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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, February 12, 1978

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes february t978 Japan Rookie sets women golfing Pace Byle Kjos Miami up Nayoko an Lyga Rookie from Japan who bad to communicate with her american Caddy in makeshift sign shot a five underpay 67 Friday for a first round Lead in the american cancer society but the 27yearold Veteran of five Yean on the japanese Lour said through her interpreter she was not at All satisfied with she is utterly but said her score was made with Good said Sieve the she want satisfied Wilh her swing and has two More Days left to Debbie who birdied three of her last four was one shot Back at four underpay tied for third at 69 were Rookie Cathy Morse and Debbie who Sank a 40foot putt on her last Hole at the par72 Ken Date lakes country club four golfers were in a logjam one stroke Back at 70 Tatsuko also a Rookie from Jane Vivian Brown tee and Shelley Yoshikawa said the most difficult Lan Guage difficulty she has experienced since arriving in the United states 11 for the Lyga qualifying school in which she finished third was communicating with her but she said she was extremely pleased with Veteran Caddy Paul English after fridays we used fingers and gestures to talk id each she said through he would write Down distances in Yards for ties a Good Yoshikawa won Atout in Japan year for fourth on the Money hut Trhas never won a she twice 0l08t in sudden death she started on the 10th tee and birdied other Hole on her front Side for a five underpay and parred a rest of the Way she hit Birdie putts 10 five in and two of riven said she hit fairly close All i Only missed one i played ii Lee to and i pulled a 22yearold University of Ami honors graduate in american stud birdied her first three holes and fined Wilh six Birds and three bogeys Over Elbe leaders f Moth i ii Hel Jehu 3su4i Mutt conjoined m Page 19 j ii worlds Premier sprinter Houston meter Center Takei Toronto 50yard dash la us Don Merrick left and Steve Rudd let to Back up Almi mete crr captures fifth straight Rati in Toronto Maple Leaf indoor Botjer Rosenthal Toronto explosive Houston me tear backed up his boast As the worlds fastest human Friday racing to his fifth straight Victory of the season in the 50yard dash at the Toronto Star Maple Leaf indoor track and Field unbeaten this repulsed a Field of the worlds top he burst out of the blocks with charged night to the front and finished in Sec the clocking established a world indoor As did the limes for the mens so Yard hurdles and the same races for because this was thai first time that electronic timing was used for those distances t was confident coming into the said the Brash 20yearold meter a recent disciple of world heavyweight Champion Muhammad am s financial help enabled meter to escape from poverty in and move to where he attends Junior right now in 1 added else should i think this no one has been Able to beat him in races at new Albu and two in los 1 had a Good Start because i was said who was ranked 2 in the world last Don Merrick finished second in and Steve last years sensation on the indoor was third in rounding out the finalists were Eugen Ray of East Bui Collins and Steve Jamaica Don the olympic Ammeter Sweden Chris Gar pen org and Clancy Edwards of the University of Southern California were among those eliminated in the Urcla football Star James ranked a in the scored an upset Victory in the 50yard beating world cup Bronze medallist Charles Foster Fauve come q Long ladies Lyga hits the big time in sports Lut j the local Price Money in professional Golf association tour of us8 was Money Winner received a paltry As this years regular Lyga Lour began Friday with the american cancer society classic at the Kendale lakes country the dub wielding women Manbok Forward to a Kuzir Namel schedule and most of the Tours events will pay nearly As much in prize Money As the years total of one generation the Lyga has arrived in the 20lh Cen Tury of big time Media coverage has increased so much thai All three ave works and the Public broadcast system need Lyga events last and Assoc Trion commissioner Ray Vepe says More people saw Lyga Golf in 1977 than in All the previous 25 thanks to Tele the Lyga now plays tournaments from London to from san Diego to new but even if the tour has come a tag the woman golfers still have to do More to extend their game than their male counterparts on the pea like we try said Jna lne we dont have any Chris uie top women Amateur for Over a the Lyga Doest have to worry attracting the lop womb Goff the Best known Amateur since ers joined the tour last the old time on the tour seem to recognize that som of Premier players Baugh or Jan sle Phenton give the with us there Are maybe 110 there Are so Many players Vou go every week it gets x Al Tamer is one of the oldest on the us average age is Dow one did not turn pro until after being and East Germany world cup Champion and Owens was limed in a Deandra Carney roared to women 50yard dash in edging Evelyn Ashford of i Andrea Lynch of great third in Shes a real powerful Mner Strong said her the los Angeles gained strength through an weightlifting olympic Champion Johama East Germany won the worm hurdles easily in 1 the Only israeli  the 1972 in Munk second in mowed by debt 1 m and three time olympian Mary i old Sophomore from the continued her remarkable from Shin splints ninth consecutive race this y ing three in four in 1 and last weeks Yard Triumph Ai los angela1 ing the women in the te41 with Jan Merrill in a tactically Nally pulled away in the Toal i winning by about five France Content tit i turd place while Decker j dulled for the caught Down the Backst Reudo bitten she was timed in faded to third in 4 Stan Vinson rallied on the won the mens 600 in i Solomon by one4enth of a Price of Adelphi uneven Tatj wound up i thought i bad a bigger Menle Dafter being Samoon Cagauan of in Clad mile for us second year in l cont Ltd on Paft w i  
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