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Lou Brock, the thief
ALL HANDS AGREE the most famous thief in baseball is safe again. This steal by Lou
Brock occurred in a recent St. Louis-San Diego game.
Davis does his thing
for Florida Blazers
BY JOE CARNICELLI
UPI Sports Writer
Bob Davis is becoming the
master of the last-minute rally.
Davis, who has pulled out two
or three games this season in
the final moments, did his thing
again Wednesday night as he
threw a 21-yard touchdown pass
to Greg Latta with 17 seconds
left to rally the Florida Blazers
to a 24-21 victory over the
Philadelphia Bell. The win
assured the Blazers of remain
ing in first place in the World
Football League Eastern Divi
sion.
Davis’ TD pass came less
than a minute after the Bell
had gone ahead 21-17 on Claude
Watts’ 15-yard run.
“When you play them, you
expect the unexpected,” said
Blazer Coach Jack Pardee.
“Our team needed this win
very badly. We finally came
from behind to win.”
The Blazers got a big lift
from their defense, which
intercepted King Corcoran four
times, including two by veteran
Miller Farr.
“The way we won is
important,” said Pardee.
“Philadelphia is a good ball
club that is very well coached.
They have some new faces and
some excellent new players.”
Corcoran hit 18-of-24 passes
for 216 yards and Davis, just
recovering from a knee injury,
hit 14-of-23 for 146 yards and
the touchdown.
Blazer rookie Tommy Rea
mon rushed for 124 yards,
including a 55-yard burst on the
first play from scrimmage to
set up Jim Strong’s one-yard
TD before a crowd of 10,417 in
Orlando, Fla.
In other WFL action Wednes
day night, the Memphis South
men beat the Fire 25-7 before
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26,678 in Chicago, the Southern
California Sun downed the
Detroit Wheels 29-24 before
22,143 in Anaheim, the Portland
Storm edged the Sharks 19-17
before 16,041 in Jacksonville
Aaron’s homer
paces Braves
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -
Hank Aaron left San Francisco
in style.
Playing in his last game ever
in the home park of the Giants
Wednesday, the one-time home
run king of the Atlanta Braves
hit the 732nd homer of his
career. He added an rbi single
in helping the Braves to a 4-2
victory.
“I’ve never had too much
luck in Candlestick Park,” said
the 40-year-old Aaron, “but I
left on a good note and I
appreciate that.”
'hie homer was only the 18th
Aaron has hit since Candlestick
was opened for the start of the
1960 season and the first since
1971.
“To be truthful,” Aaron said,
“this never has been one of my
favorite parks but I still love
San Francisco. Now that my
career is coming to an end, it’s
a little hard saying goodbye to
all the cities I’ve played in. But
this is it. I’m coming to the end
of the line.”
Beyond that, Aaron would not
comment on his future in the
game, but it’s a safe bet he
won’t be coming back as
manager, not as yet anyway,
since incumbent Manager Clyde
King, who replaced Eddie
Matthews 50 games back, can
have the job in 1975 if he wants
it.
and the Hawaiians upset the
New York Stars 17-14 before
12,169 in Honolulu. Houston,
which will move to Shreveport,
La., next week, is at Birming
ham tonight.
“I’m not sure what I want to
do next year,” said King,
whose record as manager this
year stands at 33-17.
King, a family man who
doesn’t like all the traveling a
manager has to go through,
probably sees his baseball
future in a front office position,
although he likes the day-to-day
life of managing.
“I want to get through this
season first before I make any
decisions about 1975,” said
King. “Managing has its
rewards and fine moments but
baseball is more than just
managing.”
Aaron hit his homer Wednes
day off Giant rookie John
Montefusco. It came in the
second inning off a changeup
down and away and was his
19th of 1974. He singled in a run
in the third and now has 64
RBIs in his 21st big league
season. Aaron left the game in
the eighth and was given a
standing ovation by a mini
crowd of 1,502.
“I never thought he could hit
that kind of a pitch for a
homer,” said Montefusco of
Aaron’s shot. “But he sure
did.”
Montefusco, who eventually
lost and now is 2-2, got Aaron
to strike out in the fifth and
said “now that makes us even
in my book.”
Gary Gross stirs
up LA nightmares
By FRED McMANE
UPI Sports Writer
Greg Gross has stirred up a
nightmarish memory for the
Dodgers.
Gross, the outstanding rookie
of the Houston Astros, prevent
ed Los Angeles from gaining a
full game on the Cincinnati
Reds in the National League
West Wednesday night when he
threw out pinch-runner Rick
Auerbach at the plate with the
score tied in the last of the
ninth inning in a game won by
the Astros 3-2 in 10 innings.
The Dodgers, who had tied
the score at 2-2 in the ninth on
a pinch two-run homer by Ken
McMullen, had a runner at
second and none out when Joe
Ferguson singled to right for
what looked to be a game
winning hit. But Gross, playing
a few steps closer than he does
normally against Ferguson,
charged the ball and gunned
out Auerbach at the plate.
Gross then added the crusher
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in the 10th inning when he
singled, moved to second on a
sacrifice and scored the win
ning run on a single by Bob
Watson.
It was his dramatic throw,
however, that conjurred up
memories among old Dodger
fans of the 1950 season when
the then Brooklyn Dodgers lost
the pennant to the Philadelphia
Phillies on the last day of the
season on a similar play at the
plate.
The Phils were leading the
Dodgers by one game in the
standings and the teams were
tied 1-1 in the last of the ninth
when the Dodgers put runners
at first and second with none
out. Duke Snider cracked a
sharp single to center and Cal
Abrams, the runner on second,
headed for the plate only to be
cut down on a strong throw by
Richie Ashburn.
Philadelphia went on to score
a run in the 10th and beat the
Dodgers 2-1 to win the pennant.
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In other NL action, Pitts
burgh defeated St. Louis 4-1,
Atlanta topped San Francisco 4-
2, Chicago beat Philadelphia 5-2
and Montreal swept New York
3-2 and 4-0.
Baltimore whipped New York
10-4, Boston defeated Detroit 8-
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Griffin Daily News Thursday, September 19,1974
5, Cleveland took Milwaukee 6-
3, Chicago bested Minnesota 3-
1, Oakland nipped Kansas City
5-4 and California beat Texas 4-
1 then lost 2-0 in American
League games.
Padres 6, Reds 5
Enzo Hernandez drove in four
runs, two of them with a
seventh inning double, to lead
the Padres over the Reds. An
error by second baseman
Junior Kennedy set the stage
for Hernandez’ double and the
Padres’ shortstop scored what
proved to be the winning run
later in the inning on a
sacrifice fly by Johnny Grubb.
Nate Colbert homered for the
Padres while Roger Freed had
a pinch-hit three-run homer for
the Reds.
Cubs 5, Phillies 2
Ron Dunn drove home two
runs with a single and a double
to lead the Cubs over the Phils.
Steve Stone, who took over for
injured Rick Reuschel in the
fourth inning, went 5 2-3 innings
to get the win while Jim
Lonborg suffered the loss.