The Akron Beacon Journal from Akron, Ohio • Page 43

Jur.e 13. i-5 Mroa Beacon 3 IA TT jl son9 Lindgren NCAA's Fines iviai Patterson Or Baii Tillman Grab FHlh Places No Room For love' In Tennis ivi; r.f CI. A. uh I rA plaeel Nev ida's Otis p.urrell with a 7 1 j'irrp. I'ENN STATK'S who surprised defending rlMinpion John Tushaus In the javelin with a 2T.H5.

Tush3us, who has an Ameriean record of 2S10 pend.ng, was second with 27it. UCLA, producing new champions in high hurdler Ron Copoland. 220 winner Tom Jones and the 410 and mile relay events, amassed a big winning total of 81 points. Far behind in second place with 33 points was Brigham Young, followed by San Jne State with 32, Nebraska with 30, Washington State with 20. and Southern California with 2S.

ALSO (KOWNKD rir-w NCAA champs Saturday wore: hi- iti State's Stceie hi the hurti'r-s with t. slower th in his i ri 1 Friday, whi was the ji-ar's for the event. Colorado's Ch.ules Roger the pole vault at 1.n, the height niauhed by favored ThrcC'Slrohc Lead Defending Champ Atop Medal Test TELEVISION has an insatiable appetite for sports. It has chewed up and spit out boxing and restling. It has done away with match play in golf.

It has wrecked minor league baseball, dictated the format of televised bowling shows, even stopped football action for a word from the sponsor. The name of the game is money, of course. That sport is willing to be devoured, to change the basic concepts of its competition for the almighty dollar without regard to consequences, remains a mystery to me. Yet it is something you and I must live so the next time you go to a tennis match, don't be surprised if you find they've knocked the "deuce" out of it and done away with "love." Alice Marble probably would flip her racquet but they're going to change the scoring system in tennis. They're going to or television won't buy.

And if TV doesn't buy, tennis will continue to lag far behind the boom in golf, bowling and other sports which is credited to exposure on the giant eye and the fat revenues video provides for the selling of a soul. Jim Harkett Jr. the defending champion playing out of Congress Lake Country Club, today will carry a three-stroke lead into the second round of the Akron District Golf Associ Two holes in-one provided the Beaeon Journal Charity Fund with $150 and made Ray Yurick and Harry Geeves eligible to compete In the BLOOM INGTON', Ind. Randy Matson of Texas and Tiny Gerry Lindgren of Washington State were double winners in record-smashing fashion and UCLA walked off with the team crown as the 45th NCAA track and field meet closed Saturday. Matson, world champion shotputter, shattered the NCAA discus record with a 197 0 toss and 126-pound Lindgren romped to a meet 3-mile record of 13:33.7 in the closing 13-final program in which UCLA also set a 410 relay record.

Friday, Matson won the shotput with an NCAA record 67-1'a toss, well below his world mark of 70-7U. IX THURSDAY'S opening event on Indiana University's new asphalt track, Lindgren won the 6-mile handily but failed in a record try. In all, four NCAA records were established and one tied. A whopping total of 10 individual champions were dethroned. Two sophomores provided the Akron area with its best efforts.

Former North High star John Tillman of Ohio University was fifth in the 880-yard run in 1:48.8 behind winner Peter Scott of Nebraska, who turned in a 1:47.9 effort. Sam Bair of Kent State was fifth in the mile run behind Dave Patrick of Villanova, who won In 4:02.1. Pair was clocked In 4:04.9. A meet fizzle was sensational Tommie Smith of San Jose State, billed the nation's fastest human, who was scratched from his 220 specialty after pulling up lame running anchor in the 410 relay. FRIDAY, Smith finished second in the 100, won by defending champion Charlie Greene of Nebraska in meet record-matching time of 9.3, and placed third in the long jump.

None of the six defending individual champions in action Saturday repeated. ation WAKR 72 hole medal play tournament at Canton Edge-! wood. Ping Pong Play are Duane Isham -Rodney Stout 1 33-32-65 1. K. P.

Pies-ton I. R. Brock 133-33-66) and L. (J. Turk H.

L. Ginaven (31-35-66i are tied for third. The handsome 21-year-old No. 2 player on Akron University's golf team and a junior on the hilltop, shaved four shots off Maplecrest's 35-36 Sehaefer Beer playoff later this season. Geeves, a Canadian, hit the 175 yard, No.

6 layout at Ra-u iga. He used a 2 iron. Yur-ick's 9iron shot found the mark at Firestone Public's 125 yard, No. 2 layout THE LEADER in the drive to make tennis more acceptable to television is a fellow named Jim Van Alen of Newport, R. I.

He has devised a scoring gimmick for the game The Van Alen Simplified Scoring System called for 71 par Saturday as the firing 1 it- if. iwis got under way by carding 31- are still within striking dis-3367. tance at 32 35-67. "I had a hot putter going for me, and a wedge which responded every time I called! re (par 7n nmnv 1 Sluile II Thom.it 7n. Hon Voth Hel.ler 71, JToh Helster Sr.

17. Clou White 74. Bill Dunham 7. Stv Brown 7fi. Carl Meeker 77.

Geoff Meeker 77. Hud Hastings Sr. 7S, II irk Meeker 78. Fred Gressard 78, Porter Hall 78. lion lrlch 78.

Reed Stnmple SO, Charles McGarry 80. OAK KVOM.H (par 711 Rocky i Miirliy Tom I Rose i 7. KiMi Thnm.t 77, llu.m Ishnni 77. Kit Mr-v 77. Mnplrs 7S, I.

(iln.ui'Ti 7 I. (j link 78, Have Wll-nil W.Hd Siiilcr 79. M. G. 7't I on the weapon, said Uackett, who used only 25 putts.

Included in the brilliant round, on which ho encountered a steady rain for several minutes, Uackett hammered in eight birdies. He birdied the first two XII! I. AWN (p.ir 70) l'li irli 71, I.loyd Thorn. ii 7' I.rs i 7L'. Schmidt.

74. Chirk 1 7i. Kr.ink MelhniriT Paul Cl-olrv 7fi. tied litHins 77. Pete snorc, VASbS.

Tennis players who have tried VASSS say it is vasss-tly overrated. The customers are divided in their opinions. But promoter Tom Burge, who recently staged a pro tournament at staid Forest Hills under VASSS, says, "I think the new scor-ing system will be used regularly within the next five years." Basically, here's the way VASSS works: Points are awarded just as they are in table tennis with the first player reaching 21 points (in the Forest Hills event it was 31 points) being declared the winner. i iiiir.l.nrnu. 7T Ilii.

Tfi Stillano (19. Hick Whitney 72, Jiiii Stand 71, litis Brie 74, jack Huril Andv Sal Ira 7ti, Chuck Ccrny 78, Hoxy Kmanuel 81. KKT HTATK (par 69) Bob Brown Sr. til. Bob Brown Jr.

71, Nick Sorocco 75. KAWIGA CC (par 72) Don Olney 89. Hay llaWMin 77. Paul Gegner 77, George Hohins 78, Uu Clay 78, In Huffman 78, Virgil Uosa 78, John Kinn 79. PINK VU.I.KY (par 72) Joe Shopper Gene Thomas 77.

Joe Wheeler 77. Don Pastitck 78, Georg Shaw 78, Walt Kuhn 79. holes, then double bogeved the sannr 7s. Am' Franklin 7. met third with five as he took lLK.3$ti three putts.

He birdied Jteff 79, Mike wnherup 7i. sixth, bogied the seventh andl itnsi Movr (par 721 lw-birdied the ninth to hit the i'. bend in 31, one under. 77. Dave Kecht 78, Cliff isioff 79, Al Ostrov HO.

PANCHO GONZALEZ Service alternates every REAL SOCKEROO that's Mexico's FJadio Buendia who goes over a hurdle with one sock dangling in the steeplechase event at the Caribbean Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Buendia runs shoeless but he kept both socks on and finished first in the event. AP. five points also as in table tennis. nv -rut' imi KIIAKR LAKE TC (par 721 Gene ON THE Incoming nine, Hawks H.

J. Bauer 7b. Hon Kleminu Harkptr hirriicrl th 10th 12th Jim Wnlcott 78. Jim Harris 7ti, iiacKCU Dirn ca me iuin. izin, st.m Vilmkllskl 77 lm 7S; 17th and 18th and was charg-jnui somerviiie 79, Don Kase 79, ed with a bogey on the 11th 79- 11 tiOVAf.

OAK (par 70 Jim Hark- for his 33, thiee undei. pn Sl. rilstor nick n-i 1, Hubert 7:1. Hob Wetsel 74, Iiu COUIMAI, 1111,1,8 (par 70) Terry Pennxl 9, Don Smith 74, Fred l.uras 74. Carl Vasiloff 75.

Joe Dono-fi'io 80. Terry Deals 80. SPRING (par 70) Jim Hirst 7. F.rnie Huce 73. Bill Mark 74.

Mel McKndree 77. liittt snuib udm an- iwiij 74. Harold Horn 74. Phil Welch, Turkeyfoot, who post-! J-rK'nn "4 w. e.

Shaw 74. Dick Come From Xowhpre ed 34-36-70. and Tim Edwards, J. Edward Good Park, who Variations can be added and will, you can be sine, if it makes the game more attractive for the boob tube. Like at Forest Hills where the pros had to serve three feet behind the regular baseline to reduce the effect of ean-nonball serves and to make for more crowd-pleasing volleys.

That's something like making Sam McDowell pitch from second base so he won't strike out as many. But all is fair in love, war and wooing television. No less a promoter than Ed Carter, who also is directing the PGA Championship to be played here next month, is the chief wooer. Although the Forest Hills event reportedly lost $95,000, Carter had a pilot film shot of the finals with which he hopes to intrigue the video folks. Win War Censor's 1st Of Year (Inun jack Harry Tom Mon-sour 7B.

Hubert Scnl'leld 77, Charles Antlie 77, W. Varton 77. Mill Pid-well 77. Boh Maker 77. Jim Moore 7H, Hon Cooper 7S.

Ken Kilwards 78, Chuck Caldwell 70. Joe lirenzo C. Custer 79. Houcr Davis 79. Phil ltoran 79.

TI RKKYKOOT (par 72) Mike Ondrus 70. lloule Welch 72, Joe Toramina 73, offie Mallo 7a. Hud Thornton 74, Mike Dufala 74, Henry PheNs 75, liobert. Nlrodemus 7T, Hav White 7t, John l'helss 78. Bill Szwast i i mm ihiidu mi i were going to win it all when we got the lead and opened up entering the stretch.

But he just got a little tired In the final yards and that other horse flew past us." tallied 36-31-70. Warren Hackett, Loyal Oak, uncle of the leader, fired 35-3671 and Dick Kmnett, Good Park, pegged 33-3871 to finish four shots away. Tied at 72 are Jack Purdum, Wedgewood CC; John Boar-man, Maplecrest; Pat Meadows, Colonial Hills; and Roger Krupa, Barberton Brook-side. Sharing the 73 bracket are Loreto George, Carl Fenn, Larrv Ford, Mearl Ashton, THE EARLY part of the race saw Black Verse, winner of last week's Derby Trial, and Manager Moe, a plenty-to-one chance, battling for the lead with Eladio third and Squadron E. fourth.

Eladio made his move entering the final bend and slipped HATH GOI.F COI RSE (par 70) Harold Kan-hurst 68. Larrv Kraus 8. Joe Parker 69. W. Thomas 78, Gre Kramer 77, Al Fokey 79, Jerry Watson SO, Al HeiKhberger 81.

FIRKKTOXK ri'BMC (par 71) Al lllansky 73. CralK Frlsblg 7.1, Ray Yurick 74. Dave row 75. Bill Swast 75. Stan Zaer 76, Russ Thompson '3 cho Gonzalez into orbit.

The ruling wasn't In the original contract and he got so steamed up when it was sprung on him that he pulled out of the pro players Some of the pros who were involved in the VASSS bash called the new game "ping pong" fun for friendly games but not for gold and glory. And the three-foot handicap at the baseline sent Pan- through on the rail to gain the lead by a head at the top Chuck Allen and Jack Marshall. 15-Minute Matches A LOT OF thoughtful tennis buffs, however, have felt for years something need be done to eliminate confusion among unenlightened spectators. "Love" and "deuce" are considered too nebulous. So, too, is present scoring rotation such as 30-15 (actually 2-1) Pat Charts Six Winners Beacon Journal handi-capper Jack Patterson picked six winners in the 10 races on Saturday's card at Thistledown.

Pat scored with the daily double on Time Right (5.40) and Leading Legend (4.20) for a pay of $14.60. He also had winners in Tus Mark (4.80), Mercutio (9.40), Charolero (9.40), and Lord Rico (6.60). 76. George James 77. Mike Wilson 77.

Leon Fiedler 77, Bill Lltten 77, Ray Anderson 79. MAVKAIR t'C (par 71) Butch Cutriglil 7ti. ItlioOKI.KIK.F, (par 70) Ernie Ashton 70. Don Walker 71, Al Walker 71. Hay Hard 72, Tex Brady 76, Carl Dombert 77.

Fred O'Brien 78. GOOD PARK (par 701 Wilbur Rrooks 74, Denny Goodson 76. Russ Wevraurh 79. Jim Kwers 79. Tom Smith 79, Frank Zupancic 79.

RRFATIINACH CC (par 70) Bill Suck Htj, Chuck Stoner 69, Ijrry Ford 72, Ray Thomas 73. Cal Mason 74. Ron Salmon 75. Roy Klme 78, Harold Houston 78. WEST'S MOGAIIORH (par 70) Harry Wright 72.

Clarence Wilkinson 72, Tom Jankowskl 73. Dave Winkleman 73, Bill Kerzle 73. Stan Marple 76, Hugh Little 79. VAIjI.F.Y VIKW (par 72) Don Fohes 67, Frank VanNewklrk 70. Andy Stavroff 73.

Brad Butcher 75. of the stretch. Squadron was right with him while Black Verse and Manager Moe were running out of gas. In mid-stretch, with only that eighth of a mile left, Eladio had increased his lead to a length and it looked like it was all over. But then, from seemingly out of nowhere, came Kassen and War Censor to make it an Akron day at the races all around.

The win was War Censor's first in seven starts this year and brought his winnings to Otto Bosshard, unattached, and Sam Serves, Shady Hollow CC, lead Class A with 76. Dick Harrison, Good Park, next with 77. Maury Williams, unattached, and Gene Ranal-lo, Breathnach, are knotted at 78. Dale McClamroch, Good Park, heads Class with 78. Bill McClung counted 79, George Risley 80, both from Good Park.

BOB BENDER and Jim Maples combined for a 29-32-61 and a four-stroke lead in the first round of the two-man blue coat best ball with handicap tournament at Portage Country Club. In second spot entering today's final firing Continued From Page C-l to claim the decision. THERE'S MORE to Akron's association with War Censor than just Knight's ownership. War Censor was sired by 1957 Belmont Stakes winner Gallant Man from the mare Blue Norka, if you look closely, is Akron spelled backwards. Additionally, Blue Norka was sired by Blue Sword, the same sire who was owned by late Ak-ronite Allen Simmons, owner of radio station WADC (now VVSLR).

And way back in the blood lines of War Censor, says Knight, there's even a horse called Akron's Gal. KASSEN, a 27-year-old Cincinnati rider appearing in Cleveland for the first time, said he and War Censor were in close quarters and had to check at the first turn in the bulky field. Traffic trouble, he said, continued down the backstretch but approaching the three-eighths pole he took War Censor outside and found running room. "We thought War Censor was coming up to this race good," he said, "and that he might win it. And boy, he sure got the job done when I asked him for his best." Donald Holmes, who rode Eladio, was quite disappointed.

"We were laying perfect," he said, "and it looked like we and 40-30 (actually 3-2). Those that would save tennis by gilding it with TV gold, figure VASSS would cure all most importantly, for TV's sake, the system would do away with the uncertainty of a match's duration. A best of five match in regular tennis scoring can take four or five which can't be suited to a TV time schedule. VASSS gets the match over within 15 minutes to an hour at most for even a 31-pointer. Ranking amateur Art Ashe insists the VASSS matches can be far too short for important tests like big money pro events Charles Shook 76.

John P. Carrol $23,905. As a two-year-old, War Censor had two wins, a 76, Ed Carst 77, Ed Krantj 78. Mike Carroll 79, John P. Carroll 80.

RI XNYBROOK (par 66) George MacAriam 66, Boh Fisher 69. Dean Warner 70. Bob Flagg 70. Don Irvin 75, John Weaver 75, Jack Garland 77. Curt Hill 77.

second and four thirds in 10 starts for winnings of Ashe -Yank or national championships. But those who dream of neat and tidy TV contracts point out three 21-point sets could easily be played within a TV time schedule, the winner of two taking all the loot. And loot, as we said, is the whole ball of wax. CADILLAC 29-Iiming Minor League Game Illegal MIAMI, Fla. (IP) The 29-inning Florida State League game between Miami and St.

Petersburg, longest in professional baseball, was technically illegal. Umpire Lou Benitez, who arbitrated the marathon last Tuesday night, said there is an old and littleknown league rule that makes it illegal for an inning to begin after 12:50 a.m. It Is Money I To Be Given Away '41 "THE VASSS SYSTEM really isn't tennis," said Australia's Rod Laver as he picked up the title and a $6,050 check after the Forest Hills event. "But it is money," smiled Laver. "This is the biggest paycheck I ever won." I imagine all of tennis will come around to that point of view.

Even Pancho Gonzalez. Anyone for style, that In Crpiv Ilacpft Badgers Surprise Yoiingstown Rips Black Label, 14-9 Youngstown blasted Tra-monte Black Label, 14-9, while unbeaten Ashtabula Acme Scrap whipped Wadsworth Airmatic Valve, 7-2, in Ohio Inter-City League action Saturday at Springfield Lake Park. Youngstown is now 2-1, win-less Black Label, 0-3. The win was Ashatabula's third straight, the loss Wadsworth's first in two outings. "I WAS NOT aware of a curfew rule," Benitez said Friday night.

"So I let them play. I got a letter the next day from league headquarters telling me I had made a mistake, that I had violated the curfew." However, he said, "No action will be taken and the game will stand, the letter said." UA iAlTK 'fT'l TV tt" "-HrTTH i li NEW 100X WATERPROOF STYLES SSV A 'jj i-; A I Kilties Included -kV tart 9 season right this year W't'1 8 "eW "ew JxV VSk. New colors-New guar- i I Vfc tri waterproof models, ,1 1 Mulligans are so flexible they're I i broken in by the time you walk I I I from the club house to the first it tee-See for yourself. Stop in and try on a new Pa'r Mulligans the ii' pro-quality golf shoe with "strokes" 18.95 Wisconsin's winning time was 16:03.4. Pennsylvania's undefeated yearlings won the freshman 2-miler and Dartmouth surprised by taking the junior varsity three-miler.

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