Bristol Herald Courier from Bristol, Tennessee • 11

Sports In Brief Photo By Cart Trivette Gary Bender Sportscaster Talks At King AND NOW OUR USED CARS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE THE LOWEST PRICES! Lye Leading At Phoenix Gamecocks Renew Contract COLUMBIA'SC (AP) University of South Carolina bas ketball Coach Bill five year contract has been re newed extending it through June 30 1986 school President James Holderman said riday oster came to South Carolina from Duke at the end of last Your Volume Discount Dealer STATES TOYOTA 764 3155 BRISTOL TN Nashville attorney Gary Baker assumed full control of Bris tol International Raceway yesterday after having been co owner of the facility for the past three years Baker and Lanny Hester purchased the track three years ago and also held interests in Nashville International Raceway before Baker bought the controlling interest in the Music City plant in December' am really excited about the future of BIR and want to stress that while there has been a change in ownership and management the actual racing operation will not Baker said in making the announcement and I are still good friends He just felt that other business interests were too great to give BIR the time and devotion Baker also announced that the spring race at Bristol will no longer carry the name Southeastern 500 but will be known as the Valleydale 500 with this edition set for March 29 are happy and excited with our relationship to the community of the Tri Cities and look forward to broadening that base" Baker said business community especially Valleydale Meats and Busch Beer has been In regard to broadening the base Baker who is a tax law yer for some of the biggest names on Nashville's Music Row indicated that he would like to use the facility for outdoor con certs durjpg the spring and summer months featuring some of his clients such as Wayion Jennings Johnny Cash Larry Gatlin and TG Shepherd Baker will serve as president of the 533 mile racing plant while Eddie Gossage has been named Director of Public Rela tions and will be in charge of the day to day operation Round ing out the management team will be Ed Clark General Man ager of the Nashville track Clark will serve as an advisor to the Bristolbperation are tickled to death with the racing fever Baker said no place in the country that rivals Bristol in terms of racing enthusiasm on the part of the fans and we will try to be responsive to what the fans By ROBERT PILK Sports Writer Gary Bender sportscaster for the CBS television net work was pleasantly surprised to find he and Los Angeles Lakers basketball star Kareem Abdul Jabbar had something in common asked Kareem if there was a sport he did not excel in and he said yes he know how to Bender re lated told him I know how to swim Then the 7 foot 2 Jabbar told him with a grin but I can wade out a lot farther than you Bender who now announces the NBA telecasts for CBS was the guest speaker riday at the annual King College Special Luncheon in Bristol During the past NL football season he announced games with former Oak land Raider coach John Madden The Kansas native said that although there was a good deal of rivalry between some sportscasters such competi tion did not exist between himself and Madden "In this business you find some of the biggest egos in the he stated I have any one strength it is that I get along with the people I work with I try to let people know who I am and what I stand for not in competition with Madden If he does well Bender continued gave John room to grow and boy did he Bender added that while Pat Sum merall and Tom Brookshier were the top ranked announcing team on CBS he and Madden were rated second me we have to work hard to stay there he said Bender said some sportscasters try to outdo their part ners in the broadcast booth but since the team is judged as a whole rivalry could be detrimental to both parties An interesting fact about Madden is that he has a fear of flying and although he flew with the team in his coaching days he now rides the train to game sites told John that instead of doing those beer commer cials he should do one for Amtrack They need all the help they can Bender joked As a young boy growing up in the wheatfields of Kansas Bender would pretend to announce games from the back of a plow to relieve boredom did that so much that when I got my first job broadcasting from a radio station I felt that done it he said After a football career at the University of Kansas (one that Bender calls he worked at stations in Topeka and Hutchinson before becoming the announcer for the Green Bay Packers and the Milwaukee Brewers Later he worked in St Louis at KMOX one of the largest stations in the Midwest Now in addition to his duties with the NBA Bender works with parts of the Sports job has to have a philosophy and mine is that first a sportscaster should be a explained Bender viewer should never have to wonder what down it is or how much time is left in the quarter "Then you get sportscasters who get caught up in like I think the coach should do this or I think he should have done Bender continued Cosell is one person who gets away with that but I challenge you to see just how much information he gives during a To illustrate the pressure of big time sports broadcasting Bender pointed out the Dallas Minnesota Vikings NC playoff game in 1976 a game Dallas won on a famous pass from Roger Staubach to Drew Pearson director had one camera on the line since the game seemed almost Bender related when Pearson caught that pass he turned away from us and caught the ball on his hip We have a camera on that side of the field and that director was fired in that same game a bottle thrown from the stands knocked out an official Johnny Unitas was in the booth with me and he went wild saying it was a and that moats would have to be built around the fields Unitas is not working for us anymore either "It was then I realized the tremendous pressure of the said Bender Naturally with the Super Bowl coming up Sunday Bender had some thoughts on that game think Philadelphia will win over he pre dicted reason is the coach Dick Vermeil who is a tremendously hard worker I like Ron Jaworski (the Eagles quarterback) And the Philadelphia defense has such great depth and that may be the key to the he concluded GARY BENDER CBS Announcer Shares A Story With King Audience LATE MODEL USED CAR SELL A THON Our recent new sell a thon was so successful that we are now loaded with good clean late model used cars These cars have been exam ined in our shop put on our computer and have been pronounced: AN EXCEPTIONAL USEC CAR BUY Why fool around and take a chance with a used car Shop our lot and see why for over 55 years we have been known as the best place in the en tire area to find a good used car Gary Baker Takes ull Control Of BIR PHOENIX Ariz (AP) Mark Lye a non winner in his fifth year on the PGA Tour birdied two of his last three holes for a 6 under par 65 and the second round lead riday in the $300000 Phoenix Open Golf Tournament of a fast said the lanky 6 foot 2 175 pound Lye He one putted the last three holes two of them for birdies to take sole control of the top spot with a 132 total 10 shots under par for two trips over the 6726 yard Phoenix Country Club course which as usual yielded some extremely low scores started the same way at both Tucson and the he said got off with some good scores early But been shooting some high numbers in the last round still kind of jumpy this early in the season and I just hope I can finish a little better rom a position among the leaders going into the last 18 holes of play in each of the last two tournaments he dropped farback with closing rounds of 73 and 75 Angels Sign Jesse Jefferson ANAHEIM Calif (AP) the California Angels announced riday that they have signed free agent pitcher Jesse Jeffer son a nine year major league veteran The right handed Jefferson who signed a one year contract California began the 1980 season with Toronto where he posted a 4 13 record with a 546 earned run average Astros Now A Corporation 3 HOUSTON (AP) Owners of the Houston Astros have signed papers to officially change the organization from a lim ited partnership to a corporation a spokesman for the National League baseball team said riday Yanks Ink Ron Davis NEW YORK (AP) Ron Davis the No2 pitcher in the New York bullpen last season has agreed to sign a one year contract reportedly worth $200000 with the American League club Gminski To Have Surgery EAST RUTHERORD NJ (AP) The New Jersey team physician confirmed riday that rookie center Mike Gminski will undergo surgeryt the end of the season to repair a pinched nerve in his elbow Earl Campbell Apologizes HOUSTON (AP) Houston Oilers running back Earl Campbell says he is sorry his contractual demands have cre ated ill feelings among many fans apologize to the fans that things have gotten out of per spective and I want them to know Earl Campbell loves football and the State of he said Thursday Michael Spinks To ight PHILADELPHIA (AP) Michael Spinks the younger brother of former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks hopes to solidify his ranking as No 1 challenger for the light heavy weight crown with an impressive showing here Saturday against Willie Taylor at 1st i fli ml 1 1 sp i 4 College Preview BRISTOL HERALD COURIER Saturday January 24 1981 Page 1 1 Vols Traveling To LSU TENNESSEE AT LSU 8:30 Eighth ranked Tennessee (13 2) which beaten LSU in its last six outings will once again be the underdog tonight when the Southeastern Confer ence schools battle at Baton Rouge LSU is a perfect 7 0 in the SEC and ranked fifth in the na tion The Tigers routed Kefi tucky Monday will take our best road performance of the season to beat Said Tennessee coach Don DeVoe is a great team with no weak nesses This is probably their best team in the his What will it take for the Vols to pull the upset? have to fight and scrap for the full 40 minutes and perhaps even draw some blood added DeVoe we must believe that we can DeVoe nor senior center How ard Wood have ever beaten the Tigers a big game for me and I think we match up with them pretty SOUTHEASTERN CONERENCE Team Conf Overall LSU 7 0 16 1 Kentucky 5 2 12 3 TENNESSEE 5 2 13 2 Alabama 4 3 11 4 Vanderbilt 4 3 10 5 Georgia 3 4 IQ 5 lorida 2 5 8 6 Mississippi 2 5 7 8 Mississippi St 2 5 7 8 Auburn 1 6 8 7 Saturday Games Alabama at lorida Auburn at Georgia 7:30 pm Kentucky at Vanderbilt 8:30 pm TENNESSEE at LSU 8:30 pm Mississippi at Mississippi St 9 pm said Wood just hope I go out and try to play too LSU returns four starters from last 26 6 squad which finished second in the regular season SEC race and then won the post season tour nament Returning are guard Ethan Martin forward Durand Macklin wingman Howard Carter and center Greg Cook big three of Gary Carter Dale Ellis and Wood are all still averaging over 14 points per game and hitting over 50 per cent from the field THE CITADEL AT EAST TENNESSEE STATE 7 30 East Tennessee State a one point winner on the road at VMI Monday returns to the But Dome for a Southern Confei ence encounter with last place The Citadel The Bucs need another vic tory to pick up some momen tum for the second half of the league race ETSU is 3 3 inside the loop but still has a good shot at a top four finish and an out side chance at the league title Troy Lee Mikell heads the Bucs scoring with a 154 aver age SOUTHERN CON RNC Team Conf Overall UT Chattanooga 6 1 12 4 Davidson 7 2 9 8 Marshall 4 3 12 4 Appalachian St 3 3 8 6 ETSU 3 3 6 8 Western Carolina 2 3 8 4 urman 4 6 6 9 The Citadel 1 4 6 VMI 2 7 3 12 Games UT at urman 3:30 pm Regional TV Marshall at Appalachian St 7 30 pm The Citadel at ETSU 7:30 pm Davidson at South Carolina 7:30 pm VMI at Baltimore 7 30 pm Western Carolina at Middle Tennessee St 8:30 pm Ladies Take Win NEWPORT NEWS Va Emory Lady Wasps bounced back from a 14 2 first Christopher Newport reeman 9 Judd han 4 Coker 6 Phillips 2 Emory Henry Hickman 18 Reynolds 15 Halftime: Emory 39 35 half deficit to take a 68 67 win over Christopher Newport Col lege here last night 14 Drewery 6 Gunn 16 Whitmore 10 Kelli 1 Hill 8 Watkins 7 Speed 14 Brown 2 Hale VIRGINIA TECH AT MEMPHIS STATE 9 PM If momentum means any thing in college basketball than Virginia Tech might be in trou ble when the Hokies battle the Tigers tonight under the Mid South Coliseum Tech fell to William Mary for the second time this season on Wednesday while Memphis State whipped Tulane and Louisville this week The Tigers 55 54 shocker over Louisville Thursday vaulted MSU back' into the Metro Conference title picture with a 3 2 mark METRO CONERENCE Team Conf Overall St Louis 1 0 6 5 Louisville 3 1 6 8 Memphis St 3 2 10 6 'lorida St 2 2 8 6 VIRGINIA TECH 1 1 7 7 Cincinnati 1 2 7 7 Tulane 0 316 7 Saturday's Games Cincinnati at St Louis 1:30 pm Re gional TV Tulane at lorida St 7:30 pm VIRGINIA TECH at Memphis St 9 pm Tech is 1 1 inside the leauge winning at home against lor ida State but bowing on the road at Cincinnati OHIO STATE AT VIRGINIA (SUNDAY 2 PM) Second ranked Virginia (15 0) hosts Ohio State tomorrow in the annual Super Sunday con test on national television The Cavaliers play today while the Buckeyes must'face Michigan before making the evening flight to Charlottes ville Virginia currently has won 20 straight games over the two year period the longest win ning streak in the country SMALL COLLEGE ROUNDUP Emory Henry continues its road trip tonight facing East ern Mennonite in an ODAC con test Eastern Mennonite is 3 3 inside the loop and 7 6 overall while Emory took a 1 10 record mto last contest at Brid gewater ATLANTIC COAST CONERENCE Team Coni Overall VIRGINIA 6 0 15 0 North Carolina 4 1 13 4 Wake orest 4 1 14 1 Maryland 4 2 12 3 ciemson i 14 3 Duke 1 4 9 7 NC State 1 6 8 7 Georgia Tech 66 4 12 Saturday's Games Notre Dame at Maryland 1:30 pm Na tional TV Georgia Tech at North Carolina 3:30 pm Regional TV Clemson at Duke 6 pm Regional TV East Carolina at NC State 7 30 pm UNC Asheville at Wake orest 7:30 pm Game Ohio State at VIRGINIA 2 pm National TV Other small college action has Clinch Valley at George town Milligan at Tennessee Wesleyan and LMU goes to Tus culum Phoenix Open Scores PHOENIX (AP) Second round scores Ben Crenshaw 69 riday in the $300000 Phoenix Open golf tournament on the 6726 yard par 71 Phoe nix Country Club course: Mark Lye 67 65 132 David Graham 65 JimNelford 66 67 133 Larry Nelson 65 Barney Thompson 71 Mike Reid 70 138 Jerry Pate Scott Simpson George Cadle 6769 136 JC Snead 6869 137 Tommy Valentine John Cook Bobby Wadkins Andy Bean Bruce Lietzke Dan Pohl 67 MikeSullivan 7166 137 Jack Renner Bob Eastwood 68 Brad Bryant 71 Scott Hoch 71 George Archer 69 MarkHayes 69 Bobby Nichols 66 72 138 Lanny Wadkins John Schroeder 66 Dennis Trixler Ray loyd 70 68 138 Mark O'Meara 71 DougTewell 69 70 139 Calvin Peete George Bums 67 Lon Hinkle 7366 139 Jeff Mitchell 7168 139 Mike Morley Bobby Clampett 68 Keith ergus 67 Jim Thorpe 67 Bobby Pancratz 67 DaveStockton 7168 139 Lee Elder AlanTapfe 70 John Adams 67 Bud Allln 73 66 139 Gibby Gilbert 67 72 139 7j 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