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CJ i riMTIAKIQ ALL tUl liv REPUBLIC LA Open captured mm' 1 6T7ix9 -'--ill All ihV 1 win iMS' -Djjfj" 's'il 1 1 I fW 1 zb NI1M 88g rn lit is! I Associated Pre Pat FitzSimons relishes bagging another bird as he starts Sunday's final round of the Glen Campbell Los Angeles Open off right on the first hole. week award. Kagele was co-winner of the John G. Yost memorial award, established by Howard Yost in honor of his late brother. Co-winner Bruce Ivor of Phoenix was not present for the awards Looking over Northern Arizona University football awards are, from left, Dan Runkle, defensive coordinator; head coach Joe Salem; Robert Fowler; George Kagele, and Howard Yost.

Fowler was presented with a Big Sky Conference player of the 3rd winner in three nights Fateful (Section B) Page 3 Monday, Feb. 24, 1975 Associated Press LOS ANGELES Steady Pat Fitz-Simons studiously ignored the growing pressure, carefully constructed a last-round 70 and scored his first professional victory by a comfortable four strokes Sunday in the Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open Golf Tournament. The 24-year-old FitzSimons, who took a six-stroke lead by firing a course-record 64 in Saturday's third round, was one under par in his last 18 holes over the demanding Riviera Country Club course and finished with a 275 total. FitzSimons, a previously obscure performer who hadn't made expenses in his first two seasons on the pro tour, Scores, Page B-5 birdied his first hole and was never really challenged by the strongest field of the year. Jack Nicklaus and Tom Kite made the biggest runs at the surprise winner but they were just too far back to catch up.

Kite took second with a last-round. 68 and a 279 total. Nicklaus had the best round of the mild, sunny day, a six-under-par 65, and finished at 280, five strokes back. His publicized duel with Johnny Miller the young man who's challenging Jack as the game's leading player never materialized. Miller, a three-time winner this year, knocked himself out of any title contention with a triple-bogey seven on the second hole and finished with a 74 and a 287 total.

U.S. Open champion Hale Irwin and Tom Weiskopf tied for fourth at 282. Irwin had a closing 67, Weiskopf 68. Tom Watson, Billy Casper, Jim Dent and Jerry Magee were at 283. Casper shot 69, Dent and Magee 70s, and Watson 71.

Arnold Palmer managed a last-round 69, his best score of the tourney, and was at 290. First-round leader Lee Trevino had a 74 and a 292 total. No one ever got closer to the red-haired FitzSimmons than the four-stroke final margin. "The key factor was that no one made an early move at him," said Kite. "I birdied three of four holes in one stretch on the back nine.

If I'd done that on the front side and he had 12 or 15 holes to think about it, that might have made a difference." Fitzsimmons had a two-putt birdie on the first hole, bogeyed the third from a bunker, but got a deuce on the tough, 234-yard fourth hole. Then the young man who had never before really challenged for a tour title did exactly what he had to do. He reeled off a string of 14 consecutive pars. Not all of them were easy. He had to one-putt the 6th, 7th and 8th holes to save par and needed a 10-footer for par on the 12th.

And he scored what he called a "miraculous par" on the 17th. He drove into a fairway bunker on 17 and had to play the ball back to the fairway. Then he was short to the right in three, finally reached the green in four and holed a 20-foot downhill putt for his par. That sent him to No. 18 with a four-stroke advantage.

'AH I had to do was make something less than eight. I figured I could handle that," he said. He did and collected $30,000 from the total purse of $150,000. The big check amounted to more than the total of his earnings for his first two seasons on the tour. St Mary's still out as AIA rejects plea HULBURT By MIKE GARRETT And there was one.

Some 10 little (and big) jumpers entered Saturday night's $1500 Open Junior Sweepstakes (time second jump-off) and only Fateful was around at the finish of the Aid-to-Zoo Horse Show Coliseum crowd pleasing event. Fateful became the third different winner in three nights of jumping competition with DiAnn Lundy riding for owners Tank and Lundy, unseating' Friday night's winner, The Godfather, Dianne Grod up. Only three horses managed a clean first round over the increasingly dif-1 ficult jumps Fateful, The Godfather and Big John (also guided by DiAnn Lundy). Big John was eliminated with eight faults the first jump-off. The Godfather was next to fall with eight faults but a quick 38.1 time.

With the pressure lessened, DiAnn bested Dianne with a third straight clean round in a time of 43.2 seconds. By DON The Arizona Interscholastic Association Executive Board stood firm in a Saturday hearing, denying St. Mary's High School a warning instead of probation which would have allowed the basketball team to participate in the Class AAA Skyline Division playoffs. The board has eliminated 11 schools from playoffs because of three different rulings including interschool scrimmage before the legal starting date of Dec. 1, a junior varsity tournament (barred by AIA rules) during the Christmas holidays and violation of the game limitation.

Each school is limited to 19 regular season games plus one tournament "This is the fifth year that JV tournaments has gone on," said St. Mary's principal Lou LaScala. It doesn't excuse the violation. But we asked for a warning since we turned ourselves in." St. Mary's is on probation for participating in a JV tournament during the Christmas Sri iwi wwi wmwwn wniiMwriif mnmMmmmmmmmmmmmm mm egeii UTEP's fans left lots to be desired opsin While the jumping competition remained hotly contested other classes provided something for the judges to think about.

Like the $1,000 Open Stock Horse SATURDAY NIGHT RESULTS S1500 OPEN JUMPER SWEEPSTAKES Time Second Jump-off Fateful (DiAnn Lundy) Tank Lundy; The Godfather (Dianne Grod) Mrs. Bernict Schneider; Big John (DiAnn Lundy) Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Palmer; HARNESS PONY Singles Ladies to Drive Holiday Dina (Claudia S.

Lut-trell) same; Valley's Bambi (Carol Smith shannon) Valley Lane Farm; Goodtime Charlie (Patricia Husband) Summer Hill Farm; MCO TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE AMATEUR STAKE Copy's Record (Leslie Mach) Mrs. Colette Mach; Delights High Moon (Joan H. Shoemaker) same; Rocket's Rose (Dorothy Windon) same; JUVENILE THREE-GAITED SADDLE HORSE CHAMPIONSHIP STAKE (Riders 17 ears under) Lady Luck (Georgia Herpin) Supreme Acres Stables; Burninq Tree's Salesman (Sand! Miller) Mrs. Darleen Miller; Something Special (Lelqh Prentice) same; The Special Entertainer (Mrs Kenneth Wheeler) Mr. and Mrs.

Kenneth) Dream Size (Carol Smith Shannon) Valley Lane Farm; Holiday's Happy World (Dale Duffy) Cynthia Wood Stable; S1000 OPEN STOCK HORSE CHAMPIONSHIP SWEEPSTAKES Okie Leo Money (Tony Amaral) Tony Amaral Marc Moqot; Just Fine (Ronnie Richards) Wright Way Auto Carrier; Poco Brownie (Ronnie Richards) Doris Eh-ricke; HACKNEY PONY Singles Ladles to Drive May Day King (Caror Smith Shannon) Valley Lane Farm; Won Mighty Masterpiece (Mrs. Charles Miller) Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller; Why Worry Challenge (Claudia S. Luttrell) same.

PARADE HORSES OPEN Duke of Norwood (Elwood M. Williams), Norwood Stables; Crush Proof (Bill McHenry), Bill Nada's Cafe; Applause Applause (Jan McClaughlin), Emerald View Stables; S250 SHETLAND PONY ROADSTER UNDER CHAM. PIONSHIP STAKE Fairview's Tommy Walker (Jimmy Miller), Mr. and Mrs. Duane Rolando; Glory Seeker (Gerry Rushton), Mr.

and Mrs. Dan Smallev; Ace's Bell Boy (Craig Adams), Mr. and Mrs. Gene Adams. mmmmmmmmmmft Si had those kinds of athletes on the FLOOR, he'd probably run away with the WAC title.

Come to think of it, many of them DO usually end up on the floor, though they are not bedecked in the traditional Miner uniform. Sun Devil coach Ned Wulk is sizzling over the abuse heaped upon his club during the game and during the perilous journey to the locker room afterward. The sizzle undoubtedly will turn 'to a simmer, however, as Ned looks ahead to the final two weeks of the season. The mathematics of it all are pretty simple at this late stage. If the Devils beat Wyoming, Colorado State and Arizona in Tempe nobody can catch them.

If the Devils lose one and the Miners sweep against Utah and BYU on the road and New Mexico at home, the two teams will tie for the title. Arizona, two down with three to play, appears out of the, title picture unless the Sun Devils stumble this weekend. But the Wildcats are a good bet to attend a post-season tournament somewhere. We're going to have something new on the local professional baseball scene this year. The Phoenix Giants have announced plans to televise 13 games 11 at home and two from Tucson.

Each team in the Pacific Coast League East will be seen at least twice and each team' in the PCL West at least once. Channel 21 will originate the telecasts with Pete Solomon doing the play-by-play. The first telecast will be the season opener April 10 against Salt Lake City. All of the TV games will be Wednesday or Thursday night affairs. A-to-Z Championship Sweepstakes where no less than 22 entries ad the crowd hollering encouragement.

Okie Leo Money impressed the most to earn the blue ribbon for rider and owner Tony Amaral and co-owner Marc Mogol of Byron, Calif. Just Fine took the red ribbon as one of seven horses ridden by Ronnie Richards. Carol Smith Shannon's May Day King won its third straight A-to-Z Hackney Pony singles ladies to drive chempionship for Valley Lane Farm. WAC standings WAC Pet. Overall 3 4 5 Pet.

.870 .818 .783 .682 .524 .455 .455 .522 Arizona State Texas-El Paso Arizona Utah Colorado State Wyoming Brigham Young New Mexico .818 20 18 18 15 .636 .500 .400 .300 .300 .273 7 11 10 10 12 10 12 12 11 SATURDAY'S RESULTS UTEP 75, Arizona State 70 Arizona 58. New Mexico 5 Utah 79, BYU 73 Wyoming 65, CSU 61 THIS WEEK'S GAMES Friday Wyomlnq at ASU, CSU at Arizona. New Mexico at BYU. UTEP at Utah. Saturday CSU at ASU, Wyoming at Arizona.

New Mexico at Utah (TV), UTEP at BYU. Suns dump Milicaukee Special to The Republic MADISON, Wis. Dennis Awtrey's first basketball game as a 27-year-old is something Kareem Abdul-Jabar won't soon forget. Awtrey, who turned 27 Saturday, scored a career high 24 points Sunday as the Phoenix Suns upended Milwaukee, 106-97. The victory terminated the Phoenix losing streak at five games and allowed the Suns to gain ground on second place Seattle in the NBA Pacific.

Phoenix (25-33) now is two and one-half games behind Seattle and has a trip-concluding date Tuesday against the Warriors in Oakland. Abdul-Jabar, the league's No. 3 scorer, totaled 28 points but Awtrey and an effective Phoenix defense kept the seven-foot-two Bucks' center from dominating the game. Five other Suns scored in double figures as Phoenix defeated Milwaukee for the first time in three tries this season. Milwaukee led by 11 points in the second period before the Suns launched a comeback.

Four consecutive free throws in the third period by Charlie Scott gave the Suns a 66-63 lead they never relinquished. PHOENIX (106) Bantom Perry Awtrey Helchionnl Vanarsdale Erlckson Scott E. William Saunders Totals MP PO FT Reb 15 10 14 1 4 1 4 1 52 Reb 9 1 24 i 'J 2 2 1 53 TP 16 13 24 14 17 2 16 40 2-4 1-1 4-4 64 12 00 0-? 0-2 22-21 40 40 35 42 14 1 I 240 7- 17 6-12 10-15 4-11 8- 16 1-5 4-18 1-1 1-2 45-97 0 0 106 MILWAUKEE (tfi MP FO FT A TP 2 22 0 2 4 28 9 21 i 1 97 36106 32 97 Dandrldge Warner Ahdul-Jabbar Brokaw McGlocklln Restanl Davis Thompson Wesley R. Williams Totals 38 10-24 1- 1 13-23 9-16 2- 1 2- 6 1-4 1-9 3- 4 1-1 43 96 2-2 8 0- 0 1- 1 1-2 0-0 11-16 37 43 29 41 10 20 9 4 240 Phoenix Milwaukee 17 22 22 22 31 21 Fouled out None. Total fouls Phoenix 15, Milwaukee 25.

FG Pet Phoenix 43, Milwaukee 45. FT Pet Phoenix 78, Milwaukee 69. Turnovers Phoenix 15, Milwaukee 19. Oh That Tiger sure was in capturing TP feature "We told the board the JV and varsity players and the varsity coaches didn't know about the tournament rule. "St.

Mary's would certainly support a court decision," said LaScala in reference to a request for a restraining order to enjoin the AIA from barring the 11 schools from state playoffs. The class action suit was filed on behalf of Bob Horner and Richard Zucker of Apollo, George Sanchez and James Marsh of North, and Larry Moore and Mickey Sledge of Phoenix Union. A hearing will be held this morning in U.S. District Court. "I hate to go through the courts and I think we need a governing body like the AIA.

We can't take away what they've done. I would have to go through the diocese and probably the Bishop before anything legal could be done by St. Mary's," explained LaScala. "I still have faith St. Mary's will be there (in the playoffs).

I have to believe there's going to be justice," concluded LaScala. leader with two furlongs to run, Arterburn then made his move with Oh That Tiger and the Cal Johnson-trained runner outfinished Mike Bush in the run for home. Mike Bush, holding on gamely under Maese's handling bowed by half a length while holding second money safe by one length over Prince O' Spring. Mike Bush paid $9 and 5.20, with Prince O'Spring $3.80 to show. In the six-furlong seventh for allowance caliber fillies and mares, Victorian Battler and Bobbing Bo both coming up to the race off winning efforts were made the one-two choices.

Both, however, failed to make the board. Bobbling Bo did lead the pack all the way into the straightaway, where Lady of the Sea and Miss Be Good began to press Salustio Burgos mount. And as the leader ran out of gas, Miss Be Good went to the front and withstood Cona by half a length as Ladyofthesea settled for third money. Miss Be Good, owned by A. A.

Jones of Denver and conditioned by M. G. Hadley, stepped the six panels in 1:10 flat in scoring her first victory since last December when the filly ran on an "off" track. Allardyce's other winners were Mystic Victory ($10.20) in the second race and Hard Woodson, who beat out Shakey Ruler in a two-horse stretch duel in the nightcap and returned $11 for each win ticket. By CARL SOTO THERE SEEMS TO BE a race relations problem at the moment in Western Athletic Conference basketball.

While participating in the race for the league title, Arizona State and Texas-El Paso suffered strained relations Saturday. Now Phoenix and El Paso never have been what you'd call kissing cousins. There was a little flareup once over the "recruitment" of Phoenix footballers Fred Carr and Bob Wallace by the Miners. And some less-than-cordial exchanges over Sun Bowl selection capers. You should see some of the letters I get whenever I refer to that jewel of a city as Baja New Mexico, or a suburb of Juarez.

One of these years I'm going to have to get somebody to translate them for. me. Anyway, the two schools hardly did anything Saturday to cement future friendship. Unless you are talking about the kind of cement used to encase a cadaver prior to deposit at the bottom of a local river. Of course the Salt and Rio Grande, due to a basic lack of water, leave considerable to be desired for such activity.

And speaking of leaving considerable to be desired, that brings us around to UTEP's basketball fans. A great many of them have de- velopcd the amazing ability to throw something (quarters, pesos) with one hand, flip something (half of the traditional peace sign) with the other hand, while'? incessant streams of vulgarities. I niean, if Miner coach Don Haskins -if i Oh That Tiger, who's been nothing but that since his fall debut at Turf Paradise, raced to his third victory in four 1975 outings Sunday in accounting for the $4,000 Phoenix Gazette Handicap. With Jack Arterburn aboard for the second time running they teamed for a triumph, the Kentucky-bred son of Lurullah took the measure of eight three year old rivals with a 1:37 15 performance for the mile contest. That was good enough to earn a half-length decision for Oh That Tiger, who hasn't been out of the money in eight trips postward at TP starting with a third-place finish on opening day last October? Hard-riding apprentice Ross Allar-dyce didn't have a ipount in the feature, but he snared saddle honors Charts, Page B-6 for the day by booting home three winners including $58 surpriser Miss Be Good in the secondary feature.

In the main attraction, the fans rightly made Oh That Tiger the favorite and Rudarco, second choice, proved to be nothing but a disappointment in winding up seventh. Mike Bush, an 18-to-l chance with Alex Maese in the irons', cut out all the pace and had Prince O' Spring as closest company for the first six furlongs. Racing third, a few lengths off the Giant's Barr dinner guest San Francisco Giants' pitcher Jim Barr has joined the list of speakers for the 26th annual Arizona Sports Awards dinner Tuesday night at the Townell-ouse. Barr, former University of Southern Cal star and Phoenix Giants standout, compiled a 13-9 record for the 1974 San Francisco Club and his 2.74 earned run average was seventh best in the National League. The Giants' player representative, Barr also is a popular speaker at numerous Bay Area functions.

Baseball humorist Bob Uecker will be master of ceremonies, and will be joined at the rostrum by Oakland Athletics slugger Reggie Jackson, Alabama football coach Bear Bryant, California Seals' goalie Gary Simmons, Buffalo Bills receiver J.D. Hill and former ASU baseball coach and ex-California Angels manager Bobby Winkles. The dinner also will honor the state's top amateur and professional athletes and coach of the year. Tickets, priced at $17.50, will be available at the door Tuesday night. i.