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irSports: (3) Sunday, April 18, 19:6 THE CINCINNATI EMjIIRER (M mmm I And This One fffeL i i he Keds, 11-0 2A -i By BOB HERTZEL I I SAN FRANCISCO CINCINNATI abrhbi abrhbi DThomas 2b 4 0 1 0 Rose 3b 4 2 3 1 Murcer rf 3 0 0 0 Yungblod 3b 1 0 0 0 W- 'V -1 4 rr I --J Ml lit 1 U. t. Bcc-lievelt Or Not! Riverfront Stadium Stung A SWARM of honey bees delayed Saturday's baseball game between the on the uninvited pests. At Reds and Giants, to say nothing of scaring the spectators and players, being flushed out. After At left, Reds vice-president Dick Wagner attempts to squirt Insecticide four-hitter as the Reds dis on the uninvited pests.

At being flushed out. After iwui-inttci da utc right, bees attack television cameras before order was restored, Fred Norman pitched a uisptuunea uieuianis, n-u. un-Dee-lievable. Marathoner Braddock's Analysis 26 Easy Miles, 385 Tough Yards Marty Brennaman said it all moments after it ended. "This one," buzzed radio announcer Brennaman as he does after every Cincinnati Reds' victory, "BEE-longs to the Reds." Playing before 21,219 fans and 10,000 or so uninvited honey bees, to say nothing of a national television audience, the Reds ended a two-game losing streak in the most unbelievable of fashions, slashing the San Francisco Giants, 11-0.

And just what was so unbelievable? Almost everything, beginning with the invasion of the bees. Then there was Fred Norman, pitching a shutout in his first start of the year. To make it more impressive, Norman went all the way. He pitched a COMPLETE game. No Cincinnati pitcher had turned that trick in a regular season game since Don Gullett hurled a complete game on August 28, 1975.

That is 36 regular season games ago, short of the record established last year when Captain Hook alias Sparky Anderson removed his starting pitcher 45 consecutive times. BUT, THE miracle of miracles, came in the eighth inning. Johnny Bench got a hit. Hitless in 20 consecutive at bats. Bench drove in the Reds' final run with a double.

So elated was Bench that he joined the fans in giving himself an ovation. "That's as happy as I've ever been," said Bench. "You won't see me show any more emotion than that on the field." The irony of it was that Bench got the chance to get the hit that ended the longest drought of his career only because of Norman and his shutout Anderson explained. "I was going to take Johnny and Fredie out in the seventh inning, but Larry Shep-ard argued against taking Fredie out. He said it would do two things to let him go.

First it would get that thing off our back. Second he felt it would be good for the staff to get the shutout." The tftingwas the streak of incomplete games. "NOW, I'M NOT superstitious but I figured that Bench was catching the shutout and calling such a good game that I should leave him in there," added Anderson. Johnny Bench remained in the game, Norman got his shutout and complete game and Bench got his hit. The flight of the bumble bees (Oh, they weren't bumble bees but allow a little poetic license), was as interesting as the game itself, that being one-sided when Joe Morgan hit a three-run homer in the first after singles by Pete Rose, giving him a 21 -game hitting streak, and Ken Griffey.

Take Norman, Throughout the early Innings he could be seen standing on the mound swatting away at one of the little critters. "I didn't want to get stung," he said. "It gives me a pretty good welt." Enquirer (Bob) Free Photos competitive urge and entered a marathon in Athens, Ohio. He has never won one, but is quick to add, "If they have age group competition, I do pretty well. "Probably one of the highlights was last August.

I went up to Toronto. They had the world's first masters track and field meet for those 40 years old or over. There were 1400 athletes up there. They let us run in five-year age groups. I entered three events and was fourth, fifth and sixth.

If they were Just Americans, I would have been first, second and third. BRADDOCK IS confident he'll go the full distance Monday, although less confident of how high he'll finish. "I'm not going to run well. I got fat over Christmas (he's up to 148 pounds), and didn't lose it." The Cincinnati contingent in the Marathon will be headed by Dr. Jean Ellis, 29, one-time University of Cincinnati athlete who finished a highly respectable 197th last year in 2:35.55.

"I'm looking to go inside 2:30, which would put me probably in the top 100 for the year," he says. "The Olympic standard is 2:23. If I can go under that, I can go to the Olympic Trials in Oregon." Dr. Ellis, finishing up a residency here with a private firm after interning at General Hospital, says there's no question he'll go if invited. "It's within my means to go," he says.

Also in the blood. Ask Hank Braddock. I' 1 i i By JIM SCHOTTELKOTTE Enquirer Sports Editor Clncinnatlan Henry Y. (Hank) Braddock's love affair with running reaches a milestone of sorts Monday when he participates In his first Boston Marathon. The Boston Marathon Is the goal of all long-distance runners who run mostly for the love of running, but it has taken Braddock a few years and a far larger number of miles to get there.

He is, after all, 61 years old, just a few weeks shy of 62, and he has been racing competitively only since 1970. Monday, he will be one of the oldest participants in the race, although a fellow named John A. Kelley (what supposedly in the late 60s or 70s, is back again to claim oldtimers laurels. He has been racing in the Marathon since the early 1930s and has won it twice. Braddock figures if he doesn't get to the Marathon this year he may never get there, so Friday morning he and his wife were on a plane to Washington for a short visit with one of their sons and Monday he plans to be on the starting line in Boston along with about 2200 others.

So why now after all these years? "I'm going while I can still qualify," he says. "One of these years I won't be able to qualify." Thomasn rf 1 0 0 0 Grittey rf 4 2 3 2 Matthews If 3 0 0 0 Lum rf 110 0 3 113 Montane Soeier ss Reitj 3b Sadefc Halirki CWiiiams Minton Hill ph OAcqusto lb 3 0 I 0 Morgan 2b 3 0 10 Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0 TPerez lb 10 0 0 3 2 10 3 0 10 Driessen lb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bench 3 111 5 13 4 0 0 0 0 GFoster tf 1 0 0 0 Cncpcion ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Geronimo cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Norman 3 0 10 Total 0 4 0 Total 36 11 15 II SanFrancisco 000 000 000- Cincinnati 4W 131 0lx-ll E-Speier. Montanez. DP-SanFran-Cisco 1. Cincinnati 2 LOB-SanFrancisco 3.

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i i A- oh Buns Seored REDS 1ST (Hskcki pitching) Rose and Griffey singled, then Morgan dred his second homer over the right tiek) wa Perez singled, took a second on a wild pitch and scored on Foster's single. Four runs, five tuts. Reds. 4-0 REDS 2ND (WHiams pitching) Geronimo doubled (Minton pitching) Rose singled, scoring Geronimo. One run two hits Reds.

5-0 REDS 4TH Geronimo doubled, but was thrown out at home on Rose's single. Grittey doubled, scoring Rose One run, three hits Reds, 6-0. REDS 5TH (D'Acquisto pitching) Perez and Bench walked, and Foster hit Ins first homer down the left field line Three runs, two hits Reds, 9-0. REDS 6TH Grittey lofted his first homer over the right hd wa One run, one hit Reds, 10-0. REDS ITH (Caldwell pitching) Lum reached on an error, Driessen walked and Bench doubled to left, scoring Lum.

One run, one hit. Reds, 1 1-0. WHILE SWINGING away in the first inning, second base umpire Doug Harvey approached Norman. "Now listen, son," said Harvey to the 33-year-old pitcher. "Don't worry about those bees.

They're not gonna sting you." "Tell that to them," countered Norman. Or take Anderson. "I was scared," he said. "The only time anything like that happened was when I was a kid. They said a swarm of bees was coming to the playground.

I went home. I didn't want no part of it "Tony Kubek, who raises bees, told me they wouldn't bother me if I stood still. I Just asked him if he'd guarantee that." Or big, strong Ted Kluszewski. He saw the bees and made a bee-line for the clubhouse. He's allergic to bee stings.

Norman, though, should have known that the bees were something of a symbol. "The last time I was stung by a bee," he recalled, "I pitched a one-hitter. Of course, that was 20,000 years ago. It was in the Pony League." This time the best Norman could do as he won his second game against no losses was pitch a four-hitter. MEANWHILE, THERE was the onslaught.

Ed Halicki starter and did not survive the first. Rose got to the Giants for three hits. Ken Griffey added a single, double and homer. Morgan had a homer. George Foster netted a homer and a pair of singles to go with four ruris-batted-in.

And how about those Cincinnati averages. Morgan is at 500. He is tied with Ed Armbrister. He doesn't lead the club. Bob Bailey is still at 1.000 and Rose is at .548.

Griffey, who is hitting .406, and Morgan and Foster, who is batting .367, each have 10 runs-batted-in. All in all, it was a day that somehow should have a place in Ripley's "BEE-lieve It Or Not." RED NOTES When Dave Con-cepclon was thrown out trying to steal in the first inning he was the first Red caught this season, ending a string of 15 straight stolen bases Danny Driessen, according to Sparky Anderson, will start at first base today when Gary Nolan goes against John (The Count) Monte-f usco It is the day the Reds get their world championship rings Giant pitcher Charlie Williams had to leave the game in the second inning when he bruised his left knee chasing a foul bunt, his cleats catching in the AstroTurf and causing him to fall Ed Halicki, the Giants starter, has never beaten Cincinnati, dropping six decisions The Reds have grounded into only one double play while getting more than 10 hits in each of the seven games so far. Bearcats Sign Two Columbus Trackmen The University of Cincinnati has signed a pair of Ohio prep track standouts to national letters of Intent. Wayne Mason and Edward Brown both attend Columbus Mifflin High School. Mason, a hurdler, finished second in the state last year and set a new state relays record Saturday during a meet in Columbus with a time of 13.8 seconds in the 120 high hurdles.

Brown, a sprinter, ran a 9.7 in the 100-yard dash during the same meet Saturday at Ohio State. I On The Inside. A 'Frank' Book Iteview lly Callahan Page Hold Forbes Breezes In The Wood Page January Leads Champions Golf Page C- Bengal Draftee Wants Double Duty Page C-5 Whatever Happened To Jimmy Boot he? Page C-6 Jimmy The Creek On Gambling Page C-7 Miami's Future A 11-A meriean Page C- 9 BRADDOCK IS engineering manager in the poultry and egg division for the Kroger a delightfully engaging man with a gift for self-mockery when it comes to his running. Does he have any objective in Monday's race? "Don't die." Does he think hell finish? "I won't do well but I'll finish." What does his wife think about his running? "She doesn't understand it." Do his sons (Dennis, 30, Washington, D. and Jim, 24, a second year law student at Texas) run? "No, they're quite sane." Where does he train when he's home on Drake Road in Indian Hill? "I run all over Indian Hill, Drake Road, Shawnee Run Road, Indian Hill Road, down to Terrace Park, up to Remington and all over." Do a lot of people see you? "Yeah, they don't understand either.

When you're out running, they yell obscenities at you. They think you're nuts." On the race itself: "They say the 26 miles isn't so bad, but It's the last 385 yards that kill you." BUT PEEKING through the humor Is a pride that seems to mark all men and women who run in this event and endure the agony of the Boone, then made it 15-13 on a single by Bobby Tolan, a triple by Larry Bowa and a squeeze bunt by Jay Johnstone. The Cubs came back to tie it, 15-15, in the bottom of the ninth on a single by Jerry Morales, a double by Andy Thornton and a two-run single by Steve Swisher. Schmidt's feat tied the major league record for consecutive homers, first set in 1894 by Robert Lowe of the Boston Braves. The last major leaguer to blast four straight homers in a game was Rocky Colavito of the Cleveland Indians on June 10, 1959.

Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees, in 1932, was the only major other leaguer to accomplish the feat. "I'VE COT MY mind right a little bit now I've been striking out too many times," said Schmidt, who had hit only five homers in his career at Wrigley Field before Saturday. But Schmidt, who has led the National League in home runs the last two years, said Wrigley Field's short dimensions helped his performance. "I guess you have to adapt your hitting to the park you are hitting in," he said. Schmidt Belts 4 HRs Henry Braddock long distance runner.

"Wherever I am, I run," he says. "I was in California last week. I ran every morning and night. Whether I'm in Michigan, Indiana, home or where, I run. You Just walk out the door, close it behind you and run.

"I get in between 2500 and 3100 miles a year. I usually go at least eight miles-usually eight to 15 a day. This week I'm been running six miles at night and six in the morning." So why? "I don't know why; I've been doing it practically all my life. 1 started as a kid. My grandma's place was 3' miles away.

She was a widow lady and they didn't like her staying alone. I'd go there and sleep at night. In the morning, I had to come back and work on the farm. I Just started jogging rather than walking. "It was the same when I was In school (in Columbia City, The school was 3 to miles away.

I had to walk It. Rather than walk, I'd do basic jogging." Around 1970, Braddock got the In Row PHILADELPHIA abrhbi DCash 6 12 2 Bowa ss 6 3 3 1 Johnstone rf 5 2 4 2 Lujlnski 5 0 11 CHICAGO Monday cf abrhbi 6 3 4 4 5 110 0 0 0 0 Cardenal It Summers If Mlttrwald ph 10 0 0 10 0 0 7 2 3 3 5 2 10 4 3 11 5 0 2 3 6 13 4 4 12 1 2 0 10 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1110 OBrown 0 0 0 0 RAHen lb 5 2 12 Schmidt 3b 6 4 5 8 GMaddox ct 5 2 2 1 McGraw 0 0 0 0 Wanis If Madlock 3b JMorales rf Thornton lb, Trillo 2b Swisher RoseMo ss Kelleher ss McCarvr ph Undrwod Lonborg Boone Carlton Schueler Garber Hutton ph Reed Martin ph Twitchell Tolan cf 1110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 13 1 RRuschel 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 Garman Knowles Schulti MAdams ph Total 49 18 24 18 Total 48 16 16 Philadelphia 0V 120 353 3-lt Chicago 075 100 002 1-16 DP-Philadelphia 1, Chicago 1. LOB Philadelphia 8. Chicago 12. 2B-Cardenal, Madlock 2, Thornton, Boone, Adams.

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vw ss -l SSS i CHICAGO (AP) Mike Schmidt became the seventh player in National League history to hit four home runs in one game and only the second since 1894 to hit them consecutively as the Philadelphia Phillies outslugged the Chicago Cubs, 18-16, Saturday. "I guess it is just a case of being a little overdue," said Schmidt, who added a single, giving him 5-for-6 for the game. His fourth homer, a two-run shot in the 10th inning, was the game-winning blow. The muscular third baseman had been hitting only .167 before Saturday and had struck out nine times in 18at-bats. Schmidt drove in eight runs in the slugfest which featured nine home runs and 43 hits.

Rick Monday hit two home runs and a pair of singles in the first four innings for Chicago as the Cubs ran up a 13-2 lead before Schmidt and the Phils began blasting away. SCHMIDT HIT a two-run homer in the fifth, a solo shot In the seventh, capped a five-run eighth with a three-run homer and finally slugged his fourth straight and fifth this season In the 10th. The Phils tied it, 13-13, in the ninth with a leadoff homer by Bob fcngurer iBob F-ree) Photo Gt roninw, Ball Arriving Simiiltanvomlv and Cesar lost the race as he was out at home attempting to score in fourth inning on Pete Rose's single to left. i i.