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GOOD BYE SEY HEY Former baseball great Willie Mays, known throughout his career as the 'Sey Hey Kid', announced Monday he would leave baseball on orders from Commissioner Bowie Kuhn to take a job with an Atlantic City gambling ca- UPI Photo sino. Mays is pictured here with his wife at a news conference announcing his decision. Mays given big welcome by Atlantic City officials ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (UPI) While baseball officials spurned Hall of Famer Willie Mays Monday, Atlantic City welcomed the sports legend with open arms. Mays was greeted by a host of local celebrities and state and local officials when he arrived in the East Coast's gambling capital to begin his job at Bally Manufacturing Co.

"We are shocked and discouraged that some would look down upon us," said Atlantic City Mayor Joseph Lazarow. "The gaming industry has sup- plied hundreds of jobs and put bread and butter on the table for many people. "Bally is part of making gambling a wholesome business. Atlantic City welcomes with open arms Willie Mays, a man with beautiful human qualities." Mays was officially ordered to disassociate himself from baseball Monday for signing the 10-year, $1 million contract with Bally, a casino developer. Billy Weinberger, the president of Bally Park Place, said, "This is a great day for Atlantic City, and we're proud to have Willie join our team.

We know we're going to win a lot of pennants and the world series." Mays told the officials he did not like the order from Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, "but I will abide by it." "I know I'm not a gambler and I hope to be here a long time," said Mays. "It's not for the money, but that helps too." "I will never contest the decision of the commissioner of baseball. Baseball was very good to me. I didn't give up the game. The game gave me up." Mays barred from baseball for taking job in gambling casino NEW YORK (UPI) As a youngster with the New York Giants in the early 1950's, Willie Mays wasn't allowed to gamble in some Las Vegas casinos because of his color.

Today, a Hall of Fame career later, Mays is barred from baseball, at least temporarily, because he is going to work for a casino. Apprised by Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn that he would have to disassociate himself from baseball, Mays nevertheless signed a 10-year contract estimated at $1 million Monday with Bally International, which operates the Park Place Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J. "I don't understand it," Mays said Monday. "My job isn't to get people to go in there and gamble. I'll have nothing to do with the gambling end of it.

They need me for community work, to tell the people we don't want your land, that we're trying to contribute something instead. "Atlantic City has 60 to 70 percent blacks and I saw a lot of depressed areas there. That's one of the reasons I'm going there." In accepting the position as special assistant to Billy Weinberger, president of the Park Place Hotel, Mays had to sever his contract as a special batting coach with the New York Mets. He will not be permitted to associate himself with any team, although he Kuhn says he may take action against Martin NEW YORK (UPI) Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn said Monday night he might take further disciplinary action against former Yankees Manager Billy Martin if none is taken by Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. Kuhn, speaking from New York's ABC-TV studios during halftime of the Atlanta-Seattle football game, said: "I think George is very sincere with his handling of this matter.

We have discussed some possibilities on the phone, and I like the way that sounds. George is sincerely dedicated to preserving baseball's image." Kuhn said he is continuing his investigation into the circumstances surrounding Martin's alleged fight with a salesman in a Bloomington, hotel, which led to Steinbrenner's firing of Martin Sunday. Martin was replaced by Dick Howser. "I want to be sure I have all of the facts," Kuhn said. "I think I have almost all of them now.

And I want to give the Yankees a chance to handle this in their own way first. "I have a variety of options open to me. I can suspend the man, I can fine him, I can reprimand him, I can do nothing. I don't know what I will do yet. "Billy has some problems.

What I want to do is tell Billy that he had better stay away from these problems in the future if he expects to have a future in the game." Only 14 games on this week's quiz There will be only 14 games in The Salina Journal weekly football quiz this week, instead of the usual 15. The Peru, State game at Tabor was played last Saturday, instead of this coming Saturday. A Kansas Conference composite schedule released prior to the football season showed the game was to be played Nov. 3. Peru won Saturday, 14-12.

can play in old-timers games, mingle with players and enter dressing rooms. "Baseball has been very good to me and I've been very good to baseball," Mays said. "I just hope I don't have to stay out all my life. Just going out on the field sometimes means a great deal to me. Some people retire and don't miss the game, but I do.

worship the game. I love it. Sometimes I think it's wrong to put a man out." In a one-hour meeting with Mays Monday morning, Kuhn told him that if and when he left his position at Bally, he would be welcome to return to baseball. Mays said he decided to go with Bally in the best interests of his family, but denied he was a needy case. "I went into a real estate venture with Herman Franks (the former Giant manager) in Salt Lake City and got $1.8 million out of that," he said.

"But that doesn't mean I can't make more money. To live the way I live, you can't stop making money." Seattle from behind to trip 11 ATLANTA (UPI) The Seattle Seahawks celebrated Halloween two nights early. Coach Jack Patera Monday night pulled plays for quarterback Jim Zorn and kicker Efren Herrera out of his bag of tricks and treated a national television audience to a pulsating 31-28 victory over the Atlanta Falcons. Patera, noted for his gambling style, went against the percentages on four occasions and was successful three times as the Seahawks battled back from a 14-0 deficit in the second quarter. thought both teams pulled out all the stops tonight," said Patera.

"We have every confidence in our fake plays. We have people who can do those sort of things." Zorn, facing a fourth and five situation at the Falcon 34, ran a quarterback draw for the first Seahawk touchdown. Later, he passed four yards to running back Sherman Smith to get Seattle even at 14-14 with 5:01 left in the first half. Herrera then surprised the Falcons with an onsides kick, which Seattle recovered. Later in that series, with the Seahawks seemingly stalled at the Falcon 37, Patera called a fake field goal and Zorn hit a wide-open Herrera over the middle for 20 yards and a first down on the Atlanta 17.

That led to the go-ahead touchdown on fullback Dan Doornik's 8-yard run. "Efren is a good kicker and can do a lot of things with the ball," said Patera. "He's also a good receiver." First catch That may be true, but the little Mexican admitted after the game he had never before caught a pass in college or years of pro ball. "But we've worked on it in practice," Herrera explained. "I just kinda got lost in the middle of that whole bunch of big guys and the next thing I knew I was wide open.

I was a little surprised that nobody came close to covering me." Herrera booted a conventional 24- yard field goal to put the Seahawks on top 24-14 in the third quarter before Patera finally reached into his trick bag and came up short. This time, Herman Sports The Salina Journal First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Seattle 19 206 8 1 Atlanta 19 162 30 yards on 21 carries and two touchdowns. "It was nice to get on Monday night (television) and let the rest of America see what we can do, he said, adding that the early 14-0 deficit was not discouraging. Seattle-Atlanta RUSHING Seattle-Doarnink 21-122. Smith 1748, Zorn 7-41.

Weaver 1-(-6). Atlanta-Cain 13-99, Andrews 11-50. May- berry 2-4. PASSING Seattle-Zorn 13-25-0-197, Weaver 1-1-0-9. Allanlo-Bartkowskl 16-26- 2-186.

RECEIVING Seattle-Largent 6-127. Peels 2-15. McCullum 1-26. Herrera'1-20. Green 1-9.

Smith 14, Daornlnk 1-3, Ralble 1-2. Atlanta-Cain 5-26, Andrews 3-19. Francis 2-59. Ryckmon 2-37, Jenkins 2-24, Jackson 1-14. Mitchell 1-7.

Weaver faked a punt with Seattle at its own 32 and needing 12 yards for a first down. Weaver completed the pass to Jessie Green but the play gained only nine yards. Atlanta quickly moved to the Seattle 6, where the drive stalled, and Tim Mazzetti missed a field goal try. But the Falcons retained good field position when Doornink fumbled four plays later, and Steve Bartkowski hit Billy Ryckman with a 17-yard touchdown pass to cut the Seattle lead to 24-21. Doornink scored on a 26-yard run up the middle with 1:54 left but Atlanta refused to fold.

With Bartkowski hitting five straight passes, including a 20-yard scoring toss to Ryckman, the Falcons cut the gap to 31-28 with 51 seconds left. Atlanta got the ball back on an on- sides kick and Bartkowski hit Wallace Francis for'42 yards to the Seahawk 13. But on the next play, Dave Brown grabbed his second interception of the night to end the threat and give the Seahawks, 4-5, the victory in the first Monday night game of the club's young history. Doornink, a two-year veteran, had his best night in the pros with 122 Johnson, McNorton lost to Wildcats MANHATTAN, Kan. (UPI) Kansas State's stunning 19-3 win over Missouri Saturday was a sweet victory soured by injuries.

Kansas State lost starting defensive end D.L. Johnson and reserve linebacker Kent McNorton for the season with knee injuries. The Wildcats have Sophomore Football Junction City 6 0 0 At Solina Central 7 14 14 50 Central Gary Arpin (2), 15, 6 yd. runs; Scott Gardner (3), 20. IS yd.

runs, 40-yd. pass from Mitch Werlh; Brent Kline. 40-yd. pass from David Lowry; Werth, 30 yd. pass from Lowry.

PAT Chris DeVoe. 6 kicks; Arpin pass from Lowry. Junior varsity football Southeast of Saline 0 0 14 13 27 Solomon 00 0 Southeast of Saline Bill Srna two-yard run; Doug Mayer 18-yard run; Roger Swanson two- yard run; Kelly Bartholomew 37-yard run. PATs Alan Sheets (3) kicks. Sacred Heart Ellsworth 0 0 6 Ellsworth Janzen (2) one-yard run, 48-yard run.

lost six defensive starters to injuries his year. "We can't dwell on those injuries," said coach Jim Dickey after Monday's practice. "We've had some guys who have come up and replaced them really well." The win over Missouri, which Dickey called his sweetest one since his arrival here last year, made the atmosphere at practice a good one. "It's the best medicine I know of," he said. "We lost some close games, but we kept working to get better.

To see those kids hit the field today with the attitude they had is the best reward of coaching." "We knew we could score on them," Doornink said. Zorn, who completed 13 of 25 passes for 197 yards, said the Falcons blitzed "all the time. We tried to be prepared as much as we could." Atlanta Coach Leeman Bennett said the Falcons, 3-6 after losing six of their last seven games, had worked on some of the tricks Seattle might hand them but it didn't help. "We practiced this week against the fake punts and the onside kicks, but they pulled them off anyway," said Bennett. "We started the game well, then the same thing happened this game that has happened two or three times this year we seemed to let down a 'little bit and the game got away from us." The Falcons got off to the 14-0 lead on a 35-yard run by rookie running back Lynn Cain and a botched Seattle punt ruled a fumble that Rick Byas returned 30 yards for a score.

Bartkowski completed 16 of 26 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns. The victory left Seattle two games behind San Diego and Denver in the AFC West, but with consecutive wins over Houston and Atlanta, the Sea- hawks are still thinking playoffs. "There is a great amount of optimism," said Doornink. "Everybody thinks we can win the rest of our games." Seattle 0 21 3 7 31 Atlanta 7 70 Atl-Cain 35 run (Mazzetti kick) Atl-Byas 30 fumble return (Mazzetti kick) Sea-Zorn 34 run (Herrera kick) Sea-Smith 4 pass from Zorn (Herrera kick) Sea-Doornink 8 run (Herrera kick) Sea-FG Herrera 23 Atl-Ryckman 17 pass from Bartkowski (Mazzetti kick) Sea-Doornink 26 run (Herrera kick) Atl-Ryckman 20 pass from Bartkowski (Mazzetti kick) RALPH WEIGEL Bonds Insurance Phone 827.2906 115 Catt Iron New Cat In Townl All New Mercury Capri. Tost Drive One Today LONG McARTHUR, Inc.

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