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Si-ings Si Burick 112 Chaperones for 477 U.S. Olympians Daily News Sports Editor its much money the USOC gains from sales of the Olympic rings symbol. hat Good Is High Average If It Doesn't Get You Runs? I The call came from a Howard Mason, 2617 San Rae who turned out to be a baseball bug with a most discerning eye for statistics. Checking the weekly figures in our Sunday edition, Howard discovered a gross inconsistency in the department of team scoring. Normally group run-making would figure to be almost One athlete at the news conference asked how many American officials will accompany the U.S.

team to Munich. Buck said about 112. "HOW MANY officials do we need?" shouted the athlete. He said 477 athletes in all sports would go to Munich and added, "That's one official for every four athletes, and you can never find them when you get there because they're always out sightseeing." Buck said that wasn't the case at all and that "The American public expects that we spend this money judiciously and wisely." The news conference lasted well over two hours, with U.S. track team coach Bill Bowerman and Bob Giegengack, head of the men's track and field committee of the USOC, aiding Buck in answering questions.

eating 25 cent hamburgers?" BUCK EXPLAINED that the last two years in the USOC training camp program were very costly and that he wasn't sure that paying for athletes expenses at the trials wouldn't be a violation of International Olympic Committee rules. "I believe the rules we have can be changed by our board of directors, but that' only an opinion I'm not a lawyer." Asked about a possible conflict of interest because a director of the USOC also was a member of the firm contracted to handle travel arrangements and tickets for the Olympic Games this year, Buck said: "We felt it was advantageous to deal with one company. We accepted bids and examined them objectively." Another questioner asked about how By DAN BERGER EUGENE, Ore. Clifford Buck, chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee, attempted to explain Wednesday how the organization spends its money.

Buck opened a heated press conference by giving background information about the USC. He said the organization would have about $9 million in funds which have been solicited for this year's Olympic team. He then fielded questions some of which challenged the USOC to explain where the group's money went. One question dealt with athletes who did not have enough money to pay for their own lodging and slept in friend's rooms on the floor in sleeping bags. "It is an established policy that the USOC does not pay candidates' transportation, room and board," Buck said.

A reporter than retorted: "How can you expect athletes to perform at their best when they're sleeping on floors and "WE DON'T SELL the symbol. We enter into contractual agreements with firms wishing to use the symbol. In exchange for merchandise and cash, they are permitted to use it," he said. Asked how much each contract was worth, Buck said: "In excess of $25,000 each." He said that 35 such arrangements had been signed. He said no products were being endorsed, even though some companies claim their products were chosen on the basis of merit for the U.S.

team. Asked how much money the USOC had invested, Buck said, "I don't know that figure." When pressed, he admitted it was "a few million." Buck declined to answer when questioned exactly where the money was being spent. as exciting as counting the stitches in my wife's latest knitting adventure. But this was valid as a device that emphasizes a maxim, which I shall mention later. What interested my unassigned researcher to begin with was the group batting average of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

As a team, Pittsburgh's .280 was 16 points higher than runner-up St. Louis, and 17 higher than Kansas City's, the American league leader. urinennure, since masun prune I interest apparently is in the Reds, he vMHHl noted Cincinnati owned a team averase Vic Davalillo .344 for Pirates of only .243. Pittsburgh's lineup was loaded with Niekro Loves Secrets; Houston Loses Ground .300 hitters Davalillo .344, Sanguillen .332, Oliver .322, Clemente .311, and two others were in the As of the same averages, which included games of last Friday night, Cincinnati's highest .289. Pitching Helps Sports World Thursday, July 6, 1972 Page 12 I i warn1 IKISf9flRE9ffiBi i iwwiiji ATLANTA ID "I didn't give a damn if he ever turned in the lineup," Atlanta pitcher Phil Niekro said of Chicago Manager Leo Durocher.

"The Cubs had to come up there sooner or later." Durocher, still steaming over a rainout Tuesday night that cost his Cubs a shot at a victory over the Braves, took out his wrath against everybody in Atlanta stadium Wednesday with a bit of psy-c 1 i a 1 warfare. That "everybody" meant the Braves, thesports writers and the 10,324 fans who, up until the last moment, were kept from seeing the Cubs' lineup. When Scheuler of Atlanta got a look at it, he liked what he saw for just seven innings. And when Niekro got his shot at it, he enjoyed the view for the entire nine. Scheuler had a no-hitter going for 5 2-3 innings and a three-hit shutout for seven.

But a four-run outburst in the eighth inning gave the Cubs a 4-! victory in the opener of their twinight doubleheader. 1 Niekro spaced his hits more evenly, yielding six of them but holding on for a 3-2 victory over Chicago in the second game. ELSEWHERE in the National league, Pittsburgh defeated Houston 6-4 and Los Angeles mauled Montreal 7-3. San Diego's game against the Mets in New York and San Francisco's a Philadelphia were rained out. Cincinnati and St.

Louis were not scheduled. Rain was also what had Durocher climbing the walls. East division, opened a yr game lead over the Mets while the Astros fell a game back of front-running Cincinnati in the West. Manny Sanguillen's two-run double and Bob Robertson's two-run homer in the fourth inning wiped out Houston's 4-1 lead and Roberto Clemente added an insurance run in the fifth with a homer. Bob Johnson, 1 a iji Pittsburgh starter Dock Ellis in the second inning, silenced Houston on just two hits the rest of the way.

Johnson, who retired the last 16 Astros he faced, commented: "This was the best I've pitched this year, the first time out of the bullpen I've won. Really, it was the best I've pitched in two years." Willie Davis' three-run double highlighted a four-run second inning against Montreal that enabled the Dodgers to snap a five-game tailspin. "The cjub hasn't been hitting like it can lately," said Manager Walter Alston, whose team has tumbled from first place to third, seven games back of the Reds, in the past month. "It was gratifying to see us put hits together in that big inning, though, because this club has always been a team which counts on pitching, defense and the big His Cubs, having already lost their first game Tuesday, were seemingly on the verge of taking the lead in the second one. The score was tied 3-3 when the Cubs put runners on first and third with nobody out in the eighth inning.

Then the skies opened up so quickly in fact that the Atlanta ground crew was unable to keep the rain from turning the playing field to nf a the game was washed out. "I don't like the way they run this stadium," Leo fumed. "I'm just mad at the Atlanta ball club for having an inept ground crew." He added that the Chicago ground crew could have covered everything infield, outfield, even the seats in less time than it took the Braves' crew to tarpaulin the infield. Durocher the rain-out decision but the National league upheld it. "The powers that be in this league are Durocher bellowed, unloading a choice expletive, "and you can quote me." Then he caught himself.

"Oh, hey. You can't use that," he smiled. "Well, just say they're and he shot forth another. THE PIRATES, leading the UPt Ttltphoto SIGN EVEN RON SANTO OF THE CUBS GIVES THE SAEE It was here that Howard Mason discovered a great inconsistency. Despite its batting superiority, Pittsburgh had scored 316 runs, only two more than Cincinnati.

(And, incidentally, four fewer than Houston with a .254 team batting average.) Since Friday night, Cincinnati has moved ahead of the Pirates. Through the Fourth of July schedule, the Reds have increased their total to 337 runs to only 327 for the club with the big batting average. Houston meanwhile has continued to score well by adding 24 runs for a major league-leading total of 344. Oh, yes, about the maxim that all this emphasizes, or rc-emphasizes. It isn't the batting average that counts; it's what you do with the number of base hits you get.

If you hit frequently but fail to turn your hits into enough runs, the effect is negative. Then why is Pittsburgh, which is not scoring in proportion to its hitting, up there in the National league East? It's because the Pirates still are outscoring most people and get the kind of pitching almost every day that keeps its opponents from reaching home plate too often. If you don't get the pitching, all the hitting in the world won't see you through. Younger Generation Vern Benson, who used to coach at third for the Reds in Dave Bristol's time as manager and now does the same for St. Louis, was talking about his son Randy, who was drafted and signed by the Baltimore Orioles as a pitcher.

"Did he get a nice bonus?" 1 asked Vern. "I thought it was, but Randy was a little said Vern. "He signed when I made one little statement to him: 'Be satisfied, son: you'll have more money in your own name now than I've been able to save in 25 years in the 1 guess that convinced him." MORGAN of the Reds on his remarkable running this year: "If they take away my legs, 1 might as well go back to the minors." WHEN SPARKY Anderson decided to make the batting order switch, moving Morgan up from No. 2 to Pete Rose's leadoff snot and putting Rose behind him, he discussed the matter with both players. "I did this," Spar'-y explained, "because Morgan wasn't doing as well ns he did before, batting ahead of Bobby Tolan.

I said, 'Since you stel on your own, Joe, maybe you ought to give Bobby a sign that you're "Joe said, 'We've got but it doesn't always work the way either one of us wants "That's when Pete Rose spoke up," Sparky said, "and volunteered that it wouldn't bother him to hit behind Rose Behind Rose This is why Anderson likesthe present setup better: "Let's say Rose would lead off and get to first 60 times. That makes 60 times Morgan is blocked from stealing second. This way Joe gets more opportunities." And this is Rose's uninhibited appraisal of the move: "I used to think that if was the No. 2 hitter in the batting order, the guy I'd most prefer to hit behind would Jfce me Pete Rose. Now I've changed my mind.

After watching Morgan, I'd rather hit behind him than anybody, including me." Braves' Dusty Baker Slides Into Second With a Double Smith, Nastase Battle On Separate Courts I've been disappointed with my play the last three or four years. "I'm looking forward to it. But Evonne has the championship quality. She is a very versatile athlete and has purpose behind every shot." 1972 J. Reynolds Tobacco ComBny.

Winslon-Salcm. N.C. grass as well. If you're good you can play on any surface." Nastase, the No. 2 seed, Kodes and Orantes all are clay court performers.

But they played throughout the winter on indoor wood surfaces which are as fast as Wimbledon's grass and have sharpened their game to such an extent that they are making the strongest European challenge here in years. "I'M PLAYING better than ever," said the mercurial Nastase. "I think I might beat Smith in the final." First he has to get past Orantes, Spain's most im-proved player, and Smith must beat fifth-seeded Kodes, who reached the U.S. Open final at Forest Hills, N.Y., last year. On Wednesday.

Billie Jean ng of Long Beach, a id Evonne Goolagong, the defending champion from Australia, reached the women's final. "This is my seventh Wimbledon final," said Mxs. King after beating Rosemary Casals of San Francisco, 6-2, 6-4. "It's a nice feeling because WIMBLEDON, England -ffl Stan Smith, U.S. Army Corporal, and Hie Nastase, Romanian Army lieutenant, went into separate battles today for places in the men's singles final of the Wimbledon Tennis tournament.

Smith, seeded No. 1 was counting his powerful serve in his semifinal match against Jan Kodes of Czechoslovakia. Nastase, with his rapier-like volleys and lightning maneuvers, opposed Spain's Manuel Orantes in the other semifinal. THE 26-YEAR-OLD Smith from Pasadena, seems to have reached his peak at the right moment. After struggling early in the tourney on Wimbledon's lush grass, he had a convincing 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Ale-: Me-trevcli of the in the "I feel -eally eager," said Smith.

"I know I've got to play better than I've done so far to beat Kodes, who is going to be hard to beat. "I like playhig on grass it's my best surface. But all the others have played on ROAD RACE ACTION. THE CAMEL 6-HOUR AT MID-OHIO, JULY 9th -Getting Rooked Interoffice communication from Carl V. Roberts of The Daily News ne.

"Si: The Fischer-Spassky chess hoopla sort of makes you yearn for an old-time, honest drum beater like the late fight promoter, Tex Ricke.rd, doesn't it? "It makes me laugh to see the straight-news types, who scoff at sports page gullibility, going for this buildup hook, line and sinker. (ABC must be tickled It does have a touch of rassflng. It's a whole weekend of action-packed road racing. July 8th-9th at Mid-Ohio, Mansfield, Ohio. Saturday starts it off with Pintos, Vegas and Gremlins against the best foreign sedans in the IMSA Baby Grand Race.

And then-on Sunday at 1 0 P.M.-the bigone! THE CAMEL 6-HOUR GT. Top International Grand Touring cars and drivers square off for a $20,000 purse. Corvettes vs. Porsches, Mustangs battling Camaros. Six hoursof high speed road racingat upto 175 M.P.H.

So come on out and make a weekend of SPRAGVt GETS ill Afvm Sparky Irked Over All-Star Ballots lafc A CAMEL GT CHALLENGE ROAD RACE Toi 'ii of St. he TWf or oi man VX avc sco or 1 lie Star ell there," said would figure in CAMEL CINCINNATI The Cin-mati Rec. tai time oil om their pursuit o( the itional league champion-lip to visit Indianapolis to- iiizjlt for a game with their iop farm club Ed Sprague, pressed into service as a starting pitcher cause of an emcr ency ituation in San Diego last turday, will get the staring assignment in tonight's ume, which will be broadcast (WHIO) at 7 p.m. There will be nothin- bill pride on the line for most oi the Reds tonight, but Sprague will be trying to show Manager Sparky Anderson that his victory against the Padres was no fluke. Ed has sen little service this season.

Pat Osbourn," sensation of the Reds' Tampa training camp two springs ago, will pitch the exhibition for Indy. "May has 46 more at bats than Perez, but Perez has more runs batted in. And, don't forget, Perez has been hitting behind Johnny Bench. Bench just leads the league with 61 runs batted in," he said. While Bench leads the voting for catcher, Anderson thinks Manny Snnquillan of Pittsburgh should be chosen as well.

If possible, "I'd figure out a way to play them both at one time," Anderson said. "It's unfair if Cesar Cedeno of the Astros doesn't make the team in one of the outfield positions," Anderson said. "He's leading the league in hitting with a .338 average." Leading in votes for the outfield are Henry Aaron, Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente. Of the three, only Clemente Is having a super year, said the Cincinnati mentor. ''34 CINCINNATI Cincinnati Reds Manager Sparky Anderson, who managed the National league team in the 1971 All Star Game, thinks the fans are being "unfair to so many guys this year." He complained that not only players on his team which is leading the Western division arc not being voted in, but also players on other clubs.

He complained that his second baseman Joe Morgan should not be trailing Chicago's Glenn Beckert by 27.000 votes. "You look at the statistics and Morgan leads both leagues in walks, 63; stolen bases, 32; runs scored, 70; times on base. I don't know what he hasn't done," said Anderson. ANOTHER CASE, he said was Lee May, traded to Houston by Cincinnati. May is leading in the voting over Cincinnati's Tony Perez.

CAMEL FILTERS. THEY'RE NOT FOR EVERYBODY. (But then, they don't try to be.) Anderson. "And what abotil third base? How do you pick betwern Joe Torre and Ron Santo? Santo's hav'ng bi at t'-." And Houston's Doug Rade Kveron? says ie' the be third baseman defensively in bas' bai; n1 he's driven ut 47 Anderson said he believes If the players did the voting would be a lot of changes in the team that apparently will represent the National league. One would be at shortstop where the fans are voting for New York's Bud Harrelson and Chicago's Don Kesslnger.

"Chris i from San Francisco would have to win," said Anderson, noting the young inflclder's .285 hatting average and 10 home runs. 01NI'. MID- Jf OHIO JO will Warning: lhe Surgeon General Has Determined that 'Cigarette tanking Is Dangerous loYour Health 19 nWiU nig nwm iv ptnigatmt.HC Rikmi aph')Z, V'You've eot to think Lou.