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C4 Wednesday Apn is 1979 The Fresno Bee Sports Notes Sonics Spurt By Lakers 112-101 The Pinedale Community Center is seeking teams for a SLOW-PITCII SOFTBALL LEAGUE which will open May 12 and run for 10 games over two months Entry deadline is April 27 and the team fee is $65 For information call 431-4531 The Edison BABE RUTH LEAGUE is holding signups and tryouts Saturday beginning at 9 am at Edison High School Players must be age 13 before Aug 1 but older than 15 on Aug 1 Softball players who have not yet been issued a resident or non-resident card for the CITY LEAGUE SOFTBALL program may still do so until 5 Friday at the Romain playground recreation office 3030 Harvey in Fresno The CHICANO YOUTH CENTER STATE BASKETBALL Tournament will be played Saturday und Sunday at the Fresno City College gym Six-teen teams are entered in tiie singleelimination event Competition starts ut 9:30 am Admission is free at Kingshurg High School has moved over to Selma High with new Bear coach Bill Perkins Lewis a I-emoore High product played at West Hills College before attending Fresno State Oakhurst Tire will sponsor a men's FAST-PITCH softball tournament for Class AA teams May 19-20 in Oakhurst Entry fee is $75 For any additional information call Dick VanAman at 6365241 Berths are still open to fill he 16-team field in the BAB Hogue mini's Class SlOW-PITCII softball tournament May-12-13 in Firebaugh Entry fee is $85 and the filing deadline is April 27 Further information can be obtained by railing Bob Hogue at 655-3492 There still is time to enter the DIET PEPSI 10 000 METER SERIES to be held Sunday at Lake Yosemite near Merced The race will start at 9 am and is a prelude to the regional finals in San Francisco For information call 726 4131 Ext 56 Registration fee is $350 is set for April 21-22 with Junior events and April 28-29 for open competition Entry fees are S3 for Juniors and S4 for open players Entry deadline are 5 pm April 19 for juniors and 5 pm April 26 for the open players Entries may be sent to Jesse Guerrero Lindsay High School 1701 Tulare Road Lindsay 93247 Persons may also call 562-5911 Four teams are needed to fill the 16-team field for the KERMAN MERCHANTS SOFTBALL Tournament Saturday and Sunday at Kerckoff Park Entry fee is $75 in the Recreational Division tourney For further information contact Joe Suniga at 846-9579 The second annual Turner Construction Men's SLOW- PITCH Softball Tournament will be June 2-3 at Rotary Park in Fresno The open tournament will have a 16-team field Profits from the $80 entry fee will pay for the Turner team expenses Contact Phil King at 224- 5866 or Randy Turner at 292-6476 Dan Lewis defensive cooridinator The Fresno County SPORTS MAN'S CLUB meeting Thursday will feature discussion on the sea otter and Pismo Beach clam problems Department of FLsh and Game officials will direct the program which begins at 8 pm at the Arabian Villa Mobile Home Park at 1500 Villa Ave in Clovis Pete Coronado of Corcoran competing in the 145-pound division was the named the outstanding boxer in an AAU AMATEUR BOXING SHOW at the Fresno Elks Lodge Other winners were David Ruiz Firebaugh (flyweight) John Garcia Mendota (Bantamweight) Peter Escobedo Tulare (125 pounds) Manuel Escobedo Tulare (130) Joe Rescenos Kerman (130) Jimmy Rivas Kerman (130) Rick Locke Bakersfield (145) Lucky Alcaraz Tulare (145) Richard Chavez Tulare (155) Fred Daniels Fresno (155) Nonnie Hansken Fresno (hvy) and Alex Coronado Fresno (hvy) The 10th annual Lindsay Orange Blossom Festival tennis tournament 65-64 with 5:46 remaining in the peri od The Sonics took an 81-76 lead Into the final 12 minutes and quickly raised their margin to nine points on baskets by John Johnson and Dick Snyder The Lakers on a basket by Dan Font a pair of free throws by Ka-reem Abdul-Jabbar and a breakaway by Norm Nixon cut the lead to 92-90 with 6:41 to play But Williams followed with a free throw and Sikma hit a basket for a 9590 Sonic lead Abdul-Jabbar came back with a basket before Dennis Johnson converted a three-point play and the Sonics broke the game open Sikma scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half while Willims pumped in 16 of his game-high 27 in the final two periods Dennis Johnson scored 11 of his 26 in the last half Abdul-Jabbar paced the Lakers with 25 points Adrian Dantley added 22 and Nixon and Ron Boone had 12 each SEATTLE (AP) Jack Sikma Gus Williams and Dennis Johnson combined (or 44 second-half points to lead the Seattle SuperSonics to a 116 101 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Lakers in the opening game of their National Basketball Association playoff series Game 2 of the best-of-seven West em Conference semifinal series is set for Wednesday night in the Seattle Kingdome The Sonics who won their first Pacific Division championship 10 days ago trailed by 45-28 midway in the second period But in the final six minutes of the first half Johnson and Williams combined for 15 points in a 21-9 spurt that cut the lead to 54-49 A pair of Johnson free throws capped a 12-6 rally that pushed Seattle ahead 61-60 with 7:25 left in the third quarter The lead changed hands three more times before Sik-ma's driving lay-in cm a feed from Johnson put Seattle ahead for good FSU: Brad Bennett Stars For Dad Yeager Snaps Hifless Streak Leads LA points last week to 19530 posted by a St Mary's trio 3000 milt's away Well at least one way to beat the cost of athletic travel Maxie Parks the 1976 Olympian and two-time national AAU champion for 400 meters is taking the year off from competition to undergo leg-strengthening therapy aimed to get him ready for Moscow 19H0 Marvelous Maxie has suffered hamstring muscle pulls in both legs in recent years That was as much the proud papa as the seasoned coach speaking As for Brad Bennett the feeling is very much mutual "Sometimes I think 1 worry more about him and how he'll be liked or accepted than he does about said Brad want people to look up to him because I think he's one of the better coaches around really why I came to Fresno College Notebook Bennett wasn't the lone hot 'Dog at the plate last week Designated hitter Dan Gladden powered three homers and John O'Leary and Frank Garcia continued their solid stickwork You can get some of FSU's more prominent athletic types to flip for you Thursday morning April 24 at the Free Spekh Area The annual Vintage Days pancake breakfast is on tap from 610 am and among those wielding the spatulas will be Bob Padilla Gene Bour-det (7:305) and Boyd Grant (69:30) All for only $150 per person and the line forms here behind the football team For the cost of a postage stamp it can be reported FSU "licked" Mt St Mary's College of Maryland in what Red Estes believes is the first postal dual decathlon ever "contested" The Bulldog trio of Tom Byron William Sanchez and Bob Bauld compiled 20400 Continued From Pago Cl runs two homers and 22 RBI's Last season he equalled a school record for most hits (five) in a game and on opening night this year topped it by going six-for-six But he enjoys chasing down long drives as much as hitting them and there is none better at it in the NCBA Gifted with quick reaction and a sense for knowing where the ball is at all times Bennett has flagged down many shots He's had nearly 100 chances this season and only two errors "Brad's always loved to play defense says Bob Bennett "He's got good speed not outstanding but good and a real deceptive running style He's a line drive-type hitter and I think he's gonna end up with some power His idol's been Fred Lynn ever since he saw him play here for USC 'Glenn Wright said the other Brad reminded him of Fred Lynn and it was the best compliment he could ever Someday Brad Bennett would like his career to parallel Lynn's into the major leagues strong in the lower arms he can bench press 250 pounds and runs good enough but he needs to put on about 10 pounds and hit with a little more assessed Bob Bennett "He's grow-ing a little each year Last year he was about 610 and 150 pounds so I think he'll get LOS ANGELES (AP) Steve Yeager hitless coming into the game slugged a tworun homer to break a 65 tie in the eighth inning and start Los Angeles to a 105 victory over Houston Tuesday night The Dodgers mounted their winning rally against loser Tom Dixon 0-1 the fourth of five Houston pitchers Dusty Baker walked was (breed at second by Jerry Reuss and Yeager followed with his homer which barely cleared the left field fence Reuss 1-0 who relieved starter Andy Messersmith earned the Los Angeles built a 6-1 lead against Joe Niekro after five innings on two home runs by Steve Garvey and a solo shot by Baker The Dodgers were helped by five Houston errors three by Alan Ashby Cesar Cedeno slugged a three-run homer off Messersmith in the sixth inning as the Astros closed to within two runs 6-4 Houston tied the game against Jerry Reuss after two were out in the eighth burning Reuss walked Cedeno and Jose Cruz then gave up singles to Enos Cabell and Bob Watson as the Astros got even at 65 COS Golfers Win McClatchy News Service SACRAMENTO The College of the Sequoias golf team improved to 12-0 in Valley Conference action Tuesday with a victory in a four-team tournament The Giants finished at 379 followed by American River at 381 Cosumnes at 394 and Sacramento City at 413 COS individual scores on the par-72 And! Hoffman Golf Course were Steve Edgeworth 74 Ted Waiters 75 Fred Garcia and Bill Youngblood 76 and Jim Johnson 78 Only 653 See Win 6-5 (Q)SHM A INfS Sporting Goods Pacific St Marys 'OMMirt- wmtmhoh mc hti i Continued Pacific St Mary who worked 22-3 hitless innings The built a 60 lead over the first three innings when they had seven hits and the Mariners committed four errors They scored one run in the first two in the second and two in the third with three of the runs unearned Seattle scored three runs in the fifth off Oakland starter John Johnson who allowed four hits and walked one batter in the inning They tied the score in the seventh with two runs off reliever Jim Todd Bruce Bochte drove in a run with a single in the seventh and scored the tying run when he came home from on a passed balL OAKLAND (AP) Jim Essian singled down the left field line with the bases loaded in the ninth inning to give the Oakland playing before their smallest home crowd ever a 65 victory over the Seattle Mariners Tuesday night The Mariners committed nine errors and the made three in the game played before 653 fans on a chilly and windy night The smallest previous crowd was 1252 on September 28 1971 against Kansas City Seattle pitcher Odell Jones 01 gave up a leadoff double in the ninth to Joe Wallis and walked two batters single made a winner of relief pitcher Dave Heaverlo 1-0 TRAILBLAZER STAND-UP BACKPACK Reg 6500 4999 Front panel-toad style Four exfa large side pockets Total weight 4 lbs 3 oz FAMOUS TRAILS ASPEN BACKPACK Reg 5000 3999 Cj-be ccrcat-'n pocets Fcjr sealer accessor patches Sanger Pins First Loss On Top-Ranked Pioneers of and Utah State to name a few They all had their basketball coaches named in time for them to get on the road to recruit some athletes Do you know we still have to name our basketball coach Letters of intent were available for signing April 11 We did not recruit one player This may have a negative impact on our basketball program on all sports for that matter for the next six or seven years admire your (Fresno State) Bulldog Foundation so much for the forthright approach to sports getting things done and no reason why the Bulldogs shouldn't dominate in many sports in the next few Murphy partly blamed himself "for being too impatient in producing an intercollegiate athletic program of He noted the project to expand Spartan Stadium from 18000 to 30000 seats is moving slowly I have every confidence it will be completed But not hiring a new basketball coach within a week or so after the season was a (Murphy fired Ivan Guevara after two losing seasons and named Hal Dohling as interim coach) fun was going out of the job -not wanting to be critical because our president sees most of the games but she just operates differently from my style I went to work for Dr John Bunzel (former SJS president) He delegated authority and just asked for results When you have no enthusiasm for a job you do nof have the energy to do it feel that San Jo State has improved in TRAIL WEDGE DOME-TYPE TENT Fiberglass arch -pole system All reinforced nylon Waterproof rain fly included Reg 9000 6499 save the win Mt Dick Blankenship went this distance striking out four and walking five 000 003 0-9 3 0 Svgtrftgn 0C1 IX 0-2 4 1 BbmNtortS Man Cock IveGra Sngw3WM2 Kerman 7 Tranquillity KERMAN Steve Dunnegan tossed a two-hitter and struck out six as Kerman ripped Tranquillity 7-0 Tuesday and took over first place in the North Sequoia League Dunnegan a righthander took his second straight win for Kerman 4-1 in league Fred Reynosa ripped a single double and a triple and drove in two runs for the Lions S00SE DOWN VEST By CLASS 5 Poplin outer shell and cargohand-warmcr pockets Practical inside breast Docket JQ QQ Reg 6500 GOOSE DOWN PARKA By CLASS 5 Reg 9500 7999 McClatchy News Service SANGER Right-handers Lole Maldanado and Mike Cook combined for a three-hitter and Sanger made the most of four hits as the Apaches stunned top-ranked Mt Whitney 25 Tuesday in 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