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who had 70 Sat- pacesetter at 206 were odgers, who-shot 66, andvat20A the Allan Bondeson Henning fincl Phid were deadlocked' CLEVELAND (A.r-Steady, Gardner Diddnion, playing almost flawless with a strong'' golf, birdied two of theput him at 203y lasty three holes Saturday JYatesj 'the Geoigiut and charged ground lead Cleveland Open. i into the third held the 36-hole lead pf the $130,500 brilliant- 132." signs Biancas shot into urday," and Lou Graham, Miller Barber, who posted aX, who shot a' 65 to become" 68. r' with thethird player, tp tie the i207 waj Bert Weav-. showed course record. 'T.

er, while; Tom The 3-yearold "veteran taking bogeyson three of 'X" 1 'from It Tw, yillef.his first four holes and an- -r N(CleWwd. sub-pat round, and had a 54 lied isitt birdin on Nos. 9, HE2'' 2SSSS hole total of 201. He was X0f and 13 before fum- nine under for the distance, again. with bogeys on ESILr tz9SH Mark Hoakln Charm-Caody Dudley Wvteny tSa Among a seven-man deadlodrat 209 were Mas-.

ters champion Gay' Brewer and Billy Open m' VSSht ipesr in his second yet tour P1 on the front nine but wis spurred on by his first birdie the ninth the EiX Dkk Mayar Don Charry Monly Charto. Howto Ji BSSBCSr: 7MW4-ii3 rn-js nlail StEve.OooormOTriZ wdf-nHii -JlJmiserably on irsVbirxiieoh Dickinson, who has more hdle. Playing ia a three Sbme Palmejc and Bob Charies, Yates raid he nev er'had performed beforeas large crowjd, and he- quite 'X Blancas, trying for. tour tbit' one hole un-X: round, fchidr plnvntM him from tie $28,000 in- this season, heMa two-. strokeluivantage over Tex-J an HomeroBlancas and a three-stroke edge h0M bat finirfl'thi, llCU11U1 1C1 SuBt 'year was a'tie for third in the Phoenix Open, started TP7 ZZ22 the, round two shots bade offY.

Ill JUUL Yates. He parted 15 hdesO' o--. Xon Aurora Coun Oubs I I A I WH ZZXZZ SWJRKSa hiV inargin by-sinking an 011 pro-am" jX, ight-foot putton No. 18 "tournament at the aover- for a finai bird. nook' Country pub with a A pro for 15 year, D'c' bet bail score of 54 SaturX-.

Upxn. hu taknn.only on, Pu( AHan gawring S77tl! 16 and 13. His 72 gave him top 'by professionals are Mijs Daniel and 41 other top by professionals are ip VlCincinnaXfor the 54-hole TAR TIII Wayne youngster who lpdhrough two founds, orthe OldttAlonA Open RRc ma1 seco aftprslipping -X X'- Cleveland Open wipXonsecutive 66s, made danaychip froinjough to sal- kyge tooJiktat weniuflly 'fTrji trying not to take any bogey here mtfiree rounds. ne iAiin)aiuw ui jiuvi Xd riving afterwards, but said, Budceye Savings Lk'diea XtournamenL, The nient began -Thursday, bdt Saturdays results do; not count in the final tally. TheXther, Rheim esUbiishfd'A two- XQ move into the lead with 1: Hiisky lam i-Rheim'6f hdje.

V' X.vhole lead.over Guy in thq blrdief rbm fve of 'SaCrameoto wop iheirJIJfi 7- herii semifinal matches Saturday'" youthful On 1 a IX golfersbmewhat chilly te cjff eool iate. in the Pebble-Beach course, while Harry Taylor or Haywaro, 2 as ony one over par for Smith, still only one up, up, -in a match where tne 1he (jay excluding a pickup Went to the back nine with JLE BEACH ytq sct up a North-South 'Windup for the. California Amateur. Golf champion-' rhatch that wentoply 31 red-haired Sacramentan nearly" gave away his lead in final holes. A the winning, team were 'Charles Schiear.

J. Sandra Palmerwon prize money when her team came in second with' a 56: SandrSpuzichs foursome Miss Creed and Carol Mann are tied for first place after two rounds of-play in file Buckeye touma- on the Oth hole' of the af-temoon rpund when he hit over the seacliff and had to Rheim and Smith fight it iconcede the fair the Chmpaionship Tayor and Smith' turned a two-under-34. On the 24-year-old Smith was over the Clifford Ann Creed col- cliff in unplayable grass, lected $75 after her team took a penalty stroke and placed fourth with 58, and still managed the Gail Davis team was fifth hole with sixes. who should have evened the finished third With 57, and Shb won $100. with 59, giving "hec $50 prize moneys the morning 18 holes even and it wasn't, untif.

the fourth hole of the afternoon round that Smith was able today over the same gruelling 36-hole rouie for which' the semifinals were scheduled. ship. Rheim Tulane medical student who is built like a pro football player and- hits a long ball, had it relatively easy fa eliminating, unpredictable Guy Bill of Oakland. 6-5, in a onesided Irwin Slips, 'Wins NCAA Title by Two SHAWNEE ON DELAWARE; Pa. Iff) The University of Colorado's Hale Irwin, a fpotball star with touch for golf, won the 70tlv annual NCAA golf chain- Ipionship, Saturday by two jj.

y. a par 68s Friday, for tpta scoresof 138. Vault Not Far Off? tS3 mSo 73A74f30t mzmmma 1 the Rose added a. mJ News Services Jim Ryun ind Paul Wii-Vault marie of 17:7 set only son gave track' and field tw0 weeks ago' by his Uni- followers 0ie world around verity of Southern Califor- VWBM, followers worldaround verity of Southern Califor- nia teammate. Bob Seagren.

The 17-8? ttcould falHh 'X DrakWms Virginia GTSweepstakes pete rakq won the weekly Virginia Country Club gdEf sweepstakes Saturday with a 76-10 66. srx; ivwvENX match toere, muffed an ap-poach- into a- tnq, and sed a putt for his 6. green and three up at '13 when Taylor missed a pu They halved 14 and 15 and, on 16, Smith yanked his. second shot' intqX.ravinel He accidentally'' movecHhe ball and himself with apwalthen blasted outnto another trapuand conceded to Tailors birdie WfWBUt conceded to Tailors binlie XX xSmithT also lost htoday time to pausb and re-J fleet that TmtKa an an the Vf ini vote, touches friday-on the Na- "Sifjr.vt joi 4 S' Jj.j- fai vmp RECORD-HOLDER IN 22-y ealoid Irwi'rt' Jost the nag i putting 1 I mtff7Ttonal AA(f tracknd fieir bderpar 65 in jthe third round day, but hia five strode lead- was enough to tand-Qff rgig-f-i TechBunXX' runningpnenom from the locked 3:51,1. formile tQ.send a crowdpf in BakersfieldMemoriat Sta dium Jumping to its feet in to make his thing in the world to 'equal New York and said that he had one morie and I said, Well, send it out, ill give it a try.

Itcame byRailwayEjqjresspn a Saturdaynight and S1111 it Out. Sumfav mnTninerxnd thw 4fi-8 the verv first SW 1 Backus, who sweated and I took it Out Sunday morning and threw 46-8 the very firstX time whiqh was 6 or 7 indies the world wad of chewlnggum or something record was his. And I challenge anydne over with the 56, usually in sm all Eastern meets, is Frenns kloL you could, rae the size of Backus youd get the point, Ftenn saya He is 6'5 and weighs 290.Tm5-ll The reaMan why jxAof of peopteknbek (Hs beca 'dont standiL George Fretui, worUf record holder fS-pound wiight throw. a-sporitaneous burst of ap- -With somewhat plaiise which didnt subside minute milei' a graduj approachinganopiermuscular milestone The rnaiM George Frenn and the event is the 56-pound weight throw, the goony bird rtf track and field with a titl galmost as cumbersome as Ftenns institution or the implement itself. Although the event resists streamlining.

Its name doesnt, so henceforth it shall be referred to in Frenns own vemacular simply as the 56i Frenn really isnt Superman. Actually, hes a mild-mannered student at a large metropolitan college, and fof more than 10 minutes. He added: "The competi-ion in the first two -laps hClpqd a lot Im very, very hapivX: Ryun usually leaves the pace to some ongelse. Not -this -time. He grabbed" it immediately and going! and field.

use ity under- Iiv.the and weigh 240.n Now, Frenn points ouL you Just dont vralk 19 to a track meet with a 56-pound weight in your hand and ray, Can I play, too? vX MI went through a lot of trouble to get the 56 into the meet I had to have an AAU sanction, which means I had. the gun lap his 'lead was af1 least 25 yards. 19-' San Jose StatfsPoss Ran- dall and the Univenito of nwiN Arizonas Robert Johnson, who Wound up in' a three-way tig fbr TrwinVfitial round 79 72-hole total of 2-under par 286. against 288 for the second place trio. IRWIN, anJAlI-Big Eight defensive football player, was in all kinds of troobte traps, roughs and wateg as he tramped Sha course on hreezy day.v' Bob BackuscoiildntdoiL ftrainea for some 'lO years me to coach' thein -y pride.

ith hla hom-riiiutted glasses and muscles on' looks very likeji. fellow, to receive Ms masters in phys wwvfinr isitltlissrsml JKJUylK, 1 hi The 56 was last an Olympic event in 1932 at Los Angeles, Frenn says, so there is a Coliseum recortL" Heli try to break it July 9 in tha United States meet against the British Commonwealth, the day after seeking the National AAU title in conjunction with the Connecticut District AAU meet back East. Tlie record goes back to 1878 by a fellow named Donovan, George smiles, He did 21 feet They threw the 56 in toe National AAU meet for 80 years until 1959, delet-ed it for five years; then after enough throwers wrote -toe AAU there is a niimVriimpinnfl'ip fpf jf again it it (jEORGE IS NOT overiy distressed about the lack of Olympip competition jn the 56, since he plans to see Mexi-v icb Cityext year, anyway. He rinks ta, this countrs 2 man throw. 1 The hammer weighs 16 bounds.

I 1 -Jitf l7Xi xTX Theres a basic difference between this and the ban mer in fiiat the are of toe ball is not steep George says. Its more rotary than IncBned. I wrote a master dissertation on hammer throwing In which I got very tech-nicaL '-X X-' But while the hammer is international, the 56 is nof; and Frenn ttusums, You deUt get a European tour- How toe founders of the event arrived at 56 pounds is a fact lost to moderh scholars like George. Its an odd kilogram weiit, 'too, he shrugs. I think it cmngs ouk around 24 kilograms and 420 grams.

Nevertheless, he sees a great comeback for toe evenL which for a time seemed doomed to extinction. utvwc nui over Olympip competition jn the W' 4 HoweveTlie gets aroused when discussing ti favorite subject, the 1 Til gve a hundred bucks to the first guy who can ig rnqjor from Boulder, jl Early this memth Frenn heaved the big haU of lead '48 feeL tiiree-quarters of an inch at the Rose ing inytoing in history. Thats farther than most can Carry it 'fa 'it 'it NOW, YOU SAY, so what? A guy gets himself an odd Tc; badevice. declares it an event and Whats it prove? big CdOb, obviously tightened under the pressure of into the filial round oS nations oldest amateur golf tournament hour later, the year-old Wilsoft, who was the first ihigh schooler ever tq dear 16 feet and that leading the have four! iAl witness it you have to mjrire sure the ground veyed level and the weight has to check out" THE AAU ALSO has a rule requiring an eypnt to have three competitors if a world record is tox be recognized, was Frenns most difficult problem. Thad to walk up and down in front of the stands and yell out lbxyolunteers.

One fellow never even knew it existed, but he bras willing give.it a try.Tthink he threw 19eet Officially, I did which we thought broke the world record, but I didnt get credit tor it because the wrikht weighed out five grams light and five grams is about sixth of an 10 Tve got guys wanting Geocgerays with unmistakable Truthfully, the streets are full of 98-pound weaklings but very few 56-poiind weight throwers. Apd the 56 itself isnt something you. select from I the Sears catalog. Frenn himself didnt get involved until this year. Ive always seen the record in the books, he says.

I tried it once back In 1963 and did 29 feet iand decided jd never do it But at that time 1 wasnt veiy strong. So' toe next time out, at -rf i1 K. .1 I'. V- Xi-- 1.