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Chicago Tribune, Tuesday, September 2, 1980 Section 4 3 Local talent outruns Eastern import in Secretariat Stakes By Neil Milbert AFTER A PROLONGED recession, the quality of horses who run regularly at Arlington Park appears to be making a recovery. Spruce Needles provided another piece of evidence in support of that theory Monday when he scored a three-length victory in the $166,600 Secretariat Stakes, upsetting Proctor the 6-5 favorite from the East Coastl. Throughout the 1970s, Eastern thoroughbreds came in for major races, and the local horses seemed to have a lock only on losing. But this summer, it has been a different story. All three legs of the MidAmerican Triple for 3-year-olris The Arlington Classic, American Derby, and Secretariat were won by horses who call Arlington home.

Spruce Needles also was triumphant in the Arlington classic, and Hurry Up Blue was victorious in the American Derby, both races. THE SECRETARIAT is not only (he richest race in the series it's the longest as well, IVi miles over the grass course. The turf was soggy because of the rain, prompting two scratches: Hurry Up Blue and Belmont-based First American. That left a field of six, and the crowd of 22,407 made Proctor, a gray son of Graustark, the overwhelming favorite. In his last start, the Lexington Handicap at Belmont Park, he had won but was disqualified for interference.

The time before that Proctor powered to a 54-length victory in Delaware Park's Leon Richards. Both were grass races. Among the many who considered Proctor the horse to beat was Spruce Needles' trainer, Smiley Adams, but Adams thought he had a shot at "the New York horse." "I JUST TOLD I jockey 1 Julio Espino-za to lay off the pace and make his move in the last half-mile," Adams said. 'My horse can run all day, and he loves the turf." Flying Target and Summer Advocate sparred for the early lead, with Proctor in third and Spruce Needles I $6.50 to $11 back in the pack. With not quite a half-mile to go, Proctor went around the pacesetters to open up a two-length lead but simultaneously the rear guard surged forward.

Racing three horses wide, Spruce Needles drew a bead on Proctor and shot around him as they turned for home. "I know Spruce Needles like the back of my hand," said Espinoza, replacing Mike Morgan, who had ridden the son of Big Spruce in all four of this prior Arlington outings this summer. "I've been on him since he was a 2-year-old, and 1 won the Spiral Stakes at Latonia with him this year. "He developed late as a 2-year-old when he stretched out to seven furlongs, he was a different horse. The pace was a little slow, so 1 didn't want to fall too far back.

"When it's only a six-horse field and you have the best horse, you don't want to get in trouble. That's why I came around horses." ALTHOUGH SPRUCE NEEDLES was a decisive winner, his time, 2:40 4-5, was very slow. The track record is 2:27 4-5. Proctor managed to salvage second money coming in two lengths ahead of the Messanger, who had relegated Spruce Needles to third in last month's Round Table Handicap on the grass. Carlton, Phils 1st Sports (briefing I BRIEFING I jsZtfe-; but not by much Famed reieree Donovan dies From Tribune Wire Services SAN FRANCISCO-Steve Carlton pitched the Philadelphia Phillies into first place in the National League East Monday with a 6-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants.

Carlton earned his 21st victory of the season, tying him with Baltimore's Steve Stone for the major-league lead, while easing the Phils to the top of the scrambled NL East for the first time since July 12. Catcher Bob Boone drove in the winning run with an eighth-inning single off reliever Greg Minton as the Phils scored "I Brett's i hitting I -401, Baseball roundup FAMED BOXING referee Arthur Donovan, who presided over more heavyweight championship fights than any other official, died Monday in New York. He was 89. Donovan, father of Art Donovan a defensive tackle with the Baltimore Colts for eight years in the 1950s and '60s, was third man in the ring at 14 heavyweight title fights, many of them involving Joe Louis. He was so identified with the famed Brown Bomber, in fact, that Louis was once taunted by a heckler: "How come you're traveling without your buddy Donovan?" "I got two Arthur Donovans," responded Louis, holding up his fists, "a right and a left." Perhaps the most celebrated bout refereed by Donovan was Louis' first-round knockout of Max Schmel-ing in their return bout June 22, 1938.

Have bat, will travel Willie Montanez is nothing if not well-traveled. But the 32-year-old first baseman didn't have far to go Monday when he joined his eighth major-league baseball club. Montanez was traded from the Padres to Montreal for cash and minor-league infielder Tony Phillips while the Expos were in San Diego to begin a series against the last-place Padres. Montanez, who previously played for California, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Atlanta, the New York Mets, and Texas, was batting .276 for the Padres, just one point below his lifetime average. His 62 RBI were second on the club to Dave WInficld's 74.

Trioune PnoiQ dv Micnaei Buorys Lee Smith, 6-5, 220-pound right-handed pitch- the otherwise booing and frustrated Cub fans er called up from Wichita, brought cheers from during his major-league debut Monday. Cubs take another day off Waltzing Matilda Races at a glance American League East New York 79 SI .608 Baltimore 77 52 .597 l'a National League East Philadelphia 69 60 .5348 Montreal 70 61 .5343 Pittsburgh 71 62 .5338 National League West Houston 75 57 .568 tos Angeles 74 57 .565 Vi Cincinnati 72 59 .550 2Vi (Through Monday's games) twice to break a 4-4 tie. Carlton 121-7 struck out 9 to boost his major league-leading total to 241. The victory moved the Phils half a percentage point .5348 to .53431 a head of Montreal and a full point ahead of Pittsburgh. Astros 10-5, Pirates 4-7 PITTSBURGH The Pittsburgh Pirates have a lot of high-priced hitting talent, but it wasn't Dave Parker or Willie Stargell or Bill Madlock who delivered the big blows that finally ended their longest losing streak since 1968.

Deliverance came from the most unlikely source, pitcher Rick Rhoden, whose homer and two doubles led the Pirates to a 7-5 victory over the Houston Astros in the second game of a double-header. The Astros had won the opener, 10-4, to send the Pirates reeling to their eighth straight defeat and out of first place in the National League East. Two homers by Madlock and another by Ed Ott could not save the Pirates in the opener, in which the Astros hopped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning and put it away with a four-run fifth. Pittsburgh's Mike Easier broke a 3-3 tie in the fifth inning of the nightcap with his 17th homer off loser Gordy Pladson. Rhoden's two-run homer, also off Pladson, came in the sixth, needed relief help from Grant Jackson in the seventh to gain his fifth victory against four defeats.

Expos 5, Padres 3 SAN DIEGO Montreal moved to within half a percentage point of first place in the skin-tight National League East pennant race with a 5-3 victory over San Diego. Rowland Office drove in two runs with a homer and sacrifice fly to power Scott Sanderson to his 13th victory. Reds 8, Cards 1 ST. LOUIS It may be jusl coincidence, but since George Foster started hitting, the Cincinnati Reds have been winning. Foster had four hits, including a double and triple, to lead the surging Reds to an 8-1 victory over the Cardinals, Cincinnati's fifth triumph in a row.

Dodgers 5, Mets 2 LOS ANGELES Home runs by Ron Cey and Dusty Baker led the Dodgers to their fifth successive victory, a 5-2 triumph over the New York Mets. The victory moved the Dodgers within a half-game of first-place Houston in the National League West. Red Sox 4, Angels 3 bases. Then he retired Jerry Royster to end the inning and his day's work. Smith's performance also pleased Amalfitano, who promised to utilize Monday's addition of four players recalled from the farm system Smith, pitcher Randy Martz and outfielders Jim Tracy and Carlos Lezcano.

"Smith was the bright spot," said Amalfitano. "He'll be out again." THE CUBS MANAGER said that Martz will soon get a starting assignment. Tracy pinch-hit Monday. Joe said he "would like to see Lezcano in center field and I'd like to see Lezcano and Scot Thompson in the outfield together." The Cubs, despite Amalfitano's insistance that "nobody's quit yet," played as though they wished the season were over. The Braves couldn't wait to get out to Wigley on Tuesday.

-v "The season's passing too fast now," said Cox. "We're running out of games." Matula, after his second straight fine pefor-mance, said he, like his teammates, is responding to the scent of a pennant race. "The games mean more now," said Matula, who stopped the Cubs on seven hits in eight and one-third innings. "As soon as I saw the flags blowing out. I thought how I had to keep the ball down.

And they did hit a lot of ground balls." Despite the outgoing wind and Atlanta's power lineup I Bob Horner, Gary Matthews, Murphy 1, nobody hit anything longer than a double Monday. Cliff Johnson had two doubles for the Cubs. Matthews had two doubles and two singles. Final note: A rookie named Gary Cooper was a pinch runner and came into left field for the Braves. He did not ride a horse or look very much like Lou Gehrig and Teresa Wright did not marry him or kiss him at home plate.

He, like the Braves, came to play, baseball. By Bill Jauss HEY, KIDS, school's ahout to start. Anybody want a free three-ring binder notebook? There's just one hitch. These notebooks carry the Cubs' logo, so you might want to shroud them in plain brown paper wrappers. The Cubs celebrated Labor Day like most of the nation's labor force Monday by taking the day off.

They lost a lackluster 5-2 decision to Atlanta. It was a day of contrasts one club sinking, the other on the rise. The Cubs lost the the 11th of their last 13 games and left Manager Joe Amalfitano saying, "No, I haven't seen anybody on this club giving up yet." The Braves went over .500 1 66-65 1 this late in the season for the first time since 1974, and their skipper Bobby Cox said, "the way we're going if Houston and San Francisco just lose once in a while-darn right we're in this race." MONDAY WAS "Back to School" day at Wrigley. The Cubs advertised that the first 15,000 kids under 13 who bought tickets would receive notebooks. Well, only 11,647 spectators showed up young, old, or otherwise.

So, a surplus of three ring binders and a shortage of optimism resides at Clark anl Addison. Funny thing about the hearty Cub fans; they always search for the silver lining. The biggest cheer amid plenty of boos came when public address announcer Jim Enright announced that 6-5. 220-pound Lee Smith, replacing starter and loser Dennis Lamp 1 10-11 1, was "pitching in his first big league game." A new face. New blood.

New hope. The crowd cheered the big 22-year-old rookie when he retired dangerous Dale Murphy on a chop in front of the plate and tanned Glenn Hubbard. Smith then walked Bruce Benedict intentionally. He walked winning pitcher Rick Matula unintentionally, loading the The yacht Australia took a commanding 1-0 lead in its bid to become the 24th challenger for the America's Cup Monday with a resounding quarter-mile victory over France 3. The French yacht broke the starboard backstay winch only 300 yards from the starting line and as aptly named skipper Bruno Trouble noted, "after that we couldn't fight anymore." The Australia, which led on every leg, needs one more victory to be certified as the opponent for U.S.

defender Freedom in the best-of-seven series beginning Sept. 16. Mario on the move? Mario Andretti may be ready to leave Team Lotus, for whom he won the world driving championship two years ago, to drive for Alfa Romeo in the 1981 Formula One series. The Milan newspaper Gazzetta Dello Sport said the Italian-born driver has been in frequent contact with Alfa Romeo and is expected to sign with the company after the Italian Grand Prix Sept. 14.

Alfa's regular driver, Patrick Depailler of France, was killed during practice for the German Grand Prix last month. The Italian firm had reentered Grand Prix racing last year after a 28-year absence. "It would really please me to drive again for Red Sox used three relief pitchers to save a 4-3 victory over the California Angels. Drago 5-5 blanked the Angels on three hits for six innings before needing help from Bob Stanley, Bill Campbell, and Tom Burgmeier. Rangers 9, Blue Jays 1 ARLINGTON, Tex.

John Gruhh drove in five runs with a three-run homer and a double, helping the Texas Rangers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-1 behind the seven-hit pitching of Doc Medich. Brewers 6, Royals 1 KANSAS CITY, Mctlure 2-6), making the first start of his major-league career after 212 relief appearances, pitched a six-hitter to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 6-1 victory over the Royals. Milwaukee's Cecil Cooper drove in two runs with a pair of singles to lift his American League-leading RBI total to 103. Kansas City's George Brett was held to one single in four at-bats and his average slipped to .401. Indians 5, Twins 2 BLOOMINGTON, Minn.

Len Baiker 17-81 tossed a seven-hitter and took over the American League lead tn strikeouts 1150 by fanning 11 and Ron Hassey and Jorge Orta hit home runs to lead the Indians to a 5-2 victory over Minnesota Twins. Farmer, Cowens bury hatchet; then Sox bury the Tigers an Italian company," the newspaper quoted Andretti, "but nothing definite has been decided yet." Glenview Junior wins While the pros were sorting out their quarter-finalists for the United States Open, Eric Korita of Glenview won easily to advance to the second round of the Open Juniors. Korita, a towering right-hander, overpowered Lasse Mannisto 6-3, 6-0 Monday when the field of 27 boys and 24 girls-all 18 and under began play on Flushing Meadow Park's outer courts. Korita, a junior Davis Cupper, is a high school senior who will be spending his second school term at a tennis-oriented private academy in Bradenton, Fla. "With the tennis and all, I'm only home about a month and a half out of the year," Korita said, admitting that he gets a little homesick.

His father, Irving, executive director of the United Cerebral Palsy Association, was in New York over the weekend but returned to Chicago before Eric's match. Korita's next opponent will be Canadian Doug Burke. BOSTON Dick Drago, making his first start in more than a year, allowed five hits in 62b innings and the Boston Don't wait to get the Cubs score. Trojan travail The latest trouble for Southern Cal's football team came on the field when Coach Johnny Robinson announced that Ty Sperling, a two-year starter at defensive tackle, has been lost for the season because of torn ligaments in his left knee. Defensive line had been considered a strong point for the Trojans until they lost Sperling and reserve nose guard Mike Lamb, also with torn knee ligaments.

Southern Cal is rated No. 4 in the Associated Press preseason poll but is one of five Pac-10 schools recently ruled ineligible for the 1981 Rose Bowl. From Tribune Wirt Services DETROIT Pitcher Ed Farmer agreed to forgive and forget Monday night. But the rest of the White Sox apparently have long memories. Farmer and Detroit outfielder Al Cowens publicly ended their year-long feud before the start of Monday's game when they shook hands at home plate while delivering their teams' lineup cards to the umpires.

Then the Sox. who had lost the first seven games they played against Detroit this year, went out. and stomped the Tigers 11-3 for their third victory in a row. Having finally figured out how to beat the Tigers the last time the teams met in Chicago last week, the White Sox beat a steady tattoo against starter Jack Morris and two relievers to help rookie Britt Burns square" his record at 12-12. The Sox ripped 19 hits, including three each by Chet Lemon, Mike Squires, Wayne Nordhagen, and Harold Baines.

Jim Morrison and Glenn Borgmann had homers in the funfest, both coming in a five-run fifth inning that had Burns ahead 9-0 before the Tigers' Steve Kemp hit a two-run homer. Lemon, continuing his hot hand since being installed as leadoff man, scored three times and batted in two. He's now had seven hits in 15 at bats in the four games he's batted first. WITH THEIR TEAM outclassed from the start, what little drama there was for the 11,412 fans, occurred before the game. That's when Farmer came up the steps of the visitor's dugout and trotted to home plate with a chorus of boos ringing in his ears.

An instant later, Cowens emerged from the Tiger dugout and walked to the plate carrying the Detroit lineup. The two antagonists stood facing each other like gunfighters on a dusty street until Cowens stretched out his hand and Farmer grasped it. The Chicago relief ace had sworn out a warrant for Cowens' arrest after the outfielder continuing a simmering feud that had begun when they were with different teams jumped the pitcher on the mound in Comiskey Park June 20. All efforts to persuade Farmer to drop the charges had failed until Monday, when Farmer told Detroit News columnist Joe Falls he would let bygones be bygones "if Cowens would offer his hand." The message was relayed to Tiger manager Sparky Anderson and the home plate summit arranged. Yanks blank A's; Orioles keep pace From Tribune Wire Services THE FANS in Yankee Stadium cheered Tom Underwood Monday and the Yankee left hander cheered the fans with a 5-0 victory over the Oakland A's.

Underwood's second shutout in an up-and-down season helped the Yanks maintain their game and a half lead over the Baltimore Orioles in the American League East. The Orioles kept pace with the division leaders by edging the Seattle Mariners 5-4 on the strength of two homers by Ken Singleton and a solo blast by Gary Roenicke. "It's been a long time since I've had people cheering like that," said Underwood, who limited the A's to four hits, three of them doubles. Losing pitcher Rick Langford went the distance for the 20th time in a row, but lamented, "finishing a game means nothing. Winning games is what's important." Another Yankee who'd gone a long time between cheers, Reggie Jackson, finally hit his 35th homer of the season in the sixth inning, just after Oscar Gamble connected for his 10th.

The home run was Jackson's first since Aug. 19. Underwood, who raised his record to 11-9, said that when he was warming up, "anybody watching me wouldn't have given me a chance. I wasn't throwing strikes. But my concentration on the mound today was the best it's been all year." SINGLETON drove in three runs for Baltimore with his homers, which raised his season total to 20.

He hit his first with the bases empty off loser Mike Parrott 1-12 in the first and the second with Al Bumbry aboard in the fifth. But the Orioles needed Roenicke's solo shot in the sixth when Seattle rallied for three runs in the ninth off reliever Tim Stoddard. Winner Dennis Martinez lasted into the eighth inning before requiring relief from Stoddard. Tippy Martinez came in to get the last two outs and his 10th save. Handy Randy The Cubs' loss is the Northbrook Hornets' gain.

Randy Kacimarskl, who used to be a vendor at Wrigley Field and was a Cub farm hand until he was released this spring, drove in three runs Monday to lead the Hornets to an 11-2 victory over the Atlanta Yankees and the championship in the Stan Musial World Series in Battle Creek, Mich. Felix Agapay also drove in two runs for the Hornets 170-71. The winning pitcher was Craig Scarmuzzo, a former Philadelphia Phillie farm Call Sports Phone (312)936-1313 Illinois Bell hand, who pitched a seven-hitter. Kaczmarski, Chaw for fall In downtown Cliii'imo iipplii's who was 8for-20 with two homers and eight runs batted in, was named the MVP. ScrVBi- irk "I I'll.

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