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A Inn lrt ill Till? i ir 4 i i Dot Mecham Captures Herald Women Bowling Title Averages Over 200 for Second Straight Match 1 tmtmt vm mm the best -of seen game series fur the title Fa- Withet ell it was the second straight time she has had ta settle for runnerup honors Last year she lost to Dome Perrero in the finals On her way to the championship Mecham defeated two termer champions. Dottie Texas In; In College OMAHA. Neb baseman Keith Moreland slammed a three-run homer Saturday night to propel Texas to a in over a stubtknr Georgia Situthem team in the College World Series iVu-ndtng national champion Southern California faced Harvard in the late game Saturday Farlier. a freshman hurler pitched the first one-hitter in College World Series plav since 18 to kad Oklahoma io a 6 0 victory which ousted Penn State from the series Southern Georgia had held a 1- 1 lead before Moreland's fifth inning heroics His blow came after Ken Pate had singled and Rudy Jaramillo went to first on an interference call on the Georgia catcher. Texas padded its in the ninth when first basemen Rich Hurley doublad in Pate and outfielder Charlie Crenshaw tripled Burley home Georgia Southern scored in the first and added another in the thi rd on an inside he park homer by left fielder Carl Persons The win went to Ron Riwjiovsky.

putting his record at I jit- I) person than I've ever been on the golf course," birdied the second hole, bogeyed the fourth when he missed the green and then went on a birdie spree for the next three holes. His birdie on the par-five fifth 1 in iTann" i mil i ctwm fcy Pal rlua By JOE ATTS Herald Sports Editor Mecham of Springville put together her second consecutive night of 200 plus bowlmg and swept to The Daily Herald Women's Bow ling championship Friday night at Miracle Bowl in Orem with a 4-0 triumph over Joann itherell of Provo Mecham, who advanced to the finals with a tremendous 212 average in semifinals, rolled consistent games of 199, 199. 190. and 215 far a 2003 average for the final night. It was good enough for a four game sweep over Witherell Legion Baseball Underway The American Legion baseball league got underway in Utah Valley this past week with American Fork, Provo, and Spanish Fork emerging as the strong early teams.

American Fork downed Lehi 2-1 and then blanked Springville W) to jump to the top ot the standings with a 2 0 record. Provo had two close games, but came out victorious in both of them to share the lead with a 2-0 record. Provo downed Payson 7-4 and Helper 6-5. Spanish Fork, the top high school baseball team in the area, showed that it is going to be competitive in legion baseball also as it gained a 1-0 win over Orem and an 8-2 triumph over Lehi. There are no games scheduled this coming week because of the American Legion sponsored Boy's State program in Logan.

Standings Team American Fork 2 Provo 2 Spanish Fork 2 Payson 1 Springville 0 Helper 0 Orem 0 Lehi 0 L.Pct. 0 1 000 1.000 1.000 .500 .000 .000 .000 .000 Wednesday's Results Spanish Fork 1, Orem 0 Provo 7, Payson 4 American Fork 2, Lehi 1 Friday's Results American Fork 5, Springville 0 Provo 6. Helper 5 Payson 4. Orem 2 Spanish Fork 8, Lehi 2 Next Week's Schedule (No Games because of Boy's State) delivery (left) remained constant throughout the tourney, as did her expressive reactions to the results (right). DOT MECHAM was plenty relaxed during the finals of the Herald Bowling Tournament.

Her smooth approach and Weiskopf Fires 16th Straight Suh-Par Round to Capture Lead n'h i jr 1 1 a I i T- c'M' Penn Out Series 12 Fmie Venet look his first kss of (he season after 1J ins In the firs; game Saturday. Penn State became the first team eliminated from the double elimination tournament Oklahoma freshman hurling star Bob ShrU as di nwd a no-hitter in the eighth inning hen pinch hitter Garry Koch drilled across a single to center It was the sixth one-hitter in series history as well as being the first sin 18 It gave Shirky his seventh win of the year against no k)sses Brian Masella. who relieved in the fifth, took loss and is 5-2 on the season Catcher Glenn Bannister started the Sooner slugfest in the fifth with a solo homer. Lanny Phillips then smgled went to second on a walk to Lenny King and scored on a single by Mike Ford King then tailied on a wild pitch. lieftfielder Bill Severns singled home Joe Simpson in the sixth after Simpson had stolen second.

Severns drove in two runs in the eighth, tripling off the right wall. Bench singled to put the Reds in front 5-4. Willie Mays, the third leading all-time home run hitter behind Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron, smacked his first of the season and his 655th of his career to snap a 2-2 tie and made a tumbling catch in center field to lead Jon Matlack and the New York Mets to a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. USSA Passes Large Budget, Resolutions SUN VALLEY. IDAHO (UPI) The United States Ski Association (USSA) ended its 65th annual convention Saturday by passing a budget totaling more than $1 million and by endorsing several resolutions concerning use of public lands.

The budget contained $282,500 for operating USSA and $76,800 for the now-separated United States Ski Education Foundation (USSEF). Budget funds are gathered through membership dues, sanction fees, commercial endorsements and contributions, contributions. One of the major policy statements adopted during the convention urged the S. Congress to pass legislation which authorizes leases of public land for recreational purposes. The leases would come from the U.S.

Forest Service which now issues permits. There were a number of resolutions recommending additional ski areas for both nordic and alpine skiing to be developed in the sierra mountains and that some have a restriction against snow machines. The delegates picked anchorage in 1974 and New Orleans in 1975 as convention sites. fYrrero and Joan Davis, and also defeated Virginia Boyce She started her title quest with a 44 victory over Perrero. but not without a great comeback.

She trailed in the best of -seven series but won the final three games to get past what proved to be her toughest match of the tourney. The second night she eliminated Virginia Boyce 4 2 and then ousted Davis 4-0 with her brilliant performance in the semifinals. Mecham wound up the tournament winning nine straight games. During her last eight games her lowest score as 190. and during the final two nights of competition she averaged a very impressive 206 4 per game.

Some observers were saying, "Bring on the men's champion and let's have a showdown." Her 206.4 average for the final two nights wasn't quite up to Rick Woodard's performance in the men's tourney this year, but it is equal to some previous performances in the men's tournament. One thing is certain it was a tremendous display of bowling and was certainly deserving of a championship. In her first game of the final night she started with a double, but had a split in the sixth frame to end with a 199. Witherell had a 148. In the second game Mecham had open frames in the sixth and seventh frames after she had doubled in the fourth and fifth.

She then turkeyed in the ninth and tenth to duplicate her 199 score. Coincidentally, Witherell finished her second game with a duplicate of her first game at 148. Between games she good naturedly commented to Mecham, "We're in a rut, but I wish I were in your rut." Mecham then fell off to 190, her worst game for two nights, but in the final game she rolled a 215 to put her above the 200 average for the second straight night. In that final game she rolled five straight strikes in the fourth through eight frames, after leaving the first frame open. Final Results Dot Mecham (199.

199, 190,2151 def. Joann Witherell (148. 148, 169, 129 4-0. Miss Higuchi, who had 71s in the first two rounds and entered Saturday's action with a four-stroke lead, went two over par for the day. Miss Blalock, long a local favorite, said she was disappointed in her opening round 77 on Thursday, but "when I birdied the 18th that day I felt confident I was going to have a nice round after that." Ben Crenshaw Captures Lead JOHNSTOWN.

Pa. (UPI) -Dissatisfied with his recent play, top amateur Ben Crenshaw of Austin, finally got his game going Saturday and shot two rounds of two-underpar 68 to take a two-stroke lead in the Sunnehanna Amateur golf championship with a 208 total for 54 holes, two under par. Crenshaw, of the University of Houston, had three birdies and one bogey in the day's first 18 holes to move within five shots of the 36-hole leader. Mike Killian of Largo. and then appeared to be falling apart again.

Crenshaw went out in three-over 38 in the day's second 18 holes and was visibly irate with his play. Then his game turned around completely. Danny Edwards of Edmond, and Oklahoma State University, was in second place at even-par 210 by virtue of a five-under 65 in the day first round the best 18-hole score of the tournament thus far and one-over 71 9n the second 18. He had five birdies and 13 pars for his 65. ARIZONA STATE'S Gary Atwell (left) seems to wonder if he is really out as he is tagged by Penn State's Greg Vogel at second base, after trying unsuccessfully to steal second in the NCAA College World Series.

Perez Leads Rally as Cincinnati Beats Chicago Blaylock Shoots 69 To Share LPGA Lead 1 aC A 7 hole came after an eight foot eagle putt lipped the cup. Weiskopf picked up another birdie on the par-five 11th hole, where again an eagle try rolled into the cup and out. The 30-year-old Ohioan then si4, Standings American league Standings By I'nitrd Press International (Twilight and Night Games Not Included I Kast w. I. 29 25 29 25 24 24 25 27 24 26 20 33 pet.

rwrott New York Baltimore Milwaukee Boston Cleveland 537 -537 -500 2 481 3 480 3 .377 8'i West w. I. pet. b. Chicago 29 20 592 Minnesota 29 21 580 California 27 24 .529 3 Kansas City 30 27 526 3 Oakland 28 28 500 4'2 Texas 18 32 .360 Saturday's Results Oaklland 4 Detroit 6 Chicago at Cleveland, twilight Minnesota at Baltimore, night Bnston at Texas, night New York at Kansas City, night Milwaukee at California, night Sunday's Games (All Times EDT) Ittroit at Oakland, 430pm Milwaukee at California.

5pm Boston at Texas. 830pm New York at Kansas City, 230pm Chicago at Ceveland. 2. 1pm Mnnesota at Baltimore. 215pm Monday's Games Milwaukee at Minnesota, night lunly games scheduled) added birdies on the 13th, 16th and 17th to complete his 65 and add to hissubpar streak that is the best on the tour this year.

Irwin missed a chance to move closer to Weiskopf when he bogeyed 15th and 16th by missing the greens. Barber, a tour rabbit who appeared to wilt under the 90-degree weather, had only one birdie and five bogeys, including the par-five 17th hole where he hit hij second shot into an unplayable lie by a little tree and had to make a penalty drop. Tnm Weiskopf Hale Irwin Kompst Fezler Jim Barber larry Ziegler Johnny Miller Ifevid Barber JohnSrhlee Babe Hiskey JC Snead Miller Barber Jerry Heard day Brewer Tom Jenkins Bruce Crampt on Mike Rrasor Butch Baird Bert Yancey (lave Hill Ken Still rve Kichelberger Jack Nicklaus Bnd Curl Hon Kern Ijou Graham John Adams Richard Crawford Hubert Green Charlie Sifford Jery Mcte Chi Chi Rodriquez 67-71-65-203 67-69-7O--206 6M7-72-207 6547-76-201 67- 69-72-208 74-65206 6M7 73-209 7046-73-209 7046-72-210 72-67-71-210 68- 71-71-210 70-72-68-210 70- 70-71-211 6R47-76-211 71- 73-6721 66- 72-74-212 69- 74-69-212 69- 71-72-212 68- 73-71-212 74-7048-212 72- 71 70-213 73- 70-70-213 71-70-72-213 70- 72-71-213 7071-72-213 67- 74-72-213 69- 74-70-213 71- 72-70-213 69-71-73-213 74- 674-213 74-7148-213 Conway Sets Record At Suntana Dean Conway of Provo broke the super stock record with a clocking of 19.967 to steal the show at the Art City Days race at Suntana Speedway Friday night. Bill Madsen set fast time in the super modifieds and took the trophy dash, but Bobby Baker showed his skill and speed in the heat race and both main events to win those three. The victories gave him the point lead for the season.

John Leftwich won his first race and trophy dash of the year and then went on to make it two in a row by taking the super modified heat race. The results: Fast time Super stock Dean Conway: Super modifieid. Bill Madsen. Trophy dash Super stock, Al Whichelo; semi, John Leftwich; super modified. Bill Madsen.

Special Main Bobby Baker, Bill Madsen, Pat Sullivan. First heat Ray Jensen, Harold Boone, John Delaney. Second heat Elmer Couchis, Bob Knott, Danny Caputo. Third heat John Leftwich, KenWhitmore. Fourth heat Bcb Baker, Bill Madsen, Pat Sullivan.

Super stock main Danny Caputo, Al Whichelo, Elmer Couchis. Super modified main Bobby Baker, Bill Madsen, Dan Crow. PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -Tom Weiskopf, who has been shattering par with almost monotonous regularity for more than a month because he is thinking "positively," did it again Saturday with a seven-under 65 to vault into a three-stroke lead after the third round of the IVB Philadelphia Golf Classic. And hile Weiskopf was out on the sun-baked Whitemarsh Valley Country Club enjoying his new-found approach to his game, two-time U.S. Open champion Lee Trevino withdrew from the tourney after a five-over 77 because "I'm not here mentally." Weiskopf, who has won two tournaments during his streak of 16 consecutive subpar rounds, started the day's play six strokes back of the pacesetter for the first two rounds, sophomore pro Jim Barber.

And while Barber was having his first bogey trouble of the tourney, Weiskopf was going on a birdie spree and just missing two eagles to come in with a 54-hole total of 203. 13 under par. and the lead over Hale Irwin, who had 206 as a result of a 70. Forrest Fezler. with an even-par 72, was at 207 while Barber who had gone into the round with a 12-under 132.

soared to a four-over 76 for a 208 total to tie him with Johnny Miller and Larry Ziegler. John Schlee and David Barber were at 209 while Jerry Heard, Miller Barber, defending champion J.C. Snead and Babe Hiskey were deadlocked at 210. Jack Nicklaus, who along with Trevino came here hoping for a good tune-up for next week's U.S. Open, had a two under 70 for a 213 total.

Trevino's five-over 77 gave him a tourney total of 218 and he withdrew saying, "I'm not here mentally. I have no excuse." "I don't want to cheat the people," he said. "People came to see me play golf and I wasn't playing good golf," said Trevino whose next stop with his mobile home will be across the state at Oakmont, scene of the Open. Weiskopf, who said he feels "like a completely different Durr Upsets Rosemary Casals MOBILE. Ala.

(UPI) -Francoise Durr upended top-seeded Rosemary Casals 7-6. 4-6, 7-6 Saturday to move into the finals of the Gulf Coast Professional Women's Tennis Championship against second-seeded Billie Jean King. Miss Durr, who was unseeded, and Mrs. King were scheduled to meet later Saturday night in the finals. Mrs.

King, of Hilton Head. defeated third-seeded Valerie Ziegenfuss of San Diego, 7-5. 6-4. in the Virginia Slims tour eent. Miss Durr.

of France, won two tie-breaker sets to beat Miss Casals of San Francisco. 1m-, sMf TOM WEISKOPF fired his 16th straight sub-par round of golf to take the lead in the Philadelphia Golf Classic. By United Press International Johnny Bench singled home the winning run with two out and Tony Perez followed with a three-run homer to cap a seven-run Cincinnati rally in the ninth inning Saturday as the Reds shocked the Chicago Cubs, 8-4. The Reds, held in check by Dave LaRoche, who replaced starter Ferguson Jenkins in the top of the seventh, collected four singles, a double and a homer and were aided by two walks off four pitchers in putting together heir biggest inning of the season before a national television audience. Perez hit a Jack Aker pitch clear out of Wrigley Field for his 11th homer of the year after N.Y.

Yankees Now in First In A.L East KANSAS CITY (UPI) -Horace Clarke's two-run single capped a five-run ninth inning Saturday night that carried the New York Yankees to a 6-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals. The victory enabled the Yankees to take over first place in the American League East by a haif game over Detroit while the loss was the fifth in a row for Kansas City. The Yankees took advantage of the wildness of starting pitcher Dick Drago and three relievers to mount their ninth inning rally. Drago had checked the Yankees on three hits over the first eight innings and seemed headed for an easy victory when he walked Roy White and Bobby Murcer with one out in the ninth. When Ron Blomberg followed with a single to score White, Drago was replaced by Doug Bird.

SUTTON, Mass. (UPI) -Janie Blalock shot a blistering four under par 69, the best round of the tournament, to charge into a tie with Japanese champion Chako Higuchi and American money leader Kathy Whitworth Saturday after three rounds of the $35,000 LPGA Championship at Pleasant Valley Country Club. Miss Blalock, playing in her first full tournament since the end of a year-long suspension, started the day six strokes off the pace set by Miss Higuchi, but capped her comeback with a 10-foot putt for a birdie four on the 501-yard 18th hole. Miss Whitworth also birdied the 18th while Miss Higuchi settled for a par and the three women completed 54 holes of the 72-hole tourney at 217, two under par for the hilly. 5.130-yard course.

Mary Mills was in fourth place at one under par while Betty Burfeindt and Sandra Palmer were at even par. Miss Blalock. 27. of Portsmouth, N.H., said she "started the day nervous" and feared she might have a "disastrous" round after going into the rough and three-putting for a double bogey on the third hole. But she had birdies on the fourth, seventh and ninth holes to draw back into contention.

She also birdied the 10th and 15th holes before finishing her round with a perfect approach shot on 18 that took her to within 10 feet of the cup. Miss Blalock. barred, from the LPGA tour a year ago for alleged cheating by improving her lie on the greens, has said all week that a win in the organization's own tourney would mean more to her than a $100,000 championship. Miss Whitworth shot a two under par 71 for the day while Big League National League Standings By United Press International (Twilight and Night Canes Not Included) EM m. I.

pet k. Chicago Pittsburgh Montreal St Louis New York Philadelphia 33 23 589 -23 25 479 6 23 25 479 6 24 27 471 6'i 23 27 460 7 21 32 396 10'? West 1. pet 21 644 3 5 5' 14' 17 San Francisco Los Angeles Cincinnati Houston Atlanta 38 34 23 .596 .564 552 389 351 31 24 32 26 21 33 20 37 San Diego Saturday's Results Cincinnati 8 Chicago 4 New Yonc 4 Los Angeles 2 St Louis at Atlanta, twilight San Diego at Philadelphia, night San Francisco at Montreal, night Pittsburgh at Houston, night Sunday's Games San Francisco at Montreal. 215pm Los Angeles at New York. 2pm San Diego at Philadelphia.

130pm Cincinnati at Chicago. 215pm St Lous at Atlanta. 2. 130pm Pittsburgh at Houston. 3pm Monday's Games San Francisco at New York, night Los Angeles at Philadelphia, night Pittsburgh at Atlanta, night St Lous at Cincinnati, night i only games scheduled) ft.