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IT’S THE TIME of the year for father-son outings in
major league baseball, to the delight of photographers
everywhere. Pittsburgh Pirate coach Bill Mazeroski gives
a helping hand to his 3-year-old son David, left, while at
feorge Scott
I A two glove slugger
I By MILTON RICHMAN
1 UPI Sports Editor
■MILWAUKEE (UPI) -
■orge Scott has only one thing
Hong with him.
■He's a good ballplayer, they
Hy in the dugouts, but he gets
Hrried away sometimes and
Hnks he’s better than he is.
■Sometimes he thinks he’s a
■perstar. Sometimes he thinks
H’s Reggie Jackson, not
■orge Scott.
■ ‘Now how would anybody get
idea like that?” the
■ Iwaukee Brewers’ hot-hitting
■ year-old Mississippi-born
■st baseman wanted to know.
■‘lt’s not true. I’ve never
■ed to pattern myself after
Hggie. I was here before he
Ht here. I’m talking about the
Hijor leagues. If I were gonna
Httern myself after anyone I’d
Hk somebody who had more
■perience than both of us.
■ n’t you think that’s logical?”
■she guy George Scott was
■Baltimore rebuilding
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■ in a series of sizeups on the 26 n^enc^s 1113s y s^m
■ National Football League * ork -
■ teams.
By KEN FRANCKLING
J UPI Sportswriter
1 BALTIMORE (UPI) - If
■Howard Schnellenberger wants
■to work any closer with his
■young Baltimore Colts at
■raining camp, he’ll have to don
■t helmet and shoulder pads.
■ The Colts’ new coach hustles.
■le even leads his players in
■aps around the Towson State
■College field and participates in
■ alisthenics. The former activi
■y has nearly resulted in
■chnellenberger being trampled
■n more than one occasion.
■ “Every coach has to assess
■s situation and decide what’s
■st to get his team ready to go
■ter the Super Bowl,” says
■hnellenberger. There are
■equent references to “our new
■stem” in his speech. The
■rds are code for his plan to
■build the Colts into a
■ntender after last year’s
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talking to said, yes, that
certainly was logical.
Very Good Friends
“We are very good friends,
Reggie and I,” said Scott. “I
never said I had the ability he
has. I play baseball the way I
know how, like George Scott,
not like anybody else. I do what
I think I should do. Like
wearing two batting gloves, one
on each hand.”
What about the two gloves?
“As far as I know, Dick Allen
is the only other player to wear
two gloves,” said Scott. “Now
if I were ever gonna pattern
myself after any ballplayer,
Dick Allen would be the one I’d
pattern myself after.
“You know, Mickey Mantle
was the first guy I ever saw
wearing a batting glove,”
George Scott said, going back a
little. “But I was wearing two
gloves when I was in the
minors, and I mean the low
minors. I was with Wellsville,
Domres to Start
The Colts will start young
Marty Domres at quarterback
this year. Domres, who at 27 is
one of the “veterans” among
Schnellenberger’s kiddie corps,
is in his fifth year in the league
and the second with Baltimore.
Standing squarely behind
Domres is rookie Bert Jones,
the Louisiana State standout
and Baltimore’s first draft pick,
who General Manager Joe
Thomas describes as “the
finest quarterback to come out
of college I’ve ever seen
including (New York Jets
quarterback Joe) Namath.”
Part of the “new system” as
Schnellenberger puts it, deals
with chopping down a team
playbook that had been expand
ed season-after-season for the
last 20 years. The Colts this
year will be a lot younger and
a lot less complicated.
Gone is defensive behemoth
right Scott Hunter steals his brother Doug’s cap as a cou
ple of other Boston Red Sox youngsters serve as his ap
preciative audience. (The Hunter boys are the sons of in
fielder Buddy Hunter.)
N.Y., of the Class A New York-
Penn League.”
“Babe Ruth never wore a
batting glove,” put in someone
in the clubhouse.
“Okay, so he didn’t,” Scott
said amiably. “I do. I wear
mine day in and day out.
Consistently. Whatever feels
good to a man, he should do.
Hank Aaron wears a glove
occasionally, doesn’t he? You
know the way I feel about it?
To each his own.”
.301 Batting Average
George Scott’s batting aver
age right now is .301. Since
June 15 he has been going at a
.350 clip, and he and Dave May
are providing a 1-2 batting
punch for Milwaukee, second
only to Kansas City’s John
Mayberry and Amos Otis.
Scott is on such a hot tear
that he has delivered the game
winning blow for the Brewers
in their last four straight
victories.
Bubba Smith. He went in a
trade with the Oakland Raiders
for tight end Raymond Chester.
Smith made no secret of his
displeasure with the new
Baltimore regime, and the
acquisition of Chester means
tight end Tom Mitchell will
move to split receiver for the
first time since his days at
Bucknell.
Running Unspectacular
Last year the club’s running
game was, at best, unspec
tacular. Don McCauley figures
to carry much of the load this
year along with fullback Don
Nottingham. McCauley gave
the Colts some consistency last
year while Nottingham excelled
with his blocking. Penn State
great Lydell Mitchell should
show improvement now that his
rookie jitters are behind him,
and he could spell either
McCauley or Nottingham.
Among the swarm of rookies,
the coaches seem most im
pressed with big Joe Ehrman,
the six-footrfive, 260-pound de
fensive tackle from Syracuse.
Schnellenberger says Ehrman
Pike Jr. High
practice set
The Pike County Junior High
football team will begin
practice Monday at 4 p.m. at the
Zebulon practice field.
Coaches were pleased with
last spring’s practice and are
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He has 74 RBIs and 17
homers not quite matching
Jackson’s 94 and 27, which
represent the American League
highs. But his .301 batting
average is better than the
Oakland slugger’s .295.
George Scott wanted to get
home early Tuesday night but
it looked as if he’d have to stick
around with the Brewers and
White Sox tied 4-all in the
bottom of the ninth.
He came up with one out in
that frame and drove one of Cy
Acosta’s fastballs into the
Centerfield bleachers at County
Stadium. The ball traveled 410
feet and was still rising when it
hit the seats. That took care of
the White Sox, 5-4, and was
better than some of the shots
Reggie Jackson has hit.
One more little detail. The
weather was nice and warm at
the ball park. George Scott
wore those two gloves of his
anyway. To each his own.
is “something good that has
happened to us.”
Barring injuries, the most
solid area of the Colts appears
to be the linebackers. The
returning triumvirate of Ray
May, Ted Hendricks and Mike
Curtis gives Baltimore three of
the best.
No one knows for sure where
the Colts will wind up this year,
but the same could once be said
for the Vikings and the
Dolphins.
In second place
NEW YORK (UPI) - Jack
Nicklaus, $45,000 richer by
virtue of his victory in the PGA
championship last week, moved
into second place on the tour’s
top winners race.
Bruce Crampton, the runner
up in the PGA, added $25,000
to his bulging bankroll that now
reads $270,841. Nicklaus has
won $245,424 this year. Tom
Weiskopf is third with $228,088,
Lee Trevino fourth with
$172,401, and Lanny Wadkins
fifth with $143,270.
looking forward to a good
season for the junior high
group.
Six games are scheduled this
fall. Several more may be
added.
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ALL YOU GOT TO DO
IS ASK
MurrayOlderman
The tipoff:
Larry Brown of the Washington Redskins could hardly
afford to continue his holdout - this, the third year
three-year pact, calls for him to collect $90,000.
Q — Do you think it is because of the death of the late
Roberto Clemente that the Pittsburgh Pirates are doing so
bad this season? - Mark Scarpellino, New Haven, Conn.
A — Obviously a team has to miss an all-time major
league star, and particularly this season for his defensive
skills. But the real reason for the collapse of the Bucs is no
pitching.
Q — A man I work with claims that to enter a horse in the
Kentucky Derby, it has to be registered for the Derby on the
day it was born. Is this true? Also, did two former Derby
winners, Riva Ridge and Canonero 11, meet in a race in ear
ly 1973? I say that they did and Canonero beat Riva Kiage.
— John Durkin, Pittsburgh, Pa.
A — Your co-worker's way off. A horse can be nominated
for the Derby until Feb. 15 of the year of the running. On the
second part, you're only half right. Canonero II won by five
lengths over Riva Ridge at a mile and an eighth in the Stym
ie Handicap at Belmont, setting a record of 1:46.1. But the
race was held Sept. 20. 1972, and Canonero then retired, leav
ing Riva Ridge to race another day — like for instance that
upcoming match duel with Secretariat Sept. 15.
q Do the players on the Montreal Expos baseball team
pay income taxes to the United States? They work in Cana
da, right? — Ted Mauser, Rahway, N.J.
A — They work in Canada, only half right. Since they play
half their games in the U.S. I talked to the Expos comptrol
ler and he says they pay income taxes to both countries. But
in Canada the player pays only for the 81 games As an
American citizen he pays taxes on his entire salary, but un
der foreign tax credit granted by the U.S., he deducts the
taxes he pays in Canada from the total due in the U.S. It s
not as complicated as it sounds. An even simpler solution —
find a Canadian ball player.
Q — I met some of the old-time football greats at the re
cent Hall of Fame celebration and would like to know why
they don’t share in the pension plan. Considering their con
tribution to the game, it seems inequitable to me. — Karen
Paddison, Canton, Ohio.
A — The old-timers would like to know, too. The cutoff
date for players eligible for the pension is 1959. The irony is
that men like Gordie Soltau, who quit after the ’SB season,
helped organize the present NFL Players Association and yet
don’t qualify for the pension. That’s why the old-timers
group, led by Leon Hart, has filed a class action suit against
both the NFL owners and the players association. It seems
inevitable they’ll be embraced when the NFL figures out a
way to increase the fund without disturbing the present pen
sion.
Q — Does Howard Cosell wear a wig? — Julie Anderson,
San Diego, Calif.
A — No. Just a hair piece. And you might find him some
night at Dewey Wong's or Mike Manuche’s with his hair
down — or rather, off. Though it’s become a more or less
permanent part of him.
Q — Why do some coaches find it necessary to call all the
plays for their quarterbacks in professional football? Aren’t
quarterbacks supposed to be paid for their brains? — Jim
O’Reilly, Lynn, Mass.
A — So are coaches. And some of them think they're
smarter than their quarterbacks, or know more football. In
the case of Paul Brown, the pioneer of the messenger sys
tem, it’s hard to argue. Now when Chuck Fairbanks, new to
the pro game, does the same with the New England Patriots
(arguing that he's done it as long as he’s been a coach), crit
ics arise. Among them is John Brodie, the 49er signal-calling
veteran, who thinks it’ll affect the Patriots’ Jim Plunkett as
a performer. Ironically, Tom Landry, who took Dallas to
Super Bowl heights sending in all plays, is thinking of aban
doning the system this year because it affects the morale of
his quarterbacks.
Parting shot:
One pro football team has a good excuse for not flying
its veteran players to training camp first class — ever
since one of its top stars got to doing so much thinking
about the rigors of training over multiple martinis that
after the plane landed he turned right around and went
home (he has since reported).
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PIKE COUNTY
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
1973-74
Sept. 1 Upson County Home
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All games begin at 8:00 p.m.
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Leading Batters
National League
g. ab r. h. pct.
Rose,Cin 120 497 89 172 .346
Crdnl.Chi 110 401 63 127 .317
Wtsn.Hou 122 455 79 143 .314
Cdno.Hou 101 381 65 119 .312
Unsr.Phil 99 313 48 97 .310
Grubb, SD 90 317 43 98 .309
Perez,Cin 113 416 54 128 .308
Hunt, Mil 109 392 61 120 .306
Goodsn.SF 99 371 37 113 .305
Bonds,SF 115 457 99 139 .304
Madox, SF 102 404 53 123 . 304
Mthws.SF 106 368 50 112 .304
American League
g. ab r. h. pct.
Carw,Min 110 431 71 155 .360
Hrtn.Det 80 294 35 97 .330
May,Mil 116 474 72 153 . 323
Mrcr.NY 121 465 65 148 .318
Otis.KC 115 456 77 140 .307
MAlou, NY 110 442 59 135 .305
Mnsn.NY 112 388 62 118 . 304
Davs, Bal 99 401 39 121 .302
Scot, Mil 113 435 72 131 .301
Cpda.Bos 110 434 46 130 .300
Nrthrp,Det 81 283 44 85 .300
Home Runs
National League: Stargell,
Pitt 34; Evans, Atl 33; Bonds,
SF 32; Johnson, Atl 31; Aaron,
Atl 28.
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American League: Jackson,
Oak 27; Mayberry, KC 23;
Robinson, Cal and Otis, KC 22;
Fisk, Bos and Hendrick, Clev
21.
Runs Batted In
National League: Bench, Cin
88; Stargell, Pitt 85; Evans, Atl
83; Perez, Cin 81; Singleton,
Mtl and Bonds, SF 80.
American League: Jackson,
Oak 94; Mayberry, KC 90;
Murcer, NY 80; Otis, KC 76;
Scott, Mil 74.
Pitching
National League: Bryant, SF
17-8; Billingham, Cin 15-8;
Osteen, LA 14-5; Seaver, NY 14-
6; Sutton, LA 14-7; Gullett, Cin
14-8.
American League: Wood, Chi
20-17; Coleman, Det 18-10;
Holtzman, Oak 17-10; Palmer,
Balt 16-6; six pitchers tied with
15 victories.
Savard
MONTREAL (UPI) — The
Stanley Cup champion Montreal
Canadiens Tuesday signed de
fenseman Serge Savard to a
multi-year contract although
terms of the contract were not
disclosed.