Show Logan Utah Monday Jbm U Hi Horrid Jevrnd-- JJ 1171 Edwards claims AAU double LOS ANGELES (UPI) — Clancy Edwards of Edwin Moses of Morehouse of Atlanta was unable : University of Southern California became the first to defend his Intermediate hurdles title man in 35 years to score an NCAA and AAU sprint because he had the flu He set a world record of 4745 double Saturday when he registered a in last year’s AAU meet Auburn's James Walker dash at the National AAU won the event in 4903 victory in the Track and Field Championships Kate Schmidt the world record holder in the The USC senior from Santa Ana Calif women's discus at 227-- 5 had a string of five AAU with the rocket finish roared into the lead with 50 victories broken by Sherry Calvert Calvert won with meters to go and won easily a toss of 203-- 7 for her fourth AAU crown while SchThe last man to score 100 and NCAA-AAmidt coming back from a shoulder separation was victories in the same year was Harold Davis of second at 198-- 5 University of California Berkeley in 1943 James Robinson outkicked Kenyan Mike Bolt to The 56 Edwards the 1977 World Cup capture the run in 1:4547 for his first AAU : champion won the AAU 100 Friday in 1014 title and Maxle Parks formerly of UCLA won the to shade Jamaica's Don Quarrie by dash In 45:15 of a second In the women's 1500-metfinal Jan Merrill won ’ In the 200 run in 85degree weather at UCLA's in 4:0940 after Francie Larrieu dropped out on the Drake Stadium Edwards had a much easier time final lap James Gilkes was second in 1046 and Larrieu winner two years in a row explained “I : Tony Darden of the Philadelphia Pioneers finished Just didn't want it I need a break from track It’s like third in 2048 I don't even care Tomorrow I'm going to hate Edwards personally accounted for 22 Vi points last weekend in Eugene Ore to lead USC to the NCAA myself” American record holder Henry Marsh of Brigham team title Young third in the 3000-mete- r steeplechase in last Edwards said he planned to go to Europe Sunday week’s NCAA meet behind Kenyan Hairy Bono of : but added he would compete for the US team Washington State and James Munyala of Texas El against the Russian national team in a dual meet at Paso won his first national title with an 8:2731 : Berkeley Calif July 6 victory in the event “I consider myself the best 200 man in the world but One hour and 55 minutes after capturing the I won’t say I’m the best sprinter yet” Edwards said women’s 1500 Merrill jointed sprinter Edwards as a “I won't say that until I get a couple more important double winner with a strong performance in the 3JMO-- i victories” meter run She was timed in 8:5639 in posting her : Two American records were set by women third straight AAU 3000 win Saturday Jodi Anderson of Cal State Northridge won Veteran A1 Feuerbach who has a lifetime best of the long Jump at in 1973 won his fourth AAU shotput title at 67- beating 1976 Olympic silver medalist Kathy McMillan who was second at 23644 0V4 and James Butts the new American record1 Anderson's effort was the third-belong Jump by a holder went for his first AAU triple Jump woman in track and field history and broke the old championship American mark of 236 set by McMillan In 19761 The Bill Schmidt' formerly of Tennessee beat NCAA world record is23-114- 4 held by Sigrum Siegel of East champ Bob Boggy of Southern Illinois in the javelin Germany set in 1976 at 27W Roggy was second with 272-The other American women’s record was set at The Tobias Striders of Los Angeles won the AAU I 22:60 seconds by Brenda Morehead in the semifinals team championship while Edwards and Anderson of the dash erasing a mark of 22:62 set by were voted the outstanding male and female athletes- Evelyn Ashford last year Ashford came back in the finals however to beat Morehead in 22:66 Morehead was runner-u-p with a time of 22:86 Dan Ripley upset NCAA champion and defending AAU titlist Mike Tully of UCLA in the pole-vau- lt in a Jump-of- f at 16-- 3 Tully was second at 18-- 0 Steve Scott America’s premier miler from : Compiled from United Press Intenatfoual ' University of California Irvine who captured the NCAA 1500 meters last week made it two AAU 1500 Brigham Young University steeplechase veteran titles in a row but the victory wasn't easy Scott beat Marsh was one of upperclassmen at i Hairy South African Sidney Maree with a lunge at the tape Western Athletic Conferenceright Universities to win the in 3:3883 Maree was timed in 3:3887 for second honor of scholar-athle- te of the year for 1977-7-8 according to WAC Commissioner Stan Bates j Each university names one student-athlet-e either a junior or senior who has demonstrated athletic and ' academic prowell prowess in his collegiate career Also named were baseball players Jim Bryan of Colorado State and Sal Floras of Texaa-E- l Paso swimmer Dave Noteal of Wyoming Utah skier Jan 400-met- er 2025-secon- d 200-met- 200-met- U 170-poun- 800-met- er 200-met- 400-met- er er Ex-Troj- 1 7-- I BTIVI CAUTHEN hu Affirmed at the wire tqripAlydar Har 8byd f” Stafces te1lJtnont aradBjs cwreted Triple Crowe Affirmed became the 11th horse to via the Grewa which teciudes the Ken- - eeeood mores to Saratoga hi the iiMsifTnnm fltabns NEW YORK (UPI) It was a duel that Preakness and the Belmont Stakes while would have broken another horse's heart Affirmed Joins Sir Barton Gallant Fox and shaken another Jockey's nerve Omaha War Admiral Whirlaway Count But neither Affirmed nor Steve Cauthen Fleet Assault Citation Secretariat and let the Incredible pressure put upon them Seattle Slew as Triple Crown winners “We’ll 'get him again Iqr Aljdar and Jorge Velasques through the sometime last mile of Saturday's Belmont Stakes somewhere” said John Veitch who deter them By a mere head in a photo trained Alydar “I thought the first half finish the pair became the 11th Jockey-hors- e mile was a little slow but what the heck combination to win the Triple Crown Alydar andAffirmed went 4 mile At first it seemed If Affirmed would Jorge Velasques rode a great gallop through most of the race and Alydar race but then so did Cauthen” would stage another of his tremendous Affirmed loaded In the gate without instretch drives But Velasques moved his cident and despite JudgeAdvoeate's false mount up to challenge Affirmed with a mile start broke well and went to the front In to go in the le race as the two left the taking the field through the first quarter In rested the field far behind :25i Soon he was challenged by Alydar who - There has never been a duel like that in a took over second from Judge Advocate and V9& Belmdat Stakes and the mi ranrihedrteagthbehtod'M Was the smallest ever by a champion in the Belmont " “It was a tremendous race I couldn’t dramatic move and brought the big copper-colore- d belive it” said Cauthen who shed tears in colt alongside his golden foe the winner’s circle "I’ve been MifaHag of “I Just wanted to stay with him” said Cauthen the youngest Jockey ever to win winning the Triple Crown ever since I was a kid the Triple Crown “I Just kept my horse in “The pace was slow for the first mile front as long as I could without pressing almost like coasting Velasques came to me him Jle likes to run ahead I thought early and tried to run me into the ground Alydar got the lead at the pole but but he didn’t make it’’ Affirmed pushed ahead and we stayed that Alydar is now the only colt to have way to the wire” finished second in the Kentucky Derby the The two finished 13 4 lengths in front of 3-- bead-and-he- u ad 144-mi- In i 3-- Lopez paces LPGA (UPI) —Nancy Lopez continued her drive towards a fourth straight victory Saturday 69 to take a commanding lead shooting a at the end of three rounds of the 8150000 LPGA Championship the rookie sensation from Roswell NM started the day tied for the lead with JoAnn Washam and Alcott but her sc we of 205 was five shots better the 74s they both carded Alcott who had 68s the first two rounds quickly dropped off the pace when she bogeyed the first two holes Lopes took sole possession of the top spot when she birdied the eighth and ninth boles while Washam bogeyed the eighth Lopes who hu won five LPGA tour events so for this year and more than 896000 in prize money made d the turn in three under par 33 on the par 72 Jack Nkklaus golf Center course then reeled off nine straight pars on the back side to protect her lead lives le 6250-yar- i$ 0 0 0 0 f 0 0 0 0 0 i Lew Cryer has officially become the second commissioner in the history of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association The associate director of intercollegiate athletics at the University of Oregon agreed in Eugene Saturday to accept the post after PCAA officials selected Cryer over two other candidates Friday The vote came at the conclusion of the three-da- y PCAA Spring Meetings in Logan “We had three fine people as candidates” admitted Utah State University Athletic Director Ladell Andersen Saturday “We could have lived with any one of the three I 200-met- er 2:263-- 5 V It was Affirmed's seventh victory in the ' nine duels with Alydar an unprecedented rivalry that began in early 1977 and continued though three states and two years Last year Affirmed won the Eclipse Award (racing's Oscar) as of the season on the basis of his edge over Alydar which Included victories in the Alydar prestigious Champagne Stakes as wettest: the Great American but trainer Barrera had excuses for each of those two defeats and during the winter took the son of Exclusive Native to California while Alydar and John Veitch wintered in Florida Affirmed who now has 14 victories in 16 starts has earned S1133A07 the most ever at this point in the season for S with the winner’s purse of $110590 Affirmed was sent off as a 5 favorite by the crowd of 65417 3-- Coole Coole wingagain Leon Jensen made it aboard Bill Gibbs’ Coole Coole Saturday as the Cache Valley Quarter Horse Association conducted its second racing program of the season on Cache the County FairgroundsTlrack two-in-a-r- Coole Coole held off the late challenge of Carl Siefert’s He’s A Missile to win the feature futurity over 300 two-year-o-ld MEMPHIS Term (UPI) Fastfinishing Rod Curl and faltering Andy Bean finished with identical scores Saturday to take leads into the final round of the Memphis Golf Classic Bean who won last week's Kemper Open started the day at six under par and had gained four strokes through 16 holes on the Colonial Country Club course He then promptly bogeyed No 17 and missed a birdie putt on 18 — which would have given him sole possession of the lead going into Sunday's final round He ended the round with a 69 Curl started the day at four under par two strokes behind Bean and four behind Simons second-roun- d leader Jim He shot a 54imfer-pa-r 67 On Memorial' yards Saturday however and finished with Day Jensen rode Gibbs’ three birdies to catch the leader horse to victory in the feature on that futurity Simons the winner of the Memorial program Tournament three weeks ago Overall Jensen posted 72 Saturday managed only an even-pa- r and went Into the final round tied with three wins two seconds Alan Tapie Barry Jaeckel and Tom and a pair of thirds to claim fop Jockey honors Purtzer ooe stroke behind the leaders just two points ahead of Three players were tied at 209 two Chris Peterson It was shots behind the leaders going into the Steve who Godfrey finishing round They were Gil edged Peterson by a Morgan who shot a 67 Saturday Bob mere one point on Gilder with a 71 in the third round and Memorial Day Kermit Zarley who finished Saturday ’ Vilarr Ransom's atevenpar Speedy Scoop was also a repeat winner Saturday claiming top honors in the fifth race for three and four year olds and of non-winne- rs two previous races Peterson rode the mount to the day’s quickest time of 1484 seconds over 300 yards Jensen’s other wins came on John Bingham’s Mr Moon Hawk in the fourth race and aboard Ben Flygare's Anjou Image in the sixth sprint Peterson also had a pair of early wins Track highlights 660-ya- rd ' r Dave Forth Atwater Calif hurled the discus 2036 Saturday at the 19th annual Golden West High School Invitational Track and Field Meet in Sacramento Porth’s throw bettered the national record of 207-- 8 set last month by Scott CrinreO Mason City Iowa Poland’s GrasyBalabsriyB posted a women’s hurdles world record Saturday in Fuerth West Germany with a time of 1248 seconds The previous mark of 1259 was set by East Germany’s 106-mete- Anadie Ehrhardtin -- Wichita Wonder owned Wendell by Stuart failed to repeat in the finale Leading the race the horse bolted toward the rail and Jockey Tim Mathews tumbled off uninjured onto the track Knit Robison’s Spittin Image won the race followed by Paula Jones’ Dial’s Jet and Curtis Smith’s Kid Go Results of the day's races appear In The Herald Journal’s Spots Scoreboard on page 18 1 1972 ' ' “Lew is aggressive a doer and real organized He hu been in the athletic business and hu had success in anything he has touched in athletics We’ll have to help him become with familiar the national organization but I feel good about the choice” A strong feeling of support among PCAA athletic directors made former Air Force Academy football coach Ben Martin a strong candidate for the job But the combined vote of chancellors athletic presidents represMtativu and athletic directors resulted in a singular final vote for each member institution and Cryer was voted into the position Cryer’s most obvious strength lies in the area of fund raising but he is also an outstanding promoter A native of Menlo Park Calif Cryer received degrees from the college of San Mateo and the California Polytechnical institute at San Luis Obispo Calif He also spent four years program director and sports o director for in San Luis Obispo and was later sports information director at u KVEC-Radi- CalPoly-SL- O In 1971 Cryer Joined the staff at the University of Pacific in Stockton as the executive director of the school’s athletic foundation He inherited a fund-raisiprogram that had gathered some 823000 the year before his arrivaL ng In 1975 he wu named assistant athletic director and had pushed the school’s fund drive over the 8335000 mark That set the stage for his appointment at Oregon “I hired Lew to help steer us through the period of great financial challenge being faced by all athletic departments” revealed Oregon Athletic Director John Caine “His Initial efforts in this economically difficult time more than matched the high expectation we had for his talents” masterminded a combined g promotions and push that eventually surpassed the 8500000 mark That was 25 percent beyond the original goal Cryer fund-raisin- Utah State's recent Jump from some 860000 a year ago to more than 8150000 in funds raised can also be attributed to much of Cryer’s influence He spoke to USUs Big Blue Club well before the recent drive began and pointed the group in the right direction The cofounder of the National Conference on Athletic Fund Raising which is being utilized Iqr many of the institutions across America Cryer and his wife Sandy have two children Matthew 10 and Allison 7 The Herald Journal learned of Cryer's selection leu than an hour after the vote Friday The other final candidate wu Retired Air Force Maj Gen Edmund A Rafalko the former athletic director at the Air Force i ' : Catcher Ed Hermann unhappy with the Houston Astros Friday was sold to the Montreal Expos for an undisclosed amount of money son of the Mickey Mantle Jr the former New York Yankees slugger and Hall of Famer was released by the Alexandria Dukes of the Class A Carolina League after he hit Just 070 in the Academy in Colorado Springs Cryer will take office on July succeeding Jesse T Hill who hu announced his I retirement The finalization of USUs football schedule for the 1978 season came during the PCAA gathering The member institutions declared the Aggies’ Sept 30 visit to the University of Wyoming in Laramie as an alternate league “We had asked for the Utah game in Logan to be our alternate league game on the theory to have many league games near the end of the uason possible” Andersen explained “They (the PCAA) felt all of the league games at home was unfair” USU will host San Jom State Long Beach State Fresno State ud Pacific in Romney Stadium in 1978 thus prompting the PCAA members to seek an away game for the Aggies’ alternate league contest Fullerton State the remaining football playing institution in the PCAA will Join USU's schedule u in 1979 PCAA members also agreed to officially apply to the NCAA for a bowl game to likely be played in 1980 "It takes two years after you apply to get everything approved" Andersen active committee explained “but we have The promotion of a bowl game wiL also be one of the new commissioner’s big Jobs” The conference delegates also agreed to maintain the Pacific Coast Athletic Association tag for the time being USU President Glen L Taggart reportedly moved to table the name change although it had been Utah State which originally suggested a more u geographically realistic ume ‘ club's first 49 games BYU linebacker MekeU breads a sixth round draft pick of the Chicago Bears has signed a contract with the NFL club Cleveland's struggling National Hockey League franchise may not survive next week's league' meetings in Montreal The Cleveland Press hu reported discussions between Barons owners George and Gordon Gund and other hockey interests about the possibility of merging the Barons with another NHL dub which would play all its games elsewhere or moving the team intact to another location game u r Professional dealings Cryer accepts PCAA commissioner’s position IpOnftQttflr - t L Wyoming’s league grid counter By Gary Jones 4 71-7- 44 55-54- 4 4-- - 22-7- 44 st Darby Creek Road in the 8184J00 race Judge Advocate was fourth and Noon Time Spender fifth Alydar and Affirmed seemed to accelerate as they waged against each other and went the distance in 2:26 5 the third fastest Belmont on record ' Secretariat’s 2:24 was the track record while Gallant Man's 1957 Belmont went at 0 0 uTTT TrkiphntnJ Bean Curl share lead MASON Ohio ! tttOJOO- - btsHhss T — Laurelw Futurity th I The two hraeea wm§ amm - i li ell One races eodd meet agate as early u August when the Preakaess and the tjjfrDirtw BalnMrtitohaa Alydar la the meantime became the edj colt to have finished “One reason” revealed Andersen “is that if we do expand we feel we could talk to the other new school or schools about the new name And there wu a feeling that the PCAA did get recognition recently and that people recognize the current ume now more than before" The success of Fullerton State in the NCAA basketball playoffs and strong finish in the NCAA Track and Field Championships had much to do with the deciston to delay the renaming The name change however could be considered again later officials said A PCAA expansion committee is busy but is not expected to seek any new members in the immediate future Andersen did indicate however that an interest in New Mexico State did still exist Cal-Irvin- Fresno State President Norman A Baxter and Athletic Director Gene Bourdet have reportedly made a recent visit to the New Mexico State campus to see the school's athletic facilities Delegates hi Logan also announced again bold its it will basketball tournament All eight teams will participate in the event on March 3 at the Anaheim Convention Center post-seaso- n 1-- I |