Donovan but was not at the direction of the White House. “This is the act of the secretary.” Coxsaid. “'It does not reflect any words he has received from the administra- a recent recruit to the $1 million earners club, is another highlyregarded American. Lietzke who celebrates his 30th birthday Saturday, has been a revelation this season andposesa Serious ti- tle threat as does a rejuvenated Johnny Miller, the 34-year-old Californian who was British Open championin 1976. Trevinois also comingoutof a slump. The 41-year-old won this year’s Kemper Open and has a habit of rising to the occasion. but even he did not rate his chances highly on the watered course. “I think the long hitters will win it, no question aboutit. It will be Nicklaus, Watson. Ballesteros and Norman who can win—they are myfour picks."’ Trevinosaid. ing as champions San Diego was madea 2-1 favorite to win the AFCandthe4-1 favorite to win the Super Bowl. Dallas wasa 2-1 pick to win the NFCand was a 5-1 pick along with the defending champion Oakland Raiders to win the Super Bowl. The Raiders and New England Patriots are 12-5 to win the AFC, while Cleveland was 3-1, Pittsburgh 7-2 Houston 6-1 Miami and Buffalo 8-1, Baltimore 12-1, Kansas City and Denver 20-1, New York Jets 25-1, Cincinnati 30-1 and Seattle 75-1. In the NFC, Philadelphia, like Dallas_was a 2-1 favorite to win thetitle. Other odds were Atlanta 5-2. Los Angeles 3-1, Detroit and Chicago 8-1, Tampa Bay and Washington 10-1. Min- nesota Louis Orleans Other Diego 12-1, San Francisco and St. 25-1, New York Giants and New 100-1 and Green Bay 125-1 Super Bowl odds besides San Dallas and Oakland were Philadelphia 6-1 NCAAPicks Boise State For Division | Playoffs BOISE (UPI) — The NCAA has elected Boise State University to host the first roundof the Division I basketball playoffs in 1983 Jerry Miles, in charge of special event for the NCAA, said Boise State and Oregon State had been selected for the first and second roundsofthe tournament. The regional finals will be held at another Big Sky Conference school WeberState. Boise State currently is building a multi-purposed pavilion and that facility will house the toumament. The pavilion is scheduled to be completedin 1982. Miles attend the Boise StateGrambling football gamelast year and saw thefirst stages of the pavilion. “It lookslike it will be an outstanding facility " he said. ‘‘The committee was impressed with it. It’s a real compliment to Boise State to receive the proposal tion. It was not cleared Cox added, however. the White House was being kept informed of developments. It was to be the first time anyone from the Reagan administration has becomeinvolved in the strike. which has forced the cancellation of 393 games,including the All - Star game. However, Doug DeCinces, a member of the players’ negotiating committee questioned what kind of impact Donovan's speech would haveon either side. “It'll be interesting to see. I don't really know "’ said DeCinces, who also appeared on Night Line. “The main question I have is whetherhe’s totally briefed on the situation.” DeCincesindicated the owners would make a new proposal today, but was not as optimistic as Moffett the strike would end soon. “T kindof felt we had the opportunity to settle last weekend with the proposal Mr. Moffett brought forth "’ DeCinces. said. ‘’The players finally decided to give up somethings in hopesof getting this settled and resuming this season. We haveyetto see the new proposal.’’ N.L. Wins Fantasy Game CLEVELAND (UPI) — There's one aspect of the Strat-O-Matic board baseball gamethat’srealistic In a mock All-Star game played at homeplate in Municipal Stadium Tuesday the National League buried the American League, 15-2 continuing a masterythat has lasted more than two decades, The real All-Star game was canceled because of the players’ strike, but a local television station decided to stage a “game” of its own, complete with the Canadian and American national anthems and the ceremonial throwing out of thefirst dice — instead of a ball by Hall of Famer Bob Feller Dave Parker of Pittsburgh won the game's Most Valuable Player Award, with threehits in fivetrips, including a homerun. Philadelphia's Manny Trillo, whowas 2-for-4 with three runs scored and three RBI, finished second in the balloting The rosters were chosen byofficals from Sportsphone and WKYC-TVand the managers were twoproducers from the station Jon Halpern and Jim Schaefer Parker got the Nationals on the board Feller in uniform forall-star tit. first with a solo homerun in the second inning — 4 Screamingline shot over the centerfield fence that official scorer Dan Coughlin of the Plain Dealer estimated at 415 feet. The AL tied it in the bottom of the third. when Willie Randolph of the Yankees led off with a walk advanced to second on a groundout andscored on. a single by Oakland's Rickey Henderson. The NL pushed across three runs in thefifth to go ahead for good Cincinnati's Dave Concepcion led off with a single and was replaced by pinch-runner Andre Dawson of Montreal. Dawson promptly stole se cond and scored when Trillo singled to right. When New York's Reggie Jackson futilely tried to throw out Dawson at the plate Trillo moved to second Montreal's Tim Rainesfollowed with asingle to scoreTrillo. Rainesstole second and scored one out later on a single by Pittsburgh's Mike Easler The NL put the game away with sevenruns in the seventh With one out Philadelphia's Pete Rosesingled and moved to third on a double by Basler, The AL manager thenelected to walk the Phillies’ Mike Schmidt to load the bases and face Parker. Jim Schaefer (N.L.) reacts to mock gameresults, Parker singled, Joel Youngblood of the Mets followed with a double and Montreal's Gary Carter endedthein. hing s scoring with a two-run homer The Yankees’ Dave Winfield got the other run for the AL with a towering home run gver the cgnterfield fence in the seventh estimated at 422 feet by Coughlin. The winning pitcher was Rick Camp of Atlanta, who pitched one perfectinning. Oakland's Mike Norris who was touched for three runsin 1 1-3 innings. was the loser. t |