European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1981 the stars and stripes Page 23 Miller from 1 j Back to j to appreciate what it Means to Johnny Miller to be golfs Money Winner this it is necessary to remember what it meant the year he was i was almost at the he said that of thinking maybe id never play Good Golf Many Golf people already had begun to believe in unlike most other sports where competitors have often had guaranteed what you shoot is what you and in Only four years after Miller had set what was then a pea tour record with while winning eight Tournai he earned Only some caddies made More than the next was not much better for Only for 76 on the Money win Ning but last year he jumped to 30 with and this year he has already made including for having won the Glen Campbel Llos Angeles open Over the ear Lier he had won the Joe Garagiola Tucson another i think he was saying Over the Telephone from his that i can play Over the Riviera country club one of americas Miller was 14 under Par with rounds of 68 for breaking the tournament record by two those Are the num Bers he used to shoot when he was golfs Golden in the two week stretch of Phoenix and Tucson opens in he shot a total of 49 under and in the 1973 United states open at he won with a record 63 in the final round that included nine i shoot Low rounds because in not afraid to keep making he once most Guys go out make a couple of birdies and think to i Hope i can get in with a that would be a Good but when i Start hitting it close and getting them in the i try to keep doing i want to make All i can to make up for the round i May have tomorrow when nothing now Hes shooting Low rounds on Televik he resembles a rerun of an old series that had been cancelled for a few his Long legged walk is still the but Hes nearly 34 years old a Little and his Blond hair does not appear to be quite so Flaxen As it once his clothes Are no longer an advertisement for Sears Roe he is wearing professional players shirts More his swing and putting stroke Are i have made two he Ive Short ened my swing when in i try to take 90 percent of the wrist out of he also has a different Putter an old Tommy Armour Model that he got from a Friend and aspiring touring Paul i traded him a Sand wedge for Miller but the Shaft was too Short for so i took a Shaft 5ut of an old Tommy Armour 5iron that my father had found and made it the Shaft on the the Shaft is a funny Green i was told that the 5iron was made during the War when you we rent allowed to use Chrome on the steel so they put on a Green plastic coating instead of its not a Miracle but my stroke has been i dont think i missed a putt inside 12 feet at Riviera the last at the time of his Miller was mystified As to but he says he knows Why i had a loss of feel in my he working around my i had built up too much muscle and i lost my i want Able to make a Good i lost the feel in my elbows and i always had a tremendous amount of body Bend in my i dont use that much Bend i swing now a lot Tike an older person does without much that sonic golfers who had a big Bend in their swings like Byron Nelson and Gary Middlecoff didst play so Well when their body want As flexible As it once winning at Riviera was another reminder that Miller was not merely a so called desert a reputation he developed from winning five of the six tournaments at Tucson and Phoenix in 1975 and and the Bob Hope desert classic in Palm Springs that reputation returned when he won his fourth Tucson title this but during his decade on the pea he also won All Over the world the open at Oak the 1976 British open at Royal the the world open at the tournament of champions at the heritage classic at Harbour the Westchester the Kai ser International at Napa and the Dunlop Phoenix in its Nice to be winning he but i still got some work to do on my i was off line with he is skipping this weeks Bay Hill classic in to stay Home with his and their six but then he will return to the pea tour next week at the Inverrary classic in fort Lau where he won last year for his first Triumph since one week on one week that my Basic he with six its not fair to my wife for me to be away two and three weeks at a in recent not Many of the pea tour Spon sors would have cared if Miller stayed in those years people were whats wrong with Johnny Miller and then the question got to whatever happened to Johnny Miller but All the tournaments want him now that he is Back where he used to Back As the 1 Money Winner instead of the new York times salary awarded tigers Kemp by arbitrator up Detroit out fielder Steve Kemp was awarded a 000 salary for the 1981 the second highest award by an arbitrator under base balls contract settlement the Detroit tigers were notified there was no immediate comment by Tiger officials on the the award by Rutgers economics professor Monroe Berkowitz marked the second straight year Kemp won an arbitration Deci Sion from the he won a salary of last Only the salary granted Relief Pitcher Bruce Sutter last when he was rockets Glide by 106102 Salt Lake City up Calvin Murphy scored a game High 38 including 6of6 from the line to extend his Aba record for consecutive free throws to giving the Houston rockets a 106102 Victory Over the Utah jazz monday Murphy put the rockets ahead for with 55 seconds remaining in the he then hit another Basket to give Houston a three Point Lead following a Utah Moses Malone added 18 Points and a game High 14 rebounds for the rockets and Robert Reid added 14 including 10 in the third Utah scored the first 11 Points in the fourth Quarter to Lead but Malone scored on a Layup and foul shot and Murphy hit a jumper to fire up Adrian Dantley led Utah with 34 Points and 12 with the Chicago exceeds the pay Check Kemp will draw under the arbitration verdict the without must choose Between figures submitted by the player or the club under the terms of their most recent the tigers offered their fifth year left fielder but Berkowitz decided Kemps figure better reflected his Worth to the american league baseball the 1 Choice of All baseball in the january 1976 free agent hit last season with 21 Home runs and 101 runs batted he also led Detroit in game win Ning hits for the second year in a Row with 10 after accumulating 14 in Kemp played just one season in the minors before being handed the Loftfield Job by Detroit in his Home run totals for the first three seasons were and 26 and he batted in 88 runs his Rookie year and followed that with rib seasons of 79 and negotiations Between Kemp and the club Over a Lon term contract broke Down this leading to speculation the 3 hit Ter in manager Sparky Andersons batting order will opt for free Agency when he be comes eligible following the 1982 Steve Kemp 2ndhighest award Potvin Lead Way As islanders douse stars Calvin Murphy 73 consecutive free throws a Hec Tor Marini and Jean Potvin each scored their first goals of the sparking the new York islanders to a 41 National hockey league Victory Over the Minnesota North stars monday new York spotted Minnesota a 10 Lead on a Power play goal by Steve his 25th of the at of the first Marini took a entering pass from Wayne Merrick in the Slot and beat Minne Sota goalie Gilles Meloche at to get the a put the Island with a woman ahead for Good with a goal at of the second Butch Goring and Bryan Trottier scored late in the third period for new York to round out the Goring notched his 21st an unassisted at and Trottier put in his 23rd of the season at the Victory moved the defending Stanley cup Champion islanders within two Points of the Louis blues who Lead the league with 84 the top 16 clubs qualify for the Canada cup okd for 81 los Angeles up Alan bag the executive director of the nil players association and chief negotiator be tween North american hockey and the International hockey confirmed that the Canada cup will take place in sep