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11MES. 8. Flyers Obtain Goalie PHILADELPHIA (AP) -The Philadelphia Flyers hurt by the forced retirement found a replacement thev hope will keep the team competitive in the National Hockey League. The new goalie is Phil Myre. acquired in a three- player deal with the St.

Louis Blues. In return for Myre Philadelphia is sending'de- fensemaa Rick LaPointe and center Blake Dunlop to SL Louis. Myre. 39. likely wffl be the Flyers' starting goalie next season, a team spokesman said Thursday.

That would fill the slot tefl by Parent, forced into retirement last week by an eye injury. Flyers' General Manager Keith Allen said of Myre: "I feet that Phil has the capabilities of being an outstanding goanender." Allen said Flyers' Coach Pat Qtmm. wno'played with Myre in Atlanta, had re- NEW FLYER--Goaltender Phil Myre has been traded by the St. Louis Blues to the Philadelphia Flyers fa exchange for defenseman Rick LaPointe and center "Blake Donlop. CAP Laserphoto) commended turn and "when the opportunity came ttp.

we jumped at it." Of the departing LaPoint and Dunlop. Aflen said. "It was just a case of having to give up something to get something. Both are fine young hockey players and I wish them Myre. who split goattend- ing duties with Ed Staniowski in St.

Louis last season, played in 39 games and had a 4.33 goals against average. Be was the Montreal Cana- diefis first-rotmd draft pick in 1965. He went to Atlanta before joining the Blues two 'years ago. Dunlop. 26.

piayea in games for the Flyers last year, scoring 20 goals and compiling 28 assists. He was the Minnesota North Stars No. 1 draft pick in 1973. Last season was his first in Philadelphia. LaPointe.

24. played in 77 games for the Flyers last season, scoring three goals and compiling 18 assists. He was the top draft pick of the Detroit Red Wings in 1973 and came to Philadelphia in February 1977. The Flyers now have five goalies on roster: Robbie Moore. Pete Peelers, Wayne Stevenson.

Rick St. Croix and Myre. The National Hockey League team must turn in a list Sunday of 15 skaters and two goalies to be protected from the player draft. Myre will be on that list along with either Stevenson or St. Croix.

according to team spokesman Joe Kadlec. Moore and Peelers do not need the protection of the list because they still are considered first-year pros. Kadiec said. Jockeys Fined For Scuffle By JOHN NELSON AP Sports Writer NEW YORK i AP) Spectacular Bid's trainer. Bud Delp.

heard someone behind him greet a friend. "Hello, slugger." the man said. Delp quickly looked over his shoulder and smiled. Slugger? Who's the fighter around I thought that Franklin was standing behind me." Delp said. Delp's Sight-hearted reference was to a scuffle between Spectacular Bid's jockey.

Ronnie Franklin, and rival jockey Angel Cordero Jr. in the jockey room at Belmont Wednesday. Franklin's reference to the scuffle was less light-hearted morning i he fisticuffs took place after the fourth race at Belmont Wednesday. Films of the start of the race showed that Cordero's mount. Ski Pats, cut sharply into Franklin's mount.

Lorine. forcing Franklin to stand up in the saddle and check his mount "I guess he tned to drop me." Franklin said of Cordero. "When I got to the i jockey i room. I walked up to him and he tuok a swing at me. "I think I hit him a couple of times.

I don't think he hit me." said Franklin, who will ride Spectacular Bid in Saturday's Belmont Stakes. Asked if Cordero had said anything to him. Franklin said: "He threatened my life. He said to me in Spanish. Tm going to kill Both jockeys were fined S250 by racing stewards Thursday for the scuffle.

Spectacular Bid will be trying to become the third consecutive Triple Crown winner Saturday in the lllth running of the Belmont Stakes. Franklin guided him to relatively easy victories in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. and he as made an early 1-10 favorite in a surprisingly large field of 10 for Saturday's race. Spectacular Bid will start in the No. 5 post position with second-favorite Coastal, at 6-1 odds under Ruben Hernandez, in the ninth post position.

General Assembly, a 15-1 shot under Cordero. dreiv the No. 2 post position. The other entries are Che-Bar Stable's King Celeb- ritv. No.

I post position under John Nied. 50-1 odds: Tayhill Stable's Quiet Crossing." No. 3. no rider listed. 50-1: Harbor View Farm's Picturesque.

No. 4 Hernandez (second calh. 50-1: Flying Zee Stable's Screen King. No. 6.

Cash Asmussen. 20-1: Viola Sommer's Gallat Best. No. 7. George Martens.

50-1: Oldknow and Phipps" Golden Act. No. 8. Sandy Hawley. 15-1.

and Charles Festa Mystic Era. No. 10. Jorge Velasquez. 50-1.

If all 10 go to post, gross value of the Belmont will be $273.000. with $163.800 going to the winner. Delp. a balding happy- golucky type who trains Spectacular Bid for Harry and Teresa Meyerhoff. said his colt was "fit to go a mile and a half." the Belmont distance.

not worried at all about it." Delp said. "I am concerned, because this is the big one. It's not a formality, that's for sure. But everybody in our camp is confident, the Meyerhoffs are confident and even the exercise rider says the Bid's never been better." Fullerton Reaches Finals By CHUCK SCHOFFXER AP Sports Writer OMAHA. Neb.

A When Fullerton State Coach Augie Garrido said his team's game with Pepperdine in the College World Series would be a "dogfight." he wasn't kidding. That's exactly what took place Thursday night. When the dust finally cleared after 3' hours of baseball, there had been 2-J hits, two players and a coach ejected, two records tied and most important. Fulierton had an 8-5 victory. The triumph puts the Titans.

59-14. and rated third nationally. in tonight's championship game against seventh-rated Arkansas. 49-14. which had the night off.

It win be a rematch of a game Wednesday night, when Fullerton outslugged the Razorbacks 13-10 to stay the double elimination tournament Fullerton and Pepperdine split four games during the regular season. Fullerton won the Southern California Baseball Association title and Pepperdine. which finished the year 52-18. was second. While'FuHerton and Pepperdine were going at it hi an emotionally charged game.

Arkansas had the luxury of resting- That could work In the Razorbacks" favor, but Pepperdine Coach Dave Gorrie said he thinks Fullerton will win. "They're a better team." he said. "Arkansas is an excellent team, but I feel Fullerton is stronger Left-hander Steve Krueger. 10-1, the winning pitcher hi Arkansas' 5-4 victory over Pepperdine in the first round, wm start tonight. Garrido will go with right- hander Dave Weatherman.

14-2. who started Thursday night but lasted only one- third of an inning, giving up three runs. "I don't know what to expect." Garrido said. "The ay both teams have been hitting, it could be a five- dozen baseball game. If.the wind is blowing out and some of those gorillas start hitting the ball, we might need seven ball bovs to run them down." Sam Favata drove in the go-ahead run against Pepperdine hi a three-run fifth inning and Mickey Palmer, making his first start of the series, tied a record by getting five hits.

Palmer hit .346 last but was batting only .236 coming into Thursday's game. Two of Palmer's hits were, bunts and another was a slow roller that he beat out. Pepperdine's Tim Gloyd tied a record by stealing his seventh base of the series. He was thrown out trying for his eighth by Fuilerton catcher Kurt Kingsolver. who threw out two others runners and picked one off first.

Pepperdine first baseman John Lais was ejected bv home plate umpire Randy Christal after arguing a called second strike in the seventh inning. Christal also banished Albert Arrieta. who bad been relieved as Pepperdine's starting pitcher, from the bench and ejected third base coach Robert Damwrjk Tony Hudson turned in another superb relief job for Fullerton. pitching the final 21-3 innings to earn a save, his third of the series, Hudson has allowed only four hits and no earned runs in 112-3 innings of series work Attorney Wants Orioles WASHINGTON lAPi A prominent Washington attorney is attempting to buy the Baltimore Orioles, but has encountered problems because of his ownership of the Washington Redskins, according to an ABC News report. Barbara Walters reported daring the network's World News Tonight program Wednesday that the attorney.

Edward Bennett Williams, "had a bitter battle" with Pete Rozelle, National Football League commissioner. RozeJle reminded Williams of a rule that prohibits an owner of a professional football team from owning a team in another professional sport, according to the report. Orioles board chairman Jerold C. Hoffberger said that he and Williams are "good friends." but refused to comment on the ABC report, Williams could not be reached for comment. The report came as a group of Baltimore-area businessmen continued their efforts to raise SI million more to purchase the team.

W. Wallace Lanahan. a principal organizer of the group said recently that the local investors are $1 million short of their million goal. That amount would be supplemented by a $4 million loan from Hoffberger. enabling the group to reach the $12 million purchase price for the team.

Grimsley's World: The Golden Bear Defends Golfers By WILL GRIMSLEY AP Special Correspondent NEW YORK (APt Maintaining for the umpteenth lime his opinion that golfers are indeed athletes. Jack Nicklaus has accepted a trophy as the Athlete of the Decade Nicklaus. the second winner of the award told a black-tie audience at the Waldorf-Astoria that he was honored and humbled." and refused to subscribe to the suggestion made by some critics that golfers cannot be identified as athletes. The "Golden Bear" won by a sizeable margin over such stiff competition as baseball's Rod Carew. football's Simpson, hockey's Bobby Orr, basketball's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

tennis' Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert. Olympians Bruce Jenner and Mark Spitz and jockey Willie Shoemaker. Muhammad Ah. last year's winner, was not eligible to repeat in the poll of sportsw riters and broadcasters. The athlete of the decade award will be given by the American Cancer Society each year.

"Comparing golfers with athletes other sports is like comparing apples and oranges." said the golden-haired native of Columbus. Ohio Even in baseball you can't compare a pitcher with a hitter, in football a passer with a runner. "But 1 certainly consider golfers athletes. There is no physical abuse The sport calls for a different kind of training But it requires a lot of endurance, work, mental strain and sacrifice." Nicklaus said that golf -A as as demanding as other big time sports in time and dedication needed for refining skills and competing. "Golfers don't play 2-.

hours once a week as football players do. or three hours live or six times a as baseball players." he said "They play four hours a day for four days. They train hard, practice before and sometimes after each round "Unlike tennis and boxing. Ahich are mt- on one. golf is one against 140 other guys plus a golf course The concentration has to be intense.

You have to make the body do what the mind wants it to do "I've seen outstanding players of other sports be completely whipped after a round of goif Sure, golfers are athletes Nicklaus said his physical skills are as sharp as anv time in his long career and good for another 10 ears. "I am hitting the ball better than added the 39- yearold Nicklaus "If my game has deteriorated at all -and I am sure it has it in another area the area of desire and dedication. "But 1 am positive I can urn If I didn 1.1 would not continue Nicklaus has played in eight tournaments thus reason without a victory Yet his 18-year record includes 66 tour triumphs, 17 major championships and more than S3 3 million in prize earnings. Golf historians regard his major titles, four more than won by the late Bob Jones, a mark that likely is never to be equalled. ATHLETE OFTHE DECADE--Jack Nicklaus holds the trophy which presented to him Thnrsdav night for being the Athlete of the Decade.

AP Laserphoto) Britz Early Leader In LPGA Championship MASON.Obio (AP)--Jen- lyn Britz. the first round LPGA Championship leader, stood in the 17th fairway. She looked at the Nicklaus Golf Center Scoreboard for the first time. The red figures showed she was 7 under. "That struck me.

I never remember seeing 7 under beside my name. Usually, when I get to 2 under. I lose it." said the shaken Britz. She didn't Thursday. The SS-year-old former school teacher wiped out one all-time LPGA record and shattered a tournament record with her 64.8 under par.

and good for a 4shot lead over Australian Penny Pulz. Nancy Lopez, the old LPGA Championship record holder with 65. stumbled to a 73. nine shots off the pace "I'm not thinking about the nine shots. I'm mad at myself.

I was not concentrating at all." she said Lopez, bidding for a fourth straight tournament triumph this year, tried unsuccessfully to have play halted when she was on the fifth hole. "The wind was blowing the rain in our faces. It hurt. We couldn't stand up. We couldn't hold our umbrellas up.

It was unfair." she said afterward Among those in a six- placer snarl or third place at 69 were two former JS. Open champions. Donna Capom Young and JoAnne Carner. The others at 69 were Amelia Rorer. Shelley Hamlin.

iefthanded Bonnie Bryant and Amy Alcott. the 1978 LPGA runnerup to Lopez. Another shot back at 73 came Sue Roberts. Muffin SpencerDevlin. Peggy Conley.

Cathy Thompson and Judy Kimball Lopez wasn't the only big name well off the pace. Judy Rankin. Jo Ann Washam and Sandra Post, the current No 2 money inner, were among those at 72 At 73 were reigning L' Open titieholder HoJIis Stacy. Jane Balock and Jan Slephenson Veteran Kathy Wiutuorth. the game's all-time money champion and a three-time winner of this major scram- "'j a u.

But the drama had UP. folded hours before the game's glamour names had teed off Britz was one of the early morciag dew sweepers in the third threesome The woman who had first played golf as a IT-year-oid lifeguard did not qualify for the LPGA Tour until she was a rape 31. Her new putting stroke worked so well that she look only 27 blows on the soft, but fast greens on the 6.313-yard layout. She had nine putters, four of them in stretch Britz' performance, played mainly in cloudy, calm weather, helped her t-e the nine-birdie performance for a single round held by sit other plaers. She came within two shots of Mickey Wright's all-time IShole record for an LPGA tour stop This 5150.000 tournament, the first of three recognized majors for the women in 1979, carries a first prize of $22,500 Portions of the Tina! rounds Saturday and Sunday be on Lye In Front in Atlanta By ED SHEARER AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (APi Mark Lye's golf game has turned around, and he thinks he knows why.

"I broke up with my girl friend six months ago and that's probably been the turning point of my game." Lye said" Thursday" after the best round of his pro career, a 9under-par 63 that staked him to a 4-shot lead in the opening round of the $300.000 Atlanta Golf Classic. "I'm spending a lot more time on the golf course now." Eastern League By The Associated Press The West Haven Yankees lost their third game in a row to the Reading Phillies Thursday night but maintained their 3' game Eastern League iead over run- nerup Holvoke. which lost to Buffalo. The seven-hit pitching of Sam Weiborn. 2-4.

led the Phillies to the 5-2 win over the West Haven in a game at Reading Weiborn walked three and struck out six until reliever Don Fow ler came on in the eighth to pitch two shutout innings. Eagles Sign Fitzkee PHILADELPHIA i.AP) -The Philadelphia Eagles signed Penn State wide receiver Scott Fitzkee to a series of three oneyear contracts Thursday, according to Eagles personnel director Carl Peterson Fitzkee- 22. holds the Penn State record for career touchdown catches with 11 He started at split end for the Nittany Lions for the past tvi seasons after sharing flanker duties with Jimmy Cefaio. now the Miami Dolphins, in 1976 Standing 6 feet tall and weighing 187 pounds. Fitzkee.

of Red Lion. led Penn State in receiving last year with 37 catches for 630 vards and six touchdowns ATTENTION GOLFERS June Is Golf Month At PINEY APPLE GOLF COURSE GREEN FEES: Special the Month of June Monday thru Friday S3.00 Saturday, Sunday To Shippensburg S4.00 said the 5-foot-1. 165-pound Californian who is seeking his first victory in the United States since joining the PGA tour in 1976 Lye. who during one stretch Thursday played eight holes at 8 under par. credited his sparkling performance over the hillv.

7.019-yard Atlanta Country Club course to an "aggressive attitude I've never had before." The closest pursuers were Barry Jaeckel. Larry Nelson. Ed Fiori and Wayne Levi, all at 67. while a group of 10 was deadlocked at 68 -Masters champion Fuzzv Zoeller. Great Britain's Peter Oosterhuis.

Tim Simpson. Charles Coody. Gene Littler. Bob Murphy Jack Renner. Bill Calfee.

Peter Jacobsen and Grier Jones Defending champion Jerry Heard had a 72 and South African Gary Player, beginning his secondL" tour this season, had a 75. "You play like the gus around you. i feel." Lye said, citing Jerry McGee's round and Craig Stadler's lOunder at a tournament in Charlotte. N.C.. last week.

"I kept thinking, who's oing to snoot 10-under to- ay?" It almost was Lye. who captured foreign golf titles Australia and Switzerland in 1976 The eight-hole stretch on hich he suddenly went from 1 under to 9-under. started at 17th green, where he rolled in a 25-footer for a birdie and followed that with an eagle 3 from three feet at No 13 Lye started his final nine- on the front side of the hilly terrain with three straight birdie putts ranging from six to eight feet, parred the fourth and then added birdie putts from and 10 feet. His previous low round was a 64 at the Colonial Countrv Club in Fort Worth. The round was delayed an hour and 20 minutes at the start because of fog.

"I was not hitting the ball; very well this morning." Lye said, "so the hour delay helped out He reaih came to life with his eagle on 18. After his tee shot. Lye stiii needed 230 yards to reach the green over a pond and was 260 yards from the hole. "My said. 'Let's go for it." and I said.

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