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17 STAR-GAZETTE, Elmira, N.Y., Apr. 10, 1973 a Sports Today From the Mailbag yjis AL MALLETTE has played many rounds of golf in Elmira. "W.A.Mansfield, "Jacksonville, Fla." (Ed's note: Mr. Mansfield was propreitor of Mansfield Candies of Elmira.) Bob Ryniker of Elmira pens to complain about the American League new designated pinch-hitter, feeling that the game of baseball should permit every player in the lineup to hit Bob also has a few words to say about ties in pro football and pro hockey. Bob feels that each sport should change its rules to permit one team to win in overtime, or sudden death or in some way.

"I'm of the opinion," says Bob, "that all games should produce a winner, not someone playing for a tie." The Hinzler Motorracing Club of Atlanta, sends a note that all its female drivers will be outfitted in "The Right Bra" for races. "The Right Bra" is a product of Right Body Fashions and President Frank 1 kittle says, "we don't know much about racing, but we do know a lot about support and comfort." Ed's note: You don't say.) Then I received a notice from Forest Lawn that they have a plot for me. 1 wonder if they know something I don't? Or maybe Forest Lawn got a copy of today's first letter which referred to "stiffs." Talitha Botsford." "Dear Sports Editor: "Enclosed is a petition concerning the Jim Thorpe Olympic Gold Medals that I hope you will print and have some local organization distribute. "This is the 60th anniversary of one of sports great miscarriages (when Thorpe, because he had taken money to play sports, was stripped of the Gold Medals he had won at the Olympics) and we are hoping that through enthusiastic and active support by sports fans, we will be able to redress this shameful injustice and restore Jim Thorpe's medals to the proper authorities and clear Jim Thorpe's name. "Harold Brown, "Yale.Okla.

"President Jim Thorpe Athletic Awards Comm." "Dear Sports Editor: "Having lived in Elmira for 57 years and read the sports pages all that time, I thought the enclosed Jacksonville, sports story concerning the appointment of J.D. (Bo) Keckwith as chairmain of the Greater Jacksonville Open Golf Tournament might be of interest to some of your readers. "Bo Beckwith is married to my daughter, the former Roberta Mansfield of Elmira, and Tidbits from the mailbag: "Dear Sports Editor: "Why can't you stiffs (eh?) on the sports desk give us more baseball news, like you used to do, remember? Instead we get all this high school stuff, all this junk on small fry and little league. Who cares but the parents? I'm not alone when I say your sports readers want more baseball, more football, more of anything except the kid stuff. We can get all we want on the schools and small fry from our kids.

Give us more of the real sports news. "Yours for a better page "TheG.M." "Dear Al; "Do you really think Class baseball will go in our town? I can give you three or four TV channels a week why it won't. Sideline Sid." "Dear Mr. Mallette: "Your sports page is the onlyone in town, so we have no choice but to read it. My complaint is that we don't get enough coverage of our high school sports.

"To prove a point I'd like to show you my dad's scrapbook. I never read any reports on games and players like he has and he has told me that when he played every school had its own and that there were always pictures of the high school players in the paper. "I think you guys should do a better job on high school sports. "Sincerely, J.J.G." (Note to J.J.G: Why don't you and The GM get together? "Dear Al: "I think your idea on a Twin Tiers Superstars could develop into the finest sports event our area could produce. Keep pushing and while you're at it, how about a Superstars for the oldtimers.

Something not so gruelling, maybe." Bill Wheeler." "I thought you might like to read this Star-Gazette clipping of many, many years ago when our beloved football coach Arthur Hirst was lauded for his ability to play the violin. I don't believe too many Elmirans remember that Mr. Hirst was an accomplished musician. Semis and Finals Set Saturday 4 Teams Reach 340 Doubles Semifinals And now there are four. The field in the popular Star-Gazette 340 Doubles Bowling Tournament has been reduced to four, with semifinal and final round action set Saturday at Dixie Lanes.

The semis begin at 2 p.m. with the finals to follow. The teams that will vie for the Star-Gazette Trophy are-Bob Schultz-Fran Mold, Bernard Moon-Terry Keeney, Don Van Ness-Bill Hollenbeck and Dennis Hayes-Gene Halstead. The team of Schultz and Mold advanced through last weekend's rugged play as it dropped the team of Duane Bauman and Ed Mathews, 1072-1024. Mold led the duo with a 611 series, as he had scores of 215-202-194.

Schultz rolled a 461 set. They had advanced to the quarterfinals by bombing the tandem of Art Ferguson and John Rumpff, 1015-898, and sweeping the squad of Bob Brown and John Fletcher, 1120-989. Schultz and Mold will meet the team of Keeney-Moore. Keeney and Moon dumped Bill Keyes and Art Burlingame 1064- 967, as Kenney recorded a 580. Those two advanced, by whipping the tandem of Chuck Ruhmel Jr.

and Paul Rhode, 1065- 997, and the squad of Hal Troccia and Jerry Rutski, 1097-966. The Wyalusing pair was paced by Keeney, who had games of 541 and 585. Hayes and Gene Halstead also advanced by dropping a brothers combination, Ron and Al Comfort, 1103-1053. Halstead, subbing for Bill Guthrie, recorded a smashing 668 set, with a blazing 262. Hayes and Halstead arrived in the quarterfinals by beating Bill Stanton and Floyd White 1071-1005 after zipping the all-girls squad of Jo Gilchrist -Marie Harrow 1099-1053, with Halstead rolling a 582.

Don VanNess-Hollenbeck dropped the team of Jim Sommer and Jim Cassidy 1088-1045 to reach the semis. VanNess and Hollenbeck earlier had defeated the squad of Ron Monroe and Ken Rosenquest, 1036-940 and ousted the duo of Tom Green and Otis Winner, 1081-1011. In Saturday's semis, Schultz and Mold will lock horns with Moon and Keeney, while VanNess and Hollenbeck will meet the team of Hayes and Halstead. The winners will collide at 3:15 for the prestigious championship, won last year by Lynn Hamlin and Tony Fierro. Trophies will be presented to the victors, while the second, third and fourth place squads will receive medals donated by the Star-Gazette.

Ex-Yanks Spark Indians, Bombers Drop 4th in Row Henry Block has 17 reasons why you should come to us for income tax help. Reason 2. We're human, and once in a great wiiile we make a mistake. But if our error means you must pay additional tax, you pay only the tax. We pay any interest or penalty.

NEW YORK (AP) Run-scoring hits by ex-Yankees Kusty Torres and John Ellis helped the Cleveland Indians to a 3-1 victory Monday that spoiled New York's home opener and saddeled the winless Yankees with their fourth consecutive defeat. Rookie left-hander Brent Strom, making his American League debut, checked the Yankees on eight hits and pitched out of trouble four times with runners in scoring position. The Indians drew first blood from their big off-season trade with New York. Torres, Ellis and Charlie Spikes accounted for six of the nine Cleveland hits while New York's Graig Nettles committed an error that set up the tie-breaking run in the sixth inning and hit into an' inning-ending double play with two runners aboard in the last of the sixth. The Yankees took the lead in the second inning when Felipe Alou doubled, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on Thurman Munson's sacrifice fly.

Cleveland tied it in the third, snapping a string of 18 scoreless innings. Buddy Bell led off with a walk from Fritz Peterson and continued to second when the fourth ball was a wild pitch. He scored on Torres' two-out ground-rule double. In the sixth, Chris Chambliss opened with a single, reached second when Nettles bobbled Spikes' grounder and scored on a single by Ellis. The final Cleveland run scored on Torres' double in the ninth.

Strom was touched for an infield single by Roy White leading off the bottom of the sixth and with one out he walked Bobby Murcer. But Nettles tapped back to the mound and Strom started a double play. Irene Wakefield's 595 Tops Twin Tiers Pinslers NEW. YORK ab bi CLEVELAND ab bi Rlorresrf 5 0 3 2 JjEISK GETS Carl- 38n Fisk, Boston Red Sox catcher, holds 3fie Ford C. Frick Award as the 1972 American League Rookie of the Year.

He already out to smash the sophomore jinx, that haunts some players, as he ran roughshod over the New York Yankees last weekend. (AP Wirephoto). Basketball CUNNINGHAM NAMED MVP-Intense Billy Cunningham, who transformed the Carolina Cougars from losers to Eastern Division regular-season champions in his first season in the American Basketball Association, was selected overwhelmingly Monday as the ABA's Most Valuable Player fof the 1972-73 season. The 6-foot-7, 215-pound forward, a star in the National Basketball Association for seven years before jumping to the Cougars this season, received 44 of 58 votes cast by sports writers and broadcasters in the league's 10 cities. Virginia forward Julius Erving, the league's scoring champion, finished second with seven votes.

Another forward, George McGinnis of Indiana, collected three votes, and Joe Caldwell of Carolina, Willie Wise and Ron Boone of Utah, and Artis Gilmore of Kentucky each received one vote. Cunningham, who averaged 21.3 points per game with the Philadelphia 76ers and played in four All-Star games in his ikBA career, finished fourth in the ABA in scoring with a 24.1 average. He also was fifth in assists with a 6.3 average, seventh in rebounding with a 12.1 mark, and first in steals with 216. "It was a pleasure being on a winning team after playing on a losing team in Philadelphia," said Cunningham. "Just to get with a winner auain was arousing to me." "SONICS GO TO COURT The Seattle SuperSonics, whose poor play on one court kept them from making the National Basketball Association playoffs, will make a postseason appearance in another court Wednesday.

This appearance comes at the behest of the Philadelphia 76ers who are asking a New York federal judge to rule in their favor in connection with the Sonics' signing of John Brisker. "We were surprised when we were served with the papers," said Sonics' Vice President Zollie Volchok. "We are required by law to answer Philadelphia's request, and in no way are we suing the NBA. 1 rr-i 1 emus MISS EVERT WIDENS LEAD Chris Evert, her earnings bolstered by a $5,000 first-prize check in the Sarasota Women's tennis open last weekend, continues to top the U.S. Tennis Association women's circuit winnings announced Monday.

The 18-year-old Fort Lauderdale, star registered her fourth victory in five starts this year with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Evonne Goolagong of Australia at Sarasota. Miss Evert widened her lead over idle Virginia Wade of Great Britain, moving to $31,000 compared to Miss Wade's $22,650. Miss Goolagong is third with $18,100 followed by Linda Tuero of Metairie, La. with $7,662 and Patti Hogan-. of La Jolla, with $6,900.

Boxing FOREMAN MAY MEET NORTON A possible heavyweight title fight between world champion George Foreman and Ken Norton is in "serious negotiations," one of Norton's financial backers said Monday. "We've been on the phone with them almost every day since Ken defeated Muhammad Ali," Bob Biron said. "I would say negotiations now have reached the point where we'll get the fight within a week, or not at all." There have been reports that Foreman was offered $1 million to defend his title against Jerry Quarry at Madison Square Garden in New York. Biron said the reports are not true. Another report that Norton and Quarry had signed to meet at the Forum in Inglewood, with the winner getting a shot at Foreman was denied by Biron.

"We've had offers to meet two or three contenders that we could have signed just like that, but Foreman is the man we're after," Biron added. In a 12-round fight March 31 here, Norton won a split decision over Ali. CARROLL TO FIGHT -Light heavyweights Mike Quarry and Hal "TNT" Carroll will fight in a scheduled 10-rounder Monday night, April 23, at the Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden Boxing announced Monday. The Garden also announced that middleweights Vito Antuofermo of New York and Tony "Kid" durango of Panama will meet in a scheduled middleweight 10-rounder April 30. Quarry, of Los Angeles, ranked third by the World Boxing Association, has won 39 pro fights against one loss and a draw.

4'he loss was to champion Bob Foster. Carroll, of Syracuse is 27-6-0, also with a loss to Foster. 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 10 3 110 3 0 11 4 0 0 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 12 0 4 0 10 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 3 10 0 4 0 0 0 3 110 0 0 0 0 Clarke 2b White It MAIourf Murcer c( GNeltles3b Alou lb Munsonc Swobodadh Michael ss FPetersnp Mc Daniel Hendrickct Chmbllsslb Spikeslt DDuncanc Enis dh Bell 3b Brohamr2b Cardenas ss NStromp Mrs. Wakefield rode the crest of a 234 final game to a 595 set. Her Wood's Ladies Classic series opened with games of 176 and 185.

Irene Wakefield came close, but narrowly missed a 600 series, capturing the spotlight in the latest Twin Tiers bowling roundup. LXIsLrIES tL2)CD THE INCOME TAX PEOPLE 202 -Si. 7.2-f.M.J IIOHSI Ili: 0i lls T.t...2(. I MNSU.KN 21.. I IUMI IN coumm; 17 OPEN: AM.

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7 I) US l.l.ll No iii)iiiiiiiiil 7 rWiPli Total 36 3 9 3 Total 32 1 8 1 Cleveland 0 0 1 .0 0 1 0 0 1 3 New York 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0-1 CG Nettles. DP Cleveland 2, New York 1. LOB Cleveland 8, New York 7. 2B Torres 2. Spikes, Munson, Chambliss, Cardenas.

SF Munson. IP ER BB SO Strom 9 8 112 6 F. Peterson 1) 5 1 3 6 2 2 1 5 McDaniel 3 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 PB Duncan. A 17,028. aommammmaaama Jackie Paul took individual game honors with a smashing 268.

On the men's side, Doug Wilson was tops with a 667 effort. Other Scons: E. Wood Ladies Classic (Rossi) Lynn Hamlin 551, Mary Ann Zufall 549, Shirley Furman 530, Jeanne Whitney 530, Carleen Remple 528. Sgro's 7UP Classic (EBO Ln Rich, mondoW 1235, 225), Ralph Tuchorman 602, Lowell Warters (232), Harry Carlyle (2311, Jerry Parshall (227), Northwestern! Rossi) Roy Bennett 623, Bota Crippen 60, Mark Brenzo (234). Commercial Rossi) Roy Bennetl 617 (225), Owen Jones 609, Ted Lutomski 608 (247), Ralph Foster 601 (245).

White Eagles Rossi) Paul Makowiec 623 (226), Len Woinarek 648 233), John Btrq 605 (236), Bob Kalec 600 2261, Paul PUtko 619 (247), George Walts 617 (226), Bob Johnson (232). Dime Merchants Harold Schrock 641, Bill Lewis 603 1232), Gerry Youmans (248), Paul Cole (230), Mel Butler (234), John LePak (226), Butch FoMer (226). Owl League (OlKio) Ruth Holecek 538. Queen City Dixie) Don Bement 613, Dick Latterell 612 (243), Glen Bolt 609 (244), Ralph Paul 600, Joe Faber (256), Gardner Smith (245), Jim Vantine (230), Speiers Home Kun Lifts SF SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Chris Speier hit his first home run of the baseball seasori in the fifth inning Monday to give the San Francisco (iiants a 2-1 victory in their National League home opener against the San Diego Padres. Speier's bases-empty blast, which went just inside the left field foul pole, broke up a 1-1 tie and a pitching duel between left-handers Hon Bryant of the Giants and Mike Caldwell of the Padres.

The only run off Bryant was unearned. JwA t.y,te ou irid never )0 b't'M to your ir.ual vhi'y. ir the' only Canadian marie exeluMvely with Canadian cram, with 'tftiAS from fjaeier fed I if -1 iff 4 tr'r4'Jm Very remarkably priced. and arfd in i the dear dry of the' Canadian Rockiev Is TT' BLUE-RIBBON HORSE Sharon Court, 18, of Limerick Farms with 'Mai Busher', and first prize ribbon from Horse Show at Elmira College's Murray Center field house. Track YAIIA SAN FRANCISCO ab bi Bonder! 3 110 Funtes2b 4 0 11 Speier ss 3 111 Mr.

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Ixmis 1 Cardinals' right-hander. Cards physician Dr. Stan London said I Spinks, who was removed from the game the fifth inning suffered an inflamed tendon in his right shoulder and will nrobably not miss a turn in the pitching rotation The smoothest whisky ever to come out of Canada. Total 32 1 4 I Total 30 6 2 San Diego 100 000 00 01 SanFrancisc 00101000 1 Hart 2, E.Hernandl DP San Oiego I LOB-San Diego 8, SanFrancive 10 2B-Bonds, Fuentes, HR Speier (1). Davis.

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