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THE PANTAGRAPH, Friday, July 7, 1989 Btf Arbuckles look for Highland edge Notos I and Butch Thompson, Tim Lane and Bryan Cox, and Greg She-pard and Mark Weaver. What score will it take to qualify for the championship flight? When Highland Park last held the Two-Man in 1986, one team at 65 made the 16-team championship flight. If 32 teams were taken then, two of seven 67s would have made it. The championship flight was expanded to 32 teams last year, which worked out well for Shulman and Mitchell. Other-Wise, they would have been in the first flight.

Should there be a tie for the 32nd spot, it will be broken by a scorecard playoff starting at the 18th hole and going back. I Joe Arbuckle By JIM BENSON Pantagraph staff It has been three years since Joe and Jeff Arbuckle took second place in the Bloomington-Normal Two-Man Best Position Golf Tournament. It has been three years since the brothers made the championship flight. It has been three years since Highland Park Golf Course held the tournament. "Thank God we're back home," sighed Jeff, a long-time Highland Park member.

The Arbuckles hope to regain some of the magic they mustered in 1986, when they were runners-up to Frank Niepagen and Brad Barker. Qualifying for the 16th Best Position begins today at Highland Park and continues Saturday before teams are flighted for, match play. Best Position fever has hit Bloomington-Normal golfers. As of last night, a record 185 teams had signed up. There are only seven openings left in the field.

See Scoreboard for tee times. Joe Arbuckle, who always hits second on the team, did not have to putt very often in 1986. He wouldn't mind the same thing happening again. made everything I looked at," said Jeff. I "There are so many good teams minnows and walleye are fair drift nightcrawlers in brushplles.

LAKE CARLYLE Channel catfish have been good on shad guts, chicken livers and rink- -baits close to the shoreline on both and line. Also excellent on -troutline using leeches. Bluegill rated good on crickets and red wlgglers, while crappie are reported to be fair -on rosy red minnows and jigs. White -bass and largemouth bass rated as fair to spotty. In the tailwater, white bass are fair on minnows and Jigs.

WELDON SPRINGS A lot of channel catfish are being caught near the concession stand us- -ing cheesebait. Also, two albino catfish were caught this week around -the bend from the concession stand. Some fishermen have caught a fair amount of bluegill and crappie. SPRING LAKE Largemouth bass have been good in the morning near the surface, hit- ting on spinnerbaits. Some have lm- proved their luck on boats in the ba- sin next to the weedbits.

MACKINAW RIVER Channel catfish and largemouth bass are being caught in good num- bers at night, using nightcrawlers and crawdads. CLINTON LAKE Striped bass are bitting below the dam, while walleye are being caught in the flats. Catfish are being taken on cheesebalts and should be helped by the hot weather. DAWSON LAKE Not much action to report, except for a few good-sized largemouth bass. EVERGREEN LAKE Fishing remains slow here, although a few smallmouth bass have been caught.

LAKE BLOOMINGTON John Wheat of Bloomington found the best time is the nighttime. Wheat caught a 14-pound channel catfish at 10 o'clock Wednesday night, using cheesebait. Some smallmouth bass are being caught to the side of the dam. LAKE SHELBYVILLE Crappie are hitting good at night with lanters on the fish points of the lower lake next to the river channel. Channel catfish are reported good on trout-iined baited leeches, while white bass is good late in the day using spinnerbaits.

Largemouth bass are fair using motor-oil colored plastic worms. White bass has been spotty in the tailwater early in the evening on Bloomington Legion tops i Corn Valley All-Stars, 14-2 until about three weeks ago," said 35-year-old Joe, who is three years older than Jeff. "We were averaging playing three days a week. I was averaging between 68 and 75 and Jeff was between 74 and 76." The Arbuckles shot a 6-under-par 64 in qualifying three years ago. They would gladly take the same number.

"I think the key in qualifying is birdieing Nos. 5, 6 or 7," said Joe of Highland Park's toughest stretch of holes. "If you do, you can pick up a shot on the rest of only hit one ball real hard." Decatur only hit three balls out of the infield. One of those was a triple by Rick Minton. "This was the biggest ball game of the year and I had all my spots," Plangger said.

"I forced Decatur to hit the ball on the ground and my defence played a super ball game." The Hearts' lone run came after Jim Collins walked in the second inning. He stole second, reached third on a wild pitch and scored on a wild pitch by loser, Dave Scott, 22-6. Scott allowed three hits, struck Wild pitches propel Hearts past Pride, 1-0 Jeff Arbuckle the field, and maybe two." The Arbuckles purposely avoided qualifying today. They will tee off at 10:44 Saturday morning. "I like to get an idea of what I'm looking at (for the championship flight)," said Jeff.

'It does make a little bit of a difference." Of course, the Arbuckles are not the greatest judges of what it takes. They thought their 64 three years ago wouldn't make it. Then last year, they were 3-under-par at the turn and started pressing for two more birdies and ended up with two bogeys. So what happens if they fail to make the championship flight again? "We're going to get divorced," deadpanned Jeff. out seven and walked three.

-Steve King had two hits for the Hearts. "Both teams played super ball games and we were just lucky to be the team to score the only run," Kennedy said. "It seems like the first game we won when the other team made a mistake and we took advantage of it." Cedar Rapids is led by former Heart pitcher Al Rebling and Jody Henningar. The series winner automatically qualifies for the Aug. 11-20 ISC World Tournament at Kim-berly, Wis.

in his serving shoulder while playing doubles Wednesday night and would be hampered in his singles semifinal against defending champion Stefan Edberg today. Ivan Lendl plays Boris Becker in the other semifinal. McEnroe underwent treatment yesterday on the injured rotator 1 cuff in his left shoulder. "If he'd had to play today, forget it, he wouldn't have been able to," trainer Bill Norris said. "A day's rest will help him but he'll be limited to what he can do, particularly on his serve." against four Corn Valley "We hit up and down the lineup," Heineman said.

"Every starter had at least one hit. We had 11 players get hits." Matt Overton led the way with two doubles among his three He drove in three runs. Andy' Copenhaver, Matt Wisdom Muir each had two hits. The Corn Valley All-Stars had two hits. Their two runs scored as; the result of an error.

Post 56 returns to action against Champaign at O'Neil Park in a 1 p.m. doubleheader Saturday. Palomino team DECATUR The Blooming -ton Hearts major fastpitch soft-ball team edged the Decatur Pride, 1-0, to earn the right to represent Illinois in the International Softball Congress Travel League Series Saturday at Bloomington's O'Neil Park. The Hearts will play Iowa champion Cedar Rapids Tele-connect in a best-of-three series Evert era nearer finish following loss to Graf The hosts committed eight errors in all. Bloomington-Normal, 4-4, scored N' three times in the second for a 3-1 lead.

Aaron Compton's single knocked in Derek Kletz for the first run. Rob Vogel singled home -Angelo Zaffiri and Compton for the second and third runs. Decatur added two runs in the top' of the seventh and Blooming- ton-Normal pushed across one in the bottom of the seventh After several near misses, Elston Mitchell and Dave Shulman finally captured the title a year ago at the Illinois State University Golf Course. However, they won't get a chance to defend their crown. Shulman moved to Ohio last month, and Mitchell is now teaming with Rick Percy.

Mitchell is not the only top player with a new partner. J.B. Stevens and Bill Baird won the tourney two years ago. Baird moved to Arizona over the winter, and Rod Brent will be Stevens' partner. Some other new teams to watch include Mike McNeely and Drew Vance, John Kasch in this, someone has to have the hot putter," said Joe.

This is the Arbuckles' fifth time in the Best Position. They missed out in a playoff for the championship flight in 1985. They also were in the first flight in 1987 and slipped to the second flight last at a course they grew up on, the Arbuckles like their chances of regaining the championship flight. "We were playing quite a bit beginning at 4 p.m. Their victory last night improved the Hearts' record to 39-15 while Decatur fell to 52-13.

Scott Plangger, 22-7, got the win after striking out four, walking none and allowing four hits. "Scott Plangger pitched a super ball game," said Hearts manager Bill Kennedy. "They Wimbledon lies, I thought, 'Boy, if I was 10 years Evert said. "I was just a step slow." Evert said she was almost certain it was her final match at Wimbledon, where she has won more singles matches (96) than any other player. She is expected to retire at the end of this season.

"I'd be really shocked if I came back next vear," Evert said. "It "He doesn't have to have the Chicago Bulls to be a successful individual. He'll be a success with or without basketball." ISU coach Bob Bender and Redbird athletic director Ron Wellman both said Collins gave no indication his job was in jeopardy during his stay in town for the Weibring Classic. "Based on his personality throughout the weekend, he never thought something like this was going to happen," Bender said. "He was tired, but the anticipation of next year seemed to lift his spirits." "He was talking about the future with a great deal of enthusiasm," said Wellman.

"He was as excited as any time I've seen him. Whenever we call Doug or D.A., they're both anxious to help with anything we are having. They're both tremendous people." BobWahb Production Manage The Bloomington American Legion Post 56 baseball team defeated the Bloomington Corn Valley All-Stars, 14-2, in a game shorted to seven innings by the 10-run rule. Post 56 pitcher Scott Muir, 3-3, struck out 10, walked two and allowed one hit in six innings. "Scott Muir now has pitched 13 innings without giving up a run," said Post 56 coach Ed Heineman.

"Scott was able to throw his breaking ball for strikes tonight." Post 56, which improved its record to 18-10, pounded out 15 hits including eight doubles Decatur tops Decatur erupted for seven runs in the fifth inning to overcome a 3-1 deficit yesterday and went on to defeat the Bloomington-Normal Palomino baseball team, 104, at Bloomington High School. Decatur used five hits and was aided by three Bloomington-Normal errors in its big inning. Dodgers's Davis on disabled list ST. LOUIS (AP) The Los Angeles Dodgers placed outfielder Mike Davis on the 15-day disabled list last night and said he will have diagnostic arthroscopic surgery on both knees today. Pr 2 CAR GARAGE 3795 would take a transplant or something a couple of different parts." Navratilova overcame a stomach ailment to beat unseeded Catarina Lindqvist of Sweden 7-6, 6-2.

in the other semifinal. Navratilova will try to win a record ninth Wimbledon singles title Saturday when she plays Graf for the first time since losing last year's three-set final. John McEnroe didn't play yesterday, but he remained in the news. Officials announced that the three-time champion tore a muscle With tin developing and printing t-tfOftfflOTO Stock Up! Film For VACATION 99 Any Size With Prepaid Processing COLLEGE HILLS PLAZA (Next to Alexander's Steak House) EASTLAND MALL 933 WOODLAWN, LINCOLN We honor all Photo Finishing Coupon! to 50 off! Mm rr ii rm jamjar WIMBLEDON, England (AP) With a curtsy and a wistful wave, Chris Evert walked off Centre Court at Wimbledon yesterday, probably for the last time. Steffi Graf, who was 5 years old when Evert won her first Wimbledon title in 1974, routed the three-time champion 6-2, 6-1 in the semifinals and set up a long-awaited rematch with Martina Navratilova.

Evert, 34, wilted under Graf's power and pressure on a day when temperatures on the court soared above 100 degrees. "After a few of those long ral- REACTION From B1 Jerry Krause, the Bulls' general manager, also denied rumors that Jordan may have had something to do with the firing. is totally no truth to that. Michael has had nothing to do with our decision regarding Doug's position. I want to firmly put that to rest," Krause told reporters in Chicago last night.

-Southern Illinois University coach Rich Herrin, Collins' high school coach at Benton, said the Bulls' recent history suggests a lack of respect for their coaches. "They've had nine coaches in the last 10 years (actually nine since 1978). That really shows appreciation for a person's work," Herrin said sarcastically. "I can't believe it. Doug knows the game, and he studies the game.

He's a very competent individual. Thanks to all for the memorials sent in memory of Estil Manahan. No words can express the love shown for him. God bless you all. Faye Manahan Martha Larry Bell Rick family Russ Pam Morning musts.

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