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D6 Sunday News Journal, Wilmington, 01., July 8, 1984 i Junior Amateur qualifying to sport stellar field Golf state junior tournament." Reisen- i i tn i THEY CALL IT U.S. Junior Amateur qualifying, but don't let the junior label throw you. In Monday's 36-hoIe competition, which has attracted 38 candidates to contend for three spots in the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, only the strong will survive. The handicaps range from scratch to nine, the same handicap requirement as imposed for the Delaware Amateur.

"I don't know what Roland Lon-gpnerker would think, but the field looks awfully strong to me," said Howdy Giles, who replaced Lon-gonecker as this area's USGA junior championship chairman after the latter moved to Florida. "It should really be an outstanding competition." There are many familiar names in the field, which will begin the marathon qualifying session Mon son play at Foxfire CC in Pjnehurst, n.c. l- The DSGA's Better-Ball-of-Part-ners Handicap Tournament will be played Tuesday at Maple Dale CC with 120 two-man teams entered. ,1, Competition will be conducted in; four classes divisions, the largest being Class which features 32' V' teams, each with combined handi- caps of 18 or less. Mark Reynolds and Joe Kriznuski of Garrisons Lake GC won last year's event with a 12-under-par 58," but they are not entered this year.

The tournament will begin at 7:30 a.m. with players going off both the first and 10th tees. Tom Tomashek is a sports reporter for the News-Journal papers. uary with Arnold Palmer providing one of his recommendations. Giles will join the three at Wayzata CC in Minnesota for the national competition, July 31 through August 4.

Rick Osberg, six-time Delaware Open champion and presently teaching pro at Waynesborough CC in Pennsylvania, stands No. 2 on the Philadelphia PGA's point list, 5.66 points behind leader Frank Dobbs (61.36) of Oak Terrace CC. Ed Dougherty of Edgemont is third (52.50), followed by Pete Oakley (45.66) of Milford's Shawnee CC. The point list is used to determine both the Philadelphia PGA Section's player of the year and to fashion the section's Yamaha Cup team, which will play the Middle Atlantic and Carolina sections in post-sea- weaver naa rounas ui oi, io, arm 1 1 on the par 72 Williamsport CC luui ot If anyone is more nervous than Reisenweaver, might be the 39-year-old Giles, handling his first USGA assignment. "I don't know what I would have done without the help of Roland," said Giles.

"I have been picking his brain to find out how you go about running one of these things. "Without him and Bob Hooper, whom I also have relied on for advice, I would have been lost." Giles became a member of the USGA's volunteer staff last Jan By Tom Tomashek "I missed by four shots last year," said Kling from the Merion pro shop Saturday morning. "I hope I do a little better this time. This is the biggest thing I'll play in all year. It be heaven to qualify for the national tournament." Matt Golbeski of Bensalem, has the lowest handicap at scratch, while nine others hold handicaps of 3 or less.

The youngest member of the field is 14-year-old Kevin Rei-senweaver, an 8-handicap from Telford. Pa. "I think he's got a realistic shot at qualifying," said Bob Huber, head professional at Indian Valley CC, home club for Reisenweaver. "He finished in the top 20 in the recent No. 2 seed Greg Barkley mml Norman, Watson duel in Western jX Staff photo by Fred Comagys lunges at net to hit a backhand volley against Alex DiFonzo.

By BOB GREEN Associated Press OAK BROOK, 111. Greg Norman, who turned back Jack Nick-laus for the Canadian Open title last week, now goes head-to-head with Tom Watson over the last 18 holes of the Western Open. Norman, the long-hitting Australian known as the "Great White Shark," cruised into the third-round lead Saturday, salvaging a cne-under-par 71 after a slow and uncertain start. Watson, tied with former U.S. Open and PGA champion Larry Nelson a single stroke back going into today's final round of the chase for a $72,000 first prize, insisted it's more than a 2-man race.

"The field is too bunched up," Watson said after a glance at the scoreboard, which showed 13 players grouped within four strokes of the top spot. "There's too much trouble, too many hard holes on this golf course, too many players too close, to start playing match-play. It'll probably go down to the last couple of holes." But it was Norman, and his 209 total, seven shots under par on the Butler National Golf Club course, that claimed Watson's attention. "It was just a matter of time before he started producing the way he's been here recently," Watson said of the man who has won twice, lost a playoff for the U.S. Open and had a 10th place finish in his last four starts, a period in which he's won more than 51200,000.

"He'll be a hard man to beat. "He's riding the crest of a wave, just coasting right now," Watson said. "I'm a confidence player," Norman said. "When I win a golf tournament I get more relaxed, maybe Dunton upsets Duncan in states Six of the eight seeded players won their opening-day matches in the Delaware State Men's Tennis Championships at the Wilmington Country Club Saturday. However, Scott Dunton did managed to oust No.

8 Dave Duncan with a gutty 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-3) victory in a second-round match. After drawing first-round byes, top-seeded Rich Pollara, No. 2 Greg Barkley and No. 7 Chuck Herak won second-round matches. Pollara defeated Kevin Conmy 6-2, 6-3, Barkley swept Alex DiFonzo 6-1, 6-0 and Herak handed Dennis Schmidt a 6-1, 6-0 setback.

Third-seeded Asif Hussain, No. 5 Bruce Van Allen and No. 6 Jeff Olmstead won first-round matches. Hussain was a 6-1, 6-2 victor over Joe Horack, Van Allen ousted Stu Fuller 6-1, 6-2 and Olmstead blanked Paul Hooley 6-0, 6-0. Marty Godwin, the No.

4 seed, defaulted his scheduled first-round match with John Perillo because of a knee injury. day at 8 a.m. on Wilmington Country Club's North course. There are 12 Delaware entrants, led by state junior champion 17-year-old Jim Riley of Wilmington and 17-year-old Mike Lynch, the first-round leader in the recent Delaware Amateur. Also entered is Dave Smith, the 1983 Delaware Junior champion and a 1983 U.S.

Junior Amateur qualifier who is from North East, but plays out of Delaware State Golf Association club Chan-tilly Manor Golf Club. But there are some unfamiliar names which might one day be familiar to Wilmington-area golf fans. One player is Gui Costiw-Kling, a 17-year-old Merion GC junior'who will come to Wilmington CC packing a 1-handicap and the Pennsylvania Junior Amateur title he claimed last week at William-sport CC. 10 percent more relaxed. Once I get that confidence, I feel I can do anything with a golf ball.

"And that's the way things are going right now." Watson, twice the winner of this old title and currently the game's leading money-winner, and Larry Nelson finished three rounds at 210, a single stroke off the pace. Those three players, Norman, Watson and Nelson, will form the last group off the tee in today's final round. "That's good. I can see what he's doing," Watson said after his hard-won 70 that he described as "a struggling round, an interesting round. I putted great, and that's the only reason I shot 70." Nelson had the best round of the tournament and was within a single stroke of the course record with a 7-under-par 65 that included 10 one-putts and a chip-in for a birdie.

Two strokes back at 211 were George Burns, who matched par 72 in the mild, sunny weather, and T.C. Chen of Taiwan, who had a 74. They were followed by Curtis Strange, Dave Ogrin and Scott Hoch at 212. Strange closed up with a 68. A.

Weibring, who shared the second round lead with Chen, slipped to a 76 and was in a group at 213 that included PGA champion Hal Sutton and defending title-holder Mark McCumber. Sutton had a 69 and McCumber 71. Norman, whose vast length off the tee and sun-bleached white hair has made him a popular, recognizable figure with the galleries, said the big crowd helped get him started. "I couldn't get going," he said. "I was just walking in the park for the first six holes.

The gallery picked me up. I started talking to myself, saying they'd come to see me play and I owed it to them to do better than this." After Cal Ripken walked to load the bases, Murray drove Gura's first pitch, a belt-high fastball, deep down the left-field line for his 17th homer and second grand slam of the season. "We've been struggling offensively," said Murray, who has 72 RBI. "Every night we're finding our pitchers threw a heck of a game and we're a run short. It's good to get a night like this.

Maybe it will help our confidence, maybe it will get us started on a run." Ayala, who was making only his fifth appearance since May 24, got the Orioles started in the second. Leading off, Murray looped a single to center and Gary Roenicke followed with a shallow fly to left that Butch Davis came in hard on, caught, then dropped for an error. Up stepped Ayala, making only his fifth at-bat since May 30. He delivered a two-run double to left, giving the Orioles an early 2-0 lead. "Why not play some of the other guys?" said Altobelli, when asked edged Arnold Palmer by two strokes last week to win the Senior Open in nearby Rochester, opened with a birdie on the 425-yard par 4 first hole.

He birdied three holes on the front nine, but bogeyed two consecutive holes on the backside to finish tied with Funseth. Funseth, whose last tour victory was in May 1983, duplicated his front nine total of 35 on the backside with a birdie on the 190-yard par-3 13th hole. He finished with two birdies and one bogey. Barber's best finish in the 3-year-old Syracuse classic was 14th last year. Funseth finished tied for fourth that same year.

Former tournament champions Gene Littler and Don January are not in the 52-player field. Littler is recovering from a broken arm, and January is vacationing in Europe. Peterson strokes to Toledo' lead By GEORGE STRODE Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio Lauri Peterson came within inches of a $5,000 ace, fired a women's course record 7- under-par 65 and assumed a three- stroke lead over Nancy Lopez Sat- urday in the LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Classic. The 24-year-old Arizona State University graduate, seeking her second pro golf victory in 10 made up eight shots in the first nine holes and 10 strokes in all on faltering 36-hole leader Dianne Dailey. Peterson, playing the front side of Glengarry Country Club in 5-under- par 31, posted a 54-hole total of 205t 11 strokes below par.

However, she had to survive a back-nine charge by Lopez, bidding -for her 29th career victory. Lopez, who started the round seven shots behind Dailey, dipped six under par -in a six-hole stretch to pull even with Peterson. Peterson regained the sole lead with a birdies on the 14th and 15th 1 holes and stayed on top the rest of the way. 1 Lopez shot a 66. She stood at 8 under-par 208 heading into today's' final round in the battle for the first prize of $26,250.

The previous course record were the 68s by Peterson and Dailey in the first round Thursday. Peterson, playing head-to-head with Dailey in the last threesome of the cool, cloudy day, birdied five of her first nine holes, but the most spectacular came at No. 8. Her tee shot hit in front of the -hole, bounced once in the cup and bounded 15 inches past the hole. She tapped in the putt to take the lead -for the first time.

That put Peterson 8 under for the tournament and gave her a twor'. shot swing on Dailey. Her playing partner hit into a bunker and took a -bogey four to drop back to 6 under for the event. If Peterson had aced the 182-yard hole, she would have earned a $5,000 bonus in the $175,000 tourna-ment. Dailey, winless in her five pro seasons, started the round with a two-shot lead.

She struggled to a 76 -and fell into fourth place with a total of 213. Marlene Hagge, 50, the oldest active player on the current LPGA Tour, was third with 70-211. Our transmission tune up can prevent big problems $745 includes new fluid Cottman's low cost transmission tune up includes: Road test Remove the Dan Visual inspection Clean sump ana screen Adjust Dands and linkage Replace pan gasket and fluid. Rnwnbr this is prvmiv maintsninc Mrvica for most domestic and imported cart. If you already hava transmission prob-mt, ask about our otrwr reliable services.

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In the sixth, Mike Young, who had 16 hits in his last 80 at-bats, led off with a homer to right, his fifth of the season. After Sakata drew a two-out walk, Rayford pounded a run-scoring double off the top of the fence in left, making it 6-0. The crowd of 46,842, which pushed the Orioles over the one million mark for the earliest time in their history, was frolicking over the new-found hit parade while Flanagan was quietly mowing down the Royals, striking out six. "I was probably more pleased O's capture double header from Kansas City it A Staff photo by Fred Comegys B.J. Webster hits forehand.

with the fact that we scored eight runs than I was with pitching a shutout," said Flanagan, who raised his record to 9-6. "It seems like we haven't been scoring a whole lot of runs of late, but that's what the staff needs. You don't have to think that every pitch is the game." BIRD BITS Bud Black (9-6) goes against Dennis Martinez (2-4) in this afternoon's series finale at 2:05 Orioles are then off for the All-Star break, and get back in action with a double-header Thursday night against the White Sox. ONE DAY SERVICE CALL FOR APPOINTMENT (7 WORKING DAYS) ST. s6-4424 Continued from D6 you," said McGregor, who scattered eight hits and was helped by three double plays in raising his record to 10-7.

"We (pitchers) all know we've been through these slumps before, but we also know these guys will respond. You just have to know that when you're out there during a time like this, you have to keep it close." But until Saturday night, close usually hadn't been good enough for the Orioles. In the first game, Murray took a typically close one and turned it into a runaway. With the Orioles clinging to a 2-1 lead, the first baseman broke it open with a seventh-inning grand slam off Kansas City starter Larry Gura. With two out, Gura walked Lenn Sakata, then Floyd Rayford hit a sinking liner to center that Willie Wilson could have caught to end the inning, but he lost the ball in late-afternoon glare coming off the facing of the upper deck and allowed it to drop for a single.

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"I was just trying to use some fresh guys, maybe to give a rest to some guys who were going tough." The patchwork lineup worked so well that Altobelli decided after the first game to use it in the second. In the second inning, more of the missing in action finally came through. John Shelby, who entered the game fighting a 9-for-75 slump, doubled to drive in Roenicke, who had singled, giving the Orioles' a 1-0 lead against starter Mike Jones. In the fourth, Murray produced the kind of run normally associated with the game's Rickey Hendersons and Juan Samuels. Leading off, Murray walked, stole second only his third of the season on a 3-2 pitch, went" to third on a wild pitch, and scored when Ayala ripped a single to left.

In the fifth, Cruz led off with a single, and after reliever Mark Huismann struck out Rayford, Ripken doubled off the top of the fence in left-center, scoring Cruz to make it 3-0. After Murray was intentionally walked, pinch-hitter John Lowen-stein bounced into a fielder's choice 1RAN1W00D IMS" tit ruuno uuu di grit's finest. C4fn n. -rr riv- uiuu ydiu-rdi ij bo Course. ,1 Featuring: 18 New constructed bentgrass tees, Pro Shop, Driving Range.

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