The Courier-News from Bridgewater, New Jersey • Page 17

Scoreboard B-8 Racing B-9 Outdoors B-9 Jim Murray B-10 The Courier-News THE COURIER-NEWS, Friday, July 15, 1977 B-7 73-74-147 72- 75-147 7S-72-147 73- 74-147 72-74-141 72-74-14I 72- 74-14I 74- 72-I4I 73- 75-14J 75- 73-141 74- 72-141 74-75-149 74- 75-149 71- 7I--149 72- 77-149 75- 74-14 73- 77-150 77-73-150 74- 74-150 75- 75-150 79-71--I50 71- 72-150 75-75-150 72- 71-150 74-74-150 Jamei Cleaion, Shackamaxon Jack Kiefer, Canoe Brook Bill Ryan, Madison Boblsslar, Beever Brook -Richard Kerper, Breidburn a-James Dee, Rldgewood Mike Burke, Deal Gary Head, Mountain Ridge Ed Femula, Morris County Alan Nlederllti, Sprlngdale James Crowley, Scotch Hills Irv Van Brunt Hollywood Mike Hlguera, Edgewood Pete Dachlsen, Mount Tabor Pete Famlano, Crestmont Charles Keating, White Beeches -Mark Plttenger, Roselle Steve Morton, Montclalr e-Peul Samanchlk, North Jersey Pat Schwab, Playboy Club Stan Mosel, O'Keete's Driving Range Doug Schroeder, Cedar Hill Charles Tatt, Ash Brook -Jim Meyer, Tavistock a-BIII Newman, Warrenbrook Area Nen-Qualifleri Bob Marioll, Copper Hill Mark Mathlasen, Beaver Brook Jim Miller, Echo Lake Bill Gllroy, Warrenbrook Hunter Layton, Warrenbrook -John Zaccaro, Colonia a-Ron Regner, Galloping Hill a-Marty Vyblhal, Beaver Brook Pete Busch, Fox Hollow a-Ron Goldberg, Pike Brook Monte Norcross. Metuchen DaveKaralis, Echo Lake -CortEble, Copper Hill Joe Yarie, Warrenbrook -Scott Yager, Spooky Brook -Jim Bender, Echo Lake John Grace, Fiddler's Elbow Dave Jensen, Ash Brook a-walter Wolak, Rutgers Plains resident Tony Perla Jr. had 73-71-144 and Newark's Wiley Williams had 75-70-145. The host club has been represented well. Dave Alampi was tied with Baltusrol's Doug Steffen for fourth at 143 and Gordon Leslie was another stroke back.

After an impressive 71 in the first round, Tammy Brook's Billy Ziobro came in with a 75 and was seven shots behind. Ziobro took a 6 on the sixth and eighth holes. Qualifiers Dick Pearce, Echo Lake 70-49--I39 AAike Stubblefield. Rockaway River 71-71-142 Jim Eoff, Montammy 49-73-142 Doug Sttffen, Baltusrol 70-73-143 Dave Alampi, Naveslnk 71-7213 Charles Huckaby, Forest Hill 73-71-144 Gordon Ltillt, Naveslnk 70-74-144 Bruce Young, Montclalr 71-73-144 Tony Par la Shackamaicon 73-71-144 Mike Zack, Canoe Brook 75-70-143 John Buciek, Plalnfleld Russ Helwig, Esses Fells 73-72-143 Tom Uloiai, Bemm Hollow 73-70-143 Bob Ron, Baltusrol 72-73-143 Wiley Williams, Shackamanon 75-70-145 Peter Beomes, Sprlngdale 73-73-144 Billy Ztobro, Tammy Brook 7I-7S-144 a-Robert Housen, Woodlake 72-74-144 Larry Hall, North Jeney 74-73-147 Al Haml, Apple Ridge 73-74-147 Frank O'Brien Sunset Valley 74-73-147 difference," he added. "It takes Its toll after a certain point.

And this is a sneaky course. If you get greedy with it, it'll get you." The 32-year-old Buczek birdied the 419-yard fourth hole from 12 feet after a nine-iron approach. Effective wedge shots on 10, where he sank a 40-footer, and 18 set up birds. He bogied the 227-yard 13th hole when he three-putted. Canoe Brook's Jack Kiefer, trying to become just the third player to win three straight State Open titles, didn't enter the final day in promising position.

He fired a 75 yesterday and was eight strokes off the pace at 147. When Kiefer finished his round yesterday, Stubblefield was the leader at 142 and Kiefer expressed some hope at getting back in the thick of things. "I don't think there's going to be anything under 142," he confidently said while leaving the press tent. When Pearce came in perhaps 30 minutes later, Kiefer commented, "I guess I'll need six or seven under tomorrow to have any kind of a chance. A pair of pros from Shackamaxon were within six strokes of the lead.

Scotch By ALLAN CONOVER MIDDLETOWN- Yesterday's stifling, dog-day weather reminded Dick Pearce of the 1972 State PGA event at Pike Brook Country Club. And his performance on the golf course also evoked memories of that tournament. Pearce, the 33-year-old pro at Echo Lake, won the Pike Brook event that year but has been struggling since. He's been back in the swing of things the past two days at the Navesink Country Club, however. After leading the pack with a three-under-par 34-35-69 during yesterday's second round, Pearce vaulted into the lead of the 57th New Jersey State Open Tournament.

The final 36 holes were scheduled for today. A resident of Westfield and an Echo Lake pro for six years, Pearce had totaled 139 and carried a three-stroke advantage over Mike Stubblefield of Rockaway River and Jim Eoff of Montammy. "Yes, it was just like this five years ago at Pike Brook," recalled Pearce, who's always been regarded as a superb teaching pro. "The greens there were just another bird on the 10th hole, Pearce narrowly averted disaster on the next hole. He went out of bounds but managed to put two good shots together for a bogie-6.

"That was a key hole," indicated Pearce. "I had to put a couple of good shots together to get my 6. Anything worse would've been awfully tough with 12, 13 and 14 in front of me." Like most of the other players, Pearce thought the pin placements made yesterday's round more difficult than the first. "I don't know how they can make the placements any tougher tomorrow," he said. "But they are fair, there's no doubt about that." Plainf ield Country Club pro John Buczek, who won the Open three years ago and was runnerup in 1975 on his home course, was in a six-way deadlock for 10th place with 145.

He had a 35-35-70 yesterday. "If I use my irons a little better I'll be in good shape," commented Buczek. "I haven't been driving the ball badly at all. "But you can be sure that if it's this hot for the final round the heat will make a like concrete. "It was pretty tough out there today but didn't seem quite as draining as it was yesterday," added the St.

Louis University graduate. Pearce fired a 70 in the opening round. Pearce admitted the past few years have not been particularly successful ones but he felt his game started coming back this spring. "I've struggled for a while, but I played well during the spring and I figured I'd do well here," he commented. "I've been swinging better, I've been working on the tempo of my back swing and keeping my knees flexed.

"When I'm putting I've been separating my hands a bit, which helps especially on short putts," he continued. "As far as power is concerned, I'm hitting the ball as far as I ever have. I'm driving the ball real hard." Pearce went out at two-under 34 yesterday, getting birdies on the third with a six-foot putt, the sixth at 15-feet and the eighth from two feet. He missed a one and a half foot putt on No. 7 and settled for a bogie-4.

After a nice pitch shot helped give him 74-75-151 77-75-152 77-75-152 76- 73-154 71-74-154 74-78 -154 76-80-154 7412-154 77M-157 7711-151 74-12-151 79W-I59 7112-140 7414-140 71-13-141 K-I3--I43 4-79-143 0-13-143 79-15-144 Considering everything, Cubs anxious for Philly "I was on the 13th floor and I thought I was gonna die before I got there," said Clines, who is on the disabled list anyway with a bruised ankle. "The candles were a waste of time. Mine went out four or five times before I got to the room." Although power was restored to Shea Stadium for a while Thursday morning, it went out again before noon and the unshaven, unwashed Cubs had to grope their way into the clubhouse, where only a couple of candles penetrated the otherwise pitch-darkness until the Mets sent over an emergency generator. In Manager Herman Franks' office, the only light came from a wad of cotton that had been set afire in a tin can. The players, however, put on their uniforms and went through an abbreviated batting practice even after the game was called off.

Then they went looking for some food. "There was nothing to eat at the hotel last night," said third baseman Steve On-tiveros. "And this morning all we had was a sweet roll and coffee. But it was complimentary, so what the heck." made up when the Cubs return to New York Sept 15-16-17. The Cubs, however, learned the hard way that New York wasn't a nice place in which to live or visit this week.

"I have a severe case of luggage elbow," moaned pitcher Pete Broberg, after lugging two heavy suitcases down 17 flights of stairs at the Cubs' powerless midtown Manhattan hotel in preparation for the team's trip to Philadelphia. That meant, of course, that Broberg had to walk up 17 flights Wednesday night. Still the Dartmouth grad turned out to be one of the smarter Cubs. "I scrounged up several cups of ice on the way up last night," he said. "It melted during the night and at least I was able to brush my teeth this morning." After returning to the hotel Wednesday night, where "we stumbled over people in the lobby," according to outfielder Gene Clines, the Cubs' wended their eerie and weary way up the stairs with flickering candles provided by the Waldorf-Astoria management.

By HERSCHEL NISSENSON NEW YORK (AP) In the darkened visitors' clubhouse at Shea Stadium, a tapedeck blared the sound of Petula Clark wailing, "Downtown, where all the lights are But the lights in much of downtown New York still weren't bright following Wednesday night's power blackout and Thursday's scheduled baseball game between the New York Mets and the Chicago Cubs was called off on a sunny, 86-degree afrternoon. "The stadium can't function," explained Mets Manager Joe Torre, peering out from behind a flashlight, the only illumination in his windowless office. "We'd have problems with the sanitary facilities, and, besides, the mayor was telling everyone to stay home." Most of the Mets live on Long Island, which wasn't affected by the power failure that interupted Wednesday night's game in the sixth inning with the Cubs leading 2-1. That suspended contest, along with Thursday's postponed game, will be hi jut, Mickey Rivers of the Yankees loses his hat as he jumps on first base while beating out an Infield hit against the Milwaukee Brewers. That's Cecil Cooper reaching for the ball.

Yanks' Jackson bombs Brewers The left-handed Nettles, who has 20 homers and often bats clean-up, was dropped to seventh, apparently because Augustine throws left-handed. "When Nettles bats behind me, I'm going to get extra pitches," Jackson said. The Brewers scored in the first as Yount singled and came around on a wild pitch, a bunt single by Don Money and Cecil Cooper's double play ball. The Yankees tied in the second on Jackson's first homer of the game, his first since June 28. Jackson said he homered on a pair of good pitches to hit: both inside and about chest high.

He said he probably was thrown good pitches to hit because he batted ahead of Nettles in the Yankee lineup. Phillies' McGraw outsmarted By MIKE O'BRIEN MILWAUKEE (AP) Reggie Jackson slammed a pair of home runs for three RBI and George Zeber's two-run homer capped a four-run seventh inning, powering the New York Yankees to a 6-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers Thursday. Sparky Lyle pitched out of a seventh inning jam in relief of winner Ed Figueroa, 9-7, and earned his 15th save as the Yankees won their second game in their last six. The Yankees snapped a 1-1 tie in the seventh on a single by Lou Piniella, a fielder's choice and Jackson's second homer of the game, his 15th of the year. Graig Nettles followed with a single before Zeber hit his third homer for a 5-1 lead against Jerry Augustine, 10-10.

A single by Sal Bando, a walk, an RBI single by Dick Davis and a run-scoring double by Charlie Moore made it 5-3 in the Brewer seventh, chasing Figueroa. Lyle then retired the side as Robin Yount' popped up. The Yanks scored an insurance run in the eighth as Roy White doubled, took third on a fielder's choice, and stole home on an apparent squeeze attempt. Piniella squared to bunt on the play and brought his bat back but Moore, the catcher, missed the tag. By RALPH BERNSTEIN PHILADELPHIA (AP) Tug McGraw always has such a simple philosophy on baseball, win or lose.

McGraw gave up an 11th inning game winning double to Hector Cruz Thursday night as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-6. McGraw had made the mistake of walking Mike Phillips, a .183 hitter, with one out in the eleventh, the game tied 5-5. "You can't walk those .188 hitters," said McGraw sheepishly. "But sometimes it happens, usually with a pitcher (at bat)." What happened with Cruz? "Hector outsmarted me," said McGraw in that simple matter of fact manner of his.

"I had him all set up for a screwball. I tried to get him inside and he got me. Give him credit." Cruz explained his thinking in the battle of wits as well as bat vs. ball. Cubs in the National League East.

The key inning was the ninth. Reliever Gene Garber, who came on in the eighth and retired the side in order, ran into immediate disorder. Lou Brock pinch hit a single and ever dangerous Ted Simmons drove one over the right field fence for his 13th homer of the season. Garber then gave up a single to Tony Scott, who stole second with Ken Reitz at bat. Reitz lied out.

Exit Garber and enter Ron Reed, who struckout pinchhitter Dave Rader. But Dane Iorg, traded to the Cards by the Phillies last June 15, singled to center scoring Scott with the tying run. The Cards' ninth undid the Phillies big sixth in which Greg Luzinski (19), Richie Hebner (11) and Boone (6) hit home runs to give starter Jim Kaat a 5-2 lead. Phillies' manager Danny Ozark felt Kaat was tired after the Cards' seventh and lifted him for Garber. "I tell you," said the little Puerto Ri-can.

"I guessing a fastball inside. It not a fastball but it inside. I see it. I hit it." He sure did. The ball zoomed just inside the third baseline into the left field corner.

Phillips scored from first to send St. Louis ahead 6-5. Cruz went to third when Larry Bowa's relay to the plate went past catcher Bob Boone for an error on Bowa. Cruz then scored what proved to be the winning run on Jerry Mumphrey's infield grounder. It was a tough game to lose for the Phillies.

They led 5-2 starting the ninth inning. A number of Chicago Cub players were at the game. They had to enjoy what they saw. The Cubs came over from New York after their game with the Mets was postponed because of the electric power failure. They open a four game series with a twi-night doubleheader here Friday.

The loss dropped the second place Phillies four games off the pace setting Managers Joe Torre, left, of the Mets and Herman Franks of the Chicago Cubs talk things over at Shea Stadium yesterday after their games were postponed because of the absence of electric power. TV events American League stars fallin Martin to replace Tanana, said he would not go as a second-hand choice. "I'm not going," Ryan said. "I heard' there was a Dossibilitv I mieht start. Well.

Ron Fairly of Toronto, second baseman Money, shortstop Bert Campaneris of Texas, third baseman Graig Nettles of New York and outfielders Fred Lynn and Jim Rice of Boston, Ken Singleton of Baltimore, Larry Hisle of Minnesota and Ruppert Jones of Seattle. 1973, I pitched two no-hitters and wasn't picked. It created such a big stink that the commissioner added one player to each team and Willie Mays and I went. That's the last time I'll go under any circumstances other than being picked on the first go-round." By HERSCHEL NISSENSON NEW YORK (AP) It's beginning to appear as though the American League may not field an all-star team for the All-Star Game. First it was pitchers Frank Tanana of the California Angels and Mark "The Bird" Fidrych of the Detroit Tigers who suffered injuries this week that forced their withdrawal from next Tuesday's All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium.

Ironically, AL Manager Billy Martin of the New York Yankees was figuring on one of them as his starter. Thursday, just as the AL reserves were announced, one of the selections, second baseman Don Money of the Milwaukee Brewers, had to leave a game with a strain of the lower back. It was not known whether the ailment would affect his All-Star participation. Auto racing; lacrosses; surfing. Wrestling 5 P.M.

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(3, 4, 40) Pleasant VaUey Classic? Wide World of Sports 5 P.M. (6, 7) that might be very difficult since I'm going to be lying on the beach at Laguna. If I can't go on my own merits, I'm not going." To replace Fidrych, Martin ignored the other Detroit pitchers and picked slugging first baseman Jason The rest of the AL pitching staff, announced eearlier, consists of starters Jim Palmer of Baltimore and Vida Blue of Oakland plus relievers Bill Campbell of Boston, Jim Kern of Cleveland, Dave LaRoche of the Angels and Sparky Lyle of the Yankees. For his other bench strength, Martin named catchers Thurman Munson of New I York and Butch Wynegar of Minnesota, first basemen George Scott of Boston and The AL starters are catcher Carlton Fisk, shortstop Rick Burleson and outfielder Carl Yastrzemski of Boston; first baseman Rod Carew of Minnesota; second baseman Willie Randolph and outfielder Reggie Jackson of New York; third baseman George Brett of Kansas City and outfielder Richie Zisk of Chicago. Ryan, who is tied with three others for the major league lead with 12 victoriees and is No.

1 in strikeouts with 222 to go with a 2.57 earned run average, was bypassed until Tanana came down with a sore elbow. "It's an honor to be picked," said Ryan, "but not under these circumstances. In One of the National League pitchers, Houston's Joaquin Andujar, reinjured a hamstring muscle Thursday night. The Astros' team doctor said the injury might keep Andujar out of the All-Star Game, but the pitcher said otherwise. "I tried to throw a fast ball and it felt like somebody shot me in the leg with a gun," Andujar said.

"But it's not going to keep me out of the All-Star Game because it's such an honor to play." The NL reserves were to be announced today. The NL has won the last five Ail-Star Games, 13 of 14 and holds an over-all 1 28-18-1 lead in the series. And later in the day, fireballer Nolan Ryan of the Angels, who was named by.