The Herald-Palladium from Benton Harbor, Michigan • 23

Thursday, March 20, 1986 THE HERALD-PALLADIUM, Beato Harbar- St. Jtseph. Mlchlgti PAGE TWENTY THREE O'Grady Is Not First Golfer To Take On PGA By HAL BOCK AP Sports Writer Just in case maverick Mac O'Grady gets the notion he is the first professional golfer to take on the establishment, Lee Trevino is available to dispute the idea. O'Grady was fined $500 for allegedly making some uncomplimentary remarks about a woman marshall at one of the PGA Tour events and the matter became a cause celebre when he chose to turn it into a showdown with Commissioner Deane Beman. Words like "thief" have been used, shaking up the usually placid world of professional golf.

Trevino, who occasionally has voiced his opinions on a variety of subjects, recalled once trespassing into that prohibited area of criticizing the commissioner. "Yeah," he said, "and it cost me." In1970, stuck in a frustrating round that had taken 3V4 hours to play, Trevino' temper got the better part of him. "I said, 'If officials don't have the authority to speed up play, then the commissioner should be out here, monitoring Then-Commissioner Joe Dye was not amused at the suggestion by a player that he alter his job description. "He called me the next day and said, 'You got Trevino said. "I paid it.

I had it coming." On other occasions, when his colorful language might have created problems for him, Trevino confessed that he has squirmed off the hook. "I've gotten in trouble for some things. They'd get a report on foul language and the commissioner would ask me, 'Did you say I'd tell him, 'Would I say He'd say, 'I didn't think and that would be the end of it." Trevino wishes "Mac the Mouth," who now faces fines and suspensions of record proportions from Beman for further offenses, had simply paid the fine in the first place and left well enough alone. "O'Grady is fighting the establishment and he can't win," be said. "His peers are concerned about what happens.

Golf is healthy, as healthy as it's ever been. You can't go around calling people who run golf tournaments bad names. You just don't do those things. How we act reflects on our organization. "We've got a good thing going.

We're playing for $27 million. He's our commissioner. You don't talk that way about the commissioner. We don't like that in golf. This is a clean sport.

We're our own judge and jury and no player is bigger than the game;" The game and its legend and lore is the subject of Trevino 's golf special to be televised by NBC Sunday, April 6. It was filmed at St. Andrews' hallowed Old Course and Trevino speaks with appropriate about this shrine of his sport. The taping was done during the 1984 British Open, around Trevino's competition time. It did not interfere with his game.

"I was two shots out of the lead with 36 holes to play and I finished 10th," he said. "I hit the ball well, but I putted bad. I knew it wasn't me. It was the putter. A couple of weeks later, I bought a $50 putter in a pro shop and then I won the PGA with it I've still got it." His huge success on the tour notwithstanding, Trevino remains the same salty caddyshack character who burst on the golf scene in 1967.

"I still like MacDonald's. I still like to sit under a tree; sip a beer and chit-chat with the locals. I change the sheets three times a week instead of sleeping on them for a week. I get a full tank of gas instead a dollar's worth to get where I'm going. But I don't think I've changed at all.

"My clothes have been upgraded and the food's a better quality, but, hey, beer is beer." Hiller Returns To Baseball As Tiger Coach own a 40-acre farm in the Upper Peninsula, near Hermansville. She travels with him as he makes the rounds of the Tigers' five minor league clubs. Hiller said he doesn't aspire to be anything more than what he is. He said he wouldn't want to coach in the big leagues because his wife couldn't travel with him. "I think I would get more satis fatinn urnrlrinff itnth Ai nr fl tiH 1 V-rSiXSm LAKELAND, Fla.

(AP) John Hiller, who fought back from a heart attack to become one of the baseball's best relief pitchers, thought he was doing the right thing, getting out of the game before he really had to. He stood in front of the Detroit dugout and applauded the Tiger fans in 1980, the night it was announced he was leaving. But now, six years, three business ventures and two marriages later, Hiller has quietly returned to baseball as a pitching coach in the Tigers' minor league system. He can be found every morning in the giant green shed where the minor leaguers dress in Tigertown, gan's Upper Peninsula and finally running a country store in Florida. But nothing seemed right.

So Hiller wrote a letter to Jim Campbell, the president of the Tigers, and asked for a job. Campbell helped induct Hiller into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame last autumn and the two talked about it in some detail. Campbell said okay and Hiller reported for work a few weeks ago. "It's been fun," Hiller said. "Just being around ballplayers, regardless of ages, that atmosphere around athletes is so much fun.

"Just putting a uniform on again in a professional capacity is as exciting as anything." across the drive Tram the modern concrete park where the big club works out. He pulls the uniform over a still-trim body about 9 a.m., sneaking a couple of smokes, cupping them in his hand so the young players in the other room won't see. At 10 a.m. every player in the Tigers farm system is limbering up, and Hiller is back at what he loves best baseball. "When I retired, I probably could have played a little longer," said Hiller, who will be 43 in April.

"I guess I missed putting the uniform on." At first, Hiller tried selling life insurance, then farming in Michi Hiller himself was about the most exciting thing the Tigers had going many times during the 1970s. Following his heart attack in 1971, which caused him to miss IVi seasons, Hiller came back to establish a major league record of 38 saves in 1973. The following year he set a record for victories by a relief pitcher 17. He finished his career with 125 saves, still a Tiger record. "You want to know something? All of our doctors warned us not to allow John to come back after that heart attack," Campbell remembered.

"He was working out with our top farm club. I went down there and took him up in the stands. I tried for over an hour to fire him, to tell him he was finished. He said he absolutely wouldn't give it up. So I said nuts to it then, and ordered him up to the big club.

He pitched against Chicago the next night." Hiller remembered that game against the White Sox. "That was my biggest thrill, just coming back after the heart attack," Hiller said. "Richie Allen hit a home run off me the first batter. But I threw three strikes and I was so happy. I got two by him.

"I didn't care. I knew I could do it after all that time. I was happy." He appears to be happy now. Hiller and his second wife, Linette, JOHN HILLER seeing them come along the next four or five years," Hiller said. This is a greatly toned-down version of the free-spirited "Ratso" his teammates used to know.

"I've got to project a little sanity here," Hiller said, the flashing smile spliting his face. "I have to show a little different image now. "Besides, these kids are more disciplined. When I came through this very building 23 years ago, we were more interested in what was going on downtown the group I came up with. These kids are better listeners." Late-Season Spurt Makes Dunston Eager People DO Read Small Ads.

You Did! eighth spot last year," Dunston said. "I'm going to try to be more patient at the plate this time." He played winter ball for Cubs coach Ruben Amaro on the Zulia club in Venezuela with Manny Trillo, reaquired by the Cubs over the winter. "Trillo is now my idol along with (second baseman) Ryne Sandberg," said Dunston. "It's so easy to work with both of them. Trillo worked with me on turning the double play, moving a little bit farther away from the bag after taking the throw.

"Manny told me I could save my arm a little and keep from jumping up in the air if I did that," Dunston said. "During the second half of the season, Ryno told me I was feeding the ball to him just right on the double plays. That's what I want to continue doing. We have to continue to communicate. That's the key." Amaro said Dunston will be working on control.

"His eagerness and his competitiveness are going to make him rush and make some errors sometimes," Amaro said. "But at least he knows now what's happening, and he knows what he has to do. "The last three weeks of winter ball that be played with Trillo and another kid, Jaime Perez, who are outstanding second basemen, Shawon did an outstanding job for me," Amaro said. Dunston's problem never has been lack of enthusiasm. "Shawon is intense when he does his work," Amaro said.

"He doesn't want to field 50 ground balls. He wants to field 250 ground balls. Alot of times I have to back him off." MESA, Ariz. (AP) Although shortstop Shawon Dunston had a bad start in 1985 with the Chicago Cubs, his end-of-season spurt makes him all the more eager to step into the starting position in his second major-league year. "I want to show people that the second half of last year was not fluke.

I'm for real," said the 22-year-old Dunston, who in September hit .330 (37-for-112), with three home runs, eight runs batted in and five stolen bases. His late spree followed a dismal start. After a much-publicized spring-training battle with veteran shortstop Larry Bowa that gave Dunston the starting position, he only hit .194 and committed nine errors before being sent down to Triple A Iowa of the American Association on May 15. Dunston was recalled Aug. 13 and Bowa, who has since retired to manage the Class AAA Las Vegas Stars of the Pacific Coast League, was traded to the New York Mets the next day.

"It's better this year coming to spring training knowing I have the job," Dunston said. "I don't have to prove anything to anybody. I know a lot of the fans thought I couldn't play when I first came up. But I feel I have the fans on my side right now. The team has confidence in me and I feel wanted this year." Cubs Manager Jim Frey plans to bat Dunston eighth in the lineup, although he performed well in the No.

2 spot late last season. "I didn't really do a good job accepting the walks when I batted in the The New Generation of the Original Race-Winning Street Radial Bullets9 7-7 Bol Awesome NBA Shot Blocker By WILLIAM R. BARNARD AP Raabathall Wrlt night." It was shot-blocking that attracted the Bullets to Bol. They believe they have the scorers they need in Ruland, Jeff Malone, Gus Williams and Cliff Robinson. "We saw Manute twice in the summer league (where Bol averaged 11 blocks per game for Rhode Island of the U.S.

Basketball League) and we really wanted him badly," Shue said. went to college in Cleveland and Bridgeport, for two years. "I'll try anything to get the ball in the basket, whether it's shooting from the comer, shooting hook shots or jump shots or dunks. "I go out every night and mainly play defense and not shoot the ball. I'm really enjoying myself.

All the traveling doesn't bother me because I'm not from here and I get to see a different place every For years, Kareem Abdul-Jab-bar of the Los Angeles Lakers complained about the bruisers whose only purpose in the game seemed to be roughing up Kareem Abdul-Jab-bar. Now, the NBA's all-time leading scorer says that 7-foot-7 Manute Rnl nf tho Washinptnn Rnllotn i a fearsome opponent in a different way. "Now I know how people feel when they play me," said Abdul-Jabbar, who is five inches shorter than Bol. "I don't know which is worse, getting beat up or getting my shots blocked." Bol certainly has become the most talked-about second-round draft pick in NBA history. In a league where players 6-foot-10 or taller are common and fans are not overly impressed with exceedingly tall men, the first sight of Bol and his stork-thin legs and arms is breath-taking.

Rose, Jones Get Football Hall Honors Benton Harbor assistant coach Sam Jones and former Lake Michigan Catholic head coach Terry Rose will be inducted into the Michigan High School Football Coaches Hall Of Fame on Saturday, April 12. Jones was an assistant coach at Pine Bluff, for four years before coming to Benton Harbor in 1966. He was the ninth grade coach at Benton Harbor Junior High School and became at varsity football assistant in 1974. Rose was an assistant coach at Concord, in 1960 and 1961 and at South Bend St. Joseph's from 1962-64.

He came to St. Joe Catholic in 1965 and became the head coach in 1966. He stayed on when the school merged into Lake Michigan Catholic in 1969. He served as Laker coach until 1983 and has been an assistant at Lakeshore the past two seasons. His career head coaching record was 109-53-1.

The induction ceremonies will start at 6 p.m. at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor. For tickets, see either Benton Harbor Football Coach Dan Lauer or Rose. The guest speakers for the banquet are Michigan Football Coach Bo Schembechler and former Oklahoma Coach Bud Wilkinson. Career Clip I "799 (J 18570R-13 the nightmares he is causing NBA opponents almost are as impressive.

Bol is leading the league in blocked shots with 5.08 per game although he didn't become a regular until 20 games into the season when Jeff Ruland was hurt. Bol has more blocks by himself than 10 NBA teams, and he had a single-game high of 15 against Atlanta on Jan. 25. "II he stays healthy, he's going to be a force in this league for at least 10 years," Bullets General Manager Bob Ferry said. "And that's if he never gains, another pound or becomes an offensive threat." "The idea is take advantage of the strengths of your players and right now Manute's strength is defense," Bullets Coach Gene Shue said.

"A year or two down the road, when he adds weight and strength he'll become a decent offensive player." This season, Bol has more blocked shots and rebounds than points. At one point this year, he had 100 more blocks than points. "He basically has a good touch, so we've been working on a hook shot," Shue said. "But he's a project offensively. It's a question of technique.

He has the athletic ability to play offense." "I'd like to learn to shoot any way I can that will let me score," said Bol, who moved to the United States from the Sudan in 1983 and VERSATILE RUSSELL LOS ANGELES (AP) Nothing is dearer to the heart of a major-league manager than a team player who will shift to any position the skipper wants. Bill Russell, a 15-year veteran at shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers, didn't utter a protest when Manager Tommy Lasorda began using him occasionally in center-field this spring. Russell had spent no time in the outfield for close to 15 years but he showed he still knew the fundamentals. "If playing two or three different positions from time to time can keep me with the Dodgers three or four more years, I will be happy to do it," Russell said. 23570R-14 77.99 21570R-15 72.99 22570R-15 77.99 23570R-15 ........79.99 25570R-15 87.99 19570R-13 58.99 19570R-14 .....63.99 20570R-14 68.99 21570R-14 71.99 22570R-14 74.99 21560R-14 23S60R-14 24560R14 .70.99 23570R-15 78.99 .76.99 2 5 560 84.99 .78.99 27560R-15.

.89.99 1 THE WELDER YOU'VE Dowagiac High School graduate Rick Cooper is a junior pitcher on this year's Hillsdale College baseball team. Lakeshore Mat Event Saturday The annual Lakeshore Junior High Invitational Wrestling Tournament will be held Saturday. It featuring 11 area junior high schools. Continuous wrestling on four mats at Lakeshore High School will begin at 10 a.m. in the double elimination affair.

There will be 14 weight divisions for seventh and eighth graders. Competition is expected to end prior to 3:30. Medals will be presented to first place winners and ribbons for second through fourth places. Junior High teams entered besides the host Lancers Include Dowagiac, Coloma, Niles, Buchanan, River Valley, Lake Michigan Catholic, South Haven, St. Joseph, Ed-wardsburg and Brandywine.

Edwards Takes First Betsy Edwards of the Southwest Michigan Gymnats was first all-around this weekend in a Gass I sectional in Rochester. Edwards, competing in the children's division, was also first in vault, bars and beam while qualifying for the state finals. Other action saw Shannon Wood take first in vault and Sa-, rah Anderson qualify for the state. BEEN WAITING FOR 1C3 AU? (110 Volt) Portable 48 fcs. Disposable CO' Cyl.

Gun and 6' Cable C5LT BUaSSEfm E3 HE -A- 9 COMPLETI PLUS TAX AVAILABLE NOW AT: SPECIAL SAVINGS! 4-Bag LAWN PROGRAM from Fartl-lom PRICED AT $43.80 batad on 8,000 sq. ft. ALL YOUR LAWN NEEDS FOR THE WHOLE YEAR! EMLONGS GARDEN SHOP StevensvEM 429-3612 Open Dally Sat63O5O0 BENTON HARBOR 1675 E. Napier 925-1416 SOUTH BEND 4005 S. Michigan (219) 291-CC33 btioch Welding Supply 1 640 East Empire.

Benton Harbor, Michigan 926-1167.