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Sports Section Wednesday, June 15, 1977 Classifieds Stocks, Business 5 9 1 i(M2C Rams Trade QB Harris LOS1 ANGELES Quarterback James Harris has been traded; by the Los Angeles ft ami to the San Diego Chargers for "future draft choices," the Rams announced late Tuesday night Harris, a seven year NFL' vet, lost his starting lob to rookie Pat Haden late last season and has repeatedly voiced his unhapplness since. fl fc Marc Smith Wrt TODAY inmnrnt Expos Call Relieves! Tom Cut. Released. They're bad words with bad vibes for any professional baseball rplayer, When: spoken, players cringe, ihpping talkingabout or to them. --Tom Walker heard those words from the St.

Louis Cardinals at the end of last season. He cringed. And rightfully so. when you're 28 years old and baseball has been the only you've ever held" since college, don't like to learn you're suddenly not wanted. But Walker was unwanted.

It was soul searching time for the for mer Brevard Community College rightnanded pitcher whose career had in rtiirlpH ctnnc IivMnntT'nal Tbnt Tiotrni Ho. 7frti.A Aitie 'iA imam. ployed. Not an enviable position. Walker mulled over the idea leaving baseball.

He didn't like the idta. Not one bit. I'll give lr one more try, he promised himself. "i was pressed into a corner. I made up mind I had just one year to make it back in baseball," said Walker.

"That was it. If it was God's will and I got a lit tle luck, I thought I could make it." Montreal. short on pitching, gave Walker the chance. The Exposassigned him AAA Denver and Walker quickly became" the" talk' of the' mile high city. He was 1 0, then 2 0, 3 0, 4 0, 5 0, 6 0, 7 0 with seven saves in "22 games and an ERA under 2.00.

Montreal manager Dick Williams, who kept only nine pitchers for his rcter when spring training broke, got on the Thone to Denveraweelrago. Welcome back to the Major Leagues WiTHams wasted T' AJ WjsWnW' mBlto''l'tt'''mlmttt'''mi' l1 MSsasjasltti a i 4J illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllYr IlL. a putting Walker to work. He's pitched in four games and has done a decent job in all but one. Sunday the Cincinnati Reds roughed him up for four runs in 1 23 innings, but that was after he blanked them for one inning in the opening game of the doubleheader.

"It's the hottest hand I've ever held," said Walker, who struck, put 140 batters in '69 innings (an average of two anio ning) during his 68 season at BCC. "It seemed like every time I pitched in Den "VerrwasUoingrsomethtngTlght; "It was phenomenal. It was a very good rut to be in." But regardless of how much he's used in plan to revitalize the. stum' bling.Expos, Walker's just glad hegave it one more shot. "I hope I never, have to leave here(the majors) igairi," saidWalkerJvhose wife is expecting their first child.

"It's so 'much more fun pitching in places like Cincinnati instead Of Des Moines." WALKER PLAYED his high school baseball at Tampa Chamberlain with some equally impressive prep stars. One teammate, Mike Eden, starred at BCCand has worked his way up to AAA ball in Richmond. The other, Steve Garvey, has had a fair amount of success with the Los Angeles DodgersV "Steve's my best friend," said Wal kerj He was theest man at my wedi ding and I was the best man at his." Walker, Eden and Garvey, What talent! State champs? "Not hardly, we couldn't even win our division in Tampa," Walker remembered. MARSHALL HARPER is also making a move The of Melbourne began the season in Appleton, Minn. (White Sox, Midwest League).

Last week theSoxwere so Impressed with his relief pitching they jumped him to.Knox rvllle, Tenn. (Southern AALeague). a chanee to visit home: June 20 22 when his teanv plays at Orlando. TODAY Hon Fliam KM Morion Cocoa Manager Jimmy Johnson Holds Catcher Bruce Bochy at Third Base 4Vi; 5. 7 HRc Bs I cE BN 'itli km i i 1 7 Errors Costly: 6 4 Cocoa Falls Tonight: Pompano Beach at Cocoa, 7: JO.

By ERIC GIRARD TODAY SMrtt Wrllor It's seldom a baseball team gets rriofeerrors" than hits, but the Cocoa Astros almost found a way. The largest Cocoa Stadium crowd turned out Tuesday night and watched the Astros go through a comedy errors routine which led to a 6 4 defeat to the Pompano Beach Cubs. AtotaI of 3,188 "Kids Day" fans agonized through seven scattered Cocoa errors as the Astros failed to ueruaies ranxees in ine Florida State League's SoutherrtyDivision standings. The Yankees, 10 1 losers to West Palm Beach, remain li games ahead in the battle to escape the cellar, Cocoa picked up only eight hits off three Pompano Beach pitchers, but EllisilsiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiWiW(4siiiiiiiiR Itzl. jy Jxi1 T.

JTyifff'WjiS Sip f'i'" Scores and Standings BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE Tuesday's Results 8, York 5 Cincinnati 3, Houston Montreal 0 San Francisco 7, St. Louis 1 Los AngelesJ, Pittsburgh 2 Xhicago 6San Diego 5. Eastern Division LPct. GB Chicago 37 19 .661 Pittsburgh '32 23 .582 St. Louis '33 25 1569' Philadelphia 31 27 .534 Montreal 25 32 .439 12 New York 25 34 .424 13V5 Western Division Los 'Angeles 39 21 .650 Cincinnati 31 27 .534 7 San Fran.

26 34.433 13 San Diego 2137.422 14 Houston. J536.41Q.J4M Atlanta '23 39 .371 17 Wednesday's Games New York (Matlack 3 7) at, Atlanta (McLaughlin 00), 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia (Lerch 5 2) at Cincinnati (Nolan 4 1), 8p.rnr Montreal (Brown 3 4) at Houston (Richard 5 '5j. 8:30 p.m. Chicago.

(R. Reuschel 8 2) at San Diego (Shirley Pittsburgh (Jones 2 1) Los Angeles (Rhoden 8' 3), 10:30 p.m. St. Louis (Falcone 2 5) at San Francisco (Kriep per 0 1), 10:30 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE.

idt fir exits ClevelandT Baltimore 8, Milwaukee 5 Boston 7, Chicago 1 Detroit 7, Toronto 2 New York 4, Kansas City 2 California 12, Minnesota 9 Oakland at Seattle Eastern Division Pet GB as jJobnsojiXaIks.lStrategy With Bochy continued on page 2c Dodgers Nip Pirates, 32 tooXy 'Wirt swtWctt.V" LTJS ANGELES johnny Oates raced, home from third base on a passed ball by catcher Ed Ott for the winning run, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 3 2 victory over the. Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday night. The Dodgers entered the ninth down 2 lt. but scored two unearned runs to gain only, their sixth vie Lee Lacy bounced a single, through the middle to score pinch runner John Hall, and then running for Goodson, scored on the passed ball. PITTUIIM Parhtr Oltwar SlrgH lb MnM lb Mndotb lb tory in their last 16 games and keep their lead over the onrushing Cincinnati Reds at seven games.

Ott and Bill Robinson homered off Dodger starter Don Sutton to give the Pirates a 2 0 lead after five innings. The Dodgers' Steve Garvey slugged his 12th homer of the season, and his third In three, games. Pinch hitter Boog Powell started the rally with a one out. single, Ed Goodson. another pinch hit 1 ter, hit a potential doubie play ball that shortstop Frank Taveras booted.

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The only unbeatens remaining amont the four teams South Carolina, 42 iO and Southern Illinois, 40 10 were Idle and clash tonight. Sutherland, a Junior righthander who went into the game with a 4.78 erned run average, allowed only four singles and retired the last 10 men In order. He struck out three. outdueled Clemson righthander Ron Musselman, who also allowed lour hits and finished 13 strikeouts. Rob Hayne'opened the eighth with a single for Cal State Los Angeles, 42 21; and moved up on a stolen base and a wild pitch.

Adair's sharp grounder up the middle went by the drawn ln Infield and off the shortstop's leg to score a run. Three double plays aided Sutherland and Clemson, 42 10, had only two runners reach second Minnesota, the tournament ofavorlte and second rated going Into the tournament, jumped to 2 0 lead In the first inning, but Arizona State struck back withlO hits In the next three Innings to take Command 7 2. bf blat aaa lib aaa a aaaaaa iaa a iurh. Tvra. DP bmibwfbit a.

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York. Mets pitching But no one was quite sure how he would re main in that status as today's midnight trading deadline near s. "Nothing's, changed," said a harassed general manager Joe McDonalrSu the Mets'. Shea. Stadium offices Tuesday.

"It's exactly where it was. We're still talking to clubs. We haven't closed Continued on Page JC Offers Advice From the Dugout Orange Bowl ier in Sap triSs. NEW YORK (UPI) National Football League "Owners sticking" to sites which have been successful in the past, voted Tuesday to play the 1979 Super Bowl in Miami's Orange Bowl and game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. The announcement marks the first time the NFL has chosen sites for two gle Super Bowl sites have been announced two years in advance.

Miamf, which will be the Super Bowl site for the fifth time, and which played host to the title game before a record crowd of 103,000 last January, were chosen after presentations from eight cities. Los Angeles, HoustonHouston and New Orleans; all previous Super Bowl sites, benefits," said Miami Dolphins owner Joe Robbie, who" was at "the announcement. "The game will be.at the Orange Bowl and we will have 80,000 seats avail able. We took out end zone seats last year and cut the seating to 75,000 but they'll go back in. "We're still looking for a new stadium to be built in Miami but even if they row, they wouldn't be finished in two In the future we will bid as the City of Miami but right now, game is awarded to the Orange Bowl 'and that's where it will be played." pakland :27 29 t482" 544 "rseattle 25 3) I0U' Wednesday's Games Texas (Marshall 0 0) at Qeveland" (Bobby 5 3Jj 7:30 p.m.

Milwaukee (Slatpn 4 6). at Baltimore (Flanagan 25), 7:30 p.m. Toronto (Lemanczyk 4 5) at Detroit (Arroyo 4 3), 8 p.m. California (Tanana 10 2) at Minnesota (Zahn 6 4), 8:30 p.m. Oakland (Norris 2 1) at Seattle (Montague 54J; 10:30 p.m.

Continued on Page 2C Fishing I ikFbrecast Robbie admitted the home team advantage was a big factor jn the discussions. "The home team was of major" concern," he explained. "I think Al Davis (Oakland managing general partner) was. the first to bring it up. We just asked how anyone Intended to solve the problem and there was no solution.

The Rams, for instance, would have lust as much of a home ad vU.Z iw? vvantagej uv: Pasadena a T'aWYffiTTrf lIuu.iuratM It uifla. auiariL, haltlim and In Al Rose BowtinTsadeirirTT Trr "A iV a i i. J. ed to the Los Angeles Col shallow as 12 to 18 Jseum: "We were unlucky In that respect. Miami had ihreerof them but never at home." and Seattle.

Pontiac. Mich ancf Dallas, bidding to" hold the game for the first time, lost out. Super Bowl XIII, which will be played in the 80,000 seat Orange Bowl in Miami, is for Jan. 21, 1979.. Super; Bowl will be played onr Jan.

,20, Boston 34 24 .586 New York 35 26.574 fc Baltimore 32 26 .552 2 Milwaukee 29 32 .475 6 Detroit .25 31 .446 8 Cleveland 24 30 .444 8 1 Toronto 23 33 .411 10 Western Division Minnesota 34 25 .576 Chicago 31 27 .534 2V4 California 29 27 .518 3, Texas 28 27 .509 4 Kansas City 28J0.483' 54 Weather and practice facilities were key rfactors the selection of Miami, and Pasadena. Seattle 'and Pontiac both have domed stadiums but there was "doubt about the availability of practice fields and travel limitations because ol weather, The NFL had a bad 'experience with practice sites in Houston four years ago when Minnesota' "coach Bud Grant blasted (he training facility assigned to him after finding birds in the shower. VI think the. estimated worth of the Super Bowl Is $50 million in economic The. owners also discussed routine business and constitutional amendments' on Tuesday and today were expected to discuss the touchy subject of compensation for players who left clubs after playing out their options.

A site for the 1979 Pro Bowl also was to be announced, with most of the eight cities who bid for the Super Bowl along with Ho nolulu expected to be in the running. .1: Still very" few" "nighttime snook inside Sebastian Inlet. A few hitting live bait along the north jetty. Best results early mornings and during high tide periods. Trout should show.

Improvement over the shoreline flats, In those areas where there. Is a. good. areas as inches'. Top water plugs required In' the very shallow areas.

St. Johns River and its lakes offering fair bassra suits, "at "times" better "than fair. Most of the bass: are small, occasionally to three and four pounds. Bigger basS coming from the Kis slmmee Chain of Lakes. Early mornings' and periods following Central Florida rains are the.

best. fish Ing times. Offshore boaters will find dolphin In 100 feet of water and farther out, with the bigger fish farther offshore In 250 foot depths or morel King mackerel scattered, sail more plentiful,.