European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes sunday september 3, 1978 options set for warriors Over Barry new York a the Golden state warriors were told Friday by Larry o Brien National basketball association commissioner that they can have guard John Lucas and $100,000 or $350,000 and a no. 1 draft Choice in 1979 from the Houston rockets As compensation for the loss of High scoring Rick Barry. The warriors who have until next tues Day to decide apparently feel that Man cannot live in the Aba on bread and speculation alone. We recognize that Lucas is a Fine player and at this Point i think the team is lean ing towards the option of taking Lucas and the $100,000," said Bob Bester Golden state s director of Public relations. We accept this decision and realize that there is no recourse for  Scotty Sterling assistant to warriors president Franklin Mieuli said compensation is supposed to make a team whole and we Don t think draft choices and Cash can make a team whole. In the Aba you can t play  Sterling said the team won t make a decision before conferring with coach Al Attles who is out of town. Barry 34, played out his option with the warriors last season and signed with hous ton As a free agent june 17. Now that the decision has been made i can say that we have a better club than Ever said rockets president Ray Patter son. We be got the Best offensive club in the National basketball association. People still Haven t realized what Rick Barry will mean to our team. He s the Best passer in the game and he could even play continued on Page 20 Kite Purtzer set first round Pace in . Open with 5-under-Par 66s by Mike Hen Dricks Endicott . A Tom Kite and Tom Purtzer shot five under Par 66s Over the 6,915-Yard in Joie Golf club course Here Friday to share the first round Lead in the $225,000 . Open. Their nearest challengers were two strokes Back. Artie Mcnickle Rex Cald Well Danny Edwards Ray Floyd and pea Champion John Mahaffey finished the first 18 holes of the 72-Hole tournament with 68s. Gil Morgan the defending . Open Champion finished Friday s round three strokes behind the leaders. Kite missed winning the Hall of Fame classic championship by one stroke last week. His margin of defeat in that tournament was a one stroke penalty he assessed himself for an infraction no one else saw. I m playing Well. I know i m playing Well said Kite. I m excited about play ing. I just wish they would let me play More than 18 holes a  Purtzer said he was pleased with his. Start. The Phoenix golfer said he had tuned up his game by practising with Lee Trevi no and Don january before the tournament. Trevino finished the Day six strokes behind the leaders and january was Trail ing by eight shots going into saturday s second round. Morgan bogeyed the last Hole and said he was feeling the pressure of last year s Victory Here. It s kind of hard to defend the first time. It s something i be been talking about. It s been on my mind. I be never done that before Morgan said. Morgan s Victory Over Lee elder Here last year was his first win on the tour. Since then he has won the los Angeles open and came Here ninth on this year s Money list with $157,299. Rob Ashby a 24-year-old Rookie pro from Sanford fla., made a Strong but Brief Challenge. Ashby who missed More than two months of his first tour recover ing from a heart ailment this Spring was four under Par most of the Day. However he bogeyed the final two holes As one of his shots struck a Spectator in the face. Ashby finished four strokes behind . It s jul been a bad year for me Ashby said after his last two bogeys knocked him off the Leader Board. Richie Karl the Hometown pro who won this tournament in 1974, finished with a three Over Par 74. Adam Adams scored a Hole in one on the continued on Page 20 Muldowney sets Pace in top fuel drag racing by Steve Herman Indianapolis a Shirley mul Downey the lame Duck world Champion of top fuel drag racing still is in a Good Posi Tion to win her first . Nationals title. The 38-year-old Driver from mount Clemens mich., still held the fastest Quarter mile elapsed time Friday As qualifications continued at Indianapolis raceway Park. The top 32 qualifiers will go head to head in elimination runs sunday and monday with the Winner earning up to $25, 000 of the record $443,000 purse. Muldowney the National hot Rod association s world Points Champion a year ago is not even among the top 10 this season. But she showed she still is one of the sport s top competitors with a sizzling 5.84-second run at 241.93 Mph on thursday. Regardless what Muldowney does in qualifications a Good showing by 35-year-, old Hollywood stuntman Kelly Brown would give him the world title. Miller Bradley share rail Golf Lead Springfield 111. A Sharon Miller and Pat Bradley led at the end of Friday s first round in the rail Charity Golf classic with five under Par scores of67. Donna Caponi Young birdied the 18th Hole for a 69 to take third place in the la Dies professional Golf association event. Six players were tied at 70, including Nancy Lopez the leading Money Winner on this year s tour and Joanne Carner who lost in a playoff Here two years ago. Lyga s leading Money Winner Nancy Lopez. Tied with five others for fourth place after first round 70 Betty Burfeindt was one of seven play ers tied at 71, and six More players were at 72, including defending Champion Hollis Stacy. Stacy took a double bogey on the 17th Hole when she was two under Par. After Friday s round Miller said i was constantly Down the Middle yesterday in the pro am but today i was a Little fast and i just pulled them a Little 15 or 20 Yards left. But it did t Hurt me. A couple of times i really had to go after it in the thick rough but it did t Hurt  Miller s 67 Friday matches the Low score of her Lyga career. There Are three rounds left in the tournament which ends monday. The Field of 85 was to be Cut to the Low 70 and ties after saturday s round. The leaders Pat Bradley 34-3367 Sharon Miller 33-3447 Donna Young 36-339 Sylvia Ferdon 35-3570 Carole to Skala 37-3370 Nancy Lopez 35-3570 Amy Alcott 34-3670 Joanne Carner 37-3370 Cathy Thompson 36-3571 Joyce Kazmierski 34-3771 Jan Stephenson 35-3671 Barbara moxness 34-3771 m. J. Smith 35-3671 Kathy Mcmullen 34-3771 Betty Burfeindt 36-3571 Jenny Lee Smith 36-3672 Joann Prentice 35-3772 Kathy Martin 34-3872 Sandra Spuzich 34-3872 Roberta Speer 35-3772 Cathy Morse 36-3672 holds Stacey 36-3672 Ithaca picks women coaches Ithaca . Up Ithaca College announced the appointment of two women coaches for the 1978-79 academic year. Jane Arnett 34, women s volleyball coach at Rice University the past two years As Sumes a similar Post at the upstate new York school. She inherits a team which compiled a 32-5 Mark last year. Nancy Ward 23, a University of Evansville Grad uate was named to guide Ithaca s women s swim team which has won seven stat titles in the last 10 years. I be run a 5.71 at 253 Mph with this car Muldowney said of her Pink dragster that for the rest of this season carries the no. 1 on its Side. This run thursday would have been faster but i Short shifted. It took a Little jog to the left and i thought it was going to shake so i shifted sooner than i had planned Muldowney said she figures it will take an even faster run to hold onto the no. 1 qualifying position. I want to see what Gary Beck is going to do with his new car she said. He s always Good for being a top Quali  Beck the 1974 world Champion won Here in 1972 and 1973 and has been the fast est qualifier three times in the past five years. When you re no. 1, the pole position Winner the world Champion. That a when they love to see you get beat said Muldowney whose Best finish Here was runner up in 1975. But it s a compliment to me. Then i know that i m no longer the in  the Novelty of a woman drag racer has faded but Muldowney admitted she was kind of discouraged she was unable to line up the major sponsor she was looking for after winning the Nora world championship a year ago. I thought that was very unfair she said but it s dog eat dog Here just like everywhere else. This year i be just run in the National events. I m tired of dealing with Bush league track promoters. When i say that i m talking about 3 percent. 5 percent of them who Are hard to work  but i just did t want to pursue the championship this year because i could t afford it. Last year i did make a lot of Money but i spent a lot of Money. It was very  Muldowney whose 20-year-old son John is a Crew member for her Plymouth powered dragster said the difficulty in obtaining major sponsorship and Money has had no effect on the performance of her car because i used my  Shirley did t pay herself this year she said. But that s Okay. I like it so much i d probably Crow in Barney s window inthe morning to go drag racing in the after  trailing Muldowney after Friday s qualifying in top fuel was 1976 world Champi on Richard Tharp who lost to carpet wholesaler Dennis Baca in the finals Here last year. Tharp s Best time was 5.88 seconds. Perennial top fuel Kingpin Don big daddy Garlits who beat Muldowney in the finals three years ago stood third in qualifying at 5.93. Raymond Beadle like Tharp fro Dallas still led the funny car qualifiers with his 5.98 run on thursday and defend ing Champ Don Prudhomme moved up to second place with a 5.99 run on Friday. Bob Glidden of Whiteland ind., remained the top qualifier in the pro Stock division at 8.62 seconds. Joe Satmary of Merrillville ind., was second at 8.71 seconds while Lee Shepherd Arlington Texas was third at 8.72