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REPUBLIC D-4 Ang: isj V9 The Arizona Republic Price, Lowe top tourney NFL update Sproul, Mortensen waived shot 144s and 145s lasted more than an hour Tuesday ailate groups filtered in. "It's tough on; the nerves," admitted; Arizona Association President John Riggle. T'l've been running these things since 1958, and in all that time only one alternate has had the chance to make a trip. The guys who qualify think it worthwhile going." Boydston whipped his tee shot into an out-of-bounds left fairway ditch, taking a 1-stroke penalty, hooked his next shot left of the green and was short on the apron with his chip on his way to a 6. and Pagel took the second on the second hole of the playoff with Boydston after each had taken 6s.

The Arizona team will compete in the nationals Aug 28-Sept. 2 at Cleveland, hoping to improve on last year's showing when the team was eliminated in a rash of first-day losses. A field of 282 national qualifiers will compose the field at Cleveland, trying for 64 slots in match-play finals. Arizona had a field of 76 gunning for its five national tickets. The nervous "death watch" around the scoreboard by those who it i 7 Republic Sports Wires Former Arizona State University quarterbacks Dennis Sproul and Fred Mortensen were waived by their respective National Football League teams Tuesday, the day rosters had to be trimmed to 60 players.

Sproul was cut by the Green Bay Packers. Mortensen was trimmed by the Denver Broncos. Free agent Tim Petersen, a linebacker from ASU, was cut by the Washington Redskins. Sproul was expected to figure prominently in the Packers' quarterbacking picture this season, but he connected on less than half of his passes in the first exhibition game, throwing two interceptions. Sproul completed 11 of 25 passes for 138 yards a touchdown in a victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.

He did not play in last weekend's loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. As a rookie, Sproul completed 5 of 37 passes for 87 yards. He suffered a knee injury against Dallas Nov. 12 and missed the rest of the season. Public links players snapped up the five top spots and all but one of the three alternate chances Tuesday in the conclusion of Arizona qualifying for the U.S.

Amateur golf championships. Rick Price (68-74), of Antelope Hills Golf Course in Prescott, the only repeater from last year's team, and Brian Lowe (73-69), of Tucson's Randolph Golf Course, led the pack with 142s for the two days of play at the Arizona Biltmore course. Mark Davis (74-69), Dobson Ranch, Mesa, and Jeff Kern (73-70), Randolph, tied at 143. And Eddie Kilthau of Papago Golf Course, shooting 71-73, birdied the first playoff hole to break a 144 tie with Frank Boydston (71-73), Arizona Country Club, Bret McLean (71-73), Villa Monterey Golf Course and Randolph's Larry Pagel, who carded a 66, the day's best round, to go with a first-round 78. Kilthau had a 4 on the par-5, 481-yard playoff hole, McLean's 5 gave him first alternate slot Knight after his latest operation, knee surgery for defensive back Charlie Waters.

It was Knight's third operation on a Dallas Cowboy in a week. He also had repaired Tony Dorsett's broken toe and quarterback Danny White's broken thumb. Larry Fortner, a surprising last-round draft choice, was one of three players waived by the Miami Dolphins. Another waived was defensive lineman Jeff Weston, a ninth-round choice from Notre Dame. The Kansas City Chiefs trimmed five players, including defensive end Willie Lee, a fifth-round draft choice in 1975, and veterans nose tackle Jeff Lloyd and running back-kick returner Jimmy Edwards.

The Los Angeles Rams waived rookie quarterback Dan Kendra of West Virginia. The Rams traded center Mike Wellman, a rookie, to Green Bay for a future draft choice. The San Francisco 49ers waived four veterans punters Mike Connell and Marv Bateman, safety Bruce Threadgill and quarterback Mike Cordova. The 49ers acquired safety Larry Mallory on waivers from the New York Giants. The Atlanta Falcons cut offensive lineman Marv Montgomery, who was the Denver Broncos' No.

1 pick in the 1970 draft. Rookie free agent Mark Sullivan of Ohio State also was waived. San Diego Chargers' linebacker Jim Laslavic underwent surgery to repair torn knee cartilage and will be sidelined indefinitely. MEN'S SHOES CLEARANCE SALE THE JOHNSTON MURPHY SHOP 2456 E. Comeback, Biltmore Fashion Park 957-08T1 The Packers waived eigni oiner piayers inciua-ing veteran Elmo Boyd, a wide receiver.

V7MimT I VW-FIAT-ALFA ROMEO Eleven players, including iq-year ouensive laciue Tom Neville and place-kicker Fred Steinfort, were cut by Denver. Besides Petersen, the Redskins cut linebacker Ken Geddes, a nine-year veteran. Veteran defensive back Lloyd Mumphord was Cut by the Baltimore Colts. Mumphord, an 11-year veteran, was a mainstay SUMMER SPECIAL VW BUS CAMPER SALE: Rnwutc phot, by Mm mmtri Arizona's only repeater Bryan Lowe LAS VEGAS JUNKET FRIDAY NIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT MPIRT I PH. IRRIVE BACK Dent breezes by Tanner in Canadian net tourney PHI.

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The Eagles selected Tony Franklin, who set 18 NCAA records kicking barefoot for Texas in the third round of this year's draft, the two kickers had been battling it out during training camp. Otis Sistrunk, one of the Oakland veterans dropped from the active roster this week, will be paid for the coming season even if he's unable to iplay. The Raiders placed the 31-year-old defensive line-' man on the injured reserve list Monday. Linebacker Randy McClanahan, who started 10 I games last year, was released by the Buffalo Bills, as was rookie quarterback Jeff Knapple. The New York Giants reduced their roster by placing four players, including No.

7 draft pick Steve Alvers, on the injured reserve list. Giants' rookie quarterback Phil Simms, impressive in his debut against Pittsburgh, is not in contention for the Giants starting job, Coach Ray I Perkins said. Simms, the surprise seventh choice in the draft, completed 7 of 14 passes for 124 yards Saturday night against the Super Bowl champions. Seattle Seahawks starting defensive tackle Bill Sandifer, a six-year veteran, underwent surgery for 'ligament damage to his right knee and probably i will be lost for the regular season. Punter Mike Patrick a five-year veteran of the I Patriots, headed a list of 11 players cut by New England.

J- Halfway through the football exhibition season, i 70-year-old orthopedic surgeon Dr. Marvin Knight of Muenster, Texas, is the most valuable member of the Dallas Cowboys. "I still get a kick out of putting them back together and watching 'em run," said TORONTO Unseeded Phil Dent, taking advantage of stiff Arctic winds, shocked third-seeded Roscoe Tanner Tuesday, 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, in the first round of "the Canadian International tennis championships. Top-seeded Evonne Goolagong Caw-ley of Australia posted an easy 6-1, 6-2 win over Brenda Perry of New Zealand in the only first-round women's singles match. Dent, a 29-year-old native of Sydney, Australia, broke Tanner's serve in the sixth game of the third set to go ahead, 4-2, and then sealed the upset by blasting an ace to win in the eighth game for the set and match.

The 33 mph gusts played havoc with serves and sailed lobs out of bounds for the second straight day. Cawley said the wind made it awkward to play. "It made things very difficult. You couldn't slice because you didn't know where the ball was going to go," she said. Fourth-seeded Vitas Gerulaitis, who smashed unseeded Mark Cox of Britain, 6-4, 6-3, had a similar view of the proceedings.

"Outdoor tennis is the pits," the blond-haired New Yorker said following his easy win over Cox. "I really prefer to play indoors. There's no sun, no wind and you can play your best tennis." In other singles play, fifth-seeded Guillermo Vilas eased by John Austin, STOWE, Vt. Tim and Tom Gul-likson of Lacrosse, scored straight-set victories to advance to the second round of a $75,000 Grand Prix tennis tournament. Tim Gullikson, the tourney's second seed and last year's runner-up, bested Sashi Menon of India, 7-6, 6-2.

His twin brother Tom, seeded fifth, breezed past John James of Australia, 6-1, 6-1. Yuill upsets Gorman CLEVELAND John Yuill of South Africa, who took up tennis seriously only after graduating from college, upset Tom Gorman, 6-4. 6-4, in the $50,000 Gray International Open In other matches, Hie the four-time Grand Prix Masters champion from Romania, and Stan Smith, of Pasadena, breezed through their first rounds of play. Reid opens victoriously RICHMOND, Va. Fifth-seeded Kerry Reid unveiled an array of power shots to defeat unseeded Jeanne DuVall, 6-1, 6-1, in the first round of a $100,000 women's tennis tournament.

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