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The Sioux City Journal, Monday, April 13, 1981 A 7 2nd Masters till claims length, confirmed his character. -fir: I 0 last step on the trek through the: azaleas and dogwoods. None ever managed to pull even. The key to Watson's victory earned on the two back-nine par-5s, the 13th; and 15th. Miller, playing 54 minutes in front, birdied the 17th from about 14 feet, to go six under par and pull within one stroke of Watson, who was seven under for the tournament when he played the 13th.

And he got his second in Rae's Creek, the little stream that trickles through a ravine in front of the green. But Watson saved par and his lead. He pitched to 4-5 feet and made the putt. On the 15th, he two-putted for the birdie that gave him a two-shot margin and nailed it down. Nicklaus and Miller tied for second, a position unhappily familiar to each, with 282 totals.

Miller, now a three-time runnerup, had a closing 68. Nicklaus, who was seeking a sixth Masters title, settled instead for a share of a record he'd rather not have. He tied Tom Weiskopf for the most second place finishes, four. After a slow start, he managed to match par 72. Norman was next alone at 283 after an erratic 72, including a double bogey on the long 10th that destroyed any upset hopes he may have held.

Tom Kite, who has a history of high finishes in this event, and Jerry Pate were next at 284. Kite closed up with a 68, matching Miller's effort for the best round of the day, and Pate shot 70. David Graham, an Australian and a former winner of the PGA, was next at 71-285. Ben Crenshaw, Mahaffey and Ray Floyd followed at 286. Mahaffey, only one stroke back with nine holes to go, slipped to a 74 with 40 on the back.

Floyd, a former winner here and holder of two 1981 titles, shot 71. Crenshaw, still lacking the one While he was waiting for Noiinan, his partner, to putt out, he heart! the footsteps of the Golden Bear. They came in a resounding roar when Nicklaus holed that beautiful putt on the 16th. Tom, knowing Jack was orf the move, never faltered. He grimaced when the sound came ringing through the trees, scowling, showing an expression of pain.

When it was his turn to putt, he stepped qufckly to the ball and rammed it home, jj There was potential danger the 17th. Although he led by twog he ducked his head in dismay when his approach shot found a bunker. Watson blasted out to about and made that par-saving 18th went by routinely. Final Leaders la-denotes amateur): Tom Watson, 160,000 71-6MO-76-280 Jack Nicklaus, $30.500, 70-85-75-72282 Johnny Miller. $30.500.

Greg Norman, $16,000 69-70-72-72f-283 Jerry Pate, $12,667 71-72-71-70-284 Tom Kite, $12,667 74-72-70-64-284 David Graham, $1 1,167 70-70-74-71-285 Ray Floyd, $9,667 75-71 -71 -69286 Ben Crenshaw, $9.667. 71-72-70-73-286 John Mahalley, $9,667 72-71-69-74286 Peter Jacobsen, $7,333 71-70-72-7V267 Bruce Uetzke. $7,333. 72-67-73-75r28? George Archer, $7,333 74-70-72-71--287 HubertGreen, $7,333. 70-70-74-73-287 Gay Brewer, $5,500.

7548-71 -74-288 Jim Simons, $6,500 70-75-71 -72t-288 Bob Gilder, $5,500 72-7W9-72V28B Gary Player, $5,500. 73-73-71-71-288 Don Pooley, $4,500 71-75-72-71-289 Curtis Strange, $4,500 68-79-70-71 289 Gil Morgan, $3,600 74-73-70-73-290 Calvin Peete, $3,600 i 75-70-71 -74-290 Lanny Wadkins. $3,600 v. 72-71-71-76--290 John Cook. $3,600 70-71 -72-77-290 Hale Irwin.

$2,700 73-74-70-74J-291 Wayne Levi, $2,700 72-71-73-754-291 Jim Colbert, $2,700 73-68-74-76J-291 Gibby Gilbert, $2,350 71-71-76-744-292 Sandy Lyle, $2,350 73-70-76-73-292 Un Hinkle, $2,350 69-70-74-74U-292 Dave Stockton, $2,013 72-72-70-79293 Bruce Devlin, $2,01 3 Jay Haas, $2,013 75-71 -72-75-t293 Jack Renner, $2,013. 73-72-73-7J-H293 Mike Sullivan, $1 ,800 72-74-74-74-5294 a-Jay Slgel Keith Fergus, $1,61 7 76-72-75-72-295 Bill Rogers, $1 ,61 7 76-72-75-72-295 Scott Hoch, $1 ,617 73-70-75-7f-295 Howard Twitty, $1 ,500 75-72-74-75-296 Charles Coody, $1,500 a-Robert Lewis 77-70-73-764296 Craig Stadler, $1 ,500 76-71-73-74297 Fuzzy Zoeller, $1,500 77-70-76-72-297 Isao Aoki, $1 ,500 70-76-77-77-300 Norlo Suzuki, $1,500 74-74-75-77-S300 a-James Holtgrieve 70-77-79-754301 Tommy Aaon, $1,500 77-71-76-79-303 to in victory after winning the Augusta National Golf Club. suffer first loss Tom Watson raises his arms tournament Sunday at f(APLaserphoto) Yankees NEW YORK (Af) Al OliVer and Rivers drilled two-run A singles and the Texas Rangers rallied to defeat the New York Yankees 6-4 Sunday. Ferguson Jenkins earned the 260th victory of his major league career as thte Rangers won their first game of major title he needs to confirm his position in the game, had 73. South African Gary Player, a three-time winner here, shot 71-288.

The victory was worth $60,000 to Watson, who has set money-winning records in each of the past three seasons and won Player of the Year honors in the past four. It also extended his habit of scoring multiple triumphs in certain key events. Of his 26 career victories, including three British Opens, he has acquired 19 of them in only eight tournaments. He started the day as a one-shot leader over Nicklaus, the holder of 17 major professional titles. The eagerly anticipated duel between the two giants of the game really didn't materialize.

The closest they came was on the final few holes when Nicklaus finally got untracked. But it was too little and too late, and Jack knew it. He birdied the 15th, two-putting, and holed a long one, perhaps 35-40 feet, on the 16th. Still, he trailed. He received warm, loud ovations by the huge crowds surrounding the greens on the 17th and 18th, but he wore a rueful smile as he acknowledged the applause.

It was an acknowledgement of his past triumphs, his overwhelming record, not the cheers given to a current winner. Watson birdied the par-5 second hole, had a two-shot margin and took it from there. Watson birdied the par-5 second hole, had a two-shot margin and took it from there. There were only a couple of lapses, a bogey on the ninth, where his putt rolled down the steeply sloping green onto the front fringe and he had to chip back and one-putt for bogey. He dodged a bullet on the 13th, where his great save of par saved his lead, possibly the tournament.

The little second putt for birdie on the 15th, no more than two feet in 1 ncarnhntAi weep; 21 apiece to lead the workhorse Kansas City Kings to a 102-95 victory over the Phoenix Suns and a commanding 3-1 lead in their National Basketball Association play-off series. best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal series now moves to Phoenix for Game 5 Wednesday, night. Spurs 114, Rockets 112 HOUSTON (AP) San Antonio's George "The Iceman" Gervin scored 33 points, many of them on hard Kemper Arena Lacey was game won by tuA -J a rrifc acasuu anoi uruppiug iwu jstfalghttoNewYork, Texas was trailing Texas was trailing 3-0 with two out atsoir AUGUSTA, Ua. (AP) Tom Watson had no difficulty in describing his emotions after scoring a front-running, two-stroke victory Sunday in the 45th Masters. "It's better the second time around," said Watson, who used a triumph here in 1977 as the principal stepping stone in his march to his position as the current king of world golf.

"I was so nervous I was jumping out of my shoes," he said of the final 18 holes over the rolling hills of the Augusta National Golf Club course. Jack Nicklaus, one of those who put the pressure on Watson, perhaps described it best. "It isn't easy to hang on," he said. "Too many things can happen. "Tom was there when he had to be there.

He shot a very solid 71. 1 can't take anything away from him. He did what he had to do." Under questioning, Nicklaus, who held a four-stroke lead at the end of 36 holes, admitted he would consider this a tournament he had let get away, a tournament he had lost. "I had a chance to win it Saturday and I had a chance to win it today. I didn't.

-But, yes, I'll think of it that way. But Tom won it." "I was able to keep the pressure on the rest of the field, made them try to catch me. I'm lucky that no one really made a big move at me," Watson said. And the big move never came. He started the day in front, stayed in front and finished in front.

He won it by two strokes with a 280 total, eight shots under par. It didn't come easily. It wasn't a walk in the park. The green Jacket was a hard-won piece of cloth. There were challenges aplenty.

First and last there was the mighty Nicklaus, secure in his position as the finest player in the history of the ancient game. At other times, there were Johnny Miller, gritty little John Mahaffey and Greg Norman, the white-haired Australian sharp-shooter. All got close at one time or another on the warm spring afternoon, but none of them could ever take that and needed ninth-inning help from Dan Quisenberry after allowing three hits as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 Sunday. Leonard, a 29-year-old righthander who has won 20 or more games in three of the last four seasons, retired the first 15 Baltimore batters before Rick De-mpsey walked on a 3-1 pitch to open the sixth. A'sl, Twins 0 BLOOMINGTON, Minn.

(API -Oakland's Steve McCatty hurled six hitless innings and stopped Minnesota on three soft singles Sunday as the A's blanked the Twins 1-0 to complete a sweep of their four-game season-opening series. Glenn Adams got Minnesota's first on a checked-swing grounder with two out in the seventh inning which bounced off the pitching rubber and caromed toward third base where Wayne Gross made an off-balance throw to first base too late to get the slow-footed runner. Blue Jays 6, Tigers 2 DETROIT (AP) John Mayberry clouted a three-run homer and Toronto's Luis Leal pitched no-hit ball for 5 innings Sunday as the Blue Jays defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-2 for their first victory of the season. Lynn Jones hit a pinch home run in the Detroit eighth with Lance Parrish aboard off Leal, who allowed five hits before needing ninth-inning help from Mike Willis and Roy Lee Jackson. Red Sox 5, White Sox 4 BOSTON (AP) Jim Rice capped a five-run eighth inning with a grand slam homer Sunday as the Boston Red Sox, held hitlees for six innings by Richard Dotson, rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Chicago White After Dotson lost his no-hit bid on an infield hit by Dwight Evans in the seventh, the Red Sox broke loose an inning later to earn a split of the two-game series and give Ralph Houk his first triumph as Boston manager.

Brewers 6, Indians 1 CLEVELAND (AP) Ben Oglivie and Ted Simmons belted two-run homers to support the seven-hit pitching of two Milwaukee pitchers as the Brewers defeated the Cleveland Indians 6-1 Sunday, j. Angels 8, Mariners 6 SEATTLE (AP) Rod Carew, who earlier rapped out three hits and drove in two runs, stole home for the 17th time in his career with two out in the ninth inning Sunday, and the California Angels rallied for four runs to defeat the Seattle Mariners 8-6. City sports Times where available Today Golf B-4 p.m. South Sioux City vs. East (Green Valley) Tennis p.m.

Cherokee at South Sioux City Softball 4 p.m. Briar Cliff at Westmar, ra me nun against loser non uuiary I toien Mario Mendoza singled. Walks 1 lo-Bump Wills and Rivers loaded the I the fifth against loser Ron Guidry hasps Mpnrlrwa crnrpH nn a nnssprl it- IP JX tzk IS 1 -SIiiiiiiiwm4 V- -Sl it I u1 i47, r' ,7 A5' I j. 'j piffrips SDSU, 27-10, ffjut drops 'cap, 11-6 'BROOKINGS, S.D. Briar Cliff's i siumDenng oais awoKe ana Jthe Chargers rapped out 22 hits in a rout of South Dakota State in jtfie opener of a wild doubleheader.

It was believed to be a BC record. 'Jrhe Cliff scored 24 runs in a win -oer Sioux Falls College last year. But the Jackrabbits bounced back Jwith seven runs in the second inning A claim the nightcap, 11-6. The opening victory snapped a losing streak for the Sioux jDityans, who led 10-5 after three Ijirinings and- added 12 more in the and five in the seventh. The Chargers, who entered the day 41 team home runs, added six Jmore Sunday including four in the first game: jMark Peterson smashed solo shots third and sixth, Tom SChilmoeller had a three-run rap in first, and John Baumhover and Jim Wesselman sole back-to-back Spokes in the sixth.

uasey uncice ianea 10 nomer uui vias 6-for-7 for the game including in Kansas City Sundayt charged with a technical foul in the Kings, 102-95. (AP Kansas City Kings' Sam Lacey (left) grabs Jersey of Phoenix Suns' Alvan Adams to start bench-clearing confrontation during second, period of NBA playoff game at ball by Rick Cerone, then Oliver, Texas' designated hitter, singled for two more runs, tying the score. It still was 3-3 in the seventh when Jim Sundberg opened with a single and Mendoza doubled off third baseman Graig Nettles' glove. Wills' double to right-center scored Sundberg with the go-ahead run and Rivers followed with a single, making it 6-3 and finishing Guidry. pi i oyais 4, Urioles BALTIMORE (AP) Dennis Leonard hurled six hitless innings one double, and Schilmoelier had six RBIs with a double in addition to his circuit drive.

Miguel Martinez added three singles and a double. The Chargers, now 9-12-1 overall, took advantage of 13 walks, including six in the 12-run sixth. But the nightcap belonged to the Jacks who opening strong with seven in the second and held off a late BC surge. Randy Nash went the distance for the Dakotans who outhit BC by a 12-6 margin. Baumhover hit his 11th homer in the second game, a two-run shot in the fourth.

South Dakota State now is 3-12-1 after the split. FIRST GAME BrlarCllff 703 00(12) 5 27 22 1 South Dakota State 221 320 0 10 12 4 Kim Reuter, Randy Icklar (4) and Mark Peterson; Schroeder, Nash (1), Hoper (6), Huntsman (7) and Randall SECOND GAME Briar Cliff 000 203 1 6 6 South Dakota State 070 112 0 11 12 1 Randy Miller and Peterson; Randy Nash and Sauer by Omaha worked out of the jam if it hadn't been for a two-out wild pitch, permitting Jim Vanden Boom to trot home from third base. Omaha, which defeated Morningside 5-0 on a no-hitter and 6-2 on Saturday, wrapped up the series sweep behind the four-hit shutout of Gregg Larson. Backing him up was a three-run homer by Kirk Nelson with two down in the first inning. All three runs were unearned due to a dropped fly ball.

"We're awfully young and, golly, it really shows," remarked Morningside Coach Don Protexter, who lost 11 players from his championship roster of a year ago. Morningside, 0-4 in the NCC, is now 3-11-1 overall. The Chiefs resume action at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, facing North Dakota for two games at Headid Park, then return to Headid at 1:30 Friday for a twin bill with Augustana. FIRST GAME Morningside 000 010 0 1 3 4 Nebraska-Omaha 200 000 2 2 0 Bob Larson and Jay Rehnatrom; Mark King and Todd Hendrlckson.

SECOND GAME Morningside 000 000 0 0 4 1 Nebraska-Omaha 300 002 t' 7 0 Kent Prescolt, Bruc Pinkerton (6) and Jay Rehnstrom, Gregg Laradft and Todd Hendrlckson. Geltics 'side diamond crew earned drives, and helped the Spurs stave off a fourth quarter Houston rally Sunday for a 114-112 victory 'In a National Basketball Association Western Division semifinal playoff game, The Spurs, who led by 13 prints with 7 minutes to play, had to tight off a determined Rockets rally to even the best-of-seven playoff series at two games each. The series resumes Tuesday in San Antonio. 1 i I 1-H it 76ers tied- Pickford declines offer, M'side search continues CHICAGO (AP) Larry Bird scored a game-high 35 points, including four free throws in the last 13 seconds, to give the Boston Celtics a 109-103 victory Sunday over the Chicago Bulls; and a four-game sweep of their National Basketball Association playoff series. Chicago grabbed a 103-102 lead with just under one minute remaining when Reggie Thues hit a pair of free throws.

But Bird, who played all but a 3:30 stretch of the final period, countered with a layup to put Boston back on top. Cedric Maxwell followed with a free throw to extend Boston's margin to 105-103. Bucks 109, 76ers 98 MILWAUKEE The Milwaukee Bucks, sparked by 35 points by Marques Johnson and 23 by Bob Lanier, opened an 18-point second quarter lead and held on to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers 109-98 Sunday and tie their National Basketball Association Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series at 2-2. The 76ers, led by Julius Erving with 22 points, three times rallied to within one point in the fourth quarter. However, Lanier scored 11 points in the final period to preserve the Bucks' victory.

Kings 102, Suns 95 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -Hardnosed Ernie Grunfeld poured in a game-high 27 points and Scott Wedman and Reggie King rattled in fswept again 5 OMAHA Nebraska-Omaha took giant step toward the 1981 North 'Central Conference baseball title Supday, taking both ends of a fdOubleheader with defending cham-ipioin Morningside for the second i -straight day. 1 'The Mavericks, now 8-0 in the Conference, used two unearned runs j4d notch a 2-1 victory in the first ijgarhe Sunday, then followed with a 6-2 verdict in the nightcap. In the opener, Morningside pitcher Bobby Larson was the victim of iShree first-inning errors that scored $wd runs after Larson yielded a lone-out bunt single to UNO's John rtTaylor. Wearing uniform No.

3, left behind jbj All-American Mike King, Larson ijleserved a better fate. The freshman, like King, an High graduate, permitted only irie baserunner a leadoff double in the fourth inning in the game's linal six innings, finishing the day with no walks. 1 Morningside got its only run of the Say in the first game's fifth inning as a'erry Pomerenke and Keith jacKinney opened the rally with tingles, two of the Chiefs' three hits contest. UNO might have Former Central High coach Bruce Pickford notified Morningside College on Sunday that he will be unable to accept an offer to become Morningside's head football coach. According to Athletic Director Don Protexter, Pickford indicated to school officials that "business commitments" could not be worked out in order for the 1950 Morningside grad to make the move to his alma mstcr.

A Chicago native, Pickford coached three years at old Central High, charting a 15-0-1 record during his final two seasons. He then moved to California and coached 13 years at Fountain Valley High, a school of 4,100 students in the Los Angeles area. I Resigning his coaching post last spring, Pickford has remained at Fountain Valley as a driver education instructor. Protexter said that Morningside will resume interviewing candidates as soon as possible, seeking to fill the job left vacant when Coach Lyl Eidsne stepped down to become the head coach at Augustana. a jlfi iff.