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al Minnesota 8, Kansas City 3 Boston 4, Toronto 3 Detroit 5. New York 1 Cleveland 6, Baltimore 5 Chicago 6, California 3 Oakland 7, Milwaukee 4 Texas at Seattle Scores, standings 2E nl St. Louis 4, New York 2 Montreal 4, Philadelphia 3 Chicago 2, Pittsburgh 0 Houston 2, Cincinnati 0 San Francisco at Atlanta Los Angeles at San Diego on the inside College football, 3, 4, 5E High schools, 6E Hagler stops Minter, 6E Yankees, O's lose, 8E Genuine Risk triumphs, 10E Marvin Hagler george brett: chasing .400 Vntarday at bats 4, hits 0 season at bats 430, hits 165 Avg. .383 ROCHESTER, N.Y SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1980 ixpos drop Phils; nip gregboeck LiMMMHtfHIIMIMMMMMaMiJaJ Astros Rods Associated Pross pennant race 'Wings cant own stadium and survive' Houston's Astros are beginning to stretch their lead down the stretch in baseball's NationaJ League West. But in the East, the Philadelphia Phillies and Montreal Expos are in a real horse race neck-and-neck to the wire.

Jerry White's two-out double in the seventh inning scored the go-ahead run as Montreal beat the Phillies, 4-3, yesterday in Philadelphia. That evened the crucial three-game East series at one game each and pushed the Expos to within a half-game of the first-place Phillies. The Pittsburgh Pirates lost to the Cubs and remained 5' 2 games back. In Houston, the Astros, inspired by the appearance of stricken pitcher J.R. Richard, rode the shutout pitching of Joe Nierkro and Dave Smith to a 2-0 victory over Cincinnati.

The win increased Houston's lead to 4's game9 over Cincinnati in the West. Second-place Los Angeles, which played later last night, is 2'. -2 games out. "I think half the team had tears in their eyes," Astros Manager Bill Virdon said. "I had a lump right here in my throat and I just couldn't get it out." Turn to EXPOS, Page 8E 'Sloppy' Syracuse beats Northwestern, 41-21 IV I V-S i I' mi.

Lmj: 1 44th homer soar out of park. (AP) Stanford stuns Oklahoma, 31-14 The Phillies' Mike Schmidt watches how top 20 fared 1 Alabama (3-0-0) beat Vanderbilt, 41-0. 2 Ohio State (3-0-0) beat Arizona St, 38-2 1. 3 Notwatka (3-0-0) beat Penn 21-7. 4 Oklahoma (1-1-0) lost to Stanford, 31-14.

5 So.Calil. (3-0-0) beat Minnesota, 24-7. 6 Pittsburgh (3-0-0) beat Temple. 36-2. 7 Texas (2-0-0) played Oregon State, night.

8 Notre Dame (2-0-0) was idle. 9 Florida St. (3-1-0) lost to Miami, Fla, 10- 10 Georgia (4-0-0) beat TCU, 34-3. 1 1 Penn State (2-1-0) lost to Nebraska, 21-7. 12 Miaaouri (3-0-0) beat San Diego St.

31-7. 13 Waahington (2-1-0) lost to Oregon, 34-10. 14 N. Carolina (3-0-0) beat Maryland 17-3. 15 Arkanaaa (2-1-0) beat Tulsa.

13-10. 16 UCLA (3-0-0) beat Wisconsin, 35-0. 17 Mich. (1-2-0) lost to S. Carolina 17-14.

18 Auburn (2-1-0) lost to Tennesee. 42-0. 19 Maryland (3-1-0) lost to N. Carolina, 17-3. 20 Ariione St.

(2-1-0) lost to Ohio 38-21, Pennant Race NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST Pet. GB Philadelphia 85 69 .552 Montreal 85 70 .548 Pittsburgh 80 75 .516 5 MONTREAL (7): HOME (6) Sept. 29. 30. Oct 1 vs St.Louis; Oct.

3, 4, 5 vs. Philadelphia. AWAY (1) Sept. 28 at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA (8): HOME (5) Sept.

28 vs Montreal; Sept 29, 30. Oct. 1. 2 vs. Chicago.

AWAY (3) Oct. 3, 4, 5. at Montreal. PITTSBURGH (7): HOME (3) Oct. 3.

4. 5 vs. Chicago AWAY (4) Sept. 28 at Chicago; Sept. 29.

30. Oct. 1 at New York. WEST Houston 89 66 574 Los Angeles 86 68 558 2't Cincinnati 85 71 .545 4'- CINCINNATI (6): HOME (5) Sept. 30.

Oct. 1 vs San Diego; Oct. 3. 4. 5 vs.

Atlanta AWAY (1) Sept. 28 at Houston HOUSTON (7): HOME (4) Sept 28 vs. Cincinnati; Sept 30. Oct 1, 2 vs. Atlanta.

AWAY (3) Oct 3. 4. 5 at Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (8): HOME (3) Oct. 3. 4, 5 vs.

Houston. AWAY (5) Sept. 27, 28 at San Diego; Sept. 30. Oct.

1. 2 at San Francisco. penalties on the ensuing kickoffs. One of the penalties put the 21-point underdog Wildcats in position for a touchdown. The oranges almost cost Syracuse a touchdown.

Quarterback Dave Warner slipped on an orange peel on the Northwestern one-yard line, foiling a TD attempt in the third quarter. Fortunately, fullback Ken Mandeville scored on fourth-and-one on the next play. "The orange throwing was sinful. It was just awful," said Maloney, who had tried frantically to yell up at the students to get them to stop. "Those penalties put us in terrible position," Maloney added.

"Our kids go out and work hard all week, and then they have to put up with this. It was bush league. The referee was clearly in his right to assess us those penalties." Turn to SYRACUSE. Page 4E quarter as Elway and his receivers didn't seem to be bothered by the rainy conditions, which had Oklahoma's fleet running backs slipping and sliding much of the afternoon. The Sooners hurt themselves with seven turnovers five lost fumbles and two interceptions.

They got on the scoreboard late in the third quarter with J.C. Watts' one-yard run. Elway wasn't as impressive with his passing after the first half and finished the day with 237 yards, completing 20 of 34. But he had runs of 18 and 15 yards that keyed an 80-yard third-quarter drive, Stanford's longest of the day. The drive was climaxed by an 1 1-yard scoring toss to Tyler.

That made it 24-0. photo by Reed Hoffmann Fairport's Brad Ecker for a loss. sure there are going to be some scalpers out there." This season's first Miami game, Sept. 7, was the first home game the Bills had sold out at any time since that 1975 date against the Dolphins. When tickets are selling that fast in Buffalo, they're selling almost as fast in Rochester.

That's good news for Kathy Chaffee of Brighton. She's a member of the team's cheerleading squad, the Buffalo Jills, and the Bills' marketing representative in Rochester. "This certainly makes the job a lot easier," she said. "I spoke to my boss (vice president-marketing Patrick McGroder) about getting an answer- Turn to BILLS, Page 9E Question his motive if you must the ultimate solution may, in fact, create a job for him but heed Bill Farrell's warning. He's not just talking.

"If we stay as we are," said the president of the Red Wings, and the city's unquestioned top sports promoter, "it's only a matter of time before we lose baseball here. We just can't afford to run the stadium year after year after year." Lose baseball? Proud, tradition-steeped Rochester without the summer game? Why, that's unthinkable. It's blasphemous. Baseball belongs here; it comes with the territory. Unfortunately, that doesn't automatically guarantee its survival here.

And don't kid yourself. The stadium issue is no longer an issue to be resolved later. It cries for a solution now, before the crisis stage. Yesterday would not have been too soon. The stakes, simply, are too high to lollygag.

A disinterested public, an apathetic leadership could prove disastrous no, not tomorrow. They'll play baseball at 500 Norton St. next summer, and the following summer. But one summer, they may not. It will be too late then.

That's why Farrell sat down at Locust Hill Country Club last week for what he called "Bill's Bull Session." He didn't mince words. "If somebody came up to me and were willing to give us $3 million to renovate Silver Stadium, I would question accepting the money," said Farrell. "Why? Our taxes would go up. There's no way we could afford it. We had trouble paying the $30,000 tax last year." What he is saying, and it's nothing new, is that Rochester Community Baseball, cannot afford to own and maintain its own facility.

It is a sure suicidal course for baseball here. The club has managed for 23 years, but the ballpark is 52 years old now, and this is a different financial era. So it is really no longer a question of just renovation, or even a new stadium. It is a question of restructuring the baseball concept here itself, rattling the very foundations of the community ownership that Morrie Silver founded. "Our goals," said Farrell, "have been the same ever since community baseball was organized: To keep baseball here, not make money.

All we want to do is break even. There are two ways I see we can go. We can remain a for-profit corporation, and lease the stadium to the county or city. I've offered it for $1, said you can have it. Lease it back to us, and provide the upkeep, whether for the old stadium or a new one.

The second alternative is a not-for-profit corporation." This is the Columbus way. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Farrell, clearly, favors this route. There's one hitch: There's no Harold Cooper beating the political drums in Rochester. Cooper, then a county commissioner, spearheaded the drive to renovate Frarutlin County Stadium and bring baseball back to the Ohio city.

The return of baseball to Columbus has been a smashing success. It can happen here, too. Franklin County floated bonds $7 million worth to refurbish the stadium. The bonds are being paid off through a one per cent real estate transfer tax. The county owns the ballclub and the multi-purpose stadium.

The club itself is merely an agent for the county. This is where Farrell comes in. He could, ultimately, be the George Sisler of Rochester. Sisler is not only Columbus' CM, but in fact an employee of the county, the supervisor of Franklin County Stadium. "If the time is right, I might be interested," said Farrell, leaving you wondering where GM Bob Drew would fit into the picture.

"But I haven't given much thought to that. My motive is saving baseball here." So he is throwing up his "trial balloons." "There's aid available to do this," said Farrell. "There's money locally, statewide and federally. We've even offered $250,000 to get the ball rolling. I'm not shooting high, a 15,000 to stadium to accommodate soccer and football, too.

But first we have to get the people behind this, to make them believe we need it, that they need it. Then they'll go after the politicians. They're the only ones who can make it happen. And if they don't? "If you've got to go out of business to prove a point, well, that's a shame," said Bill Farrell. Grtg BMCk it th DC tportt columnljl.

Blggeslgame since 1975 awaits Bills Ecker directs comeback Fairport battles back to tie Aquinas, 21-21 By RUDY MARTZKE 04C Sportiwrittr SYRACUSE Syracuse University Coach Frank Maloney was a 21-point winner yesterday, but there wasn't much of a smile on his face. "We played a sloppy game," Maloney said after his Orangemen (2-1) manhandled Northwestern (0-4), 42-21, behind Joe Morris' 172-yard rushing effort as 34,739 football fans looked on in the Carrier Dome. "After getting up for Ohio State and Miami of Ohio, we kind of had the blahs today," Maloney said. "We can play better than that. It was sloppy." One reason for SU's sloppiness and 21 points by a heretofore inept Northwestern squad was the oranges tossed on the field from the student section after Syracuse touchdowns.

After two of the TDs, SU was assessed 15-yard and scored once en route to the win as the Cardinals (3-1) rebounded from an upset loss last week to Boston College. The defeat snapped a 20-game home winning streak for the Sooners (1-1) after a 29-7 win over Kentucky two weeks ago. Oklahoma had not lost since it played Texas at Dallas last year. Stanford's feat was accomplished without the services of star running back Darrin Nelson, who sat out the game with a bruised hip. The first quarter was scoreless, but Stanford controlled the football with Elway's passing magic out of the shotgun formation, keeping it for more than 11 minutes.

Only penalties kept the Cardinals out of the end zone. Stanford erupted for 17 points in the second Aquinas' Steve Paternico throws today's game to a Super Bowl. It's the biggest game for the Bills since a 31-21 loss to the Miami Dolphins on Dec. 7 killed Buffalo's 1975 playoff hopes. The game is being televised in Buffalo and Rochester.

It's the first time since the Bills-Dolphins game Oct. 26, 1975 that Rich Stadium has been sold out three days before a game, allowing the local TV blackout to be lifted. "Monday and Tuesday we had the longest ticket line we've ever had," Budd Thalman, the Bills' vice president-public relations had 50,000 season tickets for two years, so we only had 30,000 to go to sell out With 21,000 season tickets (now), there are a lot more to sell "I'm still getting lots of calls for tickets, and I'm iff Bk t1 i AuociMtd pmt NORMAN, Okla. Sophomore quarterback John Elway dissected Oklahoma's defense with his passing in the first half, then burned the fourth-ranked Sooners with some timely running after intermission as he led Stanford to a 31-14 upset yesterday in an intersectional college football game. Elway hit on 14 ot 25 passes for 187 yards as the Cardinals jumped to a 17-0 halftime advantage on the rain-slickened artificial turf of Owen Field.

Stanford stretched the lead to 31-0 before Oklahoma finally got on the board. Elway, a 6-foot-4, 202-pounder, threw three touchdown passes, two to split end Andre Tyler, guided the Red Raiders to the winning touchdown. He came on in the second half last weekend with his team trailing Pittsford Mendon, 14-0, and put 18 points on the board for another victory. Yesterday, in his first starting assignment, he kept his team in the game with his option runs around and through the Aquinas defense, then rallied his team for the game-tying touchdown. And in the end, even Aquinas Coach Nick Teta had to admit Fairport was getting the better of it.

"They were fresher than we were because they have two different teams there (several Aquinas players, including Be'Ans, saw action on both offense and defense). They were overpowering us a little bit at the end." And they were beating them in the beginning, too. Midway through the first quarter, Frank picked up the first of his three touchdowns when he scored on a five-yard run. Warren Miller's kick made it Fairport 7, Aquinas 0, with 5:46 left in the first quarter. Aquinas took the kickoff, ground out 64 yards on 11 running plays and tied the game on Be'Ans' stroll around his right end just five minutes later.

After an interception by defensive back Bob Turn to FAIRPORT, Page 6E Bowl and Buffalo has four. All of them, including ex-Raider Phil Villapiano, played in the Pro Bowl before joining the Bills. So Villapiano, Isiah Robertson, Conrad Dobler and Nick Mike-Mayer have had to teach their new teammates (17-43 the last four seasons) how to win. When Dave Pear and Dan Pastorini joined Oakland, there wasn't anything they had to teach people like Dave Casper, Ted Hendricks, Gene Upshaw and Ray Guy, who have helped the Raiders to a 46-19 record over the same span. But when the teams meet at Rich Stadium in Orchard Park today (1 p.m., Channel 8, WBBF-AM, 950), it will be the Bills with the 3-0 record and the Raiders at 2-1.

Dobler. with a slight overstatement, likened W't rA i By JOHN KOLOMIC OtC Sportiwrittr Flu-weakened running back Don Be'Ans returned a kickoff 90 yards for a fourth-quarter touchdown yesterday that pushed favored Aquinas eight points in front of Fairport. Later, Be'Ans admitted, "I thought we had them." But Fairport, and a junior quarterback named Brad Ecker, had other ideas. "We'd been in that position before," Ecker said. "We weren't about to panic." So Ecker led Fairport to a touchdown, Kelly Frank ran over for a two-point conversion and the battle between the area's two premier high school football teams ended in a 21-21 tie before an overflow crowd at Fairport.

"They came in here the No. 1 team around here and ranked in the state (19th)," Ecker said. "Coach (Don Santini) said they were a little cocky. "I'm not putting Aquinas down, because they have a great football team," Ecker added. "But we're happy with the tie." The non-league tie leveled Aquinas' record at 1-1-1.

Fairport is 2-0-1 after its third straight dramatic, Ecker-directed comeback. Ecker entered the game in the late stages when Fairport trailed Brighton in its opener, 6-0, and By LARY BUMP DC Spomarrltar It's a team learning how to win playing a team remembering how to win. For the past four years, the Buffalo Bills haven't belonged on the same field with the Oakland Raiders, who have pro football's best record over the last 20 years. After the 1976 season, the Raiders were winning Super Bowl XI. The Bills were at the other end of their cycle, coming off a 2-14 season that included 10 straight losses.

The Raiders have 11 players who were in that Super Bowl. Using Bills Coach Chuck Knos's yardstick, Oakland has 10 players who have been to the Pro.