The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 53

HBflNHHHBHI Sports Knicks sweep past Nets F2 Ryan shoots for record F3 A gift from the Cal Bowl F6 THE FRESNO BEE Friday April 22 1983 Nicklaus bears up to lead TOC by two Angels sweep Oakland By BRUCE FARRIS Bee sports writer ANAHEIM Fred Lynn's leadnff homer triggered a six-run sixth-inning rally and the California Angels held on for a 6-5 victory over the Oakland A's Thursday for a sweep of their twi-night double-header The Angels won the opener 6-2 behind the five-hit pitching of Geoff Zahn as Lynn and Doug DeCinces connected for two-run homers In the nightcap Oakland right-hander Matt Another shot back at 68 is Ray Floyd and at 3-under 69 are Tom Kite Craig Stadler and Johnny Miller But even on a near-perfect day it wasn't all pars and birdies Last year's player of the year Tom Watson staggered in with a 76 and the 1981 player of the year Bill "Buck" Rogers had a 78 Fresno's Tim Norris overcame a shaky start for a 38-35 1-over 73 better than a dozen others Nicklaus said he played well but was happiest with his putting "I holed the longest four putts I've made this year which is unusual for me" he commented "I rarely make 30-to-35-foot putts I think there is an element of luck in those but I guess not for some I'm just trying to figure out how I did it The greens were rolling about as smoothly as I've ever seen them" Nicklaus drove the ball well until the last few holes but even with poor drives he made two of See TOC Page F4 CARLSBAD Beware of a wounded bear Any bear hunter will tell you that and so will the other 27 contestants in the 31st annual MONY Tournament of Champions Actually there was nothing wrong with the Golden Bear Jack Nicklaus that a hot putter couldn't correct Nicklaus showed that Thursday when he shot a 7-under-par 65 to claim a two-stroke lead after the first round of this $400000 tournament at the plush La Costa Country Club The talk about back remedies and pills which dominated an interview Wednesday was secondary to the eight-birdie one-bogey 32-33-65 "found by the 43-year-old five-time TOC winner Deadlocked for second at five-under 67 are defending TOC champion Lanny Wadkins Gary och who is playing here for the second time and Hal Sutton in his first TOC Major Leagues Peaks valleys for Norris Keough 0-3 had a 2-0 lead when Lynn lined fifth homer of the season into the right-field bleachers Keough then walked Reggie Jackson and DeCinces before Brian Downing singled home the tying run Bobby Grich greeted reliever Tim Conroy with another RBI single and Rick Adams walked to load the bases with none out Three runs scored on an error by shortstop Bill Almon Rod Carew's single and a run-scoring grounder by Juan Beniquez The A's who had taken their early lead on Mike Davis' third-inning RBI single and a sacrifice fly in the sixth by Almon struck for three runs in the seventh Bob Kearney's RBl single knocked out starter Ken Forsch 3-0 anS reliever Luis Sanchez served up a two-run double to Davis before retiring the side In the first game Zahn struck out seven and walked five in picking up his second win in three decisions The 36-year-old left-hander has a 20-1 record during April in his career The Angels jumped to a 2-1 lead against Chris Codiroli 1-1 in the fourth when Lynn drew a one-out walk and was forced on a grounder by Jackson DeCinces then followed with his fourth home run of the season Oakland took a 1-0 lead in the third when Almon's sacrifice fly scored Tony Phillips who walked and went to third on a single by Davis Tim Foli led off California's fifth with a single went to second on Bob Boone's sacrifice and See Baseball Page F2 "I really had some bad luck on that hole but I could've made big numbers" he explained "My third shot was in the deep rough and the club twisted in my hand when I hit the ball" The ball was under a cable near the green and after a ruling he was allowed to move the cable He came within a whisker of holing his chip and finished with a bogey "It was typical of the rounds I've played since starting the tour again" said Norris who missed the first nine tour stops because of a wrist operation "I put together some good shots but I had trouble keeping it on the fairway On the practice range I take a solid divot but sometimes I still am a little tentative when I'm in the tournament I feel no pain in the wrist but the memory is still there I missed a few putts but I made some too I'm not disappointed but I wish I could be a little more consistent My concentration span is about three seconds I See Norris Page F4 CARLSBAD Just standing on the first tee at the La Costa Country Club and being introduced in the same manner as the greatest players in the game was thrill enough However Tim Norris wanted more What he got in the first round of the 31st annual MONY Tournament of Champions was a mixed bag 1-over-par 73 Playing with Jay Haas Norris started in spectacular fashion hitting his drive down the middle and putting his approach a foot from the hole for a birdie He quickly gave that stroke back with a bogey on two and also bogied foifr miss-hit a couple of irons on those Then came another birdie on a 15-foot putt before another pair of bogies put him 2-over after six He steadied with three straight pars and regained par with a 15-foot birdie on 10 and a 30-footer on 11 He was even coming to the 17th United Press International Jack Nicklaus didn't have much to frown about Thursday 7 games in 4 days 5 champs spice rodeo Li'l Giants sweep to start long grind -Famous hometown clown Returns to Clovis show Special to The Bee i out in the fifth inning which cleared the wall in left field more than 340 feet away It also brought home Mike Dunn who had singled Gallo finished strongly throwing just six pitches in the sixth inning and 10 in the seventh The Bees scored their only run of the day in the first inning when Lee Granger led off with a double to left moved to third on Keith Thrower's sacrifice and scored on a sacrifice fly tq center field by Kraig Priessman The Giants belted 14 hits in the opener including six doubles Steve Stanicek led the assault with two doubles and two RBI Four other Giants cracked two hits each and four others drove home two runs each Part of the reason for the Giants' heavy schedule were two games postponed because of rain this week The teams will play a double-header again at 6 pm today at San Jose'? Municipal Stadium Fresno will travel to Salinas for a single game Saturday before another double-header Sunday also against the Spurs SAN JOSE The Fresno Giants facing seven games in four days began their heavy schedule with a bang Thursday sweeping San Jose 11-0 2-1 in a California League double-header The sweep in itself was good news for Giants Manager Wendell Kim But the team's skipper also had to be delighted with the way the Giants won needing only three pitchers who allowed just five hits between them Fresno's Dean Hummel went into the fifth inning of the opener with a no-hitter which was broken up by Carl Nichols' single But that was it for San Jose which watched reliever Brian Burtha come on and face the minimum six batters in the sixth and seventh innings He struck out two Ben Gallo took it from there throwing just 97 pitches in seven innings for a seven-inning complete-game victory He was backed by shortstop Gary Crabtree's two-run homer with one SBy JAN PETERSEN Bee sports writer I ju Another class act is on tap at the Clovis Rodeo $arena this weekend Five defending world champion cowboys will be in the lineup of 516 entries Saturday and fiSunday for the 69th edition of the annual Clovis Rodeo including last year's all-around champion pChris Lybbert who makes his home in Coyote Knear San Jose The rodeo will officially open at 2 pm both Belays with a $5 general admission charge for gadults $1 for children under 12 and $6 for reserve ffseats However the gates will open at 8 am $both days when slack events will be run for those categories with large numbers of entries Other defending champions to be spotlighted will be top bull rider Charles Sampson of Los Angeles bareback champ Bruce Ford of olorado crowd-pleaser Monty Henson of Texas whose trademark of flying dismounts in the saddle bronc competition didn't hurt his ability to collar his third national title last season and Tee Woolman of Oklahoma who teamed with sand beat out his former teacher Leo Camarillo Only $129 separated them in the final tally for See Rodeo Page F2 Fresno Bee An unscheduled stop is ever-present in the Clovis Rodeo's bull riding event Bob McCarthy FSU basketballer ever And not because it carries his name the Tyrone Bradley Invitational basketball tournament Not because it'll be played with 8-foot-high rims (as opposed to the standard 10 feet) which enables the 5-foot-8 Bradley to slam and jam like Dr Or that it only allows players more or less his size (6 feet and under) to participate No what warms T-Bone to this task is the cause Proceeds will be placed in a trust fund for the children Litzenberger Fresno TV anchormen John Wallace Gus Koernig Ed Wilson and Bill Turner also will participate Scot Fure KSEE's sports director says there are still a few openings for teams to fill out the 32-team field Six players per team $50 per team entry So far nearly two dozen have signed up and Fure hopes the tourney will net between for Moreno's family So don't hestitate Phone Terrance Programs at 298-7428 and enter a team That's the kind of stake T-Bone would really appreciate 'Going out in style T-Bone i 6 Invitational LJ umility Bowl" revisited That's what Jim I Sweeney is labeling the varsity-alumni ho's that?" inauired a wide-eved youngster Then he laughed "I'm still waitin for my ring" This year's alumni war cry? "Survival" chuckled Wender Don't underrate the West That was Boyd Grant's message while speaking at a clinic recently at Portland's Concordia College Grant told Bob of the Oregonian that "a lot of schools out here" have given North Carolina State a run for its NCAA" championship rings "I hope you don't take this wrong but after playing Wake Forest (in the NIT semifinals) I certainly felt we could at least play a close game against North Carolina State" said Grant He said he told the media in New 1 York that Oregon State was "every bit as good as Wake! Forest and DePaul" Grant also said he wouldn't leave the West for another coaching job "The things that have happened to me in Fresno have been very humbling" he said "It would take a lot more than just money to get me to leave there If I did move it would have to be somewhere else in the West love it in the West" Shortchanged Charger Kellen Winslow's annual salary should have read $210000 not $110000 as reported in this space Wednesday Even at that the I San Diego Charger superstar is less than the best-paid tight end in pro football And seriously are there 64 better football players in'' the NFL than Kellen Winslow? That's how many draw fatter paychecks i rhp nthpr dav at Aver School "That's T-Bone" replied another incredulously as if everyone football clash at 7 pm Saturday in Bulldog Stadium The only game his 11-1 Fresno State-Cal Bowl II champs lost at home last year was to those powerhouse alums 15-14 "That was one of the things that helped us win last season" said Sweeney "We were in our comfort zone in spring practice and that game woke up some of our players to the point of rededicating themselves in the fall I hope it won't be necessary this time" Still the alumni will come in primed to make it two straight Most of the alums who participated a year ago are back including fullback Jack Wender (1976) who spent most of the 1977 season with Tampa Bay in the NFL Next to Phil Borjas (32) the 29-year-old Wender is the graybeard of the alums "I'm at 208 pounds just about my playing weight" said the Raintree manager "I lift weights play basketball and racquetball at the club We had a great time last year partying and telling old war stories" in the city should know wno lyrone uraaiey is Dy now Well almost everyone does It has been nearly four weeks since T-Bone last suited up for Fresno State University yet he has hardly had a chance to crack a book since Madison Square Garden and the NIT championship It's no wonder If he isn't judging a talent show here he's lending his name to a benefit there and he has had so many luncheon-dinner invitations he can't accept them all What he needs now more than an education is an agent "Tyrone wants to please" Boyd Grant once said of the late Ernesto Moreno a KSEE-TV cameraman who died of a heart attack while playing in a media hoop tournament last month Bradley knew Moreno well from his years of covering Bulldog basketball for KSEE-TV In fact they chatted briefly a few days before Moreno's untimely death "I was sitting on the bench lalkin' with him before the Texas-El Paso game" recalled T-Bone "He said he was tired and he looked tired A couple of days later he was gone When the idea for this benefit came up I didn't hestitate at all Anything for Ernie's family" A highlight of the all-day tournament will be a game involving Bradley and FSU teammates Omel Nieves and Charlie Smith FSU grid stars Jeff Tedford and Terry Carter and Bulldog coaches Ron Adams and Fred 4B and truer woras were never spoKen Nn renuest or cause is too insignificant to T-Bone But there's one coming up a week from Saturday at er School that's truly special to me mosi popular.