Star-Gazette from Elmira, New York • 26

Tbumday, July 13, 1972 28 Elmlra, N.Y. I'm Rmnnin5 Out of Bodies-Yogi v- Rusty Yogi Berra Cleon Jones ill Staub 1 Berra keeps shuffling bodies. Ted Martinez, ordinarily an infielder, was in left field Wednesday. He's played all three outfield positions since the injuries started hitting. "You come to the park and you know you'll be playing," said Martinez.

"You just have to check the lineup to see where." Berra was a lonely man on the bench Wednesday. He had oniy inree nuii-jiuwiwa h-shall, Ed Kranepool and Ken Boswell available beyond his starters. And one of those starters was Bill Sudakis, who spent the first three months of the season on the disabled list recovering from knee surgery. The manager greeted visitors with a wary eye. If he located two arms and two legs, Yogi would smile and say: "Are you available?" NEW YORK (AP) No matter what you hear to the contrary, Shea Stadium is not a field hospital and the New York Mets are not considering putting a doctor or a nurse in the dugout.

But come to think of it, that might not be such a bad idea. The tensest part of each baseball game these days for Manager Yogi Berra comes an hour or so before the first pitch when he holds his head count. His tour of the walking wounded' is like a macabre nightmare. i "My friends tell me to drive carefully," he says grimly. "They're afraid I'll be next." Every day, it seems, the Mets lose another body with an injury.

It all started June 16 in Cincinnati when Joe Morgan ran into Cleon Jones at first base, jarring the Met player's elbow. Two days later Rusty Staub took himself out of the ELM'S SERVICE DEPT. IS NOW OPEN lineup because of a bruised right hand. Since then, Staub has not played an inning and Jones has started Just two games. On June 27, the crisis grew when center fielder Tommie Agee pulled up lame in the muddy outfield.

He's been back for only one game since. In the same game, rookie outfielder John Milner also pulled a leg muscle, although not as severely. He came back but he might as well not have. Tuesday night he was carried off the field with a strained neck after colliding with Bud now, so Willie must play. A hint of how serious the Met crisis has become is that Jerry Grote, a catcher, started Wednesday's game in right field.

When Milner was hurt 'Tuesday night, Berra used Duffy Dyer, his other catcher, in the outfield. But Dyer's seventh inning error cost New York two runs in a 6-1 loss, so he was back behind the plate Wednesday while Grote tried his hand at Grote became the 12th outfielder employed by the club this season. Seven players have performed at first base as Harrleson on a pop tly. Utilityman Jim Beauchamp went on the disabled list Monday with a badly pulled muscle in his leg. Outfielders Dave Marshall and Willie Mays are also nursing leg injuries, although both remain available.

Mays, in fact, was in Berra's starting lineup fpr Wednesday afternoons game against San Francisco. He also played Tuesday night against the Giants and usually gets the next day off after a night game to rest his 41-year-old body. But Berra is short of bodies right CHURCH ST. I i I 'a si IjJ a a. 111 hi to a 2 LU Matlack Gives Mets 4-0 Lift NOTICE TO HOMEOWNERS THE TWIN TIER BUILDERS are returning estimate fees of $35 that was deposited for the purpose of having flood damaged homes inspected For further information Phone 739-9951 or 739-0165 tra Corner of Church and Baldwin St.

Elmira two out. Matlack beat out a hit off shortstop Chris Speier's glove and both runners scored when Bud Harrleston ripped a triple to the left center field wall. Bill Sudakis' two-out single produced the Mets' final run in the seventh inning. McDowell, 8-7, walked seven batters in the four innings he worked. The victory was only the second in the last eight starts for the slumping Mets.

it was only, the fourth loss in the last 18 games for the Giants. NEW YORK (AP) Jon Matlack tossed a four-hitter and the New York Mets took advantage of Sam McDowell's wildness to beat San Francisco 4-0 in National League baseball Wednesday. Matlack 9-5, struck out nine retired the last 14 batters he faced and helped his own cause with an infield single in the second inning. The Mets nicked McDowell for a run in the first when the Giants' left-hander walked the first three batters he faced. The run scored when Jim Fre-gosl rammed into a double play.

In the second, McDowell walked Wayne Garrett with CONCENTRATION American chess ace Bobby Fischer rivets his attention to the board in his world championship match against Russia's Boris Spassky in Iceland. However, challenger Fischer lost the first game in the 24-match series. (APWirephoto). SAN FRANCISCO bi NEW YORK ab bl Harrelsonss 4 112 TMartinzll 4 0 0 0 Bonds rf 4 0 0 0 4 0 10 4 0 10 4 0 0 0 Mavscf Fregosl 3b Boswell 2b Dyerc Sudakis lb Grolert 1011 I 11 iooo i. 2 0 0 0 I lllf 3011 -X 3 0 0 0 Maridoxcf Speieris Mc Covey lb Kingman 3b Healyc Htndersnlf McDowfllp Arnold ph Rebergerp 2 0 0 0 2 0 10 3 0 0 0 3 0 10 10 0 0 10 0 0 WOarretl2b 2 10 0 Matlackp 3 110 0 0 0 0 Gallagher ph 10 0 0 Mollittp 0 0 0 0 iiascball Shortstop IUco Petrocelli of the Boston Red Sox says he will undergo minor eye surgery in two weeks during the All-Star break.

"I've had trouble picking up the ball on the road," retrocclll said. "I went and had my eyes examined. They found nothing wrong with the eyes themselves, but there is a sty over one eye." Petrocelli said he did not expect to miss any playing time because of the surgery. The four-year-old son of Baltimore Orioles outfielder Terry Crowley was in fair condition today after being hospitalized with a compound leg fracture Tuesday night. Crowley left in the first toning of a game between the Orioles and the Kansas City Royals when he received word that his son, Terry, had been struck by a car in front of his suburban Baltimore home.

Outfielder Ixrra Lee will undergo surgery on the broken middle finger of his right hand and will be lost to the San Diego Padres for at least six weeks. Lee, currently the leading hitter on his club, was struck by a pitch in San Diego's 6-5, 12-lnning loss Tuesday night at Montreal. Total 29 0 4 0 Total 27 4 5 3 SinFrinclico 000 000 0000 New York 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Klnqman, Fregosl. DP SanKran-Cisco 2, New York 1. LOB San Francisco 4, New York 10.

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A JON MATLACK HBP by Reberger 33,227. Wynn's 2 HRs Spark Astros Football Johnny Robinson, two-time all-pro safety for the Kansas City Chiefs, announced his retirement as the squad opened its training camp. The 32-year-old defensive star from Louisiana State indicated that his business interests and a groin injury from last season were the prime factors in his decision. JL 1 x-1 1 VINYL ASBESTOS FLOOR TILE mmm 1 I I VwrV': Sq-Ft riii- I Care-free tiles, decorator colors V- Select from 2 handsome patterns, Embossed Marble and Smooth Stone I Hurry! Quantities are limited PRICES GOOD THRU JULY 19 Homers by Billy Williams, his third in three games, and Jim Hickman accounted for the first three of four runs in the Chicago fourth, but rookie right hander Rick Rueschel couldn't check the Astros' despite a 5-2 lead. With a 17-mile-per-hour wind blowing out of the southwest, six homers sailed out of the park.

Norm Miller and Iiee May joined Wynn in the home run derby as Houston won its sixth of eight games from Chicago. Lefty Dave Roberts picked up his eighth victory in 12 decisions as he pitched into the seventh. Roberts became the 12th lefty to beat the Cubs this season. They have won six from southpaws. Offensive guard Doug Van Horn, who had played out his option, signed his 1972 contract with the New York Giants Wednesday but wide receiver Bob Grim left camp unsigned.

Grim, obtained during the off-season from the Minnesota Vikings in the deal for quarterback Fran Tarkenton, checked into the Giants' training camp at Monmouth College Tuesday but left Wednesday over a salary dispute. Quarterback Joe Namath won't be on hand Sunday when the New York Jets veterans are scheduled to report to training camp at Hofstra University. The National Football league club announced Wednesday that Namath had asked and received permission to report a week late, July 23 to enable him to clean up some business matters. The father of Washington Redskin quarterback Sonny Jurgensen, Christian Adolph Jurgensen died Tuesday. The elder Jurgensen, who had been ill for some time, is survived by his son, a daughter, his widow, five sisters and seven grandchildren.

Until his retirement in 1970, Jurgensen had been a partner in Jurgensen Motor Transfer Co. HOUSTON CHICAGO ab bl ab bl 3 4 10 Kessingerss 5 12 0 4 12 3 Beckert 2b 5 12 0 CHICAGO (AP) -Two home runs by Jimmy Wynn paced the Houston Astros to a 10-6 National League baseball victory over the Chicago. Wednesday, before a bat day crowd of 27,324. Eagles Open Camp At Reading READING, Pa. (Ap) -Tackle Dan Yochum, the No.

2 draft choice from Syracuse, and linebacker Preston Carpenter, the 13th pick from Mississippi, were missing as the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League opened their rookie camp at Albright College Wednesday. Yochum was in Chicago for the College All-Star Game against the Dallas Cowboys, Super Bowl champions. He has not yet signed with the Eagles. An Eagles' spokesman said Carpenter apparently decided not to play professionally. Thirty-six rookies and 11 veterans reported to the camp.

Quarterback John Reaves, the No. 1 selection from Florida, headed the rookie contingent. A club spokesman said 11 Eagle veterans are unsigned, including quarterback Pete Liske, receivers Gary Ballman, Harold Jackson and Ben Hawkins, defensive backs Bill Bradley and Jim Thrower, running backs Al Davis and Larry Watkins, defensive linemen Mel Tom and Gary Pettigrew and linebacker Tim Rosovich. Metiqerss NMiliercl Wynnrf LMaylh Watson If Stewart If Rader3b Fdwardsc Helms 2b Roberts Griffin 5 2 2 3 2 12 2 5 0 0 0 4 110 3 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 4 BWillamsIf 3 111 Hickmanrf 4 0 0 0 Cardenalcf 1 0 0 0 Davis lb 4 110 Santo 3b 4 12 1 Rudolph 4 0 0 1 Hundieyc 3 0 10 Martin 1 0 0 0 Reuschel Fanjoneph Pijarrop Phoebus Pepitonepli Akerp INDOOROUTDOOR CARPET Beautiful, durable 100 olefin First quality, popular colors CUT 'N PLACE CARPET YOU INSTALL YOURSELF Rich Sparticus "pattern, 100 nylon Rubber back, many colors in stock Hasketball All-NBA guard Jo Jo White has signed a new three-year contact with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association, club President "Red" Auerbach announced Wednesday. Auerbach said, "No terms can be discussed, but Jo Jo and I are both pleased, and that's the main thing." Jerry Kroll was named as assistant basketball coach at Davidson College Wednesday.

Kroll, of Houston, was a starting forward for three years at Davidson, graduating two years ago. MARVESS OLEFIN II Total 34 10 11 10 Total 37 a 12 Houston 10 10 2 3 2 0 110 Chicago 104 000 0 0 1 Rudolph 2, Reuschel. DP Houston 2. LOB Houston 7, Chicaqo I. 28 Beckert, Santo.

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