Texas A&M
The Battalion Sports
Tuesday, June 21,1983/The Battalion/Page 7
elson defeats Watson to win
United Press International
AKMONT, Pa. — Quiet,
ssuming Larry Nelson is
,000 richer, a lot more confi-
t about his abilities and no
ibt a lot more respected by
golfing public after winning
le 83rd U.S. Open champion-
£ in a rain-suspended show-
n with defending champion
Tom Watson.
ut, as far as the 35-year-old
I elson is concerned, the confi
dence he gained Monday with
one-stroke victory and with
lis spectcular final two rounds
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of 10-under-par golf—an Open
record — is the only prize that
really matters.
“I think this win is going to
help me going into other tour
naments, knowing I do have a
mental game as well as a physical
game,” Nelson, of Marietta, Ga.,
said, minutes after he had won
the twice-suspended Open with
a four-round total of 4-under-
par 280 on the Oakmont Coun
try Club course, soaked by rains
that suspended play Sunday.
“These may be the smartest
two rounds I ever played,” he
said.
The U.S. Open title was Nel
son’s second victory in one of
golfs four major tournaments.
His first was the PGA champion
ship in 1981 — the only major
tournament Watson has not
won.
Nelson also has finished
among the top 15 money win
ners in three 3 the previous four
years, yet never has been consi
dered one of the giants of the
PGA tour.
Nelson, who broke out of a
long slump during the Open,
Open
showed emotion only once dur
ing the entire tournament.
That was when he made a 62-
foot birdie putt on the 16th hole
to take the lead for good over
Watson Monday.
At first. Nelson stood calmly
on the green, watching the ball
roll. But as the ball crept nearer
to the hole, he started to walk
after it. Then, as he realized the
\
ball was going to drop in, he
broke into a run that ended with
a joyous skip to the edge of the
green. The rest of the time he
played like he was tuned into
some sort of inner radar system
connecting him with all the right
spots on the course.
“I think the last two or three
rounds I didn’t have a lot of
emotions,” Nelson said. “I just
felt a lot of peace. I knew I was
playing well, extremely well. I
couldn’t wait to go to the next
tee.”
Nelson is not sure if he’ll go to
the British Open, which begins
July 14. He had planned to skip
it until Monday; now he’s think
ing about it.
“I’d have to change some
plans in order to go,” Nelson
said.
“I don’t feel very
don’t feel tremenc
5ood, but I
lously dis
appointed,” said Watson, with
out a victory since the British
Open last July. “I didn’t make
enough good swings. I had the
opportunity to win, but I didn’t.
Larry just played better.”
anthers in
comeback win
[United Press International
JThe Michigan Panthers,
who hope to beat the Chicago
fllit/ next week and march
nto the USFL playoffs,
almost didn’t make it by the
wly Washington Federals
-Monday night.
While the Panthers were
looking ahead, the Federals
Were coming from behind
Hth two Billy Taylor touch-
|pwns. It took Novo Bojovic’s
fSth field goal with 56
ponds left to pull out a 27-25
pther victory at Pontiac,
, Jch.
id swellin{^!Mk : i : ng an) 10-6, is tied with
Tampa Bay in second place in
;est numb ^ Central Division, one
|me behind Chicago. The
Iston Breakers of the Atlan
tic Division join the Panthers
every five and Bandits at 10-6 in a three-
way tie for the lone wild-card
Tot.
Washington’s 2-14 record
he worst in the league, but
Federals had already
mped Michigan, 22-16,
Her in the season.
S“We struggled with them
jfore and lost in overtime,”
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:ords and they start think-
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pass to Anthony Carter, Bo
jovic’s 19-yard field goal and a
1-yard scoring run byjon Wil
liams in the second quarter.
Sandy Vitiello, who kicked
a 51-yard field goal in the
second quarter, added a 45-
yarder to give Washington its
25-24 lead, however.
Michigan then moved 74
yards to ts Federals’ 1-yard
line and, when Washington’s
defense stiffened, Bojovic
kicked the winner.
At Philadelphia in the only
other scheduled USFL con
test, David Trout kicked four
field goals to lead the Phi
ladelphia Stars to a 12-6 vic
tory over the Oakland In
vaders.
The Stars, 13-2, clinched
the best record in the league
with the win while preventing
Oakland from gaining the
Pacific Division title. The In
vaders, 8-8, lead Los Angeles
and Denver by one game with
two games remaining.
The game, played in a driv
ing rainstorm at Philadelphia,
was dominated by defense.
The Stars forced six turnov
ers, which limited Oakland to
field goals of 24 and 47 yards
by Kevin Shea.
Trout connected on 34 and
28 yard field goals in the first
three quarters, then put the
Stars ahead, 9-6, with a 21-
yarder with 9:52 remaining.
He finished the scoring from
30 yards out with 1:43 left.
Braves bomb Astroty, 7-i
Burris, Expos dump Phillies, 5-0
United Press International
Ray Burris figures he did
enough losing during the
offseason — 30 pounds worth.
He reaped the benefits of his
intense off-season workout
program Monday night at Mon
treal when he pitched the Expos
to a 5-0 victory ovr the Philadel
phia Phillies.
Burris’s three-hitter — his
first complete game of the sea
son — topped Phillies’ ace Steve
Carlton and moved the Expos
into sole possession of first place
in the NL East. “Everything in
the past is behind me,” said Bur
ris, 3-2. “This is a new year and I
worked hard all winter to get
myself into shape ”
Burris, 32, finished last year
with a 4-14 mark.
He gave up only second-and
seventh-inning singles to Gary
Matthews and a pinch-hit single
in the eighth to Greg Gross.
Expos’ Ray Burris holds
Phillies on three hitter
Andre Dawson led the Mon
treal offense with three RBI,
giving him 52 for the season. He
had run-scoring singles in the
first and fifth innings and a solo
homer in the seventh.
The Expos chased Carlton, 7-
8, out of the game after 4 1-8
innings, but the Phil’s lefth
ander got three strikeouts to in-
[crease his all-time majorleague
lead to 3,545.
Elsewhere in the NL, Atlanta
battered Houston, 7-1, St. Louis
and New York split a double-
header, with the Cardinals tak
ing the first agame, 3-1, and the
Mets winning the nightcap, 6-4,
Pittsburgh swept a double-
header from Chicago, 5-4, in 10
innings, and 6-5, in 13 innings,
San Diego trimmed Los
Angeles, 4-1, and San Francisco
nipped Cincinnati, 4-3, in 10 in
nings.
In the AL it was Toronto 2,
Minnesota 1; Boston 6, Cleve
land 3; Detroit 4, Milwaukee 1;
Chicago 7, Seattle 3; Oakland 7,
Kansas City 2, and California 10,
Texas 9, in 13 innings. New
York at Baltimore was post
poned due to rain.
BRAVES 7, ASTROS 1 — At
Houston, Glen Hubbard hit a
grand slam and Chris Chambliss
knocked in three runs with a
double and a single to support
the four-hit pitching of Pete Fal
cone and lead Atlanta. The vic
tory ended a four-game Braves’
losing streak.
CARDINALS 3-4, METS 1-6
— At New York, Keith Hernan
dez’ two-run homer in the first
inning and Mookie Wilson’s
two-run double in the second
powered the Mets to a split. In
the opener, Kevin Hagen and
Bruce Sutter pitched the Car
dinals to their win.
PIRATES 5-6, CUBS 4-5 —
At Pittsburgh, Marvell W ynne‘s
line drive single to center with
one out in the eighth inning
scored Dale Berra from third
base to give Pittsburgh a sweep.
In the opener, pinch-hitter
Richie Hebner homered in the
bottom of the 10th inning for
the Pirates’ triumph.
PADRES 4, DODGERS 1 —
At Los Angeles, Sixto Lezcano
collected three straight hits and
scored twice to lead San Diego
behind the combined four-hit
pitching of Ed Whitson and
John Montefusco.
GIANTS 4, REDS 3 — At San
Francisco, Jeff Leonard’s two-
out single in the 10th inning
scored Darrell Evans and lifted
San Francisco.
Toronto slips past Twins; Rangers lose
United Press International
Minnesota pitcher Ron Davis
tried the old fake intentional
walk stunt on Lloyd Moseby in
the ninth inning Monday night,
but it backfired when Moseby
lined a single off the relief pitch
er’s hand to score Ernie Whitt
with the run that gave the
Toronto Blue Jays a 2-1 triumph
over the Minnesota Twins.
Whitt, pinch hitting for Buck
Martinez, led off the ninth with
a double off Davis, 3-2, and
moved to third on a sacrifice
bunt by Alfredo Griffin. After
Damaso Garcia grounded out,
Davis worked the count to 3-2 on
Moseby and catcher Ray Smith
indicated he wanted the fourth
pitch to be intentional. As Davis
went into his windup, Smith
crouched behind the plate, and
Davis delivered a fastball
headed for the center of the
plate. But Moseby didn’t go for
the fake and lined a shot that
deflected off Davis’ hand.
ANGELS 10, RANGERS 9 —
At Arlington, Doug DeCinces’
double down the left field line
with two out in the top of the
13th inning scored Rick Adams
with the run that gave the
Angels the victory.
RED SOX 6, INDIANS 3 —
At Boston, Jim Rice belted a two-
run homer and Tony Armas
added a solo shot to pace a 12-hit
attack that carried the Red Sox.
Rice, who entered the game tied
for th AL lead in homers with
15, smashed his 16th in the
fourth inning.
TIGERS 4, BREWERS 1 —
Dave Rozema, unbeaten in
seven decisions since August of
1981, allowed two hits over 71-3
innings in pitching the Tigers to
victory. He retired 22 of the 24
batters he faced and struck out a
career-high seven before tiring
and asking to be removed.
WHITE SOX 7, MARINERS
3 — At Chicago, rookie Greg
Walker’s three-run homer in the
fifth inning snapped a 3-3 tie
and sparked the White Sox.
LaMarr Hoyt, 8-7, struck out a
career-high nine and walked
one in pitching his fourth com
plete game of the year.
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