Longview Daily News from Longview, Washington • 13

Sanders leads qualifiers US Open eludes Sammy The Daily News By ALEX SACHARE Associated Press Sports Writer about the worst ever played in my life" declared a very hot very tired and very disappointed Sam Snead after failing Monday in his bid to qualify fur this US Open After a fine morning round of 69 in sectional qualifying at the Charlotte Country Club Snead ballooned to a 78 in the afternoon round His 147 total was 12 strokes back of Doug Sanders the top qualifier More importantly it was two strokes over the qualilying limit So Snead winner of 84 PGA-co-sponsored but not a single US Open will be absent when the field of 150 tees off at Pebble Beach Calif June 15-18 Snead who turned 60 nine days ago had five bogeys on the front nine and his second round But even with that he would have managed to qualify if he was able to par the back nine Instead ironically there is one Snead who can compete at Pebble Beach That's JC nephew and a tour regular who was exempt from qualifying rounds because he was among the 15 lenders on the PGA tour in 1971 under the USGA point system Sectional qualifying for 115 spots unfilled in the Open continues today A large field will compete at Philadelphia where 105 golfers will vie for 21 places Included among the entrants are tour regulars such as Gardner Dickinson Deane Beman Marly Fleckman Dale Douglass and George Knudson Among the golfers exempt from qualifying are Arnold Palmer Jack Nieklaus Lee Travino Gary Player and Billy Casper Sanders the flashy dresser who won the Kemper Open on the pro tour this weekend carded a to lead qualifiers at Charlotte Other tour regulars who qualified there included Hubert Green Don Bies Rod Funseth Lou Graham Kermit Zarley Dave Marr Bob Murphy Bob Lunn Mason Rudolph Dave Hill Charles Sifford Jim Jamieson Bruce Devlin and Gibby Gilbert Among the prominent names not to make the grade along with Snead were Phil Rodgers Herb Hooper Lionel Hebert and Bruce Fleisher The veteran Hebert suffered from heat exhaustion late in the day Sectional qualifications were held in Dallas Denver Chicago Cincinnati San Francisco and Los Angeles Tuesday he bogeyed the 17th then three-putted for a double bogey on the par four 423-yard 18th The temperature was in the high 80s on this hot muggy day but Snead refused to use that as an excuse had no excuses" he declared alter flopping down on a bench in the scorer's tent just played badly 200-yard individual medley but failed to make the top six in these respective events June 6 1972 Section 3 Page 13 played 36 holes in one day before" So for Snead the US Open jinx continues An Open also-ran 33 times he competed in 25 consecutive Opens starting in 1937 His closest shot at a title came in 1939 at the Philadelphia Country Club when with victory in his grasp he bogeyed the 17th and then shot a triple-bogey eight on the final hole Coach John Starr said he was very pleased by the over-all performances by the members of his team Wash There will be classes for men women and couples in everything from kayaks to any assembly of planks that might be loosely classed as a boat Requirements are payment of a $1 Nabbed in a rundown Cindy Jones Clifford Runkel top 'Yx team in qualifying Eric Solderholm right is about to be tagged by Baltimore Oriole third baseman Brooks Robinson The action took place in the fourth inning of Monday American League game in Baltimore The Orioles got the out but the Twins won the contest (AP Wirephoto) Baltimore bats River Run proceeds to benefit Wirkkala continue silence Eugene edges Bevos Cindy Jones led the Longview YMCA swim team as it qualified almost all of its members for the finals of the Olympic Shortcourse Meet at Newberg Ore last weekend First six places in each event made the grade Cindy swimming in the 13 and 14-year-old division placed second in the 50-yard freestyle fifth in the 100-yard freestyle with her best time of 1:028 and was a member of the qualifying 200-yard medley relay team Other members of the relay squad that finished fourth are Lori Hendrickson Kathy Hawn and Connie McArdle Connie added fifth and sixth place finishes in the 100 back and 200 IM respectively Cliff Runkel topped the scoring with nine points He picked up two third-place finishes in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke events and a sixth in the 200-yard individual medley Four girls in the 10 and under class turned in an excellent 2:404 in the 200-yard medley relay to finish fourth They are Linda Hendrickson Lisa DeMeyer Tifnee Whitroek and Becky Bankson Steve Walker and Ruby Andros each made the finals in two events while Paul Delashaw made the finals in the 100-yard backstroke David McAlpine qualified for the 50-yard butterfly Lisa DeMeyer made the grade in the 50-yard butterfly and Mike Walstead earned a berth in the 100-yard breaststroke finals Walstead turned in his best times ever in the 100-yard freestyle and the By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The mixed-up Pacific Coast League Eastern Division race took another turn Monday night with Phoenix surging to the front by a game No-hitters pep Western League entry fee Coast Guard approved life vests a boat that will complete the run and written permission from parents for minors between the ages of 12 and 21 Salt Lake City caused the confusion by dumping Albuquerque the leader going into Monday action twice by scores of 5-1 and 8-6 Phoenix seized the opportunity beating Tucson 6-3 In other PCL action Tacoma walloped Hawaii 10-0 and Eugene edged Portland 6-5 The Angels moved within one and one-half games of the top with their twin triumphs Doug Howard whacked a two-run homer and Bruce Heinbech-ner limited the Dukes to four hits in the opener Chuck two-run homer provided the margin in the nightcap The Phoenix-Tucson affair was a battle of extra-base hits with the teams combing for 11 Jim Ray Hart had a pair of doubles for the Giants the second scoring a run in the seventh Rookie Dave Goltz pitched a three-hitter and Cap Peterson hit a three-run homer as Tacoma ended a five-game losing streak The victory pushed the Twins past the Islanders into second place in the Western Division Eugene extended its Western Division lead to seven games as Bill Robinson belted a two-run homer and Bob Boone and Mike Schmidt hit solo home runs The last-place Beavers rallied for four runs in the ninth inning 7-Steel Bldg Co Commercial Farm Buildings Steel Wood Post Beam Commercial Bids All Types 40x60 ft 2995 Farm Buildings All Types as low as $1695 Free estimates gladly Woodland 22S-6664 Steel Bldg Co NASELLE All proceeds from the Naselle Lions Club third annual Not Quite White Water River Run will go for the benefit of the Randy Wirkkala hospital fund Wirkkala a high school senior was injured by a stray gunshot during the last hunting season and is still hospitalized His hospital bill is almost $10000 and he had no insurance The river run on the Grays River is scheduled for Saturday with boats to be launched between 11 am and 12:30 pm at Roy farm on Fossil Creek Road end is Grays River Grange Hall five miles downstream Lions and lady Lions will serve a spaghetti dinner chili hot dogs clam chowder home made pie and beverages throughout the day at the Grange Hall with free coffee The Kalama Lions Club winners for the past two years have already signified their intent to defend the title against the host Naselle club the Wahkiakum Lions and others The Elma-McCleary Jaycees have challenged other Jaycees and will add a new class of boats At least nine classes of boats will be in the run from as far away as Hillsboro Warrenton and Astoria Ore and Aberdeen Centralia and Chehalis '5k this Mate BALTIMORE AP) Not even extra batting practice spectacles for Boog Powell or the arrival of usually friendly Minnesota pitching could snap the Baltimore hitting slump Instead the Orioles once again surrendered rather meekly at the plate Monday night as the Twins won 3-2 on a sixth inning double by Bobby Darwin The victory ended a four-game Minnesota losing streak and enabled the Twins to slip into second place in the American League West five percentage points ahead of the idle Chicago White Sox Both Minnesota and Chicago are four games behind the surging Oakland Athletics who topped the sagging Cleveland Indians 3-2 on the 10th inning home run bv Campy Campaneris in the only other major league game played Monday One other scheduled game Super stocks to do bottle here Saturday The Super Stock Cars will battle in the first Saturday night race of the season at Cowlitz County Fairgrounds Speedway in Longview No fewer than 40 cars are expected with a schedule of eight events featuring the 50-lap main on the Speedway's quarter mile oval In addition Orval the Daredevil Clown will appear in a series of death-defying stunts exciting array of stunts is highlighted by a 100 foot midair leap in a car over a bus and into a row of parked cars the same stunt that took the life of famed showman Lucky Tetter a few years ago Speedway gates open at 6 pm Time trials are set for 6:30 and racing' follows at 8 pm Preceding the feature will be two trophy dashes four heats and a feature for the Hobby Stocks The driving stars on hand will be many including Oregon Auto Racing Association point leader Jack Knight of Portland John" Wallingford of Longview Tacoma's Don Hall and Ron Eaton All drive Chevelles Hobby Stock standouts will be headed by Jerry Bouyear in a I960 Ford Others racing include Dwight Svir in a Rambler Longview's Ed Raines who has moved up to third in the point race in a '57 Chcv last champ lion Simonson in a '57 Chcv and Nick Nichols in a '59 Plymouth FREE CAR WASH with Gas Fill-up or to the ladies on their birthdays Rain-checks given in bad weather TWO 15th AND HEMLOCK LONG VIE W-KELSO BORDER Pittsburgh at San Diego in the National League was postponed by rain Manager Earl Weaver of the Orioles at a loss to explain Baltimore's 220 team batting average as compared with last season's league-leading 261 mark ordered batting practice Monday morning Against Minnesota starter Dick Woodson 4-3 and ace reliever Wayne Granger however the Orioles managed just five hits and two of those were bunts Last season Baltimore hit an amazing 312 against Minnesota pitching Veteran Brooks Robinson did slam his first home run of the season in his 158th trip to the plate The Orioles have now lost six of their last seven games to fall 3' games behind Detroit in the American League East Powell Baltimore's erstwhile slugging first baseman with a 152 average was hitless in three trips to the plate Monday He wore glasses for the first time on one at bat and struck out In Cleveland the homer by Campeneris extended Oakland's winning streak to four and dealt the Indians their loth loss in 12 games Reggie Jackson hit a two-run homer for the A's giving him the league lead with II while Eddie homer tied the sem for Cleveland in the eighth 2-2 John Blue Moon" Odom who needed help from Darold Knowles for the final out was the winner and is now 3-1 The loser was the Cleveland workhorse Gaylord Perry 9-4 Drag boaiers score well in Portland Local drag boat racers fared well at the Marine Regatta races at Willamette Park in Portland Sunday Two racers scored first places and one scored a second Con Tangen of Woodland drove his flat bottom racer with 454 Chevrolet power to unblown fuel eliminator with a first place in the 90 to 100 mph class Tangen is also leading the season points race in the American Powerboat region 10 First in the 100 to 110 mph class with a gas hydro was John Erion also of Woodland Jerry Bain of Longview took second in the 80 to 90 mph class with his super stock Sanger with Chevy power All three racers are members of the Southwest Washington Drag and Ski Association with headquarters in Long-view-Kelso The group is looking forward to sponsoring and staging a drag boat race July 8 on the Cowlitz River as part of Kelso inlander Days Kelso Babe Ruth meets Wednesday Kelso's Bate Ruth league will meet Wednesday June 7 at Tam O'Shantcr Park at 7:30 pm Plans will be made for the upcoming District Babe Ruth Tournament to be held here from July 18 to July 23 All managers coaches and other league personnel are urged to attend according to president David Bradley Trace Faughender and Buzz Strand of the Elks and respectively continued to share the spotlight in the Western Major League as each pitched no-hitters Strand won in a 1-0 shutout over the Elks He whiffed 13 Faughender fanned 14 Girard's batsmen in a losing cause Richard Gilchrist helped his team with a grand slam home run as Spike's downed Renaud 13-2 Bill Palmer also smacked a grand slam as the Motormen ran over Girard's 10-1 Other home runs were socked by Gene Zacher who pepped Renaud past International Paper 15-6 and by Phil Culbertson Thornley Faughender in later action clouted a two-run round-tripper as the Elks bowled over Spike's Red Sox 8-0 i AMA SANCTIONED Professional £1 Check Bobby Fischer American chess master 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