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THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEE, Suwdiv, )un 15. 199 g.Q wzzz MEET OPENS AT UT ON THURSDAY5 fp3 Fina Hurdle Wei's By F. M. WILLIAMS amateur hurdlers in the world, it was in football that Flowers found most of his glory at Tennessee. As a flanker his sophomore and junior years he developed Into such a tremendous pass receiver that the Cowboys picked him as their No.

2 draft choice this year. As a tailback his senior year, he provided the Vols the motivation to be a good football team in what had been ex- his amateur days a fairly-satisfied young man. As soon as he finishes the NCAA track meet, he will sit down with Dallas Cowboy representatives and work out a contract to play professional football in the National League next fall. It will be a lucrative deal for the handsome youngster. IRONICALLY, despite his many track victories and his ranking as one of the top two If I "I I i i Billy Williams Extends Streak to 873 Games CINCINNATI (UPI) Outfielder Billy Williams extended the streak of consecutive games in which he has played to 878 last night when he appeared as a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning of the Chicago Cubs 9-8 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

Williams did not start the game because he and third baseman Ron Santo were injured in the Cubs' win over the Reds Friday night. Williams was injured when struck on the instep by his own foul ball but x-rays were negative and he received diathermy and heat treatment during the afternoon. Williams' string of 878 consecutive games is 17 short of the National League record of 895 set by Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals. pected to be a rebuilding year.

"The high hurdles championship in the NCAA will be between Erv Hall of Villano-va and Flowers," says UT track coach Chuck Rone. "I think running on his home track, before a home crowd, will be to Richmond's advantage. "IT IS POSSIBLE that the competition will be such as to bring a new world record." The world mark is 13.2. Flowers, in another irony of his career, is co-holder of the NCAA meet record of 13.4 with Earl McCullough, of Southern Cal. They both were timed at that in 1967, with McCullough winning the race by an eyelash.

Tennessee is set for a record invasion of athletes for the NCAA. At last count, there were about 700 entered from 128 schools. The entry list will be reduced when coaches make their scratches Wednesday, but it still will be the largest ever. THERE ARE 60 entrants in the half mile, and 20 in the hammer throw the largest and smallest individual event fields. John Carlos, the nation's top dash man, and Lee Evans, the best 440 runner In the world, head a San Jose State team that ranks among the favorites for the title.

Jim Ryun, great distance runner and favorite in the mile, leads Kansas, another strong team contender. Southern Cal, Villanova and Tennessee are others with a chance for the team title. ACTION BEGINS Thursday at 1 p.m., Nashville time, with qualifying in the hammer throw. The first championship will be the six-mile run, set for 6:05 on opening day. Thursday there will be finals in the high hurdles, 100, stee- plechase, long jump, hammer, and shot put.

All other finals will be Saturday, when the meet concludes. Tickets can be purchased on a season basis for $12, or on an individual day basis at $3, $4, and $5 for reserved seats and $2, $3, $4 for general admission. Orders should be placed through the UT Athletic and tickets will be held at the gate. Money orders or checks will be accepted. Brigham Young Edges Vol Cinder Squad LEXINGTON, Ky.

(AP) -Brigham Young's Vhrester Celion snatched the U.S. Track and Field Federation men's team championship from the University of Tennessee yesterday, taking the high jump title the last event of the meet with a leap of six feet, 11 inches. TENNESSEE, led by hurdler Richmond Flowers, held a 5M-point lead until Celion soared over the bar and brought his team to the front. Southern Illinois finished a strong third, followed by Western Michigan and Kansas State. The Iowa Track Club won the women's title in a spirited battle with the Texas Track Club of Abilene.

Iowa scored 143 points to the Texas ladies, 121. Western Michigan, with Tom Randolph running the anchor, captured the 440-yard relays in 41.5. Texas finished second in 41.5, with Rice third at 41.9. FLOWERS RACED home in the 120-yard high hurdlers in 13.7 to nip Larry Midlam of the Ann Arber Track Club by one-tenth of a second. Knoxviile Track Club's Terry Hull completed a sweep of her specialties by taking the 880-yard run after winning the 440 Friday.

Sportettes, Atlanta Split The Nashville i Goods Sportettes and the Lo- UT's Richmond Flowers Big Chance Ahead Duel Wallace, Binford, Tweedy Headlines Open Ski Tourney places in tricks with 1,877 points and in the slalom with 271i buoys. She finished third behind Huntsville's Paula Clower and Margaret Curham of Greenville, S. in the jumping. KIND OF FUNERAL' Jim Ryun Heads Kansas Squad Joe Chitwood Rained Out, Set Friday What loomed as the biggest show of the season was rained out last night at Fairground Speedwavs. THIRTY DRIVERS were on hand for the 50-lap, double point late model sportsman event on the half mile track including Huntsvillians John Minchler, C.

A. Smith, Moody Knight, Rhea 1 1 Larry Catlett, Tommy Rosser and Bud Johnson and Gene Payne, John Hamburg, David Hill and Donnie Roberts of Owensboro, Ky. The biggest postponement was that of the Joie Chitwood Thrill Show. It was rescheduled for Friday night when gates will open, at 6 and the show will begin at 8 p.m. MORE RACES are scheduled for Tuesday with late model specials on the half mile track and figure eights on the quarter.

CRAVELY TRACTOR WHITE ACENCY INC. 1112 McCavock St. 5 255-2737 if iiiitf if to ngel's Eulogy: Kids BILL ISOM OVERCAST skies and intermittent rain failed to knock the luster off some 'sparklirfg exhibitions or put 9 damper on the opening session of the 10th annual Ten-, Open Water Ski Championships yesterday at Old Hickory Lake's Station Creek. men mm rRiverside Program Resel (or Today war. program of drag races scheduled at the Riverside yesterday were rained mit and will be held today "when the gates open at 11 a.m.

and races commence at 2:30 p.m. A hot battle is expected in the super stock class between Dick Hoffman in an SSD Ford and Orman Crabb in a 1969 SSC Dodge. The street eliminator duel looms among Bill Keith in a sports Corvette, Thomas Baker in a gas Anglia, Joe Stewart in a gas Anglia, and Ken Fulks in a modified production Falcon. TODAY'S FINAL nine-event program, which will get underway at 8 a.m. with a forecast for not much hetter weather conditions, will be for men only and promises to produce some red-hot competition in every event.

It will consist of slalom, tricks and jumping in divisions for men (18-24), intermediate men (25-34) and senior men (35 and over). Highlighting jester day's nine-event program was a pair of lopnotch performances by Ham Wallace III of the Nashville Ski Bees as he hooked up in a sizzling duel with Bill Bin-ford and Bruce Tweedy of the Huntsville, Space Capital Ski Club for laurels in the boys division. Ham, a 16-year-old who will he a junior at Battle Ground Academy this fall, turned in one of the finest slalom performances ever seen in (his area to get the meet off to an excellent start under then sunny skies. HE BREEZED around 44 buoys in his eight runs over the six-buoy course before he missed, the final two coming with the 75-foot ski rope shortened by 30 feet and at a boat speed of 36 mph. ITS FRIDAY or never for Richmond Flowers destined to go down in history as one of Tennessee's most successful, and at the same time, most frustrated athletes.

Richmond runs his last high hurdles race, as an amateur at least, Friday afternoon on Black track in Knoxviile, seeking a national championship in the event that first projected him into International snorts fame. He comes up to the big test in the NCAA track and field championships, which begin Thursday and run for three spectacular days in the first visit south in history. FLOWERS LIVED and prayed nine years for an Olympic Gold Medal, then wound up not even making the team because of a pulled hamstring muscle incurred in a routine workout last summer. Now he hopes to soothe some of the wound by taking his first outdoor national title in (he high hurdles, and if he can do it in record time, he'll probably come to the end of The finest effort ever turned in here was by Larry Johnson of ChaHanooga who will be on today's program. Johnson, who also won the men's jumping and tricks last season and will be trying for a repeat win in them also today, has a 49Vi buoy effort to his credit with the last one and a half buoys coming with 3(5 feet off the rope.

That's as short as you tan run. Ham also won the final event on yesterday's schedule the jumping as he turned in a 93-foot leap and collected 118 points with his form added on. HOWEVER, HAM was out of the Over-All Boys title by Bill Binford and Bruce Tweedy as these two Huntsville aces piled up enough points in the trick event to finish ahead of him in the overall points. Ham placed a poor third in tricks. Bill Binford won the trick event and scored 2,795 points and that combined with third place finishes in the slalom (26 buoys) and 109.5 points in the jumping with a leap of 89 feet gave him the over-all title with 2,463.

points. Bruce Tweedy posted three seconds and finished there in the over-all standings with 2,389 points, had 33 buoys in the slalom and 110 points in the jumping on an 87-foot jump. BRIAN TWEEDY was the only competitor to win all three events he entered yesterday and that easily gave him the junior boys and girls over-all title. Brian got 33 bouys in the slalom, jumped Yesterdays Results BOYS' SLALOM Ham WH III (Nashville Ski Bees) 44 buoys; Bruce Tweedy (Huntsville, Ala. Space Capital Club) 33 buoys; Bill Binford Huntsville, All.

Spec Capitol Club) buoys. WOMEN'S SLALOM Vlckl John-dron (Tampa, Fla.) 27j buoys; Pauls (Mumsvuie, Aia. space Papuan 27 buoys; Aleene Hixen (Chattanooga) I jlVa Buoys. JR. BOYS GIRLS SLALOM Brian Tweedy Huntsville, Ala.

Space Capital) 33 buoys; Mike Ray (Acworth, Ga.) 21; Sherri Bosard (Memphis Rebel Ski Club) 2'j buoys. BOYS' TRICKS Bill Binford Huntsville) points; Bruce Tweedy (Huntsville) 2,154 points; Ham Wallace III (Ski Bees) 313 points. WOMEN'S TRICKS Vickl Johndron Tampa, Fla.) 1,877 onints; Paula Clower (Huntsville) 'H8 points) Marqaret Smith (Cookeville) 607 points. JR. BOYS GIRLS TRICKS -Brian Tweedy Huntsville) 8 points; Julie Tweedv (Huntsville) 243 points) Sherri Boqard (Memphis Rebels) IBS points.

JR. BOYS GIRLS JUMPING Brian Twpsdy Huntsville) 11 105 pninst; Mike Ray (Acworth, Ga.) 54 feet 73', points) Julie Tweedy (Huntsville) 3 falls. WOMEN'S JUMPING Pul Clower Huntsville) 78 feet points; Marqaret Durham (Greenville, S.C.) 73 feet Mfomtj; Vickl Johndron (Tampa, Fla.) 70 feef 88 points. boys' jumping Ham waiir III (Ski Bees) feef 111 points) Brure Tweedy (Huntsville) 87 feet Bi" 89 feet ioy.5 points. UCD is nvc riDi'c ti SRLS -7 (Acworth, Ga.) Julie Tweedy (Huntsville) 432.

WOMFN vicki Johndron (Tampa, Fla.) 2,790 points; Paula Clower (Huntsville) Aleene Hixon (Chat- tanoooa) 1,289. BOYS Bill Binford (Huntsville) 2,463 points; Bruce Tweedy (Huntsville) Ham Wallace III (Ski Bees) 2,112. (STARTING TIMFJ 8 A.M. Men's Slalom; Intermediate Men's Sia'nm; Sen'or Men's Sla'om; Intume. diate Men's Tricks; Senior Men's Trirks; Men's Tricks; Senior Men's Jumnlns; Intermediate Men's Jumping; Men's Jumping.

MEN Vl SAVE UP TO ON CLOTHING Self Service Suit Center 1209 Callitin Road Across from Madison Sean If. Lo Graff, and Parker Garner, all of whom wore Lookout uniforms, and Jasper Donaldson long-time traveling secretary of the Atlanta Crackers, were among the baseball notables present. MIHALIC, now head of Avco Aerostructures Division in Nashville, said just before leaving the grave site which was covered with hundreds of floral pieces: "It was here in 1933, three years after Joe took over the Lookouts, I began my baseball career. And now that era has ended with his passing." N. 79 feet to pile up 105 points with his form added and scored 628 points to win the tricks event.

Vicki Johndron of Tampa, won the women's over-all crown as she captured first By RAYMOND JOHNSON TENNESSEAN Sports Editor (CHATTANOOGA Joe En- gle, who in two score years became this city's most popular resident, had a different kind of a funeral Saturday, which was befitting the Bar-num of Baseball. The 76-year-old Engel, former president of the Chattanooga Lookouts, died Thursday following a brief illness. DR. JAMES L. Fowle, retired pastor of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church who 35 years ago tied the knot that made Joe and Hallie Birkhead man and wife, and Dr.

Fred Johnson, pastor of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, devoted most of the 30-minute services to what Engel did for the youngsters of the city. Neither quoted scripture, except briefly. Dr. Fowle, a bushy-headed, husky man and a very close friend of Joe, told the comfortably filled West Chapel of the Chattanooga Funeral Home of what Engle did for lens of thousands of boys between the ages of 9 and 16 in the city's Seaver Wins 10th In Mels' 3-1 Win LOS ANGELES (AP)-New York's Torn Seaver posted his 10th victory of the season and won his own ball game with a two-run single as the Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 last night. NEW YORK LOS ANGELES hi hi ss 3 win? ss 4 2 "pp i Garrett 4 0 0 0 Parker lb 4 0 1 CJones If 1 0 0 0 Kosco rf Swobod If 3 0 0 0 HgHerc 3 010 Otis cf 1 0 0 Mots rf 30 10 Kranpool lb 4 0 0 0 Lefebvre 3b 3 0 0 0 churles 3b 3 12 0 Sizemore 2b 3 0 0 0 Qro 1 0 0 0 Sutton 2 0 0 0 jeaver 3012 Sudakis ph 1 00 McGraw 0 0 0 0 Brewer 0 0 0 0 rv; Total 30 3 5 3 Total yori, 0102000003 Anqele.

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1 requirement of membership in the Knot Hole setup was to have passing grades in school and to atteend Sunday school regularly. "I am a knight of the Joe Engel Knot Hole Gang," Dr. Fowle said proudly. "I have a. red baseball cap with a big while on it that is one of my proudest possessions.

I have worn it all over the world. When I am asked what it means, I tell them it signified I am a knight in the Joe Engel Knot Hole Gang. If they haven't heard of the program, I tell them how unfor-tunale they are." ENGEL WAS the promoter of the Hamilton County Interstate Fair, which raised considerable money for the poor. Dr. Fowle revealed that Joe had a tent set up at the fair each year where youngsters could go and become closer to Christ.

When Billy Graham came here in the early 50s for a crusade, Chattanooga business men wanted to build a field house at Warner Park in his honor. Dr. Fowle said that three men offered to put up the money for the project when Engel told them to save their money because he would raise it by auctioning off a house and lot at a ball game. Dr. Fowle said be appreciated the thought but that was one time he had to decline the offer of his close friend.

Dr. Johnson pictured Engel as an unselfish man who had the love of youth and the re- ciwf nf Iho anprf Sped Ot me agPO. Calvin Griffith of caivin Ul Iliun, pi esiueni oi tne Minnesota lWinsanawnu Eneel started on his career here with the Lookouts in the 30s; Cal Ermer, who managed the Lookouts for Engel; Phil Howser of the Charlotte Hornets, Zinn Beck, long-time associate of Engel; Sam Smith, president of the Southern League; John Mihalic, Ellis -ii L-iaiy, nuns uaym, neuuie Magazine (From First Sports Papie) vidson, a 31-year-old bank robber who has a grudge against the quarterback because of his attentions to a woman. Last December when the Jets were in Miami, police were investigating a report Davidson threatened to harm Namath. Davidson jumped bail after being caught robbing a bank in Kalamazoo, and is still being sought by police.

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