European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 5, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 23 Penny Pulz ties Lyga Birdie Mark Springfield 111. Up red hot Penny Pulz sunday tied an Lyga record with nine birdies in a single round and broke into a three Way tie with Pat Brad Ley and Donna Caponi Young for a 10-un Der Par third round Lead in the $100,000 rail Charity Golf  started the round with a 3-under Par 141 and ended with a 54-Hole total of 206. Bradley the second round Leader at 11 under Par suffered three bogies in the front nine but rebounded with two birdies to finish at 10 under. Young in third place after 36 with a 7 under 137, had two bogies but Sank five Bir Dies including the last two holes. Three strokes off the Pace were Sharon Miller and Sandra Palmer with 7-under 147. Miller was in second place entering the third Day but triple bodied the Par-4 15th Hole when she took three shots to get out of the , 25, sizzled on the first 10 holes with birdies on the third fourth seventh eighth ninth and 10th holes before bogey ing the Lith and 12th. She came Back with birdies on the 14th, 15th and 17th holes. Pulz a Melbourne Australia native who has never won a Lyga tournament tied the Lyga record held by five other play irs. Her 7-under-Par 65 also tied the course Ord set by last year s rail Winner hoi Stacy and bettered by two strokes her irs onal Low  far it is the finest round i be Ever played said Pulz who lives in Palm j Springs Calif. She said her Short game has 1 improved in the past few weeks and a change in her swing is getting better every  be always played Best when i m working on my Golf swing Pulz said. She said her Strong finish puts her in line to Ake the tournament. Bradley termed her play kind of like an in and Down round but said she expected Lunday to be her toughest. I feel very Good about the position i m in the West Ford mass., resident said. Now i go out and go after it  Young of los Angeles said after miss ing the Cut at the rail last year i was determined when i came Back Here i was go ing to do something spectacular like winning it. The leaders Penny Pulz Pat Bradley Donna Young Sharon Miller Sandra Palmer Nancy Lopez Beth Stone Betty Burfeindt Joyce Kazmierski Joanne earner Marlene Floyd Janet Anderson Cathy Thompson Kathy Postlewait Kathy Mcmullen Lee Burke Sandra Spuzich Beth Solomon Carol to Skala Mary Dwyer Barbara moxness Mary Lou Crocker Gloria Ehret Jan Stephenson Hollis Stacy Amy Alcott Connie Chillemi j. L. Smith Cook s 5 and 4 Victory Over Hoch captures . Amateur Golf tourney 74-67-65206 67-66-73206 69-68-68206 67-69-73209 73-69-67209 70-68-72210 73-72-67212 71-71-70212 71-70-71212 70-70-73213 74-73-67214 74-70-70214 73-69-72-214 73-71-71-215 71-71-73215 76-72-68216 72-75-69216 74-71-71216 70-74-72-216 75-68-73216 71-70-75216 77-72-68217 73-72-72217 71-73-73217 72-71-74-217 70-70-77217 74-73-71218 72-73-73-218 Plainfield . A John Cook of Dublin Ohio captured the 78th . Amateur Golf championship sunday with an overwhelming 5 and 4 Victory Over Scott Hoch at the Plainfield country club. Cook left Little doubt after taking a 5 Hole Lead at the completion of the morning round of the 36-Hole finals. He fired five birdies and two bogeys and shot a 3-under-Par 69 Over the 6,865-Yard course. Hoch of Raleigh n.c., played himself out of Contention with a 5-Over-Par 77 Over the opening 18 holes. Cook began the morning round by Tak ing a 2-Hole Lead after two holes when Hoch double bogeyed and then bogeyed while Cook managed two pars. Hoch evened the match play tournament with a Birdie and a Par on the next two holes but Cook re gained his advantage with a Par-5 on the fifth. The Ohio state University student carried a one Hole Lead into the Back nine. Cook began the second nine at a Blister ing Pace winning the first four holes to go 5-up. He Sank a 25-foot Birdie putt on the 10th, birdied the Par-3, 148-Yard Lith Hole when his tee shot landed two feet from the  parred the Par-5 12th Hole to go 4-up and then increased his Lead again with a 12-foot Birdie putt on no. 13. Hoch meanwhile played the Back nine in 1-Over 37, but Cook managed to pick up four holes shooting a 32. Cook continued where he left off in the afternoon round. He increased his Lead to eight holes with a Par on the 19th Hole a 6 foot Birdie putt on the 20th and a 16-footer on no. 21. Hoch Cut two holes off Cook s Lead with birdies on the 23rd and 25th holes. Cook in creased his advantage to seven holes with a Birdie on the 26th. Hoch closed the final margin to 5 and 4 by taking the 29th Hole with a Birdie and the 31st with a bogey. Cook closed out the tournament with a Par-3 on the 192-Yard 32nd  blanked out when i made the putt on the last Hole said Cook 20. I thought to myself that it s finally Over and that Many years of hard work had finally paid  despite his Victory Cook said he did t consider himself to be the Best Amateur golfer in the country. I Don t consider myself to be the Best Amateur in the coun try not by a Long shot he said. I just had a Good week better than anyone else. I m super  the key to Cook s Victory was his proficiency on the greens. Hoch Felt that Cook s 25-foot Birdie putt on the 10th Hole in the morning round was the turning Point in the tournament. His adrenalin was pumping so much after he made that putt that he Felt he could make anything Hoch said. I was Only one Down at the time but he went on to Birdie four of next six holes and that got him really  Cook s Victory earned him a place in the upcoming world series of Golf and an exemption in the next two masters tournaments. 14 under after 54 holes with 68 Kite pads Lead to five in . Open Endicott . Up expanding his Lead with every round Tom Kite Sun Day fired a three under Par 68 to pad his margin Over the Field to five shots with just one Day remaining in the $225,000 . Open Golf tournament. Kite s 54-Hole total of 14-under-Par 199 ties the tournament record set by Hubert Green in 1973 and is just one shot off the lowest 54-Hole total on the pea tour this season set by Andy bean at Houston. Oklahoma s Mark Hayes toured the tight 6,915-Yard in Joie Golf club in six under Par 65 sunday to move into sole pos session of second place at 204. Californian Rod curl s 71 put him at 205 in third place. Kite s Lead matches Tom Watson s 54 Hole Lea in the pea championship As the biggest on the tour this season but Kite is Quick to Point out that Watson did not win that tournament. There Are simply too Many players out Here who Are capable of incredible rounds said Kite whose Only previous tour Victory came at Philadelphia in 1976. Ill be gunning for birdies on every Hole tomorrow Kite said. Protecting the Lead is too dangerous. I Don t want to be the secretariat daughter stays unbeaten after four starts Del mar Calif. A Terlingua a daughter of 1973 triple Crown Winner secretariat remained unbeaten sunday scor ing a nine length Victory in the $122,440 Debutante stakes at Del mar. It was the first time the 2-year-old filly had run that far and she was clocked in 1 361-5 in posting her fourth career Triumph. Darrel Mchargue with four win ners sunday was aboard Terlingua who carried High weight of 119 pounds in the Field of eight 3-year-old fillies. Victim of somebody s 63 just because i played too  Kite s Victory at Philadelphia came after he was three shots off the Lead with 10 players in front of him going into the final , i can speak from experience Kite said. You have to be aggressive right through the  Kite missed a 5-foot Birdie putt on the. Third Hole sunday but birdied the sixth and eighth. He suffered his Only bogey of the tournament when he botched a Chip shot on the 10th Hole but came Back to Birdie 12 and 16.Hayes was amazed at his position in the tournament. It May sound funny after shooting a 65, but i can t remember hitting the Ball so badly for so Long said Hayes. I played worse today than i did yesterday but i rolled some real Good  missed All but one Fairway on the Back Side. I was left and right All Over. It s just demoralizing Hayes said. His round included six birdies an Eagle and two to  Jacobsen and John Mahaffey shot 67s sunday and defending Champion Gil Morgan fired a 68 to tie Rex Caldwell for fourth place at seven under 206. Tour Rookie Bob Byman Journeyman pro Artie my Nickle and millionaire Miller Barber were at 207. De Sneed birdied the final five holes sunday for a 68, which put him in a tie with Lee Trevino Don Pooley and Bobby Cole at 208. The tournament its Start delayed by rain thursday is slated to end monday. The $45,000 Winner s Check will be presented by local resident Johnny Hart Cre Ator of the nationally syndicated comic strip ".," for which the event is named. Jack Renner Jim Dent Danny Edwards Bob Wynn Mike Sullivan Bobby Wadkins Dave Barr Rick  Kandy North Gary Koch Charles Goody Bob Smith Mike Morley Jack Spradlin George Knudson Bob Zender Jim Wolford Keith Fergus Mike Hill Wally Kuchar Bob Murphy Carlton White Leonard Thompson Terry Diehl Lon Nielson Dave Stockton Bob Mann Jim Chancey Bunky Henry Joe Kunes j. C. Snead George Burns Tony Cerda Mike Reid 72-70-69 211 71-68-72-211 68-67-76 211 72-71-68--211 71-66-7s---212 72-71-69-212 69-70-73212 72-69-71 212 71-70-71- 212 71-72-69212 70-73-69-212 73-70-69- 212 71-69-73-213 77-66-70-213 73-69-71-213 73-69-71 21 j 73-68-72-213 75-69-69213 72-73-68- 213 76-69-68-213 70-73-71-214 71-71-72-214 70-73-71 214 70-72-73-215 72-67-76215 73-68-74-215 72-72-72216 72-71-73216 73-70-73216 71-73-72-216 73-71-72-216 71-73-72216 72-70-74216 70-75-71 216 dragster Beck upsets Baca i Indianapolis a former Cham Pion Gary Beck the third slowest Quali Fier Cut nearly a Quarter second off his elapsed time sunday and upset defending Champ Dennis Baca in first round top fuel eliminations in the $443,000 . National drag races at Indianapolis raceway , 37, the Winner in 1972 and 1973, was to meet Rob Bruins monday in the Sec Ond of the five elimination rounds. The Winner in top fuel the Premier event in the nine categories of the drag racing pro Gram will earn More than $20,000. Beck a transplanted Canadian now Liv ing in Eltoro Calif., managed Only a 6.26 second run to qualify 30th in the 32-car Field. He solved an ignition problem before sunday s first round made some adjust ments and ripped off a Quarter mile time of 6.09. Baca of Concord Calif., was timed in 6.20.Bruins, the sixth fastest qualifier beat Paul Longenecker in their first round showdown. The top five qualifiers above Bruins led by Dave Uyehara and Shirley Muldowney also advanced to monday s round. The leaders Tom Kite Mark Hayes Rod curl Gil Morgan Rex Caldwell John Mahaffey Peter Jacobsen Miller Barber Artie Mcnickle Bob Byman Lee Trevino Don Pooley Bobby Cole de Sneed Roger Maltbie Bobby Walzel at Geiberger Bill Sander Tommy Valentine Bob Gilder Grier Jones Don Iverson Tom Purtzer Ray Floyd Greg Powers 66-65-68-199 70-69-65204 70-64-71 205 69-69-68206 68-68-70206 68-71-67206 70-69-67206 71-66-70-207 68-68-71207 70-68-69207 72-67-69208 70-69-69208 72-67-69208 68-69-71208 70-70-69209 69-69-71-209 69-71-69209 72-67-71210 70-68-72-210 69-71-70210 72-69-69210 69-69-7.3-211 66-73-72211 68-72-71211 70-71-70-211 . Athletes dominate track meet in Taiwan Kaohsiung Taiwan a . Track and Field forces led by Pally Vanwolvelaer and Marcus Gordien dominated an International track and Field meet sunday before 15,000  wolves Are won the women s 100 meters in 12.42 seconds and the 100-meter hurdles in 14.18.gordien won the shot put at 57 feet 93-i inches and the discus with a toss of 185-0in the men s 400 meters Rick Brown won in 48.57, while Tom Mclean took the 800 meters in 1 56.61.americans swept the 110-meter hurdles with Charles Foster first in 14.03, Edwin Moses second in 14.04, Kerry Bethel third in 14.07, Sam Turner fourth in 14.48 an James Walker fifth in 14.65. Tom Andrews who had suffered a pulled leg muscle Friday won the 400-meter hurdles in 53.87. Moses who holds the world record of 47.45 in this event did t com  the High jump Ben Fields leaped 7 2%, and Bill Schmidt won the javelin throw at 242-0. Americans were 1-2-3 in the triple jump Milan Tiff 56-8 Ron livers 52-6 and James Butts 52-4.debbie Heald won the women s 1,500 meters in 4 23.28