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Barrie Examiner, 14 Aug 1976, p. 11

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Shanty Bay Golf and Country CIub ladies section president Mrs Ruby Smith left presents Mary Piiieaii of WNS SILVER TRAY Base Borden with the Molsons silver tray as the low net winner in the clubs sixth annual ladies invita tional tournament Thursday Examiner Photo Obscure Optometrist leads in second round of PGA By ILLURIMSLEY BETHESDA Md iAPi Ive never seen him hit shot lack Nicklaus said Just then the Whole leader on the PGA golf championship an obscure golfing optometrist named Dr Gilmer Bryan Mor gan Ii hove into view escorted into the red tllItLWlIltt inr terview tent by cordon of blu0coated officials Nicklaus the champion and tournament favorite just had finished giving details of his second round 69 putting him at even par 140 for two toiirs over the tongressional liib course Now Gil Morgan who teed off only 18 minutes after Nicklaus was being led up to the table to explain how he had managed to tack twoiinderpar ox to tir stround tit for leading score of 134 With the often tem peramental mid unpredictable Tom Weiskopf cooling off from his opening round of 63 Texan lom Kite moved closest to Morgan with tit 72 138 four shots back Weiskopf doublebogeyed the parfour sixth hole which he eagled Thursday for 74 that placed him at 139 in tie with defending veteran Don January 70459 and South Africas Gary Player SALVAGESMI Player holed out from one bunker and almost knocked down the pin from three others in salvaging 69 Nicklaus with three birdies in space of loiir holes starting at the filth was tied at 1411 with Ben tienshaw Gene Littler Bob Zender Jerry chee harlcs oody and Bill ollins Two strokes behind that group is cluster of players in cluding LS and tanadian Open champion Jerry Pate who shot 73 Morgan is the most implaur siblc first round leader in ma jor tournament since Lee Mackey an unemployed pro hitchvhiked up from Birming ham Ala to shoot record fit in the 1950 IS Open at Merton outside Philadelphia Morgan is from Wewoka To miles southeast of Oklahoma tity He married his college sweetheart from East entral State in Ada Okla and later in 1972 got his degree in op tometry at the Southern olIegc ofOptometry in Memphis BECAME INTERESTED At the time he became fasci nated with all the money being thrown around on the golf pro tour so he and his wife Jeanine decided to give it fling They are still going although he won only $3800 his first year and 3323880 the second Last year Morgan had to rally from iiiith in the final four nament at San Antonio to finish Goth in the money list with $42 772 thus barely earning ex emption status for all 1976 PGA events He ran in two 23foot putts Friday on the outgoing nine and birdied Nos to and 13 with ap proach shots less than five feet from the pin Never wavering he finished with five straight pars The cutoff point for the low it and ties to play the final rounds Saturday and Sunday was Hit Well known players who missed included Sam Snead liilius Boros Lee Trevino Bob Murphy and Al Geibergcr Dave Hill made the finest rally shooting tilt after first round Tit for 142 Arnold Palmer was twounderpar for the day going to the ninth hole where he took bogey six He went bogeyvhogcyzhogeybogey fin ishing with 76 for 147 Golfer wins Canadian title but does it the hard way PRINth ALBERI Sask itPi Refusing to coast to victory iii the anadian womens amateur golf chain pionship Debbie Massey yearold Pennsylvanian continued her aggressive search for birdies aiiil won the event by 13 strokes Friday Even starting the day with nine stroke lead was not enough to curb lasseys competitive instinct as she applied her philosophy of golf Youre only as good as vour ncvt shot It was the third con secutive ear the Bethlehem BASEBALL My IIII Ill PRI SS National caguc Past Pit ltl Philadelphia IiI liitsbiiigh til No New oi 11 to ihicage iL 3i oins 4h iL it Montreal It ti est tinciimat at los Iigecs ii vi io tIIISIIII ut he itt aii Diego Ivi 43 tlaiita lid San Francisco his 411 Friday lslllls tliicigot Tlltkllfl1itvfi lonliealii tSao tingt wt St Louis ii tlana inciiinati New oi San Francisco 1tinaai1piv Imsbiirghfl ltoiisioi la native has won the event Even the combined best performances of all the tanadian entrants would not have been enough to stop Massey from running away withthetitle She shot tbreerunderrpar To Friday for 72 hole total of 371i record 16 under par tortlieevent lhe It tanadians who sur vived the thirdround cut managed only four subpar rounds among themselves in four days tombinmg those rounds would have yielded total of 283 Another Peiisylvaiiian arol Scniple held narrow lead in RECORD IrohahIc liti Iieis Iodav iiiicmiiati ichi 11 it New ork lispiiiosa Lip in los ngciis Ran to thicage Hiir iist it lpiii IIttsbilrgti ledab it Hitttkliill iittiiiai Mt toap ai IiIlltitI liait 1e it Philadelphia iilton lap loiiis Rasiniissii it it liitlllt tesscismrtf 11 tap in Sat ltiego lvincs in at loiztriol lttlIiIllIh ihp tt Siindav stamcs so than we lhitntepti ii on ii cw oik San Itii go Ioiiii iti1t 1liii1i its ii cm 14 wpn gt Honsot Iuiulaystianics ai lciei loiiis liinii xii iti iitia ItLil the first two rounds of the tour nament but fell to second place Thursday and retained that spot even though she slipped further behind with 74 Friday CANADIAN IIIIRI Edmontons Betty tole 387 year old mother of two moved into third place by being one of the few taiiadiaiis to match par Friday on the 52m yard tooke Municipal Golf tourse At 292 she was the otily tana ban to equal par for the toiirna meiit tathy Sherk of Fonthill ttnt tell to fourth spot with Tit for 29 oles 71 in the third round and Sherks To in the second round were among the four tanadian suhrpar rounds The others were 72s by Susan Wickwarc of lhornhill ttnt who finished sixth and Louise Larochellc ot tap Rouge Que who iiiislied liith lhe championship was in ct ittt decided Thursday when lassey set course record with an eight IHltitI par tifv By making mne birdies that round she also tied Micky Wrights 19M world record for most Illttrs by woman am ateurincompetitioii Blue Jays The Barrie Examiner Saturday August 14 197611 TENNIS FINAL Toron tonians score upsets WINNIPEG CP Jim Boyce and Greg Halder meet today in the mens singles final at the Canadian tennis cham pionships that will be either the grand finale or the launching of tennis career The two Torontonians scored upsets in the semifinals Friday with Bobce seeded No knocking off thop seed Rejean Genois of Quebec 60 76 and Halder the No seed eliminating secondseeded Dale Power of Toronto 76 60 Halder and Boyce are at almost opposite ends of their tennis careers with the 23 yearold0ld Boyce seriously contemplating leaving the com petitive circuit and the 20 yearold Halder just beginning to establish himself Jim and practice together lot so know each others game through and through said Halder who like Boyce sports shoulderlength hair Who wins will depend on whose game in ready and who is in the better mental shape Both players have reputa tion for throwing temper tan trums on the court but Friday they indicated they were men tally prepared for the final two days of the weeklong competi tion Neither lost composure during key points in their mat ches KEPTONIIOSIRE Boyce destroyed Genois iii the first set breaking service three times and during the critical second third and fourth games giving up just two of 17 points But in the second set he trailed 30 and it appeared Genois was on his way back and Boyce was showing signs of los ing his cool but knew had to win that game Boyce said of his relative calm during the pressure period Even though he was nervous if he got up 40 could kiss the set goodbye But won the game and on his serve hejust hit the balls out Boyce then won three straight games to tie the set 33 and when it went to 66 he wan the 12pointtiebreaker 73 It is Boyces third time in the final having lost to Peter Bur wash in 1971 and to Tony Bard sley last year While Boyce had to struggle to win his second set Halder merely sat back and watched as Power threw the match away with display that had other players calling it disgraceful and detrimental to thegame knew if won the first set he would probably throw it way Halder said afterwards Dale doesnt feel like playing two more sets to win after he loses the first FORCED IIEBREAKER Halder had 52 lead in the first set but Power won four straight games before Halder again won to force tiebreaker Halder won that 73 and the match was decided the While Boyce and Halder pro vided upsets in the mens singles the topseeded all ad vanced routinely Topseeded Susan Stone of Vancouver seeking her third consecutive title second seeded Marjorie Blackvvood of Ottawa thirdseeded Barbara Brankovska of Toronto and fourthAseeded Andree Martin of Montreal all vvoti their quarter final matches Iii todays semifinals Stone will meet Brankovska and Mai= tiii will meet Blackwoixl The under21 competition as well as the mens and womens doubles advanced routinely in tothesemifinals with nomajor upsets Their semi finals will be played today with the finals Sunday along with the womens singles final The mens singles will be televised by the tt beginning at 143 in EDT Manchuk in lineup for Rough riders REGINA itlt rtorncr line backer Bill Manchuk will be cack in Saskatchewan Roughriders lineup Sunday and the sixiyear veteran of the Western Football tonference team is optimistic about the Riders chances in their enr counter with Edmonton Esr kittltlS think Edmontons luck is going to rim out he said in an interview Friday The 29yearold 212 pound linebacker had stretched knee ligaments and missed last Saturdays game against Hamilton Tigerrtats of the Eastern Football Conference Mon trealer taps in diving NEW WESTMINSTER itPt Experience and condir tioning gained at the Olympic Games inMontreal seemed to make the difference Friday in the onemetre finals of the tanadian national diving championship Eiiilo Kiefer 15 of Montreal gave consistently good per foriiiance and won the women event with 350 97 points Liz tarruthers 25 of Ed monton had 321 no points for so coiid place and Barb tappa 17 of London Ont had 3131 so for third Plager going to Kansas KANSAS CITY iAPt Bar clay Plager is coming to Kan sas tity and the rest of St Louis Blues may not be far he liiiiil Plager 35 yearold defeii ceman for the Blues was named playercoach of the Na tional Hockey League clubs new Kansas ity tentral llockey League farm team Ftl day At the same time Blues pres ideiit and general manager Sid Salomon Ill said there was chance the Blues might move to Kansas tity it they could not resolv financial problems con which the Riders won 24 ti But hell hack Sunday on home turf backed up by Lou lare Last year Saskatchewan won two of three league encounters with the Eskimos but were wiped 3t 18 by Editionton in the final However despite Manchiiks optimism the Riders will have to overcome their tendency to fumblenow leading the league with 12 in four games to take what will likely be passing game The Eskimos WEt leaders have had four straight Victories this season while the Riders have three wins and loss Edmonton coaches have been working with 23yearroldrookie York llcntschel and seem to be expecting bigger and better things from the 245poiind defensive tackle Ilentschel from Bentley Alta population 900 was work ing as hotel lifeguard in Miama when the Eskimos called him PLAYS MINth ROLE The rookie has Iiad only minor part in Edmontons season victories so far and pro bably wont see much action against the Riders but head coach Ray laiich believes he has potential He was big and fast so we started working with him laiich said He had the desire he as just green So far he hasnt played too much mostly in specially teams But wouldnt be Wt ried about throwing him in there am more Heiitscliel played two years with Red Deer Packers in the Alberta Junior Football League then went to ati Es kiiiio advancement camp and to Drake Iiiiversity but didnt get to play at Drake just didnt like some of their policies so quit last fall guess they just wanted me tosit back and learn He drove motorcycle to Florida here he got his job as lifeguard Coach of the PeterReino Hustlers Ed Redden centre demonstrates proper spiking technique to few of the new members At left is Chris Veenstra of Woodbridge coach Redden Kay Koot of Woodbridge and Terry Brown of Alliston Hustlers are preparing for camp SHOWING THE PROPER TECHNIQUE theyre sponsoring Aug 2327 tutoff date for registration is Aug 20 Hustlers will be in England at the end of October to traiii with team and compete against some of thecountrys leading teams tExaminerPliotot the English national Friday the 13th is lucky day for San Francisco Mon tefusco By ALEX SIIARE The Associated Press Baseball players are gener ally superstitious and going for victory No 13 on Friday the 13th against team such as Philadelphia Pliillies would be enough to cause most pit chers to tread softly Not John Montefusco Its my lucky day said The ount who allowed just six hits in pitching San Francisco ii ants to Hi victory over the Phillies improving his National League record to ft Heck got strikeouts five or six times in the minors This is my anniversary ith my girl friend went to the track yes terday and they parked 111V iii spncho lit Itsmyliickyniiinbci lilsewhere in the National League tmiiiinati cits heat New York lets thirznro iibs edged Los Angeles Iodg ers 32 in 13 innings in the opener of their dinibteheadcr before bowing 1t in the second game lontreal Expos blanked San tiego latlres ii in the first gameoftheirdoubleheaderand then lost in the nightcap St Louis tardinals shut out Atlan ta Itiivis tttl and Pittsburgh Pirates beat Houston Astros it IIIIS INIII IltHlllll lhc VIZIIIIS got iiiii in the first off lmi Kaat ltitt on sangle by Marty Percy and double by Gary latthews liar rcll Evans Ititltl it in the fit fit with his ninth honic rim of the season and Ken Reit rim scoring tltitllill in the sixth pro tllltttl the I1l rim Itiit the big man of the night was lrvntifiisco Be who posted his fourth successive ittil and sitb in seven decisions sin cc tticall star break He got off to shaky start when Ieadoff batter ltave ash doubled and went to third on Larry Bowas bunt single Bowa stole second putting rim nets on second and third with nobody oiit Wasllitt oiint vi oiiied Nah not itli Mike Schmidt and Greg Litiiiski coming up ttt replied even though Sch iiiidt arid Litioski have coin tinted lot it hornets and 13H runs batted in The oiint struck them both out tinn closed out the inning by taiinini tlihittet lay lohnstone tIlIItDIIlIIRlili noihei player who is botheicil ti ttpitstftltills fiiiimnati slioi tstop llavc ton ccpcion who wears 11 llc hit two littlllt riiiis doiiblc and single to help the Reds bent New Yiitk tiiit Twins sorry about trade By KEN IItIItIRl Ihe ssociated Iliss Graig lettles seems to keep grudge Ioiig time til been six years since Minnesota Twins let him go and he hasnt forgiven them yet You bet enjoy hitting against Minnesota Sélys the third baseman for New York Yankees They are the ones that told me couldnt hit left haiiders or play third base lhey gaveupon mi The Twins no doubt have been sorry many times over that they traded away one of the American Leagues top in fielders but Friday night they were even sorrier Nettles drove in five rims with two homers as the Tao kecs beat the Twins it it It is good park to hit in said Nettles after the game at tinnesotas Ietropolitan Sta diiiiii might have hit more home runs had stayed with the Twins but then again maybe ld be too mad to play well because wouldnt be making any money INtiRtllNl The victory coupled with loss by Baltimore Orioles to hicago White Sox increased the Yankees lead in the mcri can League East to 11 games over the rioles In Fridays other American League iiincs Detroit Tigers ItlItIttti Kansas tit Royals tiakiand blanked oston Red Sox 1ft Iilwoiikee Brew crs stopped ttllftttlllit Angels ti and lcxas Rangers edged tlcvclaiidlndiansZf Nettles capped five rim tir inning with three riiti lititlltl his ltith of the year lhin he hit his 17th Hunt shot drive III the eighth off reliever Rill tanipbell lhe tf yearold Nettles nar rowly missed third home rim in the sixth inning when long blast went foul at the last lIlt ment Ed liigiicroa 136 won his first game in two weeks with late rclief help from Sparky Lyle and tied Baltimores Inn Palmer for the league lead in victories IAKESBIGPATCHES Bill Stein drove in two runs and Rich Gossage and have Hamilton pitched thicago over Baltimore with combined sevenrhitter lhe thicago pit chers got strong defensive sup port from centre fielder thet Lctnon who made four fine catr ches of line drives to left centre and snared another hard drive to short centre lhitiblcs by Toni Very Ier and John Wockenfuss with two out in the seventh inning propelled Has onestroke lead in Alberta golf Open RED DEER Alta ltPi Terry Miskolci isnt kidding when he talks about his burning desire to play golf After putting together St underpar iii to take one stroke lead after Friday open ing round of the 34 hole Alberta Open the liyear old Iis sissaiiga Ont resideni told reporters he was going out to hit Too practice Viitlis want to shoot To or better each round he tni adding the heavy practice sesset we nightly routine lietroit over Kansas titv After Home town tavorite liko Hogan and veteran lerrv Wiens of Vancouver self professed golf gypsy were one shot behind it as to of the Ho entrants broke par oii the iii11 yard Red ltecr tiolt and toiin try tliibi oiirsi arm temperaiires with lit tle wind aided the golfers and tour officials said tougher pin placettients toilav might ttlt ttpsiines Woekeiitiiss iloiililc broke tie the liieis added run in the seventh on lillslly Staiibs rim scoringsinglc Mike Neriis and Rollie Fin gers combined on four hitter and Oakland took advantage of three Boson errors in the four th inning to beat the Red Sox and close to itlnn scv en games of Kansas tity in the nieriran LcagncWiut The defending tlt ision chain pions who were IL games be bind the Royals week ago got oiin five hits off Reggie tleve land to in winning their scv cnth successive game Rookie Ierry Augustine pit cited tour hitter to lead lil waukec over talifornia Angus tincs victory improved his sea sons record to ti and gave him three triumphs in three ap xaranccs against the Angels thisyear loby llairahssacrificefly in the ninth gav lcvas its victory over lcvcland behind liin Im bargeissirongpitching The rest of the Reds offence came from George Foster who drove lll four runs with his 27th home run of the season and pair of singles to increase his season total of runs batted in to no easil tops in the majors thicago took its opener when Rick londay scored from third on wild pitch by harlie lloiigli with two out in the 131h nmnig Bill Russell wiped £174 hicago lead in the nightcap when he doubled off the wall in left to score two runs and give the liodgcis thew iii Steve Rogers pitched his third stillttillt of the season toi the Expos stopping the indies on six stiltlltS in their opener the Padres gained split wbei irint Strom and Hutch letgcr combined for sis bittei in the nightcap Hector trii three run double capped six run out litllSl by the airliniils iii the fit tli inning that backed the eight hit pitching of Pete Falcone ti ll lanny Saiigiiilleiis two riin homer capped three run up rising in the eighth inning that clinched Pittsburghs victory tttl Time SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS AM and0r PM Apply at VALLEY DRIVEURSELF CARS AND TRUCKS it Maple 055555 MON 05 smoot oumoo minim unwed to no mam VMMI PROOF starts Etrahds it is ceriiingiheSt louisrena WHERE ELSE IN BARRIE Mediterranean 76 Kansas titvs financiallv PORTS SHORTS cm You nun oumumo rontotxptvtt Hm wtnchstar Scouts was tentatively moved Two ii turn ROOKIF R1IOIS 1t11ilits tgt play tt tiicittxiii cagiic cliyct caitici this month it PRUVIIIEME Rl tl itll tl Ottawa nct season announced that tct efforts to sell it to local Two players were iniured lii Rough Iittitls announced Fri it will Ii known is the MONlltWNHHNIUI day as Team continued its lav that rookie lineman Ken Iiitltligt Salomon Jlti the Blues lost From tratiimg camp in preparation Iooie cut earlier in the sea theannouncement came iii slti its llltllt milk Jug lmagme ItWO weeks aboard the COME IN AND WATCH CANDLES BEING MADE FLORIDA TREES POTTERY RIGLES the 131va To season because of their owiieihip of the arena and said the city of St Louis should either purchase the statement by Howard eb stei ctiaii man at the board of directors ot the club which now will go by the corporate name son ill rejoin the Riders on tive day trial Moore will re place the injured like Raines it defensive tackle in the Rid toifnext months tanada tiip international hockey tourna inept Goaltender Ed Walsh who plays with Nova Scotia magnificent DELPHI comfortable cabin fully air conditioned With private taCitiizes Super food chOice of menus $689 Map littiitltiititchdysRiyiitmll binldingand leaseit back tothe ma omceeouwmw it biédhasfifidde it knee ma ion be no my MOTOR BIKESSNOWMOBILES included mom 5U 508 learn for two or ihrw days wks From Toronto GIFT WARE the poet Or pin in the deck games Forward Bobby Sheehan who played last season ith thicago Black Hawks oi the National Hockey League was hit in the face with puck and will be lost to the club for several day RENTS II NG SHUW LOW ll Ali Muhammad Ali will train here for his Sept 28 world heavy weight championship match with Ken Norton says Wilma Thomas who rented him an airport hangar Friday to house boxing ring It REttH ERIN IIIHIGSHFEN est Germany AP orldcham pion driver Niki Lauda badly hurt in flaming crash on the West German Nuerburgring track Aug was reported doing well Friday following his first skin graft operation Professor Rudolf Zellner said Thursdays threehour surgery to transplant skin from the 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