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Aw, Ump, Give a Guy a Chance 1. Fjgtg Fly at Fenway From Associated Press mtaajaww pi Snap, Crackle and a Pop I ''V -v. CdllC CLlUnCl 'I -Section 1), Page One irk Miller of ho Host on Hod Sox looks up slunnrd at umpire Jim Evans in disbelief after being called out at third base during the second inning of Wednesday's game with the New York Yankees at Fenway Park. Miller was tagged out by Yankees third sacker Graig Nettles, but there was violent disagreement from Bosox coach Eddie Popowski. The Bosockers trimmed the Bombers, 3-2.

(UPI Tclephoto) 1 UJlf Thursday, August 2, 1973 -i: i Shirley Povich Comments Rozelle Resigned to Blackout Lift 7 rS Snap Shop Ford Finds Better Idea HOUSTON (AP) The Houston Oilers acquired James Ford, 210-pound running back, from the New Orleans Saints Wednesday in exchange for sixth and 10th round selections in the 1974 National Football League draft. The acquisition is subject to passage of a physical examination by Ford who underwent surgery after receiving a knee injury in the ninth game of his 1971 rookie season. At the time of the injury, the former Texas Southern player was the leading rusher for the Saints with 379 yards. He rejoined the team in the ninth game of the 1972 season but primarily worked with special teams. CLEVELAND (AP) The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League put veteran defensive end Rich Jackson, 32, and rookie running hack George Greenfield, 22, on aivers Wednesday.

AW irviH Tex as East Pet. GB 62 42 .596 56 51 .523 IVz 50 56 .472 14 44 59 .427 West 59 47 .557 53 .55 .491 7 51 54 .486 48 60 .444 12 Memphis Arkansas SPORT' Alexandria San Antonio Amarillo El Paso Midland Wednesday's Games SHREVEPORT 4, Amarillo 3, 10 innings Midland 6, Arkansas 4 Memphis 1, San Antonio 0, 1st Alexandria at El Paso, 2 Today's Games Amarillo at SHREVEPORT (SPAR Stadium, 7:30 p.m.) San Antonio at Memphis, 2 Alexandria at El Paso, 2 Arkansas at Midland A4K be certain to follow if the rluh owners could show no substantial ill effects from the one-year experiment? And Rozelle, who is very bright, would understand the mnnd of the viewing public which, after one year of exposure to free TV, would be certain to regard it as an inalienable right. It is the NFL's rotten luck that the Congress of the United States meets in Washington, a city peculiarly sensitive to the caste system involving home-game tickets. The have-nots, who lacked both the foresight and the resources to invest in Redskin season tickets many years ago, now find the home games off-limits at any price and untouchable by congressmen as well. The NFL is playing for higher stakes than the mere preservation of its no -home game TV policy.

The club owners are now envisioning the day when pay TV comes to pass. But FCC regulations now say no pay television is permitted within two years after a show has been on free television. Thus do club owners fear an extension of the Pastore bill. Under test, after the Pastore bill is passed by the whole Congress, will be Pozelle's contention that the NFL will be badly wounded by it, and that the bill is asking the c'ub owners to take unbearable losses. Give the people a taste of free television and attendance at the games will drop, especially in poor weather, Rozelle has contended.

Too many ticket buyers would be content to take in the game on TV. Rozelle can win his case if NFL attendance drops this season, providing him with a stern I told you so to Congress. This puts the NFL's commissioner in the anomalous position of hoping there will be thousands more stay-aways this season, that empty seats will multiply in the stadiums, that profits will dwindle and that concessionaires will scream at the drop in sales of the fiO-cent hot dog. If all goes well for the NFL rip.spite the free televising of home games, and the big parks are 96 per cent filled as usual, it -would be a terrible blow to Rozelle and his club owners. How then to come up with an effective defense against the extension by Congress of Pastore law which would L.A.

Times-Washington Post News Service WASHINGTON Pete Rozelle, the National Football League commissioner, has recognized privately that John 0. Pastore, the senator from Rhode Island, is not only in scoring territory with S. 1841 but is unstoppable. This is the Pastore bill, already endorsed by the full Senate Commerce Committee, that will liberate from television blackouts all this season's home games that are sold out 48 hours in advance of kickoff. It is a strategic retreat that Rozelle is now making.

He has called off his troops in Washington lawyers, lobbyists and friends in Congress. The commissioner has decided to live with the Pastore bill, which calls for a one-year experiment with no blackouts and thus is only a one-year sentence. Rozelle is resigned to losing a battle, but he has no intention of losing the war against congressional meddlers in the NFL good thing. (APTelfohoto) Bosox Catcher Carlton Fisk a la MuhammadAli Yank Thiirrnan Muruson hits hark in 9th roiuid at Fenway. A free for all and an often criticized trade lifted the Boston Red Sox to a 3 2 victory over New York Wednesday, knocking the Yankees out of first place in the American League East.

"Both guys did what they were supposed to do," New York manager Ralph Houk said, describing the play which touched off a melee in top of the ninth inning. "One tried to block the plate and hold the ball for the out, while the other barrelled in and tried to knock the ball loose," Houk said. "It was very simple. Part of the game." New York catcher Thurman Munson bowled over Boston receiver Carlton Fisk when Gene Michael missed a low inside pitch while trying to hunt on the suicide squeeze. Munson came up swinging, hitting Fisk with a long right-hand punch, and the brawl was on.

When order was restored, both catchers were ejected and Bob Montgomery replaced Fisk. With two out in the Boston ninth, Montgomery singled, took second on a walk to Rick Miller, and scored as Mario Guerrero singled through the middle. Guerrero, a throw -in on the deal in which the Red Sox sent relief pitcher Sparky Lyle to the Yankees in March, 1972, was making one of his infrequent appearances, giving veteran shortstop Luis Aparicio a rest. His hit continued the Boston hex On Lyle, who is 0-5 against his former teammates, i ORIOLES LEAPFROG Baltimore, meanwhile, took over first place in the American League East but Orioles' Manager Earl Weaver wasn't too excited about it: "I don't care what position 'we're in now," Weaver said. "As long as we're in first place after the last game of.

the season." The Orioles beat the Indians 4-2. The 'victory, combined with the Yankees' loss to the Red Sox, put the Birds on top. Boog Powell's ninth homer of the baseball season, a shot over the centerfield gave the Orioles the edge they needed for the victory. Powell unloaded in the sixth off Dick Bosman, who suffered his 12th defeat of the season. At Chicago, Hal Mc.Rae slammed a two-run triple and a solo homer and Steve Busby out-pitched 20-game winner Wilbur Wood as the Kansas City Royals defeated the White Sox 4-2.

Busby with ninth inning relief aid from Joe Hoer-ner yielded only five hits and struck out eight in raising his record to 9-10. The loss dropped Wood's mark to 20 15. It was Kansas City's fourth consecutive victory and 11th in 14 outings. And at Milawukee, Gates Brown delivered the winning run with a bases-loaded single in the ninth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers over the Brewers 2-1 for their eighth straight victory. There were two night games played on the West Coast with Minnesota at Oakland and the Texas Rangers going against the California Angels at Anaheim.

the season and second in two nights. Reliever Gary Cavallo picked up his first win of the year for the Caps by throwing 5 2-3 scoreless innings. Cavallo struck out the side in the seventh and was in command until running into trouble in the 10th when the Giants put a pair of runners on on a walk and single. Glenn Adams, with runners at first and second, lashed a single to left but Rodriguez was on the spot to gun pinch-runner Will Prall down at the plate. CAPTAINS LOG Pitchers for tonight's third game will be lefthander Will Prall (8-9) for Amarillo and the Caps' Tom Hausman (9-6).

Hausman has tossed shutouts in his last two starts, but in the last one required relief help from John Conzatti Third baseman Bob Frazier and outfielder Jerry Bond quit the Amarillo team Monday, leaving the Giants with only 14 players for the current series Newest Captain is catcher Jose Salado a 5-10, 163 pounder from San Pedro, Dominican Republic. Mets Sweep by Bucs the Atlanta Braves to a 14-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Johnson hit his 2fith homer of the year in the second inning, a solo shot, F.vans connected for a bases empty shot in the sixth, his 31st, and Johnson hit another solo homer in the eighth, when the Braves scored six runs. At Houston, the Astros' James Rodney Richard also from Ruston fired a five-hitter for his first major league shutout, a 5 0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jimmy Wynn's two-run double triggered a four-run spree by the Astros in the sixth inning.

From Associated Press Tom Seaver fired a four-hitter in the opener and John Milner belted two home runs in the second game to lead the New York Mets to a 3 0, 5-2 sweep of their twi-night doubleheader with the Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday in a featured showdown in the National League. Seaver, 13-5, struck out 11 batters in the opener, raising his season total to ISfi, tops in the National Nolan Ryan of California leads the majors with 239. National East 53 55 51 50 48 52 53 55 57 57 Pet. .547 .514 .490 .476 .467 .447 GB St. Louis Chicago Pittsburgh Montreal Philadelphia New York 3'i 6 7V2 50 46 8Vi 10V2 West 66 41 Los Angeles 66 41 .617 Cincinnati 63 45 .583 3'i San Francisco60 46 .566 Houston 56 53 .514 11 Atlanta 49 62 .441 19 San Diego 35 70 .333 30 Wednesday Results New York 3, Pittsburgh 0, 1st New York 5, Pittsburgh 2, 2nd St.

Louis 9, Montreal 3, 1st St. Louis 2, Montreal 0, 2nd Philadelphia 2, Chicago 0 Atlanta 14, Cincinnati 6 Houston 5, Los Angeles 0 Today's Games Chicago (Bonham 4-1) at Philadelphia (Ruthven 4-9), 6:35 p.m. Pittsburgh (Rooker 4-3) at New York (Sadecki 1-1), 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Hall 6-4) at Atlanta (HArrison 6-3), 7:05 p.m. Los Angeles (Sutton 12-7) at Houston (Reuss 11-8), 7:30 p.m.

American. Rhodes Football Coach At Huntington School Captains Hammer Giants Down, 4-3 the second run with a sacrifice fly. Ruston's George Stone, 7-3, earned the victory, wifh last-out relief help from rookie Harry Parker. At Philadelphia, a single by Craig Robinson and a throwing error sent home two runs in the seventh inning, breaking up a scoreless game and giving the Phillies and Wayne Twitchell a 2-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs. In Atlanta, Dave Johnson hit two home runs and Parrell Evans blasted another, pacing His 1966 Walnut HIil baseball team won a district championship in the old LIALO and the 1967 team tied for the title, losing a playoff to eventual state champion Bethune.

At Sout wood, his combined three-year record in baseball was 29 27. Rhodes is a product of Min-dpn's Webster High School where he lettered in four sports. He also played football at Southern University as a quarterback and halfback before an injury ended his carier after two seasons. He's married to the former Shirley Simon -of Breaux Bridge and they are the parents of two girls, Rhoshun-da, who turned 9 Monday, and Tonya, 6. Shrvrnnrt ABRNM 6 0 3 1 i 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 lb twiTin.2b Thorn, rf a tm 5 110 3 0 10 5 110 2 0 10 4 w.lb I Vrvlh rl Lfrr-f' v.

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In the second game, New York scored a pair of runs off Nelson Briles, 10-10, in the fourth inning. Staub singled, Milner walked, Ken Boswell drove in one run with a single and Ron Hodges brought in the practice field at Hamilton Terrace Junior High when drills open. Rhodes requests that all prospective Huntington athletes, and their narents if they prefer, meet a' HT Monday at 6 p.m. Rhodes began his coaching career at DeSoto High (Mansfield; where he was an assistant football and head baseball coach for three years and coached Vida Rlue during his underclassman years. He coached at Walnut Hill for five years, the last three as head football coach and his teams had a combined 16-10-2 record.

Robert "Tnny" Rhodes Huntington chief i East Prt. GB Baltimore 56 45 .554 New York 60 49 .550 Detroit 57 48 .543 1 Boston 55 49 .529 2'2 Milwaukee 50 54 .481 7' 2 Cleveland 38 69 .355 21 West Kansas City 61 48 .560 Oakland 59 47 .557 Minnesota 53 50 .515 5 Chicago 52 54 .491 7'2 California 49 54 .476 9 Texas 40 63 .388 18 Wednesday Results USL Gets New Coach in Todd LAFAYETTE (AP) Rolland Todd, 39, former head coach of the National Rasketball Association's Portland Trailblazers, Wednesday was named head basketball coach at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Dr. Ray Authement, school president, announced that Todd would replace Head Coach Beryl Shipley, who resigned May 15. Authement said he would recommend to the State Board of Education at its Aug.

16 meeting that Todd be approved for the post. Todd, a native of California, was the leading scorer for Fresno State College in 1953-54. He joined the San Francisco Saints in the American Basket ball League in 1962. Todd Was named head coach of the Trailblazers in 1971 after serving as head coach of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. In 1972, he quit the team to go into private business.

Shipley resigned, saying there was a lack of communication between himself and the university administration. His assistant, Tom Cox, resigned last week, citing "personal reasons." USL had a 26-6 record last, year under Shipley, advancing into (he NCAA regional playoffs, where it was eliminated in the By NICO VAN THYN Times Sports Writer Robert "Tony" Rhodes will be tackling a short order assignment at the new Huntington High School in Shreveport this fall. "We "don't have much time to work with and we really don't know about the athletes we'll have," said Rhodes, who was named the school's first head football coach at Wednesday's meeting of the Caddo Parish School Board. Huntington will be playing in District 1-AAAA this fall and is due to start practice Aug. 12, giving less than two weeks to organize the components for a football team.

One of the most important tasks will be to organize his staff of assistant coaches. For the past three years, Rhodes, 32, has heen an assistant coach at Southwood High. He previously was head coach at Walnut Hill High until it was phased out in 1970. "It's very much like when Southwood opened," he said, "we're starting from scratch." Huntington, with no team nickname or colors yet chosen and its practice facilities not ready, will use By CH ARLIE JONES Times Sports Writer Shreveport's Captains parlayed a pair of dramatic late inning home runs, a two-run shot by Dan Thomas in the ninth to tie and a two-out blast in the 10th by Alex Rodriguez, for a 4 3 victory over Amarillo Wednesday night at SPAR Stadium. Rodriguez, returning to the lineup for the first time since July 17, was a double hero for the Caps.

Alex also chopped down the Giant's potential go-ahead run in the top of the 10th with a perfect, peg from left field to catcher Jose Salado Both home runs came off right hander Terrv Hansen, who was within one out of a one hit shutout. But the Captains wouldn't quit in the ninth With two outs in the ninth T-Bone Stedman bounced the Caps' second hit into left firld and scored as third baseman Tommy Smith threw wildly to first following Gary Martz's infield single. That set the stage for Thomas' blow, his seventh of Baltimore 4, Cleveland 2 Boston 3, New York 2 Detroit 2, Milwaukee 1 Kansas City 4, Chicago 2 Today's Games Detroit (Strahler 4-3) at Milwaukee (Bell 8-R), Baltimore (Hood 21) at Cleveland Terry 9 151, 5 m. New York (Meriich 7-6) at Boston (Moiet 3 0). 6:30 p.m.

Minnesota (Decker 5 5) at Oakland (Knowles 0-3), 8 p.m. Texas (Dunning 0 6) at California (Ryan 11-13), pm. Kansas City (Wright 6 5) at Chicago Bahnsen 11-10), 8 m..