+N Thursday, July 2 1977 THE MICHIUAN )AI-f Page Eleven THE M1CHIL~AN L)Altf Page Eleven ) CANADIAN OPEN STARTS TODAY Jack seeks to end streaks OAKVILLE, Ont. (M - Jack Nicklaus will seek an end to two streaks - streaks that are good but not good enough - in the $225,000 Canadian Open Golf Championship that gets underway Thursday. Although he has broken the tournament scoring record in each of his last two starts, he's finished second in each, by one stroke to Tom Watson in the British Open and by the same margin to Ray Floyd last week in the Pleasant Valley Classic. "Two weeks in a row I set the record; two weeks in a row I finish second," Nick- lads mused. "Not good enough." His other streak involves this national championship. It's one of the few important titles he has failed to acquire in his un- matched career. Four times he's finished second. But he hasn't won. "It's something that is un- done," he said. He has an excellent opportun- ity to end those runner-up strings this week. He's obvious- ly playing very well; he's moti- vated by Watson's challenge; and he's playing on a course of his own design. THE SPONSORING Royal Canadian Golf Association com- missioned Nicklaus four years ago to construct for them a permanent site for the Cana- dian national championship that, in the decade of the 70s and grown enormously in sta- ture. The 7,t29 yard, par-72 Glen Abbey Golf Club about 25 miles southwest of Toronto, was the result. In many re- spects it resembles Nicklaus' Muirfield Village course in Co- lumbus, Ohio; rolling, wooded, difficult with huge, man-made mounds and amphitheaters around the greens to provide viewing for thousands of spec- tators. "It would be a little bit em- barrassing not to play well on a course you designed," Nicklaus said. His credentials are all in order. He's won three times, been second in the same num- ber of tournaments, hasn't finished out of the top 10 since March and is second on the season's money-winning list with an impressive $242,- 841. He needs a victory here, and the $45,000 first prize, to go past the absent Watson, who leads the list with $274,178. While Watson, the Masters and British Open champion and winner of four other interna- tional events this year, is among the missing, the 156- man field offers more than am- ple competition. Heading the list are Floyd and long hitting Bruce Lietzke, each a two time winner this season; and Tom Weiskopf, who has won two of the last four Canadian Open titles; and defending champion Jerry Pate. PATE, PLAGUED by a neck injury all year, has only won $5144 since he captured the first event of the year in Phoe- nix. After his superb rookie season last year which included the U. S. Open crown, people expect more of the 23-year old Houston graduate. Pate insists he is ready to fulfill those expectations, and is irritated by those who doubt his ability to come back. "I'm sick of hearing about it," Pate said. "The problem is solved." Ali-Shavers bout set NEW YORK (A') - Muham- mad Ali will defend his heavy- weight boxing title against fifth ranked challenger Earnie Shavers in a 15-round bout to be held Sept. 29 at Madison Square Garden and to be shown on home television by NBC. "I'm ecstatic about getting the fight," declared Shavers. "It's the greatest opportuunity of my lifetime. I finally got what a want and I'm glad the fight is in Madison Square Gar- den." The 35-year-old All will re- portedly receive more than $3 milion for the bout, with Shavers, 31, getting upwards of $300,000. "It's been a long, hard road Welcome Students TO THE DASCOLA HAIRSTYLISTS ARBORLAND-971-9975 MAPLE VILLAGE-761-2733 E. LIBERTY-668-9329 E. UNIVERSITY-662-0354 gettnig this fight signed," said John Condon, the Garden's vice president of boxing. "It's been a lot of blood, sweat and tears, but we finally got it." Shavers, who has a 54-5-1 record with 52 knockouts, had signed on May 16 to fight Ali at the Garden for an estimated $200,000. He later signed with Top Rank, Inc. for $300,000 for the same bout. Court action fol- lowed in an effort to untangle the situation, but what finally did it apparently was the Gar- dens decision to add $100,000 to Shavers' purse. PINBALL AT Tie Union 20 MACHINES Union Lanes OPEN 7 DAYS JACK NICKLAUS eyes the result of a shot during practice round for the Canadian Open which starts today and will run through Saturday. Nicklaus is the favorite to win the event, which he has never captured but has finished second in five times. The tourney will be held on the Glen Abbey course 25 miles from downtown Toronto, a course which Nicklaus helped redesign three years ago to become the permanent home of the Open. Season grid tickets gone for first time ever If you expected to buy a season ticket .for University of Michigan home football games this year so you'd be able to go to the Ohio State game, forget it. You're too late. . Al Renfrew, Michigan's ticket manager, said season ticket sales to the general public were cut off yesterday. However, 30,000 student seats have been set aside; though not officially sold yet. THERE HAVE BEEN 55,000 season tickets sold for the 101,701 seat Michigan Stadium. A University spokesman said this is the first time Mich- igan has had to cut off season ticket sales. Four of the defending Big Ten champion Wolverines seven home games have been sold out. Single game tickets remain available for only three games: Sept. 17 versus Duke (home opener), Oct. 29 vs. Iowa, and Nov. 5 vs. Northwestern. ADVERTISING IN DOESN'T COST IT PAYS ! YOU'RE READING THIS, AREN'T YOU? Display.-764-0554 Classifieds-764-0557