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Get Dod Th Man; It's Lasorda I He's put in his dues. I still want to manage and this only means I'll have to wait a little longer to get my chance." Peter O'Malley would not say if other names were considered in addition to Lasor-da's. "I'll only say," he said, "that Tommy has been the leading candidate for some time. I met yesterday with Walter Alston and Al Campanis and both recommended Lasorda. I also talked to Tommy, went home, thought about it some more and called him this morning." Lasorda said he spent a sleepless night and was sitting by the phone when it rang.

"This is the greatest day of my life," he said. "To be selected as manager of an organization I love so deeply, to wake up and learn I had inherited a post being vacated by the greatest manager in baseball, is like being presented the Hope diamond. "It only proves to me that loyalty is a two-way street, that after all the love I've shown to the Dodgers over the years, the Dodgers love me a little, too. "There are so many people I'm grateful to. To Walter O'Malley, the man I've always Please Turn to Page 6.

Col. 1 cerned about getting off on the right foot that he's bringing Koufax out of retirement to pitch tonight." "Well," Lasorda said, "I thought I'd at least switch to Sutton." "You can't do that," O'Malley responded. "You'd have to call his agent first." The mood was light and lively at the Stadium Club conference at which it was revealed that the 49-year-old Lasorda was offered a one-year contract similar to those Alston received for 23 straight years. Lasorda agreed to a salary estimated at $50,000 and told Peter O'Malley, "If you had waited a little longer I'd have paid you to let me manage." Lasorda asked coaches Jim Gilliam, Red Adams and Monty Basgall to remain with him and each agreed. Lasorda asked Gilliam to take over as third base coach for the remainder of the season, a function he will probably assume full-time next year.

A fourth coach is to be hired. Gilliam, who has spent 25 years in the organization and also wants to manage, was asked if he was disappointed, i "Not at all," he said. "I'm very happy for Tommy. We've been close for a long time. BY ROSS NEWHAN Times Stall Writer Board chairman Walter O'Malley approached the microphones at a Dodger Stadium press conference Wednesday, glanced at his son, Peter, the club president, and said: "This is a disappointing day for me.

In my own mind I have been managing the Dodgers for some time. I thought that Peter might make it official. "But in reality I'm pleased to say that as long as I didn't get it, I'm happy that Tommy did." Thomas Charles Lasorda, third base coach for the last four summers, the man who bleeds Dodger blue, who prays to the great Dodger in the sky, who has spent 28 years with the organization as pitcher, scout, minor league manager, major league coach and believer in the cause, was selected Wednesday to succeed Walter Alston as manager. Alston, who announced Monday he would retire at the end of the season, told Lasorda to take over immediately and manage the club for the final four games. "But you better win," Alston said with a smile, "because the results go on my record." "Hell," Walter O'Malley said, "he's so con wmmmmi rv -s Tommy Lasorda, the new Dodgers' manager Times photo Kinos Obtain 'Enforcer JIM MURRAY The Emperor Is Fearful An Extrovert, a Storyteller and a Fighter That's Tom Lasorda, the Man Who's Now Running the Dodgers ufp yum NEW YORK He's been written off before.

But he's harder to get rid of than dandruff. His kingdom is a wasteland, denuded by time and changing custom. If it weren't, he would have long since been dethroned. If this were 1930, there would have been 100 young bulls out there to run Muhammad Ali off the herd a long time ago. But this is 1976, and he's fighting movie actors, has-beens, slow-moving, slow-thinking dolts, palookas, sparring partners, third-raters, guys with bullets in their guts, middle-aged Englishmen and flat-footed Dutchmen.

You can last forever fighting Buster Mathis or guys who bleed in a high wind. George Foreman? George Foreman is a three-round fighter. He needs oxygen by the fifth, and an iron lung by the eighth. He's looking for the floor by the time his opponent has warmed up. He's as easy to hit as a carpet.

Carry the fight to him and he'll soon be chasing your head up the aisle. Run and he can't find you. He looks like a guy looking for a collar button. Teofilo Stevenson? He's an amateur. Amateurs don't win U.S.

Opens, heavyweight championships or poker games. Ali himself is a 15-second fighter. At his age, he needs to cop a snooze on the ropes for two minutes of every round. But with the ham-and-eggers left in the division, 15 seconds is enough. Still, why doesn't he quit? What! And leave all those millions lying around out The way Ali does it, it's like finding money.

There's another even more important lure. An addiction to the spotlight, the backslaps, the laughs, the sound of hands clapping, and the sound of one's own voice. It's like saying why doesn't God quit. Or emperors abdicate. Why doesn't Bob Hope quit? It's a trip being an honest-to-gosh deity.

Being able to publicly and loudly contradict the lordly of the world, to chastise the press, to call Howard Cosell, "chump," to being your own law. I imagine the kings of France got this feeling, and they didn't quit. There's still enough of the little ghetto kid from Louisville in Muhammad Ali for him to marvel at what he's done, to consider with awe the adulation, the power, the other-worldliness of his position. Inside, there's still a little Cassius Clay there. Would Oxford University be inviting an ex-champ to be a lecturer in poetry? Would Harvard be on the wait-list? Ex-champs only get to express opinions on who's going to win the next fight.

No one cares what they think about politics, sociology, poetry, the economy, the country. When's the last time Jersey Joe Walcott got invited to the White House? It's not easy being a legend even if it's only to yourself. I still say there's a big bubble of fear inside the Ali mystique which drives him. Not cowardice. Fear.

There's a big distinction. Ali is brave, but not fearless. He will never be anonymous. But he fears not being Muhammad Ali. And all that stands for.

There's an evangelical fervor to the role that drives him. He wants to be Muhammad Ali and stay Muhammad Ali, the way a kid might want to be Buck Jones, or the Sundance Kid or some other childhood fantasy. He wants to stay in his Arabian Nights world. This genie doesn't want to go back into the bottle. He wants to heal the sick, walk on water if necessary.

He wants people to listen. He had enough of "Shut up!" when he was a kid. He'll be a celebrity all his life. Please Turn to Page 5, Col. 1 lo 3ngrlr Zimti BUSINESS FINANCE CC PART III THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1976 'This is the greatest day of my life it's like being presented the Hope diamond Dave Schultz Holds Record for Penalties BY DAN HAFNER Times Staff Writer In a year in which the National Hockey League has acted to curb violence, the Kings Wednesday acquired the game's most violent player, Dave Schultz of the Philadelphia Flyers.

Schultz is hockey's leading "enforcer." He's called The Hammer for his habit of beating opponents on the head. He's one of the main reasons the Flyers are called the Broad Street Bullies. The 26-year-old left winger was traded for "future considerations." In just four seasons in the NHL he became known as the game's meanest man. He has accumulated more penalty minutes (1,386) than all but eight other NHL players did in a career. His single-season record of 472 minutes in 1974-75 may never be broken.

The acquisition of Schultz, who managed to score 20 goals a couple of years ago despite spending the equivalent of six games in the penalty box, gives the Kings the policeman they lost in 1975 when they sent Dan Maloney to Detroit as part payment for Marcel Dionne. An enforcer protects his team's smaller players by retaliating against anyone who picks on them. And in addition he just generally bangs opponents around to keep them worried and off balance. It was rather surprising the Flyers parted with Schultz, as he gave the team toughness. Flyer coach Fred Shero gave the major credit for the Flyers' first of two Stanley Cup championships to Schultz.

Schultz said at his Cherry Hill, N.J., home: "I was surprised for a second and then I realized these Please Turn to Page 6. Col. 4 Dave Schultz Quarterback are completely different kinds. Of course, Plunkett, in his sixth yeari knows more about the game. But I think this kid, at this stage, is more accomplished.

He's a better runner, has a better arm, fakes better, handles the ball better. There's no comparison in ball-handling. I think Jim's big edge was he had great faith in himself. The Patriots were concerned about this kid. As a rookie, he'd get so mad and get down on himself." One of Grogan's resolutions this, year was to control his temper better.

And he thinks he's done a fair job, the Dwight White spitter notwithstanding. "He's a very nice kid," McDonough said. "Quiet but smart. On IQ, he graded out as one of the highest the Please Turn to Page 8. Col.

1 BULLY FOR THE KINGS-Dove Schultz (8), in a characteristic fighting pose, is newest of the Kings, coming in a trade with Flyers. AP Wirephoto Gura Beats A's, 4-0, Puts Royals One Win From Title It is a March morning in Vero Beach. Dodgertown. The spring of 1973. Coach Tom Lasorda is slapping ground balls at a group of young in-fielders.

"Some noise, some noise," shouts Lasorda. "You guys remind me of a morticians convention." He spins, reacting to the crack of a hit from the batting cage. "Billy Buck," bellows Lasorda. "My man. What a hitter.

He could spend three weeks in a concentration camp and come out hitting line drives." Now he spots two players lounging in the outfield. "Come on, come on," he yells. "Some life. You've got to pay the price. For the next six months you're married to baseball." Lasorda raps a grounder to the left of Tom Paciorek, who fields it neatly.

"Great play," the coach shouts. 'That Paciorek would rather field grounders than read Playboy." Later, in his room, Paciorek will say, "I've been with Lasorda for several years. I've heard every one of his stories, his lines, and yet I laugh every time. Some men have it that way. He's a motivator, an inspirational man.

The best way to put it, I suppose, is that Tommy sincerely tries to be like a father to us. And, of course, you'd play like hell for your father." Now it is a September Wednesday in 1976, the day that a 28-year dream has been realized, the day Tom Lasorda has been appointed manager of the Dodgers. He is sitting in the Stadium Club at Dodger Stadium, long after the formal press conference, saying he believes it is possible for him to go on being like a father to the players, that it is an important aspect of motivation, that he believes today's players are no different from yesterday's. There can be no doubt, though, that today's manager is different from yesterday's. The retiring Walter Alston is an introvert, a patient man of few words who changed little in victory or defeat, who believed basically that a professional athlete should be able to motivate himself and who kept at a distance from his players.

Tom Lasorda is an extrovert, a man of many words, a storyteller generally surrounded by friends or players, a man who dined with and kept company with players both as a minor league manager and major league coach, an at times impulsive Italian with a colorful history of field fights and a manager who accepts the con, the psych, as necessary tools in the art of motivation. Please Turn to Page 6. Col. 2 PERSONALITY OAKLAND (UPI)-Larry Gura, an obscure left-handed reliever making only his second start of the year, pitched the Kansas City Royals to a tie for the American League West title Wednesday night with a 4-0 win over the Oakland A's. A NO-HITTER FOR MONTEFUSCO AGAINST BRAVES From Times Wire Services ATLANTA San Francisco's swaggering John Montefusco came within one pitch of a perfect game Wednesday night, hurling a 9-0 no-hitter against the Atlanta Braves.

"The Count" allowed only one batter to reach base a walk on a 3-1 pitch to Jerry Royster leading off the fourth inning. "Oh my God, this is unbelievable," said Montefusco as he slumped in the San Francisco Giants' locker room. "A no-hitter I still can't believe I pitched a no-hitter." "This is the greatest day of my life. They can't shut me up now. I'm Please Turn to Page 2.

Col. 2 er he can spit for distance is open to question. 2. He is a combative player, not to be intimidated even by defensive linemen who outweigh him by 50 pounds. But can he play quarterback? Well, in three games a loss to Baltimore and then two surprising victories, over Miami and Pittsburgh he has passed for 602 yards and five touchdowns.

And he has scored twice himself on runs. He made 76 yards rushing against Miami. On the other hand, he has thrown six interceptions and will tell you he has a lot to learn. But, at 23, he's got a lot of time to learn it Grogan got to start about half the time last season, his rookie year, because Jim Plunkett was hurt. After The 28-year-old Gura, picked up by the Royals on May 16 in a trade with the New York Yankees, gave up only four hits, all singles, for his fourth victory without a loss.

The victory gave Kansas City a 3V-game lead over Oakland with three games left to play. The Royals can clinch the title outright with one more victory or Oakland loss. The best the A's can do is force a one-game playoff next Tuesday in Kansas City. They have four games unplayed. Amos Otis drove in two Kansas City runs with his 40th double, tops in the A.L., and his 18th homer.

George Brett, with an infield out, and Cookie Rojas, with an infield single, drove in the other Kansas City runs. Gura was the Chicago Cubs' No. 2 draft choice in 1969 but he failed to make the grade with them and was traded to the Texas Rangers, who promptly sent him to the minors. Two years ago, he got a chance with the Yankees and even made their rotation as the fifth starter. After getting off to a slow start this year, he was sent to Kansas City for Fran Healy.

Please Turn to Page 4, Col. 2 the season Will McDonough of the Boston Globe did a comparison of Grogan and Steve Bartkowski, the heralded Atlanta rookie. "Grogan outperformed him" McDonough said. "More completions. More yardage.

Better percentage. Fewer interceptions. And Grogan wasn't the No. 1 choice in the whole NFL draft "So when the season was over and Plunkett said he wanted to be traded, the Patriots were not as reluctant to let him go as they would have been otherwise. They didn't want Plunkett to leave but I think they would have foughfa lot harder to keep him if Grogan wasn't around." The day he was traded to San Francisco, Plunkett said: "Grogan has a better passing arm than I do." McDonough: "Grogan and Plunkett Steve Grogan: The Spitting Image of a Hello, Columbus Hollywood Henry Is Taking His Smash Rose Bowl Act on the Road to Ohio State BY MAL FLORENCE, Times Staff Writer If at all possible, Hollywood Hank plans to take his act to Columbus Saturday.

Ohio State has seen the act before and didn't particularly like it. Wally (Hollywood) Henry, UCLA's jaunty little flanker, scored on touchdown pass plays of 16 and 67 yards in the 23-10 upset of Ohio State in last January's Rose Bowl game. Since then, Henry has been out of the spotlight. Undefeated UCLA has mainly relied on its running game this season. Henry is UCLA's leading receiver with only four catches for 48 yards.

But UCLA's running attack, productive as it is, may not be enough at Ohio State. The Bruins probably will have to pass effectively, too. Quarterback John Sciarra completed 13 of 19 passes, in fashioning the Rose Bowl upset and Henry had five receptions for 113 yards and two touchdowns. After scoring, he held the ball teasing-ly in the face of safety Ray Griffin, brother of graduated Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin. He made sure the Buckeyes would know him by wearing an embroidered towel strapped to his waist.

"It had my nickname, 'Hollywood', on it with a rose coming up the side," Henry said. "It also had my number. No. 8, on it encircled by a star. "The Ohio State players didn't seem to mind.

Ray Griffin, Tim Fox and Cornelius Greene said it looked pretty sharp. I'm looking forward to seeing Ray again. "I had a party after the Rose Bowl game and a lot of Ohio State players were there. We had a real good time and we didn't talk about the game." The UCLA press guide lists Henry at 5-9, 171 pounds. He looks smaller, but says his size is no disadvantage.

"I'm fast and I can catch and I can jump well enough to stuff a Please Turn to Page 8, Col. 1 BY CHARLES MAHER Times Staff Writer Steve Grogan, the new starting pitcher for the New England Patriots, is only 23. But he has already developed a spitter. The Patriots were playing the Pittsburgh Steelers last Sunday and things were proceeding unhappily for the defending National Football League champions (who ultimately fell, 30-27). One of the Pittsburghers, Dwight White, expressed his frustration by spitting on Grogan.

Whereupon Grogan spat back. Splat. He got White right in the face. The episode tells us two things about Grogan: 1. He can fire the wet one with accuracy from short range, but wheth.