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Pirates Mw Cards Wiggle Off Hook p.g 1 Aug.3; i979 PIRATE NOTES Parker drove in one run and got into scoring position Tor Bill Madlock's RBI single by walking and stealing second. Back-to-back doubles by Ott and Madlock scored a run in the second Starting pitcher John Fulgham drove in the first St. Louis run with a double. i The Phillies announced a pitching rotation that does not include star lefthander Steve Carlton, who is injured. The Pirates will pitch Bruce Kison and Jim Bibby tonight against Dick Ruthven and Larry Christenson (who has just come off the disabled list).

Tomorrow, the Pirates will pitch John Candelaria against Nino Espinosa. The Pirates have scheduled Bert Blyleven and Don Robinson in Sunday's double-header. The Phillies list Dickie Noles for one game, but are undecided about the second game. r- Parker grabbed the ball, threw to cutoff mat Steinett, and he rifled a strike to Ott. Ott held the ball in a collision with Hernandez, and no one scored.

"That's the type of play they should put on a highlights film," Tanner said. "Four guys made good plays." Although there is a five-team race for the pennant, it's obvious the Pirates fear Philadelphia more than anyone, even first-place Montreal. Before last night's game, there was much talk about the five-game, three-day series, which could draw 100,000 fans to Three Rivers. Perhaps, once they took a 4-1 lead, the Pirates could feel that win in their back pocket and started thinking about the Philadelphia series. WI know one thing," said Pirate rightfielder Dave Parker.

"We gotta stop looking past Pens Get Libeff For Mahovlich Cofcjer 0f takes Dave Parker's throw and tags out Cardinal Keith Hernandez San Francisco Cabbie's Story Differs From Swann's Version By DAN DONOVAN The game slipped through the Pirates' hands like so much river silt, leaving them grousing and complaining over what might have been. In one fell swoop, the Pirates could have; St. Louis a full eight games out of the pennant race. Entered the five-game weekend series with Philadelphia with a head full of steam. Finally rewarded Jim Rooker with his 100th career win in his ninth try for And, no matter how many games Montreal has won, kept breathing down the necks of the sprinting Expos.

Instead the Pirates were stuck with a foul-tasting 5-4 loss to the Cardinals, a key game they might recall at the season's conclusion. The Pirates saw a 4-1 lead dissipate in the wake of two mistakes in the eighth inning, losing a game that perhaps they thought was already tucked in their back pocket. "A game like that gets you down for a night," said Pirate catcher Ed Ott. "But we have a helluva series coming up. We'll forget this by gametime.

If we think about it, we'll get our rears kicked again." Rooker had a 4-1 lead going into the eighth, but he was hardly breezing along. He was often in trouble the Cardinals left nine men on base in the first seven innings and had thrown about 120 pitches. With one out, Ken Reitz doubled to right field. Jerry Mumphrey reached base when Rennie Stennett bobbled his ground ball for an error. Pirate Manager Chuck Tanner immediately called for reliever Grant Jack- son.

"Rooker threw 127 Tanner said. "He had to work hard. He had already thrown a ballgame more than a ballgame. We had Jackson ready, and the bullpen has done the job recently. The situation called for it, and I made the move." The first two hits off Jackson by Mike Tyson and Dane Iorg were ground balls that slipped through the infield.

'If they are at somebody, we're out of Tanner said. Instead, two runs were in and Iorg was on third. Garry Templeton nit a bouncer to first and Willie Stargell made the only play he went for the tying ran going home. But his throw was wide, and catcher Ed Ott didn't have a chance to make the play. Eventually, Keith Hernandez drove home the winning run, and the Pirates were stunned.

"That hurt, them beating us like we beat people coming from behind in the late said Pirate Bill Robinson, who made two superb catches and homered in second inning. "It's a slap in the face, but it's not going to stop the Pennant Express." The win put the Cardinals' "Pennant Express" back in high gear. Cardinal Manager Ken Boyer was smiting broadly while he gave several reasons for the im- portance of the win. "I said earlier in the week that the key to winning this is staying away from long losing Boyer said. "Montreal winning again tonight made it doubly important.

And perhaps more importantly, it turned a so-so road trip to a good, 5-3 road trip. "It will give us a lift psychologically for our game tomorrow with the Cubs (in Chicago). The Cubs have lost six in a row, now I think we'll have a little better outlook when we go out onto the field against i A frustrated Rooker wasn't in the clubhouse after the game. "I feel for him," said Ott. "Rook has to stay with it.

He has to keep his head together. But he is the type of competitor who will. He's knows he has the stuff to win." The loss almost overshadowed a classic defensive play. With Hernandez on first in the third inning, Tony Scott hit a shot to the gap in right center. Omar Moreno not only made a good, backhanded stop of the bouncing ball, but he flicked it out of his glove to Parker.

"I would have had to go at least three steps before I threw," Moreno said. "I saw Parker right there." iL wf ft A '1 SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) A former taxi driver testified he saw two officers being punched and beaten with a nightstick during a fistfight between police and Pittsburgh Steelers' wide receiver Lynn Swann and his relatives five years ago. Ralph Elliott, a witness for the San Francisco Police Department, differed sharply yesterday with earlier statements by Swann, his two brothers and cousin, who assert they were subjected to verbal and physical abuse, and are suing the city and four police officers for $2 million. Elliott, 32, now a public transit consultant in New York, said he was parked in his taxi at a downtown intersection on the night of Jan. 31, 1974.

Although he could not identify the Swanns or their cousin, Michael Henderson, he said he saw "two black men hold Swann testified. "It's not worth it. Calvin threw the stick down the street." Elliott said the police arrived "like a small army" and "restrained the black gentlemen, who continued to struggle." Meanwhile, Swann issued a statement yesterday which admitted his announced retirement from pro football was only "technical" and he would rejoin the team upon completion of the trial. Swann said his "priorities at this time, contrary to published reports of my current status, are to complete "this court action and return to training camp as soon as possible." "At this point I am technically retired until the end of this court action," he said. "I was informed by (Steelers) Coach Chuck Noll that I would not be excused from training camp during this time.

I was informed that I would have to retire or be absent without permission. My option is to technically retire." NICK LIBETT Detroit left winger swapped lot Penguin center. Steelers' Willie Fry Confident He'll Tackle Adversity Again By BOB BLACK The Penguins made their Jirst trade of the summer today, swapping veteran center Pete Mahovlich to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for left winger Nick Libett. Penguin General Manager Baz Bastien, who has been relatively inactive this summer compared to last year's whirlwind trading spree, said the deal was made "to help shore up our left side. "We were able to deal from strength this time," Bastien said.

"With players like Gregg Sheppard, Orest Kindrachuk and Greg Malone available at center, we felt as if now was the time to go after Libett. We've wanted to get him for a couple of years now. "He played for Johnny (Penguin Coach Wilson) at Detroit, so we know how much he can help this club. We hate to lose Pete because he was one of my favorite players and I'm sure the Penguin fans felt the same way about him." The Penguins picked up Mahovlich and Peter Lee from the Montreal Canadiens Nov. 29, 1977, for Pierre Larouche and the rights to Peter Marsh.

Mahovlich played 57 games with the Penguins that season and contributed 25 goals and 36 assists for 61 points. Last year he missed 20 games plus most of the playoffs due to knee injuries. He still finished as the team's No. 4 scorer, contributing 14 goals and 39 assists for 53 points. ing one officer," and a third black man was "in front bitting the officer in the midsection." Swann and his relatives were in a car stopped by police for allegedly running a red light.

Earlier testimony indicated they got out of the car and a scuffle ensued with the tyo officers who made the traffic stop. Elliott said in the course of the melee, he called in a "distress call" on his taxi radio and the cab company called police, who sent reinforcements. Before they arrived, Elliott said he saw "a nightstick strike the police officer two or three times." In testimony earlier this week, Lynn Swann said his brother Calvin had a nightstick and was threatening "to knock (officer Walter) Cullop's block off." "I yelled at Calvin not to hit him," shape. Never felt better. 1 was established at a position.

I just thought it would be my year." What happened last year, while not as painful, was just as disappointing to this unfortunate lad from Memphis, Tenn. Ligament damage to both his hands sidelined the brawny, 6-4, 240-pound Steeler before he had a real chance to make the team. Those sore hands did not idle him completely, however. Before the season was over, he was drilling with the Steelers, working out on the defensive line, at guard, or at linebacker, wherever Coach Chuck Noll needed an able hand to fill in. Shortly before the rookies' mini-camp in June, Fry was told he would become a linebacker.

"That was my big break, the break I was waiting for," said Willie. "I was established at one position. I could concentrate on one job. I was in great shape when I reported and then this. "But I guess it's no big thing," said Fry, philosophically.

"Injuries are part of the game. That's football." Fry was not your ordinary, run-of-mine rookie. For two years this jovial black man had been a co-captain at Notre Dame. He had come to the Steel- more runs the seventh on a run-producing single by Miguel Dilone and an error. Parrish thinks the win is a good sign for the Expos, who lead the Pirates by two games in the National League East.

Meanwhile, Philadelphia's pennant drive suffered a slight snag before moving into its crucial five-game series with the Pirates beginning tonight. Former Pirate Frank Taveras lined a two-out, seventh-inning double to snap a 1-1 tie, pacing New York over Philadelphia, 2-1, and earning the Mets a double-header split by ending the Phillies' four-game winning streak. In the opener, Greg Luzinski drove in three runs with a two-run homer and a single, and Ron Reed pitched 5 innings of relief to lead the Phillies to a 7-1 victory. I Jpi Scoreboards 1 By Pflf UWnjIf0" 1 I Vt farts Uitor I LATROBE It was one of those freak, no-contact injuries, the kind that can be so damaging to an athlete. Willie Fry, a rookie from Notre Dame, the Steelers' No.

2 draft choice a year ago, was in the thick of the pursuit, chasing after a ball carrier. Suddenly he stumbled. His left arm upraised, he fell on it. The impact with the ground tore the arm out of its socket. It required an anesthetic to replace the bone into its FRY joint.

"The pain was excruciating," said Fry, trying to work a foot-long hoagie into his mouth with only one hand. His useless left arm was cradled under his yellow T-shirt, in a sling. "Those first couple of days, I don't know how I managed to stand it." The intense pain, largeW, is gone now. Fry, an impressive-looking athlete with a broad chest and bulging biceps, the muscles of which ripple into his thick, sewer-pipe neck, has been working with the weights, the first step in the rehabilitation of an injured athlete. With God's help, Willie hopes to be going again, full tilt, in two weeks.

"It was the low point of my whole career," said Fry, recalling the sickening crunch of tearing muscles. "As far as I was concerned, the bottom of the world had dropped out from under me. I was looking forward to camp. I was in good i few PETE MAHOVLICH In Libett the Penguins will be picking up a player coming off a season plagued with knee problems in exchange for Mahovlich, who has a history of knee ailments. Libett, 33, has been a Red Wing his entire career.

He signed with the Detroit organization when he was just 14 years old. He has played 12 years with the Red Wings. Prior to last season, when Libett suffered a knee injury and missed 12 games, he had missed only 17 games and had played in 390 consecutive games. He finished with 15 goals and 19 assists for 34 points but had the best plusminus mark on the Red Wings and was ranked among the top 20 in the National Hockey League in that category. Mahovlich, who spent slightly more than eight seasons with the Canadiens before being traded to the Penguins, returns to the team which drafted him in 1963 and with which he turned pro.

He was traded to Montreal in 1969 after playing parts of two seasons in the NHL with the Red Wings. Neither Mahovlich, who will turn 33 on Oct. 10, nor Libett was available for comment. MaTiovlich is spending the summer in a remote cabin in Ontario which doesn't have a telephone and Libett left his home early to watch today's second round of the PGA tournament being played at Oakland Hills, near his Detroit home. also a licensed pilot, but is prohibited by his baseball contract to fly.

"You know I've come closer to being killed on the highway than while flying," Garner said. "I'm a firm believer that when your time is up, your time is up. It doesn't make very much difference where you are. "I liked Thurman. I know a lot of peo- didn't, but it is hard playing in New 'ork without being edgy.

A lot of people outside of New York don't understand that." Bill Robinson played with Munson on the Yankees in 1969. Robinson, a deeply religious man, knelt down and said a i prayer for Munson "When I was in New York, he was a rookie, a budding star," Robinson said. "I can't say that I knew him real well, but it was a pleasure to play with him. He was a fine athlete and a fine gentleman. "I always try to put such things in a religious perspective I'm not going to say it was a shame, because Thurm's going to a world far better than this one." Pirate Executive Vice President Harding Peterson was getting set to watch thje game when word reached his box.

of us with the Pirates were shocked at the tragic death of Thurman Munson," Peterson said. Munson's Death Chills Three Rivers ers with the sort of credentials which label a prospect as a "blue-chipper," a designation scouts hang on a player who is regarded as sure to make a professional team. But now Fry is one of the mob, a question mark prospect who might make it and who might not. It was hardly the future this young man had charted out. "I'm hoping for a good determination," said Fry, evaluating his chances of making the team in view of the injury which befell him.

"I can only hope that when they make their decision, it'll be a favorable one for me. Favorable to Willie Fry? Most favorable would be a decision by Noll and his staff even if Fry is not quite ready to play to keep Willie on the 45-man roster on the final cut-down day. If it were then apparent that he still would not be ready, he could be placed on the injured reserve list, which would allow him to be recalled later in the season. Less favorable would be a decision to put him on the injured reserve list before that cut-down date. In that event, Fry would be sidelined for another full year.

Football has been a series of disappointments for Fry, not the least of which was Notre Dame's loss to Pitt in his sophomore year. That was the year Tony Dorsett ripped the Irish to shreds, scampering through them for 303 yards. Pitt's linemen were brutal that day, recalled Willie wincing. "Late in the game, when it was obvious Pitt had everything wrapped up, the Pitt players started chiding us," recalled Fry. "They kept chanting at us 'Three-oh-three, It was very humiliating," said Willie.

Still, there were other disappointments for Willie, the captain of a national championship team his year on probation at Notre Dame for a violation of dormitory regulations, the losses to Pitt. But the most disappointing moment of his career came when the Irish lost to Mississippi. That was one game Willie Fry wanted to win. "Mississippi is the closest big school to my home town," explained Fry, "and I think I wanted to win that game more than any other. When we lost it, I said to myself, 'My God, there goes our national But things worked out that year, remembered Willie, and the Irish went on to win their national championship.

And somehow, in moments of adversity, feels Willie, things will work out again. When you are 24, as Willie Fry is, don't they always? Montreal Moves 2 Up Pirate Box ST. LOUIS PITTSBURGH abrhbi abrhbi Temptetn ss 5 0 11 Moreno ef 4 110 Brock If 5 0 0 0 Foil ss 4 0 10 Hernandi 10 5 0 3 1 Parker rf 3 111 Simmons 3 0 0 0 Stargell lb 4 0 0 0 Scott cf 3 0 10 ftPnhlntnn iltl Carbo rf 3 0 10 Madlock 3b 4 0 11 item jo nig lekuivt Mumphry rt 5 1 0 0 Ott Tvson 2b 5 111 Lacy ph Fuloham 10 11 Stennett Jb Oberktell on 0 0 0 0 Rooker Fraiier 0 0 0 0 Jackson lorp ph llll Garner 3b Knowles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 110 10 0 0 4 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 Tolali 41 5 13 i Totals St. Louis 35 4 4 Pittsburgh 120 001 0004 O10 0OOM0-S E-Stenneft. OP-St.

Louis 1. LOB-St. Louis 13, Pittsburgh 5. ZB-Scott. Reiti 3, Fuloham, Ott, Stennett 2.

HR-B. Robinson SB-Parker. ST. LOUIS PITCHING RERB8S0 Fulghem 5 6 3 3 0 1- Fraiier (W 2-3) .221110 Knowles (S 6) 2 1 0 0 Oj 0 PITTSBURGH PITCHING Rooker 7 1-3, 8 3 2i 4 6 Jackson (L e-3) 2-3 4 2 2 0 0 Tekulve .1 1 0 0 0 1 Jackson pitched to 1 batter in 9th. WP-Fuigham PB-Simmons.

How They Scored PIRATE FIRST (Fuloham pitching) Moreno sin. oled, went to second on Foil's Infield out and scored on Parker's single. PIRATES, 1-0. ST. LOUIS SECOND (Rooker pitching) Reift singled and scored on Fulgham's double.

TIED, M. PIRATE SECOND B. Robinson homered, his 22nd, to left field. Ott doubled and scored on Stennett's double. PIRATES, 3-1.

PIRATE SIXTH (Frarler pitching) Parker walked, stole second and scored on Medlock's single. PIRATES, ST. LOUIS EIGHTH With one out, Rerti doubled. Mumphrey reached base on second baseman Stennett's error, with Reiti moving to third. Jackson re- lieved Rooker.

Tyson's single scored Reiti and moved Mumphrey to second Vincn-hitter iorg singled, scoring Mumphrey and moviNo Tvson to third On Tempieton's round ball first baseman Stargell chose to throw ome, but Tyson was sate on the nigh throw. Temple1 ton reached first on the play. After Brock line to left, Hernandei's single scored lore. ST. LOUIS, 5-4.

By JONATHAN LANSNER The news of New York Yankee catcher Thurman Munson's death put a chilling blast of sobriety into the hot, air at Three Rivers Stadium last night. "You lose a tough one like we just did," said Pirate Manager Chuck Tanner, "and you feel really down. But the' death of a 32-year 'old guy really puts some perspective into your life. I'd suffer through 10 or 20 losses like this if it meant MUNSON that Thurman Munson would be in the lineup tomorrow." Munson, a licensed pilot, was killed when his Cessna-Citation crashed 1,000 feet short of the runway at the Akron-Canton (Ohio) Airport and burst into flames. Two others were injured in the Garner knew Munson from his years in the American League.

Garner is United Press International "It took me a long time to get that vie-! tory, but I don't care if I have to wait 24 hours for a win," said left-hander Dan Schatzeder after Montreal won a marathon (seven-hour) game over the Chicago Cubs, 6-4. "I knew I had to keep us close, because their starting pitcher (Bill Caudill) was doing a good job." Larry Parrish drove in two of the Montreal runs with a fifth-inning double and a sixth-inning single as the Expos won their fifth in six games. Schatzeder worked the first 6 innings to bring his record to 6-4. Montreal added three runs in the sixth on Ellis Valentine's RBI triple, Gary Carter's run-scoring doubft and Parrish's RBI single and addeda final run in the eighth. Chicago scored two.