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E2 The Sacramento Bee Saturday May 12 1984 i Sports Etc i Vi Tallest tale Charles Dunlap won the championship of the Burlington Club with a golf yarn According Magazine Dunlap defeated ittmkii: -s BeeSkip Shuman Stan Mataele of Sacramento City College has only thrown the hammer for two years but holds the state junior college record at 190 feet 10 inches Surfer makes waves in hammer circle annual fibbing (Wis) to Golf 199 entrants with this one: I moved and started to play golf on a different course I had to get longer clubs since this course was two inches lower than the one I had previously played Big catch Former big-league pitcher Tom House said his biggest thrill in eight years in the majors was catching Hank record-breaking 715th home run in Atlanta in 1974 House is now a pitching coach in the San Diego Padres organization House to Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel: pitchers were all assigned areas behind the fence according to years of service I nosed out Buzz Capra by 40 days or something and got the left-center-field portion most of homers went down the left-field foul line I was surprised it came to me But it did If I catch it still have the stitches stamped on my After catching the ball he sprinted to home plate and presented the ball to Aaron Said House: was then that I Saw something strange something never seen in the five years known Aaron He had tears in his eyes Real Freight train Pittsburgh Maulers Coach Ellis Rainsberger on 5-foot-10 260-pound fullback Ira Albright who was a defensive tackle before last weekend's game against the Los Angeles Express: did his job every snap He had five knockdowns on the offensive backfield coach Bill McConnell: week going to give him the ball and hope he can run with it I know hate to tackle Said Albright: has come to me as a total shock I thought it was a practical Another good toss by Mataele in today's meet will advance him to the NorCal final May 18 in Modesto From there Mataele hopes to advance to the state meet Still he misses his days as a going back home after the state meet if I make it" Mataele said I get back home the first thing going to do is go JC notebook other local athletes who expect strong showings is American River's Rusty Knowles With a state-leading time of 9 01 84 in the men 3000-meter steeplechase Knowles is a favorite SCC's Dexter Powe has been impressive in the jumping events ARC will be well-represented in the women's 800-meter run by Jill Moss Moss could have trouble surpassing West Cathy Demmelmaier who has dominated all the middle- and long-distance events this year SCC's Shelley Dunalap could push Demmelmaier in the 3000 Adding to talent for SCC will be Marshall Land Land has been especially dominant in the shot put Lori Mazorra has recorded a time of 1496 in the 100- meter low hurdles and should advance to the NorCal finals Richard Curtis of Cosumnes River College should make a strong showing in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles the NorCal meet Mataele will participate in the discus His best effort in that event is a toss of 153-11 coaches were surprised that I do anything in high school" Mataele said "They believe that I came out here and did so Mataele attributes some of his success to what he learned in Hawaii As a surfer he gained the ability to balance his large frame That skill Mataele said has been instrumental in helping him with his hammer-throw form But his ability to heave the 16-pound ball goes beyond natural talent He spends three hours per day lifting weights and countless other hours in the ring trying to perfect his throwing technique His ultimate goal is to break the 200-foot barrier Earlier this year he recorded a mark of 202 but scratched because the hammer landed outside the boundary been working on going for that said Coach George Larsen "I think he can go 200 feet very deserving and he works very on to the technique right away "I couldn't even hit the first line the first i ouple of weeks I really start to get the hang of it until the fourth or fifth Mataele said it just started to come together" By the time the track team was midway through its season Mataele had matured into a competitive hammer thrower At the end of the season Mataele unleashed a winning toss of 174-0 in (he stale meet The throw set a California record This year Matale has continued to improve ile let loose a toss of 180-3 earlier this season Ile improved that mark last I tiday recording a throw of 190-10 to win the Camino Norte Conference meet toss is the best "I was kind of surprised that it went over 190" said Mataele who will compete in the NorCal trials today at Hughes Stadium I leld events for the meet will start at 10 a Running will begin at noon Admission is $3 In addition to throwing the hammer at By 1 od Golding Bee nrrespnndenl Stan Mataele used to he like other people In Hawaii lie spent his days at the bea "I just went to si hool went to the beach and looked at the ladies" said Mataele who lived on the north shore of Oahu was just one of those beach bums Mataele's afternoons (insisted of several hours of surfing He would do some occasional diving or play rugby with his friends but he never participated in any high si hool sports In 1982 after visiting his sister in Sacramento Mataele decided to move to California and attend Sacramento ity allege That fall he played football for the Pan thers When spring rolled around Mataele wandered out to the trai and watched the weight men throw the hammer "I just started playing around here one day and decided to try out" Mataele said At foot It 2H5 pounds Mataele was us-tom niade foi the sport But he didn't catch Czech discus stars expected for Modesto track invitational Hornet women grab track lead By Ben Swesey Bee Staff Writer CHICO California State University women are enjoying first place in the Northern California Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships But the Hornets realize defending champion CSU-Hayward is lurking in the background and the Pioneers most likely will take over when the majority of the running events are held today at CSU-Chico The Czech discus stars are Imrirh Bu-gar rated No 1 in the world and Geza Valent rated No 3 Going against them will be such perennial American stars as 1972 Olympic gold medalist Mac Wilkins and Ben Plucknett who set a then-world record of 233-7 here in 1981 Bugar has thrown 232 this year to rate No 1 Should Ihe Czechs compete the discus could be the top event of the meet although the 100 featuring Calvin Smith Mel Lattany and Ron Brown and the shot put with five who have broken 70 feet both have strong fields Smith Lattany Brown and Carl Lewis are top sprinters Lewis has passed up Modesto to compete Sunday in the Pepsi Classic in Los Angeles MODESTO (IIPI) The 100-meter dash and the shot put traditionally strong events for American Olympic hopefuls highlight the Modesto Track and Field Invitational today a dav-long carnival that has attracted top fields in almost every event including two zechoslovakian stars in the discus Czechoslovakia has not joined the Soviet Union Fast Germany and Bulgaria as nations boycotting this summer's Olympic Games al Los Angeles "We expeit the zeehs to Modesto Invitational meet director Tom Moore said in Ihe wake of the Russian defection "but vou never know For the sake of the athletes 1 hope they compete This could be their Olympics" Team talk Billy Casper after partner Gay Brewer made all six of their final-round birdies in their Legends of Golf team victory: have saddle sores for the next three weeks because I was riding him all get along great We go out and eat together hang out together said Brewer what was your name Our panel of experts Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton on his new contract: local papers say getting $103 million for three years But the money is closer to $15 million over a period of years I say when the payments will be made but they take as long as Steve 43 years When I get it all still be able to enjoy the money have mv teeth and be able to walk without a Gene Autry California Angels owner: Rice the great sports writer once said not whether you win or lose how you play the Well Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as Brian Sipe New Jersey Generals quarterback who threw only seven passes last Sunday in a 49-1 7 win over the Oklahoma Outlaws- never thrown seven passes in my life finally figured out what like to play quarterback for the University of Golfer Tom Watson- rare times I feel cocksure at the beginning of a tournament a feeling I keep private I even tell my wife had it just five times in my career Four of the times I won The other time I was Gates Brown Detroit igers Hitting instructor remembering his high school days: took a little English some science a few hubcaps and some wheel By Dan Vierria From Bee News Services Five area women set for marathon Trials After eight finals Friday the Hornets have 53 points and Hayward is second with 45 Following are UC Davis 38 CSU-Chico 26 Humboldt State 12 Sonoma State 7 and San Francisco State 6 UC Davis leads in the division with 43 points followed by defending champion Hayward 40 CSUS and Chico 30 each San Francisco 14 and Humboldt 2 surprised in the lead said Jerry Colman Hornet coach on top because we scored in every The Hornets scored 12 of those points in the heptathlon Wednesday and Thursday Natalie Day placed second Kelli Barber fifth picked up valuable points when we placed two (Barber and Julia Philyaw) in the high jump three (Kathleen Mummy Cheryl Bradley and Philyaw) in the triple jump and when Linda Mitchell placed second in the high jump and Jeanine Miller in the javelin" said Colman qualified everybody we expected to But Hayward has too much depth in the running events practically a shoo-in to win The lone double winner Friday in the division was Miloe McCall who won the high jump and triple jump Her 5-10 in the high jump was her personal best and set conference and stadium records She also had a personal best in the triple jump at 36-7 Going into the meet the leading jump this year was 36-4 Philyaw finished fourth Friday but teammate Mummy was second with 36- i 4 The Aggies' Francie Negri and Kim Fuller finished 1-2 in the 10000 meters in 37 0974 and 38:3686 in the San Francisco Marathon The remaining three area entrants: Bev Marx 31 Sacramento 2:50 09 Kathy Pfeiffer 24 Sacramento 2:50 49 and Sally Edwards 37 Sacramento 2:50 57 Linda Somers a graduate of UC Davis who recently returned to that community after attending Duke University was the area's leading qualifier after a fourth-place finish (2 37) in the San Francisco Marathon Somers however has experienced training difficulties and will not compete Eileen Claugus another area qualifier who also recently returned to Sacramento after training in the Bay area also will not compete She had been awarded a special qualifying mark after winning the Manchester Marathon in England last year in 2 38 Bee News Serviees 01 YMPIA Wash With the physical condition of Joan Benoit uncertain the first United States Olympic Marathon Trials will be held today to determine the three-runnei team which will compete in Ihe Summer Olympics Benoit the fastest marathoner in history underwent arthroscopic surgery on her right knee April 25 world best of 2 hours 22 minutes 43 seconds in the 1983 Boston Marathon is nearly three minutes faster than any other woman marathoner has run If Benoit falters Julie Brown (2 26 26) of Eugene Ore is expected to be the favorite Among the other top entrants Patti Catalano (2 27 52) the Shea sisters Julio (2 30 12) and Mary (2 33 24) Karen Du nn (2' 3 3 36) Jenny Spangler (2 33 52) Sue King (2 33 53) Betty Springs (2 371 5) Kiki Sweigart (2 36 56) Kim Merritt (2 37 57) Laura DeWald (2 34 59) and Marty Cooksey (2 35 43) One of the most notable participants is Sister Marion Irvine 54 a Dominican Nun from San Rafael Irvine the oldest Olympic Trials entrant qualified last Dec 4 at the California International Marathon in Sacramento in 2 51 01 The leading local entrant is Patti Gray of Davis who finished fourth in last Nike Marathon in Eugene Ore in 2 38 19 Gray 21 has recently been experiencing back problems Laura Rinde a student at California State University Sacramento qualified in 2 47 48 last July after placing seventh The Aggies had two winners in the division John Barrett with 3118 37 in the 10000 meters and Chris Benvenuti with 178-10 in the Eagles waive receiver Carmichael BIG TALL ACTION JEANS hammer Today field events will ning events at 430 begin at 3:30 pm run- BEE CLASSIFIED 444-3113 Bee News Serv ices Harold Carmichael the Philadelphia all-time leading receiver was put on waivers Fridas In the National Football I eague team but said he hopes hts career over "The Philadelphia Eagles have formed me that they are going in a dif Now charge your batteries from WITH A SKOSH MORE THE SUN ARCO M-61 includes mounting hardware Golf Canadian Dave Barr shot a 2-over-par 73 but retained a one-shot lead in the windblown second round of the $400000 Byron Nelson Classic at Dallas that included a double eagle by Hal Sutton PGA champion Sutton holed a 3-wood second shot for his double eagle on the 532-yard seventh hole Pia Nilsson had five birdies en route to a 4-under-par 68 that gave her a two-stroke lead over Sally Little and Anne-Marie Palli after the first round of the $175000 LPGA Suffolk (Va) Classic Defending champion Lenore Muraoka shot a 78 Track Three Soviet athletes who will be forced to boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles have been invited to square off with American rivals in San Jose later this month The three Soviet runners who finished behind top female middle-distance runner Mary Decker at last summer's World Championships in Helsinki Finland have been invited to run in the Bruce Jenner Classic at San Jose City College At Helsinki Decker won the 1500 meters when Zamira Zaitseva lunged forward and fell across the finish line in second place Yekaterina Pdkopayeva and Ravilya Agletdinova of the Soviet Union placed third and fourth Matt Mileham of host California State University Fresno set a collegiate record in the hammer throw with a toss of 252 feet 8 inches to highlight the first day of the PCAA Championships throw giving him his third PCAA hammer title beat the old collegiate mark of 246-4 set by Robert Weir of SMU in i()82 Rams also signed free-agent quarterback Gary Torretta of St Atlanta Falcons quarterback Steve Bartkowski said he feared the soreness in the shoulder of his throwing arm may he due to a torn rotator cuff and the team physician said he will re-examine Ihe joint Monday Dr John Garrett the team physician who examined him after last season and again at mintcamp in Atlanta said the "chances of it being torn really are pretty small" The Pacific-10 Conference reached a tentative agreement for supplementary television coverage of football by Me-trosporls Pac-lo Executive Director Tom Hansen said in Walnut Creek The agreement is subject to final approval by Pae-10 presidents and chancellors and will go into effect if the current NCAA Football Television Plan is ruled invalid by the Supreme Court Tennis Top seed Jimmy Connors struggled to beat 16-vear-old Aaron Krickstein 3-6 6-2 6-1 and reach semifinal of the $500000 Tournament of Champions at New York Connors will meet Ivan Lendl who beat Steve Meister 7-5 3-6 6-1 John McEnroe overcame Johan Kriek 4-6 6-3 6-2 to set up a match with Jimmy Arias who easily beat Brad Drewett of Australia 6-2 6-3 Four California schools headed by UCLA own the top seeds in the NCAA's 100th Men's Tennis Championships beginning today on the University of Geor- Aotvmnc of Athene Tho Prninc £iU LUHijtUO cat auivua mv ranked second in the latest national tennis poll earned the top seed over Southern Cal Defending champion Stanford is seeded thir and Pepperdine fourth Sizes 31 to 31 Inseams 30-38 See the new Durango Cooker- BBQing made easy for the camper and RVer also excellent for seafood Sports Briefing ferent direction and that 1 no longer fit into their program" said the 6-foot-8 wide receiver who holds an NFL record I with 127 consecutive games in which he caught a pass Carmichael 34 said he feels he "can make a winning contribution to a football team and I have decided to continue to play professional football" Eagles coach Marion Campbell said "We made every effort to find another home for Harold in the NEE but we able to complete a trade 1 felt by releasing him now it would give him the opportunity to come to an agreement 1 himself with another Carmichael drafted by the Eagles out of Southern University in 1971 has caught 589 passes tied for fifth best NFL history and scored 79 touch--u dow'ns an Eagle record Wide receiver Preston Dennard signed a mudi-year contract wilh Ihe Los Angeles Rams the National Football League team announced No terms of the contract wore revealed Dennard a seven-year veteran from New Mexico 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