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Outfielder Andre Daws on Expos Have Top Rookie NEW YORK (AP) Centerfielder Andre Dawson today became the second player in the nine-year history of the Montreal Expos to win the National League's Rookie of the Year Award, beating Steve Henderson of the New York Mets by one vote. "I'm very happy, regardless of how many votes I won by," Dawson said by telephone from his Florida home. The 23-year-old Dawson, who hit .282 with 19 home runs, 65 runs batted in and 21 stolen bases, received 10 votes in balloting by a 24-man committee of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Henderson, a leftfielder, got nine votes, while first baseman-outfielder Gene Richards of the San Diego Padres received four votes and pitcher Floyd Bannister of the Houston Astros got the other vote. Pitcher Carl Morton, who won in 1970, was the other Montreal player to take the prize.

"I was a bit surprised that it was as close as it was," said Dawson. "I'm not taking anything away from Steve Henderson. He's a fine ballplayer and had a super year considering the time he spent with the Mets." Henderson joined the Mets from Cincinnati in the celebrated Tom Seaver deal last June 15. He didn't begin playing regularly until late that month, but finished the season with a .297 batting average, 12 home runs, 65 RBI and six stolen bases. "Steve's a super player.

I see him also as one day being a superstar," said Dawson, who combined with Warren Cromartie and Ellis Valentine to give the Expos one of the best young outfields in baseball. Henderson became the second Mets player to finish second by one point in the rookie voting, pitcher Jerry Koosman losing the 1968 election to catcher Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds by that margin. Richards had a .290 average and 56 stolen bases, while Bannister compiled an 8-9 record for the Astros. Much Work To Do THE HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE Cox New Brave Manager Operation Reach Out Washington Bullet Elvin Hayes (11) is NBA action Tuesday night in Landover, sandwiched between Denver Nuggetts Md. Denver bested the Bullets 119-114.

Tom LaGarde (left) and Bo Ellis during See NBA roundup on page 5B. -i (AP Lawrpholo) SARAH SUE INGRAM It seems impossible, but the Big Four is just eight days away. You remember the Big Four, that tournament that's not supposed to mean anything. That's the one people bet on even when they haven't seen the teams, the one that ends friendships through March, the one that sells out Greensboro Coliseum. You know, that li'l ol' tournament.

Duke's Mike Gminski made his Atlantic Coast Conference debut in that tournament last year, and it beginning.of a season that brought him co- Rookie of the Year honors with N.C. State's Hawkeye Whitney. There were more people in the coliseum than in Gminski's hometown of Monroe, and he was only 17 years old. Now he's a year older and several light years wiser, and already he sounds like a coach. "This year we have to control the boards and limit a team to one shot," Gminski said.

"We need to make our foul shots, too. Those are easy points, and the more you get them the better off you are." Jj But Gminski hasn't shed his rookie status long enough to forget Gminski what top recruit Eugene Banks must feel like. When Banks blends in with the team, we'll be in good shape," Gminksi said. "He's a great talent, but he's also a great team player. He's an awesome scoring machine.

"I think Kenny Dennard is going to surprise some people. He's a gifted athlete." Gminski said he knows he has to be more intimidating on defense this year, but he also knows he can't do it alone. "Our strong point will be the team concept," he said. "There won't be one or two people expected to do everything. In the ACC, every other team has 10 players to throw at you." Virginia's basketball players have humorously been accused of "throwing" the regular season so they could Tickets Faked At Duke A A Scores of fans who paid for tickets to the Duke- North Carolina football game didn't get to sit in their assigned seats because people with counterfeit tickets or no tickets at all got there first.

Ticket officials began getting complaints Saturday from angry fans, and the gripes continued this week, including some from a group of 70 which was unable to sit down because people without tickets refused to the Mrs. Ruby McLawhon, administrative assistant to the Duke University athletic director, said she had seen several tickets printed for the same seat and knew some were false. "We think at least. 100 tickets were counterfeited," she said. "Right now we are trying to pinpoint the sec- (See TICKETS On 6B) ATLANTA (AP) Bobby Cox, a light-hitting infielder who became "a tough son of a gun" as a minor league manager, is the man Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner chose to lead his cellar- dwelling National League team to baseball's "promised land." "We lost 101 games last year, so obviously there is the need for a lot of work," Cox said Tuesday after he signed a two-year contract to become the Braves', seventh full-time manager since they moved from Milwaukee in 1966.

Terms of the contract were not disclosed. "I'm my own manager. I'll manage the way I want to," said Cox, who compiled a .224 lifetime batting average in two seasons as a New York Yankees third baseman before he became a minor league manager in 1970. He became a Yankees infield coach last season after winning two pennants in five seasons as a manager in the Yankees' farm system. "We want to turn it around as soon as possible," Cox said.

"I want to come out of spring training with the players thinking we're pen- nant contenders. That's a feeling we have to have and it will be my job to make them feel that way." Cox said pitching is the greatest need of the Braves, whose 61-101 record last season was the club's worst in 42 years. He said he would soon a some coaching changes and told reporters "there are some deals cooking with pitching, a a i preference." "Our top pitcher won 16 games and lost 20 and our next best pitcher won seven games," he said. "We Fat Deal Brings Back Memories For Gossage NEW YORK (AP) On the day he signed a six-year, multi-million dollar contract with the New York Yankees, relief pitcher Rich Gossage thought back to the days in the rookie leagues when he, Bucky Dent and Terry Forster slept on the floor of their one-bedroom -apartment in "We slept in front of the air conditioner, catching our death of cold," he recalled. Those were the days in the rookie leagues, "Way down at rock bottom," according to Dent, when the trio only had one mattress to share and an "old green '55 Chevy we used to drive around in." Now Dent is the Yankees' shortstop and making con- siderably more than the $500 per month he and Gossage used to get in the rookie leagues.

And for the next six years, if all goes well, Dent will be watching Gossage pitch in relief for New York. That's because the right. handed. Gossage sold his services to the Yankees, who certain lef fa named Sparky Lyle the American League's Cy Young Award winner for the 1977 season. "I told Rich I thought he'd really enjoy playing here," said Dent, who was bis teammate at Appleton, later with the Chicago White Sox, and now with the defending World Champions.

Gossage feels the same way. "I'm very proud. It's a very big privilege for me. My family and I have followed the Yankees for a long time," he said. Now, courtesy of the free agent sweepstakes, he brings to New York a brilliant season.with an 26 saves and a 1.62 earned run in 72 appearances for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Add that to Lyle's figures of 13-5 record, 26 saves, a 2.17 ERA and 72 appearances for the Yankees. Team owner George Steinbrenner's investment, some say, is more than $2.5 million over the six years -a far cry from Gossage's sandwich days in Appleton, Wis. definitely need pitching, that's all there is to it. You can't win without pitching." The 36-year-old Cox is the youngest manager in the major leagues. He succeeded Dave Bristol, fired last month after two consecutive last-place finishes with the Braves.

"We're hoping Bobby can be the manager to lead us to the promised land as soon as possible," said Turner, who termed Cox's credentials and background "just what the doctor ordered." Turner's choice got a complimentary nod from Pat Gillick, a Toronto Blue Jays official who knew Cox when he managed the Yankees' farm team at Syracuse. "He's his own man," Gillick said of Cox. "But easy going? He is until somebody backs him into a corner. Then he's a tough son of a gun. He's easy going as long as you put out and hustle for him.

Don't put out, and he's meaner than hell." State Basketball Team Tabbed No Name' Club INGRAM COLUMN On 6B) BY SARAH SUE INGRAM Enterprise Sports Writer Why do N.C. State basketball players need credit cards? Not because they're broke. Not because they don't want to carry cash. Not becausethey want to jimmy open door locks. Because, for the most part, they are not cecognized all over town.

Not now anyway. Two-thirds of the 1977-78 version of the Wolfpack could start the season by saying, "You may not know But they won't be unknowns for long. State has 10 new members on its basketball team this North Carolina State Roster Forwards Operation Basketball 1977-78 Schedule (Home Gamrs in Bold Type) Nov. Dec. Jan.

Feb. 26 28 2-3 7 10 17 28 29 4 7 11 14 IB 21 25 28 31 3 4 I I 15 IS 21 23 25 APPALACHIAN STATE GEORGIA SOUTHERN Big Four Tourney ai Greensboro Davidson Charlotte Penn Slate EAST CAROLINA ST. JOSEPH'S DUQUESNE BISCAYNE DUKE MARYLAND VIRGINIA North Carolina IONA Maryland Virginia CLEMSON VirRi'nia Tech at Charlotte Furznan ai Charlotte WAKE FORF.ST Cuke Cfemvm Notre Dame NORTH CAROLINA Wake Forest No. 33 Art Jones 40 Ken Montgomery 41 Kendil Finder 50 Joe Stiltner 24 TONY WARREN 43 CHARLES WHITNEY 55 Chuck Nevitt 54 GLENN SUOHOP 42 Craig Witts Hgt. Wgt.

185 200 195 238 186 234 Age Class Hometown 18 Fr. Hampton, Va. 19 Fr. Indimapolis, Ind, 21 Jr. Miami, Fit.

18 Fr. Bland, Va. 21 Jr. Raleigh, N. C.

20 So. Washington, D. C. 21 3 20 22 25 45 Mar. Keith Almond CLYDE AUSTiN CRAIG DAVIS Keefer Kenny Matthews Donnia Perklni Centers 190 238 210 18 Fr.

Marietta, Ga. 21 Jr. South Bend, Ind. 18 Fr. South Eastan, Mass.

Guards 152 151 157 165 185 185. 1-2-4 ACC Tnumamtnt at Greensboro 18 Fr. Albemarle. N. C.

19 So. Richmond, Va. 21 Sr. Roekvllla, Md. 19 Fr.

Baltimora, Mrf. 19 Fr. Washington, D. C. 19 Fr.

Bethtl. N. C. CAPS Denotes Lrtttrmen year, due, of course, to the transfer of four players off last season's team and the premature departure of Kenny Carr. The All-Atlantic Coast Conference forward turned pro after his junior year, when he averaged 21 points and 9.9 rebounds a game.

"You don't put in an individual to replace a David Thompson or a Kenny Carr," State Coach Norm Sloan said. "But as long as the door is open, some will go. "I'm sure you've seen the statistics. There are 700,000 high school basketball players, 18,000 in college and 264 playing pro ball. The sheer shrink in numbers is unbelievable." Sloan has mainly five numbers to worry about this year his starting lineup.

"I want us to be successful as quickly as we can be," he said. "I hope I won't be changing the lineup in the middle of the season, because when you change lineups, it means you've been losing." The probable starting lineup this year is Glenn Sudhop at center, Tony Warren and Clyde Austin at guard, and Charles "Hawkeye" Whitney and Kendai "Tiny" Finder at forward. "Glenn Sudhop had a terrible sophomore year, worse than his freshman year," Sloan said. "If he were here today, he would tell you the same thing." But Sloan expects better things this season from his 7- foot-2 center. "Some people have the opinion that athletes don't have problems," Sloan said.

"Sometimes their families have financial problems, and sometimes there's a serious terminal illness in the family. A lot of Glenn's problems have disappeared from last year." Whitney and Austin had little problem playing ACC caliber basketball last year, as "Hawkeye" shared Rookie of the Year honors and Clyde proved he really could glide at times. "Hawkeye and Clyde had fine freshman years," Sloan said. "We have a fine nucleus this season in the five returning veterans. Of you don't assign leadership.

You either have it or you don't." The other returning players are Warren and Craig Davis, who played less last season than he did the year before. "Craig handled it very well," Sloan said. "It was hard for him to be backup after playing a lot on a team that STATE On Page 3B Nov. 23, 1977 Holtz Defends Sen. Helms RALEIGH (AP) Football coach Lou Holtz says there's nothing wrong with his planned political appearance on behalf of U.S.

Sen. Jesse Helms, R- N.C., especially since he's paving his own expenses and accepting no fee. Holtz, formerly coach at North Carolina State University and now at the University of Arkansas, is scheduled to make a Dec. 1 appearance here for Helms. Newspaper editorials in Little Rock, have criticized him for his plans to attend the plate dinner.

"I'm doing it as a taxpaying citizen and as a member of this country," Holtz said Tuesday. But Holtz said he would stop the television and radio commercials he has done for an air conditioning firm and an oil company. They also had been criticized as improper for a state employee. "The University of Arkansas gives its employees the right as citizens to participate In politics," said university president Charles E. Bishop.

"What Mr. Holtz is doing is well within his rights. But if you'd ask me if I'd do it, I'd tell you no." Holtz said he wasn't in complete agreement on all the issues with Helms, but "I believe him to be an honest, intelligent individual who is not afraid to speak his convictions." STATE'S TONY WARREN Dribbling To Success.