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IS 1AUG 41981 9, 2C Aug. 4, 191 5TLDU1S POST-DISPATCH Intrasquad Contest Indicates Redbirds Are In Good Shape A I 1 J. fii hits, all singles. Braun had two of them, Dane Iorg and Mike Ramsey one Each of the six pitchers worked two innings. The winners' John Martin, who had trouble keeping his pitches down, yielded three singles and Bob Sykes allowed one.

Mark Littell was untouchable. For the losers, Joaquin Andujar gave up four hits and one run, Lary Surensen two hits and no runs, Jim Otten two hits and one run. There were some words of caution from Jim Kaat, the dean of the pitching staff. "We've never been through something like this (restarting in midseason), so there has to be a lot of guesswork," Kaat said. "Some pitchers get ready quick; some take a lot of time.

The big key is not to look for a crutch but to concentrate only on winning." Kaat, incidentally, was one of the fielding stars of the squad game as a left fielder. He had to speed to the wall to haul in a drive. Boyer, pointing to that play and another time when Kaat was running down Templeton's triple, said, "That ought to get Kaat in shape." Boyer congratulated lorg on his first-inning single that drove in a run. "Dane, you could hit on Christmas Day," Boyer said. Iorg replied, "Yeah, if they keep hanging those curveballs." Andujar likened his workout to pitching batting practice, but pitching coach Hub Kittle said the Dominican was throwing too much with a sidearm motion and not coming over the top enough.

So Kittle suggested that Andujar come right back and throw in the squad game scheduled today. Kittle should know a lot about Andujar. He not only managed him in the Dominican winter league Tor several years but taught him the slider, curve and forkball, his change-up. "Andujar's a power pitcher, and he' has to keep coming over the top more," Kittle said. "I don't know what By Neal Russo Of the Post-Dispatch Staff prevailed Monday at Busch Stadium before, during and after a six-inning intrasquad game.

"The pitchers were throwing a lot of breaking balls for strikes I just hope they'll be doing it next week," said Cardinals General Manager-Manager Whitey Herzog. Are the players in condition? The answer to that question probably could best be provided by trainer Gene Gieselmann, who had what seemed like a siesta Monday. "About all we had today was a bunch of spring training blisters," Gieselmann said. Perhaps the busiest man at the ballpark was trainer emeritus Bob Bauman, who spent an hour and a half treating John Fulgham, the disabled pitcher. "Fulgham hasn't missed a day of treatment since the strike started," Baumr.n said.

"If anybody has the desire to make it back, he certainly has." -i Weight problems? There did not seem to be many. In fact, pinch-hitter Steve Braun reported that he had lost four pounds during the 50-day strike. "That's probably because 1 kept so busy that I must have missed a few meals," Braun said. Ken Boyer, the Cardinals' special assignment scout, cracked, "The reason is that he missed the meal money." Echoing a refrain frequently heard during spring training, Herzog said, "Right now, I'd say the pitchers are probably ahead of the hitters." The squad game was a 2-1 "thriller." Coach Chuck Hiller's winning team got a triple and a single from Gany Templeton, two singles from Ken Oberkfell, a double from Keith Hernandez and singles by George Hendrick and Dartell Porter, who was a designated hitler for both squads. the losing team got only four Cardinals reliever Bruce Sutter wears a pained expression as he stretches his legs in preparation for the happened to him at Houston, but we're starting from scratch here.

He's no bush pitcher. Anybody who can make the All-Star team twice is no bush pitcher. He has a great body for a pitcher, a great arm. He's a good listener and works very hard. He certainly knows how to pitch." Sorensen said the next few outings should tell a lot for most pitchers.

"I'm about a foot short on my fastball," Sorensen said. "But I've kept in pretty good shape." Sorensen could well have been set back by a fluke mishap during the strike when Mike Caldwell, a former Lopes (.169) And Jackson (. 1 99) 1S AP Compiled From News Services NEW YORK As in the past, some players for major league baseball's All-Star Game were chosen on popularity and not on the strength of their 1981 performances. Not named as starters for the game Sunday night in Cleveland were Dwight Evans of the Boston Red Sox and Buddy Bell of the Texas Rangers, who are leading or among the American League leaders in most batting categories. Also missing is Tim Raines, the sensational Montreal Expos rookie who had stolen 50 bases and was batting .322 before the players went on strike.

The starting selections were based on more than three million computer-card votes cast by fans in the program sponsored by Gillette. Balloting was conducted at major league parks before the strike began and continued at minor league parks and retail outlets. The usual All-Star vote totals about 12 million. Shortstop Bill Almon of the Chicago White Sox, sixth in the league in hitting at .326, lost out to Bucky Dent of the New York Yankees, a .241 hitter. As expected, first baseman Bill Buckner of the Chicago Cubs, batting .313 with 38 runs batted in, finished behind Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Rose tied the NL record for career hits with 3,630 on June 11, the night before the strike began. It will be a record fifth starting position for Rose, who has opened All-Star games at second base, third base, left field and right field. His election breaks a string of seven successive starts at first base for Steve Garvey of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Davey Lopes, of the Dodgers and Reggie Jackson of the Yankees have the lowest averages among the Lopes, who has played in only 34 games, carries a .169 average. When play stopped, Jackson was hitting .199, with only six homers and 24 RBI.

Mf MhnfiAl -V Milwaukee Brewers teammate, was his house guest here. Caldwell, a reputed expert chef, did most of the cooking. "One day, Mike broke a casserole dish," Sorensen related. "When I threw the dish into a plastic trash bag, it went through the bag and I got a 10-stitch cut just below my left knee. So after that, I announced I would not attempt to do any cooking and I would not have to take out any trash." Braun spent the strike period working out, setting up a deal to operate eight batting cages in Overland Park, where he lives, and selling a few cars.

Final Voting NEW YORK (AP) The final totals in the fan balloting for the National League and American League All-Star teams for the All-Star Game scheduled to be played Sunday night In Cleveland (mail balloting continued during the strike but totals were not released by the commissioner's off ice) National League CATCHER 1, Gory Carter, Montreal, 834,136. 2, Johnny Bench, Cincinnati, 433,953. 3, Bob Boone, Philadelphia, 289,679. 4, Darrell Porter, Cardinals, 256,132. 5, Steve Yeager, Los Angeles, 239,194.

6, Alan Ashby, Houston, 163,240. 7, Terry Kennedy, Son Diego, 129,685. 8, John Stearns, New York, 106,51 1 FIRST BASE 1, Pete Rose, Philadelphia, 726,170. 2, Steve Garvey, Los Angeles, 575,563. 3, Keith Hernandez, Cardinals, 383,980.

4, Willie Montanez, Montreal, 245,313. 5, Willie Starotll. Pittsburgh, 209,586. 6, Bill Buckner, 1 Chicago, 147,380. 7, Chris Chombllss, Atlanta, 136,000.

8, Dan Driessen, Cincinnati, 81,879. SECOND BASE 1, Davev Lopes, Los Angeles, 536,368. 2, Manny Trillo, Philadelphia, 523,830. 3, Rodney Scott, Montreal, 498,806. 4, Phil Garner, Pittsburgh, 224,117.

5, Doug Flynn, New York, 218,265. 6, Ron Oester, Cincinnati, 179,544. 7, Rafael Landestov, Cincinnati, 153,924. 8, Glenn Hubbard, Atlanta, 84,381. THIRD BASE 1, Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia, 1,037,307.

2, Ron Cev, Los Angeles, 363,347. 3, Larry Parrish. Montreal, 341,103. 4, Bill Madlock, Pittsburgh, 183,571. 5, Ray Knight, Cincinnati, 156,951.

6, Ken Oberkfell, Cardinals, 153,603. 7, Bob Horner, Atlanta, 111,613. 8, Ken Reltz, Chicago, 84,777. Joining Rose and Lopes in the NL starting infield will be the Philadelphia Phillies' Mike Schmidt, the 1980 Most Valuable Player in both the regular season and World Series, at third base, and the Cincinnati Reds' Dave Concepcion at shortstop. In the NL outfield, it will be Andre Dawson of Montreal, Dave Parker of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati's George Foster.

The catcher will be Montreal's Gary Carter. Schmidt led all players in the NL balloting with 1,037,307 votes the only outdoors ii r1- near Sumner, Oct. 10-12; Caney Mountain Refuge, near Gainsville, Oct. 10-14; Mincy Wildlife Area, near Branson, Oct. 31-Nov.

Reck Ranch Refuge, near Cabool, Oct. 31-Nov. and Rebel's Cove Wildlife Area, north of Kirksville, Nov. 7-9. Two modern firearms hunts will be held at the Weldon Spring Wildlife Area, near Weldon Spring, Nov.

14-17 and Nov. 18-22. The application process is explained on the application cards. Hunters may apply as a party of up to six. Winners pay a $3 processing fee.

If you are a winner in the drawing (which is done at random by computer) and if you cannot attend the hunt you must cancel your reservation at least three days prior to the hunt. If you don't cancel you will be disqualified for any of the special hunts in 1982. Last year a primitive weapons hunt was held at Knob Noster State Park, near Warrensburg, in December. This hunt may or may not be held this year. Missouri park officials are expected to decide within a month or two.

Last year's hunt was held almost on a last-minute basis when park officials became aware of the fact that the deer herd in the largely wilderness park had Houston Astros pitcher J.R. Richard throws batting practice Monday, continuing his recovery from the stroke he suffered last season. Art PhillipsUPI second season. for tickets to future games. "Before the strike ended, it was just the opposite," Bertani said.

"About nine of 10 people at the windows came for refunds." Said left-fielder-for-a-day Kaat: "All pitchers should play the outfield sometime. Maybe they'd learn to pitch quicker after seeing how boring it can become in the outfield when a batter is up there so long ball 1 ball 2 ball 3, etc." The Cardinals' game Monday night in Philadelphia is scheduled to start at 7:38 p.m., St. Louis time, instead of 6:30, because it will be shown on network television. To Start All Star Game SECOND BASE 1, Willie Randolph, New York, 488,128. 2, Frank White, Kansas City, 421,829.

3, Bobby Grlch, California, 314,755. 4, Bump Wills, Texas, 214,852. 5, Duane Kulper, Clevelond, 202,884. 6, Rich Dautr. Baltimore, 175,684.

7, Julio Cruz, Seattle, 170,796. 8, Damaso Garcia, Toronto, 166,715. THIRD BASE 1. George Brett, Kansas Cltv, 1,144,272. 2, Grolg Nettles, New York, 302,398.

3, Carney Lansford, Boston, 219,487. 4, Doug DeClnces, Baltimore, 5, Buddy Bell, Texas, 186,376. 6, Toby Harrah, Cleveland, 139,416. 7, Wayne Gross, Oakland, 87,322. 8, Butch Hobson, California, 74,617.

SHORTSTOP 1, Bucky Dent, New York, 564,735. 2, U.L. Washington, Kansas City, 404,319. 3, Rick Burleson, California, 362,248. 4, Robin Yount, Milwaukee, 288,320.

5, Roy Smalley, Minnesota, 180,733. 6, Mark Belanger, Baltimore, 172,057. 7, Tom Veryzer, Cleveland, 151,450. 8, Alan Trammell, Detroit, 133,772. OUTFIELDERS 1, Reggie Jackson, New York, 631,522.

2, Ken Singleton, Baltimore, 541,100. 3, Dave Wlnfield, New York, 505,580. 4, Tony Armas, Oakland, 465,789. 5, Fred Lynn, California, 415.025. 6, Greg Luzlnskl, Chlcogo, 413,033.

7, Carl Yastrzemski, Boston, 385,320. 8, Ron LeFlore, Chlcogo, 309,936. 9, Jim Rice, Boston, 274,498. 10, Joe Charboneou, Cleveland, 273,439. 11, Rickey Henderson, Oakland, 259,910.

12, Willie Wilson, Kansas City, 248,816. 13, Amos Otis, Kansas City, 229,363. 14, Ben Ogllvle, Milwaukee, 216.308. 15, Gorman Thomas, Milwaukee, 196,012. 16, Al Oliver, Texas, 173,493.

Dave Wlnfield, their $1 million-a-year outfielder. Of the Yankees chosen, only Winfield is hitting higher than .241. Carlton Fisk of the White Sox, who was hitting .291 when play stopped, will be catching. The Kansas City Royals' George Brett, who was off to a slow start but pulled his average to .323, won the starting third base position on the strength of his .390 average last year. The Rangers' Bell, who leads the league in RBI with 42, was having a considerably stronger year, both at bat and in the field.

KSDK To Televise 15 Blues Games Fifteen Blues road games will be telecast this winter by KSDK, Channel 5, it was announced today by KSDK and SNI-Sports Network. The schedule will open with the Oct. 22 game against Minnesota and close with the March 28 contest in Chicago. The schedule includes four games with Chicago, two each with Montreal, Toronto and Los Angeles and one apiece with the New York Islanders, Vancouver, Philadelphia, Winnipeg and Minnesota. Announcers on the telecasts will be Greg Marecek, Ron Jacober and Jim Bakken.

1981-82 BLUES TELECASTS OCT. 22 Minnesota, 8 p.m.; OCT. 25 Chlcogo, 7:30 p.m.; NOV. 5 Montreal, 7 p.m.; NOV. 12 Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

(In progress); DEC. 6 Philadelphia, 7 p.m.; DEC. J7 Chicago, 7:30 p.m.; DEC. 30 Toronto, 7 p.m. JAN.

19 Vancouver, 10:30 p.m. (In progress); JAN. 30 Los Angeles, 4 p.m.; FEB. 3 Chicago, 7:30 p.m.; FEB. 18 Montreal, 7 p.m.; FEB.

28 Winnipeg. 2:30 p.m.; MARCH 20 New York Islanders, 7 p.m.; MARCH 24 Toronto, 7p.m.; MARCH 28 Chlcogo, 3 p.m. Thursday, Friday Saturday 3-DAY PRICE BLITZ drastically reduced prices! STEREO CENTERS, The current workouts reminded coach Red Schoendienst of a postseason trip to Japan that the Cardinals once took. "We had one day to get ready before playing games there, but it rained that day," Schoendienst recalled. REDBIRD NOTES: Coach Hiller became the first casualty of the "second spring training." He needed an ice bag after a foul ball bounced off his right elbow.

Ticket director Mike Bertani reported that nine out of 10 people holding tickets for games -canceled during the strike were exchanging them For The Major League SHORTSTOP 1, Dave Concepclon, Cincinnati, 590,336. 2, Garry Templeton, Cardinals, 428,129. 3, Chris Speler, Montreal, 413,705. 4, Larry Bowa, Philadelphia. 412,990.

5, Bill Russell, Los Angeles, 180,919. 6, Tim Foil, Pittsburgh, 145,266. 7, Ivan DeJesus, Chlcogo, 121,781. 8, Ozzle Smith, San Diego, 112,651. OUTFIELDERS 1, Andre Dawson, Montreal, 611,825.

2, George Foster, Cincinnati, 491,479. 3, Dave Parker, Pittsburgh, 446,101. 4, Tim Raines, Montreal, 412,364 (write-in). 5, Garry Maddox, Philadelphia, 387,435. 6, Dusty Baker, Los Angeles, 381,969.

7, Jose Cruz, Houston, 375,071. 8, Bake McBrlde, Philadelphia, 343,849. 9, Warren Cromartie, Montreal, 337,805. 10, Dave Kingman, New York, 313,299. 11, Ken Londreoux, Los Angeles, 304,043.

12, Gary Matthews, Philadelphia, 281,815. 13, George Hendrick, Cardinals, 272,297. 14, Ellis Valentine, New York, 268,633. 15, Dave Collins, Cincinnati, 260,830. 16, Ken Griffey, Cincinnati, 239,764.

American League CATCHER 1, Carlton Flsk, Chicago, 849,006. 2, Ted Simmons, Milwaukee, 442,339. 3, Rick Cerone, New York, 221,559. 4, Rick Dempsey, Baltimore, 187,377. 5, Lance Parrish, Detroit, 161,464.

6, Jim Sundberg, Texas, 1S8.873. 7, Brlon Downing, California, 154,896. 8, Ron Hassey, Cleveland, 124,559. FIRST BASE 1, Rod Carew, California, 784,354. 2, Willie Alkens, Kansas City, 375,169.

3, Cecil Cooper, Mllwoukee, 303,655, 4, Tony Perez, Boston, 298,651. 5, Eddie Murray, Baltimore, 209,020. 6, Mike Hargrove, Cleveland, 187,230. 7, Bob Watson, New York, 106,036. 8, John Mayberry, Toronto, 82,453.

player to top the million mark. Shortstop Garry Templeton received the most votes among the Cardinals, finishing second to Concepcion with 428,129. Keith Hernandez finished third in the voting for first basemen, Ken Oberkfell was sixth among third basemen, Darrell Porter was fourth among catchers and George Hendrick was 13th in the outfield. The Yankees lead all clubs with Jour all-stars. In addition to Dent and Jackson, they will be represented by second baseman Willie Randolph and outgrown its food supply and the deer were harming park vegetation.

For years the park was the site of a special archery hunt popular with St. archers. The hunt, aimed at controlling the deer herd, was discontinued by park officials, who are opposed in principle to hunting in state parks. If you are interested in participating, should a hunt be held at Knob, you should write: Superintendent, Knob Noster State Park, Knob Noster, Mo. 65336.

Turkey Season Set At its recent meeting, the Missouri Conservation Commission set fall hunting seasons for turkey, dove and teal. The autumn turkey season (the state also has a spring season) will be similar to 1980 with 14 days of hunting from Oct. 19 to Nov. 1. The limit will be one turkey of either sex.

Eight counties have been added to the list of those open for fall hunting. The addition of Audrain, Boone, Cole, Grundy, Livingston, Mercer, Moniteau and Petis bring the total of counties open to 73. The dove season also will be similar to those seasons of recent years, opening Sept. 1 and closing Oct. 30.

The limits will be 10 birds daily and 20 in possession. The special season on teal will be Sept. 12-20. Limits will be four daily and eight in possession of bluewing, greenwing and cinnamon teal. Shooting hours will be sunrise to sunset.

digest Special Hunts Deadline Aug. 15 COMEBACK KID: Slightly more than a year ago, Houston Astros pitcher J.R. Richard was near death after suffering a stroke. Monday night, he tnrew about 100 batting practice pitches to teammates in a 15 minute display of his rehabilitated arm and reflexes. Team officials now say that Richard will pitch, possibly only an inning or two, in Friday night's exhibition game against the Texas Rangers.

"There comes a time," Astros General Manager Al Rosen said, "when you've just got to put your baby out there and let him walk." "When you got God, ain't nothing impossible," said Richard, whom doctors originally thought would be paralyzed if he survived the stroke. WHO CAN BLAME HIM? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar doesn't want to move to New Jersey after all. The six-time National Basketball Association most valuable player reportedly was unhappy about the 25-year, $25 million contract that teammate Earvin "Magic" Johnson signed with the Los Angeles Lakers and recently said he would ask Lakers owner Jerry Buss to trade him to the New Jersey Nets or the New York Knicks. But apparently the air was cleared between the two in a recent meeting, with Abdul-Jabbar withdrawing his trade request and Buss saying, "There was a misunderstanding that you could chalk up to my inexperience." Said Abdul-Jabbar: "A team is like a family. When you pick one person out in front and say he's my favorite child, the others in the family definitely feel affected.

No one knew exactly what was going on. Some members thought they had to compete for the affection of our owner rather than what they were doing on the floor." LEAVE THE GRIPING TO US: If they haven't been able to figure it out from the depth chart, 15 members of the Kansas City Chiefs might be able to determine their status with the National Football League team by checking their seat assignments on an upcoming trip. Although it is a remote possibility, the Chiefs are considering traveling by bus to Washington for Friday's exhibition game if their flight is canceled because of the air controllers' strike. "We have a hold on six buses, three of which are travel buses with beds on them," Chiefs General Manager Jim Schaaf said. "Each bus has 20 beds.

They're usually used for couples, but they couldn't handle two big football players, so we could sleep 20 per bus. That's 60." The other 15 players would have to be content with squirming in their seats for what would be a 20-hour drive. I If this is the year you've resolved to take part in one of Missouri's special primitive weapons deer hunts, you've got only until Aug. IS to get moving. You can take a bit longer to finish that rifle kit you've been working on the seasons themselves don't begin until October at the earliest.

But you must get in your application so that you will be in the drawing for any of the 11 special hunts held at wildlife areas around the state. All of the hunts are limited to a certain number of hunters. Applicants generally exceed the number of permits available, so the quotas are filled by a lottery-style drawing. You have as good a chance as the next guy. You must apply on a special application card, which is available from the St.

Louis office of the Missouri Department of Conservation at 1221 South Brentwood Boulevard. Or you can write for the card, sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Department of Conservation Wildlife Division, Box 180, Jefferson City, 65102. All but two of these hunts, which take place at state wildlife management areas, are with primitive weapons bows and arrows or blackpowder guns. The bowhunts are Nov. 14-15 and 21-, 22 at the Busch Area near Weldon Spring and Oct.

10-12 at Drury Refuge, near Branson. The historic weapons hunts (historic weapons included are lopgbows, crossbows and muzzle-loading firearms) are Howell Island, near Gumbo, Oct. 24-26; Swan Lake Refuge,.