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as a 1W-' s 30 po:: linutwlc f’g by os verickst •r, oulw and shoo dd. indeHec fise, M nanswtr- , and Fo- oil in tk r from ill ve Dalliii iiuitesffe aut contii! rking toi margin« ,s with l , and fot I indouhi by Mydu { y nee >nt Sunday Monday, January 14, 1985/The Battalion/Page 11 Wadkins captures Bob Hope Classic United Press International PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Lanny Wadkins had three birdies and an eagle in his last five holes of regula tion Sunday to tie Craig Stadler be fore winning the $500,000 Bob Hope Desert Classic on the fifth hole of sudden death. Wadkins captured the opening event on the PGA Tour with a 15- foot birdie putt on the fifth extra hole. It was the fourth straight year the Desert Classic — a 90-hole event — was decided by a playoff. Wadkins, whose last victory was the 1983 Tournament of Cham pions, won $90,000. Stadler, who led Wadkins by three strokes with three holes to play, earned $54,000. The two finished regulation with record-scores of 27-under-par 333, tying the mark of 333 first set by Bruce Lietzke in 1981 and later tied by Ed Fiori and Keith Fergus. On the 163-yard 15th at Indian Wells, which the two played three times Sunday, Wadkins hit his tee shot within 15 feet of the pin and ran down the putt to end tne long day. Stadler’s tee shot landed in the right bunker and he made a fine re covery to within 5 feet of the pin. But that wias his last shot of the day. "I don’t feel I lost the tourna ment,” Stadler said/ “When you shoot a 66 in the final round, you have nothing to apologize for. “In the playoff, he made the shots and 1 didn’t. I couldn’t buy a birdie and you have to get one to win in a playoff." Wadkins shot a 65 in the final round to make up the one-shot defi cit after four rounds. It seemed he might win in regulation but he missed an eagle putt of 12 feet on the 18th. He also missed a 25-foot putt on the first extra hole which would have won it. Stadler, meanwhile, was fighting to stay alive. On the fourth extra hole, the par-5 18th, he made a crit ical 15-foot putt. “I feel very fortunate,” Wadkins said. “I had chances to win it earlier but you never can count out Craig. I’ve played enough times with him to know what kid of a competitor he is. He’ll never give up. If you want to beat him, you have to make the shots.” The $90,000 prize gave Wadkins lifetime earnings of $1,967,439 and placed him ninth on the all-time list, moving ahead of Arnold Palmer and Ben Crenshaw. Palmer, who has won the Desert Classic five times, failed to make the cut this year, and Crenshaw, the 1984 Masters cham pion, did not enter. Hubert Green shot a closing 65 to finish third and win $34,000 while Ron Streck closed with a 70 to finish fourth for $24,000. Green wound up 20-under and Streck was 19-un- der. Buddy Gardner (66), Ray Floyd (67) and Larry Mize (71) tied at 18 J under 342, nine shots behind Wad kins and Stadler. Defending champion John Ma- haffey, Jack Renner and Fiori fin ished at 343 and Corey Pavin and Chin Beck finished at 344. Jack Nicklaus finished far back at 354. This tournament is one of 25 PGA events this year to carry a purse of at least $500,000. Total purses this year are expected to top $22 million. Florida to pay for illegal recruiting United Press International NASHVILLE, Tenn. —The Flor ida Gators lost their appeal to the NCAA Council Sunday and were placed on three years probation, in cluding being barred from bowls and television for at least the next two years. NCAA President John L. Toner of the University of Con necticut said Florida was being penalized for vio lations that occurred from 1979 to 1983, violations that led to the dis missal of head football coach Char ley Pell after the third game of the 1984 season. Toner said the third year of pro bation regarding postseason events and television appearances would be suspended if tne university meets “prescribed monitoring conditions that will require written reports and periodic on-site reviews of the uni versity’s athletics program.” The NCAA also cut Florida’s grants for new players from 30 to 20 the next two years and cut the Ga tors’ total of football grants from 95 to 85 next year and 75 the year after that. “We'deeply regret that the NCAA has decided not to modify its pre vious decisions on penalties imposed on the University of Florida’s loot- ball program,” said Florida Presi dent Marshall M. Criser, who came to Nashville in an attempt to soften the punishment which had been first proposed back in October but de layed by Florida’s appeal. “We feel particularly disheart ened that the NCAA has elected to maintain its imposition of the 85-75 caps on football scholarships. ‘ As we have said in the past,” said Criser, “we believe these unprece dented penalties go far beyond the appropriate corrective actions; con sidering all the factors in this case, and, we believe, will have a chilling effect on institutional self-correction in the future.” In its report to the NCAA Ctmn- cil, the NCAA Committee ondnfrac tions, which recommended the pun ishment, said the violations at Florida were “the most blatant lack of any effort to assure control”, of any case it had handled in recerlt years. “Head Football Coach Charley Pell acted contrary to the principles of ethical conduct inasmuch as he did not, on all occasions, deport him self in accordance with generally rec ognized standards normally asso ciated with the conduct and administration of intercollegiate ath letics.” The Southeastern Conference, which barred Florida from rep resenting it in the Sugar Bowl, sup ported the Gators’ appeal Sunday, noting the “unprecedented penalty will have a severe, long-term impact on the institution — affecting coaches, staff and players long after the violations occurred.” The decision against Florida came on the eve of the 79th annual NCAA convention which is being held at the Opryland Hotel. Convention meetings began Fri day but the first General Session will be held Monday morning. This year’s convention has an agenda that includes proposals af fecting academic standards, banning a number of drugs and giving the Division 1-A schools — the major football powers — more freedom to make their own decisions. There is a resolution being of fered that calls for a study of possi ble alternatives to stiffer academic standards that are scheduled to go into effect Aug. 1, 1986. Main opposition to the proposal involves required test scores that some say might be racially biased. “There is still time to modify the proposal by next January,” said Toner. “Then, we would have from then until the following August to get those modifications, if needed, in place.” There also has been opposition to a proposal that athletes declare a major by the start of their junior year “and be making normal pro gress by taking courses that count to ward his degree.” “This is nothing but an attempt to put more teeth into the guarantee that normal progress ke^ps pace with years of competition,” said Toner. “I think it will have a positive impact on raising the graduation rates for student athletes.” Anderson's 20 points helps Tech steam Rice United Press International LUBBOCK, Texas — Quentin Anderson Sunday poured in 20 points to pace Texas Tech to a 78-54 Southwest Conference victory over the Rice Owls. The Raiders held a 36-25 lead at half, but the Owls pared that to four points four times before Tech pulled away. In the first five minutes of the second half the Owls outscored the Raid ers 8-2 to make it a five-point ball game. But with 9:15 left, Tech caught fire and outscored the Owls 25-7. Anderson paced Tech with 20. Phil Wallace added 13, and Tony Ben- ford chipped in 10 for the Raiders, who got 29 points from their bench. Terrence Cashaw led the Owls with 17 points, and Tony Barnett had 12 for Rice. Tech’s win ran the Raiders' record to 9-4, 2-1 in the conference. Rice dropped to 8-6 and 1-3. The Owls outrebounded Tech 41-35, but had 16 turnovers to only 11 for the Raiders. For the game, Tech shot 51.7 percent from the field, and Rice managed just 33.9 percent. r If you want to get into nuclear engineering, start by get ting into the Nuclear Navy. The Navy operates more than half the reactors in America. Our nuclear training is the most comprehensive. 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