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riday July 22 1977 BASEBALL STANDINGS Boston 11 2 Cleveland 4 8 By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE East Pct GB Balt 53 39 576 Boston 52 39 571 'a York 51 43 543 3 cieve 42 48 467 10 Milwkee 42 50 457 11 Detroit 41 51 446 12 Toronto 34 58 370 19 West Chicago 54 36 600 KC 52 38 578 2 Minn 51 42 548 Texas 46 44 511 8 Calif 42 47 472 ll'j Seattle 42 54 438 15 Oakland 39 52 429 15'a Thursday's Games New York 7 4 Milwaukee 0 5 2nd game 10 innings Kansas City 8 Detroit 1 Minnesota 3 California 2 Seattle 4 Oakland 3 Only games scheduled riday's Games Chicago (Kravec 6 2) at To ronto (Garvin 7 9) (n) Texas (Blyleven 8 9) at Balti more (Grimsley 94) (n) Cleveland (itzmorris 2 5) at Boston (Wise 6 4) (n) Kansas City (Leonard 9 9) at Detroit (Arroyo 59) (n) Milwaukee (Caldwell 1 3) at New York (Torrez 9 8) (n) California (Brett 6 8) at Min nesota (Redfern 2 4) (n) Oakland (Blue 8 11) at Seattle (Pole 6 5) (n) Saturday's Games Chicago at Toronto Texas at Baltimore Milwaukee at New York Cleveland at Boston California at Minnesota Kansas City at Detroit Oakland at Seattle Sunday's Games Toronto at Detroit Texas at Cleveland Milwaukee at Baltimore 2 West Kansas City at New York Chicago at Boston Oakland at Minnesota 2 California at Seattle 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Pct GB Chicago 54 35 607 Phila 53 38 582 2 Pitts 51 42 548 5 Louis 48 45 516 8 Montreal 43 47 478 New York 37 55 402 LOS Ang 59 34 634 Cinci 48 42 533 9Vz Houston 43 51 457 ran 43 52 453 17 Diego 41 55 427 Atlanta 34 58 370 24V2 Thursday's Games Chicago 4 Atlanta 3 12 in nings Pittsburgh 6 Cincinnati 2 St Louis 4 Houston 0 San Diego 3 New York 2 10 innings Montreal 4 Los Angeles 0 Philadelphia 9 San rancisco 6 riday's Games Atlanta (Ruthven 3 5) at Chi cago (RReuschel 12 3) Cincinnati (Seaver 10 5) at Pittsburgh (Candelaria 10 3) (n) Houston (Lemongello 2 11) at St Louis (Underwood 5 6) (n) New York (Matlack 4 12) at San Diego (D'Aquisto 1 1) (n) Montreal (Brown 6 7) at Los Angeles (Hooton 8 3) (n) Philadelphia (Carlton 13 4) at San rancisco (Montefusco 2 8) (n) Saturday's Games Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Atlanta at Chicago Philadelphia at San ran cisco Houston at St Louis (twi) Montreal at Los Angeles (n) New York at San Diego (n) Sunday's Games Houston at Chicago 2 Atlanta at Pittsburgh Cincinnati at St Louis Montreal at San rancisco 2 New York at Los Angeles Philadelphia at San Diego Heavyweight Ken Norton earned 10 varsity letters in high school in Jacksonville Ill He competed in baseball football track and basket ball Boxing came later WWWW STOCK CAR RACES WORLD SERVICE LIE 100 LATE MODEL SPORTSMAN EATURE PLUS LIMITED SPORTSMAN AND STREET STOCKS HIGHWAY 64 70 EAST HICKORY NC SAT 8:00 PM GATES OPEN TIME TRIALS 6:45 ADULTS $500 STUDENTS $300 CHILDREN $100 UN0E6H Statesville Record Landmark Page 5 liw fl 4 AMAQUALIIERS our of the five local youths who will be competing in the AMA National Short Track Championship races in Wichita Kan Aug 19 20 are pictured above rom left are Richie Benfield Gene Church Ricky DeRhodes Allen Barker and rank Moore Benfield 10 was not a qualifier but won the Sportsmanship Award at the Turnersburg Speedway's qualifying race Saturday night after he wrecked his bike ive Youths Win AMA Qualifying ive local youths have won in regional AMA Short track qualifying races at Turnersburg Speedway and Talladega Ala earning points which enable them to compete at the AMA National Short Track Championship race at Wichita Kan Aug 19 20 Gene Church Roger Church Allen Barker Ricky DeRhodes and rank Moore are all eligible to enter the competition in Wichita next month Gene Church 15 of Turnersburg won first place at Talladega two weeks ago in the 201 250 cc class and also first place at Turnersburg last Saturday in the same class His brother Roger 16 won first place in the open class at Tur nersburg and third place in the 250 class and at Talladega won third place in the open class The two are sons of Mr and Mrs Bill Church of Turnersburg who own and operate Turnersburg Speedway Roger and Gene both attend North Iredell High School and both started racing when they were about eight years old Ricky DeRhodes 17 has been our Tilts Are Played our games were played last night to complete the season in the Church Civic and Industrial softball leagues In the Church Civic League irst Baptist Garfield edged Boulevard Methodist II by 13 11 while Western Avenue Baptist pinned an 18 9 set back on Rose Chapel Methodist Paul Williams and Zest Everett had three hits each for the Baptists while five players paired hits for Boulevard Billy Sells Jerry Hinson and Billy Harris each rammed three hits for Western Avenue while Scott Houston and Rex Bell each had three safeties for Rose Chapel Burnett nipped Draymore 6 5 and Draymore turned around and edged Uniwood in a slugfest 25 24 Burnett had five players with two hits each in its win Draymore was sparked to its big win by Gary Lipe with five hits while Roger Martin and Mark Henderson each had four Pass Blasts Grand Slam Doug Pass had two home runs one of them a grand slam in leading the White Sox to a 7 4 victory over the Braves in the Rinky Dink League Thursday Pass blasted his grand slam in the bottom of the fifth to gain the victory for pitcher Michael McKinney who gave up homers to David Ross and Johnny Jolly In the other game the Tigers mauled the Cardinals 16 0 as Robbie Keaton worked a one hit job allowing a safety to Billy Jones Wesley Tomlin had two hits for thewinners racing for two years and placed fourth in the 125 cc class at both Talladega and Turnersburg and sixth in the 250 class at Turnersburg He is the son of Mr and Mrs Eddie White of route 5 Statesville and is a senior at North Iredell High School Allen Barker won second place on the open class at Talladega and fourth in the same class at Tur nersburg He is a ninth grade student at North Iredell High School and has been racing for two years rank Moore son of Mrs Betty Moore of route 5 Statesville has been racing only one year but won the fifth place in the 175 class and seventh place in the 250 class at Turnersburg He is a sophomore at North Iredell High School All are now eligible to enter competition at Wichita which will include top riders from across the country The top five riders from each region are selected through heat races and semifinals for the grand competition Bill Church owner of Turnersburg Speedway said that there were a lot of other winners last week at the qualifying race but only four from the immediate area This region includes the Carolinas Georgia Alabama lorida and a portion of Tennessee The race at Turnersburg last week was AMA sanctioned and Bob Black of Charlotte was the AMA referee Gene Church rides a Harley Davidson Motorcycle and his brother rides a Honda DeRhodes rides a Honda also while Barker and Moore both ride Yamahas Tourneys Reported Robert McCrary was the winner in the hole in one tournament held recently at the Newtowne Miniature Golf Putting Tournament McCrary had 15 aces for 54 holes Charles Sparks and Dennis Waugh tied for second place with 13 aces and Waugh won the runner up spot in a playoff In the two man team tournament on Thursday a total of 13 teams were in competition in match play single elimination tournament In the final match Tony and David Harwell captured the title over Robert McCrary and Larry Lowe by 4 3 The next tournament is planned for Thursday July 28 which is the third qualifying round for the fifth annual Tournament of Champions To Test Arm DETROIT (AP) Pitcher Mark idrych of the Detroit tigers is scheduled to test his ailing shoulder with some light throwing Monday Manager Ralph Houk said Thursday he have any rehabilitation program for his star right hander yet However he said doctors think sore shoulder a little Home town answers to new town questions You feel so new or need that city map much longer if arrange for a WELCOME WAGON call As your Hostess I can give you personal home town answers to lots of your new town questions About shopping sights to see and other helpful community information Plus a basket of useful gifts for your borne Put the map away and reach for the telephone Sy an Ran Is Call in SHI leone WesHsroo Call malar Reuss Oliver Put Silencer On Reds By KEN RAPPOPORT AP Sports Writer or three days during the All Star break Jerry Reuss heard crickets chirp and the wind blow through the trees in a sleepy New England retreat Thursday night he heard the crack of Al bat and the wind of his pitches blowing by batters Both kinds of noises were significant to the Pittsburgh Pirate left hander The first provided needed therapy and the second a needed victory as the Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 6 2 stuck my feet in the Atlantic Ocean and washed away the first half of the said Reuss talking about his dismal 4 10 record before Tuesday All Star Game seemed the farthest thing from my mind was pitching slept late sat on the porch heard the crickets chirp These are things 1 hear during the baseball Reuss allowed but six hits in one of his strongest performances of the season and had plenty of help from his teammates The Pirate defense contributed three double plays and Oliver drove in a pair of runs Reuss also had some assistance from the fans in notching his 100th career victory The Pirates broke open the game with three runs in the fifth courtesy of a umbrella Leadoff batter rank Taveras hit a foul popup and Cincinnati first baseman Dan Driessen had a chance to catch it near the railing but the ball struck a bright blue umbrella and eluded him The Reds briefly argued that it was fan interference but first base umpire Paul Pryor said the ball was in the stands when it hit the um brella After that incident Taveras tripled to start the three run rally Phillies 9 Giants 6 Pinch hitter Jerry bases loaded triple capped an eight run sixth inning that carried Philadelphia over San rancisco The Giants had taken a 6 0 lead off winner Jim Lonborg 43 on a grand slam homer by Gary Thomasson in the third and a two run homer by Marc Hill in the fifth But then the Phillies sent 13 bat ters to the plate in the sixth collecting six hits and four walks to take the lead Cubs 4 Braves 3 Bill run scoring pinch single in the bottom of the 12th lifted Chicago over Atlanta With one out in the 12th reliever Rick Camp 5 2 walked both Manny Trillo and Joe Wallis before Buckner delivered his game winning hit Camp took over for Phil Niekro at the start of the inning after Niekro had yielded seven hits and struck out eight in 11 innings Paul Reuschel 4 1 who followed starter Bill Bonham and Willie Hernandez to the mound was the winner Cardinals 4 Astros 0 Keith Hernandez socked a home run and Garry Templeton tripled and scored two runs leading St Louis over Houston behind Bob three hitter The Cardinals made the most of four hits off Houston right hander JR Richard 9 7 while notching only their fifth triumph in 17 games eighth homer of the year came off Richard with two out in the second inning giving St Louis a 1 0 advantage Templeton singled and eventually scored on Ted grounder in the fourth and the Cardinals added two insurance runs in the sixth on Jerry Mum single triple and another Simmons groundout orsch struck out two and walked five en route to his fourth straight victory Expos 4 Dodgers 0 Steve Rogers fired a four hitter and Tony Perez drove in three runs as Montreal blanked Los Angeles Rogers 10 8 recorded his fourth shutout of the season tying him with Tom Seaver for the league lead Steve second inning By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Kansas City Royals seeking another division title keep closing in on first place in the American League West The expansion Seattle Mariners hopeful of finishing out of the cellar are all the way up to sixth and mind slaying there The Royals sliced another half game off the lead of the idle Chicago White Sox Thursday night with an 8 1 rout of the Detroit Tigers and trail the division leaders by just two games Meanwhile the Mariners edged Oakland 4 3 and dropped the into the basement one half game behind Seattle easy to get someplace but tougher to stay there" said Seattle Manager Darrell Johnson whose Mariners have been in last place almost steadily since the start of the season kind of like getting to the major leagues A lot of players get there but not that many stick Al Cowens had four hits and drove in five runs in Kansas triumph while Paul Splittorff fired a four hitter for his third complete game in 22 starts The victory was the seventh in a row for the Royals longest winning streak of the season for the defending champs Mariners 4 3 Ruppert 'Jones and Julio Cruz drove in two runs apiece for Seattle while Glenn Abbott defeated his former Oakland teammates for the third time in four decisions Abbott lost a shutout bid In the seventh when Wayne Gross hit a two run homer Mitchell Page homered In the ninth for final run However Jones ripped his 18th homer to get the Mariners started In the second inning and his sacrifice fly in the third made it 2 6 Cruz delivered the other two runs with singles in the fifth and sixth Red Sox 11 2 Indians 4 8 Home runs by Andre Thornton John Lowenstein and Bruce Bochte single a single in the seventh by Reggie Smith and base hits by Johnny Oates and Bill Russell in the ninth were the only safeties off the Montreal righthander Rick Rhoden 10 7 lost his fourth game in a row for the Dodgers Padres 3 Mets2 George bases loaded single off Skip 1 ockwood in the 10th inning lifted San Diego over New York With one out singles by Bill Almon and Mike Ivie and an in tentional walk to Dave Winfield loaded the bases to set the stage for Hendrick's decisive hit San Diego reliever Rollie ingers 7 4 gained the victory The Mets who outhit the Padres 13 7 missed a big opportunity in the 10th when Lee Mazzilli struck out with runners on second and third and Bruce Boisclair later fanned with the bases loaded highlighted the Indians' victory while Butch Hobson slammed a three run homer for his second hit in nine run seventh inning that decided the opener Jim Bibby was clipped for Jim Rice's 24th homer but still won the nightcap with help from Jim Kern Larvell two run homer off Luis Tiant gave the Indians a 3 2 lead in the seventh inning of the opener but a single by George Scott touched off the Red nine run explosion in the bottom of the inning Tiant went seven innings and fanned eight including Rico Carty in the fourth for the veteran 2000th career strikeout Brewers 0 5 Yankees 7 4 Brewers three outs away from being shut out In both ends of the doublehcader rallied with four runs in the ninth inning of the nightcap and then won it in the 10th on rookie Dick Davis' two out bloop single The Yankees took the opener as Catfish Hunter fired a five hitter for his first shutout of the season and Graig Nettles hit a three run homer Cecil Cooper who ignited the four run rally with a leadoff homer in the ninth against igueroa led off the 10th with a single off Dick Tidrow his fourth hit of the game One out later he stole second when catcher ran Healy was unable to hold the ball on a pitchout After Tidrow fanned Jamie Quirk Davis looped his game winning hit to right field Another rookie pitcher Sam Hinds kept the Brewers in the game after they fell behind 4 0 in the first inning by hurling 713 scoreless in nings allowing just two singles Twins 3 Angels 2 Bobby Bonds homered off Dave Goltz as the Angels scored twice in the top of the first but Lyman Bostock tied it against Nolan Ryan with a two run triple in the bottom of the first and scored on Larry two out bunt single Royals Cut Lead On Idle Chisox 11 Group II Extra Special I CASUAL il SUITS I 11 SUITS ill 111 1' now I1 2 PRICE 11 I WERE NOW II Group of Mens s5995 2997 I SHIRTS PANTS 89 95 M97 I BERMUDAS and 1 i I 11 bathingsuits 11 111 11 1 1 s6997 HI REDUCED 1 1 III Plyler's Inc I 1 08 Broad St WMBPon.