The Times Herald from Port Huron, Michigan • Page 25

THE TIMES HERALD PORT HURON, MICH. 3C Sunday April 15, l4 Former Flag coach in Flyers' hot seat U-M sophomore to start at QB? 3y In the Lineup v-!" Kevin JVVj Allen 'V iQflS "A 'v 1 mmm 11 1 In the spring game, Jokisch was used as a split end and caught three Harbaugh passes, all in heavy traffic, for 44 yards. "Jokisch has the potential to be a good split end," the coach said. "I think, based on what he showed, he'd have to be in contention." The squads were about evenly matched for the contest, each with an equal share of returning starters both on offense and defense. The Blue squad, with Russ Rein filling in for Zurbrugg, grabbed an early 15-0 lead on a 1-yard TD run by Greg Armstrong, a 42-yard field goal by Mike Melnyk and a 6-yard run by Dan Rice just three seconds into the second quarter.

Freshman Gerald White, a 6-1, 205-pound tailback from Titusville, got the White squad on the board with a 5-yard TD run at 8:28 of the second quarter. White, whose running style resembles that of Lawrence Ricks, finished with 57 yards on 16 carries. Thomas Wilcher, a speedster who missed last season with a knee injury, scored on a 2-yard run for the Whites at 13:46 of the third quarter to tie the score 15-15. Placekicker Bob Bergeron, the star of several games last season, booted a 29-yard field goal at 5:41 of the fourth quarter to give the Whites the victory. "I like spring ball," Schembechler said.

"It's a very productive time because a lot of teaching is going on. In all honesty, however, you really can't tell what you've got coming out of spring ball because you only go against yourself." AP Sportswrlter ANN ARBOR Jim Harbaugh staked his claim to Michigan's quarterback job and Paul Jokisch proved he has made a successful transition from basketball to football Saturday in the Wolverines' annual spring game. Harbaugh, a 6-foot-3, 205-pounder with three years of eligibility remaining, completed 17 of 26 pass attempts for 161 yards, with one interception, as the White squad defeated the Blue team 18-15 in the traditional finish to 20 days of spring practice. "Jim's a good thrower," Coach Bo Schem-bechler said. "I don't know if you noticed, but he had excellent control of the ball despite the extreme wetness out there.

He improvises well, he has good movement and quick feet. "He's got good size and he knows that the object of football is to put the ball in the end zone." Harbaugh, whose father, Jack, is football coach at Western Michigan, will likely be backed up in the fall by Chris Zurbrugg, a freshman who missed the Blue-White game because of a sore back. "We've been happy with Jim all spring," Schembechler said. "He's shown a lot of maturity." Jokisch, a 6-8, 235-pounder, was an All-State performer in both football and basketball at Birmingham Brother Rice but elected to play basketball during his first two years at Michigan. However, he saw only limited playing time on the hardwoods and finally came out for foot- TURNING THE HEAT UP-Former Port Huron Flag player and coach Bob McCam-mon is feeling pressure from the Philadelphia Flyers' brass to quit coaching and remain as general manager.

With McCammon behind the bench, the Flyers have been ousted from the playoffs in the opening round for the past three seasons. Three losses to Washington last week extended the Flyers' playoff losing streak to nine straight over three seasons. Flyer fans shouted "Bob must go" after the last playoff game at The Spectrum. Team captain Bobby Clarke said McCammon did "a pretty good job." But he added: "I'm not sure if anybody is capable of handling both jobs." MAKING THE GRADE: Brenda Essenmacber has scored well in the classroom and on the track as a freshman cadet at West Point. Essenmacher, last year's salutatorian at Sandusky High School, was ranked 17th scho-lastically in a class of 1,275 after her first semester at the military academy.

West Point Track Coach Ron Bazil said Essenmacher is the top freshman distance runner at the school. Essenmacher recently drew good duty; she accompanied the team on a spring trip to Hawaii. Wayne Roberts, Essenma-cher's high school coach, is not surprised by Essenmacher's easy adjustment to academy life. "She is amazing. Some day you watch, she'll be way up there in the army," Roberts said.

"Or she will be running some company somewhere." HOWE ABOUT THAT: Scott Howe, Port Huron, competed in the Junior A National Hockey Tournament in St. Clair Shores this week as a member of the Fraser Flags. Howe, a defenseman, fin- University of Michigan running back Greg Armstrong rumbles for yardage Saturday during the team's annual spring game. The white team won 18-15. ball this spring.

He will have three years of eligibility remaining in football, even though Jokisch will be a junior when school opens next fall. ished the season with seven goals and 21 assists in 48 games. His 128 minutes in penalties led the Flags and placed him third in the league. IN THIS CORNER: South Park Athletic Club boxing coach Bob McCalla was named an assistant coach for the Michigan Golden Gloves team competing this week in St. Louis.

McCalla, 57, was selected by a vote of Michigan Boxing Association members. Morey Bowman, Grand Rapids, is the team's head coach. A veteran of 35 years in coaching, McCalla is making his first trip to nationals. "Maybe if we bring home some champions, they will send me back next year," McCalla said with a laugh. FAULKNER UPDATE: Shawn Faulkner, former Port Huron Central football hero, is practicing with the Michigan Panthers.

But whether he will be play this season is still very much in doubt. The Panthers don't want to rush Faulkner's recovery from a broken ankle. "My flexibility is a lot better," Faulkner said. "I can turn on the ankle now. But mostly they just have me in rehab.

I go to the drills and catch some kickoffs so I can keep my eye." Though he has not played yet during the regular season for Michigan, Faulkner says he feels like he is a Panther. He was frustrated by Oklahoma's April 7 upset over Michigan. "Don't ask me about it or I'll just get mad again. Grrrrr. Faulkner said, chuckling.

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Players have the option to finish out the hole. Watson, with a 30-foot putt, elected to mark his ball and head for cover. But Crenshaw went ahead with his 80-footer, a big Texan ducking the lightning crackling about him. "I had a good feel for the putt and it was too long for me to have to come back out the next morning. An 80-foot putt is mostly a 'feel' putt.

I felt I knew the speed of the green pretty well," Crenshaw said. "Tom's putt was shorter and he can regulate the speed a little better on it. All I had in my mind was getting a four." He hit his 80-footer to within three feet, then made the par. Watson asked that play be stopped during last year's U.S. Open, because "I learned when I was young that lightning can kill golfers.

It's struck players and shortened their careers." He was referring to an incident with Lee Trevino and Jerry Heard in 1977. Neither has been the same since. Meanwhile, Lye and Kite hustled through their shots on No. 12 tee as if they were in a fire drill. They wanted to beat the suspension since No.

12 over Rae's Creek is no bargain, and they didn't want to face it at cold at 8 o'clock on a Sunday morning. Lye's shot landed 20 feet from the pin, Kite went into a bunker, though he said he had a good lie. That's where today's play will take up. Japanese golfer has lead in LPGA tourney I LANDSCAPE METAL PICNIC TABLE FRAME USED RAILROAD TIES WAFERB0AR0 K99 Then came a dropoff of three strokes, with five tied at 214 and four others with Inkster one stroke further back. Daniel said she was very pleased, but termed the Desert Inn Country Club layout "not my kind of golf course." She added, "My game basically is to be real aggressive and hit the driver a lot and aim for the pins.

Here you can't be too aggressive." That suited White, who said both Daniel and Okamoto can outdrive her by 20 yards. In the group at 214 were Sandra Haynie, with a third-round 68; Pat Meyers, 70; Betsy King, 71; Mary Dwyer, 71; and Alice Miller, 72. TIMBERS RQ PHI 95 OA gg JJ All purpose interiorexterior ty) ea. Am I I Does not include lumber 368 board 1 ''MISER" LIGHT BULBS GRTH0 WEED-B-G0NE WEED KILLER Pints oil Quarts $nn HEAVY-DUTY PLASTIC LAWN EDGING -99 1 S0FTNER PELLETS ill 50 lb. Bag papisflfe 4-pack Box LAS VEGAS, Nev.

(AP) -Ayako Okamoto regained her putting touch on the back nine Saturday and carded a one-under-par 71 to maintain a two-stroke edge after three rounds of the $200,000 Scotch Pro-Am LPGA tournament. Birdies on two of the final three holes left her two strokes ahead of rallying veteran Beth Daniel. Okamoto, 33, who won an LPGA event in both 1982 and 1983, stands at 208, nine-under-par for the tournament, and Daniel is at 210 after a third-round 67. Canadian Barb Bunkowsky, the first-round leader who was two shots behind Okamoto when the third day's play began, struggled to a 78 that left her far back, at 217. "Through the first nine holes, I was not putting well," Okamoto said, speaking through an interpreter.

"But then I became more confident." Okamoto, from Tokyo, said she has been putting about five strokes better per round than she was last week, when she finished at 302 in the Nabisco Dinah Shore tournament. Okamoto said of Daniel's score, "Five-under-par is a little better than I expected anyone to do, but there are a lot of players here who could do that in these (ideal) conditions." Juli Inkster, who would collect a $1 million bonus if she wins this tournament to go with her Dinah Shore title of last weekend, fired an erratic 75 to drop back Into the pack at 215. Her card included three birdies, four bogeys and a double bogey when she hit into the lake on the 172-yard seventh hole. The $l-million bonus, apparently out of Inkster's grasp now, is offered by the sponsors to any golfer who wins both the Pro-Am and the Dinah Shore tournaments. Okamoto also played an up-and-down round, with four bogeys and five birdies.

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