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Page 10 Commonwealth, Greenwood, Thursday, April 19, 1984 baseball Angels Jackson gets quick start NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION Pet. GB New York 7 4 .634 Philadelphia 7 4 .434 St. Louis 7 5 .583 "7 Chicago 4 5 .545 1 Montreal 4 4 .500 I'j Pittsburgh 4 8 .333 WEST DIVISION San Diego 10 2 .833 Los Angeles 7 4 .538 3V Houston 5 8 .385 5'j San Fran. 4 7 .344 5v Cincinnati 4 8 .333 4 Atlanta 4 8 .333 4 i in i-- Pi. i iiii-i i ii.

mi i. i i WPx-, A -V limS. 4 Wednesday's Scores Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 3 Atlanta 5, Cincinnati 4, 10 innings New York 5. Montreal 4 St. Louis 5 Chicago 0 6 San Diego at San Francisco, ppd.

rain Houston 3, Los Angeles 0 Thursday's Schedule Philadelphia (Carlton 10) at Pittsburgh (Rhoden 1 11 Montreal (Gullickson 0 2) at New York (Goodenl 1) St. Louis (Cox 2 0) at Chicago (Trout 1- 1) San Diego (Show 2 0) at Los Angeles (Penal 1), (n) Cincinnati (Berenyi 0 2) at San Francisco (Krukow 12), (n) AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION Howard Bern PILLOW'S DEXTER WALCOTT CLEARS BAR IN THE HIGH JUMP He placed third in the event, helping the Mustangs win a five-team meet at Indianola Pillow track squad captures title in five-school meet at Indianola By The Associated Press REGGIE JACKSON is back in a familiar role, only now it's "Mr. April" instead of "Mr. October." Once known as "Mr. October" because of his record-making World Series exploits with the New York Yankees, Jackson is hitting the ball with old-time ferocity these days.

Wednesday night, the rejuvenated California slugger hit a two-run homer and figured in a couple of other rallies to help the Angels beat the Minnesota Twins 9-2. Jackson now paces the American League with 15 runs battled in and his four homers ties Dave Kingman league lead. Last year, Jackson hit only 14 home runs with 49 RBI and was thought to be near the end of his baseball career. Jackson knocked in a run for the Angels with a groundout in a four-run first inning before hitting his homer in the third. In other major league action: BRAVES 5, REDS 4 Outfielder Dale Murphy bowled into Cincinnati catcher Dann Bilardello, knocking the ball loose to score Atlanta's winning run in the 10th inning.

Murphy was on second base with two out when Jerry Royster grounded a soft single to left field that set up the home-plate collision. The throw from left fielder Duane Walker arrived at home the same time Murphy did. The collision knocked it loose from Bilardello's glove, sending the Braves to only their fourth victory in 12 games. Claudell Washington slammed two homers to drive in four runs in the first two innings for Atlanta. ASTROS 3, DODGERS 0 Houston's Bob Knepper scattered four hits with his second straight complete game and Ray Knight powered a two-run double in the sixth inning to lead the Astros past Los Angeles.

Jose Cruz drove in the Astro's first run with a sacrifice fly in the first inning off loser Bob Welch, 1-2. PIRATES 6, PHILLIES 3 Tony Pena slammed a two-run homer and Bill Madlock drove in two runs with a pair of Pet. GB Detroit 9 0 1.000 Toronto 8 4 .464 22 Cleveland 5 5 .500 i'l New York 5 4 .455 5 Milwaukee 4 7 .344 4 Boston 3 8 .273 7 Baltimore 2 9 .182 8 WEST DIVISION Oakland 9 5 .443 Seattle 8 5 .415 Va Minnesota 7 4 .538 California 7 8 .447 22 Kansas City 5 4 .455 2Vj Chicago 4 5 .444 2V2 Texas 5 7 .417 3 hits to power Pittsburgh over Philadelphia. The victory snapped a Pirates' six-game losing streak. METS 5, EXPOS 4 A two-out, bases-loaded double in the ninth inning by Wally Backman lifted New York to a 5-4 victory over Montreal and snapped a three-game Mets losing string.

CARDS 5-1, CUBS Bill Buckner and Jody Davis delivered key hits in a four-run sixth inning to lead Chicago to victory in the second game and give the Cubs a split of their doubleheader with St. Louis. Joaquin Andujar checked the Cubs on five hits and David Green drove in three runs with a single and a two-run homer for a 5-0 Cardinal victory in the opener. TIGERS 4, ROYALS 3 Alan Trammell scored the winning run from third when Kansas City second baseman Frank White bobbled Larry Herndon's two-out grounder in the 10th inning, lifting Detroit past the Royals. The Tigers' 9-0 start, the best in the club's 84-year history, is two shy of the AL record set in 1981 when the Oakland A's won 11 without a defeat.

The Atlanta Braves' 13-0 start in 1982 set the major league record. BLUE JAYS 7, ORIOLES 1 Dave Collins drove in three runs with a double and a two-run single and Dave Stieb and Dennis Lamp combined to check Baltimore on five hits, leading Toronto over the struggling Orioles. MARINERS 5, A'S 4 Rookie Al Davis two-out double, his third of the game, scored Jack Perconte from first base in the ninth to boost Seattle over Oakland. YANKEES 5, INDIANS 0 Phil Niekro and Jose Rijo combined on a five-hitter as New York blanked Cleveland in a game played in sub-freezing temperatures. Niekro, 3-0, yielded five hits while striking out six and walking two over the first six innings.

RANGERS 4, RED SOX 3 Ned Yost keyed a three-run fourth inning with a two-run single and Texas went on to beat Boston and hand the Red Sox their sixth loss in a row. in six events. Wilson Santucci logged three of Pillow's wins, remaining undefeated this season in the 400-meter low hurdles, 110-meter high hurdles and 400-meter dash. Reynolds Fortenberry won the 800-meter run and was a member of two winning relays the 1600- and 3200-meter teams. Fortenberry anchored the 1600-meter relay unit, which also included John McCaleb, Patrick Brown and Santucci.

Fortenberry ran the second leg of the 3200-meter relay, after Chris Dantone and ahead of Reese Pillow and Chuck Ferguson. The Mustangs' best individual showings came in the 800-meter run, 400-meter dash, 3200-meter run, 1600-meter run, triple jump and 100-meter dash. Pillow scored twice in each of those six events. Dantone was fourth behind Fortenberry in the 800-meter run, and Dennis Weaver placed fifth behind Santucci in the 400-meter dash. In the 3200-meter run, Ferguson was Nets gain first playoff win; Lakers, Suns nail victories INDIANOLA When the weather is good.

Coach Jim Link says his Pillow Academy boys track team seems to get better. "I think the warm weather made us a hit looser and more relaxed," said Link Wednesday after his Mustangs captured first place in a five-team meet at Indianola 's Legion Field. It was the second team championship of the year for Pillow, which has been hampered by cold and windy conditions in most of its other meets. Also helping the Mustangs was the absence of Greenville Washington School. After winning its opening meet of the season, Pillow had placed second to Washington in each of the Mustangs' three most recent outings.

Pillow scored 83 points Wednesday to slip past host Indianola Academy (75), Clarksdale Lee (59), Grenada Kirk (42) and Jackson Academy (27). In addition to winning six events, the Mustangs boosted their point total by placing two entrants among the top five GHS, Pillow Both the Greenwood High and Pillow Academy tennis teams won Wednesday to improve their already solid records. Greenwood High was a 3-2 winner over Amanda Elzy in a meet played at Whittington Park, and Pillow traveled to Clarksdale Lee and picked up a 6-3 triumph. Greenwood's victory raised its record to 9-1, the best tennis mark ever for the Bulldogs, who were 7-6 last year. GHS can add to its victory total today when it host Greenville.

The Bulldogs close their dual meet season next week with home dates Tuesday against Indianola Gentry and Thursday against Cleveland High. Pillow improved its record to 5-2-2 by winning for the fourth time in its five most recent meets. The Mustangs will Wednesday's Scores Toronto7, Baltimore 1 Seattle 5, Oakland 4 New York 5, Cleveland 0 Detroit 4, Kansas City 3, 10 innings Texas 4, Boston 3 California 9, Minnesota 2 Thursday's Schedule Kansas City (Saberhagen 0 0) at Detroit (Petry2-0) Baltimore (McGregor 1-2) at Toronto (ClancyO 1) Texas (Hough 1-1) at Boston (Boyd 0 1) Chicago (Dotson 11) at Milwaukee (CocanowerO 1) New York (Rawley 0 1) at Cleveland Only games scheduled softball CHURCH LEAGUE Wednesday's Scores No games scheduled Thursday's Schedule First Baptist vs. Immanuel, 7 p.m. North Greenwood vs.

Calvary, 8 p.m. Itta Bena II vs. Immaculate Heart, 9 p.m. Friday's Schedule Calvary vs. Immaculate Heart, 7 p.m.

Itta Bena I vs. First United Methodist, 8 p.m. Valley Hill vs. St. John's, 9 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS First Round (Best of Five) Tuesday Boston 91, Washington 83; New York 94, Detroit 93; Dallas 88, Seattle 86; Milwaukee 105, Atlanta 89; Utah 123, Denver 121 Wednesday New Jersey 114, Philadelphia 101; Los Angeles 116, Kansas City 105; Phoenix 113, Portland 106 Thursday Washington at Boston, New York at Detroit, Atlanta at Milwaukee, Seattle at Dallas, Denver at Utah Friday New Jersey at Philadelphia, Kansas City at Los Angeles, Phoenix at Portland Saturday Boston at Washington, Dallas at Seattle, Milwaukee at Atlanta tennis PILLOW 6, LEE 1 Wednesday at Clarksdale Girls singles Kathleen Sandifer (P) def. Linda Devault (L) Ygondine Sturdivant (P) def. Lee Ann Lunceford (L) Girls doubles Frances Flautt-Beth Roberson P) def. Stacy Wood-Christy Norman (L) 4 0, 4 Martha Scott Poindexter Margaret Steele (P) def. Ann Shackelford Missy Lanham (L) 4 2, 4-3.

Boys singles Bryant Hirsberg (L) def. Hollis Peel (P) 6 3, 4-4; Chet Abraham (L) def. Tim Tyler P) 4-2, 4-4. Boys doubles Fred Sandifer-Tommy Killebrew (P) def. Clint Davis Jim Macklin (L) 4 4, 4-0; Brown Bain-Rod Bain (L) def.

Robert Cole-Scott Crick IP) 75,4 1. Mixed doubles Mary Helen Sandifer-Vance Hayes (P) det. Blake Waggener-Timmie Graves ID 3. GREENWOODS, ELZY2 Wednesday at Whittington Park Singles GIRLS: Vivian Leflore (G) def. Barbara Turner (E) 4 1, 4-3.

BOYS: Marvin Szeto (G) def. Houston Odell (E) 6 1,6 2. Doubles GIRLS: Liz Johnson-Anita West iE) def. Tracy Clanton Rainna Bahadur (G) 7 5, 7 4 (7-5). BOYS: Bill Holt Marty Tyler (G) def.

Morris Swims-Jeremiah Brown (E) 2 4, 4-2, 4 1. MIXED: Willie Barnes Cynthia Rice (E) def. Dee Ann Smith-John Moore (G) 4 3, 4-2. Singles GIRLS: Sheila Keeton (G) def. Lillie Taylor (E) 4-1.

track tacET AT INDIANOLA Wednesday at Legion Field Boys Division TEAM SCORES 1. Pillow, 83; 2. Ind.anola 75; 3. Clarksdale Lee, 59; 4. Grenada Kirk, 42; 5.

Jackson 27. PILLOW SCORERS FIRSTS: Wilson Santucci, 400-meter dash (:50.89), Hornet 400- meter low hurdles (:57.74); Reynolds For-tenberry, 800 meter run 1400-meter relay (John McCaleb, Patrick Brown, Wilson Santucci, Reynolds Fortenberry) 3200-meter relay (Chris Dantone, Reynolds Fortenberry, Reese Pillow, Chuck Ferguson). SECONDS: Mark Blake, shot put and discus; Chuck Ferguson, 3200 meter run; 400-meter relay (Dennis Weaver, John McCaleb, Patrick Brown, Tom Dillard); 800 meter relay (Dennis Weaver, John McCaleb, Patrick Brown, Tom Dillard). THIRDS: Chuck Ferguson, 1400-meter run; Dexter Walcott, high jump; Dennis Weaver, pole vault; Mark Crick, long jump. FOURTHS: Patrick Brown, 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash; Chris Dantone, 3200-meter run and 800-meter run.

FIFTHS: Dexter Walcott, triple jump; Tom Dillard, 100-meter dash; Donnie Case, 1400-meter run; Dennis Weaver, 400-meter run. second and Dantone fourth. The 1600-meter run saw Ferguson grab third place and Donnie Case take fifth. Mark Crick was third and Dexter Walcott fifth in the triple jump, and in the 100-yard dash, the Mustangs received a fourth from Brown and a fifth from Tom Dillard. Aiding Pillow in the field events were Mark Blake with seconds in both the shot put and the discus, Walcott with a third in the high jump and Weaver with a third in the pole vault.

Brown provided the Mustangs with a fourth place in the 200-meter dash. Nailing second places in both the 400-and 800-meter relays was the Pillow quartet of Weaver, McCaleb, Brown and Dillard. The Mustangs will join five other teams Jackson Academy, Indianola Academy, Lee, Kirk and Washington in the General Relays, which will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at Washington School. Pillow won last year's rain-shortened General Relays.

win meets both responded with victories. Vivian Leflore was a 6-1, 6-3 winner over Barbara Turner at girls singles, while Marvin Szeto turned in a 6-1, 6-2 win over Elzy's Houston Odell. Greenwood's other victory came at boys doubles, where Bill Holt and Marty Tyler teamed for a 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 triumph over the Elzy tandem of Morris Swims and Jeremiah Brown. Amanda Elzy grabbed its wins in the girls doubles and mixed doubles matches. Anita West and Liz Johnson captured a 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) decision over Tracy Clanton and Rainna Bahadur in girls doubles, and Willie Barnes and Cynthia Rice combined for a 6-3, 6-2 verdict over Smith and Moore in mixed doubles.

Kent Hull became the first Greenwood native to join the new United States Football League when he signed with the New Jersey Generals in 1983. Since then, Hull has been the starting center in every Generals game, and is expected to be in the lineup this Sunday when the team plays at Pittsburgh. One of the most consistent players on the star-studded Generals' Hull roster, the 6-foot-4, 265-pound Hull has been voted team captain for 1984. An All-Big Eight selection in both basketball and football while attending Greenwood High School, Hull went on to play for four years in Coach Emory Bellard's wingbone offense at Mississippi State. His senior year was especially challenging because after playing 11 games for the Bulldogs in the fall, Hull participated in the Blue-Gray all-star game and then almost immediately began practicing with the Generals in preparation for an 18-game USFL season.

Hull played in all 30 of his teams' college and pro games in 1982-83. During Hull's senior year, he was joined on the MSU roster by younger brother Maury, who is a defensive end for the Bulldogs. Their father, Charles, was a standout basketball player at Mississippi State from 1958 to 1960. Charles Hull will stand in for Kent during the Pro-Celebrity Weekend. Greenwood's pro gridders will be honored Pro-Celebrity Football Weekend will salute five local players net teams play at home today, facing Jackson Academy at River Oaks Racquet Club.

Greenwood Coach Jim Mattox shuffled his lineup considerably in his team's meet with Elzy, allowing many of his more inexperienced players to see action. Among those playing were four freshmen Bill Holt, Marty Tyler, Dee Ann Smith and John Moore. The lineup changes kept several Greenwood regulars out of the lineup, but they didn't have the day off. Instead, singles players Michelle Magee and Casey Tyler, and doubles players Tony Holt and Allen Brooks, stayed busy keeping score. Two seniors who normally play doubles matches got an opportunity to start at singles Wednesday for the Bulldogs, and Glen Young sparkled in his rookie season with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League in 1983.

Drafted in the third round out of Mississippi State, the former Greenwood High standout contributed as both a kick returner and wide receiver. He returned 14 punts for 93 yards and a 6.6-yard average, and brought back 27 kickoffs for 565 Young yards and a 20.9 average. His longest returns were 23 yards on a punt and 52 yards on a kickoff. Young scored his first, and so far only, NFL touchdown on an electrifiying 71-yard pass play against the Dallas Cowboys in a game at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. For the season, Young had three receptions for 125 yards and an astounding 41.7-yard average.

During the exhibition season, he caught a 79-yard touchdown pass. The 23-year-old Young is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Young Sr. of Greenwood.

The Eagles list him at 6-f oot-2, 205 pounds and one team official remarked, "He played well he has a lot of potential." Young holds three Mississippi State records for kickoff returns most career returns (66), most career yards (1,538) and longest return (100 yards aginst Louisiana State. fYoung also played baseball while at MSU, and in the summer plays for the Greenwood Sluggers. i Richardson. Darryl Dawkins and Mike Gminski held Moses Malone, the Sixers' 6-foot-l flinch center, without a field goal in the second half. Malone scored 20 points, including 16 in the first half, and collected 11 rebounds.

Andrew Toney scored 24 points and Julius Erving 18 for the 76ers, who absorbed their worst playoff beating since being drubbed 129-108 by Los Angeles in 1982. In other action, Earvin "Magic" Johnson scored 26 points to lead a balanced Los Angeles attack as the Lakers beat Kansas City 116-105 in the opening game of their series. A pair of long-range jumpers by Walter Davis in the final two minutes propelled Phoneix past host Portland 1137106. Davis scored 10 of his 22 points in the final quarter, all from the outside. Although Jeff Stanciel played professionally for six seasons, he had only a brief stay in the National Football League.

The Atlanta Falcons drafted the running back in 10th round out of Mississippi Valley State University. He played primarily on special teams for the Falcons, although he did rush twice for four yards and returned one kickoff for 10. Stanciel After the Falcons released him prior to the 1970 season, Stanciel joined the Continental Football League, playing with the Indianaoplis Capitols in 1970 and 1974 and with the Columbus Bucks from 1971 through 1973. He won team most valuable player honors with both the Capitols and the Bucks. Stanciel is now the director of the Martin Luther King Jr.

Recreation Center in Atlanta. An Amanda Elzy High graduate, Stanciel majored in health and physical education at MVSU and was the school's most valuable gridder his senior year, when he rushed for 774 yards on 112 attempts (96.2 yards per game) and caught five passes for 112 yards. He had 11 touchdowns rushing and three on passes. As a junior, the 6-foot, 198-pound halfback rushed for 455 yards on 46 attempts. He also ran track at Valley State, specializing in the 440-yard dash.

Stanciel is the sen of Sarah S. Kecks of Greenwo PHILADELPHIA (AP) Buck Williams said he was out to save face. The 6-foot-8-inch New Jersey forward scored 25 points, grabbed 16 rebounds and blocked three shots Wednesday night as he led the Nets to a 116-101 humbling of the champion Philadelphia 76ers. The victory gave the Nets a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five, first-round National Basketball Association playoff series. Williams said he had been humiliated the past two seasons when the Nets were eliminated in mini-series without a victory.

"I didn't want to be embarrassed again," he said. "They are going to have to drag me off the floor on Friday," noted Williams, who played 46 minutes. The Nets also got 24 points from Otis Birdsong and 18 points, nine assists and six rebounds from Micheal Ray The future seems uncertain for Leroy Jones, the Amanda Elzy graduate who ranks third on the San Diego Chargers' all-time quarterback sack list. Jones is a free agent, and may be headed for retirement if no other NFL or USFL team pursues him. The big defensive end attended college at Norfolk State in Virginia after eraduatine from Elzy in 1970.

Jones The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League drafted him in 1974, and he spent two seasons in Canada before being acquired by the Los Angeles Rams in 1976. He never played for the Rams, being traded to San Diego for a second-round pick in the 1977 draft. Prior to last season, Jones had started in 89 of the Chargers' previous 98 games, and his 43H sacks trailed only Gary Johnson and Fred Dean on the team's all-time list. A free agent at the end of the 1982 season, Jones signed a one-year contract with the Chargers for 1983, but did not start a game and had no sacks. He appeared in 12 games last season, giving him 110 for his seven-year NFL career.

Jones has received numerous awards recognizing him as the team's lineman or player of the week. He is the son of Mrs. Josephine Sudduth and Mr. Roosevelt Jones of Greenwood and formerly was married to Katherine Jones of Greenwood. He currently lives in the San Diego a rea I Earnest Gray enjoyed a spectacular 1983 season with the New York Giants and is making his mark as one of the best wide receivers in the National Football League.

He tied for the National Football Conference lead with a club-record 78 pass receptions, which covered 1,139 yards for a 14.6-yard average. His five touchdown catches included a 62-yarder. A former Gray Greenwood High gridder under Coach Hollis Rutter, Gray played collegiately at Memphis State before the Giants drafted him in 1979. In his first pro season, he caught 28 passes for 537 yards, four touchdowns and a 19.2-yard average. Gray, who also caught a 53-yard touchdown pass, was named to the 1979 NFL All-Rookie team.

In 1980, Gray collected 52 passes for 777 yards, a 14.9 average and 10 touchdowns including a Giants' record four in one game against St. Louis. The next two seasons saw Gray catch 22 passes for 360 yards (16.4 average) and two touchdowns in 1981 and make 25 receptions for 426 yards (17.0) and four TDs in the strike-shortened 1982 campaign. Although Gray has caught 203 passes for 3,239 yards in his six NFL seasons, he has yet to be named to the All-Pro team. He is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Willie Gray of Greenwood and was formerly married to Helen Howard Gray of Greenwood. i.