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Sports calendar Swim tor Unch: Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Landa Park Pool. Program will run Tuesday through Friday. Participants must pay the pool entry fee and sign in with the pool staff.

Summer volleyball: Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. at Landa and Haymarket Parks, A league of Summer Volleyball League plays; Mondays, League plays. National Junior July 29-30, South Bend Indiana, Notre Dame campus. Smithson Valley's Andy Henshaw will compete in the shot and discus; Shannon Albrecht will compete in running events; Canyon summer track relay team will compete. Golf July 30-31, Latvia Park Men's City Championship; August ft-7, Landa Park Women's City Championship tourney, Deadline for sign-up is 5 p.m., July 28; Guys and Dolls tourney, Thursday, July 21, 10 a.m.; City Junior Golf Championship, Friday, August 9.

Scheutien Vereln: Friday, July 22,7:30 p.m. at the club range. Uvalde tennis roundup: August 5-7, Uvalde, Texas on Uvalde High School, Uvalde Junior High, City Park and Southwest Texas Junior College courts. Entry deadline is Monday, July 25. Fernandez leads Texas League West EL PASO (AP) Perhaps San Antonio Dodgers' lefthander Sid Fernandex should pitch nervous more often.

"I was pretty nervous," the 20-year-old Hawaiian said, apologizing for walking the leadoff hitter in the 45th annual Texas League All-Star game. But Fernandez, named Most Valuable Player in the Wednesday night contest, went on to fan seven of the next 14 East squad batters to lead the West to a win before an overflow Dudley Field crowd of 8,093 in El Paso. The win was especially gratifying to the 220-pound fireballer because "it was my first All-Star game," he said. It may not be his last. Fernandez, touted by some baseball experts as the "next Fernando Valenzuela," is the TL's leading strikout artist, with 137 in 104 innings.

He also has a slim 2.59 ERA. El Paso third baseman Bill Max knocked in three runs with three singles as the West pounded out 20 hits. The East managed only seven hits. Tulsa lefthander Rob dark took the loss, giving up four runs and seven hits in two innings. Jackson's Joe Georges started the contest for the East and gave up three runs on nine hits in 2 1-3 innings.

Shreveport first baseman Mark Schuster went 2- for-4 to lead the losers. Midland's Bill Hatcher, Beaumont's John Kruk and Arkansas' Mark Salas each clubbed homers. Hatcher, Kruk, Beaumont's Mark Gillaspie, El Peso's Carlos Ponce, Earnest Riles and Max had three hits apiece. El Paso, Midland, Beaumont and San Antonio made up the West. The East squad was comprised of the best from Jackson, Shreveport, Tulsa and Arkansas.

Fernandez gave up one run in the fourth on a bloop double and Jackson third baseman Kevin Mitchell's single. The West got four of its runs in the fifth inning, ith a two-run single by Max off reliever Rob Clark the key blow. The West scored first, getting a run in the bottom of the first. Riles singled and scored after consecutive singles by Kruk and Gillaspie. Four hits in the third, including Hatcher's 450-foot solo homer, padded the West lead to 3-0 The East nicked Fernandez for the fourth-inning run, and closed to 3-2 in the fifth on an RBI single by Arkansas' Rod Booker after Shreveport's Randy Gomez had doubled off Midland's Darrel Banks.

The West's four-run explosion in the bottom of the inning put the game out of reach. Sports 5A Teamless coach Steinke signs with S.A. franchise Raising the field and money Rod Nelson (left), Chairman of the New Braunfels Soccer Development, and Don Taylor, Director of the Greater New Braunfels Youth Soccer Club, look over the plans for the improvement of the HEB Staff photo by Cindy Richardson Soccer Complex. The group is trying to raise money to seed the six fields, put in a sprinkler system and fence the complex. Anyone wishing to contribute to the fund may contact Don Taylor at 625-4291.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) San Antonio's new United States Football League team doesn't have a name yet, but now it has a head coach to go along with a steaming controversy surrounding the team's ownership. Gil Steinke, former Texas coach and athletic director, was named Wednesday to head the expansion team, which begins play in 1984. Steinke, 63, was working in real estate in Kingsville before South Texas rancher Clinton Manges talked him into joining the team as executive vice president of South Texas Sports the investment group. Manges has put up $6 million for the local USFL team, which still has not been given a name. Meanwhile, the verbal battle between Manges and San Antonio attorney Pat Maloney, who had been listed as one of the franchise's owners, took a new twist Wednesday night as Maloney threatened to sue Manges.

Maloney's anger stemmed from a brief statement Manges made Tuesday night, saying Manges was "the sole owner" of the club. "No one other than myself has a financial investment in the USFL San Antonio franchise," Manges said. Maloney earlier said the franchise could be "dead" if a group of environmentalists sued to halt the expansion of Alamo Stadium, leased by Manges' investment group from the San Antonio Independent School District. The group later denied making the threat, the San Antonio Express-News reported. Manges' statement included a list of people authorized to speak for the franchise, which did not include Maloney's name.

Upon returning Wednesday from Jackson, Maloney called Manges "a despicable liar and a fraud" and said he would file suit. On Tuesday, Maloney said Manges "is a liar and a fraud to suggest that I am not part ot South Texas Sports. "There would be no South Texas Sports without Pat Maloney," he said. "There would be no USFL team without Pat Maloney. That statement must be one of self-deception and hallucination Maloney said he owns 25 percent of the team and that Manges earlier tried to reduce the share to 15 percent.

"Now he waits until I'm out of Maloney said. "That's his style of business. "Our commitment is to the city of San Antonio and not to this small, insidious man." he said. "I have been totally committed to bringing pro football to San Antonio. It's a shame that one man can destroy it.

Phillies blast Astros'streak, 10-3 By BEN WALKER AP Sports Writer Craig Reynolds broke his bat and broke up Charlie Hudson's chance for glory. Hudson, a 24-year-old rookie right-hander for the Philadelphia Phillies breezed through the Houston lineup Wednesday night and had a no-hitter after eight innings. As he trotted to the mound with a 10-0 lead to start the ninth, the crowd of 21,052 on a steamy Philadelphia night cheered. Third baseman Mike Schmidt stood near the young hurler as he warmed up, thrust the ball into into Hudson's glove and wished him good luck. Pinch hitter Harry Spilman was the first batter, and he struck out looking at a 1-2 pitch.

That brought up Reynolds, a reserve infielder who had entered the game in the seventh inning and had just 11 hits all season. Hudson threw two strikes past Reynolds, and missed with a ball, before Reynolds fouled off a pitch. Then, Hudson threw it down and in, and Reynolds broke his bat as he looped a single to center field. Before the inning ended, Denny Walling cracked his first homer of the season and Dicke Thon followed with his 13th homer. Hudson ended with a three-hit, 10-3 victory.

In other National League games, San Francisco topped Chicago 4-3 in 10 innings, New York held off Atlanta 3-2, Montreal beat Cincinnati 6-4, Pittsburgh downed Los Angeles 7-3 and San Diego defeated St. Louis 5-4. Hudson, now 3-3 on the season, said with a sad smile: "I'll get it (a no-hitter) another time." Joe Lefebvre paced the Phillies attack by knocking in five runs. He staked Philadelphia to a 4-0 lead in the first inning with a grand slam, his fifth home run of the season, and singled in an eighth- inning run. Mike Scott, 5-4, took the loss, ending his five-game winning streak.

Pirates 7, Dodgers 3 In Pittsburgh, Dale Berra drove in five runs as the Pirates moved into first place in the NL East, a percentage point ahead of St. Louis. Berra lined a two-run single and Pittsburgh took a 6-3 lead in the sixth on an error by Dodger second baseman Steve Sax. Berra's three-run homer, his 10th, gave the Pirates a 3-0 lead in the first inning against Burt Hooton, 8-4. Los Angeles' Ken Landreaux, who went 5-for-5.

Rick Rhoden, 7-8, gave up 12 hits before being relieved in the ninth. Giants 4, Cubs 3 In Chicago, Jack Clark belted his 15th home run of the season with two outs in the top of the 10th inning to beat the Cubs. The blast came on the first pitch by reliever Lee Smith, 3-5. Greg Minton, 4-6, went the final three innings to get his second victory in two days for San Francisco. Minton allowed a home run in the ninth by Jody Davis to tie it 3-3.

ets 3, Braves 2 In Atlanta, Mookie Wilson's RBI single with two outs in the eighth snapped a 2-2 tie. Then the Mets held on in the bottom of the ninth. Chris Chambliss led off the Brave ninth with a double off reliever Carlos Diaz. That brought in Doug Sisk, who got one out before Jerry Royster beat out a high chop, sending pinch runner. Randy Johnson to third.

But Sisk got pinch hitter Dale Murphy to ground into a double play. Expos 6, Reds 4 In Montreal, the Expos continued to plague Cincinnati's Mario Soto. Al Oliver and Gary Carter stroked run-scoring singles and Tim Wallach added an RBI double in the fifth inning against Soto, who is 10-9 this season but has a 1-7 lifetime mark against the Expos. Charlie Lea, 7-6, took a five-hitter into the ninth, but left after Nick Esasky belted a two-run double. Esasky had earlier blasted a solo home run, his sixth.

Cadres 5, Cardinals 4 Ruppert Jones slammed a three-run homer in the ninth to rally visiting San Diego past the Cardinals and reliever Bruce Sutter. With St. Louis ahead 3-2, Sutter got one out before Terry Kennedy and Garry Templeton singled. Jones then unloaded his fifth home run of the season to pin the loss on Sutter, 7-6. Luis DeLeon, 1-3, got the win and Sid Monge, San Diego's fifth pitcher, got his fifth save.

Fordsmashes three solo homeruns as Orioles down Mariners, 4-2, for fourth straight win By WILLIArvl R. BARNARD AP Sports Writer The Seattle Mariners thought they could take advantage of Dan Ford's inactivity for the last month. Instead, Ford did a month's worth of work in one game. Seattle starter Matt Young said he asked catcher Rick Sweet before Wednesday night's game at Baltimore how they should pitch to Ford, playing his first game since June 21 because of an injured knee. "Sweet said, 'Ut's go after him.

He's been on the disabled list. Make him hit your Young said. "And he did." Ford slammed three solo homers and added a fourth hit with a bunt as the Orioles beat Seattle 4-2 for their fourth straight victory and 10th in their laat 11 games. Cal Ripken had four hits for Baltimore, including a seventh-inning RBI single that snapped a 2-2 tie "In my first I was jittery," aaid Ford, put in the leadoff spot by Manager Joe Altobelli. "My first day hitting leadoff I thought, 'What am I going to do leading I didn't know what my approach going to be.

I WM Just trying to bit the ball someplace hard." The Seattle manager said he "picked lousy day to come off the disabled list. But Baltimore is playing well. They're bMting up on a lot of people." Ford belted homtrs in bis first two at-bats off Young, 8-10, and added another one in the ninth off Mike Stanton after his bunt hit set up Ripken's tie- breaking single in the seventh. Sammy Stewart, 3-3, held the Mariners to two hits in the middle three 2-3 innings after Seattle scored its two runs off Orioles starter Mike Boddicker. Red Sox 6, Angels 4 At Anaheim, Wade Boggs hit a two-run triple to snap a ninth-inning tie and give Boston its victory over California.

Both teams scored three runs in the eighth inning. The Red Soi went ahead 4-1 on Tony Annas' three- run homer; his 20th of the season. Brian Downing led off the California eighth with his 10th home run. later in the inning, Reggie Jackson doubled in a run and Tim Foli hit a game-tying single. As9.Tiflers2 At Detroit, Oakland got six runs in the seventh inning, highlighted by Bill Almon's three-run homer, to beat the Tigers.

Dwayne Murphy drove in three runs with a homer and a single (or the A's, while Rickey Henderson stole his 55th baae and also had a homer and a single to eitend his hitting streak to 12 games. Chris Codiroli, 7-6, scattered seven hits to gain the victory. Yankees 6, Twins 4 At Yankee Stadium, New York won its sixth straight game and Minnesota lost its seventh in a row as Don Baylor smashed a two-run homer in the 10th inning. Steve Kemp opened the 10th with a double against loser Ron Davis, 3-4, and then Baylor ripped his third hit of the game and llth home run of the year. White Sox 8, Indians 2 At Cleveland, Tom Paciorek and Ron Kittle slugged two-run homers in Chicago's five-run fifth inning and Harold Baines also homered to power a 14-hit attack against Cleveland.

Every Chicago starter had at least one hit, led by Paciorek and Mike Squires with three each. Richard DoUon scattered nine hits in eight innings for his ninth victory in 15 decisions. Royals 14, Blue Jays 8 At Toronto, Kansas City broke open a close game against Toronto with eight runs in the seventh inning, keyed by Pat Sheridan's two-run single and Don Slaught's two-run double. Trailing 4-3 going into the seventh, Kansas City chased Toronto starter Dave Stieb, 114, and two relievers. Tlte Royals had seven of their 19 hits and two walks in the inning.

Greg Pryor added a three-run homer and Willie. Aikens a two-run shot for the Royals. Cooper letting his bat speak for him MILWAUKEE lAP) Cecil Cooper rarely has spoken for public record this season, but his bat is speaking loudly and clearly. Cooper slammed his 21st homer leading off the Milwaukee eighth inning Wednesday his 13th hit in 21 times at bat as the Brewers defeated the Texas Rangers 4-3 for their ninth victory in 10 games. Cooper, who leads the major leagues in runs batted in with 73, has 17 in his last nine games and has raised his batting average from .230 on May 16 to .298.

Cooper declined to talk about his game-winning shot into the right center field bullpen off Mike Smithson, 6-9. But his teammates had plenty to say. "That's what one man can do for you when he's hot." center fielder Rick Manning said. "He seems to be always in the right spot at the right time of the game. "I know that playing against him for a lot of years, it was sheer respect," he said.

"He always seemed to be on base. It's not that easy, but he makes it look easy. He's a quiet person, a quiet leader, who goes out and does his talking between the lines." "I've seen him hot, but he's really streaking now," Brewer Manager Harvey Kuenn said. "He's not just hitting singles and doubles, but home runs. He certainly has carried us.

"He's swinging at strikes now," Kuenn said. "Before he was too anxious, impatient, and was swinging at pitchers' pitches instead of hitters' pitches. Now he's not swinging at bad balls anymore. He's just an outstanding hitter." Cooper's shot came after the Rangers, who have lost six of their last seven games, had tied at 3-3 in the seventh on George Wright's 10th homer, a single by Billy Sample and Dave Hosteller's fifth homer. "I didn't get far enough inside on the fast ball to Cooper," Smithson said.

"But that really wasn't the ball game. The ball game was when they scored after two walks on just one hit." That occurred in the third inning. Smithson. who had retired the first seven hitters, walked Charlie Moore and Bill Schroeder. The runners advanced on Paul Molitor's grounder and scored on a single by Jim Ganlner.

"The difference was Milwaukee got the two-out RBIs, not just today, but in the whole series," Hosteller said. The Brewers made it 3-0 in the fourth when Cooper singled and scored on a double by Manning to the right center field gap. Perhaps as vital to the Brewers' surge as Cooper's hitting has been the development of their bullpen. Tom Tellmann, who had a recent slump, earned the victory for a 7-2 record. Pete recently recalled from Vancouver, pitched the ninth inning and earned his eighth save of the season and third in four games.

Tellmann relieved Mike Caldwell after one-out singles by- Wayne Tolleson and Pete O'Brien in the eighth Buddy Bell hit a slow bounder to third baseman Molitor, whose throw to the plate retired Tolleson. Tellmann then threw out Fairish. "When I come in in a win situation, I've got to make them hit the ball the other way," Tellmann said. "1 punched Bell and Parrish the other way. "Paulie really made the play possible by anticipating on the 3-2 count and seeing the runner starting," he said.

"He charged, and luckily the ball was hit to him. That saved the whole game. He really anticipated well." Cannon denied entrance NEW YORK (API Former teammates and members of the college football Hall of Fame were saddened by the announcement that Billy Cannon will not be inducted into the Hall because of his guilty plea in a recent counterfeiting scheme. Cannon, 45, a two-time All- American running back from Louisiana State, was elected to the Hall last February and had been scheduled to be inducted in a ceremony here Dec. 6.

But on Wednesday, Vincent Draddy, board chairman of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame, issued a two-sentence announcement through a spokesman here..