The Courier News du lieu suivant : Blytheville, Arkansas • Page 13

In Sports CUFF STUKIMVANT. head football coach al lake County, High School, near Dyersburg, announced that he desired to fill an open date Sept. 7 with cither a Claw A or AA opponent. DORAN of Ulytheville became the first Mississippi County bowler ever lo receive the President's Award in Bowling, after bowling over ijo complete games in three months. DAKREIJ, ROYAL, the Texas coach, who finished 8th in (he American Football Coaches Association golf lournamenl at Hot Springs, showed up with country-western singer Willie Nelson, who entertained to a packed house of coaches and sportswriters at Royal's Hot Springs quarters both nights of the tournament.

A WHITE, a team male of former Cason Mark Littell al Omaha before Littell was called up lo Kansas City Sunday, was himself added lo (he Royals' roster yesterday after regular shortstop Fred Patek was placed on the 15-day disabled list. BOB BASS, coach of the Memphis Tains, who were recently sold lo a Providence, R. group, refused to allow a i a photographer inside the club's offices at the Mid-South Coliseum, saying, "We're tired of being made a joke of." A A A president of Florida State University, saying he was "in no way indicating any suspicion of wrongdoing," nevertheless asked ihe NCAA to assign "Ihe highest priority" to in- vesfigating allegations that h'SU football coach Larry Jones violated collegiate rules by forcing players (o participate in "illegal" practices. MIKE KEKICII, one of two New York Yankees pitchers involved in a controversial "wife swap" prior to the start of (he season, was traded (o the Cleveland Indians in exchange for minor league pitcher Lowell Palmer and a player to be named. DAVE ROBINSON, 32, Ihe four-time all-pro linebacker, decided against retiring after persuaded by Washington Redskins coach George Allen, signing a three-year contract with the Redskins.

K. C. JONES, announced at San Diego he was quiting, after serving one year as the head coach of the San Diego Conquistadors of the ABA. ELEVEN HORSES, including Prince Dunner, Hustlin' Luke and Rhewarz Rode, were killed when a three-alarm fire destroyed four stables at Cincinnati's River Downs Race Track. SWEDE SAVAGE, the race driver injured in the Indianapolis 500, remained in critical condition at an Indianapolis hospital today, but managed to shake a cold that bothered him over the weekend, doctors said.

A Wolfing Game Ends Littell vs. Baltimore Tonight By RON RUSSELL Courier News Staff Writer Shortly after he got word he had been called up from Omaha lo the Kansas City Royals earlier this week, Mark Littell said he didn't have any idea when he would pitch his first major league game. Tonight he will. Littell, the kid they've come lo call 'Country' since he replaced his Blytheville Cason But, of course, the higher you uniform for a minor league one go, well in the majors, you've three years ago, lias made it. It got better defenses." was, of course, in almost record Liltell has been in a whirlwind time.

of sorls all week since finding exclaimed Mark out in Indianapolis Sunday that by phone. "No I don't expect (o he really nervous. Not if I pitch my regular game." "I'm looking at it this way, I don't expect lo be any different pitcher lhan I was last week. he would be called up. Ironically, Mark lost his last game a 3-2 decision to Indianapolis Saturday night -but (here was nothing wrong with his pitching.

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BUELL LITTEJ.L WILL FACE THEM TONIGHT--Veteran Doyle Alexander (left), who is 5-2, will be the Oriole pitcher tonight opposite former Cason Mark Littell of Kansas City, scheduled to make his first big league start after being called up from Omaha Sunday. Boog Powell and Tommy Davis, the battle-scarred all-stars, are but a sampling of the bat strength he will face. live-hitler, striking out nine, i "It's just one of those you don't worry about things like that," he said. His minor league record at Omaha was 9-2. He had a 2.40 earned run average, the best among starting pitchers in the American Association.

Littell had first indicated Sunday that he half-way expected to pilch lonight, allhough not knowing for sure. "Thursday would be my regular rotation," he said Sunday. "That would put me against the Orioles." Had he not pitched unlil tomorrow night, lie would have wound up going against the Cleveland Indians. How is his confidence? "I think I'm ready I've been ready, mentally, for a good while it'll be a challenge but its what I've been working for, I think I can handle it now that its here." Underlying the confidence that Ihe Kansas City powers- that-be have in Liltell is the fact the Royals are in the midst of a pennant chase. Prior to tonight's games, they are 3', games back of the Chicago White Sox in the American League's West division, and a game in back of Minnesota.

What with both of the teams in Casons To Play Here Against Paragould The Blythevllle Casons will play at Ughl Brigade Field Yes, In Baseball Too USC Wins NCAA Crown By DAN EVEN Associated Press Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Base- NEWS I PAGE FOURTEEN 5 ball dynasties aren't dead, just ask Arizona Stale. The top-rated collegiate team suffered a 4-3 loss Wednesday night to Southern California and for the fourth straight year the Trojans carted home the national collegiate baseball crown. "We were young and scrappy, but we said we could play with anybody." said USC Coach Rod Dedeaux. "And that's the way wo won it.

We scrapped." Southern California, 51-11, didn't wow anyone with hitting, but won the College World Series in ils typical methodical manner -with good defense and by taking advantage of the breaks. "Throughout the game, whenever it seemed we might be able to score a few runs, or break out, they came up with the super defensive play," said Arizona Coach Jim Brock. "They had at least five super defensive plays," he continued. "Their defensive play throughout the game proved to be the difference." And an end of Southern California dominance isn't in sight. USC became the seventh team in the 27-year history of the eight-team classic to capture the crown without a loss.

The others: California (1947 and 1957), Texas (1949), Oklahoma (1951) and Southern California (1961 and 1968). front of them in store for some rugged weekend competition, Minnesota at Detroit and Chicago with the surging Milwaukee Brewers, the Royals could just possibly make a bid (or the division lead with a four game series in Cleveland, starting Friday. Littell is not thinking of that, though. "I'm going to concentrate on first things first," says Mark of the Baltimore assignment. Does he expect to take the "Country" nickname with him to Ihe majors? "Well, I'm in the majors now, and I've slili got it," he says.

"No really, I don't feellike ils a gimmick. The sportswriters, some of them have leaned on it for play, but it has a ring of Irulh Most of these guys, where they came from, Gideon, Mo. and Blytheville, is country to them. They've never been there and don't know what ils like." "Anyway, I don't mind abouti the nickname, as long as 1 do my job tonight. And so, the 20-year-old righthander who was smokin' em al Light Brigade Field scarcely more than three years ago, will be on the mound in Baltimore's Memorial stadium tonight, beginning at 7:30 EOT.

People in Blytheville and Gideon will be wishing him well. Standings Texas League By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS East Division Won Lost Pet. GB Arkansas 31 24 Memphis 32 25 .561 Shreveporl 25 29 .463 25 32 .439 7 West Division El Paso 33 23 .589 -San Antonio 30 29 .588 4'A Midland 28 33 .459 IV, Amarillo 25 34 .424 9V- Wednesday's Results Amarillo 3, Alexandria 2 Arkansas 2, San Antonio 1 Memphis 6, Midland 2 El Paso at Shreveport stadium was the main reason. It will be Steve Wcisscnborn ll-l) for Hie Casoiis on the mound tonight in Paragould has played palsy lo thcCasons Iwiee 'before Ricky Courtney and Sieve Bennetl grabbed a pair complete-game wins for their mound work in the Cason sweep at Light Brigade Field two weeks ago, 8-5 an 1 -1. The Casons, who were given yesterday and the day before off from practice due to the four-day stretch of scheduled games-including three doublehcadci-s-begmmng tonight, are 10-7.

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