Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 9

Today's tip Saturday JUNE 29, 1985 RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL Section 2B BASEBALL 3B SENIORS GOLF 4B TENNIS 6B BUSINESS ports If you can't make it up to the Edgewood-Tahoe golf course today, you can catch a live telecast of the U.S. Senior Open golf tournament on the ESPN cable network beginning at 2 p.m. TDDOIT Latest scores American League Toronto 2, Detroit 0 Boston 6, Baltimore 1 New York 5, Milwaukee 2 Minnesota 5, Chicago 4 Kansas City 5, California 4 Texas 7, Oakland 5 Seattle 8, Cleveland 6 4k I 4 It 1 1 ff- i I' Zembriski holds off DeVicenzo with 3-under 141 By John SchumacherGazette-Journal STATELINE Maybe it will happen today. By Sunday, certainly, this impos-ter will vanish into one of the dense Edgewood forests. Some of golf's biggest names are counting on it.

If they don't lend a hand, though, Walter Zembriski might never go away. Zembriski, scrambling to survive some gusting high Sierra winds, fired a 1-over-par 73 Friday at Edgewood-Tahoe Golf Course to hold onto his surprising lead at the U.S. Senior Open. His 3-under-par 141 total leads 1980 Senior Open champion Roberto DeVicenzo by one shot and two-time Open winner Miller Barber by two heading into today's third round of the 72-hole championship. Former Masters champ Gay Brewer is alone in third at even-par 144 after carding a 71 Friday.

Peter Thomson, who slipped to a 77, and Billy Casper head a group of five players at 147. Arnold Palmer, Lee Elder and Charlie Sifford are among those at 148. The cut came at 158, the highest in the six-year Senior Open history. The 60 sur-viviors will begin play at 7:40 a.m., with the leaders going off at 12:10 p.m. All are waiting for Zembriski to collapse, but the vigil might be a futile one.

Zembriski showed no signs of falling apart Friday during a gutsy tour of the layout. He could have crumbled on the front nine, when two bogeys on the first five holes brought him back to the field. Fat chance. He might have stumbled on the back side, when the gusting winds and a charging DeVicenzo made things uncomfortable. Forget it.

Even his dad is beginning to wonder what's going on. "My father called me last night and said, 'What are you trying to do, win Zembriski said. "I told him I didn't come here to vacation or Jean Dixon Aikin uaefle-Joumdi STILL ON TOP: Walter Zembriski watches his tee shot sail Orlando, golfer held the tournament lead for the second down the No. 3 fairway during the second round of the U.S. day by shooting a 1 -over-par 73.

That gave him a two-day Senior Open at Edgewood-Tahoe Friday afternoon. The total of 3-under-par 141 National League Montreal 5, Philadelphia 3 Chicago 5, Pittsburgh 0 St. Louis 3, New York 2 Cincinnati 11, San Diego 9 Atlanta 1 1 Los Angeles 2 Houston 3, San Francisco 1 49ers picked as 3-1 Super Bowl favorites The San Francisco 49ers are 3-1 favorites to repeat as Super Bowl champions, according to odds given Friday by Harrah's Reno Race and Sports Book. The Miami Dolphins losers to the 49ers in Super Bowl XIX last January and Super Bowl XVIII champion Los Angeles Raiders were listed at 4-1. Seattle is next at 9-2; Washington, 6-1; Chicago and St.

Louis, 8-1; Pittsburgh, Dallas, Cincinnati and the Los Angeles Rams, 10-1 Denver, 12-1 Green Bay, Kansas City, San Diego, Detroit, the New York Giants and New York Jets, 15-1; New England, 20-1; Cleveland, 25-1; Philadelphia and Houston, 40-1; Atlanta, Minnesota, New Orleans and Tampa Bay, 50-1; Indianapolis and Buffalo, 75-1. Soccer team in jeopardy The owner of the Las Vegas Americans indoor soccer team says there is a "50-50 chance" the team will move or disband before the upcoming season because of financial problems. Bill "Wildcat" Morris said unless at least $1 million is raised by July 15 the team may fold after only a year in Las Vegas. Morris, owner of the Landmark Hotel, said Thursday the team has already rejected an offer from Phoenix investors to move the club to that city and is contacting local investors in efforts to keep the MISL franchise in Las Vegas. "The facts are we are in tight financial straits," said Morris, a former regent for the University of Nevada system.

"We are looking right now to keep the Americans here and we have a July 15 deadline. We may necessitate the move of the franchise (but) we hope we don't have to." Morris, who brought the team to Las Vegas from Memphis last season, said he has been turned down by some potential investors but is talking to others who might put up some money. He said one of the reasons he has been forced to seek funding is that he cannot personally commit any more money to the team as a condition of a $28 million loan he received to remodel his Landmark Hotel. Morris said he is also trying to renegotiate the team's contract with the Thomas and Mack Center, where it plays its games. He said the Americans owe rent money to the arena from last season.

Senior leader board Friday's scores after the second round of the $225,000 U.S. Seniors Open Championship (a-denotes amateur). Walter Zembriski 68-73141 Roberto DeVicenzo 74-68142 Miller Barber 71-72143 Gay Brewer 73-71144 Peter Thomson 70-77147 a-William Hyndman 73-74147 Dick King 147 Gordon Jones 74-73147 Bill Casper 73-74147 Lee Elder 75-73-148 Robert Stone 73-75148 Charles Sifford 74-74148 Harold Henning 75-73148 Arnold Palmer 72-76148 Tommy Bolt 73-76149 Complete results, page 5B Thomson remains positive despite his 5-over-par 77 By John SchumacherGazetie-Journai STATELINE Peter Thomson lost two battles Friday, but he isn't about to surrender the war. The senior tour's leading money winner remained optimistic despite a 5-over-par 77 in the second round of the U.S. Senior Open at Edgewood-Tahoe Golf Course.

That leaves him six shots off the lead heading into today's third round, but Thomson sounded more like a front-runner Friday. "There's about five guys that can win this tournament and I'm one of them," Thomson said. "I think even par will win this. It might win easily. I might be the one to do it." Thomson's confidence remained unshaken despite frustrating battles with some nasty pin placements and the United States Golf Association.

"Some of those early placements for the cups were idiotic," Thomson said. "It was very difficult where they had those flags today. They were difficult to get at." See THOMSON, page 3B gamble." Zembriski acts likes he's having fun, though. He moves quickly, like a nervous fellow, but talks like a man enjoying a little rest and recreation. "I'll be a little jittery tonight, but I'll handle it," Zembriski said.

"I'm relaxed." Indeed. After going out to breakfast Friday, Zembriski returned to his room and fell asleep, waking up just two hours before his 2:32 p.m. tee time. His round began with those two early bogeys, but a 10-foot birdie on the 170-yard, par-3 seventh hole and a 25-foot See SENIOR, page 3B Jean Dixon Aikln Gazette-Journal REBOUND: After shooting a 74 Thursday, Roberto DeVicenzo shot 68 Friday for second place at 142. "I 1 East All-Stars upset the West By Paul BaumanGazette-Journal East coach Moyal Kump said he was "afraid we couldn't keep up with" the West in Friday night's Sertoma Classic All-Star Football game.

The East did better than that. It beat the West. Scoring all its points within 2:26 of the third quarter, the East upset the West, 21-0, before an estimated crowd of 2,500 at Reed High School. The West team included 12 players from Reno High School's AAA state championship team. The East has now outscored the West, 52-0, in the last two Sertoma games.

"Everything worked out right," said Kump, the head coach at Elko High School. "We got the (opening) kick with the wind. Then the West threw a bomb that we intercepted, and that got us going. I was afraid we couldn't keep up with 'em they have all those receivers." Kump was referring primarily to AAA All-State wide receiver Joey Kreutzian from Reno High and speedster Kevin Claiborne from Hug High School. Kreutzian caught only two passes for 28 yards, and Claiborne caught three for 18 yards.

See ALL-STARS, page 2B California rider steals thunder at Reno Rodeo By MitCh HuertaGazetle-Journal Raymond Lewis is a part-time rodeo cowboy with a chance to cash a big-time check. Lewis, who competes primarily in California, stole the thunder from the established names with an 81-point ride on "Blue Thunder" in the saddle bronc riding Thursday night at the 49th Reno Rodeo. The Livermore, cowboy was one of two riders to post top scores in his respective event after four performances at the Nevada State Fairgrounds. Lewis, who earned $9,889 in 80 rodeos last year, put himself in excellent position to cash a large part of the $41,200 purse in saddle bronc riding. "It felt pretty good," Lewis said.

"They probably marked my ride one point higher. They had to get a one in there somewhere." Skeeter Thurston of Hyannis, had posted the best score (80) prior to Lewis' ride Friday night. Lewis, Thurston and the top 10 riders See RODEO, page 2B LeMond places fifth PLUMELEC, France Reno's Greg LeMond placed fifth Friday in the prologue of the 72nd Tour de Fracne cycling race, considered the toughest and most prestigious in the world. His French teammate, Bernard Hinault, trying for a record-tying fifth victory in the Tour de France, won the prologue. Hinault won the 4.2 miles individual against-the-clock opener in 8 minutes, 47.04 seconds, four seconds ahead of Belgium's Eric Vanderaerden.

Ireland's Stephen Roche was 14 seconds behind the leader for third place. LeMond was 21 seconds behind the leader. The victory enables Hinault to start the first road section today wearing the yellow jersey of tour leader for the 58th time in seven years. With defending champion Laurent Fignon of France out of this year's race with an injury, Hinault, who finished second in 1984, is heavily favored in this year's tour. Marilyn Newton Gazette-Journal HEAVY LOAD: Cowboy Walt Parke of Gooding, Idaho, throws a calf during the calf roping event Friday night at the Reno Rodeo.

The Lloyds turn Wimbledon into a family affair Ex-Texas star beats Reno Earlier this month Bill Bates played for Texas in the College World Friday night he hit a home run and two doubles for Stockton as the Ports beat the Reno Padres 9-7 in California League baseball at Moana Municipal Stadium. Bates, an ail-American for the Longhorns, hit a two-run homer in the third inning and doubled home a run in the fifth. Stockton scored six runs in the fifth to overcome a 5-3 Padre lead. The loss dropped Reno to 3-6 in the Cal League's second half. The Padres are last in the North Division.

Stockton is a step ahead at 3-4. Reno scored five runs on six hits in the bottom of the first. Bill Wrona hit a three-run homer for the Padres and Kevin Wiggins added a three-run triple. The Ports and Padres play tonight at 7:30. Wire service and staff reports By Paul OberjuergeGannett News Service WIMBLEDON, England Seemingly intent on making Wimbledon into the world's biggest Mr.

and Mrs. tournament, the Lloyds of London advanced into the third round with singles victories Friday. On a cool, cloudy afternoon that saw rain interrupt play for the fifth consecutive day, defending champions John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova also advanced but weren't happy with their play. Chris Evert Lloyd and John Lloyd posted back-to-back victories on Centre Court to keep alive their improbable dream of becoming the first husband and wife team ever to win at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. Chris, women's seed with Navratilova, had no trouble with Susan Mascarin, recording a routine 6-3, 6-0 John Lloyd is under particular pressure here because no Briton has won the men's singles title since 1936.

He was the only Englishman to survive the first round. "British players playing here carry a larger burden, but you have to make the best of it," he said. "It's wonderful to have the support, but sometimes it does rebound." The predominately British crowd at Centre Court cheered enthusiastically as Lloyd battled back from match point in Game 10 of the fifth set, broke Teltscher and won two more games to take the match. "The crowd got behind John and supported him," said Teltscher, making his first appearance here as a professional. "They should be that way.

There's nothing wrong with what they did." There was nothing wrong with the results for McEnroe and Martina but neither was turning handsprings after straight-sets victories. McEnroe eliminated Nduka Odizor of Nigeria, 7-6, 6-1, 7-6, then tried to explain why his game isn't as sharp as it was a year ago. "I don't know what my problem is," the 26-year-old New Yorker said. "I feel like I played just well enough to get by. I won't win if I play like that the rest of the way.

"I've been flat a lot more this year. I just get out there and feel sluggish." Navratilova ousted Australian Anne Minter, 6-4, 6-1, then attributed her "ragged" play to a lack of practice time brought on by the rain. "No one has been able to play more than an hour on grass a day, if that," she said. She said she's come to expect bad weather during the Wimbledon fortnight. "It's more like I can't believe it's not raining' instti of saying 'It is McEnroe sounds oft.

Page 4B John Lloyd had a much tougher day, fighting off a match point to upset 13th-seeded Eliot Teltscher of Palos Verdes Estates, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 7-5. Britain's top-ranked player, he credited his wife with helping pep him up when rain forced a delay during the fourth set, at a point when John was struggling. "Chris and my brother David got my enthusiasm back," he said. "I was really down for awhile." Lloyd said his wife watched as he won the first two sets, then left to prepare for her own match. "She came back when I was struggling in the fourth set." Apparently, Chris was of more help than she was tha day before, when she gave her husband a turkey sandwich five minutes before he took the court and he nearly threw up during the siatch..