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Show vv . 4 C The Salt Luke Tribune, Monday, May e&fW w. i v H ' l"1 ,.i 'SA ? '" Sizzling Aikens Bums Path to Bigs 16, 1977 Utahns Win in Pueblo By Ray Herbat Tribune Sports Writer One of the Gulls who did not particularly enjoy the second straight postponement of the Salt Sunday aftemnnn was Willie seiies Lake-Tacort- .a opener Aikens. the slugging first baseman. Wet grounds from Saturdays all day rain spiked Sundays contest, and the two teams will try again Monday night with a 630 pm doubleheader scheduled Pat Cristelli and Mike Overy will pitch for the Gulls, weather permitting Sunday s postponement will be made up the next time Tacoma comes to town in late June. Wanted to Play Special to The Tribune Salt PUEBLO, Colo. Lakers Larry Moulton and Ron Christensen won their classes and set track records Sunday in Sports Car Club of America national points races at the Pueblo Motor Sports Park. Moulton, driving a Triumph Spitfire, set a lap record of 1:45 3 in humming to the G Production class victory, - beating out runner-u- Aikens was one of the Gulls who wanted to play Sunday, despite the soggy infield. said Aikens, disapI felt good today, man, 1 really wanted to play. pointed over the wash-ou- t. Little doubt. Willie is going good and off to a tremendous start after the first 30 Gulls games. The lefthanded hitter out of Seneca, S C., has been one of the most impressive newcomers in the Pacific Coast League this spring. He is tied with shortstop Ranee Mulliniks for the team lead in home runs with seven. His 32 runs batted in leads the Gulls in that department and, despite all that power, Aikens has maintained a high batting average at .333. Im still not satisfied with my average, said Willie, while awaiting word whether Sundays game would go on as scheduled. I think I can do better." 6-- p Ray Evans, also of Salt Lake. Christensen, who is 32 points ahead in his Showroom Stock B class in this series of events, won his race here and clocked a lap record of 1:57.9 for his class. In addition to the national points races, the SCCA also staged regional races, and Salt Lakers did well in those also. Evans won his G Production race, and Darryl Hazelgren was second in F Production Associated Press Wireohoto tater for Aikens! Gulls Willie Aikcns always takes a full cut, and the Another results have been great for Salt Lake. Willie leads club in homers and RBIs. Nips Schroeder in Colonial Crenshaw Comes Back $1195 Ben Tex. (UPI) Crenshaw survived a front nine collapse, fired three back nine birdies to catch struggling John Schroeder and then won the $200,000 Colonial National Invitation Golf Tournament with a birdie putt on the 17th hole. Crenshaw, 25, made up five strokes on Schroeder and stayed just ahead of the fast closing Tom Watson to shoot a final round 69 for a 272 total and the $40,000 first prize. Schroeder, who had said 1977 would decide whether he stayed with professional golf, closed with a one-ovpar 71 for a 273. Watson, the Masters champion and the tours leading money 67 winner this year, had a three-unde- r to finish at 274. FORT WORTH, ANY SIZE LISTED six-fo- 695-1- 4 D78-1- 4 650-1- 3 er The tournament turned on the 13th and 14th holes On the par-fou- r 14th, Crenshaw holed a birdie putt while Schroeder pulled his tee shot on d No. 13, chipped short and to drop into a tie with Crenshaw at 25-fo- f Itexaco and spring " pitching Not Much Difference Willie said there isnt too much difference, as far as what he has seen, from some of the good Double-pitching and what he has faced here. Last year, at El Paso, Aikens led the Texas Leaue in home runs with 30 and RBIs with 117. The paea he A has established this spring compares favorably with his statistics of last year. Aikens was the Angels first draft choice in 1975, and the second pick in the entire nation that year. I played ball ever since I was this high," Aikens said, while holding his hand about three fee off the floor. Ive always wanted to be a baseball player. After high school, Aikens attended South Carolina State, playing one year there before the Angels signed him for a big bonus. I hit about .470 in college with 11 home runs in 27 games, he offeredAikens first professional season found him at where in 123 games he hit 17 Quad Cities, an home runs, drove in 91 runs and batted .288. Aikens has won several games already for the g home Gulls with clutch Uts, including rune. And the amazing thing about this slugger is that southpaw pitching doesnt seem to bother him. all bank cards accepjed i! JtML , ; late-innin- two-putte- seven-unde- r. Schroeder could never find a birdie in the closing holes. On No. 15 he missed and then on No. by an inch on a 16 missed a five-foputt. 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