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The Bee: Danville Va Monday June 5 1972 Dust Smoke Marked Derby' Battlefield Yesterday com fund Ernest Joidan Iarrv Lewis yA Chess Wizard ischer Has Trouble Keeping Score In Tennis the to get himelf for the big test moved to this 5:25 PM IN THE to eiiratulaHnx from ATIOnAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY hammer definite Angeles to and run Greensboro NG An Eqvol Opportunity bnpteynr go Of critics who had written his golf ing obituaries scores of times been derided for his ad mitted playboy attitude toward life complete with late hours and liquor Purists said his unorthodox short swing would fail him with his advancing years He lost his exempt stat us when he failed to play wet! enough to make the top 60 mon ey winners last season He won in two years And been forced into a month layoff earlier this year because of tendonitis in his wrists His 19th career victory worth $35000 and a congratulatory telephone call from sometimes playing partner Vice President Spiro Agnew solved it all that putt dropped it was like a blessing from heav said Sanders don't know how long it was Some people say 40 feet Some say 20 but I think it broke that His winning birdie on the 72nd hole before a huge gal at 73 CHARLOTTE NC? (AP) There was just a trace of a smile around the lips as Doug Sanders announced in obvious but restrained delight: proved I can still play And proved I can still win You imagine what a won derful feeling it The dapper guy had just scored a dramatic one stroke victory over Lee Trevino with a long birdie putt on the final hole of the $175000 Kemper Open Sunday confounding the Men's GOL SHOES RANKUN'S DISCOUNT STORE 212 No Union St 72 Quail Hollow(7168 68 69 69 69 2 76 69 69 71 277 65 71 71 71 27373 70 66 69 27871 6870 69 27870 66 82 73 68 68 279 73 70 70 60 27973 69 63 68 280 7172 66 72 28172 69 69 71 67 71 231 68 67 71 7 1 68 28170 7466 69 69 73 69 71 28170 69 71 66 70 73 73 282 Danville Va Martinsville Va South Boston Va South Hill Va i Meanwhile names like Joe Lucas Dave Wottle Al Schoter man Randy Williams Larry Burton Warren Edmonson and Tom Woods zoomed into the Olympic picture Burton may be the biggest surprise of the 1972 track sea son The 6 foot 2 190 pound soph omore at Purdue had never run track before this year yet cap tured the '200 meter dash sur viving two fast preliminary races He then captured the fi nal in 205 aided by a slight wind pretty strong but I have any said Burton a split end on the Boilermaker football team came here to give it my best and now hoping to compete in the Olym pic Trials I want to go to Mun ich because every Ameri can dream run in the Lucas ran his first steeple chase race a year ago He won said my grandmother Dust and smoke marked the yesterday at the lairgrounds When the smoke winner of the $125 giand prize was Larry Hall banring around in a 1956 ord Winners in three heat races were McNeely Beats Haraway or Title At DGC Gibson Doesn't Waste Time Kelly McNeely fashioned his second straight 72 to edge a faltering Bill Hara way by one shot to win the championship flight of the two day Club Championship Golf Tournament at Danville Golf Club yester day McNeely finished with a 144 total while Haraway after a brilliant 68 Saturday faltered to a 77 yesterday losing on a three putt green on the final hole Harry Lea and Townes Lea Sr finished tied for third 148 Harry with rounds of 75 and Townes with 71 77 irst flight honors went Bud eldman with rounds of 79 71 for a 150 total seven shots ahead of Townes Lea Jr who finished second at 157 Johnny Williams placed third at 158 Andy Woods won the second flight followed in order by Har ry Pritchett and Zan Womack while the third flight went to Estes Wyatt with Miller Vernon second and Bill Hess third The tournament wound up with supper and trophy presen tations RANCHO LA COSTA Calif (AP) Bobby ischer the American chess wizard credit ed with one of the greatest analytical minds in the world is an avid tennis devotee who finds the game difficult un only one respect He has trouble keeping score the score he repeatedly asked Hank Green bert? the former basehall shi2 Asheboro NC Burlington NC High Point NC Reidsville NC crowd appeared to be with her she retorted with a laugh 'they were sorry for The key game of the match Mrs King said was the third game of the second set when she fell behind 0 40 on her own service evened it at 40 all with a drop shot and volley and then got a service winner She broke Miss service in the first game of the first set and again broke her opponent in the ninth game The triumph earned Mrs King who has been ranked No 1 in the United States five times $4000 while Miss Goola gong ranked No 1 in the world collected $2000 The 100 points Mrs King picked up for the victory pushed her to the top of the Grand Prix standings with 229 points Miss Goolagong is second with 205 HOWARD COSELL WVDD DANVILLE AREA VW I I 11 MondaySaturday 8:25 AM Cifers with Lewis winning the run off event The derby was sponsored bv the Danville Javccc? who repoited approximate ly 3 POO tickets were sold with the proceeds going toward their veuth project Demolition Derby battlefield cleared the of Danville preliminary and Bobby lery of some 23000 basking in I the bright warm sunshine and I sweating out one of the most I exciting finishes of the year on I the pro tour gave the 38 year I old Sanders a four under par 68 I on his final round I His 13 under par total of 275 I on the 7278 yard Quail Hollow I Country Club course was a I single stroke better than Trc I vino who missed a 10 foot bird I ie putt on the final hole that I would have tied it Trevino had I a 69 Labron Harris swas next at I 277 with South African Gary Player Australian Bruce Dev I lin and Cesar Sanudo tied at I 278 Ray loyd "'ive Hill and Tom Shaw follow at 279 the closely bunched field Gibby Gibert who led the I second and third rounds went to a 75 281 and was tied at that figure with defending champ Tom Wciskopf Billy Casper had a 282 and Arnold Palmer was far back in the field at 288 I Jack Nicklaus did not com plete Sanders played in the group just in front of Trevino and was tied 'with the dangerous gritty Super Mex wicn he went to the final hole a 448 yard par uphill and with a dogleg left Sanders drove the fairway and 111 his second to a bank on the left of the green the balltrickling down to the fringe 1 some 10 yards from the cup he i took 40 seconds exactly lining it up then stroked it and raised a clenched right fist aloft as the ball dropped in the cup was just trying to keep from three Sanders said Trevino pacing restlessly in the fairway while Sanders put ted out ripped his second shot dead at the flag but even hit the hole on the 10 foot putt that would have tied it There was high drama throughout the day Eight play ers at one time led or shared the lead At one stage 15 play ers were locked within a single stroke of each other at the top But down the stretch it was a two man battle The eighth and 14th were pivotal holes Trevino blew a one stroke lead when he bogeyed the 244 yard par three eighth which he said' the worst hole played anytime Sanders built a two stroke lead early on the back nine but lost it all on the 14th He bo geyed it from a trap and Tre vino made birdie hitting his second about four feet from the hole That tied it thought really made a no no Sanders said It just served to set the stage for the final hole only bad thing about Sanders said of the victory that we have a party got to play 36 holes of US Open qualifying Monday But Monday night old buddy WILL have a CHARLOTTE NC (AP) inal scores and money winnings Sunday in the $175000 Kemper Open Golf Tournament on me yaro par country uiuo course: Doug Sanders $35000 Lee Trevinu $19950 Labron Harris $12425 Cesar Sanudo $7233 Bruce Devlin $7233 Gary Player $7233 Dave Hill $5162 Tom Shaw $5162 Ray loyd $5162 Bob Lunn S4375 Tom Welskopf $3128 Art Wall $3128 Kermit Zarley $3128 Gibby Gilbert 33128 Jerry Heard $3128 Lou Graham $3128 uirn ueni izo Bob Shaw $3128 Bob Wynn $2188 Billy Casper $2188 OR STREETS and HIGHWAYS DRIVEWAYS and PARKIHG LOTS Nothing Equals ASPHALT PAVING Sanders: I've Proved I Can Still Play I Guests here however rarely sec him except when he plays tennis Then he demands the most obscure court on the premises away from prying eyes A tall athletically built man he also runs over the hills to strengthen his legs Andres Gimeno won singles title with a 4 6 6 3 6 1 6 1 victory over Patrick proisy of rance It was worth $12000 Mrs King said she was suf fering from terrible and frequently stopped to blow I her nose on the court Susday Smith's Return Clears Up Olympic Picture Buf New Names Big Story At NCAA Track i 1 3 But his 8:302 time here was the fourth fastest ever run by an American The only others faster Sink 8:264 Mike Manley 8:276 and Steve Sav age 8:296 all last yean in the NCAA championships on the same track Williams and Woods both freshmen won jumping events in fine fashion Southern Williams won the long jump at 26 with a very slightly aid ing wind of 46 miles an hour Woods the Oregon State upset star flopped 7 in the high jump equal to the national freshman mark hekf by Clarence Johnson Edmonson was junior college sprint champ three years ago at Merritt Col lege in Oakland Today after two years of near misses the UCLA senior is college king and holder of the NCAA 100 me ter record at 100 I like the said the 5 foot 9 sprint ace I do like the title of astest Wottle is Bowling flashing feet miler who cap tured the NCAA 1500 in 3:397 and had so much run left in me I think I could have gone a lot Wottle will run the 1500 again this riday night at the Vons Classic in Los and said he has two beat Tom Von Ruden 3:35 231 3 throw made him a threat to make the US team which goes to Munich Bruce Collins of Penn blasted out of obscurity into national headlines with a fine 491 time to win the 400 intermediate hur dles from favored Jim Bolding of Oklahoma State Bolding was later disqualified from second for letting his trail leg around a hurdle instead over Jerry Wlson of USC was an other surprise winner taking the high hurdles from Arkansas Tom Hill 134 time was a lifetime best Both Bolding and HIT! in los ing still managed meet records time of 496 in a semifinal heat lasted until Collins took the mark away from him in the finals 133 in the semis stands red DeBernardi was the three day only double winner taking the shot put at 66 on his final throw and the discus at 196 5 on his first throw Dave Roberts repeated as pole vault kingzat 17 3 Ore Steve Prefontaine won his third 5000 meter three mile title winning the metric race in 13:314 a meet mark UCLA won the mile relay again and USC took the 440 relay again Only major disappointment: freshman Steve Williams of Texas El Paso who came up with a leg injury and never fin 1 ished a race He was one of the best sprinters before the leg pains Controversy also riddled the event when mile relay runners were given improper staggers on the turns forcing the final to be run in two sec tions with time determining the final placings And to top things off New York Times writer Neil Amdur reported that some of the facil ities at the track were improp erly makred Oregon Coach Bill Bowerman denied the charges but an investigation was likely Munich because his winningirible race I had no time here was 445 for the met ric version of the race 10 points in the 400 and his 450 anchor leg on the relay team helped UCLA pull out its second straight NCAA team title with 82 points Cross viewed A bachelor he secluded hiin 1 ischer self at Grassinger's in the New! I 1 1 1 rn inr maroc in enmn nt nic vnrw A ir no rno nott JUUU LjIUU LULU U3 ULUJUa I'UU 1UIUUUIV7 in luuilj V4 I VUIII11J UU1 Ulh V4Vz MM out said Green jrare conversations between ten lseveral weeks to get himelfl berg on one occasion nis But I realize why physically and mentally ready whpn it rtnnrp isr her inev wanted ice ana asked I are aware that I am Recently he Billie Jean Avenges Defeat In Winning Elusive Crown "WE PAVE THE Thompson Arthur Division Of Warren Brothers (a LOS ANGELES (AP) Bob Gibson the St Louis Cardinals veteran is considered the fast jest worker of any pitcher in baseball How fast? Watching Gibson mow down Los Angeles 4 0 in less than two hours Sunday Dodger an nouncer Vin Scully commented pitches as though double parked" ischer is one of the 16 play going to win and they want the fashionable resort and spa in ers competing today the least possible exposure Iceland southern California Rprnnrt annua smtk nnn ar A that thprn it nnt Celebrity Tournament Green possible even to use a television berg at 60 is the defending satellite is a big propaganda Tennis is'one of the methods! vehicle with the ischer is using to prepare for ischer 28 the one time boy hi9 world championship chess wonder of chess from Brooklyn match tentatively scheduled for is of a longer rarely July 2 in Iceland against Rus seen in public seldom inter cinn 1 1 Inhnlrtw LJXvil UUIg Ute 1U1 IliVA UdSUUdH Liiivnviuvx uuuj ger of the Detroit Tigers dur is a dreadful place imv a 4 a 4 fx 4 lx rt fvt 4 aVsyc aIta 11 rt Well 111 lill Illi If ljf I lMd LV J1V1U LllC 111 a CL 1 IVJ Country Club courts Sunday EUGENE Ore (AP) John to health cleared up 400 meter dash picturesomewhat but the main result of last NCAA track and field championships was the number of new names that popped up as winners Smith boy wonder town rival Southern Cal had 49 two years ago when he won theiTexas El Paso 45 and Oregon national AAU title was lastlthe host 32 year NCAA king before con tracting the weakening illness hepatitis The disease if not caught" in its early stages usu ally keeps its victims in bed for months But Smith is no average fel low The muscular senior was up within a month He stayed on a training routine early in the year and his midseason times did not approach his world record fop 440 yards of 445 When he stepped off the Hay ward ield track at the Univer sity of Oregon Saturday with the NCAA title for a second straight year Smith said he liked the polyurethane surface and the atmosphere air is cleaner and physically more activated I use a minimum of energy and a maximum of speed I approached what capable of because for me this is really only I started too AAain Smith is favored tmhiit cop the Olympic 400 title atlcould have won It was a ter nrnm ahi i LISTEN rtrbi LULA OWNS PARIS (AP) Billie Jean King avenged an earlier defeat and won the only major crown that has eluded her when she defeated Evonne Goolagong 6 3 6 3 and captured the singles title Sunday at the rench Open Tennis Champion shins It was her first triumph after When a reporter suggested the I 4 Ua' amv a a wnrl In Krt iiriVl KlaT six yeais ui cviiipuuuun uua tournament rated as the world clay court championship and avenged her loss to Miss Goola gorig in the final at Wimbledon last year Mrs Kng said after the match that both she and Miss Goolagong aimed for their op forehand and that she was attempting to keep the Australian away from the net told me never let me get into the Long Beach Calif veteran said In a dozen years on the inter national circuit Mrs King has won the Wimbledon title three times the US championship twice and the Italian German Australian South African Irish Argentine and Austrian crowns Miss Goolagong who won the rench title last year had won every set this year in her matches through the semi fi nals aJehJ Ar A zj 4tSM sfo' i zzvzz ti Jmilj III J'.