Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 4 Jun 1979, p. 7

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seamsen much Colleges say no to championship IRVING Tex AP Repre sentatives of college footballs four major bowl games in the United States promising in creased revenues if the status quo is maintained in postsea son activity gained moral victory Sunday when the Col lege Football Association at its third annual meeting voted overwhelmingly not to support proposal to hold fourteam national championship playoff after the bowl games Representatives of the major universities that comprise the CFA heard representatives of the Cotton Orange and Sugar bowls predict that any kind of playoff would kill the postsea son bowls There were 15 bowl games involving Division lA teams last season 0f approximately 100 coaches athletic directors faculty representatives and conference commissioners in attendance only five voted in favor of playoff proposal made by the National Collegiate Athletic Assocation The NCAA plan called for four playoff teams to be selected after the bowl games The NCAA must approve any playoff plan at its convention next January BROYLES PROPONEl Frank Broyles athletic direc tor and former football coach at the University of Arkansas is member of the NCAA extra events committee which put forward the idea Broyles said the plan would provide tre mendous surge of interest in college football which he felt is needed at this time He called national cham pionship playoff inevitable The bowls major concerns are that they would become the equivalent of quarterfinal games and their lucrative tele vision contracts would suffer accordingly as well as their live gate 726472 149A DUNLOP ST BARRIE MEMBER DENTURIST SOCIETY the oxamlnor Monday Juno 1919 Comm1 DENTU RE THERAPY CLINIC roman BARRIE DENTURE CLINIC Jerry McGee reacts to birdie putt on the l7th green during Sundays final round of the Kemper Open McGee won the tournament with l6underpar 272 and took home purse of $63000 AP Laserphoto McGee captures Kemper CHARLOTTE NC AP Jerry McGee termed his one stroke victory Sunday in the Kemper Open golf tournament the best Ive ever handled ad versity am more elated than lve ever been before in my life This is the high point of my ca reer The victory secured with twostroke swing against Jerry Pate on the 17th hole gave him new lease on his golfing life The negative thoughts are gone said the man who early last week told friend he was looking for job and was considering leaving the Professional Golfers Association tour His season had been marked by nothing but trouble He played well early in the year then suffered rib injuries that sidelined him for nine weeks When he returned his game was suffering wondered if Id ever come back ever be able to play again ever be able to make the top60 money winners again On top of that hes being sued by his former sponsors had lot of things on my mind McGee said after turn ing back Pate by single shot with closinground 68 and Nows the time to take advantage of our lt ER Ohiva Showers 272 total 16 shots under par mm over the Quail Hollow Golf my Chang Room Course ad contouring salon lockers The touring pros were playing the course for the final Mr minions Olmlividual personal time hiding and WWW Lop Much Winn Oltooftop logging OHydrofltorapy Melt at Mm OSwimming Pool Suna Room NEW ROCHELLE NY 55 pm AP Nancy Lopez finally following the strategy that she had planned from the start of the tourney shot twounder par 70 to defend her LPGA title at $100000 tournament Sunday Lopez fought through heavy rainstorms to capture the $15 000 first prize by four strokes with 280 total It was her third straight victory and fifth in nine tournaments this year to increase her winnings to $118 475 for 1979 Lopez has now won $331427 since turning pro Pat Bradley the firstday leader with 66 who had dropped to fourth after three rounds climbed back with 70 on the par72 6410 yard Wyka gyl Country Club layout to fin ish second at 284 Bradley 28 winner of this event in 1976 for her first triumph as pro was third last year She has now finished in the runnerup spot in five events this season Gail Toushin partvtime tour player since 1974 was surprise thirdplace finisher with 285 thanks to par round while playing with Lopez pulled better today eX plained Lopez who had five birdies to help offset double bogey on the par3 217yard seventh hole and bogey on the part 362yard ninth hole That was the strategy was trving to follow right along go for everything said Lopez made all of my SIX and sevenfooters altered bit after the double bogey but felt that just had to forget that hole as swinging better on the back nine both with my driver and with the irons Laura Baugh Sandra Post formerly of Oakville Ont and gt Judy Rankin finished tied for fourth with oneover 289 Baugh had 72 one stroke less than both Post and Rankin fllP Victoria Wood JOIN Ilerelshow it works lDont settle for less than the areas most complete and luxurious health and fitness facilitiesl WERE OPEN for Men Your Summer Fun for membership at the Barrie 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