European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 08, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes thursday september 8, 1977 Sniffen increases Safe Lead to 23 Wiesbaden Germany Ira Stein s Clyde Sniffen of the Continental sports conference continued his dominance in the Safe Golf championships Here wednes Day carding a five Over Par 77 at Rhein Blick Golf course Here to pick up another eight strokes and a 23-shot margin Over his nearest opponent. Sniffen. Who parred the course on open ing Day and then went six under Par for a 66 on tuesday had his troubles wednesday As he shot a 39-3877 total that included Only two Birds Over the windswept course. Despite his off Day Sniffen was still Able to Widen his margin Over the Mediterranean sports conference s Mick Beno who held second place with a 238 after firing a 43-4285. Doug Worsham of the Continental sports conference shot a 39-4180 to move from fifth to a tie for third with the . Conference s Jim couts at 240. Couts had a 40-4484. The course was playing extremely Tough today and the pin placements were most difficult. The wind did t help either. It started to pick up on the Back nine and gave players extreme problems on holes 16 and 18, both Par fives said tournament director Norm Seymour. Sniffen made a Fine Effort on the Par-5, 548-Yard sixth Hole sinking Short putt for his Only Bird going out. After a nifty tee shot Sniffen s second shot rolled across the Green and Down a embankment about 30 Yards from the pin. He chipped just Short of the pin and Holde the putt for his Bird. Beno 23 strokes off Sniffen s Pace played steady Golf with four pars on the front nine and five on the Back but had no Birds during his round. But it was a differ ent Story for couts who started the Day double bogey bogey and triple bogey before registering Birds on the fourth and ninth on the later he missed an Eagle by two feet to pull out a 40. On the Back he was Able to Par Only three holes. The Csc s Casey Lake widened his margin in the seniors division to five strokes Over the . S Claire Bartholo Mew recording a 42-4284 for a 246 total. Lake played a steady round of Golf collecting four pars each on the front and Back sides to pick up three strokes Over Bartholomew wednesday. Bartholomew had a Chance to chop into Lake s Lead when he fired two Birds and had three pars for a 41 at the turn. But then he ballooned to a 44 coming in to drop Back. Frank Bautista of the Csc turned in the Best round in seniors play wednesday with a 42-4082 for a 252 to put him Only one stroke Back of Bartholomew going into thursday s final round. For . S Floyd Luce who soared to a 110 wednesday and last place with a 308 total there can t be any trouble spots left on this course because i be found them  open division Clyde Sniffen Csc 72-66-77-215 Mick Beno Mac 82-71-85-23 Jim couts  75-81-84-240 Doug Worsham Csc 80-80-80-240 Tom Royse Mac 75-87-79-241 Vernon Ball Mac 79-82-79241 Gar Moody  80-77-85242 Rex Mccamy  77-86-80-243 de Burgess Csc 76-85-82-243 Joe Ruggeri Csc 84-81-80-245 Bob Benson Csc 84-82-79-245 Andy Farley  80-82-94-256 Earl Stearns Mac 83-84-91-258 Hal Sharber Mac 82 91-87-260 Dave Eanolf  93-96-93-282 seniors division Casey Lake Csc 82-80 84-246 Claire Bartholomew  82-84 85-251 Frank Bautista Csc 83-88 82252 John Douglas Csc 84-88 94266 Mac Newton Mac 96-98 95289 Floyd Luce  101-97-110308 Ovett turned up a Surprise Winner in dream 1,500 at world cup track by Mike Spear staff writer Dusseldorf Germany is the men s 1,500-meter race in the first world cup track and Field Competition held Here was scheduled to be the dream 1,500" with the Long awaited showdown Between John Walker of new zealand world record Holder in the mile and Filbert Bay of Tan Zania world record Holder in the 1.500 meters which is the nearest metric equiv Alent of the mile. But that Battle which has been anticipated for two years was not to be. First Bay whose record for the 1,500 is 3 min utes. 32.2 seconds failed to come to the world cup because of his country s Long squabble with new zealand on racial issues. Then Walker whose world record in the mile is 3 49.4, entered the race but quit before it was Over. But for Steve Ovett of England who won it in 3.34.5, just 2.3 seconds off the world record it was a double Victory. The obvious one was the race itself the other one local sports 32daadcoaa slates boxing Darmstadt Germany the 32nd  air defense command boxing tournament scheduled Here at Ernst Ludwig Cavern sept. 9-10 will feature 50 fighters competing in 24 bouts 12 each night Start ing at 7 30 . All four of 32nd Aad com s air defense artillery groups have teams represented in the tournament competitors drawn from throughout the command s operational area in Central Germany. According to tournament officials there is seating for 800 in the Ernst Ludwig gym and ample parking in the immediate Vicin Ity is also available. 1 St  to Host clinic Nurnberg Germany is the 1st  div sports office will Host a tackle football officials clinic Here sept. 10 11 at the Johnson Barracks sports com plex a division sports official announced. The clinic will Start both Days at 8  with each session lasting until 3 . Per sons interested in officiating dependent youth activity Day and High school football games this season in the 1st  div area must attend the clinic. For fur ther information Call the 1st  div sports office at Ansbach Mil 2671 8318. Was Over a Complex about Walker. I took me three years to get Over my Walker Complex and today i finally did it he said after the race. Ovett said there were so Many Good run ners in the race that beforehand he was t sure How it was going to be run. Besides John Walker there was Steve Scott Ameri Ca s new mile sensation from the University of California Irvine Thomas Wessing Hage of West Germany and Jurgen Straub of East Germany. Scott had beaten both Scott came to the race with an indoor Victory Over Walker last Winter in san Diego. Then he beat Bay in Jamaica and Wilson Waiswa in june at los Angeles. He was expected to do great things. Before the race i had no idea How it was going to go Ovett said then during the race i was a bit surprised that John and Thomas were taking the Pace All the time which was t extremely fast. Then toward the end of the race i thought John or Thomas would go by but neither did. Ovett said that All season he had picked races that would improve his running and enable him to compete Here. He added that he was surprised How Well he Felt through out the race. I Felt even stronger towards the end and if i d really been pushed i think i could have improved my time another two or three seconds he said. Go with Walker surge his strategy was to go with Walker and Wessing Hage Down the final stretch then try to surge before the tape he said. I kept waiting for either of them to go by but they did the said. When i reached the 300-meter Mark and they did t go past i thought i d better go and see if i could make a Gap Between me and them then hang on if i had to. I accelerated then looked around going Down the final stretch and was sur prised that the nearest runner Wessing Hage was 10 meters behind me. I thought they Wessing Hage and Walker would be a foot or so Back breathing Down my Back. I was quite Lucky i  Walker led or was near the front during the first two laps of the four Lap race but in the third Lap Ovett Wessing Hage and Straub took the Lead. In the final turn of the fourth Lap Walker running Well Back Sud Denly broke stride and quit the race. Ovett said it he did t think Walker s race was a failure. It was the first bad race he s run in a very Long career he said. Just to say suddenly he s a failure is really putting the Man Down because i think he s still a great athlete. I think there s always a lot of pressure on John because he is such a great athlete. In every race they expect him to win and if he does the s a failure. That s a lot of pressure to carry you  before the race Walker said he was very tired after a Long season of racing. He has suffered an Achilles Tendon injury throughout the summer and he said his leg was very sore. After the race he said i m completely exhausted. At the moment i Don t know Why i did t Stop run Ning  related Story Page 23 Ovett said he too was very tired and probably would go Home to rest for a week before More Competition. Wessing Hage s time was 3 36, Straub s was 3 37.5 and Scott s was 3 44. Hara to restate rained out drag races sunday Hanau the Hanau Auto racing association Hara will stage a drag race sunday at the Fliege Horst  Airfield strip the race scheduled As a make up event for one that was rained out in july. Club president Jerry Lackey said the entry will include All of the cars that were raced at the fall nationals with the exception of the swedish dragsters and dutch motorcycles. The Gates open at 10 a.m., registration deadline is noon time trials Are set for 12 30 and final eliminations Start at 1 30 . After sunday s race three More remain on Hara s 77 schedule with events set for sept. 25, oct. 9 and 16. Top Driver in last sunday s fall nationals which Drew an entry of 47 cars and a crowd of nearly 4,000 spectators was Jerry Saddler who added to his Lead in the 77 Points championship. Driving a 67 Chevrolet powered opel record Saddler won Over All eliminator honors plus Modi fied eliminator and of Gas class. 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