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Fastball Really Softball Disguised WASHINGTON (AP) An old aport with a new twist begins play this summer as fastball, formerly known as softball, opens with a professional league. The eight-team Major League Softball, league starts its first season May 4. "We're attempting to profes- sionalize a previously amateur sport, changing the rules to get more action and scoring," said Bob Spitler MLSI president. "So wh not a new name? It certainly can't hurt." At a recent league meeting, it was decided to refer to the gport as fastball and not softball. Unlike the amateur playground version of the game, the pro league will feature offensive and defensive platooning.

In addition, a wild-card pinch runner designated before the start of the game will be allowed to pinch-run a total of BALANCE (FROM PAGE 4-0 regular season co-champion Graham. Barring any upsets in tournament play, the Tigers will not, meet Graham until the Saturday night finals. Turn the conversation to the tournament and it sparks an immediate glow of anticipation in Tiger Country. According to Flynn, balance is the Tigers' strong suit presently and hopefully will see them through the tournament. Last season the Tigers lost in the semi-finals of the state championship; Flynn the team reached their peak prior to the playoffs.

This year the Tigers started strong, and finished strong. Ragsdale isn't anticipating undergoing any major changes for tournament play either offensively or defensively and rightfully so. Flynn commented, "I think it would be a mistake to change now." And why change what has brougt success? "1 do think Graham will real tough In the tournament, but I think we'll be a little bit tougher than they are," she added. four times during the game bul never more than once an inning. The pitcher moved back from his present 46 feet to 48 feel, and the one leg on the rubber rule with his rocker mo- lion will prevent any "cheating," according to a league spokesman.

other radical changes were voted down by league members, including a motion to end. all extra-inning games in sudden death. That rule would have meant the first team to score in an extra inning would win. If a visiting team scored in the top of the 10th inning, under the motion which was tabled, the home team would never get to bat. "We are dead set against thet change," said Montreal General Manager Pat Patterson.

Chick Payne, assistant general manager of the Washington entry, said, the proposed rule change would give the edge to the visiting team. "If you don't win fairly consistently at home, you're dead at the gate," Payne said. Also voted down was a rule change that would allow the automatic awarding of first base to a batter who was being intentionally walked. The league general managers, in saying no to the idea, pointed to an incident in last year's World Series. With a full count on Cincinnati's Johnny Bench, Oakland appeared to decide to give the Reds' slugging catcher an intentional walk.

But with Bench expecting a free trip to first, the A's pitcher threw a called third strike, aborting a possible Cincinnati rally. The pro fastball league has awarded franchises to Washing ton, Montreal, Philadelphia, New Orelans, St. Louis, Mobile, and Charlotte, Each team will play 56 games, with scheduling problems only at Philadelphia's Veterans' Stadium and Washington's Robert F. Kennedy Sta c'lium, which has National Football League exhibitions starting in August. The league games will all be played on weekends so that players, who are signed to one- year contracts, can also hold weekday jobs.

"Ours is a contemporary game, a hitter's-game," Spitler said. "The pitcher can no longer dominate the sport. Our fans will see speed, action, drama and tight competition, prime components that saye thrust nd now hockey to the forefront in recent years." The league held a player draft in November with a 29- year-old pitcher, Bob Domik of Toronto, the first of 162 players chosen. The oldest was Dick Furrer, a 40-year-old veteran outfielder from St. Louis, while 17-year-old Dick McNally, an outfield prospect from Ridgeway, picked by Montreal was the youngest.

Mints Saturday, leading Minnesota to an emotional, nalion- ally-televised Big Ten basketball victory over Ohio State, 80'8. Behagen, a 6-foot-10 senior rom New York City, was one of two Minnesota players sus- for the season after a game-ending brawl last year, between the two rivals. This time, however, the game between the fifth-ranked Gophers and the Buckeyes was played without incident before a sellout crowd of 13,489.. Ohio State's Luke Witte, hos- ntalized after last year's poured in a season-high 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds before fouling out with more than four minutes to go- Corky Taylor of Minnesota, the other player suspended last Whitworth Holds Six Stroke Edge NAPLES, Fla. (AP) Veteran Kathy Whitworth struggled to ia four-over-par 76 Saturday in the wind-blown second round of the $25,000 Naples-Lely Golf Classic but took six-stroke lead into Sunday's final 18 holes.

Miss Whitworth shot 68 in Friday's first round 36-hole total of 144. Shelly Hamlin, alone in second place Friday, skied to a 79 Saturday to fall into a four-way tie behind Miss Whitworth at 150. With Miss Hamlin in the run- nerup slot were Debbie Austin, Joann Garner and Joyce Kaz mierski, who had the low round of 73 as the LPGA stars battled 40-mile-an-hour wind gusts and chilly weather. Patty Berg and amateur Pau lette Lee, who had par-72 rounds Friday, shot themselves out of it Saturday with 87 and 88 respectively. Miss Whitworth will try to add the first prize of $3,750 to her all-time leading tour-earnings in excess of $400,000 in Sunday's final round over the course.

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Buchannon, now deputy assistant to the Northwest manpower administrator, said Foreman, a 16-year-old high school dropout from Houston, who had had some brushes with the police, arrived at Fort Vannoy "just a kid off the streets. But he knew exactly what he points. Mark Wagar, of Ohio State, also hospitalired after the brawl Jan. 25,1972, did not play, this time. Minnesota outscored the Buckeyes 14-2 in one stretch of the second half for a 56-48 margin and led the rest of the way.

The Gophers sank six straight foul shots in the last two minutes to put the game out of reach. Minnesota pushed its record! to 15-2. The Gophers are 5-2 in the Big Ten. Kerry Marbury of West Virginia and sophomore Anthony Davis of Southen California finished tied for second among major college football scorers last season. Both had 18 touchdowns 108 points.

for ''He wanted to finish his education, that was his primary goal. Then, he wanted a skill, not the common labor type, bul a that Job Corps had to offer that would give him a good trade." Vannoy, which was openec only two months before Foreman arrived in October 1965 had no sophisticated vocationa training and after three months Foreman asked to be trans ferred to the Parks center in Peasantville, so he could learn a skill. "I told him I didn't think he was ready," Buchannon said "that he needed to bring his work habits up. He was too much in a hurry. "You could outline a timetable for him.

We might say it's going to take 10 months, 18 months and George would say, 'I'll do it in eight'." Foreman persisted and was transferred to Parks where Nick Broadus, the recreational director, steered him into boxing. "He didn't do any boxing at kid stuff, without any gloves," Buchannon said. "Football was his game. He didn't really box too much at Parks until he graduated from Job Corps and was hired by the center as a recreational instructor." Aside from his fighting ability, Buchannon said he thinks Foreman reached his championship because of his "basic letermination, his drive and his ielief that he could do what- ver he set his mind out to do." "And the good thing about it that he never set his goals so high that he wouldn't be able to them. He knew his capabilities.

He would be a success at anything." Foreman toured the Northwest during a Job Corps re- ruiting drive in 1969. "He has i tremendous interest in kids," Suchannon said. "He likes to other kids by talking to them, trying to get them straightened out. "I think he really wanta to say, 'I'm an idol and I'm a straight idol. You're not going to get any place by going out and getting into trouble with the law, dropping out of school and getting your head beat in.

What you should do is those straight, normal things that are going to get you ahead. 1 I think that's basically what he's saying." Foreman himself said at an award ceremony last week he wants to "give a little message to kids that everyone can be a champion." Buchanncn said while on the 1969 tour a black staff member at one of the schools Foreman visited asked the boxer if he didn't feel that Job Corps was taking advantage of him because he'd won the gold medal and because he was black. "His answer 1 said was Buchannon. "George said 'You know, they may be. 1 don't know but I owe everything I have to Job Corps and (hey can take all the advantage they want "George," said Buchannon "is an exceptional example Oi Job Corps.

An example that we're awfully proud of." Foreman also has pride in Job Corps. On the back, of his boxing robe are the words: "George Foreman, the fighting corpsman." Florida State Loses 89-62 To Cincinnati CINCINNATI (AP) Cincinnati overpowered Florida State in the second half to win 89-62 and avenge an earlier college basketball loss. Florida State led 40-32 at halftime after enjoying leads of 11 points. Cincinnati switched to a zone defense after scoring eight quick points early in the second half and outscored the Seminoles 57-22 in the half. Cincinnati is now 13-8 on the season and Florida is 15-6.

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