FIELD LED B Y SNEED, S TADLER Rain halts By BOB EMORY Special to The Daily AUGUSTA, Ga. - The rains came to Augusta yesterday, halting play on two different occasions and forcing the af- ternoon players to slosh their way through several puddles and play under a steady drizzle in the second round of the 1979 Masters. Twelve golfers were also caught by darkness and will finish off their rounds early this morning before third round action begins. The first sprinkles began falling around noon, and the intensity picked up during the next hour. When a tor- nado watch, was put into effect at 1;45, play was stopped for two hours before most of the field was permitted to finish. Ed Sneed, who finished before the delay, and Craig Stadler, who survived the minor flood, forged into a two-way tie at nine under par 133 and stayed three strokes ahead of the nearest com- petitors, Leonard Thompson and Ray Floyd. Stadler fired the lowest round of the tournament, a six-under-par 66 with no bogies and a few iron shots that swallowed the flagstick for dessert. Sneed, meanwhile, teed off in the mor- At the Masters ning and shot an errorless five-under 67 which left him (and Stadler) with a two- day total of 135: For Stadle, a stocky 5-10, 210 former U.S. amateur champion, the rain- soaked round came as no surprise. His best performance in a major cham- pionship came last year in the PGA, when he highlighted a sixth-place Uaster finish with a third round 67 - in the rain, of course. "The rain didn't bother me much," said the roly-poly Stadler. "After we went back out, the first two holes were difficult because there was so much casual water. But the greens weren't any slower and I think I was playing my best golf of the day after the eleventh hole. "I'm not surprised with my round af- ter the way I started the day. I was hit- ting the ball right at the hole all after- noon. I was working it right or left and I had some confidence in my putting." Stadler's start was impressive. He birdied four of the first five holes before the first delay sent him to the clubhouse at the eighth tee. When he came back out, he birdied the eighth and went out with a front nine 31. Sneed did just the opposite. He made one birdie on the front nine and four on the back for a 67, including a 45-foot putt which he snaked in on the par-four 17th hole. "I stole one there," he com- mented afterwards. play Sneed also made no bogies and called his round "the best I've ever shot here at Augusta." He hit all eighteen greens in regulation except the par five 13th and 15th holes, which he hit in two for a pair of two-putt birdies. "Yesterday, everybody said I wasn't excited about shooting a 68. Well, today I'm excited about shooting a 67," said the affable Sneed, whose best finish'this year was a second in the Heritage Classic two weeks ago. "I've been playing well all year. For the last year and a half, I've been saying my best golf is ahead of me, and I think I'm right. I should be winning some tournaments." Four strokes back at 139 were Tom Watson and Joe Inman, who both shot one-under 71's. Jack Nicklaus also shot 71 and was tied at 140 with Lindy Miller and Severiano Ballesteros, who shot a 67 with the help of a 30-yard sand wedge that holed out for an eagle on number eight. Of the twelve players who failed to finish because of darkness, three were in contention. Lou Graham was four under at 15, Gil Morgan was four under at 17 and veteran Miller Barber was cruising along at seven-under for the day when he stopped at 16. Barber was also at four under after shooting a 75 on Thursday. Golfers soaked With 11 of the 23 participating teams in the clubhouse, and pouring rain, of- ficials suspended play yesterday in the Kepler Open. Before the action was of- ficially stopped, however, the Michigan team reported in with an eight-shot lead over its competition. The scores turned in yesterday will not be included in the final tally, as all of the squads did not complete the round. Tournament play will continue today, weather permit- ting. DAILY SPORTS Major League Baseball American League Texas 5, Detroit 4 Toronto 4, Kansas City 1 Chicago 12, New York 2 Milwaukee 9, Baltimore 3 N'BA Playoffs Atlanta 100, Houston 91 Philadelphia 111, New Jersey 101 The Michigan Daily-Saturday, April 14, 1979-Page 11 Blue netters shine as cameras click By SCOTT M. LEWIS Special to the Daily MINNEAPOLIS-The television cameras were focused on Michigan's tennis match with Minnesota yesterday. So were they eyes of more than 200 enthusiastic Minnesota fans who were exhorting their Gophers to end Michigan's ten-match win streak. But, per usual, the Wolverines demonstrated that they're not yet ready to surrender their Big Ten crown, as they subdued the upstart Gophers, 6-3, raising their conference-leading record to 3-0. Unlike most of Michigan's previous matches however, yesterday's con- test was quite a tussel. Blue coach Brian Eisner was not too thrilled with his team's play at singles. "We let them (Minnesota) get into the match," said Eisner. "Instead of just playing the match, we were concerned with the extraneous fac- tors-what happens to the NCAA bid if we lose, who's going to be named All- Ameican. "Our performance today (Friday) was mediocre at best. What hap- pened was the people placed too much pressure on themselves. It's hard to block out extraneous factors and concentrate on the job at hand." Several factors may have produced a tougher than anticipated match. The fifteen-hour car ride, the 2:30 a.m. arrival in Minneapolis, the presence of TV and newspaper reporters, and the highly vocal crowd all may have contributed to-the closeness of the match. Gopher coach Jerry Noyce, whose team lost its first conference match in five starts, expected a close encounter with Michigan. "Our NCAA tour- nament hopes depend on how we do today," he said before play began. "Michigan, with its national ranking (14th), will be invited whether they win or not. We have to beat them, either here or at the Big Ten tournament next month." Portions of the match were televised by three Minneapolis TV stations, but neither the Gophers nor the Wolverines seemed too rattled by the hoopla. In fact, Minnesota's first singles player, Mike Trautner, played what he called "my best set in college" before falling to Jeff Etterbeek, 7-6, 6-7, 7-6 Each of the three sets was decided by a nine-point tie-breaker. At second singles, Horwitch, playing nearly flawless tennis, cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 victory. Michael Leach followed suit at third with a 6-1, 7-5 win, keeping the freshman undefeated at singles for Michigan. Pete Osler, who has lost but one match this season, shook off four match points in the final set en route to his 6-7, 6-4, 7-5 victory at fifth singles. . However, Jud Shaufler and Jack Neinken were defeated at the fourth and sixth positions respectively. In doubles action, Etterbeek and Horwitch recovered from an early deficit in posting a 7-6, 6-1 triumph. The Osler-Neinken duo prevailed, 6-4, 5- 7, 6-2 while the team of Leach and Shaufler lost, 6-4, 6-4. Michigan travels to Iowa City today to face the Hawkeyes. Net ters advance Special to the Daily COLUMBUS-After the first round of competition in the Buckey Open, two women's doubles teams and three single netters remain in the action and will advance to the quarter-finals today. In doubles play, Whit Stodghill and Kathy Krickstein combined to beat a team of Badgers, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. They went on to defeat Northwestern's Aimee Conlan and Donna Lies in a comeback attempt, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1. Kathy Karzen and Barb Fischley, seeded fourth in the tournament, beat a team from Northwestern in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3. In their second match of the day, the Blue netters were again victorious, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. In singles action, Karzen beat her Kentucky opponent 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, and Stodghill put away Kathy Harris of Wisconsin easily, 6-0, 6-0. Playing in the second flight, Fischley, the second seed, won her set. 6-0,6-1. -DAILY SPORTS AP Photo CRAIG STADLER, tied for the lead with Ed Sneed after yesterday's action, coaxes his putt into the cup on the ninth hole during the second round of play in the Masters tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. Rain and a tornado threat delayed the play and forced several players to conclude their round early this morning. 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