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Massillon Independent 4 June 22,1974 From AP dispatches BASKETBALL NEW YORK The National Basketball Association's Board of Governors awarded a franchise to Toronto for the 1975-76 season. SILVER SPRING, Md. Lefty Driesell, University of Maryland basketball coach, said he will look into the legality of obtaining a $1 million insurance policy for high school basketball star Moses Malone. NEW HAVEN, Conn. Dean Prentice, a 22-year veteran of the National Hockey League, was named coach of the New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League.

GOLF HUDSON HEIGHTS, Que. Canadians Bob Panasiuk and Doug Robb fired three-under- par 69s to tie for the lead after the first round of the $20,000 Quebec Open Championship. SANTEE, Calif. Wake Forest freshman Curtis Strange fired a 65 Friday to equal the National Collegiate Athletic Association one-round record and move into the lead in the NCAA Golf Championships with a three- day total of 210. Florida maintained a commanding team lead with an 663 total for three days.

Wake Forest was second at 868. FOOTBALL LUBBOCK, Tex. Ready or not, football widows, the 1974 campaign is upon us with tonight's 14th annual Coaches All-America football game between East and West collegiate All-star squads. The nationally televised 8:30 p.m. EOT game is the harbinger for a season which won't end until eight months from now in January.

TENNIS NOTTINGHAM, England Stan Smith of Sea Pines, S.C. defeated Roscoe Tanner 6-0, 46, 6-4 and will face Alex Metreveli of the Soviet Union in the finals of the $100,000 John Player Tournament. BIRMINGHAM, England American junior champion Billy Martin of Palos Verdes, Calif, led the United States to a 4-1 victory over Britian in the semifinals of the Windmill Trophy, a 14-nation tournament. LOS ANGELES Stanford University's tennis squad overcame the odds and won their second straight NCAA tennis championship being held at the University of Southern California. HORSE RACING CINCINNATI Operators of River Downs Race Course won a permanent injunction against the Ohio Racing Commission, forcing the commission to grant permits for 100 days of racing.

LEXINGTON, Ky. The Kentucky State Racing Commission will meet by July 15 to ratify or reject the selection of a temporary trustee to manage Latonia and Commonwealth race tracks. Spurts from opening 65 to one-over-par 71 second round 'Absolutely says Floyd Rv ROH flRRRW Mnn u--, By BOB GREEN AKRON (AP) "It's amazing, absolutely amazing, how the game of golf goes," mused Ray Floyd. "I could have shot 66 or 67, real easy, and run away with the tournament. I actually played better than I did the day before.

But instead I shoot 71 and I'm tied for the lead." THE PUTTS wouldn't drop for Floyd in Friday's second round of the $170,000 American Golf Classic arid he went from an opening 65 to a one-over-par 71 and, at 136, dropped back into a tie for the top spot with cheerfully-scrambling Jerry McGee. "I hit the trees so many times they were starting to call me McGee said with a grin, "but I don't mind. I'll take a on this course any way I can get it." Jim Colbert, who has played very well without winning this season, was another shot back iii the chase for a $34,000 first prize. Colbert had the best round of the hot, humid, hazy day, a tliree-under-par 67, and was in excellent position at 137. 'I really don't care what anybody else is shooting," the chipper little man said.

"This is just a great test of golf, -you against the course. It's been a real pleasure to play the last couple of days." Buddy Allin, already a two- time winner this season, and Dwight Nevil followed at 638. Allin went to a 72 on the yard, par 70 Firestone Country Club course, and Nevil had a 68. HALE IRWIN, the newly- crowned U.S. Open champion, insisted he was still in it at 145.

He improved from an embarassing 77 in the opening round to a 68 that, he said, "involved some personal, professional pride." Arnold Palmer had to birdie the last two holes for a Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Gary Player and Johnny Miller are not competing in this event (hat immediately follows the U.S. Open championship. "I'm not disappointed in the way I played," said Floyd, "But I'm disappointed in the results. It's just a little frustrating to play that well, and come up empty. "But you can't hold your head down and cry.

All you can do is go after 'em again the next day." HE WAS in birdie country on all of the first nine holes and got only one, a five-foot putt on the fifth. He missed two others from six feet and three more from the 15-foot range, "and every one of them hit the hole," he said. A bogey on the 15th dropped him back to even for the day and he bogeyed the final hole for the second day in a row ABA expands to 12 teams By BOB WATSON LOUISVILLE out the hope that merger is not a dead issue for 1974, the American Basketball Association trustees ended their annual meeting by announcing the league will have 10 teams in the coming season and-expand in the near future. Commissioner Mike Storen said in a press conference just before midnight Friday that no communication had been received from the National Basketball Association concerning merger except a telephone call to ABA general counsel Bob Neff. HE SAID the call indicated NBA owners were having a problem with the proposal of the older league's players association.

"The industry of professional basketball needs and should have a merger," Storen said. "At the point in time that the ownership group of the National Basketball Association is able to address themselves to the problems that exist in professional basketball a merger will come about." Instead of working with a compact eight-team circuit Storen had been considering, the ABA owners decided to prop up the Memphis and Carolina franchises. Storen said the owners were unanimous that merger now must include all 10 teams. "We had every reason to expect we'd be moving forward in a combined league" for the coming season, Storen said. A group of Memphis investors is considering the possibility of operating the Tarns in Memphis, Storen said, and "in all probability they will purchase the Tarns." HE ALSO said "a very responsible group has given the league a $500,000 deposit on the franchise for Carolina," and intends to move the Cougars to one of three cities which he did not name.

He said Ted Munchak would be allowed to continue as a major or minor stockholder in the Cougars. The ABA will expand and add St. Louis for the 1975-76 season, he said, and also will place a team in Cincinnati "one year from now" if the Kentucky Colonels are not playing some of their games there. Weiskopf hangs in there By CHUCK HESS JR. Independent Sports Editor Native Tigertowner Tom Weiskopf continues to hang in there, but he's having quite a battle with himself to do it.

It can't be helping him to worry about the torn ligament in his left wrist and he has an added problem. He had to be conscious of a pair of black-shirtcd sheriff's deputies dogging his even- step. WEISKOPF, NOW an Upper Arlington resident, has had two threatening phone calls since coming to Firestone Country Club up Akron way earlier in the week to compete in the American Golf Classic. Add these calls to one which Tom got last week at the U.S. Open at Mamaroneck, N.Y., and that could spell trouble.

Again Friday he did not give any post-match interviews so there was no way to ask him about his hand or the extra security precautions taken for him. Arnold Palmer also has sheriff's deputies with him. Weiskopf turned in a 72 Friday to put with his first day 71 for 144. The two-over-par day put him in a nine-way tie for eighth place, eight strokes behind leaders' Ray Floyd and Jerry McGee, both with 136s. Weiskopf dropped from seventh place Thursday to eighth Friday, but he made the cut by three strokes.

But Tom is still in good shape with two days to go. His final two days last year in the Classic were good ones. On Friday Tom left himself some horribly long putts like 20 to 30 feet. He didn't miss by much on the long ones though. One of his more beautiful putts was a 15-footer on No, 17 for a birdie three on the 390-yard hole he had paired Thursday.

His approach shot was a dandy loft through a tree top from the right rough. TOM'S PUTTER failed him completely on No. 10 when he three-putted after a great chip shot from the right fringe. He took a bogey five on the 405-yard hole. He had birdied the hole Thursday.

The rest of the home nine scores were pars. One of them came at the 230-yard, par-three 15th which Tom had birdied Thursday. This time he had to come out of the rough and then two-putted. His home nine count was a two-over par 37 compared to a two- under Thursday. Tom was even on the front nine Friday compared to three over Thursday.

On Friday Weiskopf bogied the 400-yard, par-four first hole and the 465-yard, par-four sixth hole. But he paired the 450-yard, par-four third hole Friday, after having double bogied it Thursday. He paired the 465-yard, par- four ninth hole Friday, but bogied it Thursday. HE GOT a birdie four on the 500-yard, par-five second hole Friday. On Thursday he had to settle for a par.

The second-day crowd of 15,638 brought the Classic's two-day total to 24,660. The second-day record is 20,199, set in 1973 when the four-day record of 77,646 was also set. The two-day mark of 30,051 also came that year. The total for the first two days is the second highest ever recorded. after hitting a fairway bunker.

McGee, a non-winner in seven years on the tour, got a sponsor's exemption into this select, invitational event and is making the most of it. He had five birdies, an unusual number on this tough course, and four bogeys. He was one over par for the day when his adventures started on the eighth hole. He hooked his drive into the trees, found it near the 12th tee, hit another tree with his second and had to use a three-wood for his third shot on the par four hole. He got that on the green and two-putted for a bogey.

He birdied the next from 15 feet, then hooked again off the 10th tee. That hit a tree. So did his second shot. So did his third. He wedged his fourth some six inches from the cup "and managed to wobble the putt in for bogey.

It really saved the round," he said. "I was looking at double bogey for sure, probably worse, and I got away with bogey." That, he said, allowed him "to regroup a little," and he birdied three of his last six holes, two on putts of 35 and 20 feet. Eagles and Federal are tied for first Eagles 190 and Federal Lanes remained in a first place tie with 8-1 records as both teams posted Colt League wins, Friday. Eagles, behind the three-hit pitching of John Berbari, downed North Canton Orange 42. Mike Grove doubled and Alan Rogers, Gary Bordner and Mitch Grove each belted two singles to lead the attack.

Federal Lanes kept pace with Eagles by swamping Tuslaw 14-2. Vern Terry allowed only three hits in pacing federal to their eighth win in nine starts. North Canton Black topped Fairless 6-2 behind Tom Caniford's two-hitter. Dan Greeho lashed a triple and single to lead hitters. Eagles 190 connected for 15 hits as they trounced North Canton Black 14-4 in Colt League action Thursday at the North Canton Stadium diamond.

Tom Gotch had a single and See EAGLES Page 14) Beer Night comes out okay for Texas again Sox pleasant surprise to owner Torn Yawkey BOSTON (AP)-Tom Yawkey, owner of the Boston Red Sox who have taken a firm grip on first place in the American League East, says he is "pleasantly surprised" with his team. "I like what I have seen and heard," Yawkey said. "I can remember Branch Rickey saying there is no substitute for speed. From what I have seen over the years, I agree." THE 71-YEAR-OLD Yawkey arrived in town this week from his home in South Carolina and held a news conference Friday. Today's double header with the Cleveland Indians will be his first chance to see his team "live." His appraisal of the Red Sox comes from watching them on television.

Yawkey thinks one reason for the Red Sox success is new i manager, Darrell Johnson. And Yawkey doesn't want to be another Charlie willing to let his manager manage. "I told Darrell, 'What you do and want to do do it. There will be no questions Yawkey said. Yawkey will get to be surprised twice today.

Friday night's rained out game against Cleveland will be played at 8 p.m., following a nationally televised matchup at 2:25 p.m. In the afternoon game, Cleveland's Gaylord Perry was to face left-handed Bill Lee. At night, Gaylord's brother, Jim, will face Boston's Reggie Cleveland. YAWKEY SAID, "I can't say I expected to see the team 3M: games iir front at this time. "I've seen all the teams in the division on TV," but "the results speak for themselves.

"We have different people who have done more than anyone expected them to do. In my opinion, Rick Burleson, Cecil Cooper and Juan Bcniquez have done a real good job." Yawkey doesn't just like his Sox this year he likes the look of the entire American League. "We have balance in this league," Yawkey said. "This is what I think the free agent draft has accomplished. "The Yankees used to win 20 games in a row and we'd holler to stop them.

I think people like a contest and I think that's the beat for the game." IN THE BASKET Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder Richie Zisk (22) and pitcher Dock Ellis watch a home run ball hit by Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs fall into the net on the right field wall in Chicago. It was William's IHh home run of the season. (APWirephoto) From AP Dispatches Beer Night always seems to turn out right for the Texas Rangers even when the Rangers are in Texas and the Beer Night's in Milwaukee. While the management of the Milwaukee Brewers told their customers to take two free beers Friday night, the Rangers also took two games, that is. They swept a twi-nighter from the California Angels 12-3, 6-2 and climbed to within one-half game of the first-place Oakland A's in the American League's West Division.

The A's rallied four runs in the eighth inning to edge the Kansas City Royals 5-4. Brewers 8, Orioles 6 Light-hitting Tim Johnson's two-run single capped a three- run third inning which gave the Brewers a 6-5 lead and chased Baltimore starter Mike Cuellar. But the defeat was charged to Wayne Garland and Cuellar's nine-game winning streak remained intact. A's 5, Royals 4 Joe Rudi's game-tying two- run single and Angel Mangual's tie-breaking hit highlighted the A's four-run eighth against Bruce Dal Canton, Joe Hoerner and Doug Bird. Tigers 3, Yankees 2 Willie Horton greeted reliever Sparky Lyle with a two-out game-tying pinch single in the ninth inning and Bill Freehan raced home with the winning run on a throwing error by center fielder Elliott Maddox.

White Sox 11, Twins 7 Ken Henderson crashed two home runs and drove in six runs and Carlos May delivered five hits as the White Sox unloaded a 21-hit attack, equaling the all- time record against Minnesota pitching. The White Sox had 21 hits in a 1967 game against the Twins. Mets 3, Phillies 1 The defending National League champion New York Mets, now in the Eastern Division cellar, played Friday night like they belonged exactly where they are. They put on a show reminiscent of the Keystone Kops or at least the Mets of decade ago making five errors, including three in (See BEER Page 14) LOOKING AHEAD Young Ben Crenshaw watches a shot during the American Golf Classic in Akron which is the first competition for the Texan since not qualifying for the U.S. Open.

The third round of the classic was today with the final round on the par 70 Firestone Country Club course scheduled for Sunday. (APWirephoto) Sandra Palmer cards a 66 in LPGA event SUTTON, Mass. (AP) 'It's just fantastic," said defending champion Mary Mills. "I heard all kinds of rumors on the course and I just couldn't believe it." Hardly anyone else, particularly 87 rivals, could either Friday, but the "rumors" were true. Sandra Palmer fired a record smashing seven-under par 66 in the second round of the $50,000 Ladies PGA golf championship.

"To break 70 on this course is a thrill, but to shoot 66 is almost unbelievable," Miss Palmer said after taking the halfway lead with a 36-hole total of 140 in the 72-hole test at the Pleasant Valley Country Club. MISS PALMER, a 5-foot, inch Texan who began playing golf as a 13-year-old caddy while her family lived in SANDRA PALMER Bangor, Maine, went on a birdie spree on the course soaked by heavy rain which delayed play for 17 minutes and created traffic jams on the final holes. She had eight birdies, six on the back nine, and took only one bogey, on the 17th green after the long rain delay and backup jam. That enabled her to break the women's competitive course record by two strokes. The record had been shared by Kathy Whitworth, Althea Gibson, Sandra Post and Debbie Austin.

Miss Gibson failed to make the cut as the field was trimmed to 59 players for the final two rounds. The brilliant round enabled Miss Palmer to take a two- stroke lead over Sandra Haynie, who had a par 73 to her opening 69. Miss Haynie was unhappy over the fact that it took her nearly six hours to complete her round, but was satisfied with her position. Miss MiHs, who shared the opening day lead with Miss Haynie, took a 74 and slipped into a third place tie at 143 with JoAnn Carner, who moved up with a 70. Miss Mills also complained about the delays on the course, saying it was tough "to maintain your concentration." Murle Breer had a 72 for a 36- hole total of 145, one stroke, ahead of 1973 New England amateur champion Pat Bradley, 71 Friday, and Bonnie Bryant, 73.

Tied at 147 were Sally Little, 72; Joyce Kazmierski, 72; and Jerilyn Britz, 73. All-state trap captain Pidcock VANDALJ.A, Ohio (AP) Fourteen trapgunners were honored here today as Ed Mulligan, president of the Ohio Trapshooting Association, announced the all-state team. Selected as captain was Charles Pidcock of Millfield, who had a .9905 average on 16- yard targets in 1973. OTHERS NAMED were Robert Mieczkowski, Winterville; Jack Neal, Athens; Dave Berlet, New Knoxville; his brother, Ned Berlet, Wapakoneta; Eugene Laurisky, -Murray City; Gene McMahon, Marysville; Ramo Lupi, Mayfield Heights; Steve Belhorn, Pickerington; Robert Colegrove, Columbus. Receiving woman all-state honors was Joan Sitler of Newark.

David Russell of Sylvania selected the all-state junior; Charles Forthofer, Avon, sub-junior; and Joe Hiestand, Hillsboro, veteran. McMahon celebrated his selection early by winning Friday's preliminary doubles with a score of 98 in a shootoff victory over Mieczkowski and Larry Taylor of North Ohnsted. Hiram Bradley of Vest, was the non-resident winner, also with a 98. Robert Crispin of Chardon won the Preliminary Handicap with a 95 from 24 yards, but Frank Beckwith of Covington, who won the non-resident title had the best handicapped score of the day, a 97 from 22 yards. BESS McKINLEY of Trotwood, wife of Amateur Trapshooting Association manager Hugh McKinley, won her second women's crown in three days by breaking 91 targets from 18 yards.

She also won the women's title on Wednesday with a 92. Another member of the all- state team, Colegrove, was to defend his Ohio State Singles title today. The tournament ends Sunday with the Ohio State Handicap..