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Page 4 -Linton l)ail Citizen, Friday, September 3, 1976%HkiRivalries set,jss1%v*BV STFVF I II I MSCitizen Spoils EditorOne weekend of area football a year is covered with rivalries and this is the weekend for 1976 Linton will be at North Knox and Dugger Union will travel to Sullivan Moth games are evenly matched and should Ik* exciting to watch for area fansAlso on tab (his week is North Central at Greencastle and North Daviess at Pike CentralPat Sparks . . .Miner centerBarry Kelly Miner backJohn Cox. . .Union fullbackMurakami, Hill share leadAKRON, Ohio (UPI) -Takashi Murakami says he is not the Jack Nicklaus of Japan.Jack Nicklaus says, however, he wouldn’t mind being the Takashi Murakami of the United States Murakami, a master around the greens and out of the sand, shot a three-under par 67Thursday on the Firestone Country Club South Course to share first place with Dave Hill in the $300,000 World Series ofCoif.And, just off the pace after n exasperating 68 came the wesome figure of Nicklaus, lurakami’s idol “He (Murakami) has a hitch i his swing.” Nicklaus said hen asked to describe the 32 ear-olci leading money winner n the Japanese PGA Tour, but he does the same thing very time.*’“I’d like to have his game round the green, Nicklaussaid, adding, “if he goes through the Japanese tour and is the leading money winner, he’s got to be a pretty good player.”Hut, Murakami just shook his head and laughed when asked by a U.S. newsman whether hewwas considered the Nicklaus of JapanMurakami got off to a roaring start Thursday on the 500-yard second hole when hewslammed a three wood second shot to within 15 feet and sank his putt for an eagle three.He was tour under par until a poor nine iron second shot on the 17th hole cost him a bogey four and sole possession of the lead“Absolutely super, is the wav Murakami described hisw ...round through interperter Tazio Kawata, a former baseball player at Ohio State University “He feels almost everything went right for him, saidKawata “He teels no pressure right now, but maybe tomorrowor Saturday it may hit him.”Hill, who said he had “the unhealthy feeling I might go for 80 when I started,” instead “basically played pretty well “I drove it well which was a little surprising,” he said. “I’ve never had the ball in play or scored as low before here. I’m very pleased.”Nicklaus, whose two under 68 was one better than Masters champion Ray Floyd and two better than Tom Watson, J C. Snead. David Graham and Buddy Allin. said, “It was a kind of a day of managing my way around the course.” Nicklaus, the favorite to take the $100,000 first prize, was the only player in the field of 20 to go without a bogey.“It was a pretty darn good round,' he decided I was pleased with it. Any time you play Firestone without a five, it’s a good round.”Floyd, like Nicklaus, usuallyplays well on the long Firestone South Course “I played a damn fine round of golf.” said Floyd, “and didn’t take advantage of it. I didn’t get very much out of my round.”Floyd expressed surprise at the scores of the first day “I guess it shows the caliberof the field we have here,” he said. “I thought par would be a hell of a round and it turned out to be mediocre ”Johnny Miller fired a 72 but was assessed a four-stroke penalty for carrying too many clubs in his bag. He forgot to remove a putter belonging to his six-year old son. The penalty gave him a round of 76 Lee Trevino, who was paired with U S open champion Jerry Pate, matched Fate’s one-over par 71 score, and said their play resembled “the fifth flight of the club championship.”VSWith Passbook' Savingson(an Add Any Amount. 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Warrior endGary Stephens . . .Warrior quarterbackMirunners defeat RamblersThe Linton Miner Cross Country Team made it two in a row Thursday and 14 in a row in dual competition over the lasttwo years by beating Worthington 17-46 on the Linton course.Hob Bradford was first forBy United Press International National League\merican Lea gin FastFastW. L.Pet.GHW. L.Pet.GBNew York79 50.612—Philadelphia83 48.634—Baltimore69 61.531104Pittsburgh74 575659Cleveland67 63.515124New York67 65508161 2Boston63 6848117Chicago61 7245923Detroit61 70.46619St. Louis57 7044924Milwaukee58 7145021Montreal43 83.3413712WestWestW. L.Pel.GHW. L.Pet.GBKansas City 78 54.591-Cincinnati84 50.627—Oakland71 615387Los Angeles76 56.5767Minnesota66 69.489134Houston68 68.50017Texas60 72.45518San Diego63 72.467211 2California59 74 444 195-8Atlanta59 74.44424* 2Chicago57 7543221San Francisco 57 77.42527Saturday’s GamesSaturday’s GamesPittsburgh at Montreal, nightOakland at California, nightPhilade’phia at New YorkTexas at Kansas City,nightSt Louis at ChicagoChicago at MinnesotaSan Diego at San FranciscoMilwaukee at DetroitLinton in a time of 13:45.Behind him came six otherteammates in the top ten asLinton dominated the meet. Second place went to Linton's Jack Garwood and third toMiner Tom Collins. Garwood ran the course in 13:55 and Collins in 14:40.01 Brad Peters was the first Worthington runner across the line in fourth place in 14:27 Steve Parola took fifth place tor the Miners in 14:39 and sixth went to John Stefancik, also for Linton, in 14:40 Larry Simmons and Jay Lucas accounted for seventh and eighth place for Linton. Simmons won seventh in 14:53 and Lucas was eighth in 14:58.Worthington took ninth and 10th place as Vaughn was ninth in 15:06and Sherrow was 10th in 15:17.Linton has a full up schedule for next week running lt;lay City on Tuesday at Clay City, traveling to Brazil on Wednesday, going to Shakamak on Thursday then after taking Friday off, running in the BrazilInvitational on Saturday.Pirates play it cool inopewhile Phils play in troubleBy United Press InternationalThe Pittsburgh Pirates are playing it just as cool in their time of hope as are the Philadelphia Phillies in their time of troubles.The Phillies, who have lost six straight games, are refusing to panic. And the Pirates, who have won seven in a row', are refusing to claim a Philadelphia collapse is imminent.mm*The Pirates could have begunc.-s\nnH t nf alarmHut the truth is the Phillies have to go into a tailspin. I’d say we have to win four of our five games w ith the Phillies.” Larry Demery pitched a five-hitter and Richie Hebner doubled home two runs and stole home to lead the Pirates to Thursday night’s triumph It was the seventh consecutive complete game for the Pirates staff.The victory raised Demery’sdrove in two runs tor the Mets.Twins 8, Brewers I Butch Wynegar had four singles, including one during a four run sixth inning which carried the 'Twins to their victory over the Brewers. Lyman Bostock and Rod ( arew added three hits each to the Twins’ attack whch dealt reliever Hill Castro his fourth defeat. 'Tom Johnson was the winner.Miners have heen working prithose things all week and CoaftGalbraith hopes some I been worked out.Miner team spirits were high after the Thursday night practice under the light*.Linton takes a healthy roster to North Knox Floyd ( ramer who was injured in the opening vicotry at North Vermillion missed early week work out but returned to practice on Wed nesday ,Coach Galbraith is sticking with the same starters as Used in the opener One thing the Miners must have in this game is a repeat performance by halfback Dan Fccles. Levies had 164 yards in 19 carries against North Vermillion At the same time the Miners will need a repeat performance from end Kirk Sanders alsoSanders caught two passesagainst North Vermillion one for a touchdown along with kicking two extra pointsThis is the opening game for the North Knox Warriors, giving them a little something extra to work for. This is also the opener in the first Tull season the Warriors will spLnd in their new home at the «#iewNorth Knox High School,Offensively the Warriors are as dangerous as ever with quarterback Gary Stephens find his favorite receivers Kurtis Potts and Brian Meek, Inith ends At the same time, fullback John Kixmiller ,pnd halfbacks Mike White and John Trotter could cause some problems for Linton out of thebackfield.North Knox offers a weaponthat not too many area footfall Iteams have and that is a ^tpd.consistent field goal kicker in Kurtis Potts Potts is said ty beone of the best kickers in the southern part of the stati. During his sophomore ilfrd junior year Potts has kicked,22 consecutive extra points h'nd lias kicked field goals fron\ 30 yards out.The Linton fan bus will leaVe ihe high school at 6:15 (Lrh. tonight There will he pre garfie ticket sales for students prlly tonight between 5:30 p.m. until 6:15 p m at the high school box office.Fans going to the gahie ■ hould take highway 59 south to 67 at Sand born. Turn righl at the light in Sandborn and continue south on 67 uhfil coming to the light inBicknell 6n 67. Turn right onto highway T59 and continue. North Knox High School is about four miles fTom Bicknell on the right hand side* I iof the roadSullivan redards losing. £o Dugger Union as an upset. Only because Sullivan is a class AA school and Dugger-Union a class A school Well, Sullivan could be in trouble again this year when Loach Paul Steele,’s team invades Sport land Field.Sullivan did not show everything in the jamboree’ at Linton because quarterback Mihajlovich was out with aninjury. Sullivan suffered a setback last week 14-13 at West Vigo and will be hungry foj ivictory.The Bulldogs on the other hand were winners by a :I4M) score and some of the players felt it should have been by a largei margin The Bulldogs will he counting on a good performance from tailback Ray Beaver again this week and will need to move the ball against''a strong Sullivan offense. ‘riRegardless of the records ol these two teams, no one chn ever predict a winner Kd£h team gets up for this game and it is an important part of cAtfh team’s season. *“Coach Steele is sticking Wifh the same Union lineup wbtVh won the opening game. Allen Woodward displayed both of tensive and defensive skill in the game leading the Bulldogs to two touchdowns as quarterback and intercepting three of the South Putnam passes. At the same time Union got a fine performance from fullback John Cox who led the way on most of Ray Beaver’s carries.urLi Lk
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