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Newspaper Page TextLPGA Bradley eyes SIOO,OOO, titles HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (AP) - Pat Bradley set two goals for herself on this year’s tour of the Ladies Professional Golf Association—win two titles and earn SIOO,OOO. The 26-year-old from West ford, Mass., has accomplished half her goals and sees little problem of reaching them by the time the season ends. Bradley, in her fourth year on the tour, captured the Roch ester, N.Y. Classic for her first triumph of the year and only her second on the LPGA circuit. A tie for fifth in last week’s * .• VJI AUK HAUPPAUGE, N. Y. - Judy Rankin grits her teeth Wed nesday as she drives from tee in Pro Am division of the SIOO,OOO Long Island Charity Classic at Colonie Hill Golf Club, Haup pauge, N. Y. The 32-year-old Texan, whose win of the European Open last Saturday brought her tour winnings to $105,248, is in the favorite’s role in the Long Island Classic. (AP) Sports transactions Football National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS — Released Charles Smith, defen sive tackle; Steve Earley, cen ter; Kelvin O’Brien, wide re ceiver; Billy Lemons, offensive tackle; John Harvey, running back. Placed on injured re served list Robert Jackson, linebacker; Mike Budrow, tight end; Allen Hodakievic, line backer; Mirro Roder, place kicker; Billy Craven, safety. HOUSTON OILERS — Re leased Joe Dawkins and Altie Taylor, running backs; Dennis Havig, offensive guard; Ove Jo hansson, kicker, Samaji Adi Akili, defensive back; Willie Lister, tight end; Ed Collins, wide receiver; Larry Harris, offensive lineman; Steve Mey er, defensive lineman; Spence Settles, linebacker; Alvin White, quarterback. LOS ANGELES RAMS - Signed Tom Mack, guard. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed Horace Ivory, half back. NEW YORK JETS — Ac quired Billy Hardee, corner- , ■ -x#. ’/ >* HRB w ! i js II / Jw // -J I 11 ■ // n I 91 *S 2 £$W~ ,/ W /f 7CMK ■■■■■■* You can’t touch me PITTSBURGH — Umpire Bruce Froemming was protected from Al Oliver by Pirates’ coach Al Monchak during a second inning argument Wednesday night. The umpire called Oliver out on an appeal play by the Chicago Cubs, and Oliver went after Froemming. Oliver pushed Monchak and the ump went sprawling and Oliver went to the showers. The Pirates won the game 2-1 in 18 innings. (AP) European Open at Berskshire, England, was worth $3,600 and pushed her earnings to $65,247. In 1976, she won $84,288. “I’m playing very well,” said the physical education major who graduated from Florida In ternational University in 1974. “If I have a problem, it’s in my putting. “That’s the signal for me to go out on the green and putt for an hour at a time.” Miss Bradley did not have putting problems in England, but she did spend a long time Wednesday practicing for the SIOO,OOO Long Island Charity Classic which started today at the 6,520-yard, par-72 Colonie Hill Golf Club. “I also got in a practice round,” said Miss Bradley, who started playing at the age of 11. “I started out using the bump and-run that we played in Ber kshire. “That was probably due to the fact that this course appeared short. It didn’t take me long to realize that you have to go right at the pin. “The biggest problem that I have found, and so did a lot of the other girls, was making the time adjustment. I’m waking up at 5 in the morning. Speaking for myself, I’m not tired at midnight. It takes a long time to make the adjustment.” On her putting again, Miss Bradley said: “My stroke is fine. I’m hitting the lip of the cup but the ball doesn’t fall. “Hopefully, the extra prac tice will pay off. It’s nothing serious. Certainly, I’m not con cerned about my goals. I know I’ll reach both.” The 72-hole tournament ends Sunday. back, from the Denver Broncos on waivers; released Steve Taylor, cornerback. OAKLAND RAIDERS - Placed on waivers Marv Hub bard, fullback; Horace Jones, defensive end; Marvin Upshaw, defensive lineman; Manfred Moore and Terry Kunz, running back; Duane Benson and Mel Campbell, linebackers and George Demopolous, center. Basketball National Basketball Association INDIANA PACERS - Signed Bobby Wilson, guard. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS - Signed Dennis Forrest, guard PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZ ERS — Traded Robin Jones, center, to the Houston Rockets for Tom Owens, center, and an undisclosed amount of cash. Baseball American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES - Optioned Dave Criscione, catcher, to Rochester of the International League; recalled Terry Crowley, outfielder, from Rochester. J rWk Ik J? SAN FRANCISCO — Art Howe of the Houston Astros is tagged out at home plate by San Francisco Giants’ cat cher Marc Hill. Howe tried to turn a hit to centerfielder Home teams sweep marathons in N. L. By The Associated Press “Marathon Man” was playing in the National League. The baseball game, not the movie. There was plenty of extra curricular activity in Phila delphia, Pittsburgh and San Diego Wednesday night, result ing in the following overtime for ballplayers and fans: —ln Philadelphia, the Phillies and Montreal Expos played for nearly 10 hours before com pleting a rain-drenched, twi night doubleheader that ended with 6-1,6-1 sweep for the home team. —ln Pittsburgh, the Pirates struggled for nearly five hours before subduing the Chicago Cubs 2-1 in 18 innings. —And in San Diego, the Padres swept the Atlanta Braves, but not before playing an 11-inning game in the night cap. The scores were 8-6 and 2-1 and the time was nearly six hours. “It was the longest rain delay I ever sat through,” said Larry Christenson of the Phillies, who pitched a two-hitter in the open er. “I didn’t think we’d ever start again.” There were two rain delays in the opener—at the start, when the game was held up by an hour and three minutes, and in the third inning, when the contest was halted for two hours and 27 minutes. Christenson didn’t know it, but umpire John Kibler was three minutes away from call ing the game. Kibler had told the Phillies’ vice president, Bill Giles. “I’ll give it five minutes Almost a homer more and if it doesn’t stop, I’ll call the game.” Two minutes later, the rain stopped. The doubleheader took nine hours and 48 minutes to play, winding up at 3:30 a.m., EDT. In Pittsburgh, only one game was scheduled, but the teams eventually managed to play a doubleheader, anyway. Ed Ott, who spent 4% hours hours watching from the bull pen, finally ended it with a pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the 18th inning. “We had to finish it some time, didn’t we?” Ott said. “I was out there in the bullpen for 17 innings, and we had a lot of fun. A lot of fans were hollering, ‘l’ve got to get up at 5 o’clock. Please finish it.’” In other National League ac tion, the Los Angeles Dodgers blanked the Cincinnati Reds 1- 0; the St. Louis Cardinals trimmed the New York Mets 3-1 and the Houston Astros tripped the San Francisco Giants 8-6. The Phillies bunched five sin gles in a four-run, fourth-inning rally that wiped out a 1-0 Expos lead in the opener. With one out, Garry Maddox, Tim McCarver and Ted Sizemore singled for one run. Christenson faked a bunt and punched a single for a second, another came across on an infield out, and Larry Bowa singled in the fourth. Bake Mcßride’s two-run homer in the sixth provided the Phillies with their final runs of the opener. Greg Luzinski socked a pair of two-run homers to help the Phillies take the nightcap. The doubleheader sweep made it Baseball At A Glance By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE East ..W L Pct. GB Boston 65 43 .602 — Balt 64 47 .577 2% NYork 61 49 .555 5 Detroit 51 60 .459 15% Milwkee 50 65 .435 18% Cleve 47 62 .431 18% Toronto 39 70 .358 26% West Chicago 65 45 .591 — Minn 65 48 .575 1% K.C. 62 47 .569 2% Texas 62 48 .564 3 Calif 54 55 .495 10% Seattle 48 67 .417 19% Oakland 42 69 .378 23% NATIONAL LEAGUE East ..W...L...Pct.. i .G8 Phila 66 44 .600 — Chicago 64 47 .577 2% Pitts 64 49 .566 3% S Louis 63 51 .553 5 Montreal 52 61 .460 15% NYork 47 63 .427 19 West Los Ang 69 44 .611 - Cinci 56 56 .500 12% Houston 53 62 .461 17 SFran 52 62 .456 17% S Diego 51 67 .432 20% Atlanta 40 71 .360 28 which got by Derrel Thomas into an in the park home run but was caught at the plate. (AP) seven straight victories for the red-hot Phillies, who now lead the National League East by 2% games over the Chicago Cubs, and are 3% ahead of third-place Pittsburgh. Pirates 2, Cubs 1 Ott’s winning fly ball for Pittsburgh came off relief pitcher Pete Broberg, 1-1, and scored Phil Garner. Gamer walked with one out and took third on a single by Dave Parker before Bill Robin son was walked intentionally to load the bases. The winning run was scored well ahead of the throw to the plate by Jerry Mo rales, who caught Ott’s fly in medium center. The victory went to Larry Demery, 4-3, who came on to Il Parts Ipo-it-Yourself 1 l| pa- flute Pirts Heidquarters I BblUt* ui NORTH EXPRESSWAY • PHONE 228-5310 ■ Quantity rights rkes reserved Good thru Aug. 14 Open Mon. - Fri. 9-7:30 Open Sat. 9-6 Open Sun. 10-6 GABRIEL V HMUFFLERSI Shock Absorbers ■ ■ IWA w $/|99 m The original pure ■ \ Doesnot performance muffler H \ 'delude 7 . i □ A. \ A installation Get raw feeling with Thrush. 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The victory raised the Dodgers’ lead in the National League West to 12% games. — Griffin Daily News Thursday, August 11,1977 B Sports World I An AP Sports Analysis By WILL GRIMSLEY AP Special Correspondent ‘Big Cat 9 on the links PEBBLE BEACH, Calif.(AP) — The “Golden Bear” may be the undisputed king of tournament golf, but the envy of every duffer who tees the ball up with his weekend foursome is a man called “Big Cat.” Jack Nicklaus wins championships, Evan “Big Cat” William simply knocks the ball out of sight. He is the recognized Babe Ruth of the fairway set, winner for the second straight year of the PGA long-driving contest. “I just relax, delay my hand release, give it some strong leg action and wham!—let ’er rip,” says the towering, 29- year-old slugger from Leonia, N.J. Even such fabled hitters as Nicklaus, Tom Weiskopf and Jim Dent look with awe—and a certain amount of concealed jealousy—when Big Cat throws his 6-foot-6, 205- pound frame into a tee shot and watches the ball fly more than 300 yards. Ordinary mortals recognize that stringing up 63 tour victories and 16 major titles, as Nicklaus has done, defies their imagination. But anyone can walk up to a tee, and with one free swing and some luck, knock the cover off the ball. It warms the soul. “I’ve been hitting the ball a long way since I was 18, but it wasn’t until three years ago that I discovered that I might make a career out of long driving,” Williams said. “There was this exhibition driving contest at Grassinger’s up in the Catskills (in New York). I heard Jim Dent was in it. He’s recognized as the longest driver on the pro tour. And also Jack DePaolo of Valhalla, N. Y., who some swear is the longest hitter in the world. “I beat them both. I drove the ball 368 yards on the carry. The fairway was wet. The ball spun back five yards, so I got credit for 363 yards. “Since then I’ve entered contests and been in demand for exhibitions. Winning the driving championship in the last two PGA tournaments hasn’t hurt my reputation any.” Big Cat’s winning shot Tuesday soared 353 yards, 24 inches, counting the roll over the baked fairway—46 yards farther than his first prize effort at Congressional in Washington, D.C., last year. Golf Digest Magazine, which promotes the contest and keeps a record of such things, says the longest drive on record was made by an Englishman—E.C. Bliss—in 1913. Hitting from a 57-foot elevated tee in Kent, England, Bliss propelled the ball 445 yards. The Guinness Book of Records lists as a competitive record the measured 431-yard shot by Craig Wood in the 1933 British Open at St. Andrews. Those distances were recorded before modem watering systems were used on the fairways.