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A.rr Monday, January 13, 197S 260 Stetson's New Gym Paying Off-- In Attendance Miller By 14 At Phoenix; PHOENIX, Ariz. (Jl The usually articulate Johnny Miller was at a loss for words. "I don't know what to say," he murmured, a puzzled smile on his face. "I can't believe it. I just can't believe I'm that much under par." The young man, easily the dominant factor in pro golf the last year or so, had just added a couple more gems to his prize collection of records, trophies and titles with the easiest victory ever recorded on the pro tour.

He won the $30,000 first prize in the Phoenix Open by 14 strokes Sunday, the largest winning margin ever. And he won it with a 260 total, the lowest 72-hole score in 20 years of tournament competition. Johnny MilltMtt.Mt Jerr Hurl 17.100 Tommy Aron tO.til Mikt Hill 7.050 Roy Pico 4,150 J.C.SlWid 5,400 Dick Loll 4.0I JoAn MihiHey 0n Litllor Tom Watssit 4. MS BulCh Bird 4.05 Ed Snjd 3,150 Jim Anern 1,400 lob Stanton 400 Naio Irwin 2,400 Oarv Sanders 2,400 -Siftbv Gilbert 1,400 Andy North 1,400 Cory Groh 1,400 Mark Hayes (ob Urner Mac Mc London Bob Goalby l.Srt Ralph Johmton 1.104 David Graham 1,104 ForreH Feller 1,104 Bobby Mitchell 1,104 Rod Fgnseth 1,204 Lan Thompson Gary McCord 7S Danny Edwards 97! Mike Reasor 075 Tom Jenkins 7S Let Trevino 724 Chuck Courtney 72f ROK Caldwell 714 Dava Hill 724 John Schroder 7U Chris Blocker 724 Dwiqhl Nevil 72e Ron Cerrudo 724 Larry Nelson 440 Bobby Nichols 440 Jack Ewinf 460 Ben Kern 460 Bruct Crampton 449 Bob Smith 440 Cesar Sanudo 460 Mike Mitchell 440 Orvilie Moody 460 Dale Doueiass 460 Pett Brown 360 Oave Stockton 341 Garry Hopkins 341 -Bob Zender 341 Jerry McGee 341 Tom Kite 315 Bob Wynn 315 Don January 315 George Knudson 280 Will Hoemnuik 280 Billy Zlobro 219 Tom Purtier 210 Joe Porter 266 Jim Marshall lit Rlk Massennale 251 Stevt Cain 151 Miller Barber 240 Frank Beard 229 Roner Maltbie 220 Roier Maltbie 22? Jerry Diehl Jot Inman 47 41.40 44-24B ,14 41-71-40'47-274 71-41-60-74 277 4I40M 72-27I 6B-72-47-72-27 T-M-4-ai 190 47 71-71 70 200 717-70-71 2B0 73-71 i 44-210 67-4t-2W 71- 44-40-73 21 41-69-72-72-202 70.71-71.49231 75-70-4S-72-2S1 71 -70-70-71 S8I 72- 70.41-711112 J1-71-7I-47-H1 7S.ia.73.4e Ml 72- 72-4I-71-2I1 71-44-74-79-201 70- 44-73-7I-203 71- 72-71-49-203 73- 70-71-70 244 73-49-70-71 204 73-70-74 47-284 47t15-71-ll3 73- 71-70-70-2S3 72- 70-71-72 285 41-74-48-75285 72-49-71 71-285 71-7O-72-71-207 70- 73-74-49204 71- 70-73-71 284 78-49-75-7128 69- 72-7I-74 284 70- 70-73-73-284 49-72-71-74-2B4 74- 70.49-73284 72- 72-47-75287 72-72-49-74 387 71- 72-71-73-287 70- 70-74-71-287 71. 74-71-71 287 71- 70-70-74-287 72- 70-74-71-287 48- 72-75-72287 49- 75-70-73287 71-71-72-73-287 40-74-73-72 281 71-48-74-74-284 289 70- 70-73-74-2 89 71- 289 73- 72-72-73290 72- 73-75-70290 71 -71 -73-75 290 75- 70-71-75291 74- 71-70-74241 74- 49-73-75-291 72- 47-75-77-I91 75- 70-72-75-292 73- 70-72-7S-242 71- 74-74-74 72- 71-72-77-293 71-71-77-75-294 74- 71 -74-76-295 74-71-74-74 J9S 70- 73-71-81-295 71- 74-77-75-297 71-74-7I-78-301 Throuyh And it came over the strongest field the tournament had ever had.

Left straggling in Miller's wake in this first event on the 1975 schedule were such players as U.S. 0.pen Champion Hale Irwin, PGA king Lee Trevino, million dollar winners Tom Weiskopf, Billy Casper, Gene Littler and Bruce Crampton, 1974 1 tiple title winneri Hubert Green, Bobby Nichols, Buddy Allin and Dave Stockton, along with the best performer in Europe, Englishman Peter Osterhuis. The field included 14 of the top money winners from last season, with only Jack Nicklaus among the missing. Miller, the 1974 Player of the Year, simply ran away and hid from them all. JERRY HEARD made an eagle three on the final hole and claimed second place with a 65-274.

Tommy Aaron was next with a 67-276 and collected his biggest check since winning the 1973 Masters. Neither was a threat to the runaway winner who opened the tournament with an eagle on the first hole and all but clinched the victory with an astounding 10-under-par 61 in Friday's second round. "Right now," said Heard, a longtime close friend of Miller's, "he's the best player in the world. He's better than Nicklaus or Gary Player or anybody. "He's the absolute best.

He's unbeatable. "I think he's going to have an even better season than he did last And that was one of the finest seasons in modern golf history. Miller won eight American tournaments the most titles collected in a single season since 1950 added a Japanese title and ran up a record $252,000 in winnings. "I DON'T see any reason to draw a line of demarcation between last season and this," Miller said. "Everything is still the same.

The sun still comes up the same way it Southern Mississippi guard John Prince appears to succeeded, and an Associated Press photographer be flying through the air as if supported by a cable came up with this unusual photo. But Southern Miss from his back. Actually, Prince is leaping through did not succeed, dropping an 83-77 verdict to the home the air in an attempt to save the ball from going out team. Prince and his mates played last week in the of bounds Saturday night against Memphis State. He Hatter Classic in DeLand.

1 When Stetson University first pondered building its Edmunds -Activities Center, loud cries of protesting anguish could be "heard from so-called academicians from one end of the campus to the other. Even after the. beautiful new gym best on-campus facility in the state was completed, certain faculty folks remained unconvinced. "You built this place too big," complained one professor to Coach Glenn Wilkes. "You will never find enough people to make this building worthwhile.

It simply is a waste of time and money." Two weeks later, Stetson played Marshall in the dedica-; tion game. More than 5,000 ii people crammed into the lity which was cut back to seat around 4,500, has expandable, room for over 5.000 and with additional chairs could surpass That's plenty big for a small liberal arts university with 1,800 students in a small town, if Yet it's a far better facility than either the University of Florida with a student enrollment of over 24,000 or Florida State with 20,000 has. Jj! And what's more important, despite the limited school and city populations, Stetson Is the leader in state basketball at- tendance. J'' The Hatters have averaged nearly 4.000 per game thanks to a combination of season ticket i holders, a growing Hatter Club I', membership, interested local citizenry and a whopping percentage of students. A large share of the credit has li, to go to the enterprising Hatter Club the financial backbone of the growing major college program and to some of its ii' 1 aders, community-conscious jj; businessmen like banker Wendell Jarrard, Jr.

and auto dealer Ralph Pillow in De-: Land, like computer executive Ken i a CPA Norm Pricher and realtor J. B. Steel-! man in Orlando. The Orlando Hi Hatter Club, growing steadily, has a bus trip planned for Stetson's upcoming game with Wright State. This is typical of the building interest, v.

Stetson asketball has attracted 30,218 fans to DeLand ii this year, an average of 3,777. Florida, with the largest on-! campus facility (5,500) in the state, has averaged 3,686. Flori- i da State has averaged 3,500 ii which is capacity. You simply can't get tickets to Seminole games at Tully Gym. tendance at Jacksonville ii! which plays in the state's largest facility, 10.000-seat Jacksonville Coliseum, has been dwindling over the past few years and now hovers around the 3,000 mark.

South Florida has been disappointing, ing around 1,000 in Tampa for Curtis Hixon Auditorium and ii: Fort Homer Hesterly Armory. Stetson's crowds should get better with projected standing room for such outstanding teams coming to DeLand as Southern Illinois, Jacksonville and FSU. ii' In fact, some of those profes-v sors who fought so bitterly against the building are now among the first to stand in line particularly for Homecoming i ckets which include an ii entertainment doubleheader that will feature Bill Cosby in the afternoon and Jacksonville vs. Stetson at night, li And some fans are asking Dr. John E.

Johns, Stetson presi- dent, and Wilkes, "Did you build the place too 0 0 0 THE WEEKLY awards: It was a good week for state basketball. Stetson stretched its Sneaker By BILL BUCHALTER Aitlilint Sports Editor Auburn finds the sneaker on u' the other foot tonight when the youthful Tigers visit Florida in a key Southeastern Conference basketball game that tips off a crucial week for state schools. Only two games scheduled tonight but the week features an important Florida State-South Florida game in ii. Tampa, the prestigious college division Citrus Invitational at Lakeland and home games for Rollins and Stetson with dangerous Wright State of Dayton. Last Saturday night, Auburn ambushed Kentucky in the Tiger Den and Coach Bob Davis is leery of Alligator Alley for the same reason.

Both Auburn and tSie Gators are 2-J in the young S.C race and the home team seems to have a genuine advan'age in the league. Game time at Alligator Alley is 7:45. Deltona Drubbing: Hay den Wins By 5 Wayne Smalls who is averaging close to 10 assists for the past five games while finding time to score and shut down his man defensively. "If there's anybody deserving of recognition," says Durham, "it's Wayne Smalls. He's playing better than any guard I've coached since I've been at Florida State." He's a sophomore.

Chairman of the Boards: Stetson's Johnson not only for his 16 rebounds against AU but for seven blocked shots and a game that caught the eyes of the pro scouts on hand. Comeback Award: Florida Southern's John Edwards for his game-winning shot against Waterloo in final seconds which broke three-game Moc losing streak. Edwards missed the three losses with an ankle injury. He scored 23 points after returning to the lineup. And to the entire Florida team which responded from a one-point loss at LSU to win on the road at Georgia.

Heartbeat Award: Florida Southern's Jim a 1 1 for surviving two consecutive one-point victories at the' buzzer. Daniel Wright got the big bucket to beat Nebraska-Omaha. Mr. Steady Award: Rollins' Bruce Howland for his consistent All-America (College Division) type performances. Said one Rochester player after Rollins' victory Saturday night: "Gosh.

Howland would square up at the top the key. At least 18 feet away. If he couldn't drive, he'd hit nothing but net. He's some player." He Shall be Nameless Candidates: The first half officiating at the Rollins-Rorhester game. A visit'ng scout who has charted at least 50 games this year called it the worst homer job he has ever seen "I feel sorry for the one official who was trying to do a good job," said the scout, (AP) The Roof? "Rollins was a much better team as; they proved in the second half.

They don't need that kind of help." In the first 20 minutes, Rochester scored four more field goals, had two goal tendings calls missed, was. whistled for palming or traveling violations at least six times, had a three-second violation called on the fast break and did not take a single foul shot, but still lead by a point (32-31). The officiating comments came in the wake of dissatisfied Northern coaches who visit the area. Central Florida basketball is beginning to gain a reputation for outstanding teams, only to lose face over complaints about homers. The Florida Intercollegiate Officials Assn.

prides itself on a job well done and. some of its members may inadvertantly become over-zealous in protecting home clubs. The area cannot afford to get a homer reputation. Let's leave that for other areas of the country and have our basketball reputation continue to improve. Most Improved Award: Jacksonville soph Bobby Al-' varez for his consistent scoring, and South Florida's Eddie Davis who is playing physical inside and is chiefly responsible for the Brahmans having a winning record.

Critical Shot of Week Award: Edwards and Wright of Florida Southern plus Leon (Leeki) Smith of Florida whose 22-footer gave the Brahmans a 65-63 road victory over Tennessee Tech. 0 0 0 The Buchalter-Boeck state Rankings: University Division 1. Florida State (9-3): 2. Stetson (10-2); 3. Jacksonville (7-5); 4.

tie Florida (6-7), South Florida (S-5). College Division I. Rollins (8-3): 2. FTU (J-3); 3. B'scavne (4-4); 4.

Florida Southern (6-5): 5. FAMU (4-2). Auburn better than las' year and our guys know it. They are playing well and so are Wright State on Thursday and Stetsen on Saturday, lone action of 'he ert for the Central Florida 0 0 0 The schedule: TODAY: Auburn at Florida; University of Nebraska-Omaha at Jacksonville. TUESDAY: Citrus Invitational (Florida Southern, FTU, Valdosta State, W.

Post) at Lakeland. WEDNESDAY: FSU at South Florida; Citrus Invitational championship and consolation; Palm Beach Atlantic at Bis-cavne. THURSDAY: Wright State at Rollins. SATURDAY: Florida Memorial at Riscayne; Saint Leo at Florida Snuthern; Florida at Tennessee; Jacksonville at Oral Roberts; Hofstra FSU: FTU at FIT; Wright State at Stetson; Arkansas State South Florida. winning streak to five.

Rollins' string moved to four. FSU has won three in succession. And there were some outstanding individual performances. Like Stetson's Otis Johnson grabbing 16 rebounds against a good American University team. Like FSU's Larry Warren holding Bis-cayne's nationally ranked scoring star, Arthur Collins, to 10 points until he departed to give the reserves playing time.

Collins wound up with 16. i Stetson's Billy Seitz scoring 43 points in the Hatter Classic and playing championship defense. And like Rollins' Gary Parsons having the game of his life with 15-of-18 from the floor and 36 points. Basketball By Bill Buchalter Sharpshooter Award: Parsons for his brilliant game in Rollins overtime win over Waterloo. He misled only three times and was six-for-six from charity lane.

Pugnacious Award (Individual defense): FSU's Warren for his play against Collins. our most improved defensive player," says Hugh Durham.) And Stetson's Seitz who held American University's Wilbur Thomas, one of Ihe best players to perform in the state this year, to 14. Supersub Award: For the umpteenth time this season, to FSU's Harry Davis, developing into the state's top freshman player. The 6-7 honor student got his first startins assignment and responded with 11 points and eight rebounds. Unselfish Award FSU's On Other Foot Jacksonville hosts Nebraska-Omaha at the Coliseum in the only other state game tonight.

At Gainesville, it will be a of soils for Auburn freshman Stan Pietkiewicz, the Winter Park product. Pietkiewicz scored IS noints in the victory over Kentucky. He and 6-9 freshman Mitchell were architects nf unrt but there's a lot niore firepower with Lake Weir's Eddie Johnson, the SEC's top scorer a year ago. Florida has been getting solid plav out rf sophomore guard Bruno Caldwell and 6-5 forward Gene Shy. Jerry Moore, an unsung sophomore.

ha been Dtaving his best basketball of la'e. Florida Coach John I.oiz says he arr -n Si'C not 'Vy have 1 ir-r-n for the last five years. As for Auburn. Lotz said, "Johnson and are nk we think we have vme did last year. I'm the "I'm playing good right now.

I just want to keep it going. I don't see why anything should change just because it's a new year." It was an astonishing performance by the young man who is rapidly establishing the rich pro tour as his own private hunting preserve. "I'm winning so easy now that it's ridiculous," Miller said. He had a margin of 16 strokes once late in the last round here and had to manufacture some goals for himself. 4534-11 Lao Hayden.

01,400. 70 36-34 Bau Bauoh. 51,200. 71 33-34 Barry Butler, 34-33 Jim St. Germanl, 35-36 Robert Harris, 17 34 Jim Hatsfield, 35 34 Murphy Trahan.

34-37 Bob Bruno, 36-35 Bill Gust, 34-37 Bob Stroble. $750 each. 7331-34 John Morgan, 33-37 Sluloer While, 34-3 Gene Jones 34-34 Jimmy Formas, 34-30 Jerry Coals, 34-38 Bob Bralller, 3517 Earl Fennell, 35-37 Mai Galletta, 37-35 Georee Griffin. 34-34 Tim Kilpelpinen, 37 35 Stavi Opp'rman, 34-36 Dave Philo. S30 each.

7315-31 Bob Erickson, 37-34 Charles Keallni), 34-37 Denny Lyons, 35-38 Billy Maxwell, 34-39 Mike O'Sulllvan, 34-37 nhn Gentile, 36-37 Row Jones, 34 34 Scot Knapp, 40-31 Ron Letellier, 38-33 Tom Popa, (145 each. teeing off on the 405-yard first. And he birdied that one too. "It was really windy on that back nine. I still can't believe I shot 31." When the round was tabulated, he had eight birdies, one bogey and only 24 putts.

PAIRED WITH John Sutter, Earl Fennell and Baugh, whose finish earned him $1 ,200, Hayden came to the 495-yard ninth hole with a four-shot lead, but he didn't know it. "I had a feeling I needed to birdie the last hole" and he did with a wedge approach eight feet from the pin and a birdie-converting putt. His other birdies were from 20, three four, 30, 20, 18 and 18 feet. He missed a three-footer that cost him his only bogey on the 396-yard fourth. Hayden is practically an unknown on the Winter Tour or any other pro golf circuit.

He's known in his hometown for winning the Jacksonville Amateur title two years ago by 11 shots, but that was about his biggest claim to fame until Sunday. "I had mononucleosis last summer for five months and I wasn't strong enough to try to qualify for the tour. It costs about $1,500 and that's a lot of cheese to me," he explained. Hayden plaved in the Mavport and North Florida Opens earlier, but didn't make a cent. When Saturday's round was ranod out, he went out with a friend from Daytona Beach who tnld him, "It's iust a one day so swine from the heels." He will skii the Continental Open at Wildwood this week and then plav thiongh the Palm Tournament nf Champions Feb.

25-27. "1 don't know what I'll (In with Ihe $1,600, but I guess I'll give it to my mom since she's sponsoring me," said Hayden. By JIM WARTERS Sentinel Star Stall DELTONA A starry-eyed Leo Hayden sat stunned in the Deltona Country Club lounge Sunday and kept repeating, "I can't believe I won by five shots, I can't believe I won by five shots. The skinny youngster from Jacksonville was watching the Super Bowl post-game show with Deltona Open defending champion Bob Stroble who could hardly believe it himself. After all, this wasn't a four-day tournament where a five-shot bulge isn't uncommon.

In fact, it was a one-day shootout among more than 250 pros. Hayden's -fantastic performance over the Deltona course was not unlike Johnny Miller's seige at Phoenix on the big tour. WOULD YOU believe the 24-year-old part-time high school teacher uncorked a seven-under-par 65, two better than the course record held by such players as Jim Dent and Mai Galletta? No other player in the two shotgun start came close. Cocoa's Beau Baugh of the golfing Baugh family was all alone in second place with a 70, with another eight bunched at 71. Victory meant $1,600 to the 150-pound fi-footer in his first triumph since he turned pro more than a year ago.

"This is it man. Let me sign this scorecard 'cause it's worth all the money. Oh, how sweet it is," enthused the 1973 Jacksonville University graduate. Hayden was one of the afternoon shooters in the $14,700 Florida PGA Winter Tour stop that was reduced to a single round after Saturday's ramout. On a bright and breezy morning, four pros led the first half onslaught with 71s.

So, Hayden and the other 1.10 players knpw what they needed to beat. The grpgariniis and animated I eo began the afternoon on the 10th hole and had to scramble for pars on two of the first three holes. Then he' birdied five of the next six for an outgoing 31. "I feel like a kid turned loose in a candy store," grinned the wavy-haired Jacksonville native before For Upsetier good guards in Bruno, Rostic (Hon) and Mike I.edcrman. The key to this game is stopping Mtchell." Robby Alvarez and Ricky Coleman lead JU against the a a who lost a hcarrhrcakinc one-point game to Florida Southern at the buzzer on JU fell to Providence on the road Saturday.

The mis Invitational features host Florida Southern, peskv FTU, Valdosta State and C. W. Post, a pair of rugged Division II opponents. Championship and consolation play will he Wednesday. The tournament begins Tuesday.

FSU, with a memory like an elephant, returns to Tampa Wednesday to plav Florida. A year aqo, South Florida moped the Sc-ninoies and the loss knocked FSU out of an NCAA tournament bid. This year, Durham says, "Our guys will be ready to play. South Florida is a good team, much C. at at 5.