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Nashville Finishes Third After 5-2 Loss To Memphis Short s1 yn top base stealers, led Memphis with three hits and it was his bunt-single on a controversial play at first which led to Memphis' first run in the sixth. Dave Hostetler, the league's top RBI man, had two singles while Pat Rooney drove in two runs. GENE MENEES had two of the Sounds' five hits and were the only hits Nashville had until Barnes Music City Fastpitch Crown To Springield Larry Plaster's two-run homer in the fifth inning yesterday broke a 1-1 tie and carried Har-bel Sporting Goods of Springfield, to a 3-1 victory in the championship game of the Music City Invitational fastpitch softball tournament at the Cedar Hill complex. The victim was Sonny's Exxon, out of Greenville. S.C., which gained the finals by beating Harvey Gulf International Marine of Charleston, W.Va., 2-1.

Charleston then took third by edging Grand Rapids, 1-0. The Most Valuable Pitcher award went to Har-bel's Jerry Mallonee, who went 4-0 for the three-day tournament. Most Valuable Player title went to-Greenville's Jeff Anders, who batted .409. connected with his seventh home run of the year and second in two nights against the Chicks in the seventh inning. Lefthander Bob Mayer (3-1) will pitch against the Suns tonight as the Sounds begin an eight-game Florida road trip before returning home July 2.

Game time is 6 p.m., Nashville time. Sultan Beats 20-1 Odds In Suffolk Downs Race BOSTON (AP) Island Sultan, a 20-1 shot ridden by Johnny Ruane, bided his time on the rail, took command in the stretch and out-kicked 47-1 outsider Western Front yesterday in winning the $116,900 Massachusetts Handicap at Suffolk Downs. Owned by Thomas Mellon Evans' Buckland Farm and trained by Johnny Campo, Island Sultan was clocked in in the 45th running of New England's richest race. The time was two-fifths of a second off the track record, set by the great Whirlaway over the Us-mile course in 1942 and equalled by Riva Ridge in 1973. Western Front, ridden by Larry Adams and the leader at the top of the stretch, held on for second.

Quiet Jay, a 12-1 shot, was third, another onehalf length back while Hasty and Bold, the even money favorite, was lengths further back in fourth. itBvino Opsin Folds Tom ovso WW "It means a lot to me, especially beating Tom Watson. Right now he's the best out here." past $2 million. It also marked the 12th consecutive season in which the fun-loving Trevino has won at least one tournament. By TOM SQUIRES Teaaetaeaa 8prta Writer MEMPHIS Nashville's month-long surge to first place in the Southern League's Western Division lasted less than 24 hours as the Sounds bowed to Memphis 5-2 here last night.

The loss came in the final game of the first-half pennant race, giving the Sounds a third-place finish just one-half game behind co-champions Memphis and Montgomery. THE SOUNDS had won 20 of 30 games to move one percentage point ahead of Montgomery and into first place following Saturday night's five-hour 12-1 victory over the Chicks here at Tim McCarver Stadium. It was a surge which brought the Sounds all the way from eight games off the pace with a dismal 13-23 record. Nashville finished the first half with Just over .500 with a 35-34 worksheet. The second half of the season gets underway today with Nashville traveling to Jacksonville and Memphis making a journey to Orlando.

The Chicks will host Montgomery in a championship playoff game here July 18. Memphis lefthander Rick Engle stymed the Sounds on just three hits for the first eight innings and recorded only his third win in seven decisions this season. Skeeter Barnes seventh-inning homer was the only run the Sounds could muster until the ninth when the single by Eddie Milner, a wild pitch, and Paul Householder's RBI hit chased Engle from the mound. RIGHTHANDER STEVE Lovins came on retire the last two batters, picking up his 10th save of the year and assuring his club of a shot at their first Southern League championship. Nashville's Bill Kelly turned in a brilliant starting Serfortnance but suffered his third loss in eight' ecisions.

He allowed only five hits before being lifted in the sixth with runners on first and second and one out. Forkballer Geoff Combe, who had been the main reason behind Nashville's surge to' the top of the standings, came on in relief of Kelly but was touched for two straight singles as the Chicks grabbed a 2-0 lead. Combe gave up three runs in the seventh inning on three more Memphis singles as the Chicks chalked up their 36th victory in 70 games. Second baseman Tim Raines, one of the league's Affirmed Now Immortal, First To Earn $2 Million INGLEWOOD, Calif. (UPI) Affirmed achieved racing immortality by becoming the first horse to earn $2 million when he captured the $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup yesterday at Hollywood Park.

Carrying 132 pounds, the most in his career, the 1978 Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year was extended to the limit down the stretch by second-place finisher Sirlad but responded to the urging of jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. to score a three-quarter length victory. Text finished third and Farnesio was fourth in the field of 10. Affirmed raced the IV miles in 1:58 2-5, just one-fifth of a second off the stakes and track record set by Quack in 1972, which also tied the. world record.

The crowd of more than 50,000 installed Affirmed the 1-5 favorite and he paid $2.60, $2.20 and $2.10. Sirlad returned $2.80 and $2.10 while Text, as part of a three-horse entry, paid $2.10 to show. Nichol Tile Wins Championship In St. Luke's Softball Tourney Nichol Tile won the championship of the first annual St. Luke's women's invitational slow-pitch softball tournament yesterday, defeating the Shady Ladies 7-3.

The 12-team, double-elimination tourney was played at West Park. Most Valuable Player hdnors wentto PatMatohe.v the short stop for the runnerup Shady Ladies. 3 -7. OAKVILLE, Ont. (AP) Lee Trevino said he wasn't surprised to win the Canadian Open golf tournament, but was surprised at how he did it.

"I didn't think I could win with a 71," Trevino said yesterday after Tom Watson's collapse opened the gates for his three-stroke triumph. "Never in my wildest dreams did I think I could win with a round of par-71. 1 wish I'd shot lower and Tom had shot lower. But a win's a win. I'll take it." Trevino said.

"It means a lot to me, especially beating Tom Watson. Right now he's the best out here. The ragged performance by Watson, a three-stroke leader when the final round started, opened the gates for Trevino's drive to his third Canadian national title. The victory made him only the second man in history to pass $2 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour. He scored his first victory of the season and 22nd of his career with a 281 total, three strokes under par on the Glen Abbey Golf Club course.

Watson, the outstanding player in the game over the last 2'2 years, simply didn't have it. He squandered a three-stroke lead with a triple-bogey 6 early in the round, twice regained the top spot, but gave it back each time, the last on a string of three consecutive bogeys. Watson finished with a seven-over-par 78 and fell back to third at 285. It was small consolation to Watson, seeking a fifth title this season, that he broke his own single-season money-winning record. He won $23,800, pushing his earnings for the year to $377,674.

He'd set the previous record last year with $362,429. Ben Crenshaw, never really in title contention, birdied two of the last three holes for a 71 and claimed second at 284. Bob Gilder was fourth at 70-286. Tied at 287 were defending champ Bruce Lietzke, Howard Twitty and Australian David Graham. Twitty's 69 matched the best score of the day.

Lietzke had a 70, Graham 71. Hale Irwin, who won the United States Open last week, shot 75-291. Jack Nicklaus, who designed the tough course that will become a permanent site for the Canadian Open, continued to encounter deep frustration. He shot a 77, including a ball in the water on the 18th, and finished back in the pack at 293. The victory was worth $63,000 to Trevino and to.

$175,117. Of more significance, it gave him $2,024,563 for. bis.rags-to-riches career. Nicklaus is the only other man to go I V- If ft trrnt- UPI Tclephoto OAKVILLE, Ontario Lee Trevino holds on Eskimo carving high after winning the Canadian Open oVthc 'thW for the victory..