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Buly More Comments On Slew, Page D2 ATM Drat Re-cap, Page Dll ecord Morris County, N.J. Undefeated Slew Wears Triple Crown After Belmont Win WWW I Sunday, Juris 12, 197701 SPQRTb Phono 386 9220 Seattle Slew's jockey Jean Cruguet stands lVfS ll up In the saddle (our strides before the finish -VCM Ets I in jubilation of the horse's Triple Crown feat CtOP In this silhouetted photo. ArT rH I sf Breaking smoothly and alertly for the first time in the three bejeweled races, Slew zipped to the lead by 1 lengths in the first quarter. "But I didn't expect the outside horse (Spirit LevelJ to run with him so we go faster than I really wanted him to that early," Cruguet noted. But after that first quarter in 24.3, the pace slowed noticeably despite Slew's margin being reduced in the next quarter to a half-length the closest any of his foes were to come to him.

Through six furlongs in 1: 14 and the mile in 1:38.4, Slew again had widened his lead to lengths, but this time with Run Dusty Run taking over the prompting role. On the last turn, Sanhedrin replaced Dusty as he tried to make a run at Slew under Jorge Velasquez's urging. "But then I open him up, and he goes Cruguet said. Suddenly, and with only a quarter-mile left, Slew was five lengths in front, and the wall of noise was build- By DON ZAMARELLI NEW YORK Seattle Slew kept destiny waiting, but it was well worth the wait. Oh, was it.

Delayed getting to the paddock because of an overflow of parked cars in the stable area, Slewfoot quickly regained the good graces of 70,229 fans Belmont Park's second largest throng ever by literally romping to the Triple Crown yesterday, winning the Belmont Stakes by four widening lengths to become the classic series' initial unbeaten hero. Naturally, most of the crowd expected nothing else from the now 9-0 Slew, sending him off at 2-5 ($2.80) in this storied 109th Belmont. And as widely expected, Slew's crowning over Vi miles of New York Racing Association real estate came easier than either the Kentucky Derby or the Preakness, the other races in thoroughbred racing's most coveted series for 3-year-olds. The dark bay son of Bold Reasoning won this Belmont in his usual style leading his seven foes throughout, this time on a muddy Seattle Slew's Final Jewel Fin Jockoy 1- 4 Cruguot 2- 2 Hawlay 3- 2'. VMaaquM Horn SMttl SMw Hun Outty Run Sandhodrln V.

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Slew again started to increase his edge in the final yards despite Cru-guet's original standing ovation "a French salute," as he termed it. He had reason. the 10th Triple Crown winner. The Frenchman expressed that just before the Belmont's finish, standing in the stirrups and waving his whip toward glory. "But I make sure first that nobody is going to catch him," Cruguet explained in reference to his crowd-pleasing gesture.

"And he has plenty left, too." More than enough to easily withstand Run Dusty Run (second) and Sanhedrin, who was two lengths farther back. "But I know we have trouble with nobody if I get him to relax," Cruguet said. "That's the whole story. He relaxes and we win easy very easy." Not as easily, perhaps, as some of the other Triple Crown heroes such as Secretariat, who coasted to a 31-length victory for his Triple Crown just four years ago. Nevertheless, Slew's task was, as Cruguet so aptly put it before the race, "a piece of cake," because of the strapping colt's ability to control the pace.

Slew represented the only speed with the early scratching of outsider Leading Scorer, and Slew simply followed the oft-used pattern of his front-running kind "daring his rivals to keep up with him" in the words of his trainer, Billy Turner. By MARK BLAUDSCHUN NEW YORK The white, pinstriped Datsun chugged smoothly around the outfield warning track and glided to a gentle stop in front of the Yankee dugout. Inside, the passenger sat calmly, preparing himself for another work day. For Albert Sparky Lyle, the mid-afternoon sunshine, the 23,681 people who paid to watch the Yankees 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins yesterday, and the site of manager Billy Martin standing on the pitcher's mound, were all stage props in the drama he has created 25 times this season. Sixty-eight games into a campaign which has already had its share of Purple Hearts awarded for injuries to both body and ego, the Yankees are in first place in the American League East.

And perhaps no one has contributed more to that than Lyle. Consider the following. In recording his league-leading 13th save for starter Catfish Hunter, Lyle now has a save in each of his last five appearances and has seven in his last nine games. He has also preserved victories in five of the last eight Yankee wins. And he has allowed only three earned runs in his last 30 innings of pitching and leads dolph and Reggie Jackson set up two runs in the third.

Randolph, who Martin claims is the best second baseman in the league, came back in the next inning and ripped a Goltz pitch into the left field bleachers for his third home run of the year and a 4-3 Yankee lead. The only tense moments came in the ninth when Lyle hit Rod Carew probably a wise move since Carew had already lined three singles In four at-bats. After getting Lyman Bostock to fly out to left, Lyle had a conference with Martin before pitching to clean up batter Butch Wynegar, another three-hit performer. The decision was Mar-tin's and he chose to let Lyle pitch to the switch-hitting Wynegar. "Billy just told me to either walk him or make sure he didn't get anything too good to look at.

I saw Dickj Tidrow warming up so I knew If I walked him, I'd be out of the game with another right-handed hitter Bobby Randall coming up. I just cranked and let it go." That he did. And when Wynegar grounded weakly to Graig Nettles at third, the American League's best relief pitcher had another save and the Yankees had another win. the American League with a 1.02 earned run average. Lyle came In with nobody out and one runner on in the sixth against the Twins a little bit earlier than usual for him.

It hardly mattered as the Twins could only touch him for three hits and one run as the Yankees had their second straight win over the AL West leaders and fourth In a row overall. "Sparky hadn't pitched that much in the past few days and the Twins had an overbalance of lefty batters," explained Martin. "Plus, we were ahead. All of those things dictate just how and when I use Sparky." At first, it appeared only mop-up men like Ken Holtzman would be required. Hunter, struggling to regain a once elusive winning pattern, was hit hard by the Twins 10 hits and four runs in five innings which resulted in an early 3-0 Minnesota lead.

But the Yankees' sign appears to be In proper alignment with all phases of the moon these days and it was really only a matter of time before they solved whatever mysteries Twins' starter Dave Goltz singles by Willie Ran Send it in! rejoices after dismounting Stiff Armed 'Amore, Lenape Lose In State Final to score on the play. But a perfect throw from first baseman Chris Kelly to catcher Bill Noonan nipped Larsen to end the inning. Hopewell Valley scored its third run in the home half of the inning when Easton drew a walk, stole second and scored on Noonan's single to right. The Patriots staged their last threat with one out in the top of the sixth when Walker drew a pass and raced to third on Bob Sanders single to left center. Sanders took second on the play, putting the tying run in scoring position.

The Patriots then attempted to squeeze both runs home, but Lipinski couldn't get his bat on one of Wood's sharp breaking curves and Walker was nailed at the plate. Wood then fanned Lipinski to end the rally. Lonap Valley 0OOO1OO 1 2 3 Hopawall Vallay 001110 3 2 Wood (8-2). O'Amoro (14-1). By KURT ERICSSON WEST WINDSOR Fans who had seen Lou D'A-more pitch might have been surprised yesterday when the senior right-hander took the mound in the Group II state championship game against Hopewell Valley.

The big fastball that popped Into the catcher's glove and the sharp-breaking curve that had carried D'Amore to 14 straight victories were missing. D'Amore's powerful arm that had carried the Patriots to the Sussex County and Section 2 titles was stiff and the Lenape Valley ace was pitching more on guts and savvy than physical ability. It might not have mattered as Hopewell Valley took home the Group II title by beating Lenape Valley, 3-1, on a two-hit, 12-strikeout performance by Bruce Wood. But nevertheless, D'Amore was not his usual self as he surrendered five hits, walked four and struck out four. The last figure is the key.

D'Amore had been averaging 14 strikeouts per seven-inning game, but yesterday he simply couldn't blow his fastball by the hitters or break off his curve. "It's just a shame Lou's arm was bothering him," said Patriot coach Bob Quinn after the tough loss. "He was tight and he just couldn't get loose. Anyone who has seen him throw knows that he wasn't at his best today." Hopewell Valley (20-6) drew first blood in the home half of the third without a hit. Dick Trisman was hit by a pitch leading off and Carl Braun promptly sacrificed him to second.

He took third on Dave Easton's bouncer to second and scored when J.D. Henderson's slow grounder to short was mis-played. The winners added another in the fourth when Bill Lawton drilled a leadoff single to right, sprinted to third on a wild pickoff attempt and scored when Wood laid down a perfect squeeze bunt that eluded both D'Amore and third baseman Jim Walker for a single. Lenape Valley (24-2) scored its lone run in the top of the fifth. Steve Lipinski led off and was hit by a pitch and, after Mike Togno lined out to left, Mark Larson dropped a Texas-league single into center.

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