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Field goal in OT
wins for Browns
By MIKE HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleve
land Browns Coach Forrest
Gregg watched intently during
overtime as his team moved
steadily toward the New Eng
land goal line.
Suddenly, defensive backfield
coach Billy Kinard broke into
his thoughts with a surprising
suggestion.
“Why not get it?” Kinard
said, referring to a field goal
attempt.
Gregg gave it some thought,
quarterback Brian Sipe tried to
talk him out of it and — after the
coach rejected Sipe’s plea —
Don Cockroft calmly booted a
35-yard field goal to give the
Browns a 30-27 National Foot
ball League victory over the
Patriots.
The Browns won the toss and
received the kickoff in the fifth
period. Sipe felt he had good
reason to try to veto his coach,
since he had directed the
Browns from their own 29-yard
line to New England’s 17. It was
second-and-nine when Cockroft
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Yankees 9 magic number
is 4 in AL East race
By 808 GREENE
AP Sports Writer
The New York Yankees have
it all figured out. If they win
their remaining six games, it
doesn’t matter what the second
place Boston Red Sox do.
“We want to do it ourselves,”
second baseman Willie Ran
dolph said after the Yankees
defeated the Cleveland Indians
4-2 Monday night. “We don’t
want any help from anybody.”
The Yankees have a 3%game
edge over the Red Sox, who
have seven games left to play
after having Monday’s contest
against Toronto rained out. New
York’s “magic number" is four
— any combination of Yankee
victories and Boston losses
totaling four — to capture its
second straight American
League East title.
“I can’t worry about the Red
Sox,” said Yankee Manager
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connected on his third field goal
of the see-saw game 4:45 into
the extra period.
A crowd of 76,416 at Cleveland
Stadium and a national
television audience watched as
Cockroft’s kick stayed barely
inside the right upright, giving
Cleveland, 2-0, its second
straight upset victory.
“I felt we have a field goal
kicker who can get it through
the uprights,” Gregg explained.
Cockroft, whose second 37-
yard field goal of the night had
given the Browns a short-lived
27-24 lead with 55 seconds re
maining in the fourth quarter,
agreed enthusiastically with
Gregg’s decision.
“I was ready at 50 yards,” he
said. “I hit some 55-yarders in
practice.”
New England Coach Chuck
Fairbanks said, “I was not nec
essarily surprised by the field
goal at that point. He was close
enough to make it and they
weren’t risking a fumble or loss.
What made the loss more bit
ter for the Patriots, 1-1, was the
fact they blew leads of 17-7 and
Billy Martin. “I don’t care ii
they win a doubleheader tomor
row as long as we win.”
In the other AL game played
Monday, Oakland crushed Kan
sas City 7-1. In the National
League, Chicago downed Phila
delphia 10-7, Atlanta beat Hous
ton 12-10, Montreal defeated St.
Louis 9-5 and San Francisco
clobbered Los Angeles 9-1.
“Thank God for Sparky,” said
Yankee starter Mike Torrez, 17-
13, after Lyle came on in the
seventh to record his 26th save
of the season and the 201st of his
career.
New York scored two runs in
the first inning when, with the
bases loaded, Dave Kingman
was hit by a pitch and Cliff
Johnson was walked by loser
Don Hood, 2-1. The Yankees got
run-scoring singles from Thur
man Munson in the fourth in
ning and Paul Blair in the sev-
24-17. They got a new life when
quarterback Steve Grogan
moved the team 72 yards in six
plays, setting up a tying 34-yard
field goal by John Smith with no
time remaining in regulation
Play.
“If we would have got the
ball, we would have scored
again. But Cleveland won the
toss in overtime," said New
England tight end Russ
Francis, who caught one of
Grogan’s two scoring passes
and lugged a 28-yard toss to
Cleveland’s 17 with just one
second left in the fourth quar
ter.
Sipe also passed for two
touchdowns, one of them to
running back Greg Pruitt, who
also threw a five-yard scoring
pass on an option play and dart
ed for 151 yards in 26 carries.
Grogan finished with 15 com
pletions in 23 passing attempts
for 172 yards, seven of them to
fullback Sam Cunningham, who
also netted 70 yards on 18 run
ning plays.
enth.
Giants 9, Dodgers 1
Willie McCovey and Gary
Thomasson slammed two-run
homers and Ed Halicki, 15-12,
backed his six-hit pitching with
a solo shot as San Francisco
crushed Los Angeles. The
homer was McCovey’s 27th of
the season and 492nd of his ca
reer, one short of Lou Gehrig,
who holds 12th place on the all
time list.
Braves 12, Astros 10
Seventh-inning home runs by
Jeff Burroughs and Gary Mat
thews snapped a tie and boosted
Atlanta over Houston. Mat
thews also had a two-run homer
in the second inning and Brian
Asselstine added a solo shot.
Jose Cruz and Bob Watson
homered for the Astros.
Expos 9, Cardinals 5
Montreal erupted for four
runs in the ninth to defeat St.
Louis. Gary Carter slammed a
three-run homer in the seventh
and added a two-run single in
the ninth to spark the Expos.
Gary Templeton had a two-run,
inside-the-park homer for St.
Louis.
BASEBALL
By The Associated Press
National League
East
..W L Pct. GB
Phila 97 59 .622 —
Pitts 91 65 .583 6
S Louis 80 75 .516 16%
Chicago 81 76 .516 16%
Montreal 72 84 .462 25
NYork 60 94 .390 36
West
x-Los Ang 94 62 .603 —
Cinci 85 72 .541 9%
Houston 77 79 .494 17
SFran 73 84 .465 21%
S Diego 67 90 .427 27%
Atlanta 60 97 .382 34%
x-clinched division title.
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Braves’ Pat Rockett clears second and Astros’ Enos Cabell to complete double play.
Burroughs’ 41st homer
powers Braves to win
ATLANTA (AP) - Jeff Bur
roughs says he’s satisfied with
his season, even if his team, the
Atlanta Braves, is mired in last
place.
“It’s disappointing that the
Braves are not up there, but I’m
satisfied with my year. It’s
probably been my best one,” he
said Monday night after his 41st
home run of the year powered
Atlanta to a 12-10 victory over
the Houston Astros.
Burroughs, traded to the
Braves last winter by the Texas
Rangers, likes Atlanta Stadium,
which yielded six home runs in
Monday night’s slugfest — four
to Atlanta and two to Houston.
As Burroughs put it, “You
don’t have to crush the ball to
hit it out here, and that lets you
relax a little.”
Meanwhile, Houston Manager
Bill Virdon placed some of the
blame for the Astros’ loss on the
Broncos win, 13*0
in Pee Wee League
The Broncos defeated the
Bengals 13-0 Monday afternoon
in the Griffin-Spalding County
Recreation Department’s Pee
Wee Football League.
In other Monday action, the
Red Raiders bombed the Cards,
26-0; the Chargers defeated the
Giants, 26-0; and the Seahawks
were 26-0 victims of the Rams.
Wayne Harps and Ozzie
Wilder scored touchdowns for
the Broncos. David Roberts
scored an extra point.
Sedrick Jester scored 2 touch
downs for the Red Raiders.
Clifford Jester scored one and
Vincent Sims scored one. Pop
Ellis scored 2 extra points.
Kim Phillips scored 2 touch
downs and Billy Shirah and
Hudgens bowls
223 game
Danny Hudgins bowled a 223
game Monday night in the
Moose 1503 Bowling League.
Other high bowlers included
Curt Presley 205, Earl Cox 202,
Tom Lipscomb 201 and Jimmy
Estes 212.
The Outer Guard defeated the
Sergeants at Arms 3-1, the
Prelates topped the Governors
3-1, the Inner Guard blanked the
Trustees 4-0, and the Junior
Governors beat the Past
Governors 3-1.
American League
East
W L Pct. GB
N York 97 59 .622 -
Boston 93 62 .600 3%
Balt 93 63 .596 4
Detroit 72 84 .462 25
Cleve 69 87 .442 28
Toronto 52 103 .335 44%
West
x-K.C. 99 56 .639 -
Texas 90 67 .573 10
Chicago 87 70 .554 13
Minn 82 74 .526 17%
Calif 72 84 .462 27%
Seattle 61 96 .389 39
Oakland 60 95 .387 39
x-clinched division title
inexperience of pitcher Ray
Thomas, whose two fifth inning
balks advanced Braves to scor
ing position and led to two At
lanta runs.
“He wasn’t stepping to first.
He was trying to pivot," Virdon
said of the balks called on
Thomas. "It’s a habit he picked
up in the minor leagues, and he
apparently just got away with
it. He’s been told. He just for
got.”
Houston, which at one point
held a six-run margin, saw the
game go to the Braves in the
seventh inning when Burroughs
led off with a homer and Gary
Matthews followed with his sec
ond round-tripper of the night
and his 17th of the year. Mat
thews hit a two-run homer in the
second.
Credit for the victory went to
Buzz Capra, 6-11, the fourth of
five Atlanta pitchers. Dan Lar-
Avery McCune scored once
each for the Chargers. Jeff
Roberts and Timmy Shirah
scored extra points.
Robbie Milner scored 2 touch
downs for the Rams. David
Daniel and Tony Reid also
scored TD’s. Terence Wimbush
and David Daniel scored extra
points.
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son, the Astros’ fourth hurler,
took the loss, his seventh
against one victory.
Houston grabbed the lead in
the first inning when Cesar Ce
deno and Bob Watson each sin
gled home a run and Ed Her
rmann had a run-scoring
grounder.
The Astros got a two-run
homer from Watson on their
way to a 9-3 edge in the fourth,
but saw their lead diminish in
the bottom half of the inning.
Brian Asselstine, who had a solo
homer in the third, doubled
home two more runs in a five
run Atlanta fourth, which cut
Houston’s lead to 9-8.
Atlanta took a 10-9 lead in the
fifth as Barry Bonnell and Dale
Murphy drove in runs after two
runners had advanced to second
on Thomas’ balks.
Jose Cruz pushed the Astros
back into a tie in the sixth with a
solo homer, his 17th, but Bur
roughs and Matthews came
back in the seventh with their
homers to take the game for
Atlanta.
2 players out
CLEVELAND (AP) - A
spokesman for the Cleveland
Indians says outfielder Paul
Dade and second baseman
Duane Kuiper both may be out
of action for the final week of
the American League season.
They were injured Sunday in
an outfield collision during a 9-4
victory over the Baltimore Ori
oles.
— Griffin Daily News Tuesday, September 27, 1977
SPORTS
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Storen out
as Hawks 9 GM
ATLANTA (AP) - Mike
Storen, hired last January to
revive the Atlanta Hawks, re
portedly is out as president and
general manager of the Nation
al Basketball Association club.
A stream of reports have been
circulating for the past two days
about the dismissal of Storen,
once the commissioner of the
now defunct American
Basketball Association and for
mer general manager of the
Kentucky Colonels and Indiana
Pacers of the ABA.
He apparently fell into dis
favor with Hawks’ owner Ted
Turner when he failed to sign
forward Len “Truck” Robin
son.
Turner — who also owns the
last-place Atlanta Braves base
ball club and recently captured
the America’s Cup yacht race —
said a news conference was
scheduled for 11 a.m. today to
discuss Storen.
A club spokesman said Storen
had cleaned out his office.
“When I came in, Mike’s
things were gone,” said Annette
Winters, the club’s publicity
director.
Storen was unavailable for
comment.
Turner scheduled the news
conference after holding an
eight-hour closed-door session
Monday with his attorney,
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Tench Coxe, and Hawks board
member Mike Guerin, report
edly to discuss settlement of
Storen’s contract.
Asked if he had spoken with
Storen, the usually talkative
Turner said only, “We had a
very interesting and fruitful
conversation.”
Storen, 42, was hired Jan. 3,
the same day Turner bought a
majority share of the cellar
dwelling NBA club. The pur
chase came only two days after
baseball Commissioner Bowie
Kuhn suspended the flamboyant
Turner for one year for alleged
ly tampering in the signing of
Braves outfielder Gary Mat
thews.
Robinson, a free agent who
came to the Hawks in a trade
with the Washington Capitols
last season, recently signed a
multi-year contract with the
New Orleans Jazz. NBA Com
missioner Larry O’Brien has
yet to announce how the Hawks
should be compensated by the
Jazz.
Observers said Turner was
irked by the loss of Robinson,
and they said Storen’s dismissal
was precipitated Sunday when
he announced he would sign
Rich Laurel, a 6-foot-6 forward
who was the nation’s fifth
leading scorer.