America’s Cup
Cup committee
faces decision
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Se
lecting the 12-meter yacht that
will defend the America’s Cup
for the 23rd time may be the
most difficult decision the New
York Yacht Club's America’s
Cup committee has ever had to
make.
That was the evaluation Fri
day of Robert W. McCullough,
commodore of the New York
Yacht Club, after his review of
the trial races between the
American 12-meter yachts Cou
rageous, the 1974 defender, En
terprise and Independence.
“We’ve got three good boats.
Either that or three turkeys,’’
McCullough said. “But I think
they’re good.”
Reflecting on the records the
three American yachts com
piled through June and July
trials McCullough said: “I don’t
think the race records mean
very much at all.”
Courageous has the best
record against the other two
contenders for defense honors
at 14-7. Enterprise, newest of
the American 12s, is 11-12, while
Independence, Courageous’
King’s Point Syndicate
stablemate, is 7-13.
“What we (the America’s Cup
committee) need to know is
which boat is best sailed, has
the fewest breakdowns, and
ideally is the faster, too,”
McCullough said.
He said he believes it’s too
early to tell which boat will be
selected, and added: “We’ve
still got time. We haven’t gotten
near a decision, but nobody’s
been eliminated.”
The commodore recalled the
summer of 1962 when Weath
erly, Columbia and Nefertiti
were close during trial races.
“Nefertiti looked good early,”
he said, “but Columbia was the
Kite holds own
at golf classic
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -
Tom Kite has a theory about
golf tournaments.
“You can’t win a tournament
in the first round, or the second
round, or the third round,” he
said.
“All you can do on those days
is try not to lose the golf tour
nament; jockey for position; try
to put yourself in position where
you can win it on the last day.”
And Kite, defending the only
title he has ever won, has done
just that.
He went two over par after
seven holes of Friday’s second
round and was in danger of los
ing his spot among the leaders,
and, possibly, his chance at
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favorite, having defended the
Cup in 1958, and Weatherly
came on strong later and was
eventually selected.”
Weatherly went on to defeat
Australia’s Gretel after losing
the second race of the best-of
seven series.
The 1974 sentimental favorite
to defend yachting’s supreme
trophy was Intrepid, the suc
cessful defender of the Cup in
1967 and 1970. There were two
new aluminum 12-meter yachts
also vying then for defense hon
ors—Courageous and Mariner.
Mariner was a radical 12-me
ter designed by Britton Chance
Jr. But before the final trial
series began in August, 1974, the
underbody of the yacht was
changed to a more conventional
design.
Mariner was defeated
soundly by Courageous, and In
trepid and was never consid
ered a serious contender to de
fend the Cup. Intrepid and Cou
rageous raced down to the wire,
and it was a tough decision for
the New York Yacht Club to
pick a boat to defend against
Australia’s Southern Cross.
Courageous was picked and
skippered by Ted Hood, now of
Independence, and beat the
challenger in four races.
“The America’s Cup com
mittee couldn’t be more de
lighted,” McCullough said.
“And because we’ve got this
closeness now, we’ll be better
off in September.”
There are four foreign chal
lenges—Gretel II and the new
Australia, both from the land
down under; one of two French
challengers owned by Baron
Marcel Bich, and Sverige of
Sweden.
The foreign boats begin elimi
nation races Aug. 4. American
trials resume Aug. 16.
eventual victory in the $200,000
Philadelphia Classic.
But he rallied with birdies on
five of six holes beginning on the
ninth to salvage an erratic, two
under-par 69. That gave him a
tie for the halfway lead with
New Zealand’s John Lister at
135, seven under par on the
tight, testing little 6,687-yard
Whitemarsh Valley Country
Club course.
A bogey from a flying lie—a
problem with relatively long
grass on the fairways that has
plagued all the players—on the
final hole kept it from being a
good one. And it cost Kite sole
control of the lead, dropping
him back into a tie with the
lanky Lister, who putted his
way to a six-under-par 65.
He holed five putts in the 12-15
foot range and dropped another
from about 40 feet.
One stroke out of the lead at
136 was slender Danny Ed
wards. Edwards, a winner at
Greensboro earlier in the year,
shot a 69 in the mild, hazy
weather. J. C. Snead, with a 71,
and Mike Hill, who had an eagle
two on his way to a 69, were at
137.
First-round leader Terry
Diehl, who said he “wasn’t with
it mentally; L played like a
zombie,” slipped to a 73 and was
in a large group at 138. Also at
that figure, and their second
round scores, were Bob East
wood and Bob Murphy, 66;
rookie Brady Miller, 67; Jerry
McGee, 68; Grier Jones and
Victor Regalado, 69; Bob Gil
der, 70 and Bill Rogers, 71.
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coach Doug Shively share a laugh during practice at Furman University near Greenville
Friday afternoon. (AP)
Boxing
Monzon to face Colombian
in last defense of title
MONTE CARLO (AP) - Car
los Monzon, symbol of an era in
boxing that brought most of the
major titles away from the
United States, makes what he
says is his last defense today
after holding the middleweight
championship since 1970.
Monzon, who will be 36 in Au
gust, is taking $500,000 to give
Rodrigo Valdes of Colombia a
second chance 13 months after
he beat him easily in the same
ring down the hill from the pal
ace of Prince Ranier and Prin
cess Grace of Monaco.
Monzon insists the fight is his
last. According to his financial
adviser, Caco Steinberg, the
Argentine has amassed enough
money in 13 title defenses to
make this final bout into some
thing more than just another
Frank Sinatra my-very-last-
Baker
plans
to win
By JERRY GARRETT
AP Motorsports Writer
MT. POCONO, Pa. (AP) - As
he prepares for Sundays 500-
mile Grand National stock car
race, Buddy Baker wears his
biggest grin of 1977.
So far this season, there has
been little for the popular Char
lotte, N.C., driver to smile
about.
“For the first time in a long
while, we’re going to be fighting
to win instead of just fighting to
hang on,” beamed Baker, after
posting one of Friday’s best
practice speeds.
Baker’s Ford was back in the
hunt thanks to a rule change by
NASCAR that allows drivers of
Ford Mercurys to do a little
cylinder head work that is sup
posed to get them back on a par
with the Chevrolets and
Dodges—the season’s big win
ners.
“The new cylinder heads
have helped put us back in* the
fight,” Baker said. “Sure feels
awful good to be back.”
David Pearson, another of
Friday’s quickest, said his Mer
cury was helped “only a little”
by the rules change, but added,
“I think the new heads will help
Buddy more than us.” He didn’t
elaborate on why.
“On the dynamometer (en
gine tester) we didn’t pick up
anything on the lower end, and
just a little on top,” said Pear
son, who won 10 races last year
and only one so far this year.
“We’re not running much dif
ferent from last year.
“It’s just that everybody else
has got a lot faster."
Except for Pearson’s season
opening victory, Ford products
have been shut out this season.
Cale Yarbourough, Richard
Petty and Darrell Waltrip have
just about monopolized the first
18 of 30 races on this circuit.
Petty is the defending cham
pion in this 500-mile event. He
won last year when Pearson
suffered a flat tire while leading
less than 10 miles from the end.
Qualifying for the 40-car field
was scheduled to be completed
today, with a 1 p.m. EDT green
flag for Sunday’s race.
The $125,000 race is sponsored
by Coca Cola.
Light moment
performance routine.
Monzon’s friends say that
Carlos wants to end his career
in such away, hopefully by an
early knockout that will leave
no question about his being one
of the middleweight greats.
Regardless, Monzon has been
a pivotal figure in a decade in
which, except for the heavy
weight division, boxing has
come to function largely outside
the United States. The light
weight and welterweight
categories are almost entirely
dominated by non-American
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fighters and the two reigning
light heavyweights are from
Argentina.
Monzon defended only once in
the United States, knocking out
Tony Licata. “We could have
gone to the United States,” said
Tito Lectoure, the Argentine
promoter formerly associated
with Monzon. “But what for?
Carlos showed how you can get
the American television money
anyway without setting foot in
the place and wrestling with the
tax problems and the lousy live
gates.”
Falcons
Gregg Kindle surprises
staff with discontent
GREENVILLE, S.C.(AP) -
Gregg Kindle, a veteran offen
sive guard, was given a few
days to think over his career
with the Atlanta Falcons after
he left the National Football
League club’s training camp
Friday.
“It took us completely by
surprise,” said General Man
ager Eddie Leßaron. “I don’t
think money was the only fac
tor, but I’m not sure what the
other reasons are.
NFL Roundup
Stokes gets ultimatum
By The Associated Press
Offensive tackle Tim Stokes,
who started all 14 of the Wash
ington Redskins games last
year and wants more money for
his touble, has received an
ultimatum: sign or else.
Coach George Allan says he’ll
lay his plans on Monday and
that if Stokes hasn’t joined up
by then, he won’t be included in
those plans. If no agreement is
reached, Allan says he’ll move
Terry Hermeling from guard to
tackle and install Dan Nugent
as left guard.
While Allan said Friday
chances were dim that Stokes
would be in line by Monday,
Stokes said he and the Redskins
weren’t very far apart.
“My thing is a problem with
my contract, a purely monetary
matter,” Stokes said. He played
last year on a three-year con
tract carried over from Los
Angeles at less than $27,000.
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“We really didn’t say any
thing,” he said, “but he got up
set and left. It’s too bad.”
Kindle, 6-feet-4, 256 pounds
and in his option year, was
drafted in 1974 by the St. Louis
Cardinals. He joined the Fal
cons last year in a deal that sent
defensive end John Zook to St.
Louis.
Last season, Kindle missed
four games because of a badly
sprained ankle, but saw consid-
Elsewhere in the National
Football League, veteran offen
sive guard Gregg Kindle, who’s
in the option year of his con
tract, took Atlanta Falcons
General Manager Eddie Leßa
ron by surprise, walking out of
camp without explanation.
“I don’t think money was the
only factor but I’m not sure
what the other reasons are,”
Leßaron said of the 6-foot-4,256-
pounder. He said he’d give
Kindle some time to think and
would contact him next week.
Kindle joined the Falcons last
season after a trade from St.
Louis where he’d been a 1974
draft choice.
The NFL Player-Club Rela
tions Committee has told the
Miami Dolphins to decide by
Monday afternoon whether
they’ll trade or reinstate defen
sive linemen Randy Crowder
and Don Reese, who were sus
pended indefinitely last May
after they were charged with
erable action otherwise.
Also Friday, the team an
nounced it had waived five oth
er players, decreasing its roster
to 78. Those waived were
veteran center Jim Weatherley,
free agent linebacker Blane
Woodfin of Tulane and rookies
Robert Speer, a defensive end
from Arkansas State; Brad
Harriman, an offensive guard
from Missouri-Rolla, and Scott
O’Glee, a defensive tackle from
Texas Christian.
trying to sell a pound of cocaine
to an undercover agent. They
say the suspension is
prejudicial because they
haven’t stood trial yet.
Ruling on a grievance filed by
the pair, the committee said the
Dolphins must put the players
on waivers if they are not
traded or reinstated.
Dennis Swilley looked as
though he would hang up his
helmet even before he got
started, leaving camp after a
morning workout. But the Min
nesota Vikings second-round
draft choice had a talk with
General Manager Mike Lynn
and apparently had a change of
heart, returning to his fellows
by sundown.
Phil Dokes, the Buffalo Bills’
No. 1 draft pick, ended his two
week holdout, signing a series of
one-year contracts. The 6-foot-4,
270-pound defensive tackle from
Oklahoma State will work out
with the team today.
