European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes 1981 Rankin ties Garner for 3rdday Lead North Miami a Judy Rankin Sank four Short Birdie putts for a 4undcrpar 68 sat urday As she jumped from fourth place to tie Joanne Garner for the Lead after three rounds of a ladies professional Golf associations tournament Rankin and Garner were each at 5 underpay one stroke ahead of Donna who hit 68 and two strokes up on Nancy Lopez Pat Bradley and Rookie Mindy who All carded Jan Stephenson was at 214 and Sally Carolyn Hill and Pat Meyers at Golf is a funny said ran who birdied the 12th and 16th Ive been play ing flawlessly tee to but not putting i missed four fairways and putted better and played an underpay round quite it was another Story for who strolled into a on shot Lead Fri Day with an Eagle on the sixth on she hit four bogeys and three birdies in route to a 1overpar she hit 39 on the front nine then a 34 on the after the front i looked at the Board and saw seven golfers with i said to to better get with Garner playing in her second tour was tied at one Point for the i think i can win the Golf Tournai she said after throwing her Ball into the water near the 18th i was real nervous yesterday i  Stop to Day i was Calm and Stadler pacing Field after 54 holes at san Diego san Diego a Ray Floyd birdied the final Hole with what he called a Mirac Ulous shot that finished off a 71 and tied him with Craig Stadler for the third round Lead saturday in the Wickes Andy Williams san Diego open Golf tour who counts the masters and pea National championship among his 12 career dropped an eight foot putt on the 18th Hole Well after the National television cameras had left the course to gain a share of the top spot with a 207 but the minor Miracle occurred on his third shot to the he was Short and in deep rough and in a bad lie with a Sand trap Between him and the the Green was hard As a he there was no Way i could put the Ball in Ray Floyd miraculous shot on 18 the air and Stop it close to the he elected to Hood a seven Iron and run it through the up a Bank and Down a slope to the and he pulled it it was really an impossible said ill take a bag of balls out there and defy any player to get the Ball but i want going to give up on i had to try 30 pounds lighter than when he won two titles last vaulted past is players with a Sunder Par 67 and matched floyds 54hole nine strokes under Par on the South course at the Tor Rey Pines Golf tied at a single stroke were Jeff George Tom Jenkins and Ron Mitchell had a 68 in the sunny weather that produced a Light Breeze blowing in from the Cliffs bordering the Burns shot 69 and Jenkins and Streck had John who won the Bing Crosby in a fireman was another stroke Back at 209 and tied with John Doug Bob Eastwood and Jim its just like last Cook said with a look to sundays final round of the Chase for a first if you can keep it anything can he had a third round Schroeder shot Black Eastwood 71 and Simons Johnny who had the Lead Halfway through the Days took 39 Over the he finished with a 73 and a 210 Cesar who was tied for the second round took a fat 76 and was at he was tied at that figure with defending Champion Tom who had a at one time or eight men held or shared the Lead during the third and when it was finished 11 players were within two shots of the when you have so Many players so somebody always seems to shoot a Good round and pull away from the win dance title san a olympians Judy Blumberg and Michael Una phased when a broken skate strap interrupted their came Back to win these Nior dance title and a standing ovation in the figure skating championships starting Over after a judge whistled them to a Stop in the second of four musical Seg Blumberg and Seibert charmed the afternoon crowd with their expressive pro their second after Seibert Stirrup was produced a majority of scores for both technical Merit and pre electing to restart their routine rather than pick it up at the Point where they were they brought Down the House with their stylish it was a Gamble but were better under said of tar runners up to Stacey Smith and John Summers last they Defeated Michi Gans Carol Fox and Richard Dalley on Point totals of to third went to Kim Krohn and Barry Hagan of los Thomas Cierniak of maintained his Lead with a Strong free skat ing Effort to win the Novice mens compete Sergio Ballongue of Culver Cal placed second and Brent Reynolds of Kansas City was winning the Junior ladies title was Jill of who capitalized on a Strong free skating routine to climb out of second and overtake Kelly Webster of Cleveland who finished Jennifer Newman of san Diego claimed in Junior Cara and Craig Gill of edged Deborah Lynch of Santa and Keith Green of la the Gills had 11 ordinals and Points to the 13 ordinals and Points for the third place went to Natalie and Wayne Seybold of who had 18 Ordi nals and Gerulaitis gain final continued from Page 21 the and completely hand dropped to a squatting position holding his head in his it was so hard to come Back from that said who narrowed his Ca reer record against the worlds 1 player to in the Mcenroe held a 20 Edge with his first two but Borg again battled Back to go ahead the feisty had match Point at 64 and but missed wide by inches on a return to dead lock at Borg failed to capitalize at 76 and before Mcenroe pounded two win ners on his next two and the swede dumped a forehand into the net at the 18th my serves stood me in Good said the 2 ranked who has won Over million in the past Mcenroe which were Superior throughout and at times carried him to an easy Victory in the first set As he connected on 17 of 29 first in his first three he yielded the 24yearold Borg Only one Point the opening Point of the match to take an insurmountable 52 Borg had been troubled with a poor serve throughout the it was his normally reliable Arsenal of passing shots that led him to trouble in the first set against Mcenroe he recovered in the Sec Ond set by breaking Mcenroe with two passing shots to the Short Side of the net in the sixth game and held serve in the seventh to take a 52 setting the stage for the classic third whose third set tiebreakers against the new yorker also included the last two grand said he Felt a bit sluggish and weak throughout the who lost in straight sets to Mcenroe in the third round staged the comeback of the tournament when he used a blistering serve to even the match with an erratic Connors in the second the blonde haired new yorker fell be Hind 02 in the third but then broke winning the next six games with five aces while allowing Connors three Points Over the Gerulaitis entered sundays final with 19 three More than the player with the most aces can claim an additional Floyd it should make for an inter Esting last a native of san summarized his Days play very briefly i birdied All the par5s that was the he playing about an hour in front of he 2putted the 18th for birdie4 and the Lead Floyd started he made double bogey on the second missing the Green with his second shot and then watching in disbelief when his Chip Hung up in a clump of grass Well Short of the putting he got Back to even for the Day with birdies on the eighth and then saved his Best for the Miracle shot on the 18th that set up the Birdie to tie for the Craig Stadler cards a 5under 67 scoff snaps Mark continued from Page 21 Cen rating on the additional distance of the a 10lap race just under after a i was looking at it like it was a Scott Scott ran the first five laps in the second position and broke for the Lead with five laps he held a two stride Lead Over Lacy and a Lead of up to five strides Over Walker for the next three when Walker be Gan to Mike running for the South Ern California won the mens dash in a meet record time of besting the old record of set in 1977 by Richard new Dan also of the Pacific coast won the mens 60meter High hurdles in As undisputed sprint hurdler Renaldo Nehemiah also failed to show up As hoped by the meet Nick a former Western Ken Tucky University product now com Peting for Louisville Victory athletic won the mens two mile run in beating club teammate Tony who finished in in the women on Emile Cindy a 27yearold Wisconsin graduate now competing for the wis Consin United athletic finished first in a time of just Short of the meet record