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I—Griffin1 —Griffin Daily News Thursday, October 6, 1977
Royals 7 9 Yankees 2
KC gamblers play
confidence game
NEW YORK (AP) - The
Kansas City Royals, those Mis
souri riverboat gamblers, are
playing a confidence game that
they think will make them the
first American League ex
pansion team to float into the
World Series.
The Royals, rolling an unbe
lievable string of winners since
mid-June, continued the fun
Wednesday with an easy 7-2
victory over the New York
Yankees, those big-money
sharpies from the East Coast, to
take a 1-0 edge in the best-of-five
al playoffs.
The Yankees’ also lost starter
Don Gullett because of an in
jured shoulder and New York
Manager Billy Martin said he
doesn’t expect his ace left
hander to pitch again this year.
The Royals, who raced to a 6-0
lead in the third inning, got a big
lift when leadoff batter Freddie
Patek walked to open the game
and Hal Mcßae followed with a
home run over the left field
wall.
“It helped to get off in front
Laurel signs
with Hawks
ATLANTA (AP) - Rich lau
rel, the 1977 first-round draft
choice of the Portland Trail
blazers, has signed a multiyear
contract with the Atlanta
Hawks, a spokesman for the
National Basketball Association
team announced Wednesday.
The 6-foot-6 rookie was the
19th player chosen in this year’s
draft. He led Hofstra College to
a 23-7 mark his senior year,
averaging 30.3 points and 7.7
rebounds a game.
After it became apparent that
laurel could not come to terms
with Portland, former Hawks
General Manager Mike Storen
acquired rights to the 190-pound
guard-forward.
Hoople’s college picks
Texas, Sou. Cal favored
to whip Sooners, Tide
By Major Amos B. Hoople
Upset Specialist
Egad, friends, 1977 has in
deed been the “Year of the
Upset” in college football and
this week will be no exception.
In fact we have such a
startling prediction for you
that we will move right into it
without further ado! The Tex
as Longhorns will stun the
Oklahoma Sooners by storm
ing to a 35-24 victory before
a packed house in Dallas. The
Texas attack shaped by new
coach Fred Akers and
spearheaded by Earl
Campbell will outscore the po
tent Sooner offense in a real
old-fashioned cliff-hanger
which will keep everyone
glued to their seats until the
last whistle. Jove, who will
ever forget the Sooners - win
ning field goal against Ohio
State with only three seconds
remaining on the clock — um
kumph!
Oklahoma under coach
Barry Switzer has won three
and tied one with arch-rival
Texas, but this is the “Year of
the Upset” and Texas will do
it — har-rumph!
The Hoople charts show
another upset in the offing as
Pitt travels to Gainesville to
meet the Florida Gators for
the first time. Bouncing back
from their early-season loss of
quarterback Matt Cavanaugh,
the Panthers have put it back
together behind freshman
quarterback Rick Trocano
and All-America fullback
Elliot Walker and will prevail,
36-22 - kaff-kaff!
Some other big ones on this
week's card find a full-slate in
the Big Ten with Michigan
visiting Michigan State: Ohio
State hosting Purdue;
Minnesota taking on lowa,
Illinois at Wisconsin, and In
diana journeying to
Northwestern.
In the Big Eight, it will be
Colorado vs. Oklahoma State;
lowa State vs. Missouri, and
Nebraska vs. Kansas State. A
trio of good ones.
Here s how the Hoople
System calls 'em: In their
70th renewal the Wolverines
will edge the Michigan State
when Mcßae hit it out,” said the
speedy little Patek. “We re
alized we could score off Gulv
lett. The adrenaline was flowing
and our confidence was
flowing.”
The confidence has been
building for the Royals since
June 17, when they began an
amazing streak of 68 victories in
92 games, a winning clip of .786.
Along the way, they had
stretches of 21 victories in 22
games and 32 in 36.
Last year, the Royals were an
uncertain club when they met
the Yankees in October and lost
the AL playoffs in five games.
They had lost seven of their last
eight regular-season games and
22 of their last 35.
“The difference was like
night and day,” said Mcßae.
“Last year we were terrible in
the second half. This year we
had a terrific streak in the sec
ond half. It’s better to win. It
builds your confidence and
gives you lots of momentum.”
Wednesday, they played with
the assurance of a card shark
As his last official act with the
Hawks, Storen announced he
had reached a contractual
agreement with Laurel’s
agents. Storen reportedly also
had agreed to give Portland two
No. 2 draft choices in 1978 as
compensation.
But Hawks owner Ted Turner
fired Storen a short time later
and called off the deal.
laurel’s agents complained
to NBA Commissioner Larry
O’Brien that their client had
been caught in the middle of a
front-office power play.
In announcing the signing, the
Hawks said Portland would
receive one No. 2 pick in the 1978
draft and “future consider
ation.”
Spartans, 24-14; Ohio State
will win a bruising battle with
Major
Hoople’s
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Football
Forecast
Purdue, 32-28; Minnesota will
romp over lowa. 41-7; Wiscon-
Georgia 8 Mississippi 7
Tennessee 21 Ga. Tech 20
Auburn 18 N. Carolina St. 14
sin will slip by Illinois, 31-28,
and in-and-out Indiana will
take Northwestern, 30-20.
The Big Eight contests will
go like this: Colorado 25,
Oklahoma St. 15; lowa State
28. Missouri 21, and Nebraska
42. Kansas State 18.
Out on the west coast.
Southern California will enter
tain Alabama in what should
be a very close contest. The
home field advantage will
carry the Trojans to a six
point margin over the Tide in
a free-scoring affair. We
make it Southern California
38, Alabama 32 — har-rumph!
Now go on with my
forecast:
Saturday, Oct. 8
Arizona 27, Texas Tech 13 (N)
Army 21, Villanova 17
holding four aces, adding power
to their game of speed, timely
hitting and effective — if not
spectacular — pitching.
They profited from three
homers, two-run shots by
Mcßae in the first, John May
berry in the third off releiver
Dick Tidrow and a solo blast by
Al Cowens in the eighth. Patek’s
two-run double down the third
base line in the second knocked
in the only runs not scored on
homers. Thurman Munson’s
two-run homer for the Yanks
was all the AL East champions
could manage before a home
crowd of 54,930.
"We hit with authority,” said
Kansas City Manager Whitey
Herzog. “But we’re still a run
ning ball club.”
The man most responsible for
the Royals’ increased home run
production is Al Cowens, who
has gotten Herzog’s vote for the
Al’s Most Valuable Player.
“He’s the best defensive right
fielder in the league,” said Her
zog. “He batted a steady .300,
had 23 homers and more than
100 RBIs (112).”
Cowens, in just his second full
season in the major leagues,
said he wasn’t going to worry
about the MVP Award. He also
said he wasn’t concerned that,
coming from the Midwest, he
and his teammates were un
derpublicized, despite having
the best record in baseball.
“The lack of publicity won’t
keep me from playing hard ev
ery day,” Cowens said. “But by
winning, we’ll make things
change.”
Cowens did some changing
himself this year. Moving into
the cleanup spot, he clubbed 23
homers in 606 at-bats. Last sea
son, in 581 at-bats, he had just
three homers.
Cowens, who pulled his homer
to left field, also beat out an
infield single before Mayberry’s
third-inning homer and singled
in the first. He made three fine
plays in right field, including
one in which he reached over
the wall to rob Mickey Rivers of
a homer.
Auburn 18, No. Carolina St. 14
Baylor 36, SMU 14
Boston College 28, Tulane 21
(N)
Bowling Green 18, Toledo 7
Clemson 35, Virginia 15
Colorado 25, Oklahoma St. 15
Rutgers 24, Conn. 22
Cornell 23, Harvard 21
E. Carolina 39, So. 111. 25
E. Michigan 33, Ohio U. 27
Pitt 36, Florida 22 (N)
Florida St. 26, Cincinnati 24
(N>
Georgia 8, Miss 7
Colgate 21, Holy Cross 14
Minnesota 41, lowa 7
lowa St. 28, Missouri 21
Nebraska 42, Kansas St. 18
Kentucky 32, Miss. St. 21 (N)
Louisville 24, Tulsa 20
Maryland 15, Syracuse 13
Kansas 22, Miami (Fla.) 17
(N)
Miami (O.) 35, Marshall 6
Michigan 24. Mich. St. 14
Navy 20, Air Force 14
Arizona St. 36, New Mexico 7
(N)
No. Carolina 23, Wake Forest
16
Indiana 30, Northwestern 20
Ohio St. 32, Purdue 28
Texas 35, Oklahoma 24
Washington 27, Oregon 10
Brigham Young 21, Oregon St.
6
Penn State 44, Utah St. 12
Brown 28, Penn 17
Columbia 24, Princeton 13
TCU 22, Rice 12 (N)
San Jose St. 42, Santa Clara 13
(N)
Duke 25. So. Carolina 21
Idaho 21, Idaho St. 17 (N)
So. Calif. 38, Alabama 32
No. Tex. St. 26, So. Miss. 18
(N)
Stanford 33, UCLA 27
Tenn 21, Georgia Tech 20
Grambling 31, Tenn. St. 21 (N)
Colo. St. 27, UTEP 14 (N)
Wyoming 24, Utah 6 (N)
Vanderbilt 28, LSU 21
Richmond 14, VMI 13
Calif. 22, Wash. St. 21
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Manager Tom Lasorda, left, hugs Dusty Baker after
grand slam.
Atlanta tennis
Shaw, Newberry
win doubles match
ATLANTA (AP) — Renee
Richards, the victim of a with
ering on and off the court attack
by Dianne Fromholtz earlier,
and her partner Paula Smith
lost 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to the doubles
team of Kristien Shaw and
Janet Newberry at the Atlanta
Women’s Tennis Classic
Wednesday night.
In singles play, second-seeded
Martina Navratilova soundly
defeated Wendy Turnbull 6-2,6-
1 to advance to the quarter-fi
nals.
The former Czechoslovakian
used a strong serve and volley
game to defeat Miss Turnbull,
who was the Forest Hills run
ner-up this year.
In another action, fourth
seeded Betty Stove of the Neth
erlands easily beat South Afri
can Marise Kruger 6-2, 6-4.
Seventh-seeded Kerry Reid, a
former Australian living in
Greenville, S.C., beat Betsy
Naglesen of Winnetka, 111., 6-0,
3-6, 7-6, and Dianne Fromholtz,
the sixth seed, defeated Mary
Hamm 6-0,6-1 in the only other
singles matches involving seed
ed players.
In doubles play earlier
Wednesday, Billie Jean King
and Rosie Casals defeated Ka
thy Kuykendall and Candy
Reynolds 6-2, 6-2. Francoise
Durr and Virginia Wade beat
Magelsen and Virginia Ruzici,
7-5, 6-3. Wendy Overton and
Julie Anthony defeated Ilana
Kloss and Linky Boshoff 4-6,6-4
and 6-1.
On Tuesday, Miss Fromholtz
eliminated Miss Richards from
the singles in what observers
felt was the transsexual’s first
real test in major competition.
After her 6-1, 6-3 victory
Tuesday over the 43-year-old
former New York eye surgeon,
Miss Fromholtz gave Miss
Richards a verbal drubbing,
calling her a “sideshow.”
Pacers
defeat
Hawks
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -
John Williamson scored 17
points Wednesday night to lead
the Indiana Pacers to a 121-98
victory over the Atlanta Hawks
in a National Basketball Associ
ation exhibition game.
The Pacers, relying on a fast
breaking offense and balanced
scoring, ran out to a 60-40 half
time lead.
Reserves Billy Keller and
Bobby Wilson scored 16 points
each for the winners, Dave
Robisch scored 15 and Mike
Flynn and Mike Bantom added
12 apiece.
John Drew led the Hawks
with 14 points.
The match was part of a six
game exhibition package de
signed to showcase Louisville as
a possible NBA site.
“Something like this is
against human nature and takes
away from the tour,” Miss
Fromholtz said. “It gives us a
bad image with the general
public.
“The people, the general pub
lic, are lauguing at us. At the
way she (Richards) walks on
and acts like a female.”
Miss Fromholtz also com
plained that Miss Richards was
receiving “all the publicity”
while many superior young
women players “can’t get any
where.”
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Dodgers 7, Phillies 1
Baker’s grand slam
ties National series
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The
Los Angeles Dodgers and Phila
delphia Phillies are tied at one
game each in the National
League championshi series to
day because of a pitch that was
described as three feet too high,
a foot and a half too far inside
and hit 390 feet too far.
The picturesque description
was made by losing pitcher Jim
Lonborg, who threw the pitch to
the Dodgers’ Dusty Baker with
the bases loaded in the fouth
inning and the score tied 1-1.
Baker hit a grand slam home
run to put Los Angeles ahead 5-
1, a lead righthander Don Sutton
protected as the Dodgers went
on to a 7-1 victory that squared
the best-of-five series at a game
apiece.
So the series shifts to Phila
delphia, where Burt Hooton and
his knuckle curve will go for Los
Angeles against power pitching
Larry Christenson for the
Phillies on Friday afternoon.
The second game simply nar
rowed down to that fourth in
ning after Bill Russell and Reg
gie Smith had singled and Ron
Cey sacrificed. Then Phillies’
Manager Danny Ozark took a
slow walk out to talk to Lon
borg.
“I had made up my mind to
intentionally walk Steve Gar
vey,” Ozark was to say later. “I
just wanted to talk about how
we would pitch to Baker.”
Ozark said he reminded Lon
borg to keep the ball down, so
the infield could get a ground
ball and bail out of the one-out
jam.”
“It was sound logic,” said the
crestfallen Lonborg, who threw
a sidearm curve on a 1-2 count
to Baker that the Dodger slug
ger hammered into the left field
seats, the second grand slam in
two games for Los Angeles.
“Danny didn’t know I was go
ing to hang a curve ball,” said
Lonborg. “I knew when the
pitch was 10 to 15 feet toward
the plate that I had made a
mistake.”
Baker said he wasn’t insulted
when the Phillies elected to
walk the clutch hitting Garvey
to get to the former Atlanta
Brave who hit 30 homers during
the regular season, one of four
Dodgers to do that.
“I knew it was a good per
centage play,” Baker said. “I
just tried to remain calm, not to
get too excited. I wasn’t trying
to hit the ball out of the stadium.
I just wanted to hit it hard and
not into a double play.”
Ozark and Lonborg knew that
Baker was 0-for-7 against Lon
borg this year, including a fly
out in the second inning.
Baker, of course, was elated
after the game.
“When I was a kid playing in
Flames defeat
Houston Aeros
HOUSTON (AP) - Houston
Aeros Coach Bill Dineen and
Coach Fred Creighton of the
Atlanta Flames both agree the
team that has already played a
few preseason games has the
advantage over the one just
starting.
The National Hockey League
Flames, now 2-3 in preseason
play, defeated the World Hock
ey Association Aeros, 5-3,
Wednesday night in an inter
league exhibition contest.
It was the first exhibition
start for the Aeros.
“The Flames having already
played four games helped them
immensely,” Dineen said. “I
knew we’d be a little rusty early
but I thought we’d put more
pressure on them in the third
period.
“We had them on the run at 3-
2 but they came back strong.
Our real breakdowns came in
the backyard in Riverside, (Ca
lif.), I used to pretend I was the
hero in a big game,” said the
Dodgers’ left fielder. “I guess
all kids play pretend games like
that. But I never dreamed it
would come true.”
After Baker’s big hit, the
Dodgers turned the job over to
Sutton, the right-hander who
posted a 14-8 record in Los An
geles’ drive to the West Division
championship.
“I’d give myself a seven or an
eight on a scale of 10 for my
performance” said Sutton, who
gave up nine hits, including a
third-inning home run to Bake
Mcßride.
The Dodgers tied the game in
the third on Rick Monday’s
double and a two-out single by
Davey Lopes.
front of the net. That’s how they
scored their last three goals.”
Creigton said he thought the
Aeros played “pretty well” for
their first game.
"We’ve been making costly
defensive mistakes and we did
it again,” Creighton said. “We
just score enough to offset our
mistakes.”
Ken Houston scored a pair of
goals for Atlanta and Bobby
La Londe added a pair of assists
in the Flames’ victory.
Houston, Eric Vail, and Tom
Lysiak each scored first period
goals for the Flames. Andre
Lacroix scored a first period
goal for the Aeros.
The Aeros cut Atlanta’s lead
to 3-2 in the second period but
markers by Houston and John
Gould put the Flames ahead, 5-
2. Terry Ruskowski also scored
a second period goal for the
Aeros.