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Sports Section Wednesday, July 23, 1980 Classified 5 1 OC Stocks. Business 1 1 14C Astros' Richard to enter hospital HOUSTON Houston all star pitcher J.R. Richard, currently on the Astro 21 day disabled list, will enter Methodist Hospital today for what a team spokesman called "a complete and detailed diagnostic study." Dr. Harold Brelsford said Richard's scheduled hospital visit was not a new development the pitcher's condition. The' examination was scheduled when Richard went on the disabled list last week.

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How can you get to the QB if you lose your feet? Come on now. Drive him, drive that shoulder right through his thigh. Keep going, keep going. Good. Now try it again." The gospel according to Don Shula is being dispersed.

And the rookies and second year players of the Miami Dolphins are trying to cram every morsel, trying to ingest every tidbit he and his disciples toss out. Their future depends on it. The practice field is as quiet as a flea market on a Monday. You don't talk when Shula Is conducting practice. He never uses a whistle, never raises his voice.

Never has any problem making himself In inil There's a heaviness in the air. A tropical storm down in the islands has pushed rain into the vicinity. But historically, it doesn't rain on Shula and his practices. He doesn't allow it, say some. Simply wills it away with his metaphysical wizardry, others claim.

In a few minutes, when he has called practice and sent his cadre of 45 stumbling to the cafeteria, it will suddenly start pouring. The meteoroligist has been defied again. "The rain is allowed to come as close as that baseball scoreboard but that's it," Shula says with a smile, pointing to the nearby baseball diamond. Just beyond the Dolphins' practice complex. "That is until we break for lunch and our naps," he adds, supplying just the right jut of his jaw and twinkle in his eyes to complete the pretense.

There is also a tension in the air. It is doubtful more than three rookies will make the team. The competition is barbaric during the pit drills, those one on one showdowns between offensive guard and defensive tackle. It will take a lot of great plays to make the Miami Dolphins. The inevitable will slam most back into school, into unglamorous jobs, onto the free agent and waiver lists where they will chase another rainbow and audition their talents for some other team.

Dwight Stephenson is one rookie who will make the team. He is a 250 pound strongman from Alabama. His quickness is evident immediately. His lack of technique also sticks out. But he signed a series of six one year contracts, proof the Dolphins are content to wait out his incubation penod.

Ferocious and fearless Stephenson's roommate, Don McNeal, also will make the team. He was Miami's first draft pick. He brought a reputation for being a ferocious and fearless hitter, it's a rep Shula likes. Good thing too. McNeal has a sprained ankle and hasn't practiced for a couple of days.

Normally it is a commandment enisled in granite that' rookies do not get hurt. You cannot turn heads by limping. "The time to make hey is now, Thursday is when the veterans report. The rookies will retreat to the sidelines and watch. And hope.

They will hope they influenced enough people to keep their uniform. Another commandment of Shula: Never quit. Walk out of camp because it is tough and there's no way in Hallandale you're going to make the team anyway and you are forever branded. "If a guy quits here," Shula says often and always loud enough so eavesdroppers can hear, "the chances are he will quit later in life at something else." Quitters go nowhere. Players cut from a Don Shula training camp often are picked up by other teams.

And the Hubert Ginn story, is a classic reminder that Shula never forgets a face. Ginn, a talented running back who never quite fit into Shula's plans, was nonetheless picked up by the Dolphins four separate times. Shula liked Ginn's determination. It wound up getting Ginn eligible for the NFL's pension plan. Mike Good is a free agent from Florida State'.

He has impressed some of the Dolphin assistants, no doubt because of his pass blocking abilities, accrued during his career with the pass happy Semi noles. Shula particularly likes him, saying, "Goodie stays low and uses his hands well. We'll have to see how he handles (Bob) Baumhower (Miami's All Pro noseguard) and some of the other veterans." And that's the catch. No matter how well someone looks today, he will have to prove himself again. isn't high on rookies starting immediately.

If they can, there's something. more wrong with the team than is right with the player. Of course there's an Earl Campbell or Tony Dorsett to always make the exception. But pro football is basically an occupation where you serve an apprenticeship before geting your spot on the assembly line. At least, that's the way Don Shula sees it.

And I for the rookie hopefuls of the Miami Dolphins, that's good enough for them too. To disagree would border on heresy. And probata shoot the nation unemployment statistics higher. Having a ball Rockledge came up one run short of defending its Little League District 2 Major All Star title Tuesday night when Mims' pitcher Vernon Gibbs hit a home run with two out in the bottom of the seventh off Mike Hilton, left, for a 6 5 win. at Crane Field in Melbourne.

In 13 year old All Star action at DeSoto Field in Satellite Beach, Eau Gallie South's Tim Wakefield beat the throw to Titusville's Anthony Mitchell and then picked up the victory over Titusville 10 4. The two teams will play for the 1 3 year old title at 6:30 tonight. Details, 3C. TODAY moti J. OIIIM CMfWa TODAY FMto by Dan limit jPHjBfajjl Scores bbbHTiViiVbbHE 'IbbVbbH and KAMKyBPH (Standings ibJ bHIbbH BASEBALL LbbISnBbW 'afaffl''tV'afafafafafafafafKv ftlH bbbBRE mf 'LbbbbB'VHbIbbH LEaDY aB bMHbbbHbSbsIbbbsH Parker Buc ing for trade Abuse by fans charged lBSBSBSBSLisE3S? AftBBBBBBBHH IIV' IV MbBFTBBb.

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He swam so furiously and was so far ahead, that everyone in the pool knew with a lap to go he had a record if he didn't drown. When Salnikov turned at 1,400 meters, his time was an even 14minutes. He swam ihe last 100 meters in 58 seconds with the hometown crowd roaring. "When I passed the 1,200 or 1,300 meter mark, I was sure I would finish first, but I wasn't sure I could break the record. But I was sure after the 1,400 mark," he said.

Asked about the magic 15 minute mark swimmer.s have sought for so long, he said, "I don't think it was a psychological barrier for me, or that the limit has i SUMMER OLYMPICS 1980 been achieved." And what of the boycott? What if the American team had been in Moscow for these Olympics? "If they were here, I'm sure I would swim as I did today," he said. The best American time this year in the 1,500 is 15:19.76 by Mike Bruner of Mesa, Ariz. Duncan Goodhew of Great Britain won the gold medal in the 100 meter breaststroke in 1:03.34. It was not an Olympic record and was slower' than the American record of 1 03.08, set this year by Steve Lind quist of Jesup, a student at Southern Methodist University. Goodhew was one of the athletes who did not have his country's flag raised above him when he collected his medal.

Not using national flags or anthems was a compromise position adopted by several national Olympic committees who would not go along with the boycott initiated by U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Goodhew, who swam and studied at North Carolina State for three years, said he considered the gesture something of a sacrifice. "I'm still. British and I still believe in my country, and that I swam for my country.

I agree' with my federation that politics should be out of sports. So it was worth the sacrifice. I made the sacrifice with regret to keep politics out of Sports." The Soviet men's gymnastics team won the team championship in their event with little challenge due to the absence of strong teams from Japan and the United States. World all around champion Alexander Dityatin and Montreal Olympics hero Nikolai AndrianoV led a team effort that piled up 589.60 points to 581.15 for the second place East Germans. Hungary won the bronze medal.

The Japanese have won this event in every Olympics since 1952. But Soviet Coach Leonid Arkayev claimed the outcome would have been the same even if the Japanese were not boycotting. "They took the silver and won only one bronze in individual events at the 1979 world championships," he said. The American team, led by Kurt Thomas and Bart Connor, was expected to equal or improve on its bronze medal performance in the world meet' before President Carter called for the boycott in January. The Soviet Union and East Germany battled for the medals lead with no other countries even close.

The USSR had 10 golds and 21 total medals, the East Germans five golds and 18 total. The East German women, who have taken all swimming events so far, captured their fourth gold when Ines Diers won the 400 meter freestyle in Olymptc record time of 4:08.76. The old mart was 4:09.89. East Germans also won the silver and bronze in the event. Rina Reinisch of East Germany set a world record in the women's 100 meter backstroke preliminaries.

Her time was 1:1.50, one hundredth of a second faster than the old mark she shared with countrywomanUlrike Richter. The new Moscow cycling velodrome fulfilled its promise as perhaps the fastest track in the world. Lothar Thorns of East Germany set a world record of 1:02.955 in winning the gold medal in the one kilometer race on a streamlined bike and wearing an airtight suit. Alexander Panfilov of the USSR was second and Jamaican David Weller, who attends Embry Riddle Aero nautica University in Day tona Beach, was third. Six men broke the 4.000 meter, record of 4:43.09 in qualifying.

Luciano Giovanneti of Italy won the trap clay pigeon shooting event with a score of 198 Tuesday and was the other athlete whose Olympic flag Instead of his national banner was raised at the medal ceremony. In wrestling, Stilianos Migiakis of Greece won the 136 pound Greco Roman division, beating Itvan Toth of Hungary in the final. Norb ert Nottny of Hungary won the 198 pound class, beating Igor Kanygin of the Soviet Union in the final. Saksylik Ushkempirov of the Soviet Union won the 106 pound class, beating Constantin Alexandra of Romania, Victor Mazin of the Soviet Union wonthe gold medal in the 132 pound weightlifting event, clearing a world record total of 638 pounds in theAcombined snatch and jerk maneuvers. By NORM CLARKE AP torts WrIMr SAN DIEGO Angered by continuing fan abuse in Pittsburgh, slugger Dave Parker demanded Tuesday that the World Champion Pirates trade him, saying: "I've reached the point of no return." Parker; the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1978, said his decision was triggered by an incident Sunday in Pittsburgh when a fan threw a radio battery, narrowly missing him.

The 6 foot 5, 230 pound outfielder picked up the thrown object, stalked off the field, sat out the final inning and did not play the second game of the double header against Los "It is in the best interests of both parties the city of Pittsburgh and myself to complete my career without bodily harm," said Parker, the league batting champion In. 1977 and 1978. "Whoever feels that strongly about Dave Parker, we can eliminate that problem." Pirates' Manager Chuck Tanner said Parker has become the target of "a sick person." Parker, 29, said he's informed the Pirates' front office that they "have to get me out of town, period." If traded, terms of his contract confine the list to nine teams, including Cincinnati, his hometown. Other teams he identified Friday are Los Angeles, the California Angels and the Atlanta Braves. "I was hit in the back of the head with a gas valve from a pellet gun last year.

Sunday it was a battery. Earlier this year somebody tossed a sock full of nuts and bolts that weighed five pounds. A couple of years ago it was a bat," Parker told The Associated Press. "Maybe it's the money. But everybody else in baseball respects me.

It hasn't happened year except in Pittsburgh and I find that hard to digest because that's where I live. "Chuck (Tanner) knows what I'm going through," said Parker, who is batting .285 with 52 runs batted In and 12 homers. I love the city and I'd love to stay there. Fact is I've got to go out everyday and put my career on the line. I'll do everything I can to help the Pirates win, but I've reached the point of no return." Said Tanner, "He's right in everything he says about the abuse.

But, for every one that tries to do something to him, there's 100 that love him. I sure don't want t0 see him leave. He's best player in the game. He's the guy that makes the wheel go around for the Pirates." Harding Peterson, 'Pittsburgh's executive vice president, said in Pittsburgh Tuesday that he has not spo ken to Parker or his agent Tom R.eich. He said other players have experienced the same problem, but "it seems to happen more to.Dave than other players.

"Dave is the kind of person that wants to be liked by everybody. I think it's a handful of nuts, sq to speak, who throw things." AMERICAN LEAGUE Tuesday's results NY 3, Milwaukee 0 Texas 4, Boston 3 Baltimore 8, Minnesota 4 Chicago 6, Kansas City 1 Toronto 6, Oakland 2 Cleveland 4, Seattle 0 Detroit at California Late Monday results Detroit 14, California 3 Toronto 1, Oakland 0 Seattle 7, Cleveland 0 Baltimore 12, Minnesota 5 EAST LPct. New York Detroit Milwaukee Baltimore Boston Cleveland 'Toronto GB 8ft ft ft' 13 16 18 59 32 .648 48 38 .558 51 41 .554 50 42 343 46 45 305 42 47 .472 40 49 .449 WEST Kansas City 56 37 .602 Texas 46 46 .500 9ft Oakland 44 50 .468 12ft Minnesota 43 50 .462 13 Chicago 42 50 .457 13ft Seattle 38 54 .413 17ft California 33 57 .367 21ft Today's games Toronto (Kucek 2 1) at Oakland (McCatty 7 9), 4:30 p.m. Texas (Medich 8 4) at Boston (Torrez 5 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee (Haas 10 8) at New York (Guidry 10 6), 8 p.m.

Chicago (Baumgarten 2 6) at Kansas City (Gura 12 4), 8:35 p.m. Baltimore (McGregor 9 5) at Minnesota (Arroyo 2 2), 8:35 p.m. Detroit (Petry 5 5) at California (Laroche 1 2), 10:30 p.m. Cleveland (Owchinko 1 4) at Seattle (Beanie 4 7), NATIONAL LEAGUE Tuesday's results 2 1, Chicago 0 3 Atlanta 7, Montreal 5 Cincinnati 3, Philadelphia 2 Houston 6, NY 5 St. Louis 3, LA 2 Pittsburgh at San Diego EAST tar Pittsbureh 51 40 .560 'I Montreal 50 40 .556 ft Philadelphia 47 43 .522 3ft New York 44 48 .478 7ft St.

Louis 42 51 .452 10 Chicago 38 51 .427 12 WEST Houston 53 40 370 4 Los Angeles 51 43 343 2ft; Cincinnati 49 45 321 4ft San Fran 46 48 .489 7ft Atlanta 43 49 .467 9ft San Diego 38 54 .413 14ft Today's games San Francisco (Hargesh eimer 2 0) at Chicago (Capilla 2 2) 2:30 p.m. Montreal (Lea 2 4) at Atlanta (Alexander 8 5), 7:35 p.m. Philadelphia (Espinosa 1 1) at 'Cincinnati (Pastore 10 5), 8:05 p.m. New York (Falcone 54) at Houston (Ruhle 6 2), 8:35 p.m. Los Angeles (Welch at St.

Louis (Martinez 2 3), 8:35 p.m. Pittsburgh (Rhoden 1 1) at San Diego (Wise 3 5), 10 p.m. See SCORES, 2C rishing Wk fclFbrecastAH Back country canals offering good bass fishing for those using plastics worms and top water plugs like the Rapala, Rebel or Bangolure, any which Imitate a baltflstv Bass on the St. Johns are more active early and late la the day, and again the lop water plugs will do weU. Trout In the saltwater rivers will feed around schools of mullet on the flats.

Good live bait Includes the pigflsh. Muggers wading or drifting the flats should consider using top water plugs. There may be a few small snook under the Barber Bridge In Vera Beach tor those fishing at night with live bait, Jigs or touts. (Sotunar Tables, 2C).