Show Hiielh LIP© A Young Captures RANCHO MIRAGE Calif (UPI) LPGA career of — The 15-ye- ar Donna Caponi Young has been liberally sprinkled with glowing moments She scored back-to-bacvictories in the US Open in 1969-7- 0 in k she captured the LPGA Championship and in the eight years between those accomplishments she won 11 tournaments So it came as a surprise Easter Sunday when following her victory over Amy Alcott in the $250000 Winners Circle tournament at Mission Hills Country Club she proclaimed it “probably the greatest day of my life” 1979 two-strok- e Young 35 of Los Angeles earned $37500 plus a new automobile for the win her second of the year and vaulted to the top of the 1980 money list with $89098 She entered the final round with a lead over Alcott and a round carding steady played three birdies and a pair of bogeys including a meaningless bogey-- on total of the 18th hole Her 275 over the 6272-yarMission Hills layout was a tournament record besting the 276 of Sandra Post in 1979 “I won this one with my putter” Young said “and that’s what makes it special I honestly don’t think I have ever won a tournament on the strength of my putter and that’s why I’m so excited” e Alcott took a lead at one-strok- e 6 72-ho- le d one-strok- Crown the 10th hole when Young had a bogey but Young regained the lead on the next hole with a birdie against Alcott’s bogey Alcott tied two holes lait up at ter but Young charged again and grabbed the lead for keeps with a birdie on the par-- 3 14th hole “Ujust ran out of gas” said Alcott who played the final round with a Los Angeles Dodgers cap snug on her head “I just didn’t have it down the stretch” Young said she was pressing the attack throughout the final round “The day wasn’t tough and it wasn’t easy” she said “I wasn’t protecting the lead I was hitting at the pins I was going for the course record and wasn’t worrying about Standard-Examin- Monday April 7 1980 3B er anyone else “I didn’t want to pay attention to the leader board or what anyone else was doing I tried to play each hole as it came I’ve had a five or lead in the final round of other tournaments and I don’t play well in those situations That’s why I tried for the course record and didn’t let up” Alcott earned $24500 for her runner-up showing while third-plac- e finisher Jane Blalock had a 279 total and earned $17500 Pat Meyers was fourth at 281 with Jo Anne Carner fifth at 284 Nancy Lopez and Beth Solomon tied for sixth place at 286 with Sandra Haynie Jo Ann Washam and Debbie Austin six-stro- ke another stroke back at 287 No Gimmick Necessary For Masters Associated Press The golf tour moves to Augusta and the magnificent Masters this week and thank goodness there electrical apparatus attached to the shirts of the birdiechasing elite The Masters always has been content to just run a golf tournament the best in the world It doesn’t need gimmicks to sell its product It shuns fanfare and Times change the Masters never The setting is incomparable — an exacting course fashioned among the statuesque pines flowering dogwood and azalea of a onetime Georgia nursery The cast: All the fairway VIPs there by invitation wall be no u mm fol-der- ol 1 -- hi l 'll Ll - vv 1L - only This microphone business is a bit bush as witness last weekend in the Heritage Classic at Hilton Head SC It’s a TV idea designed to add a little razzmatazz to a sport suffering in the ratings ViT-SvtLLJ- i q q vf b'? n Golf commissioner Deane went for it Now he would be wise to nix it Golf isn’t a sport It’s a dignified man against course exercise in which concentration is of the essence £ I' v"V- DONNA CAPONI YOUNG and her caddie Dale Derouaux Colgate-DinaShore Tournament embrace after she won the h Sunday Be-ma- hip-hip-hoor- :M z' ay WHO CARES Who cares anyway what a group of pro golfers may say on the tee? WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION Pipino Cuevas stands in a corner while referee counts out challenger Harold Volbrecht during the fifth round of their title fight bad-mouth- LOOKS AHEAD TO LEONARD BOUT uevas Flattens Challenger HOUSTON (UPI) — Promoters representing Sugar Ray Leonard and Mexico’s Pipino Cuevas are negotiating to stage a world welterweight title fight an unusual event missing since the boxing world was split in half last decade Bob Arum of Top Rank Inc said such a first-rat- e match was a near certainty and he expects to announce it next week One matter holding it up was a cut over Cuevas’ right eye which he knockout suffered in his fifth-roun- d of South African southpaw Harold Volbrecht Sunday In attendance were Arum and Leonard Before that bout the estimated 7000 supporters of Cuevas held aloft banners proclaiming him the welterweight king of the world Cuevas 22 has been the World Boxing Association champion since July 1976 He had to beat Volbrecht to receive an invitation from Arum to fight Leonard but that was a virtual certainty judging by his confident performance against the fifth-ranke- d WBA challenger Rafael Mendoza the matchmaker of Sunday’s fight said “There is a strong possibility that we can close it (the Leonard fight) tomorrow” He said Arum and officials of the Co of Mexico City which handles Cuevas were trying to Pronesa resolve minor differences late Sunday “There is a strong possibility that if Leonard wants to fight Cuevas and if Cuevas wants to fight Leonard that it will be held” Mendoza said In Sunday’s fight Cuevas started slowly and absorbed some punish- ment through the first three With the partisan crowd chanting “Mexico! Mexico!” to start the fifth round Cuevas used a roundhouse left to send Volbrecht 23 to the canvas He rolled onto his side and was counted out The knockout was Cuevas’ 10th in his 11 title defenses since 1976 Volbrecht appeared to have Cuevas concerned in the early rounds but the champion was apparently waiting until the compact challenger wore himself out It was Volbrecht’s third loss in 25 professional fights rounds Nebraska Sweeps Gymnastics Honors Neb (UPI) — Jim Nebraska teamhis Hartung and mates were impolite hosts for the LINCOLN national gymnastics championships They virtually walked away with this year in hosting the everything three-danationals for the first time and becoming the first school to win the NCAA team title at 1980 NCAA y home Without Iowa State’s premier American vaulter Ron Galimore the 1980 championships might have proved what everyone predicted before the nationals started: Nebraska and Hartung were alone in gymnastics this year But Galimore a junior from Tallahassee Fla and a transfer student from Louisiana State stole some of the excitement and recognition from Hartung and the by posting three perfect scores of 10 in the vault Nebraska’s list of accomplishments is also impressive title Hartung won the 11502 with points Friday night then picked up the rings crown Saturday night with a combined total of 19450 During the three days Hartung appeared in every event except the final one — the horizontal bar Saturday Cor-nhuske- rs all-aroun- d two-da- y night Nebraska relying on Hartung’s NCAA record-settinperformance of 58025 total points during Saturday’s team finals won its second straight title with 5633 points outclassing Iowa State by a commandg ing 565 points and gon by 985 third-plac- e Ore- WON BOTH In addition freshman Phil Cahoy won both the parallel bars and horizontal bar titles with 19550 in each sharing the horizontal title with LSU’s Darrell Kerbell Sophomore Steve Elliott also won the floor exercise title for the Huskers with a total of 19550 Hartung’s individual total during the team finals eclipsed the NCAA record of 5770 points set last year by Indiana State’s Kurt Thomas now an assistant coach at Arizona two-da- y State while preparing for the 9-- 2 amateur fights was knocked down twice but won a 1 decision over Sweden’s Anders Eklund The two American judges voted for Clark and a Swedish judge scored the win for Eklund in the tournament at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi The American a 2 from Coatesville Pa dropped Eklund with a body shot in the opening d Swede round but the bounced back to deck Clark in the waning seconds of the round The second round was close with 2-- 6-- 6-- 5 210-pound- er 237-poun- both fighters landing solid Ekpunches but the lund put Clark down for eight 22-year-- counts in the final round The Americans suffered only two losses Donald Currry of Fort Worth Tex lost when he suffered a cut in the first round of his match against Sweden’s Vesa Koskela and light flyweight Richard Sandoval ofPomola Calif lost when of ed judgment” Kite Wadkins and Lietzke all were personally embarrassed The incident is bound to leave scars Wiring sports figures is not a new fad for TV geniuses always looking for a more personal touch They’ve tried it in football and baseball sometimes with regrets As the golfers did a guy forgets he’s wired and blurts expletives that changes the show from a “G” rating to an “R” or an “X” 1980 Olympics Dave Stoldt of Illinois won the pommel horse title with 19450 BOATERS SPEND NIGHT AT MARINA at” boaters spent all night in the Bear Lake State Park Marina building in order to get a chance at renting one of 114 boat slips available under a points “I was the AAU nationals champ last year” Stoldt said “but the NCAAs are what everyone looks US Boxers Notch Win BILOXI Miss (UPI) — US amateur boxers took a lopsided victory over a championship team of Scandinavians Saturday night including a controversial split decision victory by American heavyweight Jimmy Clark Clark 24 a veteran of nearly 180 Nobody much but in this case John Schroeder cared a whole lot John is a serious young pro tourist whose father Ted played tennis on the US Davis Cup team and won Wimbledon Young Shroeder was fit to be tied — rightfully so — when he found out that a trio of his contemporaries Tom Kite Lanny Wad-ltin- s and Bruce Lietzke equipped with microphones had him about slow play on national television while they were waiting on a tee in Saturday’s round Knowing they were wired for sound but not realizing they were on camera all three joined in the criticism Wadkins quipped that Schroeder would realize he was slow “when a pigeon landed on him” Kite said Schroeder should be “fined and fined and suspended” Lietkze agreed The whole country was listening Schroeder was livid Admitting he was slow but always within time bounds the Californian went on the air to give a rebuttal “It shows no class” he said “the poorest kind first-com- e he was unable to make the weight limit In other categories won by the United States: Flyweight Randy King of Nashville Tenn stopped Jari Halto of Finland on a cut in the second round 106-pou- nd Bantamweight Richard Savage La decisioned Jari Groenroos of Finland Featherweight Robert Franco of Corpus Christi Tex decisioned Denmark’s Fleming Hansen Lightweight Robin BlakeVei-of Cleveland Tex stopped Jens ling of Denmark on a technical knockout in the first round Light welterweight Johnny Bum-pa- s of Tacoma Wash stopped Fleming Pedersen of Denmark on a TKO in the second round Light middleweight Don Bowers of Jackson Tenn decisioned Leo of Monroe Vaijonen of Sweden Middleweight Poncho Carter of knockAtlanta scored a first-rounout over Tapjo Partonen of Finland Light heavyweight Steve Adams of Philadelphia won when Heikki Majanen of Finland was unable to make r the weight limit d GARDEN CITY — Some 80 first-serve- d program Dave Morrow marina superintendent said all the slips were issued by 7:30 am with more slip seekers showing up He said over 100 persons were in the lineup when day- light arrived It was not known how many boaters would be turned away as more were arriving each moment said Officer Morrow He indicated it could be once again the number who showed up as early as Thursday at the state park to be on hand for this morning’s slip rental day The Utah Board of Parks and Recreation voted to retain the system after boaters indicated at hearings they would rather have it that way than go to a lottery system The demand for boat slips has increased tremendously the past year and the state division of parks and recreation is building more at several popular waters to at least partially meet the demand this summer first-com- e first-serve- d Shadier Steams Past Field for Tourney Title Although Tom Purtzer set the pace in the first round with a course-recor64 Stadler moved out front after 36 holes and maine lead going into tained a final round Sunday’s Purtzer had rounds of 78 and 77 ta Ga misThe pudgy California native Friday and Saturday before recovsed the cut at last week’s Heritage ering with a 71 Sunday to finish at Classic and had finished in 67th and 290 55th places respectively in the two Stadler had a 69 Friday to go with on an worked But he weeks opening 67 and pulled two shots previous his game and it paid off Sunday ahead of young Pat McGowan who with a victory in the finished at 293 Stadler had a 71 tournament and a Saturday and entered Sunday’s Greensboro round two shots ahead of Bill Cal-fe- e check $45000 I so who slipped to a 79 and finished “I’m happy can’t believe it” 288 68 Stadler said after his that gave at 275 total at the Stadler said it makes a differhim a Forest Oaks Country Club Course ence to shoot consistent sub-pa- r “It’s nice to walk down those last golf and he’s looking forward to the two holes with a lead famed Augusta National course “I know I’m playing well I know could stumble My gosh you your I score well” he said “I just can way in” to want earnStadler’s check pushed his get out and play more golf ings for the year to $117611 and put It’s fun all of a sudden” him second on the winnings list behind Tom Watson who has two Five-Mil- e victories and $140275 Run It was the second PGA victory for Stadler 26 in his fifth year on WSC the tour His first came this year in the Bob Hope Classic the first tourA five-mil- e “Trail to Success” nament of the season will be held Saturday at 10 am run “I was just trying to get as many beginning at the Weber State Col(birdies) as I could” said Stadler lege Stadium who opened Sunday’s round with A $4 entry fee will be charged birdies at the first and second and there will be categories for all holes He bogeyed the third hole ages will be issued to all but breezed after the seventh hole participants while certificates and with three more birdies on the way ribbons will be awarded to the first home three finishers in ten different REALLY GOOD categories Prizes will also be “Once I got to eight I played handed out really good from there on” said information may be obFurther Stadler who admitted he had trou- tained by calling Craig Brandow at ble all week at the third fourth and 6 2 or Steve Kerr at seventh holes “I hit a real good shot on eight I said ‘Hell go ahead and go after it’” Ball tie for secThere was a four-wa- y ond place at 261 including former US Open champion Jerry Pate Bill Kratzert George Burns and A four-ma- n Australian Jack Newton best ball tournament Pate had the best round of the scheduled for Saturday at 9 am 67 and said he weather permitting will be the day at a had chance to win the opening activity of the season for thought he until Stadler made a prospective and current members tournament couple of late birdies He also ad- of the Ben Lomond Men’s Golf Asmitted he let his mind drift to this sociation 4 week’s Masters tournament which Contact the pro shop at for sign-u- p information Pate has long wanted to win “I started thinking about Augusta which was bad” Pate said “You ought to play one tournament First at a time and one hole at Febre” Burns who won his first tournain Febment at the Crosby Pro-Aruary finished with a 69 while FARMINGTON — The 1980 LaKratzert had a 70 and Newton a 68 Phoenix Open winner Jeff Mitch- goon Demolition Derby season got ell was alone in sixth at 283 after a under way here at the Davis Stadium Saturday night with Gary 71 Sunday and defending champof Bybee of Sunset winning the main a four ion Ray Floyd led group event 284 golfers at Floyd was alone in second place Bybee drove his 1965 Dodge to — three strokes behind at main event while victory — after seven holes but a Dana in the Stadler of Woods Cross finishTracy late bogey and double bogey dropp- ed runner-up a 1965 in Chrysler ed him to 73 for the day Others at 284 were reigning Masters champOther winners were: First heat ion Fuzzy Zoeller Morris Hatalsky — 1 Steve Carroll Layton 1966 and Mike Reid Chrysler 2 Jim Gregory Layton IRON PLAY 1968 Chrysler Second heat — 1 Newton said he was pleased with Dana Tracy Woods Cross 1965 his iron play but had problems on Chrysler 2 Bob Skeen Layton the greens 1967 Chrysler “I was very happy with the way I Another demolition derby will be hit the ball” Newton said “I haven’t been able to make my share held Saturday at 6 pm in Davis of putts Maybe I’m saving them Stadium Entry information may be obtained by calling for next week” GREENSBORO NC (UPI) — Craig Stadler had no reason to think he would play well in the Greater Greensboro Open based on his previous three weeks but now he can’t wait to tee it up at Augus- six-stro- d two-strok- ke six-stro- ke Set Saturday at T-shi- rts 626-640- 626-672- Event Scheduled Saturday Best 782-990- m Bybee Wins Demolition Derby ’ 773-843- 8 : |