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KC Royals Losing Grip On Top Spot v. (O: 8 The Coshocton Tribune Wednesday, Sept. 8, 1976 Marchibroda Is Back At Helm Of Baltimore Colts ln AJL's West Mace Oakland dwindle to five games as the A's were blanking Chicago. 2-0. Tony Solaita, an ex-Royal, drove in both of California's runs.

In direct opposition to his recent approach to Kansas City's losing ways, Manager Whitey Herzog criticized his team. "We've looked like either Bv JOE FROHLIKGER I'PI Sports Writer The Royals are losing their grip in the AL West race. Held to three bits by California's Don Kirkwood Tuesday night, the Royals suffered their eighth loss in the last nine games, 2-1, and watched their American League Western Division lead over tcv vNl The Standings have a good practice today and to get ready for New England on Sunday." Neither Marchibroda nor General Manager Joe Thomas expanded on the conditions established for Marchibroda's return to the club. The head coach, who won Coach of the Year honors and led his team to a 10-4 record and a division championship in 1975. resigned three days after owner Robert Irsay marched into the locker room at Pontiac Stadium and blasted the Colts for their loss to the Detroit Lions, 24-9.

With the loss, their fourth in a row, the Colts wound up with a 2-4 preseason mark. The players rallied around the coach and demanded he be reinstated in a meeting Monday with General Manager Joe Thomas. "An owner is allowed to do whatever he wants to do," said Thomas when asked if the scene might be repeated this season. "If he wants to be on the sidelines, that's his prerogative," Thomas said. "If he wants to be in the locker room, that's his prerogative.

He has the right to do it, even if he's wrong. Mr. Irsay owns the club." Thomas said the club was "happy it's over with." "I don't think this will affect the team. Things like this will regroup the team," he said. "We're happy that Ted's back with us.

He had a one-day vacation." LA -v -i jlur iiKiiiimiiil'T'-f ifrf y-s----" 11 BALTIMORE ITI Ted Marchibroda, who returned as head coach of the Baltimore Colts Tuesday after resigning Sunday, said the important thing now is to get his team ready for the weekend clash against New England. Marchibroda resigned after complaining of front office interference. He said he was returning to the club with "full control of football matters and ore additional year added to my contract. "The most important factor is not that Ted Marchibroda is returning but that the players remain together," he said during a news conference Tuesday at St. Mary's Seminary, the training site for the team.

"My first purpose at hand is to Court To Rule On Suits GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. L'PI A federal judge was expected to rule today whether to reinstate seven Michigan State football players suspended in the wake of a recruiting scandal. A preliminary hearing on two suits filed by the seven athletes was scheduled before U.S. District Judge Noel P.

Fox. The suits charge that the NCAA, the Big Ten and MSU denied the players' constitutional rights to due process in issuing the suspensions and ask that the suspensions be lifted. The first suit was filed by senior defensive back Joe Hunt, who was suspended for one year for alleged recruiting violations. The second suit was filed later by linebacker Jim Epolito, quarterback Eddie Smith, offensive and defensive back Ted Bell, defensive linemen Larry Bethea and Melvin Land and' tight end Michael Cobb. Cobb was suspended for the Spartans' first five games.

The other five players were each suspended for the season opener against Ohio State. The suspensions followed a lengthy NCAA investigation of MSU's recruiting practices that ended with the university being placed on three years probation. had left the club over a dispute with owner Robert Irsay and General Manager Joe Thomas about control of football matters. (I'PI) Head Coach Ted Marchibroda rejoins the Colts and prepares for the first season outing Sunday against the New England Patriots. Marchibroda Player Movement Is Common For Organizing Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Ahmad Rashad (the former Bobby Moore) and adding 10 newcomers from waiver claims and three trades.

The Seahawks, who acquired veteran quarterback Bill Mun-son in a trade with the Detroit Lions Monday, supplemented their backfield Tuesday by claiming running backs Hugh McKinnis from Cleveland, Ralph NelSon from Washington, Don Testerman from Philadelphia and Oliver Ross from Denver in preparation for their home opener Sunday against St. Louis. The Seahawks didn't slight their defense any, adding defensive end Al Cowlings from victims being wide receivers Fair Hooker and Elmo Wright, quarterback Jerry Tagge, defensive end Roy Hilton, defensive tackle Richard Harris, punter Dave Green and kicker Bobby Howfield. Wright and Howfield were both waived by New Orleans, Harris and Tagge were dropped by Chicago. Hilton is unemployed courtesy of Atlanta, Green was cut by Cincinnati and Hooker was left jobless by Denver.

The Seahawks have made 27 separate player movements since Monday: waiving 14 players, putting two more on injured lists, trading veteran 5- 0 m' Major League Standings By United Press International National League East W. L. Pet. GB Philadelphia 84 52 .618 --Pittsburgh 79 58 .572 5'i New York 71 66 .518 13'i Chicago 63 75 .457 22 St. Louis 60 73 .451 22'i Montreal 45 88 .338 37'j West W.

L. Pet. GB Pet. .633 .577 .4 .461 .443 Cincinnati Los Angeles Houston San Diego 88 79 70 65 51 58 71 76 78 79 8 19 24 26'4 28' San Francisco 62 Atlanta 59 .428 Tuesday's Results New York 11 Chicago 0 St. Louis 7 Montreal 4 Houston 10 Cincinnati 5 San Diego 4 Los Angeles 2 San Francisco 6 Atlanta 3 (Only games scheduled) Today's Probable Pitchers (All Times EDT) New York (Seaver 11-10) at Chicago (Renko 7-7), 2:30 p.m.

Montreal (Blair 0-0 and Hannahs 0-0) at St. Louis (Forsch 5-10 and Solomon 0-1), 2, 6:30 p.m. Philadelphia (Carlton 16-5) at Pittsburgh (Rooker 12-7 or Medich 6-11), 7:35 p.m.. San Francisco (Nepper 0-0) at Los Angeles (Downing 1-1), 10:30 p.m. Atlanta (LaCorte 2-9) at San Diego (Griffin 7-6), 10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Billingham 11-9) at Houston (Dierker 13-13), 8:35 p.m. Thursday's Games Chicago at Philadelphia, night Montreal at St. Louis, night San Fran at Los Angeles, night Atlanta at San Diego, night Reds Red Hot than I can why we are 9-3 over Pittsburgh, 10-2 over St. Louis or 11-4 over Houston," said Alston. "It's a year-to-year thing." Dave Freisleben pitched a five-hitter for eight innings with Butch Metzger finishing up for the Padres while Burt Hooton was the loser for the Dodgers.

The victory was Freisleben's first since Aug. 16 and raised his record to 9-12. Johnny Grubb's two-run single gave San Diego a 2-1 lead in the fifth and Jerry Turner hit a two-run double in the sixth. Steve Garvey hit his 12th homer for the Dodgers. Cliff Johnson hit a two-run double and Ken Boswell a three-run triple as the Astros scored eight runs in the seventh inning to beat the Reds.

Fred Norman, breezing along with a 5-2 lead, presented Houston with its opportunity by walking three of the first four batters he faced in the seventh. The Reds had taken their Randy McQuiston Ryne Hathaway Jeff Hamilton Dougn Patterson TripValley 183 39 40 41 46 Court Dismisses Antitrust Charge Los Angeles, linebacker Greg Collins from San Francisco and defensive back Ted Bachman from Cleveland. The Seahawks also released rookie wide receiver Cornelius Greene and veteran defensive end Bob Martin, while placing on waivers running backs Gary Hayman and James Ford, wide receiver Bob Picard and defensive tackle Jeff Lloyd. Seattle placed linebacker Ken Hutcherson on the injured reserve list and fullback Eddie Ray on injured waivers. Astro Rally Trips Padres By FRKD DOWN UPI Sports Writer John McNamara was puzzled and Walt Alston saddled but both had essentially the same reaction to the San Diego Paares' mysterious success against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

They just didn't know why. The Padres, fourth in the National League's Western Division have a 10-5 record against the Dodgers this season and Tuesday night dealt Los Angeles' faint division-title hopes another blow with a 4-2 triumph. The loss prevented the Dodgers from picking up a game on the first-place Cincinnati Reds, who were beaten by the Houston Astros, 10-5. "We don't exactly dominate them," said McNamara. "At least we didn't in the two previous games we played them.

We play them just like we play everybody else." "I can't explain that any more we're too scared to win or we don't know how," he said. "We had every opportunity to win this game but we were dead from the word one." Solaita, acquired on waivers from Kansas City in early July, came back to haunt his ex-teammates, driving in Dave Chalk with a sacrifice fly in the first inning and singling home Mike Easier, who singled and stole second despite a pitchout, in the sixth inning. Kirkwood. 6-10, has given up only two earned runs in 24 2-3 innings this year against the Royals, and allowed only one Kansas City runner to reach second base. In other games, Baltimore edged Detroit, 5-3, Minnesota blanked Texas, 1-0, New York stopped Boston.

4-2, and Milwaukee clobbered Cleveland, 17-4. In the National League, New York trimmed Chicago, 11-0, Houston ripped Cincinnati, 10-5, St. Louis downed Montreal, 7-4, San Diego nipped Los Angeles, 4-2, and San Francisco beat Atlanta, 6-3. A's 4. White Sox 0: Oakland, bidding for its sixth straight Western title, downed Chicago as Mike Torrez pitched a four-hit shutout ana Gene Tenace drove in three runs with two homers.

The win was only the sixth triumph in the last 11 games for the A's, but in that stretch they have picked up four games on Kansas City. Orioles 5, Tigers 3: Detroit's Mark Fidrych lost his third straight game and saw his chances for the Cy Young Award grow dimmer as he dropped to 15-8. "The Bird" wasn't helped by the errorprone Tigers, who committed four errors leading to three unearned Baltimore runs. Wayne Garland, 16-6, scattered six nits and snapped a personal three game losing streak. Twins Rangers 0: Pete Redfern and Bill Campbell combined to shut out Texas, which saw Gaylord Perry's consecutive scoreless inning streak stopped at 29 when in the third Steve Braun grounded into a fielder's choice to score Steve Brye.

Dodgers Jon Matlack raised his record to 15-8 with an eight-hitter behind a 16-hit New York attack which included homers by Leo Foster and Mike Phillips. Foster drove in five runs with his homer and two singles and John Milner tripled for the Mets. Ray Burris suffered his 13th loss against 12 wins for Chicago. Seahawks Waiver Greene SEATTLE (UPI) Cornelius Greene, former standout quarterback at Ohio State, was placed on waivers Tuesday by the Seattle Seahawks. Greene, who was a starter for the Buckeyes the last three years and guided his team to three straight Big Ten championships, was picked up by Seattle for a draft choice two weeks ago and had been tried at wide receiver.

Last season, Greene was named Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten as well as being voted a similar honor by his teammates. He beat out twotime Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin for both honors. $25,000 JUG PREVIEW 3 Year Old Pace THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 9 SCIOTO DOWNS OHIO'S SHOWPUCE OF RACING POST TIME 7:45 P.M. 6000 South High Strtet Columbui, Ohio Cincinnati at Houston, night (Only games scheduled) American League East W. L.

Pet. .615 .529 .511 .474 .463 .459 GB New York Baltimore Cleveland Boston Detroit Milwaukee 83 72 70 65 63 62 52 64 67 72 73 T3 11 Mi 14 19 20' 21 GB 5 102 16 172 21 West W. L. Pet. .577 .540 .500 .460 .449 .423 Kansas City Oakland Minnesota Texas California 79 74 70 63 58 63 70 74 76 79 62 58 Chicago Tuesday's Results New York 4 Boston 2 Baltimore 5 Detroit 3 Milwaukee 17 Cleveland 4 California 2 Kan City 1 Minnesota 1 Texas 0 Oakland 4 Chicago 0 Today's Probable Pitchers (All Times EDT) Chicago (Gossage 8-14) at Oakland (Bosman 4-1), 11 p.m.

Minnesota (Redfern 4-7) at Texas (Boggs 1-4), 8:35 p.m. California (Ross 7-15) at Kansas City (Fitzmorris 15-10), 8:30 p.m. Cleveland (Eckersley 10-11) at Baltimore (Palmer 19-12), 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee (Augustine 8-9) at New York (Figueroa 16-8), 8 p.m. Detroit (Lemanczyk 4-5) at Boston (Wise 11-10), 7:30 p.m.

Thursday's Games Chicago at Oakland Minnesota at Texas, night California at Kan City, night Cleveland at Baltimore, night Milwaukee at New York, night Detroit at Boston, night Against early lead with the help of a two-run homer by Johnny Bench and a solo homer by Tony Perez. Pedro Borbon, who took over for Norman in the seventh, suffered his third defeat for the Reds. St. Louis defeated Montreal, 7-4, New York routed Chicago, 11-0, and San Francisco beat Atlanta, 6-3, in the other NL games. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh were not scheduled.

In the American League, it was New York 4 Boston .2, Baltimore 5 Detroit 3, Minnesota 1 Texas 0, California 2 Kansas City 1, Milwaukee 17 Cleveland 4, and Oakland 4 Chicago 0. Cards 7, Expos 4: Keith Hernandez drove in two runs, including the winner for St. Louis, which clinched the victory with two runs in the ninth inning. The Cardinals batted around and scored four runs to tie the score at 4-4 in the sixth and then Hernandez drove in the tie-breaker in the seventh. Mets 11, Cubs 0: Jamie Slate Chris Scott Jim Hamilton Mark Weaver Roger McClure 40 45 49 49 51 3 WHEELS Casals Advances Bv RICK GOSSELIN I'PI Sports Writer The printers in Seattle must be making a mint on playbooks for the National Football League Seahawks.

The first year Seattle franchise, which makes its NFL debut Sunday, has had better than a 20 per cent turnover on its roster the past two days, taking advantage of the wealth of talent with which the 26 established teams are cluttering up the waiver list in getting down to their 43-man rosters. The list of name veterans getting the axe continued to grow Tuesday with the latest exempt from the antitrust laws. He also dismissed allegations by Finley he had not received due process treatment from Kuhn nor equal protection with other owners. But McGarr rejected a request by Kuhn's attorneys for summary judgment throwing out the entire case, saying to grant the request "would entitle (Kuhn) to render a decision on any question dealing with baseball no matter how unauthorized or arbitrary that decision might be. This is an untenable decision.

"It definitely is a question for the court to decide if Kuhn's action was arbitrary, a Question which has to be decided in the courts." He set Nov. 8 for a trial on the remaining counts. The key issue of the trial will be whether Kuhn had the power to prohibit Finley from selling pitcher Vida Blue to the New York Yankees for $1.5 million and pitcher Rollie Fingers and outfielder Joe Rudi to the Boston Red Sox for $2 million on June 15. Attorneys for both Kuhn and Finley said they were pleased with the decision. Peter Bleak-ley, handling Kuhn's case, said throwing out the antitrust charge reduced the damage claim from $10.5 million to $3.5 million as well as eliminating Finley's chance to claim attorney's fees and costs.

After McGarr's decision, Finley withdrew his request for a preliminary injunction to force Kuhn to step out of the case and allow the sales go through. Finley's attorney, Neil Papiano, said the request for injunctions would be combined with the other counts for trial beginning Nov. 8. Kuhn remained a defendant in three of the counts still pending. Sixth: Roger Boatman, RV, 10:42 Seventh: Kelly Dutton, NP, 10:49 Eighth: Dwayne Thomas, NP, 11:01 Ninth: Steve Bitticker, NP, 11:02 Tenth: Stevens, RV, 11:25 Eleventh: Curtis Lee, RV, 11:20 Twelfth: Dean Conrad, FV, 11:39 Thirteenth: Robin West, RV, 11:43 Fourteenth: Rick Darr, RV, 11:44 CHICAGO (UPI) A federal court judge dismissed antitrust charges made by Oakland A's owner Charles O.

Finley against baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, but set a trial date on whether Kuhn had the authority to ban the sales of three A's plavers. U.S. District Court Judge Frank McGarr Tuesday threw out three counts of Finley's seven-count suit, saying it was "well established" baseball was Generals' Runners Down Net WEST LAFAYETTE -Ridgewood scored a 20-41 victory over the visiting Newcomerstown Trojans here Tuesday evening, running the Generals' record to (3-0) for the season. Ridgewood will next be in action Thursday at 4 p.m. at Caraway.

Jeff Swaney of the Generals took first in the race with a time of 10:37. Dwayne Stacker of the Trojans was second at 10:39, with Lance McCoy third at 10:56 of the Generals. SUMMARY Jeff Swaney (R) 10.37 Dwayne Stocker (N) 10:39 Lance McCoy (R) 10:56 Dave Olinger (R) 11:08 Larry Lusk (R) 11:11 J. P. Mozena (N) 11:13 Kim Jonard (R) 11:19 Jim Barstow (R) 11:22 Bill Alloway (R) 11:26 Scott Bartolic(R) 11:33 Ridgewood Golfers Open Season With 154-183 Win ED B0NNETTE Tires and Batteries Tennis tourney at Forest Hills, N.Y.

Casals defeated her fellow Californian 7-5, 6-1, to advance to the quarter finals. (I'PI) Leaders American League; L. May, Bait 94; Chambliss and Munson, NY 89; Yastrzemski, Bos and Mayberry, KC 85. Stolen Bases National League: Morgan, Cin and Taveras, Pitt 52; Brock, St.L 49; Cedeno, Hou and Lopes, LA 47. American League: North, Oak 66; LeFlore, Det 56; Campaneris, Oak 51; Baylor, Oak 47; Patek, KC 46.

Pitching Most Victories National League: Jones, SD 20-12; Koosman, NY 18-8; Sutton, LA 18-9; Carlton, Phil 16-5; Richard, Hou 16-14. American League: Palmer, Bait 19-12; Tiant, Bos 17-11; Garland, Bait 16-6; Leonard, KC 16-7; Figueroa, NY 16-8. Earned Run Average (based on 135 innings pitched) National League: Seaver, NY 2.41; Rau, LA 2.55; Norman, Cin 2.62; Jones, SD 2.71; Zachry, Cin 2.72. American League: Fidrych, Det 2.33; Travers, Mil and Blue, Oak 2.38; Tanana, Cal 2.63; Palmer, Bait 2.65. Strikeouts National League: Seaver, NY 202; Richard, Hou 178; Koosman, NY 156; Montefusco, SF 152; Niekro, Atl 149.

American League: Rvan, Cal 260; Tanana, Cal 222; Blvleven, Tex 180; Hunter, NY 154; Palmer, Bait and Blue, Oak 145. With her eyes glued on the ball, Rosemary Gasals gets set to return a shot to Terry Holladay Tuesday in the U.S. Open League Major League Leaders By United Press International Batting (based on 375 at bats) National League AB II Pet. Morgan, Cin 120 412 103 140 .340 Madlock, Chi 124 444 59 150 .338 Griffey. Cin 128 486 101 163 .335 Oliver, Pit 109 416 59 138 .332 Maddox, Phil 129 470 68 154 .328 Rose.

Cin 139 565 1 18 182 .322 Foster, Cin 127 503 79 157 .312 Gernimo, Cin 127 429 52 133 .310 Garvey, LA 137 542 71 167 .308 Montnez.Atl 139 557 59 170.305 Parker, Pit 114 443 64 135.305 American League G. AB R. II. Pet McRae, KC 126 440 65 152.345 Brett, KC 135 550 81 182 .331 Carew, Min 136 526 84 174 .331 Bostock, Min 111 407 59 132.324 LeFlore, Det 130 527 90 167 .317 Lynn, Bos 121 470 69 147 .313 Garr.Chi 115 447 54 140.313 Rivers, NY 125 554 89 171 .309 Munson, NY 131 530 68 160.302 Carty, Cle 130 473 59 142.300 Home Runs National League: Kingman, NY 34; Schmidt, Phil 33; Foster, Cin 29; Monday, Chi 28; Morgan, Cin 27. American League: Nettles, NY 25; L.May, Bait and Bando, Oak 24; Jackson, Bait and Hendrick, Clev 22.

Runs Batted In National League: Foster, Cin 114; Morgan, Cin 105; Watson, Hou 89; Schmidt, Phil 88; Luzinski, Phil 85. HERCULES MICH ELI MULTI-MILE WIDE BELT Car, Truck, and Farm Tires New Philly Runners Top RV Cross Country Team WEST LAFAYETTE Ridgewood's Golfing Generals began the 1976 season with a 154-183 victory over visiting Tri-Valley, Tuesday evening at Hickory Flats Golf Course Medalist honors went to Mike Lower of the Generals who shot a two under par 34. Ridgewood (1-0) for the season will travel to Sugarcreek next Tuesday for a triangular match with Garaway and Indian Valley North. SUMMARY: Ridgewood 154 Mike Lowe 34 Potential Coaches To Meet WEST LAFAYETTE Paul Sinden, head of the Ridgewood School District's Little League Football program, has asked that anyone interested in coaching attend an organizational meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Eating Stand on the playgrounds.

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8:30 AM to 5:30 PM NEW PHILADELPHIA The River View Cross Country team was defeated by the New Philadelphia runners 17-4 here Tuesday. In the junior varsity meet. River View won by a 15-50 score. The junior varsity runners took the first 14 places. VARSITY SUMMARY First: Tab Huff, NP, 10:18 Second: Jody Gaffney, NP, 10.18 Third: Jeff Stilgenbauer, NP, 10:18.5 Fourth: John Pollock, NP, 10:30 Fifth: Rod Stevens, RV, 10:35.