LPGA
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
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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-
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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.
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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
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open the 18th inning.
Broberg entered the game in
the 17th inning after Willie Her
nandez and Paul Reuschel had
combined for 11 innings of
scoreless relief. Prior to Deme
ry, Pirate relievers Grant Jack
son, Kent Tekulve and Rich
Gossage had checked the Cubs
for nine innings.
The game last four hours and
56 minutes and 36 players were
used.
Dodgers 1, Reds 0
Rick Rhoden allowed only two
hits—both by Dave Con
cepcion—and Los Angeles
scored an unearned run in the
third inning to defeat Cincin
nati. 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.
