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'oft tm3 New i i i a A ffet Win i 1 rJ Kill hzSAj -w'- -V. Star-Bulletin- 4 SPORTS I i Hi' I 4 Honolulu Monday, August 7, 1 978 PGA JOY John Mahaffey of Kerrville, is hugged by his wife, Susie, seconds after he won the PG. Tournament yesterday at Oakmont, in a sudden-death three-way playoff with Tom Watson and Jerry; Pate. Mahaffey credits his wife in helping him overcome some personal problems and past disappointments, enabling him to win the coveted golf AP Photo. Z.

rookie sensation, overtook him with a birdie on the last hole. Then came a divorce from his first wife, a drinking problem, an elbow injury sustained during a swing, 'a broken hand sustained in a fall from a ladder and the collapse of a career that had earned him over $300,000 in three years. I REALLY DON'T WANT to talk about the past. There were a lot of personal problems. There were injuries.

And all of it culminated in OAKMONT. Pa. (AP) John Mahaffey, who'i known personal and playing woes on the pro golf tour, talked of new life after his sudden-death triumph in the PGA Championship. "It's been a long road back with lots of disappointments, but this makes up for every bit of it," he said after his 12-foot birdie putt on the second extra hole yesterday gave him victory over Jerry Pate and Tom Watson. "I really think I deserve it.

I've worked hard," added the 30-year-old Texan, who early yesterday was seven strokes behind the front-running, seemingly secure Watson. THE VICTORY, JUST the second of Mahaffey's eight-year pro career, brought him $50,000. a 10-year exemption from qualifying for PGA tour events, and hugs and kisses from his new wife, Susie, But don't get the impression pro golf has been all green grass and glory for Mahaffey, who leaped into the air with elation while his winning putt was still inches from the hole. In 1975. he lost the U.S.

Open in a playoff with Lou Graham. A year later, he had a cozy lead in the same championship before Pate, then a Blazers Offer Ticket Refund PORTLAND. Ore. (AP) The Portland Trail Blazers offered refunds today to season-ticket holders disappointed by Bill Walton's announced plans to leave the National Basketball Association team, while the New York Knicks and Golden State Warriors were next in line for talks aimed at landing the 6-foot-11 center. "We think it's only fair that a refund be offered to those who wanted to see the games because Walton was playing here." said Blazer spokesman John White.

Talks were planned for today between Walton and New York Knicks Coach Willis Reed and General Manager Eddie. Donovan. Mike Burke, president of the New York club, and Sonny Werblin. president of the Madison Square Garden Corp. were due in Portland tomorrow.

Softball Grassroots 3 Bill jr- sports cuiior one thing my game deteriorated," he said, "But now I'm healthy. And I've got a more than healthy marriage," he said as his second wife sat nearby with an armful of yellow roses. "I've got a wife that works me. She won't let me home from practice until it gets dark, and I really think it's paid off." Mahaffey spent long hours early last week on the practice tee. But the re-tournament talk was of Jack Nicklaus, four-time PGA champion.

As it turned out, Nicklaus didn't make the cut after two rounds, and Watson took command, shooting 67-69-67 to drop 10-under par and take a five-stroke lead into yesterday's final holes. WATSON LED BY seven strokes after he birdied the fourth hole to drop U-under-par overall. But after an eagle on the ninth hole, he three-putted the 10th to begin a slide that left him at eight-under 276 after 72 holes. His final-round 73 left him in a deadlock with the Pate, who shot a 68, and Mahaffey. who had a 66.

"I had opportunities to win and just didn't take advantage of them," said Watson. "And John and Jerry played exceptional golf." Pate, who began the day at five-under, missed a four-foot putt on the 18th hole that would have won it. "I hit it just like I wanted to. I've never seen one spin out like that." said Pate, whose wife, Soozie, watched the miss from the gallery and broke into tears. "THAT'S GOLF." PATE said with a grin.

"I'm just thankful I even had an opportunity for a playoff." Mahaffey, who had a 75 in the first' round Thursday, took the lead at nine-under-par with a birdie on the Nancy Lopez is back in winning fofm, Page B-5. 14th hole But he bogeyed the 16th to drop back into a tie and remind himself of his previous U.S. Open collapses. "I made up my mind right after that bogey that I wasn't going to give it away," he said. The first three-way playoff in the 60-year history of the PGA Championship followed.

All three players parred the first hole. Then came Mahaffey's winning birdie on the second. The $50,000 top prize raised his tour earnings for the year to $91,764, nearly 10 times the $9,847 he made last year. Watson and Pate got each. TIED FOR FOURTH AT 280 were' Tom Weiskopf and Gil Morgan, who had a hole-in-one.

Lee Trevino, Andy Bean and Australian Graham Marsh were next at 284. Morgan, a non-practicing optometrist from Oklahoma, made his hole-in-one on the par 3, 255-yard No. 8 hole and he made it on the fly. That's right on the fly. His one iron shot went directly from the tee to the cup.

The ball took a piece of turf from the lip of the cup as it pushed past the flag stick. "The people on the tee and myself weren't certain what I had holed it for a while," said Morgan, who shot 66 and 67 in his last two "The reaction at the hole was delayed too. I think everybody was wondering, "Where did it out that the only new building in Kaunakakai since he was a' boy is one put up by Molokai Ranch. Ltd. Molokai Ranch was one of the people's targets for criticism recently and was much opposition when the Sheraton-Molokai was built on the choicest beach area of the island.

"So far the people who have agreed to build a public facility -near the long beach (Papohaku Beach) haven't lived up to the agreement." Sabas "That's what the people here need as much, if not more than jobs, recreational things to That's why this softball game was a great thing for them." Sabas was proud to point out that every player on the Warri-, ors team has a job. which is-' more than what can be said fori a lot of other people. He concedes, however, that Molokai Ranch has done people here a lot of good, espe- cially by holding the line against developers. The Bulletin Stars wanted to" have a late supper at the Mid-; nite Inn. Molokai's oldest resC taurant.

but it was closed at 9 But it was just as well for- it enabled them to get together; TJ fa if da' trvl.i KAUNAKAKAI. Molokai They call Molokai the Friendly Island, and it is. But not when it comes to soft-ball. The people here take the game seriously, especially the Molokai Warriors. The Star-Bulletin's sports department team, a motley collection of has-beens and never-wases, found that out in its annual grassroots softball foray to the Neighbor Islands over the weekend.

The Warriors spanked the city slickers from Honolulu. 12-9 and 12-8. in a goodwill double-header at Kaunakakai Field. A young cashier at the nearby Friendly Market Center on Ala Malama. the town's main, drag, wasn't surprised at the outcome.

"Oh. you guys played the Warriors? They're the best team in town. They always win all the time," she said. And she didn't help our egos by adding, "but half the team are in Honolulu for the National Guard." The spoilsports from Honolulu had enough trouble with the other half, especially the Starkey brothers Gerard, Bobby and Billy; Thadd Cama-ra. a slick-fielding shortstop who batted cleanup; Rodney Reyes, Pancho Alcon (who was better than the Pancho in OUR lineup) and a lefthanded slug; ger by the name of George (Buck) Dudoit.

To this day I have never run into a Dudoit who wasn't a good athlete, and Buck was no exception. He was retired only three times in the doubleheader all on 300-foot fly balls to right. The winning pitcher in both games was Salva Lalim, the coach of the Warriors for 11 years since they were teenagers. Lalim was a standout pitcher in his day; the Cris Mancao of Molokai. "He was my boyhood idol," said John Sabas, Kamehame-ha's basketball coach who was born and raised on Molokai before going to Honolulu to play for the only other Warriors that are of interest to the people here the Kam Warriors.

Sabas comes over as often as he can to spend weekends with his parents and find his roots." "This will always be my home and I'd settle here if I could find a job here," he said. 1 Like most Molokaians, Sabas feels strongly about his island. They regard Molokai as the last bastion of the old Hawaii that has been plowed under and turned into a concrete jungle like Oahu and Maui, and, to a lesser extent. Kauai and the Big Island. It is no wonder, that author James Michener calls Molokai the "most Hawaiian" of the islands.

The people here are very close and very united. This is why the Protect Kahoolawe Ohana has such a strong base 'here," Sabas said. His mom is very active in the Kahoolawe group along with his former Kam teammate, Walter Ritte who is also from Molokai. Change for them hasn't always been for the better. So Sabas doesn't mind pointing with Sabas and his dad in a-.

steak-and-chicken fry cooked; over kiawe wood. And Sabas continued to remiC; nisce about the days of youth. I "That same field you guys played on was where we played as Little Leaguers myself Ritte. George Helm, the Ayau J' brothers Hank, Butch and'; Ronnie. Grassroots softball.

That was- what it was all about. Not win- ning or losing. So I won't gripe-t about the umpire, who been the original cockey- ed mayor of Kaunakakai. CHICAGO (UPI) Bill Buckner's bases-loaded single scored Tim Blackwell and Ivan DeJesus to cap a five-run fourth inning and lift the Chicago Cubs to a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. TORONTO (AP) Jim Clancy fired a four-hitter and Alan Ashby's single past a diving Lee May at first base scored John Mayberry with the winning run in the seventh inning is the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles, 2-1.

CARLISLE. Pa. (AP) Washing-ton Redskins running back Calvin Hill, indicating he had lost some of his enthusiasm for the game, said he had decided to retire from pro football. HE BLEW IT Tom Watson winces on a missed birdie putt and wound up blowing a five-stroke lead in the PGA Tournament. AP Photo.

fV nnr'ri Urn's Don Quixote Sai Is ill Vicfbry to Clipper Cup ding. Tom Stephenson, Australia; 5. Lovelace, J. Loyd and K. Andrews, New Zealand.

Division leaders: Class A Ragamuffin, Syd Fischer, Australia; Class Monique, J. Dowell, New Zealand Class Don Quixote, Foo Lim. Taiwan. Team leader New Zealand's team, 576-points. Three 30-mile triangular heats will be held on successive days off Waikiki beginning tomorrow at noon.

The five-race Waikiki Yacht Club-sponsored regatta will conclude with the 800-mile Around the State of Hawaii race on Saturday. Oahu. surged ahead never to be overtaken again. Ondine beat Kialoa to the Waikiki finish by a scant 18 seconds. BUT WHEN THE' handicaps were applied, the two mighty yachts fell far down in the fleet staridings leaving the smaller Class yachts to capture the first five positions, on handicap.

Over-all standings: 1. Don Quixote. Foo. Lim. Taiwan; 2.

Carrie Ann V. Rodney Inaba and Sonny Nelson, Hawaii: 3. Country Boy, Clyde Col-son, New 4. Magic Pud- I Hi- V- i ft- 2 SMr BulKtin Photo by CrtigKoiima The Molokai Warriors toast the winners themselves. 3 By Jack Wyatt Special to the Star-Bulletin Don Quixote, the chivalrous hero of a satiric Spanish novel of some 300 years ago, proved its dash and bravery on Oahu's high seas last weekend as well.

The 30-foot sloop, sailed by Honolulu's Foo Lim but flying the burgee of Taiwan, topped the first leg the 104-mile Around Oahu Race of the Pan Am Clipper Cup Yacht Series by beating the Waikiki Yacht Club sloop, Carrie Ann by nine minutes and 42-seconds on handicap. Amid a sea of milling spectator craft, low-flying helicopters and a water-spouting fireboat, the 40-boat international fleet departed Waikiki Saturday at noon in a clockwise direction and the first yacht the New York-based Ondine to finish the race did so in a record 13 hours, 18 minutes and 24 seconds. The previous circle Oahu mark was 17 hours. -UPON REACHING THE Wai-anae flats, we slowed but never really stopped," said winner Lim, whose Don Quixote came in nearly four hours behind Ondine. "But we took Kahuku Point so close that I would have gladly traded my microwave oven for a depth finder." Lim's sloop, the fourth smallest boat in the fleet, finished at 5:16 yesterday morning.

The battle of the giants the twin 79-foot yachts Ondine and Kialoa provided the big boat thrills as the two Mainland rivals sped around the Island within yards of one another, that is until Ondine, off Windward "I've been told before by editors' that some of the best newspaper; writing can be found in the sports-sections." Allen added. "I am pre-, sumptuous enough to add that some; the best electronic journalism is-found in baseball broadcasting. "This award has added an everlasting incentive to those who report baseball in the future." In closing, Kuhn noted the significance of the ceremonies here. "This is the greatest day of the-baseball year," he said. "It's a time I we lay aside the drama, excitement; and controversy of the pennant races and honor the greats of the convey a bit of immortality on them.

"And today, we have gotten a new motto for the game: Long Live Baseball." pitcher in the first quarter century of the American League," despite being a contemporary of Cy Young and Walter Johnson, died in 1911 of spinal menengitis. In his nine major league seasons, he pitched a perfect game, another no-hitter, seven one-hitters and had a lifetime earned run average of 1.88. It was Allen, once the "Voice of the Yankees," who may have assured immortality for himself with what Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn called the sport's new motto." UPON ACCEPTING THE Frick Award, Allen alluded to his days studying law and his receiving an LLB degree. "It wasn't until now that I realized that the LLB stood for something other than in law," noted Allen. "It stands for Long Live Baseball.

MATHEWS. WHO RETIRED in 1968, is tied for ninth on the all-time home run list with. 512. the same number as 1977 Hall inductee Ernie Banks. "I'm just a beat-up old third baseman," Mathews said as he accepted "the greatest honor of my career.

I'm just a small part of a wonderful game that is a tremendous part of America today. "Baseball has been so good to me, everything I've got, I owe to it. I've tried to give it all I had." In doing so, Mathews set National League marks for most consecutive seasons with 30 home runs, nine -1953-61, most home runs in a season by a third baseman, 47 in 1953, and most games played at third base, 2 154. MACPHAIL. WHO WAS responsi COOPERSTOWN.

N.Y. (AP) The Baseball Hall of Fame got three new members today and the sport itself may have gotten a new slogan. Eddie Mathews, the slugging third baseman, who is the all-time home run leader for his position, the late Larry MacPhail, baseball's first great innovator, and the late Addie Joss, an early 20th century pitcher with Cleveland, were inducted into the Hall of Fame. Broadcasting greats Mel Allen, who coined the new phrase Long Live Baseball, and Red Barber re-, ceived the first presentation of the Ford C. Frick Award for outstanding baseball broadcasting.

Edgar Mun-zel and the late Gordon Cobbledick were given the J.G. Taylor Spink award for distinguished service as a baseball writer. ble for such innovations as night baseball, Old-Timers Day, a pension plan for the. players and office personnel and airplane travel for the teams, was represented at the ceremonies by his sons Lee, president of the American Leauge and Bill, a broadcasting executive. Joss, whom baseball historian Fred Leid described as "the best Game Ends in Tie COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.

(UPI) A heavy downpour with one out and one on in the top of the seventh inning today wiped out a homer by New York's Bruce Boisclair and the annual Hall of Fame exhibition game between the Mets and the Detroit Tigers ended in a 4-4 tie. A.