The News-Star from Monroe, Louisiana (2024)

October 19, 1985

Publication:

The News-Stari

Location:

Monroe, Louisiana

Issue Date:

Saturday, October 19, 1985

Page:

34

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News Star World Saturday October 19 1985 Twin City tournament begins at Selman ield Byron Nelson Ben Hogan and Sam Snead were becoming leg ends on the national golf scene while on a more local note the first Twin City Golf Championship was held And now 48 years later one of the best fields ever is sched uled to play this weekend at Sel man ield Golf Course ormer winners utch (1982) Glen Roscoe Jr and Pat Kelly head the field Other top contenders already entered In clude Nick Junglna Bobby Jones Bruce Southern and Selman sen champion Guy DuPriest Past winners include Louisiana state amateur champion Doug arr Henry Cole and Wayne Petty The 18 hole medal play quali fying round to determine flights may be played anytime Saturday Tee off time Sunday is scheduled for 1 pm with allflights playing 27 holes of medal play A trophy will be awarded for low medalist on Saturday and tro phies will also be awarded to the three places in each flight The entry fee is $1250 and 20 people have already signed up There will be no cutoff number in the field And this event could be well worth just coming out to watch according to Selman club pro Bill Jones know got a good field anytime got Johnny utch Glen Roscoe Jr and Pat Kelly along with all the other great he said going to be a great tournament about the only Individual tour nament in the Twin Cities area Most of them are scramble? or four The course will be open to regu lar play throughout the tourna ment which is the oldest individu al tourney in the Twin Cities or more information call Jones at Selman 329 2451 rooley increases Pensacola lead PENSACOLA la A confident Don ley saved his best for last closing in on the PGA scoring championship and the Vardon Trophy that goes to the winner with two strong rounds at the Pensacola Open The Tucson Arlz golfer led in average scor ing at 704 going into the Pensacola Open the final stop on the Professional Golfers Associa tion tour And he increased his lead over his nearest competitors after the second round ri day at the par 71 Perdido Bay Resort course Pooley shot 65 Thursday and 69 riday for a two round score of 135 Spain falls from Dunhill lead ST Scotland Third seeded Spain GOL and Severiano Ballesteros were ousted from golf's richest tournament leaving the United States Australia Scotland and Wales chasing the $300000 Dunhill first prize Spain was upset by Wales 2I4 Wt with Balles teros only managing to salvage a tie against un heralded David Llewellyn 3 way tie in LPGA qualifying SUGAR LAND Texas Mary Murphy of Naples la carded affinal round 1 under par 71 to pul Into a three wfly tie for medalist honors in the LPGA Qualifying Tournament at Sweetwater Country Club Murphy ended with a 72 hole total of 297 which is 9 over par to share honors with Sheryl Steinhauer of Madison Wise and Tammy redrickson of Pasadena Calif Sheehan defends Putter title LAS VEGAS Nev Patty Sheehan returns to her good luck city of Las Vegas seeking a third straight big money golf victory when she competes in the $100000 Gold Putter Award Playoff starting today She defends her putting title on the greens of the Desert Inn Country Club and Spa where there is a $50000 purse in the two day bompeti tion i Compiled from AP Indians advance in Rider's consolation LAAYETTE Northeast Louisiana Universi Ville Jansson defeated John Hopper of Trinity 6 0 6 3 Peter Jetzel topped Clemson's John Sulli van 6 4 6 2 and Ed Ross of Southern Methodist' University defeated Luis Castro Malaga 7 5 4 6 6 3 in third round consolation action of the ninth annual Rolex Tennis Classic riday after noon Jansson meets Jetzel at 9 am today in consolation quarterfinal action In second round consolation play earlier in the day Castro Malaga topped Dexter MacBride of Trinity 4 6 6 4 6 1 Cary Cohenour of Tennessee 6 2 6 3 and Jetzel beat Christian Schatz of Oklaho ma State 6 0 1 0 retired TENNIS Shriver tops Budarova in GP ILDERSTADT West Germany Top seeded Pam Shriver easily defeated Czechoslovakia's Iva Budarova 6 2 6 2 riday to advance to the semifi nal roupd of the women's $175000 Grand Prix NLU women's games canceled The Northeast Louisiana University Lady In dian tennis team had its match with the Univer sity of Texas Tyler suspended because of rain The match will not be rescheduled this fall Only one' singles match was completed before the rainout In that match NLU's Alice Sherman fell to Linda Vinterstad in straight sets 6 0 6 2 Other scores had Lillemore Hedberg atiead of Sandra Siguiinskl of UTT 7 6 3 0 Leslie Henry trailing UTT's Sylvie Bailo 5 7 1 0 Stephanie Bur nam behind Linda Scogin 2 6 2 3 Courtney Camp bell ahead of Betty Chavez 6 4 2 3 and Carmen Alvarez was behind Josie Lemire 1 6 2 5 The Lady next action will be next Thurs day when they trave to Memphis for a dual match with Memphis State Compiled from staff AP SPORTS PEOPLE Publication honors Ingram Lee Northeast Louisiana University senior bas ketball players Lisa Ingram and Eun Jung Lee have been named all America by two publications Basketball Yearbook will announce nextweek Ingram and selection to their 12 woman all Americ £n'K Sophom*ore Chama Perry will be amongthe honorable mentions 7 A regional publication Alabama Sports also lists In gram and Lee as first team and Perry as second Iteam selections Both publications list NLU as a presea son third behind Texas and Georgia Norris deported for possession SANTO DOMINGO Dominican Republic Oakland A's pitcher Mike Norris was deported from the Domini can Republic to the United States riday after narcotics agents found marijuana in his baggage authorities said The announcement was made by the Licey Tigers Win ter League baseball team Norris who played in the US minor leagues during the 1985 season was under contract to the Licey Tigers for the season scheduled to start Oct 25 Norris who in 1980 posted a 22 9 record with the arrived at Las Americas International Airport here Thursday night a team statement said Thomas says Spinks snubbing him NEW YORK Pinkion Thomas the World Boxing Council heavyweight champion said riday he has been snubbed by Michael Spinks but has signed for two fights ON THE RUN State karate tourney set today The Louisiana State Karate Championships will be held today in the Ruston Civic Center Elimination begins at 11 am and continues until about 6 pm Registration is set for 8:30 am to be followed by a black belt meeting at 11 am Entry fee for both Kata and Kumite is $25 The tourney will feature competition in both free style sparring and kata with divisions in mini pee wee junior pee wee white belt yellow belt colored belt and black belt There will be approximately 300 competitors Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for students and children Monroe boxing matches today The West Monroe Boxing Club will sponsor a night of fighting Saturday at the West Monroe Recreation Cen ter Teams will come from Shreveport and Mississippi and there will be at least 15 fights on the card Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for students Celtics' shoes are black again BOSTON Cancel the green size 16s The Boston Celtics are back to basic black The National Basketball Association team has switched shoe colors after 17 years of green sneakers that could be a big step toward unifying the title Thomas has signed contracts with promoter Don King to defend his title against Trevor Berbick sometime in January at a site to be determined and to fight the winner of the Tony Tubba Tim Witherspoon fight he told The Associated Press by telephone Oser says he can handle trials NEW ORLEANS State District Judge Alvin Oser said he has cooled down now and can still render a fair verdict in the point shaving case involving a Tulane University basketball player and three others who have yet to be tried on sports bribery charges He admitted at a hearing on Thursday that he was pretty angry with prosecutors and made his feelings known in a closed door conference after some new evi dence came to light during the trial of John "Hot Williams Oser had repeatedly warned the assistant dis trict attorneys that be wanted no such surprises The hearing on Thursday was on a request that Oser be removed from the remaining trials District Attorney Harry Connlck claims Oser is biased against the pros ecution Ewing discourages dropouts NEW YORK New York Knicks star Patrick Ewing who passed up a multi million dollar contract so he could finish college told a throng of cheering city high school students to stay in school and get their degrees stayed in school when 1 could have left and gone pro at the end of my junior the 7 foot center said at Brandeis High School in Manhattan wanted to finish and get my degree? A good education nobody can take away from Compiled from staff AP because too many different shades of green were showing up on the court black instead of green or say purple? a basic color and it goes with said David Zuccaro spokesman for the Celtics The shoemakers that pay the players to wear their brand name sneakers evidently could not agree on the color of Celtic green head trainer Ray Melchiorre said from Los Angeles rida'y the day after a 128 124 Iqss to the Los Angeles takers had almost had every color from fluorescent or iridescent green to a dark green that looked Melchiorre said Judge upholds NCAA redshirt rule SYRACUSE NY US District Judge Neal McCurn upheld the National Collegiate Athletic Association's rule ending the 1985 football season for Cor nell University junior Tom McHale In a terse 10 page ruling McHale denied McHale a preliminary injunction against the NCAA and Cornell The 6 4 260 pound defensive end sought to play this season for the Big Red although he had not been on the Cornell campus a full calendar year as required by the NCAA The national organization adopted the rule dec ades ago to keep players from jumping from school to school However McHale left the University of Maryland after the 1983 84 school year not to play in a better program but to enroll in Cornell's acclaimed School of Hotel Ad ministration He was accepted last fall and enrolled in January 1985 Compiled from staff AP Your Choice LIZARD ELEPHANT SNAKE HURRY OR BEST SELECTION! ACTORY STORE ACTORY AUTHORIZED BOOT SALE! ACTORY IMPERECTS REDUCED! ONLY Slight irregulars which do not affect fit comfort or wear! HiRhcM quality at the lowest price direct from the factory Open Mon Sat 10:00 am 6:00 pm SELECTION LIMITED TO STOCK ON HAND ALL SALES INAL ONLY 5702 Cypress St (US 80) Corner of Wells and Cypress WEST MONROE PH 397 2690 LARGE SELECTION Cowhide Calfskin Caribou Water Buffalo Other Selected Boots Slight irregulars which do not affect fit comfort or wear! $4Q95J ijpyr Tech cross country runners have had their problems CUSTOMER APPRECIATION BONUS SALE RUSTON Louisiana Tech cross country coach Gary Stanley sat in his office Thursday afternoon and said in frustration Bulldog team which fin ished third in last Northeast Louisiana Invitational has constant ly been plagued by injuries and ill nesses this season not to mention heat exhaustion goes without saying that we are not having the best of Stanley said of his runners who head south to Hammond for the Southeastern Loui siana Invitational today just had the breaks that are nec essary to put us over the hump NLU volleyball team loses pair SAN MARCOS Texas Northeast Louisiana volleyball team won one and lost two matches riday at the Southwest Texas Invi tational The Lady Indians defeated Texas San Antonio 15 9 15 10 before losing to SW Texas 15 41 5 6 and Texas El Paso 15 11 15 1 Northeast played Southwest Texas State and Lamar later riday inals will be played today NLU is 20 11 overall and 4 0 in the Southland Conference There always seems to be something in our One of those things blocking Stan ley's team heat exhaustion threw a scare into the Bulldogs last week Er nest Jefferson the team's fourth run ner passed out during the race be cause of the heat and actually went into shock He was held overnight at a local hospital for what Stanley called "symptoms that the doctors too sure Golf World ALL GROUP GOL LESSONS 0 1 LADIES: Every Tuesday 1:03 PM Limit 10 persons tlAQI per group IU ron MEN: Every Thursday Evening 6:00 PM Limit 10 persons A houf per group pr pron JUNIO RSi Every Saturday Evening PM Limit 10 persons A pg phou per grOURM 1 4 pr pron a iMtam Inttraarieaa bv SO Lixfley PGA Peg golf hallo fteeeehea I I ALL WINTER HOClRS 12:00 NOON 8 PM DO WE HAVE YOUR INTEREST? Twin City Savings Bank TRf SB 35IO Cypress Street West Monroe Louisiana 396 5250 RIDAY 9 AM 6 PM SATURDAYS IM 6 PM HWY 139 SWARTZ 343 0313 RIDAY 9 AM 6 PM SATURDAY 9 AM 6 PM ENTIRE INVENTORY INE URNITURE INCLUDED NOTHING HELD BACK! MISS IT! 2204 CYPRESS ST WEST MONROE 388 1744 BONUS SALE BUY WORTH URNITURE GIVE YOU WORTH REE OR I YOU NEED QUITE THAT MUCH I YOU BUY WORTH GIVE YOU WORTH REE OR BUY WORTH AND GET 250 WORTH REE OR BUY WORTH AND GET WORTH REE ETC gurneys MAKES QUALITY AORDABLE BONUS NO 2 12 MONTHS REE INANCING MINIMUM PURCHASE 300 AND CREDIT APPROVAL BONUS NO 3 REE STRATOLOUNGER RECLINER VALUE REGISTER IN BOTH STORES OR THIS REE RECLINER TO BE GIVEN AWAY SAT OCT 19th AT 5 PM eno uu.

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