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3 APR 1 1 1982 5" if McEnroe Makes Ate, 1 Pay Off By Ron Cobb Of thaPwt-Dlspatch Staff One thing can be said for certain 'about John McEnroe. Since he became No. 1 in the world last summer after victories over Bjom Borg at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, he hasn't wasted a lot of time walking around with an index finger raised in the air. He's been too busy playing tennis and endorsing checks.

Perhaps more than any No. 1 player before him, McEnroe has been successful at converting his ranking Into cash. Not since before tennis went open in 1968 has anyone put together a road show to compare with the "John McEnroe Tennis Over America" tour. The cash register will ring for McEnroe with each click of the turnstile Monday night at Kiel Auditorium, where the Michelob Light-Coca Cola Tennis Challenge will begin at 6 o'clock. McEnroe and five other professional players Roscoe Tanner, Stacy Margolin, Sandy Collins, Peter Rennert and Leo Palin (a late substitute for Kevin Curren) will participate, along with two highly ranked Juniors, Mayor Vincent C.

Schoemehl, and Southern Illinois Unlversity-Edwardsville's Ken Flach. But make no mistake about it, most of the proceeds will find their way into McEnroe's bank account. St. Louis will be the ninth stop on McEnroe's tour, which began in September with shows in Denver, San Antonio, Texas, and Houston. In January, it stopped in five cities in five nights Minneapolis, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Detroit and Indianapolis.

After Monday night's exhibition, the tour will move on to Phoenix, for a show Tuesday night. Among recent champions, only Jimmy Connors came close to cashing in to the extent McEnroe has. Connors played several "winner take all" challenge matches about eight years ago in which the winner was to take home $100,000. It was learned later that the format was a fraud and that both players received guarantees. Most of the top players operate under the assumption that fame is fleeting and one must take advantage while one can.

McEnroe probably is wise to cash in while he is on top, because recent history shows that a player can expect to remain No. 1 no more than three years. About four years ago, the Men's International Professional Tennis Council adopted rules to insure that the playing of exhibition matches did not get out'of hand. Players were permitted to play as many exhibitions as they wanted, but no more than six could conflict with Super Series tournaments ($175,000 or more in total purse; the minimum since has been raised to A medium was struck. Players were allowed thejr lucrative exhibitions, but they weren't allowed to forsake tournament tennis.

Tournaments, after all, are the backbone! of the sport. They give See McENROE, Page 7 John McEnroe bank account is growing Roscoe Tanner he'll try his luck a SUNDAY, APRIL 1 1, 1982 ST. LOUIS POST'DISPATCH SECTION 1-1 2F sumhtHs Dave AndersonBaseball Page 2 Steve KelleyGolf Page 3 Bob BroegBaseball Page 4 The Islanders' Buddies Page 5 John ArchibaldBowling Page 9 pci wmwi ii i u.niM!w,iit. m. 'iiiwrf yevww! Heirag Saves 40 a I V.

ft lit I I jmmomv w-tw- man all enjoyed being general manager. I tried it, but I'd rather be out fishing and skiing than sitting in the office." Although he no longer will be concerned with front-office decisions, Herzog still has a major problem as field manager: an injury list. Third baseman Ken Oberkfell, outfielder George Hendrlck, catcher-first baseman Gene Tenace, catcher Darrell Porter, catcher Orlando Sanchez and infielder Julio Gonzalez all showed up for some care Saturdsay afternoon from trainer Gene Gieselmann. Injuries by the bunch are nothing new to Herzog. He recalled losing three-fourths of his infield (Fred Patek, Frank White and George Brett) In the same game because of injuries when he managed the Kansas City Royals.

"Injuries are part of the game, and you just have to keep battling 'em and try to stay close until the guy; can get back," Herzog said. "But if Porter had ended up with a broken arm (when he was hit by a pitch just before the season opener), I'd have wished we would have been been rained out for a month." Hernandez offered this bit of consolation: "Well, it's better that all this has happened now rather than in See REDBIRDS, Page 4 Yanks Get Smalley MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Minnesota Twins traded shortstop Roy Smalley to the New York Yankees Saturday for pitchers Ron Davis and Paul Boris and shortstop Greg Gagne. By Rick Hummel and Neal Russo Of thtPott-Dltpatch Staff Whitey Herzog put one of his hats on the rack Saturday. He turned over his chores as general manager of the baseball Cardinals to assistant Joe McDonald Saturday and settled down for an extended stay as field manager, through the 1985 season. Herzog and McDonald had worked together several years in the front office of the New York Mets in the late 1960s and early '70s.

They were reunited with the Cardinals in October of 1980, when McDonald was named as executive assistant to Herzog. McDonald, 52, had spent 19 years with the Mets and was vice presidentbaseball operations of the National League club when he left. He had been vice president general manager of the Mets from 1975-79. Herzog made the decision to chuck the GM's duties. "I'll be very honest with you, a lot of times I thought I was crazy (holding both jobs)," he said at a press conference before the Cardinals' home opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

"Joe's more of a negotiator. He's more silver-tongues than I am." Lou Susman, attorney for club owner August A. Busch announced the changes. Busch is in St. Petersburg, recuperatining from a broken rib.

Herzog was in the final year of the contract he signed when he joined the Cardinals as manager in 1980 after five years as manager of the Kansas City Royals in the American League. Herzog said, "I don't think I ever J. B. ForbasPost-Dltpatch The Post-Dispatch 1 982 All-Metro girls basketball team (from left): Academy; Petra Jackson, University City High; Tina Hutchinson, Irenetta Henley, Cleveland High School; Mary De Lorey, Visitation East St. Louis Lincoln; and Julie Moore, Ladue High.

iris M-Me-ETO Cm lv All Keough Knows How To Deal With Defeat All-Metro Players First Team Player, School Ht. Class Tina Hutchinson, E. St. Louis Lincoln 6-3 Jr. Mary De Lorey, Visitation Academy 6-1 Jr.

Petra Jackson, University City 5-7V4 Sr. Irenetta Henley, Cleveland 5-9 Jr. Julie Moore, Ladue 5-6 Jr. Second Team Kristen Luepke, Visitation Academy 5-8 Sr. Sue Beck, Lindbergh 5-6 Sr.

Stacey Thompson, Soldan 5-6 Sr. Tina Harris, E. St. Louis Lincoln 5-7 Sr. Sylvia Owens, E.

St. Louis Lincoln 6-0 Sr. Honorable Mention Laura Arnold, Visitation Academy, 5-11, Debby Braun, Visitation Academy 5-7, Mary Ann Hampel, Rosati-Kain, 5-9, Shelley Krafft, Hazelwood East, 5-8, Jill Rodgers, Hazelwood East, 5-9, Gay Hill, Fort Zumwalt, 5-7, Sherrie Spells, East St. Louis, 64, Catherine Smith, East St. Louis Lincoln, 6-0, Katie Meier, Parkway North, 5-10'i, Ann Nottebrook, Parkway Central, 5-5, Mindy Mescher, Washington, 5-7, Theresa Tweedy, Wood River, 5-fl, Ellen Crowe, Lindbergh, 5-5, Sr.

Jeanette Vogt, Francis Howell, 5-3, Sr. By Cathie Burnes Of the Post-Dispatch Staff After East St. Louis Lincoln had ended Bartonville Limestone's chances for the Illinois Class 2A high school girls' basketball championship, Jodi Rathbun could not stop talking about Tina Hutchinson. "Girls that tall aren't supposed to be able to dribble that well," Rathbun marvelled. "They're not supposed to handle the ball that well." Normally, a 6-foot-3 girl doesn't bring the ball up court.

But it was not uncommon for Hutchinson, after she had made a key defensive play, to bring the ball back on the fast break. Still, Rathbun's words should bear some weight if for no other reason than she's a rather remarkable player herself. She scored 1,119 points this past season for Limestone, more points than any other player boy or girl in Illinois history. But even John Gross, Rathbun's coach, was a bit in awe of Hutchinson, a graceful athlete whose fluid movements make her almost unstoppable at times. "Tina's the best I've seen," said Gross.

There is precious little that Hutchinson, the Tigerettes' junior center, can't do on a basketball court. She hasn't dunked the ball yet, but the feeling is that it's only a matter of time until she does. Her talents have become so well known that she was named to Street and Smith's first-team All-America girls team before Lincoln played its first game this past season. The day after the Tigerettes completed their season, she was named to Parade Magazine's first team, one of only three underclassmen so designated. She also was a first-team state tournament selection by both The Associated Press and United Press International.

Hutchinson perhaps is the most heralded of the five girls named to the Post-Dispatch All-Metro first You hear the same words about all of them. Some may be better shooters than others, others better rebounders. But the biggest factor is this: take them away from their teams and those teams would not be in very good shape. "They're all extremely coachable," said Bruce. "They're not know-it-alls; they listen and they learn from it.

That's why they're in the position they are today." And the best news for their coaches although the worst for the opposition is this: All except Jackson will be back next season. TINA HUTCHINSON: Hutchinson averaged 25 points and 15.2 rebounds a game for the Tigerettes. She has a nice soft jump shot from medium range and also is effective inside. "She's a great natural athlete," said Lincoln Coach Earnest Riggins. "Last year at the district track meet, she took up the discus for the first time and threw it 35 feet." A year from now, she could be the most-sought after female basketball player in area history, based on her achievements to date.

MARY De LOREY: Her coach, Thad Strobach, kept saying how dangerous the Vivettes would be if De Lorey were healthy. He'll get a good Idea next season. However, even though De Lorey played hurt all season (she had a pinched nerve in her back), it did not stop her effectiveness. In the Missouri Class 3A title game, which Visitation lost to Bolivar, De Lorey scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds despite being double-teamed the entire game. "When I first saw her," said Strobach, "I called her 'DeFloorey' because it seemed that every third step, she was on the floor.

But she has worked so See ALL-METRO, Page 7 By Arnold Irish OfthePott-Oltpatch Staff Although the Steamers have won big as a team the last two seasons, virtually all of them have dealt with soccer adversity individually, so they are keeping thei losing streak which reached six games with Friday night's 5-4 defeat by the Denver Avalanche at the Checkerdome in perspective. "What do we need to turn it around?" asked midfielder Ty Keough, repeating a question. "We need a win. I know it may sound too simplistic, but that's basically the answer. We'll win again when our early chances don't hit the post and we stop the opposition on the line.

That will be the game when it will be the other team's chances that hit the post, and when we stop them on the line." Keough has encountered all types of atmospheres in defeat. "Two summers ago, playing for the San Diego Sockers (of the North American Soccer League) outdoors, we lost seven straight games for Hubert Vogelsinger, and that was terrible," Keough said. "He was the kind of coach who liked to keep everybody scared anyway your basic terrorist tactician and every day he'd have five new guys show up ready to take your job. "There were only a handful of Americans on that team, but we had the best time of all because they had to keep a certain number of us. The rest were players of eight or nine different nationalities, and they knew Vogelsinger could run foreigners In and out of there by the dozens.

"The players spoke that many different languages and understood only their own a real Tower of Babel so whenever two or three got off to the side, the guy closest to them See STEAMERS, Page 6 team, but Ladue's Julie Moore, University City's Petra Jackson, Visitation Academy's Mary De LDrey and Cleveland's Irenetta Henley also have made their presence felt. "I'd put those five up against any girls team," said Phill Bruce, Moore's coach. "That's quite a team." how they stand s0SS Healthy Tumbull Enjoying The Playoffs OB Pet. National League 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 Baltimore Milwaukee Boston Cleveland New York Detroit EASTERN DIVISION 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 V4 Pet. GB 0 1.000 .000 Toronto 1 2 1 0 1 0 WESTERN DIVISION Montreal Chicago New York Pittsburgh CARDINALS Philadelphia .647.

.500 .000 .333 .000 Va Vi 1 lrt Pel. OB Minnesota 3 .1 .750 WESTERN DIVISION California 2 2 .500 Oakland 2 2 .500 Kansas City 1 1 .500 Chicago 0 0 .000 Texas 0 0 .000 Seattle 1 3 .250 1 1 1 Vi Vi 2 Pet. OB 1 1 2 3 Atlanta Lot Angeles Cincinnati Houston San Dleao San Francisco 3 2 2 2 1 0 1.000 .667 .667 .500 .333 .000 my own, one day. I wasn't supposed to, but I wanted to play so bad I nearly died." The Blues, without Turnbull's services, outlasted the Pittsburgh Penguins In the first round of the playoffs, but then lost in six games to the New York Rangers In a rugged quarterfinal-round series. Had Tumbull been in the lineup, perhaps things would have been different.

"I've heard people say that, but I don't think you can use it as an excuse," said Turnbull. "Maybe things would have been different; maybe they wouldn't have. All I can wofry about is what I can contribute this season." Turnbull wasted no time making his presence felt in the Blues' lineup for this season's playoffs, not only rifling in two goals, but also 'getting the better of the Jets' Jimmy Mann the man Winnipeg General Manager John By Gary Mueller Ofth Pott-Dlipatch Staff Don't misunderstand, Perry Tumbull did not enjoy the Blues' 5-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night. But it was a lot better than what happened to him In the National Hockey League playoffs a year ago. Then, Turnbull was sidelined because of an acute viral infection and was confined to a hospital bed for most of the playoffs.

"It was the most frustrating thing I've ever gone through," said Turnbull. "Actually, it was better when I was really sick. Then I didn't even feel like listening to the games. When I started feeling better it was worse, because I wanted to be out there on the ice. "They let me out of the hospital to go to the games and I went and skated, on 'V Ferguson calls the best fighter in hockey in a first-game skirmish.

Blues Coach Emile Francis has made generous use of Turnbull's versatility, using him primarily as a center on a line with rookies Perry Anderson and Mark Reeds, but also employing him as a left winger on a defensive lines in key situations since as the last minute of a period. Turnbull's first goal in Wednesday's game came with only 9 seconds remaining in the first period, and trimmed Winnipeg's lead to 2-1. "Had we been behind "by two oals after that period, it might have been a whole different story," said Francis. "When we win this series, we might look back on that goal as the biggest one of the series." The series has featured a fairly high standard of play, once Jets Coach Tom Watt decided to keep the leash on Mann, who saw no ice time in the second game. Blues defenseman Gerry Hart and Winnipeg's Morris Lukowlch, however, have kept things stirred up a bit at times.

Hart figures he owes Lukowlch one, because the feisty winger got away undetected when he speared Hart in the opening game. Then, in Thursday's game, Lukowlch See TURNBULL, Page I FRIDAY'S RESULTS Milwaukee 15, Toronto 4 Boston at Baltimore, snow Chicago at New York, snow Minnesota 2, California 1 Kansas City 4, Detroit 2 Oakland 5, Seattle 3 SATURDAY'S RESULTS Chicago at New York, snow SUNDAY'S GAMES (St. Louis Times) Chicago (Koosman 0-0 and Burns (Ml) at New York (Guldry 0-0 and John (Ml), 2, noon Mllwauee (Haas 0-O) at Toronto (Clancy 0- 0), Boston (Tudor 0-0) at Baltimore (Flanagan 0-0), 1:05 p.m. Texas (Honeycutt 0-0) at Cleveland (Barker 0-0), 1:05 p.m. California (Forsch 0-0) at Minnesota (RedfernO-1), Detroit (Rozema 0-O) at Kansas City (Blue 0-0), 1:35 p.m.

Seattle (Bannister 1-0 and Nunez 0-0) at Oakland (NorrlsO-1 and Jones 1-1), 2,2:35 p.m. MONDAY'S GAMES Detroit at Toronto, Chicago at BosVw, 1:05 p.m. New York at Txas, 7:05 p.m. FRIDAY'S RESULTS Chicago 5, New York 0 Cincinnati 7, San Francisco 0 Atlanta 6, Houston 2 Philadelphia 0 San Diego 7, Lot Angeles 4 SUNDAY'S GAMES (St. Louis Times) Montreal (Burrls 0-0) at Philadelphia (KrukowOO), Houston (Ryan 0-1) at Atlanta (Mahler 1- 0), San Francisco (Holland 0-0) at Cincinnati (Lelbrondt 1-1), Pittsburgh (Baumgarten 0-0) at St.

Louis (Forsch 1-0), 1:15 p.m. New York (Swan 0-0 or Falcone 0-0) at Chicago (Larson 0-0), San Dleoo (Montefusco 0-1) at Lot Angeles (ReussO-0), MONDAY'S GAMES Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 12: 35 p.m. New York at Chlcoao, 1:35 p.m. Atlanta at Cincinnati, 4:35 p.m.

Lot Anoeli at Houston, 7: 35 p.m. 'A' Students In Monday's Post-Dispatch Approximately 25,000 students from high schools in the metropolitan area who have qualified for free tickets to baseball Cardinals games will be listed in Monday's editions of the Post-Dispatch. The "A-Student" program, now in its 18th year, is'sponsored jointly by the Cardinals, Schnuck Markets and the Post-D(patch. Perry Turnbull Blues' versatile forward.

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