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Tom Watson exchanges a smile with his long-time caddy Bruce Edwards after completing a round of golf earlier this season. Edwards is in his 13th year of caddying for Wat-
Danzig Connection beats odds to win at Belmont
NEW YOR£ (AP) - “Next year I might run four,” trainer Woody Stephens said. He was talking about the 1987 ' Belmont Stakes. Of course, he was joking, but it was a statement that could make other horseman cringe. On Saturday, Stephens saddled a single starter for the 118th Belmont an 8-1 shot named Danzig Connection and it resulted in a fifth straight Belmont victory for the 72-year-old trainer. Stephens did start an entry last year, and finished 1-2 with Creme Fraiche and Stephan’s Odyssey. Only two other trainers both in the late 19th century won as many as three in a row. “I’m proud of you even if you messed me up,” 79-year-old Walter Kelley told Stephens on Sunday.’ * The Kelley-trained Johns Treasure finished second, 1 1-4 lengths behind Danzig Connection and a neck in front of Kentucky Derby winner Ferdinand, trained by 73-year-old Charlie Whittingham and ridden by 54-year-old Bill Shoemaker. Johns Treasure was Kelley’s first Belmont Stakes starter, while Whittingham was saddling a starter for the
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1 Vis-mile final leg of the Triple Crown for the first time since 1954. Shoemaker was seeking a sixth Belmont victory. Stephens’ four previous winners were Conquistador Cielo in 1982, Caveat, Swale and Creme Fraiche. The Belmont was run before a crowd of 43,137 on a rainy, foggy day. The winning time of 2:29 4-5 on a sloppy track was the slowest since Temperence Hill won in the same time on a muddy track in 1980. At the quarter pole, Danzig Connection held a half-length lead over Johns Treasure, ridden by Laffit Pincay, while Ferdinand another head back. But Danzig Connection was in charge, and Stephens’ fifth win was all but official. “You know, right after I got off the horse someone yelled at me that I had just given Woody his fifth Belmont,” said McCarron, who was riding for Stephens for the first time, “and I said no, he had just given me my first. “I was just a passenger along for the ride.” Danzig Connection, owned by Henryk deKwiatkowski, paid a winning mutuel of $lB.
Caddies must also prepare for United States Open
c. 1986 N.Y. Times News Service NEW YORK Caddies at the United States Open must start their preparations early. Their goal is to be efficient helpers for their golfers, perhaps the way registered nurses are for surgeons in the operating room. “I’ll start by checking, double-checking and triple-checking the yardage,” Bruce Edwards said about his first step of preparing for the Open. “After I get the yardage, I will try to familiarize myself as much as possible with each hole,” added Edwards, who is in his 13th year of caddying for Tom Watson. He is arguably the best among professional caddies. “It’s like preparing yourself for a test, hoping the information you get is the right one.” Watson trusts the 31-year-old Edwards so much for his evaluation and judgment that he doesn’t keep yardage totals. The vast majority of professionals keep their own yardage and double-check it with their caddies. “Bruce takes care of a lot of things, and yardage is one of them,” Watson said last week. “What he does best is he knows what to say and when.” A series of interviews with caddies at the Westchester Classic last week substantiated Watson’s claim that the caddie’s most important contribution, besides being reliable, is getting to know the player. “When I caddied for Johnny Miller for 12 years,” Andy Martinez said, “I knew what he was thinking and he knew what I was thinking.”
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The 36-year-old Martinez, a native of San Pedro, Calif., caddied for Miller in the Open for seven consecutive years, from 1976 through 1982, for Bobby Clampett in 1983 and for Gary Hallberg the last two years. For this Open at Shinnecoek Hills, Martinez has made a commitment to George Burns, for whom he caddied at the Westchester Classic last week. “I’m going to spend as much time as I can out on the course,” Martinez said about his preparation for the Open. “It’s the kind of course not too many people have local knowledge of. I want to amass as much information as I can. I want to study the greens, note down wind conditions, figure out the yardage. I want to have all the answers before the tournament starts.” Once the tournament begins, Edwards said, it becomes a psychological game, with the player being more important than the knowledge of the course. “The mood of your player is more important than the course once the bell goes off,” Edwards said. “You try to find a groove, to jockey for position and put yourself in the leaders. Tom is open to suggestions and I’ve got the freedom to voice my opinion. That’s where knowing the guy you work for pays dividends.” Edwards knows his player very well, and that may be reflected in the fact that Watson has joined Jack Nicklaus as the only golfers to have earned more than $4 million. Edwards has shared in Watson’s success: In addition to a weekly salary of anywhere from S3OO to S6OO, a caddie takes home 5 to 8 percent of his golfer’s
earnings in a tournament, 10 percent if he wins. What distinguishes the better caddies is knowledge of their man, the attention they pay to detail on a course and how they convey their knowledge of the course to their players. “It’s difficult for a player to trust decisions and suggestions once the chips are down,” Edwards said. “Sometimes it’s best not to say anything unless you’re asked,” said Ed Franciscone, a 41-year-old native of New Haven, Conn. Franciscone calls himself Special Ed, perhaps because he follows the tour uncommitted and caddies for a different golfer virtually every week. As of last week, he had not made a commitment to a golfer for the Open. “No matter who you work for, you must be prepared to do your best,” he said. “Remember, your advice will not be the
Cathedral wins state tennis title
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indianapolis Cathedral won its first Indiana High School Athletic Association girls’ state tennis finals championship, defeating Elkhart Central 5-0 for the championship after defeating Fort Wayne Homestead 32 in semifinal play. Elkhart Central defeated Evansville Harrison 3-2, and Homestead won the consolation round against Harrison 5-0. Elkhart Central’s Alice Holdeman won the mental attitude award in Saturday’s
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same every day of the tournament, even if the weather conditions are the same.” Edwards and Martinez also said their advice will differ from day to day in the Open because of changes in detail. The pin placement, for example, will vary and a different pin placement can determine a lot of things. “Things like your tee shot,” Martinez said, “and I’m not talking about a par-3 here. They don’t put the pin in the middle of the green, and that’s where we come in sometimes. The rough also determines a lot of factors.” “You have to be ready to tell your man where is the best place to be in certain situations,” said Mike Smith, a 20-year-old native of Watseka, 111., who will caddie in the Open for Bill Israelson. “Believe me, as a caddie you do more than keep track of your man’s suntan lotion and remember where he dropped off his laundry.”
12th annual IHSAA event. Defending team champion Indianapolis North Central lost to Carmel 3-2 in the sectional finals. In singles action, defending champion Lanae Renschler, of Castle, who is hoping for her fourth straight state championship, advanced to Friday and Saturday’s finals with regional victories of 6-0, 6-0 Saturday over Kara Chenoweth of North Montgomery. Renschler’s career record is 92-0.
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