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Major League Baseball Sunday, January 14, 1996 Two area pros resign, one named to post 6B The Index-Journal, Greenwood, S.C. GOLF By Jim Joyce Special projects editor AM ft said the course was in great shape and we had a nice facility here. Kruk was with his family and relatives. STAR FORT NINETY SIX Snow stopped most of the play of the seniors at Star Fort National Golf Club last week, but some "under seniors" joined the group for Wednesday's action. Only a few played Friday.

Roy Whitt teamed with "under senior" Eddie Moss to win the back nine with a plus S'i and overall at plus 7. WA. Pridmore and Red McKinney won the front nine at plus 3. GREENWOOD COUNTRY CLUB GREENWOOD Board members and officers have been named for the Senior Men's Golf Association at the Greenwood Country Club. Melvin Poole was named president, Frank Russellis secretary-treasurer and Ken Fllinchum is publicity chairman.

Board members include Jesse Herin, Wayne Richey, Pres Nisbet, Tom Ales, Marshall Culbertson, Frank Russell, Harry Stevens, Bill West and John Boxx. Also announced was the Senior Men's gross and net club champion. Jack Ellis. He was the gross division with a 75 and net with a 66. PARKLAND GREENWOOD Results of senior activity last week at Parkland Golf Club follow.

Wednesday: Theo McClain was first at plus 5, Jack Gregg had plus 2, Ray Clark plus 1 and Frank Gambrell plus 1. Clark was closest to the pin at No. 2, Charlie Watk-ins closest at No. 5 and Richard Lauer was closest at No. 13 and 15.

Gregg also had an eagle at No. 9. Friday: McClain plus 5, Tunny Blackmon plus 2. McClain was closest to the pin at No. 2 and 5.

HUNTER'S CREEK GREENWOOD A fairly good number of seniors played Wednesday and Friday at Hunter's Creek Golf Club. Winners follow. Wednesday: Willow nine at plus 'i lied on Oak nine at plus VA and overall at plus 2 were Russell Hall, Clay Thompson and Paul Burdette. Also tied on the Oak nine were Gary Roper. Ron Zuelhke, Tom Sievnes and Pete Underwood.

Hall was closest to the pin at Willow 3, Rock Davis at Willow 8. Underwood at Oak 2 and Zuelhke at Oak 7. Fiflay: Gary Roper, Earl Whit-lock, Paul Burdette were plus 3 on the Willow nine, plus 5 on the Oak nine and plus 8 overall. Zuelhke was closest to the pin at Willow 3, Tom Stevens was closest at Oak 7. GREENWOOD Two head professionsls have resigned and one head pro has been named at area golf courese.

Sloney Point Golf Club Pro Cary Ostendorff resigned as of Friday and will assume the duties of general manager at Carolina Springs Golf Club in Greenville. Hunter's Creek Golf Club Pro Allen Coursey also resigned as of Jan. 9. "It was a decision we made based on where we wanted to go," said Greg McBride, golf director at Hunter's Creek. "Basically, it was a very sad day for me.

We will interview some people and try to find the right person. "We had our direction and he had his, and we wound up with two different directions. We want to wish Allen well. There is nobody in our organization who would not give him a good recommendation. Nobody has any hard feelings." ANDY GUIDICI has been named head pro at Stbney Point and is in his first head pro undertaking.

A native of upstate New York, Guidici is a graduate of Union Endicott High School of Endicott, NY and State University of New York. I le played hockey in high school and Mailed playing golf at age 19, more or less for recreation. "I still play hockey in Green- Jack Ellis was recently honored as the Senior Men's gross and net club champion at the Greenwood Country Club. Board members and officers were also named at the same meeting. Stanley Davis witnessed the ace.

A Super Bowl Superball Captain's Choice Tournament will be played Jan. 28. Call the pro shop at 677-3457 for more information. Bees attack golfer at Nortel Open Frazier comes alive as West rolls past East ville three or four nights a week for recreation," Guidici said. He moved into the golf angle as a shop assistant at his borne, and just "hanging around with the guys." "I began playing golf and started taking it seriously," he added.

"I don't get to play much now, but, hopefully, that will change this spring." Guicici is not married. STONEY POINT GREENWOOD The pros at Stoney Point Golf Club found themselves in an odd but memorable situation recently when a group from the Greenville area visited the Greenwood course. "We got a call from the Greenville area and someone said they had about six guys who were coming to play the course," said new head pro Andy Guidici. "They came down and when I looked over the counter one of them was John Kruk, who plays for the Philadelphia Phillies. He an NFL-caliber arm.

Despite, throwing for 43 touchdowns while leading Nebraska to a 33-3 record during the past four years, some NFL teams have projected him as a defensive back in the pros. Frazier was ll-of-20 for 163 yards, and ran six times for 33 yards, but did not convince all the NFL onlookers he'll be a pro quarterback. "He's a heck of a football player, a very good prospect," said New York Giants general manager George Young, watching from the press box. "Wha? position? I don't know." After DeArmas opened the scoring, Davis completed a 64-yard drive with his 2-yard TD run. Davis gave the West a 14-3 lead when he took a short pass from Huard, cut toward the goal line and leaped over Albany State cornerback Markco Maddox into the end zone.

The East rallied after halftime. Temple's Willie Brown blocked a punt and recovered it on the West 4 with 3:10 gone in the third quarter, and Pritchett scored on the next play. The East took an 18-13 lead when Doering made a leaping catch for a score. The West regained the lead on Frazier's run, and made it 28-18 on the pass from Van Dyke, who set an NCAA record with 1,854 receiving yards this season, to Jones. Frazier's pass to Jordan completed the scoring.

which fields Chevrolets for two-time Daytona 500 winner Sterling Marlin, also will take part, sending Mike Hagler and Mike McCarthy to exhibit the team's show car. NASCAR announced Nov. 30 a three-year agreement to run demonstration races in Japan, beginning Nov. 24, 1996. That first race will be an invitational featuring about 30 Winston Cup and Winston West race cars, driven primarily by participants from those two divisions.

POINT GETTER: Earnhardt, known to most of his competitors as The Intimidator, deserves his reputation as a hard-nosed competitor. Besides those seven Winston Cup titles, matching stock car king Richard Petty, Earnhardt has won 53 races and more than $22.7 million, far and away the most in the sport He also has been the most prolific point producer for Chevrolet in the NASCAR Winston Cup manufacturer standings. Manufacturer points are awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis, with only the highest-finishing driver for each make receiving points. That system. STANFORD, Calif.

(AP) Tommie Frazier, after struggling early in his debut as a pro-style quarterback, led the West to three fourth-quarter touchdowns and a 34-18 victory Saturday in the East-West Shrine Game. Frazier, who led Nebraska to the national title earlier this month, threw a 52-yard scoring pass to UCLA's Kevin Jordan and ran for a 5-yard score. Nevada wide receiver Alex Van Dyke added a 36-yard option pass to Fresno State's Charlie Jones for a touchdown in the West comeback. Andre Davis of TCU added two first-half touchdowns for the West, scoring on a 2-yard run and a 11-yard pass from Washington's Damon Huard. Florida's Chris Doering, who had five receptions for 105 yards for the East, caught a 49-yard scoring pass from Michigan State's Tony Banks.

South Carolina's Stanley Pritchett had a 4-yard scoring run and Connecticut's David DeArmas kicked a 42-yard field goal. Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George was held to 32 yards on 1 1 rushes for the East. Though he was voted the game's offensive MVP, Frazier was not effective until the final quarter. An option quarterback since childhood, he was limited by East-West rules to a pro-style offensive scheme. With dozens of scouts looking on, Frazier hoped to prove he has ROLLING WATERLOO Lester Davis had a hole-in-one Jan.

10 at No. 17 of Rolling Golf Club. He used a 5 iron for the distance of 167 yards. -v ID rJl' back Stanley Pritchett scored a the West defeated the East, 34-18, East 10 28-10 209 104 18-31-1 9-42 4-1 4-25 25:54 Wast 21 41-153 256 74 19 38 2 6 38 1-0 325 34:06 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Return Yards Comp-Att-Int Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING East, George 11-32. Pritchett 2-6.

Hayes 1-6, Presley 1-3. Groh 4-1, Banks 9-(minus 38). West, Davis 13-38, Abdullah 7-34, D.Smith 7-33, Frazier 6-33, Heimuli 7-21, Huard 1 -(minus 6). PASSING East, Groh 10-17-1-130, Banks 8-14-0-79. West.

Frazier 11-20-1-163, Huard 7-17-1-57, Van Dyke 1-1-0-36. RECEIVING East, Doering 5-105. Battaglia 3-22, Hayes 3-20, Jotters 2-49, Cullors 2-7. Toomer 1-4, Pritchett 1-3, Dudley 1-(minus 1). West, Heimuli 4-22, C.

Jones 3-77, Davis 3-34, Harris 2-21, Blair 2-16, Abdullah 2-15. Jordan 1-52, Van Dyke 1-10. Conwetl 1-9. Chevy has won eight titles in the last decade with 22 drivers accounting for 1,982 points a 198.2 yearly average. A total of 23 Ford drivers have earned 1,881 points 188.1 a year in the same span.

STILL SEARCHING: Longtime Winston Cup team owner Bud Moore continues to keep his garage doors open despite a so-far fruitless search for a primary sponsor. But Moore remains optimistic enough to have hired former Winston Cup regular Wally Dallenbach Jr. as test driver for the Ford tests this month at Daytona International Speedway. Greg Moore, Bud's son and the team manager, said, "We think a lot of Wally and we know there is a lot of talent there. We think it would make for a very good package if we can get everything worked out" "This is a great opportunity to drive for Bud Moore," DaUenbach said.

"I sure hope it turns into a full-time deal" Still, finding a sponsor remains a key to any deal "We know we have to get ready to go racing, and withthat thought 1 Toms' score at the Tucson National course left him at 11 -under 204, one shot ahead of 14-year veteran Ronnie Black, whose 66 boosted him into position to win his third tournament. Defending champion Phil Mickelson, who also won in Tucson in 1991 as an amateur, and Edwards were linked at 206. Lee Janzen and Bob Lohr each carded a 66, matching Black for the low score of the round, and pulled in at 207. Dillard Pruitt, Bruce Lietzke, Fred Funk and Bob Estes joined them three shots off the pace. Curtis Strange, Bob Tway and Jeff Maggcrt were at 208, while Mark O'Meara, winner of the first 1996 tour event last week, and four other golfers were within five shots of Toms.

Mickelson, Janzen and Lietzke are among the seven players who got their first PGA title at Tucson, possibly a good omen for Toms and Edwards, neither a winner yet on the tour. Toms had his best finish at Tucson in 1992. Two years later, he lost his card and had to requalify in 1995 by finishing third in earnings on the Nike Tour. Edwards, whose best finish was a tie for second in the 1992 B.C. Open, has played seven seasons on tour without finishing higher than 106th on the money list.

Toms had a steady round five birdies and two bogeys in the first 15 holes before finishing with three straight pars. Sharpe's Formal Wear FREE Tuxedo for the Groom Ring Sever Discounts Try It On FREE Oiler 1 Largest In-Stock Selection of Tuxedos in S.C. Prices Start at Brides Cwnr fry mmd fwrwit T'A A FREE YEDDISG 7A PL4.VA -z9J lv GUIDE 803-223-6564 404 Main Street GrewoodSC I alt A1 TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) While David Toms and second-round leader Joel Edwards were in a lockstep until the final hole of the Nortel Open's third round, a swarm of bees attacked golfer Keith Fergus and his caddy Saturday while they were on the practice range at Tucson National golf course following the third round. Fergus fled several hundred feet along the first fairway to get away, and caddy Artie Granfield jumped into a lake between the first and 18th holes.

Fergus received multiple stings on the head, neck and arms, but PGA officials said he wasn't seriously hurt. Granfield, of Reseda, and three spectators also were hit. "I got stung about 10 or 20 times," said Fergus, whose 5-under-par 67 was one of the best rounds of the afternoon. Tournament leaders were on the back nine, but no one other players were attacked. A crew from the Rural Metro firefighting company sprayed the area with a toxic foam which knocked out the bees, and a beekeeper was brought in to remove the queen.

Pest controls officials said the bees appeared to be domestic, not the Africanized version noted for irritability and attacking without provocation. On the course, Toms completed a 3-under-par 69 Saturday by parring No. 18. One twosome later, Edwards four-putted the same green and relinquished his share of the lead. in mind, we have been talking with Wally," Greg Moore said.

"We actually are in great shape car-wise and engine-wise, depending on what NASCAR does with the rules. We just need to know what color to paint these cars and what (sponsor) name to put on them." PENSKE TRUCKIN Kenny Wallace, a younger brother of Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace, will be the team's SuperTruck driver in 1996. The younger Wallace, who also will compete with his brothers Rusty and Mike in NASCAR's Winston Cup series in a FILMAR Racing Ford, will drive 14 SuperTruck events. Tune in Morning News At A Quarter Til Finis Home Show 7:1 SAM Weekdays Lander Basketball Carolina Calk Thursday 7PM Carolina Basketball WMTY The Latalanda' Entertainer 103.5 FM NASCAR prepares to invade apan South Carolina senior running touchdown but it wasn't enough as Saturday. Don Blair of Calgary became the first Canadian player to score in an East-West game when he caught a two-point conversion pass from Frazier in the fourth quarter.

Takuro Abe of Kyoto, a linebacker for the East, became the first Japanese player to appear in the game. East 3 0 IS 018 Weal 7 6 0 2134 East FG DeArmas 42 West Dvi 2 run (Stonehouse kick) West Davis 11 pass from Huard (kick failed) East Pritchett 4 run (DeArmas kick) East Doering 49 pass from Banks (roomer pan from Banks) West Frazier 5 run (Blair pass from Frazier) West Jones 36 pass from Van Dyke (Stonehouse kick) West Jordan 52 pass from Frazier (kick failed) 1,500. began in 1986 and only Earnhardt has scored for the same manufacturer in each of those 10 seasons. While Chevrolet has won eight of those 10 manufacturers championships, Earnhardt has scored 749 of Chevy's 1,982 points during that period. The next five Chevy drivers combined have totaled just 29 more points than Earnhardt since 1986.

Darrell Waltrip is second to Earnhardt among Chevy drivers with 274 points. Bill Elliott, the 1988 Winston Cup champion, is the leading Ford point-getter during those 10 years, earning 377, although he failed to score a point in 1995. The top two Ford point men, Elliott and Mark Martin (335), have combined for 37 fewer point than Earnhardt in the last 10 seasons. Currently, only Chevrolet, Ford and Pontiac field cars for NASCAR's top division. Earnhardt has totaled 100 or more points for Chevrolet in a season four times.

He has also scored more than SO percent of Chevy's points three times in 10 seasons and has fed Chevy drivers points in five of the 10 years. By The Associated Press A NASCAR expedition force, including seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt, is in Japan this weekend, paving the way for a full-fledged stock car invasion in November. Earnhardt, runner-up to 1995 champion Jeff Gordon, will take laps in a NASCAR Chevrolet Monte Carlo NOTfcb around the a Circuitland track both Saturday and Sunday as part of the Suzuka's "Thanks to Motorsports Fans Day." He and the rest of the Richard Childress Racing team also will take part in pit-stop demonstrations. Also making the trip to Japan this week are Mike Helton, NASCAR's vice president for competition; Ken Clapp, ASCAR's vice president for western operations; team owner Richard Childress; and crew members Danny Meyers, Charles Crook, Cart Richey, James Robinctte and Robert Scott The Morgan-McClure team,.