European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes sunday october 23, 1977 Pate pads Southern open Lead to four with 67 byte Saladino Columbus a. A Calm confident Jerry Pate padded his Lead to four strokes in the $125,000 Southern open Golf tournament Friday firing a 67 for a 36-Hole total of 131, nine under Par. Johnny Miller wingless since the Bob Hope desert classic nearly two years ago shot a 68 and shared second place with de fending Champion Mac Mclendon at 135 dates Sites set for bowls Kansas City a Here is the schedule of 1977-78 football bowl game approved by the National collegiate athletic association and National association of intercollegiate athletics dec. 3 naia division 2 Champion ship site undetermined. Dec. 10 Apple bowl. Naia division 1 championship Seattle. Dec. 17 Independence bowl Shreveport . 19 Liberty bowl Memphis. Dec. 22 Hall of Fame classic Bir . 23 Tangerine bowl Orlando Fla. Dec. 25 fiesta bowl. Tempe Ariz. Dec. 30 Gator bowl Jacksonville Fla. Dec. 31 Sun bowl Elpaso  bowl Atlanta and Astro Blue Bonnet bowl Houston. Jan. 2 Cotton bowl Dallas Orange bowl Miami Rose bowl Pasa Dena calif., and sugar bowl new or leans. Over the Par 70, 6,791-Yard Green Island country club course. Mclendon had a 66, the Best round of the  Wynn Don Bies Gibby Gilbert and Wally Armstrong were another shot Brackat 136. Armstrong had a 68 and the other three players had 69s.Pate, the 1976 . Open Champion who was plagued by an injury to his right hand and shoulder earlier this year had his defense work needed Irons working to perfection on the Back nine Friday. The Blond former University of Ala Bama golfer bagged birdies on nos. 10, 12 and 13 in taking command at the Halfway Point in his bid for the $25,000 first prize. Pate 24, won the Phoenix open in Janu Ary before being sidelined because of his injury. He is making Only his 16th Start of the year but has earned More than $72,000. Aero Edge stingers for 7th straight time Houston a Houston coach Bill Dineen is pleased with his team s recent offensive Success but he s Quick to note that defensive improvements must be made. We be got to tighten up our defense that s for sure Dineen said following the Aero 6-5 world hockey association Victo wha Roundup by Over the Cincinnati stingers Friday night. It s just a matter of the forwards coming Back and the Guys being Able to play together for a while. Well get thing smoothed out  Cam Connor broke a 5-5 tie at 11 59 of the third period As Houston Defeated Cincinnati for the seventh time without a loss Over a three year Span. Andre Lacroix picked up his 600th wha career Point Early in the first period and flames tie up islanders in last 12 seconds 3-3 Jab Atlanta a defens Eman Pat babble slipped in a shot with 12 seconds left Friday night to lift the Atlanta flames into a 3-3 tie with the new York islanders in a National hockey league game. Atlanta had lifted goalie Dan Bouchard in favor of another attacker and the flames peppered islander goalie Bill Smith with shots until Ribble jammed one past him. The Victory preserved Atlanta s unbeaten record at 2-0-2, while the islanders slipped to 12-2 in the Only nil game scheduled Friday night. The islanders had taken the Lead with second period goals from Mike Bossy and Benson recovers from Jabbar Milwaukee a Rookie Center Kent Benson injured when punched by Kareem Abdul Jabbar during a National basketball association game Here tues Day night has fully recovered and will return to the starting lineup the Bucks re ported Friday. The 7-foot-2l/2 Abdul Jabbar a former Buck and now the Center for the los an Geles lakers was fined a league record $5,-000 by Aba commissioner Larry o Brien thursday As a result of the incident during the regular season opener for both teams. Benson the former Indiana Star who became the no. 1 Choice in this year s Aba College player draft suffered what the Bucks called an apparent mild concussion and cuts near the Eye. Films showed head elbowed Abdul Jabbar in the midsection before being  broke a Bone in his right hand and is expected to be sidelined for about three weeks. De Westfall less than half a minute apart. Bossy scored from the left face off Circle nearly seven minutes into the period then Westfall deflected Bob Nystrom s shot in front of the net just 24 seconds  s Bill Clement opened the scor ing with a 10-foot opening period goal while the flames were Short handed. Islander Wing . Parise tied the score later in that period with a 30-foot shot past  Barry Gibbs gave Atlanta a 2-1 Lead at 5 20 of the second period with a shot from the Point. New York 2 03 Atlanta i j 13 first period1. Atlanta Clement t kea7.36. 2, new York Parise 1 harris14 46. Penalties of Rouen by 3 36 Phillipoff at 6 04 Plett at 8 38 Lysiak ,12 41. Second period3, Atlanta Gibbs 1 Phillipoff clement5 20. 4, new York Bossy 3 d. Potvin trottier6 55. 5, new York Westfall 1 Nystrom persson7 19. Penalty Comeau at 20 00. Third period6, Atlanta Ribble 1 Plett lysiak19 48. Penalties none. Shots on goal new York n-17 836 Atlanta 10 s-19-34 goalies new York Smith. Atlanta Bouchard. A11,948. Finished the game with a goal and three assists while Houston evened its record at 2-2 and Cincinnati dropped to 1-4. In the night s other wha games the new England whalers beat the Winnipeg jets 5-2 and the Quebec Nordques tied the Indianapolis racers 4-4. Frank Hughes and John Gray scored first period goals for Houston but Robbie Ftorek narrowed the Lead to 2-1 with a Power play goal late in the period. Houston regained its two goal margin Early in the second period on Hughes second goal of the game. But Cincinnati came Back to tie the score on markers by Ftorek and Ricki Leduc. Late second period goals by Lacroix and Larry Lund gave the Aero a 5-3 advantage before the stingers tied it again on third period goals by Leduc and Del Hall. Whalers 5, jets 2 Larry Pleau scored his first two goals of the season to Lead new England Over Winnipeg. The whalers broke the game open with a pair of third period goals including Pleau s second of the night. Jack Carlson Mike Rogers and Tom Webster also scored for the winners. The goal for Webster was his eighth of the year. Anders Hedberg and Rookie Kent Nils son scored for the jets. Nordques 4, racers 4, of Paulin Bordeleau scored two goals for Quebec including the tying one and the Nordques held on to deadlock Indianapolis. Bordeleau scored his decisive goal with one second to go in the second period. The match was scoreless throughout the third period and in the overtime. Wha sums whalers 5, jets 2 Winnipeg 1 1 02 new England 3 0 25 first period1, Winnipeg k. Nilsson 4 Lindstrom la braaten2 45. 2, new England Pleau 1 unassisted2 52. 3, new England Webster 8 Mark howe10 12. 4, new England Rogers 3 Lyle carlson15 21. Penalties Hangsleben be major 7 42 Moffat mpg major 7 42 Lee be 10 55 Selwood be 15 58. Second period 5, Winnipeg Hedberg 4 u. Nilsson hull3 01. Penalties Clackson mpg 5 56 Mckenzie be 7 17 Rogers be 15 37. Third period6, new England Carlson 2 Rogers but ters4 33. 7, new England Pleau 2 Rogers carlson13 53. Penalties none. Continued on Page 20 the 6-foot 165-Pounder from Pensacola Fla., had two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine before his backside Birdie Binge. His longest putt of the three was eight feet. Dave Eichelberger one shot behind Pate entering Friday s round soared to a 75 for a 140 total. Tie fort Worth tex., golfer had a two double bogeys on the front nine. Pate who had an opening 64 with around of six birdies and no bogeys began Friday with a bogey five on the first Hole knocked in consecutive birdies on five and six then bogeyed the seventh to remain even on the front Side. . Open Winner Hubert Green fired a 70 and was at 140, while Canadian open Champion Lee Trevino was at 142 after a74. It took a score of 144 to survive the Midway Cut. The leaders Jerry Pate 64-67131 Johnny Miller 67-68135 Mac Mclendon 69-66135 Bob Wynn 67-69136 Wally Armstrong 68-68136 Gabby Gilbert 67-69136 Don Bles 67-68136 Mason Rudolph 68-69137 George Archer 66-71137 Bobby Mitchell 69-68137 Bruce Fleisher 68-69137 Miller Barber 70-68138 Gary Mccord 69-69138 Phil Hancock 69-69138 Jay Hass 71-68139 Dale Douglass 71-68139 John Mahaffey 70-69139 Greer Jones 69-70139 Craig Stadler 7049139 Joe Porter 70-69139 Mike Mccullough 71-68139 Keith Fergus 69-71140 Larry Ziegler 69-71140 Hubert Green 70-70140 Forrest Fezler 71-69140 Bill Calfee 70-70140 Curtis strange 70-70140 Bill Rogers 70-70140 Dave Eichelberger 65-75140 Terry Diehl 67-73140 Bob Murphy 73-68141 Frank Beard 75-66141 Charles Coody 69-72141 Bob Payne 70-71141 Steve Taylor 73-68-141 Andy bean 72-69141 Jack Renner 71-71142 Don Baker 73-69142 Dick Mast 71-71142 buddy Allin 72-70142 Jerry heard 68-74142 Jerry Mcgee 72-70142 Frank Conner 70-72142 Jim Dent 70-72142 Lee Trevino 68-74142 Perry Leslie 71-71142 Rex Caldwell 69-73142 Jim Wittenberg 72-70-142 Barry Jaeckel 72-70142 Sammy Rachels 68-74142 Ken still 69-73142 Bob e. Smith 71-71142 Bill Kratzert 72-71142 Phil Rodgers 75-68143 Sam Adams 76-67143 Wayne Peddy 75-63143 Wayne Levi 71-72143 Dwight Nevil 70-73143 Bob Gilder 72-71143 Lon Hinkle 75-68143 Calvin Peste 71-72143 Artie Mcnickle 73-70-143 fuzzy Zoeller 72-71143 Don Iverson 71-72143 Woody Blackburn 70-73143 Tom Kite 72-71143 Nate Starks 72-71143 Barney Thompson 69-75144 Jeff Mitchell 72-72144 Dave Newquist 73-71144 Tim Simpson 71-73144 Mark Pfeil 73-71144 Hugh Royer 72-72144 Gay Brewer 72-72144 Pete Brown 69-75144 Long time sportswriter Dies Memphis Tenn. Up Long time sportswriter William will Joseph car Ruthers was found dead at his Home Here of an apparent heart attack. He was 71. O Connell reported on Way out As botox pm Boston a Dick o Connell s Day with the Boston red sox appear to be ending As the new owners Haywood Sulli Van and buddy Leroux Clear the deckhand take the reins themselves. According to a report in the Boston Globe o Connell 63, and two of his aides Are expected to be fired Early next week. O Connell has served As general manager of the red sox for 11 years leading the team to pennants in 1967 and 1975.the two aides were identified As John Claiborne assistant general manager and Gene Kirby vice president in charge of administration the Globe said Friday. Both were brought into the club by o con Nell. A team official who has worked with o Connell All of his years at the club said o Connell probably would leave the team whether he was fired or not. Sullivan the current vice president in charge of player personnel and Laroux a former botox Catcher and team Trainer formed a group and purchased the red sox for a reported $15 million. The firings had been expected Ever since mrs. Jean Yawkey widow of the late Thomas j. Yawkey who owned the team for 43 years and trustees of the Yankee estate sold the team on sept. 29. The Sale is expected to be completed oct. 31. Because o Connell is popular with team owners around the american league he is not expected to be let go until the Purchase is made final when approved by the other team owners the Globe said. O Connell said he had not been told he would be fired but added he would t be surprised. Rumours in the red sox Camp has it that Joseph Lacour a trustee of the Yawkey estate will travel to Boston Early next week to inform the three men of their termination