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u-c TM Smwfay, April i Mm TO! OS mOHl IDEA! Wfcii your nQfn quiH ftoril to CMl you tfmo onrf oiofr Wl a MIGHT IDEA i ptoco It woli on 009)00 oNol wil 9 you wort 90 oowor, top oorfofinonco ond lonojor Kto Ro JASPER fay LARRY WOODY VStcrlin Marlin began defense of his Nashyille Raceway Grand American track championship in grand style last night. Jarlin, the Columbia Comet, FACTORY EXCHANGE ''IjMjfV I ENGINE tS came In third and Richard Har-grovefourth. Gary Beadle won the Grand International (formerly Mini Stock) 20-lapper. Newt Moore was second, Stanley King third and Charlie Casteel fourth. Scot Stevenson was giving Beadle a close race until his car expired late in the 5 Only two cars showed up for tlje new Pure Stock Junior Howard beat Joe Henley in the two-car showdown.

Nashville driver L.W. Wright yesterday announced he will be attempting to qualify for next week's Winston 500 Grand Na-, tional race at Talladega, Ala. The 33-year-old Wright, a vet- eran of .43 Grand National races, will drive a 1981 Monte Carlo. The name of Wright's team is Music City Racing, and among his sponsors are country music stars Merle Haggard and T.G., Sheppard. Haggard is scheduled to appear at Talladega with his driver.

Linda Cox of Louisville, Ky. was named acting Miss Nashville Raceway yesterday. The 22-year-old Miss Cox's tenure was for last night's events only; a permanent Miss Raceway will be selected later in the season. y-i-r Nashville Raceway flagman Terry Taylor has made it known be'was not the flagman who started last week's ASA 200-lap race, in which an apparent hesitant start caused a pileup at the starting line. "The story in The Tennessean last week was right," said Taylor "The wreck was the cause of the flagman.

But when the story came out, a lot of people thought it must have been me, because I'm the regular But the ASA people brought their own flagman. I don't know who it was, but it wasn't me; I've never dropped the flag on that bad a start." Financing Arranged! Ajk Th Man WIm SwvkM Ymw Car Abwrt ENGINESTrlANSMESSIDKS It AKm Ruxar, Prn. Continue Today from WIRE REPORTS National Basketball Asso-ciation's playoff series contines today with three games schedued. 1 The Boston Celtics entertain the Washington Bullets and the Milwaukee Bucks are at the Philadelphia 76ers as Eastern Conference quarterfinal competition begins. Meanwhile in the Western Conference, Seattle is at borne against Houston with the two teams tied 1-1 in their best-, oMhree mini-series.

San Antonio awaits the winner of that game. LUrlOER IIOFflE CENTER rnoenix aeieaiea Denver iz4-119 last night and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals against Los Angeles. liunnYe 7 DAYS OriLY! NOW THRU SUNDAY. MAY 2nd. State Wins mm- 1 started behind Mike Alexander in the 50-lap feature, but got the jump on the start and never looked back.

Marlin beat Alexander to the finish line by almost a quarter-track length. Jerry Sisco was third and Phil Spickard "MIKE WAS coming on there at the end," said Marlin. "But our car was running so well, especially in the corners, I didn't feel like he would be able to catch me." Alexander said clutch problems at the start may have cost him the race. "I couldn't do much, especially in the turns," Alexander said. "But I'll be back." Marlin had four big leads wiped out by caution flags.

Three of the cautions were brought out by Gary Sutton spinouts. A crowd of 3,708 turned out for last night's races. In the Limited Sportsman race, James Smith and Ricky Cruz started 1-2 and finished in that same order, with almost a full lap on the field. Jesse Nash Merritt Blvd. (From First Sports Page) referred to Merritt as "an asset to the state of Tennessee and the community of Nashville." Prior to those 1 words from Merritt's two most trusted assistants, a crowd of about 500 watched various honors and awards handed to the veteran coach.

Among the highlights: Sen. Jim Sasser called Merritt "a legend in his own time the king of his profession a man whose heart is just as broad as this boulevard," and presented the coach with a copy of a statement Sasser made about him on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Rep. Bill Boner pointed out that Merritt's wife, Maxine, has been a stabilizing factor on his career and that "We appreciate Tennessee State and Big John Merritt." Gov.

Lamar Alexander gave Merritt a copy of the "Outstanding Tennessean Award," and joked that the reason so many politicians were in attendance is that "you haven't lost any homecoming games and you haven't lost many elections either." Mayor Richard Fulton read a proclamation signifying yesterday as "John Ayers Merritt Day" in Nashville. Metro Councilman Willis McCallister, who helped sponsor the measure which led to the re- naming of the street for Merritt, gave the coach a souvenir street sign. Sheriff Fate Thomas lauded Merritt's Drosram as "the win- FRAPHQ LUMBER Premium Quality nnv 4o.mp Afjunjk oj oj mm MTSU Women's Meet LMURFREESBORO The University of Alabama's women's track team edged Murray State by; 11 points here yesterday in a 10-team track meet at Middle Tennessee State. Bama's efforts were paced by high jumper Pisa Gisladottis (6- rtit-UU I I UUo 1.1 each "x4'x8'C0X APA Certified PLYWOOD SHEATMFIG6.59 piece Size I 8' I 10' 112' I 14' I 16' 1,22 1.64 2.04 2.39 2.79 2wx6" 2.04 2.59 3.54 3.64 4.74 2W 3.04 4.24 5.89 6.89 7.89 lr. it 'tot 'it vy -r r.rt i It ,31 in i A I 16' i'i Oo.

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Arnold also ran the leadoff leg of the Lady Govs' mile relay team and the anchor leg of the Peay 400 meter relay squad, both of which picked up first-place finishes. Alabama piled up 172 team points, to Murray's 160. Host MTSU was third with 74 points, while Peay was fourth with 55 V4. Connors Rallies To Gain Finals IAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) Jim-jriy Connors came back from one set down yesterday to beat Sandy Mayer 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, while Gene Mayer romped to a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Australia's Mark Ed-mondson to join Connors inthe finals of the $370,000 Alan King-Caesars Palace Tennis Classic.

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