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Friday, July 14, 1978 THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS Poge 30 State Title Would Be Nancy's Cupcake I vv because I think not knowing your opponent takes some of the pressure off and I don't want to let down." Nancy did very little "letting down" against Mrs. Armington or the Hillcrest course yesterday. After winning the first hole, she and Mrs. Armington played even until the ninth, when Mrs. Fitzgerald pulled out her "secret weapon" an amazingly long, straight game and turned the match into a one-sided affair.

Mrs. Fitzgerald teed up on the 229-yard ninth hole and proceeded to wallop the ball to the green in one. While putting hadn't been Nancy's saving grace earlier in the day, she used the No. 9 green to reaffirm her faith by dropping in a 22-footer for an eagle. It was the first of five straight hole victories which led to her advancement into today's championship.

"I have never hit the ball better," she said yesterday. "I feel very confident (about the finals). This is where you have to watch getting overconfident, though. Some of the real favorites are out and that's when you start to let down." Although Miss Hundley wasn't considered a heavy favorite at the start of the tournament, her perseverance throughout the week and yesterday's tough match with Miss Lakoff has given Susan undeniable credibility as a top-notch young amateur. In other final round play today.

Mary Hession of Indianapolis took on Richmond's Cathleen Crum in the championship flight consolation match. First flight finalists were Ann Gregory of Gary and Dr. Polly Nicely of Indianapolis. Vying for state-title honors in the second flight were Dian Uher of Muncie and Pamela Roby of Evansville. By DEBI WHEAT Going into today's State Amateur women's golf championship, Nancy Fitzgerald knew that win or lose she had a family picnic to look forward to tonight.

But if she lost, it would be a picnic minus her children's traditional homemade "winner's cupcakes." Whenever the attractive mother of four wins which is more often than not her two older sons, aged seven and six, whip up a batch of special goodies to celebrate the victory. Judging from the way Nancy talked about today's final 36 holes at Hillcrest Country Club, the Fitzgerald clan was probably turning out a batch of tasty treats even as "Mom" teed up this morning. "I want to win this tournament more than anything," Nancy admitted yesterday after her stunning and 5 victory over three-time State Amateur champ Julie Armington. "I have to prove to myself that I can win a big one. There's something about a State Amateur championship that has this aura of success.

I've won a lot of lnvitationals and districts and even the city, but the state is the big one. To win this Is really important to me." Mrs. Fitzgerald, who has competed in the last four state tournaments, faced a State Amateur rookie, Susan Hundley of Columbus. The Harrison Lake Country Club member defeated Richmond's Vickie Lakoff, 3 and 2, in yesterday's semifinal round. "I really don't know what I'm getting into (In the final round)," admitted Nancy.

"I don't know her (Susan) at all. I know she's good, though, or she wouldn't be in the final. "I have to get my mental attitude set to be real aggressive for this one Tom Inskeep 2nd in a row. at. SILTMMIEE SIPdDETT HBTUSfS We a nt to be vour favorite store Inskeep Best At Survival By KIM ROGERS COLUMBUS, Ind.

"No one can say they blew this tourney," Kent Frandsen, the 1974 champion from Lebanon, was heard to say. "He (Tom Inskeep) just went out and won it." In a near carbon copy performance from 1977, Fort Wayne's Tom Inskeep charged home with a one-under-par 71 to capture the Indiana Golf Association State Amateur championshp at the Otter Creek course yesterday. He finished with a 72-hole total of 292, four strokes over par. Inskeep, who started the final two rounds seven strokes off the pace, followed up with a pair of 71s (Wednesday and yesterday) for a two-stroke victory over Tim Miller of Kokomo. A year ago, Inskeep came up with a 71-70 over the final two rounds for a four-stroke win over Miller.

He thus becomes the first back-to-back winner since Ed Tutwiler of Indianapolis turned the trick under the match-play format in 1966-67. "It wasn't a matter of winning, but of surviving," emphasized Inskeep. "I was about as nervous as I've ever been. It didn't show on the outside, but right here (pointing to his stomach). I don't believe I could ever do it again." Miller, who has been runnerup for three straight years, was heard to say prior to the teeoff, "I may finish fifth, but I'm not going to finish second I again." At his early pace, shooting an even-par 36 over the first nine holes, Miller quickly put in his bid for the tide.

While Andy Soley, Ball State University junior from Cedar Lake, was squandering a one-stroke lead with a string of seven bogeys on the first nine holes, Inskeep and Tom Kelley of Fort Wayne also jockeyed for position. Kelley, who finished four strokes off the pace, gained a birdie at No. 2 for a one-stroke advantage over Miller, Soley and Inskeep. Kelley and Miller opened the final round one stroke off the pace. Inskeep, who started two back, matched Kelley's birdie at No.

2. After four holes, Inskeep, Miller and Kelley were tied with Doug Fischesser of Connersville two back. After five holes, the lead was shared by Inskeep and Miller who would duel the rest of the way. Miller got the first jump, but Inskeep caught him at No. 10, passed him at No.

13 and never looked back. "I just played it steady," pointed out Inskeep. "The five on No. 14 was a real big shot." While Miller was bogeying No. 13, Inskeep was making par at No.

14. GOLF ROUNDUP Sale ends Sunday, July 16th Men's Jogging Glen field 60 Automatic Mfle Shorts Sitting some 30 feet off the green beside a pine tree, the champ pitched his ball to within a couple of feet of the cup to insure a par 5. "I couldn't get close enough to the hole," Miller moaned. "At 13, I should have made that putt to save par. It was only about 6 feet." "After first a 75 (opening round) and then a 43 (after nine) the next day, I didn't know," added Inskeep.

"But I knew the weather and length of the course and knew what it would do to the players. It is so hard to play consistently under par on this course. "I was lucky. I could easily have missed the cut. But it was early enough in the tourney, that it didn't put me out just in bad position." Inskeep might have gotten an omen of things to come at No.

10. His tee shot landed in a sand trap down the left side of the fairway some 240 yards away from the pin. He quickly got out of trouble by blasting out of the trap to within 3 feet of the cup where he putted out for a birdie to tie Miller. Start of the final round was delayed an hour and a half because of wet playing conditions due to early morning thundershowers that raked the course, but it did not seem to affect Inskeep. "The greens were wet in the morning, but dried out and putted well," pointed out the two-time champ.

"The course was in excellent condition and it helped. "He (Miller) is one fine player. I was fortunate to beat him once let alone twice. I hit it long and that helped me avoid the traps while some of the other players had trouble with them." "It seems like an instant replay from last year," noted IGA board member John David, a four-time champion, during the awards ceremony. "If I knew this, I would have ordered different trophies because each of you (Inskeep and Miller) have one just like it at home." 90 22 long rifle Autoloading IP Wildcat 22 Ammo Ftoadmaster8 Moped Only Simplicity in motion Feo-tures uncomplicated controls, comfortable seat, rear view mirror, DOT approved tires.

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"But maybe I should have broken it years ago," he joked. "This one is about six ounces heavier and I think I nit the ball a little farther with it." Morley, who had sent to Phoenix for a backup driver similar to the one he broke, said he'd stick with the heavier spare that helped him yesterday. "I nearly lost all my clubs after the U.S. Open," he said. "I got on a plane to go fishing in Alaska and my clubs got on a plane for the Amana pro-am and ended up in a hotel room in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

"After about three days, they called my wife to tell her where they were. She had about panicked by then, but I didn't know anything about it." LPGA Hints Expansion The doubling of women's major professional golf tournaments to four is a distinct possibility for 1979. The game's leadership, Commissioner Ray Volpe and Ladies Professional Golf Association President Beth Stone, confirmed a move in that direction after an LPGA meeting at Dublin, Ohio, last night. "It would be good for the game, but only if we have sponsors with long-term commitments and substantial purses," said Volpe. Stone expects the 157 regulars on the pro tour to approve in a membership vote by Oct.

1, adding, "Our membership has expressed itself if the majors are done right." Almost 100 of the LPGA members met with Volpe on the eve of a tour stop at Riviera Country Club. Volpe and Stone emphasized the new format is only in the talking stage. Another Mudd Champ? BiHKeMieaHsssaBiaar HaeeeeaMaMBK Roller Derby Rink Skates 1897 White for women. finalists to four in the morning and then to two who will compete in tomorrow's 36-hole championship. Doug Ward, 21, from Little Rock, and a student at Texas met Sam Hunt of McRae, in another quarter-final.

Dan Monday of Sao Gabriel, battled Tony Figueredo of Miami, and 1971 runner-up Robert Blomberg of Alameda, played Dale Loeslein of Fairview, Pa. No Antics For Shackleford John Shackleford, a 38-year-old IBM executive from Austin, Texas, looked out of place this week at Brook Hollow Golf Course in Dallas, where he was trying to qualify for the Trans-Miss amateur championship. The three college players in his foursome were having contortions, calling their balls names or throwing clubs when misfortune occurred. One player threw his putter 125 feet on one green and broke his 6-iron against a tree two holes later. "I used to do stuff like that 20 years ago," said Shackleford, the only one of the four who made it to today's third round.

He had his hands full yesterday with Oklahoma State's Jim Woodward, who birdied the first two holes. Shackleford finally got even at No. 12, went ahead at No. 15 and won 1-up as both shot about even par. "I just did the best I could, a stroke at a time, and hoped experience would overcome youth," said Shackleford, a former Texas Tech golfer who turned pro and toured the pro circuit for two years.

City Amateur To Begin Defending champion Jim Reneau, a senior at Warren Central, will lead the field off the first tee when the battle for the City Amateur golf championship begins at the Carl Smock municipal course tomorrow morning at 9. Heading 64 championship flight match-play qualifiers, Reneau will be matched against John Greer. Tomorrow's survivers will meet the following weekend at the Pleasant Run layout. Jeff Cook, Jack Ebbeler, Mike Komlac and Alan Booe tied for medalist honors at 70 followng last weekend's quaifying at the William Sahm course. Cook earned medalist honors, through the tie-breaking system, with a birdie at No.

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