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Major League BarebaU At A Glance By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION r., .. W. L. ..Pet GB Detroit 12 i *0 - Toronto 9 7 .563 4>* Cleveland 6 6 500 5^ New York 6 8 429 6M* Milwaukee 5 9 357 7^ Boston 5 10 333 8 Baltimore 4 u 267 9 WEST DIVISION . Seattie 9 6 .600 Oakland 10 7 .588 California 10 8 .556 Kansas City 7 7 500 1»* Minnesota 8 8 .500 lVi 8 8 .500 l‘/i Chicago 5 8 .385 3 Saturday's Games Cleveland 3, Kansas City 2 California 8, Toronto 4 Texas 1, New York 0 Baltimore 5, Minnesota 3 Oakland 5, Boston 2 Detroit 4, Chicago 1 Milwaukee 6, Seattle 2 Sunday's Games Detroit 9, Chicago 1 Kansas City at Cleveland, ppd., rain California 9, Toronto 6 Texas 4, New York 0 Minnesota 6, Baltimore 1 Boston 12, Oakland 8 Seattle at Milwaukee, ppd., rain Monday’s Games Texas (Hough 1-1) at Cleveland (Sutcliffe 2-0) Seattle (Moore l-l) at Toronto (Stieb 20) Oakland (Sorensen 1-2) at Milwaukee (Porter 04)), (n) Minnesota (Williams 1-2) at Detroit (Morris 34)), (n) California (Zahn 24)) at Boston (Ojeda 0-2), (n) Kansas City (Black 3-0) at New York (Niekro 3-0), (n) Baltimore (Palmer 0-2) at Chicago (Seaver 0-2), (n) Tuesday’s Games Kansas City at New York Texas at Cleveland Oakland at Milwaukee, (n) Seattle at Toronto, (n) Minnesota at Detroit, (n) California at Boston, (n) Baltimore at Chicago, (n) NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W.. .L... Pet GB Philadelphia 9 5 .643 New York 9 6 .600 Mi Chicago 8 6 .571 1 Montreal 9 7 .563 1 St. Louis 7 9 .438 3 Pittsburgh * 5 9 .357 4 WEST DIVISION San Diego 11 5 .688 Los Angeles 10 7 .588 IMi San Francisco 7 8 .467 314 Houston 7 9 438 4 Atlanta 5 10 .333 514 Cincinnati 5 11 .313 6 Saturday's Games Philadelphia 12, New York 2 Pittsburgh 8, Chicago 5 San Diego 9, Los Angeles 6 Cincinnati 5, San Francisco 4 Montreal 6-4. St. Louis 34), 2nd game, 5 innings, rain Houston 4, Atlanta 3 4 Sunday's Games Philadelphia 12, New York 5 Houston 3, Atlanta 1 Montreal 4, St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh at Chicago, ppd., rain Los Angeles 15, San Diego 7 San Francisco 9, Cincinnati 5 Monday's Games New York (Terrell 24)) at Montreal (Lea 2-1) Chicago (Sanderson 1-1) at St. Louis (LaPoint 1-2), (n) San Francisco (Robinson 2-1) at San Diego (Hawkins 14)), (n) Houston (Knepper 2-1) at Log Angeles * " (Welch 1-2), (n) Only games scheduled Tuesday's Games New York at Montreal Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, (n) Cincinnati at Atlanta, (n) Chicago at St. Louis, (n) * San Francisco at San Diego, (n) * Houston at Los Angeles, (n) NBA Playoff Glance By The Associated Press First Round (Best of Five) Tuesday, April 17 Boston 91, Washington 83 New York 94, Detroit 93 Dallas 88, Seattle 86 Milwaukee 105, Atlanta 89 Utah 123, Denver 121 Wednesday, April 18 New Jersey 116, Philadelphia 101 Los Angeles 116, Kansas City 105 Phoenix 113, Portland 106 Thursday, April 19 Boston 88, Washington 85 Detroit 113, New York 105 Milwaukee 101, Atlanta 87 Seattle 95, Dallas 92 Denver 132, Utah 116 Friday, April 20 New Jersey 116, Philadelphia 102 Los Angeles 109, Kansas City 102 Portland 122, Phoenix 116 Saturday, April 21 Washington 111, Boston 108, OT, Boston leads series 2-1 Seattle 104, Dallas 94, Seattle leads series 2-1 Atlanta 103, Milwaukee 94, Milwaukee leads series 2-1 Sunday, April 22 Philadelphia 108, New Jersey 100, New Jersey leads series, 2-1 Los Ang-Jes 108, Kansas City 102, Los Angeles wins series, 3-0 New York 120, Detroit 113, New York leads series 2-1 Denver 121, Utah 117, Denver leads series 2-1 Phoenix 106, Portland 103, Phoenix leads series 2-1 Tuesday, April 24 Boston at Washington, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at New Jersey, 8 p.m! Milwaukee at Atlanta, 8 p.m. Utah at Denver, 9:30 p.m. Portland at Phoenix, 9:30p.m. Dallas at Seattle, 0:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 25 Detroit at New York, 9 p.m.

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Thursday, April 26 (If necessary) Washington at Boston, 7:30 p.m. New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Seattle at Dallas, 8 p.m. Denver at Utah, TBA Phoenix at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 27 (If necessary) New York at Detroit, 8 p.m. (Best of Seven) Eastern Conference Semifinals Boston-Washington winner vs. DetroitNew York winner Philadelphia-New Jersey winner vs. Milwaukee-Atlanta winner Western Conference Semifinals Log Angeles vs. Dallas-Seattle winner Portiand-Phoenix winner vs. UtahDenver winner National Hockey League Playoffs At A Glance By The Associated Press All Times EST Division Finals (Best-of-Seven) Friday, April 20 Montreal 5, Quebec 3, Montreal wins series 4-2 St. Louis 4, Minnesota 0 Calgary 5, Edmonton 4, OT Sunday, April 22 Edmonton 7, Calgary 4, Edmonton wins series 4-3 Minnesota 4. St. Louis 3, OT, Minnesota wins series 4-3 Conference Championships Best-of-Seven Wales Conference Tuesday, April 24 N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, 7:35 p.m. Thursday, April 26 N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, 7:35p.m. Saturday, April 28 Montreal at N.Y. Islanders. 7:06 p.m. Tuesday, May 1 Montreal at N.Y. Islanders,B:o6p.m. Thursday, May 3 N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, 7:35, if necessary Saturday, May 5 Montreal at N.Y. Islanders. 7:05 if necessary Tuesday, Hay 8 N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, 7:35 p.m., if necessary Campbell Conference Tuesday, April 24 Minnesota at Edmonton, 9:35 p.m. Thursday. April 26 Minnesota at Edmonton, 9:35 p.m. Saturday, April 28 or Sunday, April 29 Edmonton at Minnesota, TBA Tuesday, May 1 Edmonton at Minnesota, 7:35 p.m. Thursday, May 3 Minnesota at Edmonton, 9:35 p.m., if necessary Saturday, May 5 or Sunday, May 6 Edmonton at Minnesota, TBA, if necessary Tuesday. May 8 Minnesota at Edmonton, 9:35 p.m., if necessary United States Football League ... . By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic W .L . T . Pet.. .PF. PA Philadelphia 8 1 0 889 222 115 New Jersey 7 2 0 .778 208 134 Pittsburgh 2 7 0 .222 154 182 Washington 1 8 0 111 120 255 Southern Birmingham 8 1 0 .889 282 132 New Orleans 7 2 0 .778 219 176 Tampa Bay 5 3 0 .625 190 173 Jacksonville 3 6 0 .333 179 196 Memphis 2 7 0 .222 140 243 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Michigan 6 2 0 .750 218 160 Houston 6 3 0 .667 294 235 Oklahoma 6 3 0 .667 147 192 Chicago 3 6 0 .333 209 246 San Antonio 2 7 0 .222 104 147 Pacific Denver 7 2 0 .778 209 181 Arizona 4 5 0 .444 236 151 Log Angeles 3 6 0 .333 143 200 Oakland 0 9 0 .000 82 218 Friday's Games Jacksonville 12, Memphis 10 Chicago 49, Los Angeles 29 Saturday's Games Houston 37, Arizona 24 Birmingham 41, Oklahoma 17 Sunday's Games New Orleans 20, Denver 18 Philadelphia 20, San Antonio 14 New Jersey 14, Pittsburgh 10 Washington 31, Oakland 17 Monday's Game Tampa Bay at Michigan Friday, April 27 New Orleans at Philadelphia Pittsburgh at Memphis Jacksonville at Oklahoma Saturday, April 28 Washington at Tampa Bay San Antonio at Arizona Sunday, April 26 Birmingham at Denver Oklahoma at Chicago Michigan at New Jersey Monday, April 30 Los Angeles at Houston

Men’s Basketball Trials WHITE (68) Kleine 2-6 3-7 7, Teachey 1-3 6-6 8, Dawkins 6-10 6-818, Curry 0-0 00 0, Gordon 5-9 1-2 11, Mullin 5-12 4-4 14, Carr 2-4 2-2 6, Krystkowiak 1-2 2-2 4. Totals 22-46 24-31 68. BLUE (64) Koncak 1-4 0-0 2, Malone 2-3 0-0 4, Humphries 7-8 0-014, Fleming 3-10 0-0 6, Master 5-12 4-4 14, Young 2-7 60 4, Perkins 4-13 2-2 10, Turner 4-6 2-310. Totals 2663 8-9 64 Halftime-White 32, Blue 30. Fouled out—None. Rebounds—White 24 (Carr 5), Blue 25 (Koncak 9). Assists—White 12 (Dawkins 5), Blue 8 (Young 3). Total fouls—White 11, Blue 21. A— 16,823. BLUE (79) Hurt 3-45-9 11, Wood 6-8 6-918, Martin 3-4 OO 6, Jordan 5-11 50 15, Corbin 62 1-3 1 Barkley 1-3 60 8, Fields 4-11 60 8, Chaiv man 50 2-2 12. Totals 27-49 25-35 79 WHITE (81) McCormick 5-7 6-7 16, Brown lO 4-9 6 Stockton 1-3 3-4 5, Robertson 4-9 2-3 lo! Alford 2-5 3-4 7, Person 4-12 3-5 11, Tisdale 1615 0-0 20, Alarie 30 60 6. Totals 3663 213281. Halftime-Blue 42, White 30. Fouled out—None.

Faldo doesn't fold-o under pressure

By 808 GREEN AP Golf Writer HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) Nick Faldo was under some unseen pressure, pressure applied from 3.500 miles and six time zones away, when he strode up the 18th fair way to his first American PGA tour triumph. “It’s not easy anyway, win ning your first tournament," the 26-year-old Englishman said after he’d turned bark Tom Kite's last-round charge Sun day and won by one shot tu t InSea Pines Heritage (’lassie. Casper ghastly no more SUN CITY, Ariz. (AP) - Billy Casper, who says he almost quit the game of golf nine years ago because he “was just embarrassed by the way I played,” has made it back to the top of his profession again. Sunday, Casper sank a 45-foot putt on the 14th hole to take the lead and then held on to win the inaugural $200,000 Senior PGA Tour Roundup by two strokes over Bob Stone. The 52-year-old Casper, a PGA Hall of Famer from Mapleton, Utah, started the day tied in second place, two strokes behind Stone. But Casper carded eight birdies on the 6,672-yard Hillcrest Golf Course and watched Stone suffer bogeys on the third and 14 th holes. Casper finished with a final round of 7-under-par 65 which tied the course record set in 1981 by Hollis Stacy in the LPGA Sun City Classic. He had a 14-under 202 total in the 54-hole event for pros age 50 and older. Stone posted a 3-under 69 Sunday for a 12-under 204 total and SIB,OOO. He still is seeking his first tournament victory since the 1970 Florida Citrus Open. Late-charging Don January fired a final-round 5-under 67 and took third place with an 11under 205 total worth $15,000. January and Stone both bogeyed the 14th before Casper’s dramatic putt capped his comeback. “It was a 00-brainer. I was just trying to get it close to the cup and it went in,,” said Casper, who took the $30,000 top prize with his fourth-ever Senior PGA victory.

Texas rigging is finally made easy

(c) 1984 Dallas Morning News DALLAS Texas-rigging a plastic worm is no more than child’s play, and fishing brings out the youth in most of us. Insert the hook point in the center of the worm head and thread it downward for about a quarter to a half inch. Bring the hook point out again. Turn the worm head on the shank (to move the body around to the barb side) and push it up the shank until it covers the hook eye and knot. Finally, the hook point and barb are again inserted into the worm’s body. Worm anglers do it until they can, with eyes closed, rig a worm that is perfectly straight from the head to the spot where the hook point anchors the body. Some are particular about the point being pushed through the worm body until it breaks the “skin,” But with the softer, more pliable plastics used in most worms today, this isn’t necessary. A solid jerk will get the point out of plastic and started into the fish’s mouth. With the point of the hook covered and the entire rig streamlined, it is difficult to snag the worm on any sort of wood or vegetation. In its birthing days, the sinkers necessary to take the rig down and keep it on or near bottom and structure often became lodged in forks of limbs or rock crevices. Along came the final accoutrement and the lowly ersatz worm was destined for bass fishing immortality. The cone or “bullet” sinker, which with the point of the cone toward the rod tip helps the lure slip through forks and crevices and shed grass and weeds. It was the final touch to make the Texas-rigged plastic worm the most versatile bass-getter ever devised for sportsmen %

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And, he said, there was the added pressure of the British press, which has been highly critical of his unsuccessful efforts in the 1983 British Open and the Masters, two weeks ago. "That put me under a lot of pressure,” said Faldo, a threetime British PGA champion and the leading player in Europe last year. "1 thought that whatever I shot, if 1 lost, even if I hadn’t gone tuickwards, they would have written that I had blown another tournament.

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It's watching a birdie in the making for LPGA golfer Ayako Okamoto of Tokyo, who entered the final round of the S&H Classic Sunday at Pasadena Yacht & Golf Club tied for the lead. Okamoto struggled

“But,” he said, and leaned back with a smile, “it all came right for me in the end. I got the last laugh.” He also got $72,000 from the total purse of $400,000 and, he said, “joined a very small club only three of us in 20 years.” It was a reference to Tony Jacklin, a former US. Open champion, and Peter Oosterhuis, a former Canadian Open title-holder, the only other Englishmen to win on the American PGA Tour in Faldo underestimated more than 40 years.

somewhat Sunday, carding a 76 and finishing five shots back of Vicki Fergon in sixth place. Japan's Okamoto had won the J&B Scotch Pro-Am the week previous. (AP Wirephoto).

Going fishin'?

If you're heading for the nearest lake or pond, just remember the best artificial fish-catcher there is

(c) 1984 Dallas Morning News DALLAS The efficiency of spinner baits, the excitement of surface lures and the depth-probing qualities of a diving lure are well known. But nothing has happened in the past quarter century which is hnw long it has been since someone first poured molten, rubbeish plastic into a snake-like mold to shake my belief that the “plastic worm” is the best artificial fish-catcher ever produced. Spinner baits, topwaters and all those others are all right and will provide good times and meat for the table when the fish are biting. But when all else fails and you need to convince yourself that there is at least one thing with fins and eyeballs swimming in the lake, open up your worm box. Ironically, most of the plastic and many of the hair-and-pork lures and accoutrements used today are spinoffs of the plastic worm. There are touts, grubs, minnows, crawdads, lizards, frogs, eels and others that don’t resemble much of anything. They evolved from the first, rather crude, artificial worm. To this day, discussions over who was the true-blue, dead-level originator of the plastic worm often become volatile. The first worms I saw were produced by (or at least had the label of) a company in Indiana. Nick Creme founded one of the largest and earliest production firms in Tyler, Texas, and marketed the still-successful Creme Worms. It really doesn’t matter who was first. Plastic worms were just another “fishcatching idea” destined to oblivion or, at least normalcy, until some good ol’ boy came up with a way to rig the worm to make it weedless. Remember those tandem rigs with l-to-4 hooks that had the shanks and eyes (connected by line or wire) inside the worm’s

Faldo won it with a frontrunning, no-bogey, 2-under-par 69 and a 270 total, 14 under par and matching the record on the respected Harbour Town Golf Links. Kite made a run at him with a solid, no-bogey 66 that fell one stroke short at 271. “No complaints, but I wish there had been a different result,” Kite said. “It hurts to play that well and not win. But when you hit 16 greens, don’t make a bogey, shoot 66, then somebody beats you, there’s not much you can

body, but the bends and points of the hooks were exposed and prone to grab every limb or weed they came near? Sure, there were places it could be fished, but rarely were these the places where black bass roamed. No, what made the worm the best alltime bass lure was something Texas anglers get credit for, at least in the name. The Texas-rigging, which made worms weedless, is the reason some soft plastic firms put on night shifts and many serious fishermenbusinessmen who had some garage space set up molds, pans, heaters and dyes and started making plastic worms. With this basic concept that made bass fishing a sporting proposition for millions who never before had ventured much past the live minnow-drowning stage, it became a matter of refinements. All sorts of plasticizers were added and potions brewed in the search of the perfect marriage between durability and action, toughness and feel. Among the earliest renovations to the worm and there was only the worm until about a dozen years ago was the transformation of the stubby, do-nothing tail with a thinner, flatter version that moved when the worm was pulled through the water to offer more fish-attracting action. Floating materials added the tail-up, headdown (becauseof the sinker) configuration as the worm “bumped” along bottom. It wasn’t long before the worms became two-colored with red, chartreuse and white tails, and then the bodies took on hues limited only by the imagination and the rainbow. A recent entry is the salt worm. Some anglers swear the salty “taste” attracts fish. How can one fish the worm? Or lizard? Or crawdad? There are too many ways to count, but major fish-producing methods other than the standard casting include the weightless presentation and doodle-

doaboutit.” Faldo, four shots ir. front at the start of the day’s play, was challenged only by Kite. No one else really got in the race. Kite eventually tied him with a 10foot birdie putt on the 12th, but Faldo, having trouble with his putter, rapped in a 6-footer to regain command on the 15th and nursed it home from there. Dr. Gil Morgan, a nonpracticing optometrist who tied for second in the Masters, came out of the pack with a 66 and tied for third at 274 with Ronnie

Vicki Fergon reaps the wild wind for S&H Classic victory

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Gorgeous weather and generous pin and tee placements rendered the Pasadena Yacht & Golf Club course almost defenseless for three rounds of the LPGA S&H Classic. Six players tied the course record with rounds of 66 through 54 holes and when the field arrived for Sunday’s finale, the leaders were threatening to smash the LPGA’s 72-hole tournament mark of 17-under-par 271. Betsy King, Hollis Stacy and Ayako Okamoto were greeted by a crosswind, however. And while that trio struggled, Vicki Fergon came on to win the $150,000 S&H by one stroke. “When the wind is blowing like that,” said second-place finisher King, “you don’t think about a 66. You know that a 68 or 69 can win it.” Fergon did just that, carding a 3-under-par 69 over the 6,023yard layout to finish with a 72hole total of 13-under 275. She came from two shots off the third-round pace set by King, Stacy and Okamoto and won $22,500 to boost her 1984 earnings to $28,864. “Everything seemed to fall into place,” the two-time tour winner said. “When I made those birdies on the front nine, I knew I had a chance if I could just hang in there, make par and force the others to come back.” The 1979 Lady Stroh’s titlist bogeyed the first hole but birdied four of the next eight to pull into a tie with King midway through the round. She matched

socking. The former is deadly with light tackle (to cast it without any weight) to pull the worm over and through grass, weed beds, lilies, etc. Doodle-socking is the first version of flipping. This requires much stouter tackle, since the object is to drag fish out of trees and brush that hefty fish can wrap themselves up in quickly. “I can’t catch fish on a worm because I never know when to set the hook” is an oftheard complaint. Forget that. Forget, too, all those old theories about “counting to five” after the first indication of a pick-up or “let him take the rod tip to the water and then set the hook.” When you feel ANYTHING, set the hook, hard! You may set the hook on a few limbs, rocks and weeds as well as bass, all right, but join the crowd. That’s part of worm fishing. The worm has turned for Lee Gaydos, Central Texas bass fisherman. Gaydos simply became fed up with the high prices he and his friends were having to pay every time they purchased plastic worms. So in Round Rock, Texas, 180 miles south of Dallas, the Gator Worm Co. has become a successful business while striking a blow for worm fishermen everywhere. “It is just ridiculous,” said Gaydos, the company’s owner. “A 20-to 30-percent markup is all right, and no one can complain. But I know a lot of worm manufacturers and distributors that are into a 100percent markup and counting.” A comparison of Gator’s prices with a major sportsmen’s mail-order house confirms the Texas-made worms which come in colors and combinations as well as material quality to match the name brands are less expensive. “I think we’ve helped the fishermen,” Gaydos said. Catalogs and complete sample kits, at $5 each, can be ordered from Gator Worm Co., 204 S. Mays, Round Rock, Texas, 78664 (512-255-2284).

Black. Black had a closing 67. Dan Pohl was next at 71-276. PGA champion Hal Sutton, 70, Chip Beck, 70, and Andy Bean, 67, followed at 278. Tom Watson struggled to a 75 and was at 282. HILTONHEAD ISLAND,S.C. l AP)—Final scores and money-winnings Sunday in the *400,000 Sea Pines Heritage Classic on the 6,808 yard, par7lHarbourTownGolfLinks: Nick Faldo, *72,000 6887-68-69-270 Tom Kite, *43,200 68-67-7086-271 Gil Morgan, *23,200 64-73-7186- 274 Ronnie Black, *23,200 6987-7187-274 Dan Pohl, *16,000 898789-71-276 Andy Bean, *13,400 70-748787—278 Hal Sutton, *13,400 69-7089-70-278 Chip Beck, *13,400 728888-70-278 Jim Thorpe, *11,200 69-71-7089-279 Hubert Green, *11,200 69-7088-72-279

par on each of the last nine holes. “On the back nine,” she explained, “I just tried to grind it out.” Meanwhile, King, winner of last month’s Women’s Kemper Open, and Stacy, the two-time defending S&H champion, faltered. While Stacy birdied No. 10 to move into a tie with Fergon at 13-under, King fell to 12-under with a bogey on the same hole. Fergon took sole possession of the lead when Stacy bogeyed No. 12 and her advantage was two shots f fter King and Stacy both dropped a stroke on the par 3,156-yard 13th. King moved back into contention with a 9-foot putt for birdie on No. 16, but missed from the same distance on 18 where she went for a birdie that would have forced a playoff. “I lost confidence in my putting. I think it showed,” King said. King, who shot a 66 during Friday’s second round, settled for a 72 on Sunday and a 12-under-par 276 total. Stacy shot 73 and was two shots behind Fergon at 277. Alice Miller, meanwhile, shot a 66 to climb to fourth place at 10-under 278. Donna Caponi (9 under 279) was next, despite receiving a two-stroke penalty for playing the wrong ball on the 16th hole. Japan’s Okamoto, winner of the J&B Scotch Pro-Am the week before, carded a 76 and finished five shots back along with Barb Bunkowsky and Joan Joyce.