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back memories of another great Yankee left-handed, relief pitcher, Joe Page, right.
Lineup Selection
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Olympics
Vince Matthews resting easier
By JOHN G. GRIFFIN
UPI Sports Editor
MUNICH (UPl)—Vince Mat
thews, who won his spot on the
U.S. track and field team fair
and square, has to be resting a
bit easier today.
Matthews, a 24-year-old quar
termiler from Brooklyn, N.Y.,
wound up third in the 400-meter
dash at the Olympic trials at
Eugene, Ore., last month, but
ever since arriving in Munich
all he’s heard is talk that Lee
Evans, who was fourth in the
Trials, would replace him in the
Olympic Games.
In a special final tuneup meet
Thursday night, Matthews and
Evans, the defending Olympic
champion and world record
holder, were entered in the
same heat. American team
officials said there was no
significance to the pairing and
maybe there wasn’t. Still it
seemed strange.
In any event, Matthews beat
BASEBALL
Major League Standings
By United Press International
National League
East
w. 1. pct. gb
Pittsburgh 73 43 .629 —
New York 61 54 .530 11%
Chicago 63 56 .529 11%
St. Louis 56 60 .483 17
Montreal 54 63 .462 20
Philadelphia 43 74 .368 30%
West
w. 1. pct. gb
Cincinnati 74 44 .627 —
Houston 67 53 .558 8
Los Angeles 62 54 .534 11
Atlanta 55 66 .455 20%
San Francisco 53 67 .442 22
San Diego 45 72 .385 28%
Thursday’s Games
Cincinnati 16 Montreal 0
(only game scheduled)
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
Los Angeles (John 11-5 and
Osteen 13-9) at Pittsburgh
(Blass 14-6 and Ellis 11-6), 2,
6:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Willoughby 2-
1) at Chicago (Hooton 7-11),
2:30 p.m.
San Diego (Caldwell 6-5 and
Norman 6-9) at St. Louis
(Santorini 6-8 and Cleveland 12-
Evans by a tenth of a second,
44.7 to 44.8, and if there were
any doubts Vince apparently
dispelled them.
The Betting
The betting now is that Evans
will have to content himself
with running anchor on the
1,600-meter relay team and
leave it up to Matthews, Wayne
Collett and John Smith to carry
Yank hopes in the 400.
The Matthews-Evans match
up was the most significant of
the tuneup meet, although
Steve Prefontaine set an
American record of 8:19.4 for
two miles. His time beat the
listed record of 8:22.1 set by
George Young four years ago,
but won’t ever get into the
record books.
That’s because Prefontaine
actually competed in a 3,000-
meter race. What he did was
continue another 240 yards for
two miles in an arrangement
worked out earlier with timers
10), 2, 6:30 p.m.
New York (McAndrew 9-4) at
Atlanta (Stone 4-10), 8:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Reynolds 0-11)
at Cincinnati (Gullett 5-7), 8:05
p.m.
Montreal (Stoneman 10-9) at
Houston (Wilson 10-8), 8:30
p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Los Ang at Pittsburgh
San Fran at Chicago
San Diego at St. Louis, night
New York at Atlanta, night
Phila at Cincinnati, night
Montreal at Houston, night
American League
East
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Detroit 64 55 .538 —
Baltimore 63 55 .534 %
New York 60 56 .517 2%
Boston 59 57 .509 3%
Cleveland 57 61 .483 6%
Milwaukee 46 72 .390 17%
West
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Chicago 69 48 .590 —
Oakland 69 49 .585 %
Minnesota 60 55 .522 8
Kansas City 56 59 .487 12
California 52 66 .441 17%
Texas 48 70 .407 21%
Thursday’s Games
Texas 4 Milw 1 (Ist)
Milw 4 Texas 3 (2nd)
(Only games scheduled)
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
Baltimore (Cuellar 12-10) at
Oakland (Hunter 16-6), 11 p.m.
Cleveland (Tidrow 11-11) at
California (Wright 13-6), 11
p.m.
Detroit (Fryman 3-1) at
Minnesota (Blyleven 10-15),
8:30 p.m.
Chicago (Bradley 13-10) at
Milwaukee (Lockwood 6-10),
8:30 p.m.
Kansas City (Splittorff 9-10
and Jackson 0-0) at New York
(Kline 14-5 and Kekich 10-11), 2,
5 p.m.
Texas (Bosman 6-8) at
Boston (Tiant 7-4), 7:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Detroit at Minnesota
Chicago at Milwaukee
Kan City at New York
Texas at Boston
Cleve at California, night
Baltimore at Oakland
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tangled up at second base while the New York Mets’ Dave Marshall runs into catcher Ted Simmons of St.
Louis, above right.
and officials.
Prefontaine is America’s
chief hope for a distance race
medal. He’s listed for the 5,000-
meter run—a race in which he
has a career best of 13:22.8,
which also is the American
record.
Disappointing Pole Vault
Bob Seagren, meanwhile, had
a disappointing pole vault of 17-
4 3 A, which is 13 inches less
than his world record. What
made it worse was that he lost
to West Germany’s Reiner
Kuretzky on fewer misses.
However, Seagren, who won
his specialty four years ago in
the Mexico City Games, used
an old pole Thursday night. He
got his world mark with a
newer and more refined pole,
but the International Amateur
Athletic Federation has not
approved it.
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The tuneup meet was about
the only activity of note as the
countdown began for Saturday’s
opening ceremonies. Sunday,
the action gets under way with
diving, water polo, weightlift
ing, wrestling, soccer, pistol
BOECK DIES IN SLEEP
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (UPI)-
Larry Boeck, 52, director of
public relations of the Universi
ty of Louisville athletic depart
ment and former president of
the U.S. Basketball Writers
Association, died Wednesday in
his sleep.
Boeck, a native of Chicago,
was for 21 years a sportswriter
for the Louisville Courier-
Journal before assuming his
post at the University of
Louisville.
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shooting, basketball and boxing.
Track and field doesn’t start
until Aug. 31.
Some Practice Runs
Most athletes are trying to
keep busy while awaiting the
opening. Today, in the main
track stadium, there will be
some practice runs for the
opening ceremonies — usually
the most colorful event of the
Olympic Games. As expected,
not a seat is available with a
sellout of 84,000 assured.
In other news:
—The International Olympic
Committee voted to eliminate
bobsledding from the 1976
Winter Games at Denver.
—Marilyn King of Hayward
(Calif.) State was reported to
have suffered a bone chip in
her left ankle during a practice
meet Wednesday, but she
should be recovered in time for
the women’s pentathlon.
—Debra Edwards of Houston
was dropped from the women’s
1,600-meter relay team and
replaced by Cheryl Toussaint.
EXTENDS CONTRACT
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (UPI)—
Gail Goodrich, the sweet
shooting backcourt partner of
Jerry West on the world
champion Los Angeles Lakers,
agreed Wednesday to extend his
contract with the club for
another two years.
Goodrich, top scorer on the
Lakers last season with 2,217
points, has one year remaining
on his current contract. The
two additional years will begin
with the 1973-74 campaign.