European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes saturday september 2, 1978 Bear strap coach Bryant says Crimson tide in t up to Paras top rated Alabama opens against Nebraska by Herschel Nissenson Birmingham Ala. A with Only five. Masons of head coaching experience under his Belt Nebraska s Tom Osborne has t really had time to learn As much As Alabama s Bear Bryant about pre game strategy. This of course has nothing to do with on Field game plans. It All revolves around pre game one up Manship and crying the blues and letting the other fellow think you re never Gonna make so much As a first Down until he suddenly looks up at the scoreboard and you re beating him some thing like 58-0. So you la have to forgive Osborne for saying some  things about his 10th ranked Cor huskers who open the season player s son eliminated in . Amateur Plainfield . A Wayne player 16-year-old son of Gary player and a gallery favorite was eliminated in the third round of the 78th . Amateur Golf championship thursday by Dave Lane who is admittedly struggling through mediocre year. Lane a second semester freshman at Broward Community College in fort Lauderdale fla., Defeated player youngest competitor in the tourney 3 and 2, at the Plainfield country club. Dale Morey the oldest contestant in thursday s action at 59, also was ousted at the Par 72, 6865-Yard course. Bill Buttner of Plymouth mass., who graduated from the University of North Carolina last May Defeated the Salesman on the 20th Hole. Morey who captured the . Senior title last year and who was playing in his 26th . Amateur won holes 14, 15 and 16 to go 1 up. Buttner however Drew even on the next Hole. Buttner had a Par 4 on the second extra Hole for the clincher while Morey who won this title in 1953, bogeyed. Doug Fischesser of Connersville ind., second to John Fout in last year s Amateur classic was a 4 and 2 Winner Over Jeffer son Morgan of Milledgeville a. Bob Clampett of Carmel Calif., pre tourney favorite because he was the Low Amateur in the . Open earlier this year Defeated James Johnson of Roanoke Texas Sand 1. Clampett 18-year-old Sophomore at Brigham Young University boosted his match play record for the year to 19-1."going against player added some extra pressure said the 21-year-old Lane who looks a lot younger. Wayne has been drawing the largest galleries of the tournament. The people have been rooting for him so that added to the situation i m used to crowds so once i got past the first Hole everything was Fine. So Fine that even a bogey on the last Hole Par 5 16th did t Hurt me. Player had a double bogey. I Only had one Birdie Par 4 10thso my round was rather  Lane who placed 10th in the new eng land Amateur earlier this year after win Ning the event in 1976, has been putting poorly. That s Why i did t expect to get this far he said. I be been Loose and not put Ting the kind of pressure on myself As when am playing Well. The last few weeks i be been working continued on Page 24 Rains postpone by open Endicott . A constant Rains drenched the pm Joie Golf club course thursday arid postponed the open ing round of the $225,000 by open Golf tournament. Saturday night against top rated Alabama. We will be an improved football team Osborne warns. On offence we have some Fine skill people and i Hope that Means putting a lot of Points on the Board. We lost a lot of our offensive line to the pro draft but with experience i think this year s line will be As Good As 1977. Defensively we Are almost two deep in the line and among our linebackers and Al though our secondary Only has one return ing starter there is still a lot of Letterman experience Back there. With a lot of hard work and a Little Luck we should be a better football team than we were last year sounds like Nebraska might win a game or two Tom. But you be got to learn to do it like the Bear does. The Crimson tide merely finished second in the nation a year ago there Are plenty of folks who thought they should have been no. 1 and there they Are right at the top of this year s pre season ratings. But As far As the Bear is concerned his linemen Are so Small they d make Tom thumb look like a giant and his running backs Are so slow they ought to put their uniforms on backwards so it might look like they re gaining yardage. So what about that no. 1 ranking coach we re not a real Good football team now. We re probably about 65-70 percent of what we were last Jan. 2, and where were we then our offence has got to mature and i be been disappointed in the softness of our defense. We re soft in the Middle right now except for defensive tackle Marty Lyons. Everyone else in there has been too Friendly. We re not Quick and we re not what we want to  would you believe. Nebraska 35-7? no then How about. Alabama 24-13? upset special of the week. West Texas state 16, Mississippi state 13. Other games Perm state 38, Temple of East Carolina 42, Western Carolina 14 North Texas state 28, Texas Elpaso 10 Utah state 40, Idaho state 20 Richmond 14, Southern Mississippi 13 Arkansas state 33, Tulsa 21 Eastern Michigan 21, Northern Michigan 14 Texas Arlington 27, Drake 7. Sneva wins pole spot for Calif. 500 Unser no. 7, Aims for triple Crown Ontario Calif. A Tom Sneva won his seventh pole position of the year Al Unser will Start seventh in his quest for an unprecedented triple Crown sweep and . Foyt stunned everyone by jump ing to a new team thursday in the first Day of qualifying for sunday s $300,000 califor Nia 500. Unser Winner of the Indianapolis 500 and Pocono 500 earlier this year and the defending Champion in this race already has made history by winning the triple Crown events in a Row. Now he Hopes to win All three in the same year. I was hoping for a Little better Unser said of his qualifying Effort of 194.489 Mph with a Lola co Worth. If everything works out Well be Able to race Okay and i really think Well be All right. We re As competitive Here As we were at indy and  Unser started fifth at. Indianapolis and 10th at Pocono which incidentally have been his Only victories in 1978. Sneva who leads the season Point stand Ings in defense of his 1977 National championship still is looking for his first Victory As he prepares for the 13th event of the sea son. Sneva runner up in four races in 1978, was the Only Driver to exceed 200 Mph Dur ing the qualification session. He hit 200.401 on his first circuit and slowed on his second Lap for a 199.933 Mph average. The wind s a Factor said Sneva explaining the somewhat slow speeds. Gusts pushed us out toward the Wall at the East end of the track More than it should have. It s also quite  Sneva won the pole for a race at Ontario motor Speedway last March with a track Pearson edges Waltrip to grab Southern pole record 202.384 Mph in the same car. Conditions were much better then he noted. Johnny Rutherford who nosed out Danny Ongais for second in a display of marked improvement for team Mclaren said the afternoon High temperature of 96 degrees was the deciding Factor. Still this is As fast As we have run this week. There s not too Many teams that can say that Rutherford added. Rutherford averaged 199.734 Mph in a Mclaren cos Worth. Ongais who earlier had the fastest practice time of 201.001, averaged 198.697 in an inter scope co Worth. We had no problems whatsoever Ongais said. Asked if he considered racing speeds More important than qualifying speeds he replied no qualifying has a lot to do with it. But we re ready for the  Foyt signed to drive a car owned by Vel Miletich and Parnelli Jones in sunday s race. Foyt parked his own Coyote racer and indicated he might assign another Driver to it Here. A problem developed with the engine shortly before Foyt was scheduled to qualify his new car forcing him to wait until the final qualifying session Friday. Darlington . Up David Pearson grabbed the pole position thurs Day for the 29th annual Southern 500 Stock car race with a Speed of 153.685 Miles per hour in the Wood Brothers  43-year-old Spartanburg ., competitor edged Darrell Waltrip for the top starting position in the $225,000 labor Day classic. Waltrip pushed his Chevrolet to a Speed of 153.587 Mph and will Start along Side Pearson. I honestly drove harder than i wanted to Pearson said. I just never got off the throttle on my first qualifying Lap. And should have. I almost lost it. It was so wiggly com ing off the fourth turn on that first Lap that it took me almost another full time around to get the wiggle  it was the 56th pole position for Pearson who leads All Drivers in that category. Richard Petty who la Start ninth in the 500, is second with 26 poles. Waltrip of Franklin term., had pre clippers set training san Diego a the new san Diego clippers of the National basketball association plan to open training sept. 15 after a three Day Rookie Camp. The veterans expected include forwards Sidney Wicks Wil Jones Kermit Washington and Bill Willoughby centers Swen Nater Kevin Kun Nert and Scott Lloyd and guards Randy Smith Bird Averitt and Chuck Williams. Rookies include Freeman Williams a 6 foot-4 guard from Portland state who was College basketball s top scorer the past two years. Dieted earlier in the Day that Pearson would probably win the pole position. Bobby Allison of Hueytown Ala., was the Day s third fastest qualifier with a Speed of 152.863 Mph in a Bud Moore pre pared Ford. Benny Parsons of Ellerbe n.c., grabbed the fourth starting Slot with a Speed of 152.318 Mph. Remaining starting positions in the 40 car were to be decided Friday and Satur Day. The results of the first Day s qualifying round 1. David Pearson Mercury 153.685 Mph 2. Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 153.587 Mph 3. Bobby Allison Ford 152.863 Mph 4. Benny Parsons Chevrolet 152.318 Mph 5. Lennie Pond Chevrolet 152.238 Mph 6. Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 152.182 Mph 7. Donnie Allison Chevrolet 151.792 Mph 8. Nell Bonnett Chevrolet 151.665 Mph 9. Richard Petty Chevrolet 151.633 Mph 10. Dav Marcis Chevrolet 151.329 Mph 11. Dick Brooks Mercury 151.260 Mph 12. Buddy Baker Chevrolet 151.125 Mph the qualifiers Ontario Calif. A qualifiers thursday at Onta Rio motor Speedway for sunday s $300,000 California 500 for Indianapolis cars with Type of car and qualifying Speed in Miles per hour Toms Eva Penske 199.933. 2. Johnny Rutherford Mclaren 199.734. 3. Danny Ongais inter scope 198.697. 4. Rick wears Penske 197.563. 5. Spike Gehlhausen Eagle 195.525. 6. Panch Ocarter lightning 195.270. 7. Al Unser Lola 194.489. 8. Wally Dallenbach Mclaren 193.945. 9. Gordon Johncock Wildcat 193.299. 10. Johnny Parsons lightning 192.761. 11. Bobby Unser Eagle 192.082. 12. Salt Walther Penske 191.693. 13. Tom Bagley lightning 189.994. 14. Steve Krisiloff Wildcat 189.115. , lightning 187.149. 16. Dick Simon Vollstedt 184.919. 17. Phil Threshie lightning 184.540. 18. Cliff Hucul Mclaren 182.186. 19. Jerry Karl Rascal 181.823. 20. Sheldon Kinser Watson 179.336. 21. Jerry Sneva Mclaren 179.069. 22. Bob Harkey Eagle 178.767. 23. Larry Cannon Wildcat 177.620. Walton Weinberg to meet continued from Page 21 the Blazer s negotiations to sign former Minnesota Star Mychal Thompson the team s first pick in the College draft. Scott who accompanied Walton to a meeting with Weinberg before the possible Trade was announced said Weinberg might realize now that the problem is not just Bill Walton but a problem affecting the whole  several other team members have expressed concern Over the team s use of pain killing drugs. Walton 25, who has an other year left on his contract with the Trail blazers has yet to recover from a broken foot suffered while playing with the team after taking a pain killer. Scott said Walton was nearing the final stages of signing with another team reportedly Golden state. Scott said he thought Walton should meet with Weinberg again because the City of Portland and his Portland teammates suit Walton. Walton had asked to be traded to Golden state and preliminary negotiations had begun. But the Trade was being held up be cause the two teams were having trouble reaching agreement on players