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SPORTS kJ'JL VlvI Coo Amides (Times San Diego County Thursday, September 6, 1984 CQPart III Padres Rally to Rip Reds Jim Murray Tom Landry and March of Quarterbacks Before the game, the quarterback was a good candidate for that plastic-card commercial. You know, the one where this face you can't place comes on and says: "Do you know me? Not everyone recognizes me. That's why I always carry the American Express card. Don't leave home without it." The only trouble was, even after the printer clattered out the spelling of his name, it wouldn't have been enough of a clue. Not for his coach anyway.

You see, after 24 years as the only head coach the Dallas Cowboys have ever had, Tom Landry can't be expected to remember every backup quarterback or even starter the club has ever had. It's not exactly like listing the names of the presidents or the last 10 Academy Award winners. After all, you see one Dallas Cowboy quarterback, you've seen them all. They're all tall, blue-eyed, kind of spindly legged and they have these long arms and throw the ball too much. Popular legend has it that Landry keeps 'em in a box between games, winds them up on game day and tries to keep people from seeing his lips moving as they call signals.

You could see why Landry would have trouble remembering their names. And you could imagine him struggling with this one. In addition to everything else, the name was a lot harder to sack than the quarterback. You could see Landry running over the possibilities in his mind. "Higginbottom? No, that's not it! Hoganbender? Rumplemay-er? Boombaum? Oh, rats!" And he'd take the easy way out and start Danny White.

This year, things got more complicated. Landry still took the field Please see MURRAY, Page 13 i 4iirfr-f lijfrS fcf Pete Rose congratulates Dave Rose Has DON BARTLETTI Los Angeles Times Parker and Cesar Cedeno during happier moments of Wednesday's loss against the Padres. an Unusual Perspective in 1984 By DAVE DISTEL, Times Staff Writer knows what he will be missing. "I've thought about what experience means in a division race," he said, "and I've concluded it's a matter of mentally knowing what the rewards are and what the feelings are. It's a matter of mentally concentrating on how much fun it is to be involved in the World Series and the playoffs." There's that word again.

Fun. The bottom line, in essence, is that the mental application of fun battles the physical reality of fatigue. It's fun to be fighting for a pennant, but tiring to be 20 games out of it. "I don't care if a guy is 20 or 30 or Please see ROSE, Page 16 Managing? "We're 7-11. Naturally, I'd like to be way over .500.

1 want to get it turned around and started in the right direction. I enjoy winning. I've enjoyed seven games." That was before Wednesday night's game at least for the first couple of innings when the Reds were leading 7-0 and that was likely quite enjoyable for The Boy Manager. Winning, obviously, makes everything taste better. And more fun.

And Pete Rose has usually been around winners. He has played in seven playoff series and six World Series. He has been there, and he By STEVE DOLAN, Times Staff Writer SAN DIEGO-Somewhere, there had to be a Great Padre in the Sky smiling Wednesday night. What transpired at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium had been unparalleled in Padres history. In a matter of two innings, the Padres scored 12 runs on 14 hits.

It enabled them to beat Cincinnati, 15-11, in a game that the Reds once led, 7-0. Pete Rose was making his managerial debut in San Diego with a team that didn't exactly resenjble the 1927 Yankees. Rose will long remember the night, but it won't be because of pleasant memories. Dick Williams will remember the game as one he nearly conceded but won. If Graig Nettles had not Mike Littwin on Garvey, Cey and the Dodgers, Page 3.

hit a two-run single in the third to pull San Diego to within four runs, 7- 3, Williams was going to begin substituting. The game undoubtedly played on the minds of the Houston Astros, who had beaten San Francisco. A Padres loss would have cut Houston's deficit to nine games, but it is still 10 games and the magic number is 13. "It had to look like Houston was going to pick up a game," Williams said. "Then they saw crooked numbers going up on the scoreboard for us.

You have to be wondering about that if you're them." Meanwhile, Cincinnati had to be wondering about what happened to itself. The Reds had been leading, 8- 3, until the Padres scored five in the sixth. In the seventh, the Padres put the game away with seven runs on six hits. Included were two bunt singles, a successful safety squeeze and a bases -clearing double by Please see PADRES, Page 8 Revisited part of rivalry in the 30s. Over Aztecs to 1922.

In 1924, the teams played a 13-13 tie at Balboa Stadium in San Diego. "Playing against UCLA (in 1934) was kind of like moving from the bush league to the majors," is the way offensive guard John Butler describes the game in 1934. Butler, who played for the Aztecs in 1933-35, was named to the Little Ail-American team in 1935, and was mayor of San Diego from 1951-55. Please see RIVALRY, Page 17 Coryell Turns Focus to Seattle, Not Winslow game of baseball, and the same words seem to repeat themselves constantly. Words such as fun, enthusiasm and excitement.

He can, at times, be like a fresh-faced youngster who just went 5 for 5 in his first Little League game. Except Pete Rose is dead serious about fun. Retiring as a player? "I've never worried about my age. My career will come to an end when I lose my enthusiasm for playing." Practicing? "It's never been hard for me to practice and have fun." His ballplayers? "I hope all the guys are excited about getting a new start, playing for me. I hope they're as excited as I am." UCLA and Aztecs played As in Early By MARC APPLEMAN, Times SAN DIEGO-When UCLA and San Diego State last met on the football field, it was in the second game of a doubleheader in 1934.

William Spaulding, the Bruins' coach, only used some of his regular starters in that game against the Aztecs. When the series resumes Saturday night at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium, the Aztecs will probably wish they were playing the second game of a doubleheader and Spaulding were still the Bruins coach. at SAN DIEGO-Pete Rose, veteran player and boy manager, has a rather unusual-for-him perspective for the 1984 pennant race. He is on the outside looking in, and that is no fun. For Pete Rose, at the age of 42, fun is still what this game of his eternal childhood is all about.

That, indeed, is his message to the Padres and Chicago Cubs, who will likely do battle in the National League Championship series. "You've got to look for the team that gets the fun feeling," he said. "Look for the guys who don't seem to realize they are playing in front of 60 million people." Rose can talk forever about this Since the Chargers apparently will be without Winslow when they venture into the Kingdome and Seattle is without Curt Warner (who suffered a season-ending knee injury Monday against Cleveland), Coryell said he considers the game "even-steven." Well, almost. Coryell got all worked up when someone asked about the wave of noise generated by cheering fans that rolls through the stands, making the quarterback's signals virtually inaudible to a back stationed five yards behind him. "They should outlaw that wave," Coryell said angrily.

"It's wrong and it's an unfair advantage for the home team. You can't hear on the headphones and the wide receivers can't hear the quarterback. "It's a real handicap and something should be done. The league says they can't penalize the crowd, but they could keep marching off those 15-yard penalties." Coryell suggested he may instruct quarterback Dan Fouts to wait in the huddle for the noise to abate. He said it does no good to go up to the line of scrimmage then walk away, because the crowd just gets louder.

"We just can't afford a bad play," Coryell said. "One bad play could cost us a ballgame. I know the league doesn't want to take away crowd enthusiasm, but I think each team should have an even chance." The chances of the Chargers signing Winslow are uncertain. Rather than embarking on a Caribbean cruise Friday, Winslow probably will return to San Diego for a few days. He has been in St.

Louis, where his family lives and his agent, Jim Steiner, is based. General Manager Johnny Sanders said the club has not decided Please see CHARGERS, Page 12 A Rivalry no means a top team, but it was at least one notch above the teams San Diego State had been used to playing. The Aztecs' opponents included the San Diego Marines, Pomona and Santa Barbara State. In the 1920s, it wasn't unusual for the Aztecs to play teams from the U.S.S. Melville and U.S.S.

Birmingham. Playing UCLA was a different story. The Bruins' 20-0 win was the team's sixth in seven games against the Aztecs, dating back By CHRIS COBBS, Times Staff Writer SAN DIEGO-While the rhetoric subsided on Day 3 of Kellen Winslow's retirementwalkout. Chargers Coach Don Coryell shifted his focus to the noisy conditions his team will face this weekend in Seattle. HPhey should A outlaw that wave.

It's wrong and it's an unfair advantage for the home teara. It's a real handicap and something should be Don Coryell Balboa Stadium (left) in the 20s, and John Butler (right) was Days, UCLA Highly Favored Staff Writer No such luck. If there appeared to be disparity between the teams in 1934 when the Bruins beat the Aztecs, 20-0, just wait until Saturday night. The Aztecs are coming off a 2-9-1 season and a 34-16 opening-game loss to Air Force in Colorado Springs last weekend. UCLA is coming off two straight Rose Bowl victories and is ranked anywhere from first to fifth nationally in, preseason polls.

The 1934 UCLA team was by City West Preview Clairemont High School still is the football team to watch despite the Western League's realignment. Please see Page 6. City East Preview Mira Mesa and Madison are expected to be at the head of the congested Eastern League pack. Please see Page 7. U.S.

Open Upsets Hana Mandlikova and Pam Shriver, both of whom had their sights set on upstaging Martina Navratilova, were defeated. Please see Page 15..