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Show Page 6—THE HERALD. Provo, Utah Monday. July 20. 1981 Sports A full report and commentary on winners, losers and coming events _. Marion Dunn, spor:editor Sorry Judge, On This One | Object, Object, Object An Open Letter are found guilty of committing a Judge Phillip D. Baiamonte crime State District Court For as long as I can remember the people concerned with col Albuquerque, N.M lege athletics have felt that head Your Honor I object I object to what you said in sentencing former University of coaches should beheld responsi New tough on the coaches who transgress and such transgres: sions will decrease. was the thinking ble for their actions when they get their school in trouble. Get Mexico baskethall coach NormEllenberger after he was found guilty on 21 counts of fraud andfiling false public vouchers. I Youhad an opportunity to help ubject Lothe sentence, itself, one year's unsupervised probation in this regard. All I know about thetrial and the sentencing were what I read on the sports pagesof after whichall countswill be dismissed. But more than that I object to what you said I have known Norm El- the Los Angeles Times. But the stories seemed fairly complete and I assume they were accurate You blewit lenberger from the time he started at New Mexico and when he ran into trouble I neither ex- pected, nor wanted you to send You shanked the key PATat- But I expected the tempt. You didn’t even hit the sentence to be a warning toall college coaches that they would rim on the foul shot that could have won the game. You double be treated like anyoneelseif they served on match point for the op- him to jail. position You rolled a gutter ball the 12th frame of a perfect game. You were the winning run on third and you were picked off the hoary hidden ball trick @ pressure was on and you choked And I object Because you pinned the rap on someone else You didn't let the light tap on Ellenberger’s wrist stand alone You placed the blameonthepeo: ple of New Mexico andon college athletics everywhere You said that Ellenberger was merely caught doing what everyone in the community wanted him to do — win basketball games at anycost and by whatever means necessary to do that T object to that For years now I have been to Albuquerque for college athletic events at least once a year and occasionally twoorthree times. | have relatives and close personal friends there. And recently those friends have always expressed deep concern about the way the basketball program was going at New Mexico. Well before the academictranscript scandal hit there were rumors of pending NCAA investigations and punish: ment. And there was great con- cern in downtown andresidential Albuquerque I know The Pit was full of screaming fans and they were there to see Ellenberger’s team win. But I also knowthere were many in the stands who were deeply concerned that it wasalla bubble aboutto burst and that the loser would be the university When it happened there more “IT told you sos’ than “I'm shocked,”’ reactions in the city IT knowthat Albuquerque wants a winner. Who doesn’t? Provo U.S. Again Easily Wins Wightman matches — including three on Sunday — in the 53rd annual competition responses from the U.S. players. including Evert, who said “Something must be done to liven up the American between the United States and England at the International Amphitheater to give America five winsin the last six years, “Because there is so much going on in this country, and because the event may not be as important as other things, I want everyone to know — especially the president — that our team won,’’ she said Evert earned her 20th straight victory in singles competition Sunday by defeating Sue Barker 6-3, 6-0. But for the world’s No. 1-ranked player and the rest of her teammates America’s easy triumph hasleft the tennis world grasping for ways to improve the tournament Methods to change the format brought forth a multitude of answers. from tournament players in a news conference following the matches, but nearly everyone agreed with Virginia Wade “It would be a shameto change what has come to be a greattradition just because we have not been doing well lately,” said Wade a ranking English player. Wade — who lost two singles matches, including a match Sunday to spirit when it comes to playing the Wightman Cup “Tt was not until Sunday that I personally felt that the American fans were really behind us andthis is the wayit always seemsto be especially dayfor a 6-3 doubles victory over Wade and Glynis Coles, said Americans basketball teams in Laramie, | donot think the other WAC com- Mass. (UPI) — But I do not believe the big majority of coaches and schools are breaking the law. If they are the crimeis paying for only a very few. I think you were wrong in painting everyone with the same brush. I think you pinnedthe rap play But the Timps are expected to face much stiffer competition when they face the Smokies Tuesday night at Timp Park, starting at 6 p.m. The Sacramentoclub currently is leading the California Bay Area Semipro League. Steve Nielsen tossed a three- said, “It would be a terrible mistake to eliminate the Wightman Cup competition just because America is dominating the series SANDY, Utah (UPI) — Eric Hogg’s powerful tee shots and deft putting touch reigned the 22-year-old Argentinean and top seed lived up to his advance billing with a 7-5 6-0 triumph over No. 3 Eliot Teltscher who was visibly tired France, 6-3, 6-1. Gildemeister lost the 1979 final to Spain's Jose Higueras. gamegot on track. The turning point in Americans, Gildemeister in 1979 and break points supreme started slowly but was near- once his powerful ground the match came whenClerc saved two 2-4 in thefirst set and he mis- timeslist for thefirst round Thursday told him he would tee off at 945 am however, Rogers is the He thought he would sneak in 20 minutes putting practice before he since he joined the pro tour sed five cuts in a row Today, British Open champion after coasting to victory fourstrokesbetter than German tions every day his biggest threat turned out tobehis reading ability A cursory glance at thestarting Bernhard start UPITelephoto Chris Evert Lloyd belts two-hand return. season revealed itself. As he strode towards the 18th green to receive rap: disqualification COAL VALLEY, Ill. (UPI When eight sudden-death playoff holes at the The putt went in and he won way through when suddenly this policeman pushed ine back into the crowd. I told him ‘I am just trying to finish pal and then we A lot of times you don’t expect it and this was oneof the times I didn't expect it” said Barr who pickeduphis first PGA victory. “I knew I had the capability to win but I just didn’t ex cantalk later It's easily the biggest thrill of my pect to today Barr's putt ended an eight-holebattle life claimed the man who cameout of that barren early season spell to win that began wthfive golfers who tied at the Heritage Classic, then finished se 10-under-par 270 afterthefinal round at the Oakwood Country Club course. Tied cond in the U.S. Open to Australian for second place were David Graham As Rogers said the course was ‘a Blackburn, Frank Connor, real challenge’ and since he dodged the worst of the changeable weather condi Woody Victor Regalado, and Dave Halldorson The field of five narrowed to two 18-year-old after Barr and Blackburn posted bir dies on thefirst playoff hole. The two wereina putting duel until Barr's putt on the eighth hole eliminated Blackburn Blackburn missed a 20-foot putt after his tee shot went into theleft bunker on the par-3 hole, and Barr said he played it safe after watching that 1 wasn't going for the pin there | Was going for the center of the green said Barr 29 who collected the first prize of $36 000, The win also gave Barr a one-year exemption from qualifying for PGA tournaments 1964 The eight-holebattletied the record for the second-longest playoff in PGA history. The five-way tie for the lead ilso matched a PGA record for the most golfers in a playoff aggregate 276 while Langer could only match the course in 70 for a 280 total But Langer did his best to raise a challenge and at one stage was only onestroke behind Rogers The powerful, blond 23-year-old from Augsburg basically played steady golf flitting betweentheeven par he started on and l-under-par, but never getting more than one stroke ahead of the course However, his persistence put pres: sure on Rogers, who bogeyed the fifth and then doublebogeyed the seventh to slip from his S-under-par overnight position to just 2-under. Britain's Mark James who started the day at par, and American Ray Floyd, Utah Amateur Golf Championship at Hidden Valley Country Club. Hoggbolted outin front, three up after three holes. and coasted home with a six-five victory in the 36-hole championshipfinale. “My confidence continued to build,” Hogg said, “‘after I beat Storm Gilein in the first match." “T hit the ball well and my putting was great,” Hogg said. ‘I’m very happyto be the state amateur champion.” Bybee said he didn’t play as hitter and struckoutninebatters as hepitched the Timpsto their win over Roy in last Saturday night's opener. Lennie Tsuhako with a two-run homer andsingle and Gary Cowart with a pair of doubles led the Provo attack. Coach Anderson with a solo homer and two-bagger and Cowart with three hits led Timp attack in the second game, shortened to four and a half inning because league's nine-run lead rule. Scott Nielsen pitched shutout ball for four innings for the Timps and Nelson Pagepitched the final inning. charging from a 3-overstart werealso closing in on the leader at that stage After losing the first shot, Rogers started to let things slide away well as he had been all week in the championship match. “I couldn't get any putts to fall” Bybee said.""He had me down and never let me up for air."” With a birdie at nine Bybee closed the gap to one down, but putts continued to fall for Hogg and he established a four-hole lead after the first eighteen holes. Hogg canned back to backbirdies at five and six in theafternoon roundto build up an insurmountable lead of seven up. A four-foot birdie fell for Bybee on No.9 as the gap was closedto six but holes were running out. Thegolfers tied the next four holes, and Hogg captured the championship 6-5 on the thirteenth green Y's Pam Miller Earns LPGA Card COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. —Pam Miller, former BYU golfer,fired a 298 at the Colorado Country Club to become the first That was hardly the way to begin his And on the face ofit, it was a onechallengefor what Rogers described as sided victory, with the 29-year-old the greatest goal” of his golf career Rogers carding a l-over-par 71 for an 8 Go Sudden-Death at Quad $200,000 Quad Cities Open boiled down turous applause from the fans in the to Dave Barr's 3'z-foot putt: something crowded bleachers Rogers was happened that the strapping Canadian obstructed by a policeman who was said he never expected marshalling the crowd I tried to push my It was just as well he did, because he The final round looked like a was spotted by a pressman whotold walkover. with the Texarkana resident him he was dueoff at 9.25 a.m. and he carrying the biggest lead five had to scurry to the first tee to avoid strokes into the fourth day since West Langer over the 6,829-yard Royal St. George's course. Butevenin his moment ofglory Sun day the bizarre natureof the Texan's the Doug Bybee to capture the 83rd hopes of qualifier Bernard Fritz of then allowed Teltscher only 18 points in winning 11 of the last 12 games as University of Utah sophomore defeated University teammate No Slump for British Champ Rogers This season saw his worst slump (Bountiful) in the 1981 Class 3-A 800 meters. He posted thefastest time in that event in the state this past year. Young placed second in the state 3-A, 3,200 meter run and wassixth in the 1,600 meter run Hogg Wins Utah Amateur Over Mate tournament neighbors and sometimes practice partners, won easy matches Sunday and will battle it out Monday night for SANDWICH, England (UPI) — In Bill Rogers’ own words, ‘It has been a very unusual year.” as strength and depth to our program and each should continue to improve upontheir high school marks. I am particularly pleased that we were ableto get so many of the top Utah athletes,” said Hislop. Babb wasrunnerup to another Wildcat signee, Dave Barney Timps Prepare for Sacramento screaming fans in London's Albert Hall and you can hardly hear yourself think because the fans are on youandat the same timerooting for their team.” Tennis promoter Larry King husband of tennis pro Billie Jean King. Jose-Luis Clere and Hans Gildemeister, South American made it to the finals of the 4-year-old I object The Provo Timps warmed up for Tuesday night's doubleheader with the Sacramento, Calif., Smokies by sweeping a twin bill from Roy last Saturday night at Timp Park. Coach Tim Anderson's charges won Saturday night by scores of 5-3, and 21-1 in Beehive League players and the concept of team play really means something, ’’ Casals sai¢ “Just try playing before 10 000 64-man drawand the clay surface at Longwood Cricket Club to their liking it was only a matter of time. Guillermo Vilas in 1975 have ever athletics. Briefs “We in America are blessed with a lot of great tennis players and otlier things, while in England and other after having played a two-hoursingles match earlier in the day Gildemeister, the 13th seed andresident of Chile, ended the darkhorse the $28 000 first prize. Only two South in college on the wrong people one should add a great deal of countries, they all really back their C Your Honor, I know there are problems ing on and condoned it. } find that hard to believe. I am sure that President Davis heard the same rumors that I heard. But sometimesit is possible to be so close to the forest you can’t see the trees. You hear and feel the wind lowing but refuse to believe it can reach hurricane force. tory flawle guilty of. Bud’’ Davis, knew what was go- students,” said Hislop. ‘Each “especially a Wightman Cup tennis vic- Clere, whattrouble Coloradosaw. Nor do I think the other coachesin the WAC aredoing the things Ellenberger was found munities sanction win at anycost programs. I don't think the people of Albuquerque did Tt wasat least hinted that New Mexico president, William E. quality athletes as well take too many things for granted Of U.S. Pro Tennis Test BROOKLINE, around 1960. Davis wound up serving as football coach thefall after the scandal and he knows And, despite the studentbody's shameful treatment of BYU OGDEN — Dave Babb and Loren Young, two Timpview High track stars, have signed letters-of-intent to participate in the Weber State College program, according to Chick Hislop, head track and field coach at WeberState. Babb (800 meters) and Young (1,500-3,000 meters) join six other Utah athletes as freshmen in the WeberState program. “These young men are all Clerc Advancesto Finals Perhapsit is fitting an American will win the U.S. Pro Tennis Championships for thefirst time — a South American that is For with 16 South Americans in the He was alumni director at Colorado when that school was rocked by the football scandal TwoT-Birds Sign With WeberSt. 1923." Her remark sparked a flurry of WAC, knows what an athletic scandal can do to a university could pick up in Albuquerque CHICAGO (UPI) — Chris Evert Tracy Austin 6-3, 6-1 — said, “When the Lloyd has a message for President matches are played in England, the Reagan America has won the fans are really behind us and we seem Wightman Cup for the 43rd time since to play a lot better.” Evert’s team swept all seven Davis, of all presidents in the does. Salt Lake City does Laramiedoes. Fort Collins does El Paso does. But visiting reporters in those cities never picked up the bad vibes that one BYU woman golfer to earn a LPGA card Saturday at the LPGAQualifying School Miller shot 73-72-74-79 to post one of the best scores in the LPGAtournament “We are just as pleased as we can be about Pam's success,” said BYU coach Gary Howard “She will be a steady player on the LPGA tour.” Gulls Continue Winning Streak SPOKANE Harper, (UPI) — Brian the Pacific Coast League's top hitter slugged out four morehits, including a gamewinning grand slam home run in the ninth inning to lift the Salt Lake City Gulls to a 97 victory over the Spokane Indians Sunday Harperdrovein six runs during the game and upped his batting average to 369. He now has 12 hits in his last 17 at bats and 19 homerunsthis season Spokane built up a 7-0 lead chasing Salt Lake starter Ralph Botting in the sixth inning with three homeruns in the third and another in the fifth Hill Wins Colorado, Blair 5th EVERGREEN, Colo. (UPI) - Dave Hill pocketed $16 000 in winning his fourth Colorado Open at the Hiwan Golf Club, but said he was really thinking about the trophy that went with it “IL was thinking trophy. It’s a beautiful thing and I thought a fourth win would be worthit Hill said Sunday atter defeating amateur SteveJones in an extra hole playoff ‘T tell you onething, | had no business winning this golf tourna ment. I played like a ballet dancer.” |