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fh BCkSs Of "They look good," said Pirate Manager Danny Murtaugh. "They had excellent pitching tonight. We only hit two balls hard. They seem to have a lot of speed and they sure have beea scoring some runs." What Murtaugh is saying is that the 1974 Los Angeles Dodgers, just like the Brooklyn Dodgers of the early 50s, can do everything. What probably says it best about this team is their supposedly light-hitting shortstop, Bill Russell, who, though he batted second last night, more often than not hits in the eighth spot.

Bill Russell has more runs batted in than Willie Stargell. LINE DRIVES-Murtaugh announced that rookie Larry i t- nrl June 5, 1974 34 By BOB SMIZIK, Press Sports Writer LOS ANGELES-There are those, woefully lacking in Imagination, who would call them the second coming of The Boys of Summer. But that would be unjust to them and those fabulous Dodger teams of the 50s. There are not, as yet, on this team any immortals of the Robinson, Campanella ilk. There may not even be a Snider or a Furillo.

But if those four and Reese and Cox and Pafko and Hodges were the Boys of Summer, the 1971 Dodgers are the Kids of Summer. None of them can run like Robinson, but most of them can come close. There may not be a Cox on third, but the rest help make up for it. Pirates Draft Nevada Pitcher The Pirates today selected Rod Scurry, an 18-year-old lefthanded pitcher from Proctor-Hug High in Reno, in the first round of baseball's 1974 June free agent draft. The San Diego Padres drafted first and chose 21-year-old Brown University shortstop Bill Almon.

In the past two drafts, the Padres took Dave Roberts and Dave Winfield, both of whom started immediately in the majors with the Padres. The Pirates found this out, and more, last night when the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated them, 5-0. This Dodger team puts eight men on the field whose average age is less than 27 years. They hit with authority, run with speed, field with finesse and, oh, how they pitch. As a team, they have a batting average of .289, while their pitching staff holds the opposition to a .225 average.

Jerry Reuss took a record of three straight complete game wins in against the Dodgers and came away with a four inning-plus defeat. The Dodgers cajoled him for walks, then hit him up with key base hits exactly what the Pirates don't do. But even if that speed afoot, slickness with glove and dexterity with bat wasn't there, the Dodgers still would have had enough last night. That is so, because Tommy John was their pitcher. When they talk about the excellent National League pitchers, they, generally, do not mention Tommy John.

Maybe they should. Since he came over from the White Sox after the 1971 season, for a fellow named Dick Allen, John has compiled a 35-13 record, a statistic no other pitcher in the league can match. He became 9-1 last night with his silencing of the Pirate bats. Though the Pirates have an 18-29 record, and though they seldom put together an attack which scares anyone any more, John spoke of them with great deference. Maybe it was out of kindness, maybe it was out of a fear of revenge, maybe it was out of truth.

Probably it was out of kindness. "These guys can hit," said John. "What their record is, is not indicative of what they can do. It's just a matter of time before they get squared away. I think you have to regard them still as a contender in the East." In a short matter of time no one but the Dodgers may be regarded as a contender in the West.

They are playing at a .717 percentage and no team in baseball can come within .100 points of that. uemery wuuiu replace cruue in uie sidnuig luiauuu miu will pitch Friday night at San Francisco. It's no major demotion, however, for Kison, who takes over Dave Giusti's spot as the No. 1 right-handed reliever on the team. "Giusti has been going bad for awhile," said Murtaugh.

"We're going to use him in long relief for a bit longer and try to get him back in stride." Giusti pitched two strong Innings last night, but like his last successiui ouunc, mere was mue pressure on mm. tyj 7 e355, Ham, Mel Holmes Indians Help I At Beer Blast Ready To Jump United Prest International Maybe it's time to start putting moats around baseball parks the way they do in the soccer stadiums in South America. The rash of ugly incidents involving fans this season I Ami A By PHIL MUSICK The World Football League, which yesterday took a bite out of the Steeler defense, now must believe that it can eat the whole thing. Following Birmingham's signing of defensive end L. C.

Greenwood, two other WFL teams have made major attempts to pick off linebackers Andy Russell and Jack Ham, while yet another WFL club reportedly has signed reserve offensive lineman Mel Holmes. It is extremely doubtful if the WFL can lure Russell away, but a usually-reliable source says that Ham, an outstanding young player with considerable value to the Steeler future, has received an impressive, six-figure offer. The source also says that Holmes is already committed to a WFL team. Neither Ham nor Holmes was available for comment, but Russell, contacted late last season by the WFL, gave every indication he will remain in Pittsburgh. But not necessarily as a Steeler.

"They (the Steelers) know I'm not going to the WFL," Russell says. "I have three alternatives to weigh. One, going back with the Steelers, which I very much want to do. Two, going to the WFL. Three, going full-time with my business.

"The only reason I would leave the Steelers would be money, and if I leave for money, I will go to my business (Russell Investments, Inc.) because there's more money there than with the Steelers or the WFL." Russell, a nine-year veteran who has made the Pro Bowl in all but one sea son, and Dan Rooney are not at an impasse in their negotiations. "But we're a long way apart," Russell says. Evidence insists that Russell and Rooney will come to an agreement, although the negotiations should be lengthy. And the Steelers, Russell sighs, may hold the trump card. "I'm not complaining," he says.

"It's nice to say I'll sign for 'x' or But they say, 'we know you'll play we know Russell unhesitatingly admits he, indeed, wants to play next year. But "I want to be paid he says. "For years, I thought I was a reasonable guy, dealt at arms-length, no high-pressure agents or anything. This year, I want to be paid a comparable salary with the linebackers who came into the league with me and hau9 bad the kind of success I've had." The Steelers' real adversary is not the WFL'Tm not seriously considering them" but Russell's lucrative investment business, which deals primarily in large sums of money. "My wife wants me to retire very badly," he says.

"I'll have to weigh a lot of factors." Neither Russell nor Rooney wants to air his contractual differences in public, and both are confident they can come to an agreement. "I'm pretty optimistic we'll work something out," Russell says. "I want to play. I think I have a few more good years left, and I think we have a tremendous opportunity this year to go all the way." The opportunity for a Steeler Super Bowl appearance would seem to exist, if the WFL doesn't get in the way. 1 II continued last night when an unruly group at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland mobbed the field in the ninth inning and forced the umpires to forfeit the game to the Texas Rangers, 9-0.

"They were just uncontrollable beasts," said umpire Nester Chylak, who was hit on the head as the bottles and chairs were flying. "When Chylak got hit on the head, I knew we lost the game," said Cleveland Manager Ken Aspromonte, who watched his club bounce back from a 5-1 deficit to tie the game in the ninth inning. "It's just disgraceful." Cleveland officials doubled their normal security force for the game, but the police were outnumbered by the crowd of 25,134 on hand for "10-cent-beer-night." Police reported nine arrests but no injuries. The situation was ominous right from the start because the teams had participated in a brawl in Texas last week. The only fighting they did this time was to defend themselves when the fans mobbed the field.

"If it wasn't for the Cleveland players tonight, we would have got killed," said one Texas player. After John Lowenstein's sacrifice fly tied the score at 5-5 in the ninth, some of the fans jumped out of the stands and charged Texas rightfield- Texas Rangers players run for eover as taunting Cleveland fans create chaos in stadium. A Legend In His Own Time over the Mona Lisa or on the 18th hole, Fred U. S. Open qualifier at The Scoreboard Pirate Box In The Majors Wednesday, June 5, 1974 PITTSBURGH LOS ANGELES Ob bl bl ab 5 1 Russell, ss 4 I "Yeah," said the pro.

There was retributive justice in Nonnenberg's second shot, a four iron that somehow eluded the bunkers, bounced across the green and came to rest 20 yards left of the green. A chip and two putts and he was home, a bogey. "It could have been a double-bogey," said Harrison grimly, a wan smile playing around the corners of his mouth. Yesterday's homecoming was one of Harrison's infrequent visits to Sewickley Heights, a bitter test for even the best of golfers, but a course which, because of its tight fairways and inadequate parking facilities will never host a major tournament. "If we get 500O people here," said Neil Mitchell, one of the members, "we've got a real problem." Still, Harrison regards the course as one of his finest creations.

"It's my pet," he called it. He is particularly proud of the Heights' 17th, an insidious 595-yard challenge which requires not one but iwo shots over the water. "I'd say it's one of the best par fives In the country," It was like smearing red paint scribbling graffiti on Lenin's tomb. A few seconds before teeing off Nonnenberg, one of the pros in the Sewickley Heights Golf Club, had met a legend, Jim Harrison, the golf course architect who has designed some of the most monstrous courses in the land. "Happy to meet you, Mr.

Harrison," said Nonnenberg, a 57-year-old veteran who has been around golf courses, country clubs and public links, for the better part of half a century. "I've heard about you for years, but this is the first chance I've had to meet you." With that, Nonnenberg excused himself, stepped onto the tee and wham he purposely pushed his ball off into the 12th fairway. It rolled across the fairway and trickled into the rough, a scant ten feet from the Wynn.cf 2 Garvey.lb 4 Fergsn.rf 2 4 Pnciork.lf 4 Venner.c 3 John.p 3 Sanainn.c 4 Oliwer.cf 4 Stargell, If 4 Zlsk.rf 3 Rbrtsn.lb 3 Bcvaca.3b 4 Tavers.ss 3 Reuss.o 1 Tekulve.o 0 Povch.Dti Glusll.p 0 American League EAST Pet. Boston 28 23 .549 Milwaukee 25 22 .532 Cleveland 24 26 .480 Baltimore 24 26 .480 Detroit 24 26 .480 New York 25 28 .472 Totals 31 0 5 0 Totals 315 10 5 GB 3Ms Vk vk 4 loo a a a ono-a Pittsburgh 0 Los Angeles Ofl )03 Oil OOx-S DP-Los Angeles 1. LOB-Pittsburgh 7, Los Angeles 8.

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ER BB SO By Pat Livingston Sports Editor hill which descends into 7 4 4 4 1 IP 4 2 2 9 2 1 1 0 1 Rcuss (L, 4-4) Tekulve Giusti John 1 0 5 0 OOO 0 3 5 batters In 5th. Reuss pitched to National League EAST Pet. GB Philadelphia 28 24 .538 St. Louis 26 23 .531 Montreal 22 21 .512 Vk Chicago 19 27 .413 6 New York 21 30 .412 6tt Pittsburgh 18 29 .383 Vk WEST Pet. GB Los Angeles 38 15 .717 Cincinnati 30 20 .600 Vk Atlanta 28 24 .538 9 ft S.Francisco 28 27 .509 11 Houston 27 26 .509 II San Diego 19 38 .333 21 YESTERDAY Los Angeles 5 Pittsburgh 0 Atlanta 7 Philadelphia 3 Cincinnati 6 New York 3 Montreal 5 Houston 0 San Diego 6 Chicago 5 San Francisco 5 St.

Louis 3 10 innings TODAY Pittsburgh (Rooker 1-4) ot Lot Angeles (Rau 51) night. St. Louis (Siebert 5-3) ot San Fran-Cisco (Bryant 2-4). Atlanta (Nlekro 6-3) at Philadelphia (Lonboro 5-S), nloht. Montreal (Torrez 4-4) ot Houston (Os-teen 5-4), nloht.

CMcago (Hooton 2-5) ot San Diego (Arlln 7-1), night. Only games scheduled. Box scores on Page 39.J er Jeff Burroughs. The Texas bench rushed out to help Burroughs with Cleveland players also charging out to help the Rangers. Burroughs fought back against the crowd and when Chylak was hit on the head by a chair, the game was forfeited to the Rangers.

"It was the worst showing that I have ever seen in baseball but I am very proud of the Cleveland players," said Texas Manager Billy Martin. "They saved our lives. I called Aspromonte after the game and told him that. "Two guys punched Burroughs. He could have got his head battered.

As it was, he came out of it with a jammed thumb. Those fans just couldn't control themselves after drinking that beer. All they had out there were complete idiots. Jerks." Burroughs said, "It looked like the charge of the Light (Continued on Page 35.) said Harrison. A tew ot tne memoers nodded amen.

Harrison designed Sewickley Heights as two courses in one from the blue markers a test for the pros; from the white tees, a brisk challenge for the run-of-mill scrambler who has a difficult time breaking 100. A resident of Churchill Borough, Harrison started his career under Donald Ross, a legendary figure who built as many as 16 courses simultaneously. His first job was helping Ross at Edgewood. "When Ross built Edgewood in WVf How They Scored LOS ANGLES THIRD Russell and Wvnn singled and Ferguson walked to lood the bases. Paciorck tripled to score three runs.

LOS ANGELES FIFTH-Garvev sin-' gled and scored on Ferguson's double. LOS ANGELES SIXTH Lopes singled, stole second, took third on Russell's single and scored on sacrifice fly by Wvnn. WEST Pet. GB Oakland 30 22 .577 Kansas City ..26 25 .510 Vk Texas 26 25 .510 Vk Chicago 23 23 .500 4 California 24 28 .471 6 Minnesota 21 26 .447 6 ft YESTERDAY Oakland 4 Detroit 0 Detroit 4 Oakland 1 Texas 9 Cleveland 0 Kansas City 8 Baltimore 0 Boston 4 Minnesota 3 Milwaukee 4 California 3 Chicago 9 New York 2 Forfeit. 11 innings.

TONIGHT Kansas Cltv (Dal Canton 3-3) at Baltimore (McNally 4-4). Texas (Blbby 7-7) at Cleveland (Johnson 2-2). Oakland (Blue 4-5) at Detroit (Coleman 6-5). Boston (Tlant 6-5) ot Minnesota (Goltz 1-0). California (Ryan 7-5) ot Milwaukee (Slaton 6-6).

New York (Tldrow 4-5) at Chicago (Pitlock 2-0). a clump of trees. "What's the advantage in that?" asked Harrison. The irony of Nonnenberg's timing was that Harrison had been specifically asked to walk down to the 18th tee, to see what could be done about discouraging drives that circumvented the dogleg on the 450-yard finishing hole. For the members, Sewcikley Heights makes it out-of-bounds, but not for tournaments.

As I accompanied Harrison on his inspection tour, he indicated that the 18th was one of his finest finishing holes. It climbs a gently ascending elevation to a level landing area and then cuts sharply right into a long, narrow, well-trapped green. "Why would anyone play the hole that way?" the designer wondered as we followed Nonnenberg to the ball. "It's the only way I can play this hole," said Nonnenberg. "If I played down the fairway, I'd get only half way up the hill, and I'd have to use a wood from there." "Would you have played the hole this way if you were two-under?" I asked Nonnenberg.

1921, he stayed at our home," Harri- HARRISON son recalled. "He took me out to the course one day and I've been in the business ever since." Harrison has designed some of Pittsburgh's most interesting courses-Rolling Hills, Valley Brook, Lakeview, Cedar-brook and Chestnut Ridge to name a few. SectionoJ qualifier story on Page 35.1 Sports On Air RADIO-TONIGHT Pirates vs. Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. KDKA (1020).

Pitt Broadens Women's Athletics Into Full-Scale Program Women's athletics are now under the auspices of Myslinski and the athletic department, with Miss Sandy 1 i By JEFF SAMUELS Pitt's athletic program is mushrooming. The football team goes to a bowl, the basketball team winds up in the Top 20and suddenly everything balloons. Recruits from across the land come flocking. Coaches discover bonuses in their paychecks. Budgets are expanded, facilities renovated.

Clearly, big things are happening at Pitt, and they're happening in women's athletics as well as men's. The women's program has been drastically upgraded, so drastically that Athletic Director a Myslinski is calling it "one of the finest in the country." the most progressive women's athletics programs in the nation. Both Bullman and Myslinski said yesterday that, to their knowledge, no other college awards scholarships for women's athletics. "We knew, with the social climate of the day, that something like this would be coming, a we wanted to be ahead," said Myslinski. "We've intended to build up the women's program right along.

Now the women have a true intercollegiate program instead of just an intramural one." In the past, women's athletics at Pitt were run by the physical education department. Interest was sparse. Cooperation from the athletic department was virtually nun-existent. Myslinski puts It, "They will not use any castoff equip-ment." All the women's teams will have a special meal arrangement. They will also have their own physician, Dr.

Mary Clark, im or-thopedic surgeon tit Presbyterian Hospital who will work under Dr. James MiMiixtern, who heads Pitt's School of Sports Medicine. "If this isn't the bent women's program in tho country, its going to be," Miss Bullman. "Oh, to a certain degree we have to prove ourselves. I'm not one of those firm women's libbers.

The men have been in this longer. "But as long as we can have cooperation, good tics and a good budget, half the battle." sights trained on a Venezuelan swimmer. "Dick Bradshaw (men's swimming coach) told me about her," Sandy said. "I've never seen cooperation like we're getting here. At other schools, that's one of the biggest problems.

The men are always afraid of getting money taken from their budget. But it's been great here." Whenever possible, Myslinski said, the men's and women's teams will travel together, and in some cases, there will even be men's-women's doubleheaders. Myslinski also plans to schedule women's basketball games at the Field House as preliminaries to the varsity games. The girls may have to share some supplies and facilities with the men's teams, but as But now it's an entirely different situation. "I'm just waiting for someone to pinch, me," said Sandy, a West Virginia graduate who coached at Parkersburg (W.

Va.) High School and Slippery Rock before coming to Pitt five years ago. "I never thought it would happen this soon. But with the way women's athletics are changing Surely problems will develop as the program gets rolling, but money will not be one of them, according to Myslinski. ''The money is coming strictly from contributions," he said. "We still have some money from past women's programs.

This will not hurt any of thfr present programs; we'll just be adding more money. But we may have to adjust some of the programs later." Myslinski is unable to attach a definite figure to a budget yet. Equipment must be purchased, travel arrangements must be finalized and, most important, the recruiting must be completed. "Right now we have approximately 15 girls," said Miss Bullman. We're trying to find girls who can play, say, basketball and volleyball, so we can give them a certain amount for each sport.

We'll probably only give partial scholarships, but that depends on the individual." is searching for recruits in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and New Jersey, and she's even got her Bullman serving as "assistant director of athletics for the women's intercollegiate program." The program has been expanded to include five sports basketball, tennis, volleyball, swimming and gymnastics with track to be added in 1975. Eight coaches have been hired on a part-time basis, not including Miss Bull-man, who will double as basketball coach. Scholarships are being given out and active recruiting is taking place. What all this means is that Pitt can now boast of one of Basically what's happened Ii SANDY BULLMAN.