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B-2-Santa Cruz Sentinel Monday, Aug. 27, 1984 Watson wins Series, but it's not Tom 111! rr-r I year. I felt I could win over $100,000. 1 do it in one week here," said Watson, joining countryman Nick Price as the last two Series champions. Rotella lectured Watson for nearly 10 hours on the mind and golf.

"I had to improve my mental game," Watson said. "I knew it was the only thing I was lacking. It has paid off incredibly." Leadbetter, the director of golf at Greenleaf Golf and Racquet Club near Orlando, has been the Rhodesia native's only teacher. In fact, Leadbetter helped straighten out Watson's putting before the final round. Watson, allergic to grass, trees and anything that grows green, has whipped that problem with a strict diet and by running as many as five miles at a time.

"It keeps my lungs clean," he said. Watson has lost 35 pounds since January. "I've gone from tight 34s to real loose 32s," he said of his slacks. Watson refused to wilt after Lietzke had gained a one-shot lead at the turn in the final round. "I felt I was in control at the turn," Lietzke said.

"Denis earned the tournament on the back nine." To grab his second title in three weeks, Watson played his last nine holes in 1-under-par 34. Lietzke slipped to 37 and also had a final-round 70 for 273 and $75,600. "I just didn't make any mistakes the back side," Watson said. Both agreed that No. 14, a 418-yard, par-4, turned the tide in favor of Watson.

He pushed his tee shot into the left rough amidst fir trees and appeared to have no chance of reaching the green in regulation. "I didn't have a shot. I made one," Watson said of his hooked wedge to within eight feet for his par. Lietzke, meanwhile, missed the green and had to hole a four-foot putt just to save AP Laserphoto smile after winning World Series. bogey.

Watson was in the lead to stay. "I don't know how Denis got out of the. trees," Lietzke said. DENVER Betsy King, enjoying her finest season in eight years on the LPGA Tour, countered bogeys with timely birdies Sunday to win the $200,000 Columbia Savings Classic by one stroke over Muffin Spencer-Devlin. King had a final round of 1-over-par 72 to finish at 3-under 281, while Spencer-Devlin closed with a 67.

Sally Little and Janet Anderson tied for third at 283, and defending champion Pat Bradley and Ayako Okamoto were at 284. It was the third victory and 17th top-10 finish this year for King, the tour's second-leading money-winner. Her $30,000 first-place check boosted her earnings for 1984 to $219,699. King, 29, of Limekiln, had taken a two-stroke lead into the final round. INJURIES AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW OFFICES HYMAN, INC.

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The mix of drivers spanned the spectrum, from the wealthy sportsman who only wanted to clean the carbon out of a V12 Ferrari overhead cam engine to Solow, a onetime SCCA regional licensed competitor, to onetime Formula One driver Bob Bondurant who now operates a driving school north of San Francisco. Bondurant wasn't a winner Sunday, run Dennis Watson flashes victory Soviet duo prove they are the best By The Associated Press MOSCOW All-around champions Olga Mostepanova and Dimitri Belozerchev of the Soviet Union left no doubt about their dominance of the Friendship '84 Games gymnastics competition. Mostepanova added three more gold medals Sunday and scored two perfect 10s in the individual apparatus finals at the closing day of the gymnastics "Spartakiad" at Olomouc, Czechoslovakia. By earning a 10 on the beam to win the gold medal on that apparatus and sharing a gold medal on the floor with another 10, the 16-year-old Soviet gymnast confirmed her dominance. In the men's apparatus finals, Belozerchev scored 10s on the rings, pommel horse and horizontal bar to add three more gold medals to his all-around title.

Meanwhile, in field hockey, the Soviet team defeated Poland 2-1 to win the tournament, the Soviets and Cuba remained undefeated in basketball, Poland and the Soviet Union shared honors in judo, the Poles took the equestrian competition and the Soviets won in tennis. In the basketball competition, which ends Thursday, the Soviets defeated Bulgaria 136-82 while the Cubans beat Finland 93-76. Sweden also won, crushing Morocco 119-40. In field hockey, the Soviets, after scoring 28 goals and conceding only one in their first three qualifying matches, were, given a tussle by the Poles. Oleg Zagorodnev has both Soviet goals.

In Warsaw, Poland, Andrej Dzie-mianiuk of Poland scored a major upset on the final day of judo competition, defeating defending world champion, Chazret Tleceri of the Soviet Union, to win the gold medal in the 132-pound class. In the open class, Chabil Biktashev of the Soviet Union beat Vladimir Kocman of Czechoslovakia for the gold medal A strong Soviet team won gold medals in five of the eight weight classes in the three-day competition at the sports hall of the Warsaw Military Academy of Technology. Elsewhere in Poland, it was all-Soviet finals in the tennis tournament held in Katowice. Alexander Zvieriev defeated Vadim Borysov 6-2, 7-6, 6-3 to win the men's title, while Elena Yelisieyenko defeated Victoria Milvitskaya, 6-0, 6-4 for the women's crown. Jan Lipczynski of Poland, riding Elektronie, took first place in the individual standings of the equestrian competition which combines skills in dressage, jumping and cross-country endurance.

The Poles won the team competition. I LABOR AY WH3 By The Associated Press AKRON, Ohio Denis Watson has a handle on all of them now his mind, his game and an allergy that almost cost him his golf career. The 28-year-old South il African proved it Sun- day as he won the NEC World Series of Golf title in his first try, holding off runner-up Bruce Lietzke for a $126,000 payday. Watson, cashing in on tips from University of Virginia sports psychologist Bob Rotella and Florida teaching pro David Leadbetter, beat 40 of the best players in the world. "It's just unbelievable," Watson said.

"I just can't put into words how I feel." After burning Firestone South for five records with a 62 on Friday, Watson turned consecutive par rounds of 70 into a 271 total nine strokes under par and a two-stroke victory over Lietzke. "I had little goals at the beginning of the position. Problem was the Morgan also was out of brakes and a trio of pursuers would run up on the tail of the British sports car at a couple of spots around the 1.9-mile road course. Solow, however, would just as quickly motor away once the pace would exit the corners. "I guess the racing was just getting a little too close," said the 39-year-old Solow, whose 21-year-old Morgan got as high as second in the 12-lap contest before the black flag relegated it to a finish out of the top 10.

Ron Grable, a onetime top-rated Sports Car Club of America sedan driver, won the race in a 1961 Lotus Elite. Grable, from Redwood City, started on the outside front row and had no trouble outdistancing a 25-car field once pole-sitter Dean Watts of Los Angeles spun his Porsche-Abarth at as usual medalists Brisco-Hooks, who set an Olympic record of 48.83, was outdistanced by Kratochvilova's 49.56.2. Brisco-Hooks was timed Sunday in 49.83.3. Steve Scott of the United States won the 1,500 in 3:36.01. The closest to a world record-breaking performance came from Olympic gold medalist Joaquim Cruz of Brazil, who clocked 1:41.77 in the men's 800.

That was four-hundredths of a second slower than the world record held by Sebastian Coe of Britain, who did not attend the meet. Cruz improved on his winning time of 1:43 at the Summer Games in Los Angeles a few weeks ago. He was followed by Sammy Koskei of Kenya, in 1:42.28, and Johnny Gray of the United States, in 1:43.28. Cuba's Lazaro Betancourt wowed the crowd with a jump of 57 feet, 3 inches in the triple jump, ahead of American Al Joyner's gold medal-winning Olympic performance of 56-7V4 in Los Angeles. Joyner was fifth, jumping only Evelyn Ashford, who won the women's 100 at Los Angeles, won the 200 in a time of 22.76.

Ashford did not compete in the 100. American Florence Griffith, a silver medalist in the 200 in Los Angeles, won the 100 in 11.26.2, and American Ruth Wysocki won the 1,500 in 4:03.74. Poland's Lucyna Kalek clocked an impressive 12.64 to win the women's 100-meter hurdles, though it was not as good as the year's best time of 12.43 she notched week ago in Hannover. The Olympic gold medalist, American Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, was second at 13.02. and Miami millionaire Sherwood "Woody" Weiser, who has Schnellenberger under a 5-year, $3 million-plus personal services contract.

NEW YORK The agent for Mike Rozier told ABC Radio Sunday that negotiations are still going on with the Houston Oilers of the National Football League despite the running back's statement that he would remain with the United States Football League's Pittsburgh Maulers. "We have had significant movement from Ladd (Herzeg) and his people," Art Wilkinson said, referring to the Oilers' general manager. "We have moved at a stage where concessions both sides made could turn into a document a matter of hours We hope we'll know something tomorrow." Wilkinson said he hoped "to arrive at some ultimate arrangement to keep everyone happy." NEW ORLEANS The New Orleans Saints have acquired tight end Junior Miller from their National Football League arch-rival, the Atlanta Falcons, a team spokesman said Sunday. Miller, 26, a 6-foot-4, 244-pound fifth-year man out of Nebraska, joined the Falcons as their No. 1 draft choice in 1980, and appeared in the Pro Bowl following the 1980 and 1981 seasons.

ATLANTA The Atlanta Falcons on Sunday traded offensive lineman Ron Lee and an undisclosed draft pick to Miami for one of the Dolphins' starting cornerbacks, Gerald Small, the National Football League team announced. machines ning second in a McLaren M6B-GT-Chev-rolet to Palo Alto's Walt Maas, a highly ranked SCCA club driver who piloted a Porsche 9082. Another familiar name, Scooter Patrick, drove a CanAm Alfa Romeo 33TT to victory in a class for the type of cars which once drew 50,000 or so to the course a decade ago. Less well-known winners were Richard Buckingham, Mercer Island, in a 1955 Lancia B-20; Bill Morton, San Carlos, 1956 Lotus 11 and Barry Brown, Pacific Palisades, 1963 Shelby King Cobra. Happily, all of the cars left the paddock at least externally undamaged, although several engines expired during the afternoon.

For the winners, there was only the satisfaction of having done well, since there were no purses or event trophies. "They figure we'd try too hard," said Solow. LIGHT TRUCK TIRES! LIFETIME WARRANTY FOR LIGHT TRUCK AND VAN INSTALLED PLUS TAX WITH COUPON Most cars (Parts A additional MrvkM antra if Inspect all 4 tires Correct air press-ore Set front wheel camber, caster toe to proper alignment Inspect suspension steering systems U.S. cars imports with adjustable suspensions. Includes front-wheel drive.

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That's also why Santa Cruz driver Greg Solow got a consultation flag on the final lap of the event for 1958-1963 GT cars under 1,500 cubic centimeter engine displacement even though Solow's Morgan Plus Four was furiously battling for fifth It's business for U.S. gold By The Associated Press COLOGNE, West Germany It was business as usual for Olympic gold medalists Carl Lewis and Edwin Moses, but a third American, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, came up empty. Lewis, who tied Jesse Owens' 1936 record with four track golds at the Los Angeles Olympics, continued to roll in Europe with a victory Sunday in the 200 meters at the International Cologne Sports Festival track and field meet. Moses won his 108th straight victory in the 400-meter hurdles dating back to 1977. But Brisco-Hooks, a triple gold medalist in Los Angeles, lost the 400-meter event to Jarmilla Kratochvilova of Czechoslovakia.

Few of the many Olympic stars, Lewis included, had impressive performances before 58,000 spectators at Muengersdorfer Stadium. Lewis, who won the 200 in a time of 20.21 seconds, ahead of Desai Williams of Canada, 20.49, and American James Butler, 20.65, had captured the event in Los Angeles, in an Olympic record 19.80. On Friday, Lewis won the long jump at a meet in Brussels, Belguim. Lewis did not compete in the 100, which teammate Kirk Baptiste won in 10.18. Moses, returning to competition after a week off, won the hurdles in 47.95, not quite up to his Los Angeles performance of 47.75.

Illness had forced him to back out of a meet in Hannover, and he did not compete in Brussels and Zurich, Switzerland last week. ready to play. It was an excellent lesson for us." Cuts must be made today, but the teams have until Tuesday to make their announcements. Then it's time to line up and play ball. PHOENIX George Allen, ending months of speculation, says he has decided to return as head coach of the United States Football League's Arizona Wranglers.

Allen, 66, postponed his scheduled European vacation for the second straight year to attend the Wranglers' free-agent tryout camp Saturday at East High School and told The Associated Press: "I wouldn't be here today if I wasn't coming back to coach." After the Wranglers were beaten 23-3 by the Philadelphia Stars in the USFL championship game July 15 in Tampa, Allen told reporters he needed "a couple months" to make his decision and "wouldn't want to go through another season like this year for $20 million." ORLANDO, Fla. An Orlando businessman is seeking to bring the orphanded Washington Federals of the United States Football League to Orlando, complete with Howard Schnellenberger, according to a published report. Don Dizney, president of United Medical says he has held initial talks with the former University of Miami football coach, owners of the Federals and league officials. Dizney stressed the preliminary nature of the talks and said formal meetings are scheduled this week with Schnellenberger, Federals principal owner Berl Bernhard a I PRICE $46.00 $49.00 $51.00 $51.00 $58.00 $59.00 $61.00 $64.00 $67.00 $64.00 $66.00 $69.00 I $74.00 HUGE SA VINGS NOW ALSO ON ARMVA'S VECTOR PT.7 G-METMC White may lose starting quarterback job WRANGLERS TRACKERS Monro-Matic LIFETIME WARRANTY INSTALLED PLUS TAX with mm ij if COMPLETE DRAKE SERViGS 4 WHEEL DISC FRONT DRUM REAR Continued from Page Bl the Sept. 3 Cowboy opener with the Los Angeles Rams) on Tuesday," said Landry.

"Who knows what I'm going to do?" Hogeboom was impressive Saturday, hitting seven of 12 passes for 130 yards and a touchdown as the Cowboys beat the Houston Oilers 31-24 to finish with a 3-1 preseason record. White was 4-of-ll for 48 yards and a touchdown. White threw two interceptions, Hogeboom none, but the Texas Stadium crowd, in the spirit of the controversy, booed both of them. "White is the quarterback until I replace him," Landry said. "As far as I'm concerned, I am the No.

1 quarterback," White said. "There have been no announcements otherwise." Hogeboom said he deserved to be the starter. "I've worked hard for it," he said. "I am happy with the way I played and that's all I can do. Now the decision is up to Landry." The preseason ended Sunday when Chicago routed Buffalo 38-7 at Indianapolis.

Quarterback Jim McMahon ran for two touchdowns and hit Dennis McKinnon with a 39-yard scoring pass. "I think we accomplished what we wanted to," said Bears Coach Mike Ditka. "We tried to stress scoring some points on offense, and we tried to stress (producing) turnovers on defense." The Bears, intercepting five passes and sacking Buffalo quarterbacks four times, raced to a 24-point halftime lead. "Oilr attitude was not what it is supposed to be," said Buffalo Coach Kay Stephenson. "It's my fault we weren't MACra 60's Built tough for Pickups, Vans, RV's and 44's.

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