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THE DAILY TIMES 29 SIRORTS Salisbury, Ml June 20, 1984 I irtWtMoyir1 I Del. Park Moves Ahead With Night Plans Jj 1 "I agree it's going to produce lob opportunities and bring back horse racing to Delaware Park," du Pont said, adding he planned to attend the races. Du Pont added, however, he was concerned how the night thoroughbred racing would affect harness racing at Dover Downs in Dover and Harrington Raceway in Harrington. Before The law was signed, night racing was only allowed in Kent and Sussex counties. Dover Downs and Harrington Raceway are both in Kent County and both tracks have night meets.

Du Pont said his administration was working with the state's two racing commissions to "minimize the conflict" of night racing between the tracks. He said the best solution would be to get the harness racing tracks to change their racing dates. Offfcials from Dover Downs and Harrington, both opposed the legislation, saying it would eventually put them out of business. Supporters of the bill, however, contended harness racing and thoroughbred racing did not attract the same crowds. Delaware Park closed in 1982 because of financial problems.

When Christmas took over early this year and reopened the track, he told the General Assembly the track needed night racing to survive. The track ran an 18-day daytime meet that ended May 28. Christmas had threatened to close the track for good if the legislation did not pass and possibly sell parcels of land for development. At the same time, he had told legislators the track would pump $8 million into the facility to adapt it for night racing if the bill became law. land that can be developed." Delaware Park encompasses 557 acres and Christmas said only 368 acres are being used.

Christmas added that Delaware Park officials will also beef up the horse training facility. Nathan Hayward III, director of the Delaware Development Office, said the track has 1,500 stables in its horse training center and presently, they are half full. "I look to see the year-round training operation grow to full capacity," Hayward said, adding that night racing would provide jobs and be a boost to tourism. He said he envisioned improved recreational facilities in the area and added that already, he has had a telephone call about the possibility of a new hotel for the area. Du Pont said it was a "pleasure" to sign the legislation into law.

By THERESA HUMPHREY Associated Press Writer DOVER The new owners of Delaware Park said they will now move forward with plans to hold a night thoroughbred meeting this fall and winter, following the signing of a new law Tuesday. Gov. Pierre S. du Pont IV signed the legislation, deleting a provision of state law that prohibited night horse racing in New Castle County. Biff Christmas, general manager of Delaware Park in Stanton, said the first priority will be to have lights installed so the fall meeting can begin Sept.

1. The park plans to hold night racing through December. When asked about a sports complex at the facility, Christmas replied: "We have nothing in the works yet. We have excess ft "V-1 Murray 'Slam' Carries Orioles I1 Vv 5 1 I By The Associated Press For seven innings, it was a game that Eddie Murray would like to forget then he made it one to remember. A strikeout victim his first three times at bat, the Baltimore first baseman suddenly turned things around with a grand slam home run in the eighth inning, then punched a two-run single in the ninth to help the Orioles pound out a 9-7 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.

"I hadn't looked that bad in a long time," Murray said of his three strikeouts. were really flat early in the game, but then everybody contributed in the last couple of innings." Murray's homer came on BOTTOMS UP. Baltimore Orioles third baseman Boston Tuesday night. The throw to third came from Floyd Rayford applies a tag a late one, however outfielder Jonn sneioy. ap Laserpnoto).

on Boston's Dwight Evans during a baseball game in After being handcuffed by Boston starter Bob Ojeda, Murray, the American League's RBI leader with 60, homered to cut the Boston lead to 7-5. and Ted Simmons hit consecutive two-out, run-scoring singles in the fifth inning to pad the Brewers' lead to 5-1. Indians 7, Twins 4 George Vukovlch drove in three runs with a home run and two singles and Mike Hargrove and Gerald Willard each knocked in a pair as Cleveland beat Minnesota. Winner Bert Blyleven, 5-3, retired the first 12 batters and wound up scattering seven hits in 7 13 innings, striking out three and walking two. Rangers 4, Angels 2 Gary Ward slugged a two-run homer and Dave Stewart and Odell Jones combined on a five-hitter as Texas downed California.

of Boston's Jim Rice, who drove in four runs with his 13th homer and a single. Tigers 7, Yankees 6 Rusty Kuntz's two-run single highlighted a four-run eighth inning to boost DetroiFover New York. A one-out single by Larry Herndon with the bases loaded had tied the game at 4- 4, and Kuntz followed with his single off Yankee left-hander Ron Guidry, 5- 5, to score the winning run. Brewers 6, Blue Jays 5 Jim Sundberg singled in the winning run with the bases loaded in the ninth inning to lead Milwaukee over Toronto and end the Blue Jays' winning streak at five games. Cecil Cooper, BenOglivie In the ninth, after Cal Ripken drove in a run with a bases-loaded single, Murray lined a two-run single off Steve Crawford, giving Baltimore an 8-7 lead.

Ken Singleton later doubled home another run to complete a four-run Inning. The victory went to Bill Swaggerty, 2-1, who pitched a perfect eighth as the third Baltimore hurler. Tippy Martinez protected the lead in the ninth for his ninth save. Stanley, 1-6, took the loss-. Murray's heroics overshadowed the performance a pitch from reliever Bob Stanley and sailed about 450 feet, over the Boston bullpen and about 15 rows into the bleachers in right-center in Fenway Park.

It was his 14th homer of the season and the eighth grand slam of his career. "I hit it good and I knew it was gone," Murray said. "But I don't think it went as far as the one I hit here off Luis Tiant in my second year (1978). That one was about halfway up the bleachers toward the clock." Main Ingredient Bushman Arm, Bat Carries VFW SALISBURY Winning pitcher Pete Bushman struck Aut nine and collected three hits, including a three-run homer, as V.F.W. beat Willards, 23-1, in a Salisbury Pony League game.

Gregg Bushman had four hits and Bob Jenette added two singles and a double for the winners. Willards' Curt Elliott had a single and a double. P.H.P.R.U. Picks Up Win SALISBURY Three hits apiece by Richard Blue, James Simmons and Charles McCully backed winning pitcher Donald Layton in P.H.P.R.U.'s 135 Wicomico County Men's Slow Pitch win over Miller Beer. Trio Stands Out For B9 SALISBURY Vernon Bailey's three hits, J.R.

Wilkens' two hits and one RBI, and Carl Outten's two hits helped College Avenue 'B' down Zion Methodist, 8-7, in a Wicomico County Men's Church League game. Bruce Taylor was the winner. Zion's Curt Hickman was4-for-4. Jones9 Pitching Paces Lions SALISBURY Winning pitcher Alan Jones made teammate Mike Hannon's two-run homer stand up by striking out nine and allowing just five hits in the Lions' 4-3 E. Sheldon Jones Big League win over the Colts.

David Ziara went 3-for-3 with the Colts. Camp Barrett Needs Boys ANNAPOLIS Boys from ages 9-13 are asked to pick up registration forms for Camp Barrett, which will run here from June 24-30, as soon as possible. There is room for 25 boys to attend the free camp and those slots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Interested boys may obtain registration forms at the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club in Salisbury from 10 a.m. to p.m.

Monday-Friday. For further information about the Elks-sponsored camp, call 749-4757. Three Players Help Parkway SALISBURY Winning pitcher Ralph Osborne had three hits and Ken Lowe and Skip Snyder each collected three hits Including a double to carry Parkway Church of God past Zion Church in a Wicomico County Men's Church League game, 13-8. Mike Duncan and Leroy Lutz both had two hits. Mariner Leads Rotary Win SALISBURY Winning pitcher Pat Mariner threw a six-hitter and helped himself with two singles and a three-run homer as Rotary scored a Salisbury Senior Little League win over the Lions.

Stefan Gibson and Jeff Evans scored two runs apiece for Rotary. Scott Brittingham stole two bases. Brown Leads Optimist Attack SALISBURY Sonya Brown led the Optimist's 26-1 Salisbury Junior Girls Major League win over Bernco with three hits, including a three-run homer, and five RBI. Also for the Optimist, Elaine Dalfonso had four hits and three RBI, Terrl Ritter had three hits and three RBI, Jennifer Latchum had two hits and two RBI, and Amy Parsons had a bases-loaded triple. Jennifer Groton was the winner.

Teagle Gives Ruritan A Boost SALISBURY Winning pitcher Dan Teagle's three doubles boosted Ruritan to a 9-5 East Salisbury Little League win over Pepsi. Bernard Ogletree had an inside-the-park home run and a single and Chuck Lankford added two hits. Rob Heflin and Billy Hudson had two hits apiece. Powell, Routenburg Key Hitch FRUITLAND Kurt Routenburg's three-run homer and winning pitcher Kevin Powell's 10-strikeout performance keyed Hitch Insurance's 8-3 Fruitland Little League win. For Hitch, Jason Motsko and Lefty Schull contributed two hits and two RBI apiece and Neil Mauer and Jeff Owens added two hits each.

Peterson Effort Paces Coke SALISBURY Eric Peterson's four hits paced Coke to a 14-5 Salisbury Senior Little League win over Moose. Scott Ellison contributed three hits and Jimmy Collier, Tom Corcoran, Brad Rickards and Brian Parks all had two hits apiece. Nichols Blows Help Optimist SALISBURY Buddy Nichols' three hits and three RBI helped the Optimist register an 18-10 West Salisbury Little League win over the Elks. Wabe Yurek and winning pitcher Billy Cho added four and three hits, respectively. Timmy Malone added two more hits.

Steve Shockley belted a three-run homer for the Elks. Doyle, Horner Combine SALISBURY John Doyle hurled four innings of hiUess ball and struck out 10 and reliever Kevin Horner allowed just one hit in three innings, as the Sheriffs downed Kiwanis, 8-3, In a Salisbury Pony League game. Joe Lawrence had two hits and John Halfhill had a double for the winners. Randy DuPont doubled for Kiwanis. Muir Bat Lifts Peninsula SALISBURY Wayne Muir's two hits and two RBI and Rick Blessing three-hit, shut out pitching lifted Peninsula Bank to a 3-0 Wicomico County Men's Fast Pitch win over Oil Repair.

Charlie Muir added two more hits for the winners. Brohawn Saves For Gordy SALISBURY Howard Brohawn relieved winning pitcher Bill Gordy and shut down Stevenson's with the tying and go-ahead runs on second and third as Parsons scored a 5-3 Wicomico County Men's Fast Pitch win over Stevenson's. Ed Lecompte triple for the winners and Howard Overholt tripled twice for Stevenson's. 'Big9 Rotary Blanks Broncos SALISBURY In an E. Sheldon Jones Big League game, winning pitcher Tom Calne and reliever Henry Chaves combined on a two-hit shutout in Rotary's 10-0 victory over the Broncos.

Calne also had three hits and two RBI. Mike Litte added three hits and three RBI and Kevin Lucas had two hits. Schmidt's Extra Inning Winner SALISBURY Doug Bradford's four hits and two RBI led Schmidt's to a 12-8 extra inning win over Lite in a Wicomico County Old Timers League game. Al Truitt and Bob Wharton each had three hits and two RBI. Shockley Sparks English 9s SALISBURY Winning pitcher Mike Shockley struck out 13 and produced two hits at the plate to spark English's to a 6-0 Salisbury Senior Little League win over the Elks.

Trey Haskell and Rod Warwick had three hits apiece for the winners. Lance Ruark had two hits for the Elks. Homers Power Classic Triumph SALISBURY Two-run homers by Jack Mitchell and winning pitcher Eddie Wilson powered Classic to an 11-5 Wicomico County Old Timers League win over Molson. Tom Chesser had a double and single and Bob Grosbeck had a triple and two RBI. Bullets May Have Solution LANDOVER, Md.

(AP) For the first time In years, the Washington Bullets weren't booea by their fans as they participated in the National Basketball Association draft. Instead, there was a buzz of excitement and apj)iause in the Capital centre Tuesday when General Manager Bob Ferry announced that the Bullets had obtained veterans Cliff Robinson and Gus Williams in trades. The fans sometimes jump to wrong conclusions about untried rookies but they also buy the tickets, and Washington's attendance has declined five consecutive years. The trades could reverse the trend. Coach Gene Shue, noting that the Bullets had to be bold after finishing 13 games under .500 last season, proclaimed: "We've moving in the right direction." "After looking at the trades," Shue said, "we feel we now have a chance to compete against the better teams." The trades were worked out Monday night, but everything was contingent on Kentucky's Mel Turpin being available when Washington selected the sixth player in the draft.

(NBA draft on page 30) After picking Turpin, the Bullets dealt him to Cleveland in exchange for Robinson, a 6-foot-9 forward who was the NBA's eighth-leading rebounder last season, and Tim Mccormick, picked by the Cavaliers as the No. 12 player in the draft. The Bullets then swapped McCormick and veteran guard Ricky Sobers to Seattle for Williams, a two-time All-Star guard who ranked third in the NBA last season in steals and seventh in assists. Because of the NBA cap on team pay scales, the SuperSonics were believed forced to unload Williams and his $700,000 contract after recently agreeing to pay Jack Sikma $1.5 million a year. "The salary cap has a lot to do with decisions teams make," Shue said.

"We talk to teams with that in mind." With one of the lowest payrolls in the league, Washington had no such worry. But with average attendance dropping from 12,789 to 7,920 in five years, the Bullets faced another very real problem. Both Shue and Ferry felt the trades answered owner Abe Pollin's pleas to sell more tickets by presenting exciting basketball. "We want to run and we've got one of the best guards in basketball to do it," Ferry said of Williams. Shue said while the Bullets were still a rebuilding team, he felt they had improved talentwise and the fans would enjoy a new fastbreak style of game.

"I enjoy playing an exciting style of basketball," said Shue, who frequently called set plays from the sidelines under the old system. "I like to let the players perform." Robinson, who averaged almost 18 points a game last season, will join Jeff Ruland, Rick Mahorn and Tom McMillen in the front court along with Greg Ballard, if he ends his free agent status and signs. WUliams, who averaged about 19 points a game, will be in the backcourt with Jeff Malone, Frank Johnson and Darren Dave. "Starters will be pushed for jobs and positions will be more wide open than In the past," said Ferry. The Bullets picked Tony Costner of St.

Joseph's and Fred Reynolds of Texas-El Paso in the second round. Their choices In subsequent rounds included Ricky Ross, Tulsa; Jim Grandholm, South Florida; Colin Irish, Bowling Green; Blaise Bujaski, Illinois Wesleyan; Tim Garrett. New Mexico; Darryl Odom, West Virginia Wesleyan; Mike Emanuel, Pembroke State, and Glenn Myrick, Stetson. m0 I 1 J0 Joiner Adds Specialty To 'Contact' By ERIC MAGILL Times Sports Staff SALISBURY For one day, anyway, Charlie Joiner was enjoying life in its relaxed state. Just slow down, why hurry at he seemed to ask.

It is difficult to imagine how the all-pro wide receiver of 13 years with Cincinnati and San Diego could have been any more content than he was Tuesday, when he cooled himself on a picnic table beneath the shade trees near Salisbury State College's field hockey field. His afternoon duties at the "Contact" Football Camp at SSC were completed, so he retreated from the oppressive heat and humidity to the shade, where he answered questions and took peeks from time to time at the young football players on the field before him. CA fP III Ward, continuing to fight off a season-long slump, followed a fourth-inning walk to Larry Parrish with his sixth homer of the season and second in two games to give Texas a 3-0 lead and the Rangers' eventual winning run. Mariners 8, Chieox 2 Spike Owen's two-run homer snapped a 2-2 tie in the sixth inning and Phil Bradley added a bases-loaded triple as Seattle pulled away to defeat Chicago. Royals 6, A 2 Jorge Orta drove in four runs, two on a fourth-inning home run that put the game out of reach, as Kansas City defeated Oakland to snap a five-game losing streak.

Zoeller Gaining Attention ATLANTA (AP)-It will take some time a week or so, maybe much longer for Fuzzy Zoeller to really assess his new role as the United States Open Golf Champion. 'I never expected to win the Masters or any of the majors," he said. "When I won at Augusta (in a playoff with Tom Watson and Ed Sneed), I figured that was the greatest thing that had ever happened to me playing "I never expected anything like that to happen again. "It was great. "I'd be playing a tournament, or a pro-am or an exhibition or anything, and they'd announced 'Fuzzy Zoeller, the former Masters "I never expected to have that title by my name.

"Now they can add Open champion "It'll take time for it to sink in. "It took me years to realize what winning the Masters really meant. It'll take time, maybe a lot of time, for me to realize what winning the Open means. I don't know yet. It's been too soon.

There's been too much happening. It'll take Frank Urban Zoeller, who found his nickname in his initials, said he had made a network television appearance and fulfilled an exhibition commitment between his devastating playoff victory over Greg Norman in suburban New York on Monday and bis arrival in Atlanta for the $400,000 Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Classic. The tournament begins Thursday on the hilly, par 72 Atlanta Country Club course. Zoeller said he has a commitment next Monday, then is looking at "home. I'm really excited about getting there, unwinding, taking some time off.

We just built a new house and moved in two week ago," he said. "I'll be happy to Set back, see my wife, see ie family." He said he will play In the British Open next montii, and dropped a hint of future ambitions. Portions of the final two rounds Saturday and Sunday will be televised by CBS. "I've thought about quitting in the past," said Joiner, who will begin his ninth season with San Diego and his 14th in the league when the Chargers report to La Jolla, for training camp July 21 or thereabouts Joiner would say. "I'm kind of looking forward to camp now," he continued.

"But I've always taken my career just one year at a time. I don't even get to training camp on time, anymore. I'm always a day or two late. It's a long drive from my home in Houston to California." "I've been fortunate to play in San Diego. (Quarterback) Dan Fouts and I have had few problems Charlie Joiner, Chargers wide receiver.

Charlie Joiner and new friend Joe Medrano. "I know the average career in pro football is only about five years now," said Joiner, who entered the NFL from Grambling College in 1970. "But I try to stay in shape all year and I feel good. I've been very fortunate. "I've also been fortunate to play in San Diego.

Dan Fouts (Chargers' quarterback) and I have had very few problems. He reads me well and I always have a good idea of where he's going with the ball. "THE CHARGERS are definitely the best team for me. I love all of that throwing. I don't really think acquiring Pete Johnson (240-pound fullback) will change that, either.

We could have Walter Payton, Earl Campbell, and every other running back in the league, and we'd still throw 35 times a game if I know coach (Don) Coryell." When the final scrimmages for the day ended, Joiner singled out a young camper he had befriended during his three-day stay in Salisbury. The boy was 14-year-old Joe Medrano of Hereford, which, for a Texan, isn't all that far away from Houston. The pair of new friends sat in the shade together and discussed the tortilla factories Medrano's father owns in the southwest. Joiner loves tortillas. The two of them were still there, Just talking, just taking it easy, long after everyone else had raced to the swimming pool.

It's hard to imagine how Charlie Joiner could have been any happier. JOINER LIVES in the off-season with his wife and two school-age daughters in Houston, where he works part-time with an accounting firm. It isn't so far from his hometown of Lake Charles, and, he says, 'it looks like we'll Just stay in Houston after I retire from football." His wife stays there with the children during the season. The law of averages says Joiner should have retired to Houston and taken a job as a coach which he would like to do after he finishes playing seven or eight years ago. TV Commercial Spoofs Colts' Departure It shows a Mayflower moving van stopping at an automated teller machine Sharon Savings Loan of Baltimore, begins with the line: "When you need quick cash for those little unexpected last-minute trips." team's possessions, according to the agency that created the advertisement.

The ad, the first television commericial run by BALTIMORE (AP) -The Colts' sudden nighttime departure from Baltimore is being re-enacted in a television commercial, but with some liberties: it shows players stopping at an automatic teller machine before heading for Indianapolis. The commercial is intended to be a spoof on the foggy night of March 29 when Colts owner Robert Irsay dispatched Mayflower vans to Baltimore to speedily haul away the in the dead of the night and uniformed Colt look-alikes rushing out to make a quick withdrawal. Executives at Sharon Savings Loan say the commercial was in no way meant to poke fun at the city's failed efforts to keep the National Football League team from moving to Indianapolis, or at the team Itself. Esiason Signs Bengals' Pact CINCINNATI (AP) Quarterback Boomer Esiason, the second round draft choice of the Bengals, has signed a contract, the club announced Tuesday. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.

The S-foot-4, 210-pound lefthantied passer led the University of Maryland to an Atlantic Conference championship in 1983. In four years, Esiason completed 461 of 850 passes for 6,259 yards, 42 touchdowns and 27 Interceptions..