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Ellis Out To Defeat Cincinnati NEW YORK (AP) Yankee manager Billy Martin hands pitcher Dock Ellis the ball tonight, Ellis says he won't intentionally throw it at the Reds this time. "I have no reason to throw at them says Ellis, a refugee from the National League's Pittsburgh Pirates. "I'm gonna pitch them tight. If one takes off, it's not my fault. There won't be anything intentional.

That was 1974 anyway." On May 1, 1974, in one of the most bizarre baseball incidents in recent years, Ellis said he was going to throw at the Cincinnati batters, then went out and hit the Reds" first three hitters -Pete Rose, Joe Morgan and Dan Driessen. He then got a little wild, missing Tony Perez, who walked to force in one run. He was taken out of the game after throwing two wild pitches to Johnny Bench, the No. 5 batter. "I wanted to kick their butts.

I tried to start a fight. That's all it was," says Ellis, who will face the same five batters, plus four others tonight in Game 3 of the World Series. The Yankees trail 2-0 and are looking for their 100th victory in the annual- October classic. Ellis provided several insights into the thinking that provoked his hit parade against the Reds two years ago. "There was a lot of background to it," he said.

"Part of it deals with hitting our hitters, part of it deals with intimidation. "They (the Reds) come over to us and talk to us real friendly, then after they beat us, they talk about how dumb we are." Isn't it dumb to provoke a fight, intentionally giving up runs in the process? "I did what I had to do," he said Monday while the Yankees worked out at Yankee Stadium. "I was sacrificing one regular season game. You can't sacrifice a game during the World Series." Especially, when you are down 2-0 to the defending champions, who are gaining support as one of the greatest teams in baseball history. "It's just another that's all it is," says Ellis.

"Sure we have a chance to win it, we're supposed to win it. We're in our own backyard." It will also help Ellis, a sinkerball pitcher, to be a half-country away from Cincinnati's artificial turf, the hard surface which acts like a launching pad for ground balls. "I live and die with the ground ball," said Ellis, the Yankees' most successful reclamation project. "Over nine innings, I average about 15-20 ground balls. A lot of ground ball hits in the NL are outs over here." Ellis was 17-8 this season after slipping to 8-9 with Pittsburgh in 1975.

He and second baseman Willie Randolph were traded to the Yankees for pitcher Doc Medich last winter. Ellis has pitched just two innings, in relief, against the Reds since that infamous beanball barrage in 1974. They still remember him. "Hey Ellis," shouted Cincinnati's Joe Morgan over the weekend. "You were bum over here.

Then you go over there (AL) and you're a star." Reds Refuse Yanks In Series UPI Telephoto CATFISH HUNTER, LEFT, TALKS WITH DOCK ELLIS ABOUT REDS Ellis Is To Start For The Yankees Tuesday In The Third Game Of The World Series NEW YORK iAP Cincinnati Reds manager Sparky Anderson isn't about to write oft" the New York Yankees and Yankee manager Billy Martin thinks he's wise not to do so. "I said before the World Series began that I thought it would seven TV: Channel 5, 7 p.m. games," Anderson said before the Series resumed tonight with Game Three. "1 think I'll stick with that, A are an excellent club. They have to be to be here in the Series.

They've won three or four in a row before and they can always do it again. Anderson said. The Yanks will have to do just that to get back into this Series. They lost the first two games in Cpncumatt. 5-1 and 43 Onlv six times in 73 previous By KEN WILSON Sports Editor Expecting another down to the wire finish.

North Texas coach Hay den Fry said he's hesitant about Saturday's trip to Las Cruces to play New Mexico State. "I'm always scared when we play out there," he said at his Monday afternoon press conference at Fouts Field. "They always play the fire out of us and I expect another cliffhanger. That's the way it's been all season." FOR THE LAST two weeks, however, things have ended in the Eagles favor as they have raised their record from 14 to 3-4 with victories over West Texas State (10-7) last weekend and Cal Poly- Pomona (21-10) two weeks ago. Fry expressed more concern about New Mexico State's Aggies than either West Texas or Cal Poly.

"I have no idea of what New Mexico State is going to do," said Fry of the 2-4 Aggies, who did not play last week. "They started off like a whirlwind. They won their first two, but lost four in a row. "THEY'VE RUN the Veer, the I and Wing-T on offense and a pro-type defense. They were expecting a good Mean Green Club To Meet Wednesday The Mean Green-Eagle Club will have a luncheon meeting Wednesday at noon at the Ramada Inn.

Filmed highlights of the 10-7 victory over West Texas State will be shown. Henceforth the club will meet only after out of town games. Each remaining session will be held Wednesday at noon at the Ramada. Grogan Runs, Throws New England By Jets FOXBORO, Mass. (UPI) Steve Grogan starred in his own version of "The Fugitive," Monday night, putting his body, as did David Janssen-Dr.

Richard Kimble, successfully in jeopardy before a prime time television audience. The hero of the New England Patriots escaped the adventure unmarked and wreathed himself in" glory as he dominated the TV screen and the New York Jets, 41-7, in a National Football League game. The 23-year-old Grogan scrambled for 103 yards in seven carries, racd 41 yards on a broken play for one touchdown, ran six yards for another score on a fumble recovery and threw for 182 yards and another TD. "I WAS REALLY excited about being on Monday night TV," said Grogan, from Ottawa, Kan. "I got a telegram last week signed by 500 people from my hometown who said they would be watching.

They wished the team good luck and me good luck." He baffled the Jets, now 1-5, with a pair of quarterback draws, two sweeps around end and that long touchdown run that cut the heart out of the Jets to put New England ahead, 27-0, in the third period. Guard John Hannah and tackle Leon Gray opened the hole and Grogan sidestepped past four other defenders for the longest Patriot run of the season. HE ALSO was lucky enough to be in the right place in the second period when teammate Don Calhoun fumbled the ball on the New York six-yard line. He scooped up the loose ball and sprinted around left end for what proved to be the winning touchdown that gave the Patriots a 14-0 lead at the time. Grogan helped the Patriots set a club single-gam rushing mark of 330 yards.

The yardage was the most surrendered by the Jets in their 17-year history. Andy Johnson caulht a 10-yard pass from Grogan and also scored on a four- yard run in celebrating his 24th birthday. Sam Cunningham, who gained 83 yards on 16 carries, added a 14-yard touchdown run while Calhoun scampered 15 yards for the other New England score. THE JETS' lone score came after the game was out of reach on a 12-yard pass from Joe Namath to running back Clark Gaines in the third period. The 33-year-old Namath, bothered by bad knees throughout his professional career, had praise arid a warning for his young New England counterpart.

''There's no limit to where he can go in this game," Namath said. "But he can't keep running the way he does. He has to realize that a quarterback is a valuable While Grogan escaped unscathed, two other players were not so lucky. New York running back Ed Marinaro was carried off the field in the second quarter after getting tangled up with New England linebacker George Webster. Marinaro suffered a bruised left instep, while Webster incurred a deep back bruise.

Both were to be X- rayed today. year and I know he's (NMS coach Jim Bradley) got the bosses." But before you go betting on the Aggies, note that North Texas' ace in the hole, its defense, has found the form it had before the SMU washout a month ago. "The defense definitely regained its poise (against West Texas)," Fry beamed. "It played good against Oklahoma State, relatively good against Cal Poly and real well against West Texas. "ONE OF THE great things about the game is that they threw 16 passes and completed six four to us and two to their guys.

West Texas just couldn't muster any offense (150 total yards) against us. They only crossed the 50 twice on their own and didn't score either time." Fry credited his "young kids" and good gang-tackling as the reason the Mean Green was able to halt West Texas' wishbone and come up with seven turnovers, two of which set up scores. Singled out by Fry were ends Dennis Dillard and Jimmv Burkholder and backup linebackers Rex Glendenning and Pete Morris OFFENSIVELY FRY felt guard Ollie Green "had his best game of the year." as did receiver T. Hollins (seven receptions for 59 yards). Also, quarterbacks Ken Washington and Ken Smith drew passing grades for their passing.

There were two lineup changes announced. On offense Mike Wilkerson moved in front of David Ray at tight, end. and on defense Kelly Fry took over right corner from Bobby Bottles. Raiders Climb Inside Top 10 Michigan Holds Top Ranking From Wire Reports Texas Tech creeped closer to the top in this week's top 20 polls released by the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI) Tuesday. The Red Raiders, the only undefeated team in the Southwest Conference, climbed two notches to No.

8 in AP and gained a single spot in UPI to No. 9. Otherwise, the top teams held onto their respective places. Michigan maintained a firm grip on No. 1 position in both polls while Pittsburgh, Nebraska and UCLA followed for the second week in a row.

Oklahoma, the 1974-75 national champion, moved into the No. 5 rung by whipping Kansas, which dropped out of the top 20. Sixth through 10th in AP are Maryland, Southern California, Tech, Ohio State and Georgia. The same five hold the sixth through 10th spots in the UPI rankings. Three other Southwest Conference schools are in the lower 10.

Texas, Houston and Arkansas are 13th. 14th, and 15th, respectively, in both the AP and UPI polls. There were four newcomers to the AP UPI Poll poll. No. 16 Iowa Slate.

No. 19 South Carolina anhd East Carolina and Mississippi State, tied for 20th. New teams in the UPI are No. 17 Cincinnati. No.

18 Iowa State, No. 19 Colorado and No. 20 Alabama. AP Poll 1. Michigan (40) (6-0) 2.

Pittsburgh (2) (6-0) 3. Nebraska (5-0-1) 4. UCLA (5-0-1) 5. Oklahoma (5-0-1) 6. Southern Cal (4-1) 7.

Maryland (6-0) 8. Ohio State (4 M) 9. Texas Tech (4 0 10. Georgia (5-1) 11. Florida (4-1) 12.

Notre Dame (4-1) 13. Texas (2-1-1) 14. Houston (4-1) 15. Arkansas (3-1) 16. Missouri (4-2) 17.

Cincinnati (6-0) 18. Iowa Stare (5-1-0) 19. Colorado (4-2-0) 20. Alabama (4-2-0) 418 356 314 298 14 158 ir-o 117 109 80 15 12 10 7 "6 5 4 3 2 1.Michigan (58) 2.Pitts (4) 3.Nebraska 4. UCLA S.Oklahoma 6.Maryland 7.S.

Calif. S.Texas Tech 9.0hioS. 10.Georgia 11. Florida 12.Notre Dame 14.Houston 16.lowa St. 17.Missouri 18.Alabama 19.S.

Carolina 20.E. Carolina (tie) Miss. St. 6 0 0 6-0-0 5 0 1 5 0 1 5 0 1 6-0-0 4 1 0 4 0 0 4 5 1 0 4 1 0 4 1-0 2 1 1 4 1 0 3-1-0 5 4-2-0 4-2-0 5-2-0 6 0 0 5 1 0 1.232 1.088 930 896 718 554 513 486 463 403 266 263 166 100 71 54 40 25 16 13 13 Den ton ecord-Ch ron icle Section TUESDAY. OCTOBER 19.

1976 World Scries lias a team been down 2-0 and come back to win the championship. And two of those teams were Yankee teams, in 1956 against the Brooklyn Dodgers and two years later against the Milwaukee Braves. "I think Sparky's right," Martin said of Anderson's conservative stance. "I think we have the edge at home because we're more used to the natural grass. And we're very easily capable of turning this thing around in a hurry.

"I'M NOT ALL that impressed with their Martin continued. "But I am impressed with the rest of their club. Still, I can't call them awesome the way some people have. The Yankee clubs that I played on. when we won five World Series in a row, that's awesome." a i sends 31-year-old right- hander Dock Ellis to the mound tonight in hopes of turning things around.

Ellis turned himself around this year after coming to New York as a virtual throw- in in a trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates. After several stormy and ineffective seasons, he posted a 17-8 record this year. -I HATK cold weather. I don't like pitching in it. I don't think anyone likes playing in it." Ellis said, viewing the possiblity of playing in sub-freezing temperatures in Yankee Stadium.

Kills said he was in no way nervous about being the man on the spot, "It's just anouther game to me." he said. "You've got to take each game as it comes. You can't get all worked up over one game, no matter how important it may seem. You can only do what you are capable of doing. It's the same way all over, starting with Little League." Going against Ellis will be rookie Pat Xuchry.

a 24-year old right-hander who was 1-1-7 this year. Zachry is a cousin of North Texas State head football coach llayden Fry. A I I I himself in an unusual position, playing in a ball park he always wanted to plan in but in the wrong uniform. "The Yanks were always my favorite team from the time I was growing up," he said. "When I was a kid, I'd go in the back yard with a plastic ball and bat and make believe I was playing for the Yankees.

And we won every game 150." DPI NEW ENGLAND STEVE GROG AN, RIGHT, IS OFF ON A 41-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN Grogan Led The Patriots To A 41-7 Win Over New York.