Jefferson City Post-Tribune from Jefferson City, Missouri • Page 9

Jack Guthrie's Inside view News Tribune Sports Editor five Joys moke All-America list Joe Namath's National Prep Sports jnagazine, the publication that ranked the Class 4-A state champions Jefferson City Jays football team ninth in the nation after last fall's perfect 13-0 slate, has five members of the Jay team as Honorable Mention Ail-American athletes from Missouri. The McDaniel, Mark Abernathy, Barry Bryson, Keith Wilson and Farrell Roundtree are among 14 picked from Missouri for the honor 'and the Jay selections far outnumber any other school. Bryson, McDaniel and Wilson made the prestigious list as offensive backs while Abernathy and Roundtree are on the unit as Completing the selections from Missouri was Fulton's Ron Vaughn, Dave Baker of Raytown, Dave Mintert of St. Louis Chaminade and Dan Johnson of East Prairie at the back posts. Ends Tony Finan of St.

Louis University High, James Cowiines of St. Louis Sumner and Mel Campbell of Joplin Parkwood were honored as was linemen Rudi Stecich of St. Louis Vianney and Rich Wherle qfMehlville. Cincinnati (Ohio) Moeller was picked the high school team of the year with a 12-0 record by the magazine while South Charleston, W. running back Robert Alexander was tabbed the high school player of the year.

Alexander, rushed for 2,176 yards this year compared to 2,060 as a junior last season and 1,635 as a sophomore. The game of the year was the Tennessee 3-A title contest in which Bradley Central topped Jackson Central-Merry 50-48 in triple overtime. Tight money in Columbia The economic pinch that has forced many Missouri high schools to stall athletic programs isn't just confined to the small schools. Columbia Columbia's two high schools Hickman and Rock Bridge have had to trim at least $50,000 off the athletic budgets, reports a Columbia coach. And the contracts issued this spring have no provisions for extracurricular activities next fall that is, as of now there are no coaches hired for the system.

The school board has apparently run short of funds and is waiting until state revenues come in before adding the extra activities money on contracts. Even then, athletes must foot ihe bill for their own shoes next year and the school will buy no meals when teams take to the road. At the junior high level inter-school transportation among the three has been postponed, so when West plays a basketball game at Oakland, it's up to the West players to get to Oakland on their own. The $50,000 cut represents a 40 percent cut in the, athletic budget. While the problems haven't become completely unworkable at Columbia, it may well be an indication of the future.

Dilbeck takes state job Waynesville basketball coach Gene Dilbeck has become the state director of recreation for the state of Oklahoma. Dilbeck takes his post June 13. He'll be in charge of all the recreation programs at the 50 state parks and lodges in the state and headquarter in Oklahoma City. Dilbeck guided this year's Waynesville Tigers to the Class 3-A state basketball tournament, his third 'straight state meet trip as he directed Stockton to the state tournament the past two seasons. Dilbeck, who has family ties in Oklahoma, had been rumored as possible successors to seveal Missouri high school cage posts including Sedalia Smith-Cotton.

In addition, he had looked at junior college coaching posts in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma before electing to get out of the coaching business. Chris Hayes, Waynesville assistant, has been named Dilbeck's successor for the Tigers. JC team leads B-J past As the two Jefferson City Ban Johnson baseball teams prepare for tonight's season opener at Ernie Vivion Field, it might be of interest to note that Jefferson City's Ron Maasen is the only player in the Central Missouri B-J League to win the triple crown since 1960. Maasen, playing third base, led the league with a .455 batting average, six home runs and 23 RBI. Boonville's Denny Sercu is the only plitcher to win more than two ERA crowns in the league since it was formed on Feb.

26,1945. Sercue won the top honor is 1971,1973 and 1974. Dan Bestgen of Tipton, who has signed with the Kansas City Royals, led the league in eight of 11 categories last year to walk away with MVP honors. Bestgen topped the CMBJL in runs with 30, hits with 40, triples with six, RBI with 28, pitching victories with an 8-4 record, innings pitched at 91.2, strikeouts with 189 and hit .494 to cop the batting title. One of the top pitching performances in the league came in 1961 when Keith Weber fanned 22 Carrollton batters in a playoff game to win 5-1 then came back four days later and struck out 17 in a 4-0 win that gave Jefferson City the title.

tourney to open The Westphalia Merchants Slow Pitch Softball Tournament kicks off tonight with four first-round games at the Westphalia Lion's Club field. Ecco Lounge and Folk will play the first game at 6:30 p.m. today followed by Linn's Star Lounge vs. the Vienna Rookies Chamois MFA and Amusement Supply of Jefferson City will meet at 8:30 with Josh's Restaurant and Fechtels SchliU vying at The first game Friday also first-round games, will pit the Eagles against the CB's at 6:30 p.mr followed by the Downtowners vs. the Colonial Tap Room at 7:30 p.m.

At 8:30 Weidinger Chevrolet of Vienna will meet Jefferson City's Miller High Life and Montgomery Ward will meet Capital Billiards at The tournament will conclude Sunday with the finals scheduled for 6 p.m. POST TRIBUNE, pops 3 Hffs in Royals' rovt TORONTO (AP) John Mayberry is powerful proof that practice makes perfect. Mayberry, the slugging first baseman of the Kansas City Royals, cracked three home ruris out of Exhibition Stadium Wednesday night as the Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-3. "It was a great feeling," Mayberry said of the second three-homer game of his career. "It was something special and the kind of thing you always dream of." Mayberry has hit about 500 balls in batting practice since Kansas City Manager Whitey Herzog had him experiment with a new stance during an off-day at Boston last Thursday.

"It's more of an open stance," Mayberry said. "I'm closer to the plate and it allows me a more free- swinging style. Before, my hips were getting in the way and I wasn't getting around on the ball." He had no trouble getting around on three Toronto pitchers Wednesday night. He hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning off reliever Jerry Johnson, a solo shot off Mike Willis in the seventh and a two-run homer in the ninth off Tom Bruno. The loss went to starter Bill Singer, 2-7.

"I've still got a long way to go," Mayberry of the .211 average he took into the game. Mayberry started the season slowly and had four homers and 19 runs batted in entering Wednesday night's game. "I've been struggling for quite a while, and it's nice to see some home runs." Mayberry hit three home runs in a game in 1975 against Ferguson Jenkins, who then pitched for Texas Rangers. Herzog said Mayberry's poor performance at the plate most of last year and the start of this season prompted the change in stance. Mayberry hit .232 with 13 homers last season as his home run production fell to its lowest in five years with the Royals.

"I gave him (Mayberry) 200 games to do it his way, so I thought it was time he should take a suggestion from me," Herzog said. "He was very receptive to the idea and he's hit about 500 balls in batting practice since then. "The main thing is that it's given him some confidence. It'll make him believe that the stance is helping. "If he goes into a bad streak now, I hope he won't want to switch back to the old stance right away.

This will make him stick with it." Kansas City's Al Cowens was S-for-5 for the game and 8-for-9 for the. two-games series, raising his average 31 points, to .306. Kansas City starter Dennis Leonard, 3-5, struck out career allowed six hits before needing help from Larry Gura in the eighth when the Blue Jays scored their final two runs. The Royals scored five runs on five hits in the fifth, chasing Singer. Frank White walked and George Brett hit his second homer of the season.

Amos Otis singled and Mayberry greeted Johnson with his first homer of the game. Cowens singled and scored on Tom Po- quette's double for the final run of the inning. The Jays scored in the second on Otto Velez' triple and Sam Ewing's grounder. They got their final two runs when Hector Torres tripled in the eighth and scored on John Scott's single. Scott came home on Roy Howell's single.

White Sox 4, Orioles 2 Ralph Garr's two-run single with the bases loaded and two out in the seventh inning broke a tie and prevented Jim Palmer from snapping a deadlock with Dave McNally as the winn- ingest pitchers in Baltimore history. Winner Ken Brett hurled a six-hitter after coming into the game with a hefty 5.55 earned run average. Red Sox 7, Rangers 5 Carl Yastrzemski hit two solo homers, helping Boston overcome an early five-run deficit. The Rangers routed Luis Tiant with five third- inning runs, including consecutive two-run doubles by Bump Wills and Dave May. Boston chipped away at Doyle Alexander with two runs in the fourth.

Yastrzemski's first homer keyed a four-run burst in the sixth and Rick Burleson's two-run double off Adrian Devine put the Red Sox ahead 6-5. Twins 4, Yankees 3 Rod Carew's two-run single off relief ace Sparky Lyle with two out in the ninth inning capped a three-run Minnesota rally. Lyle replaced Ron Guidry after the Twins opened the ninth with with singles by Craig Kusick and Jerry Terrell, followed by Butch Wynegar's potential double play grounder which took a bad hop over the head of third baseman Graig Nettles. After a grounder and a strikeout, Lyle walked Roy Smalley, before Carew delivered his winning hit. Indians 6, Tigers 4 Duane Kuiper knocked in three runs as Cleveland handed Mark Fidrych his second consecutive defeat since coming back from spring training knee surgery.

Fidrych worked six innings, allowing 10 hits and five runs, all earned. 6, Mariners 3 Doc Medich allowed one run over the first seven innings, Tony Armas tripled in two runs and Earl Williams belted a two-run homer as the A's snapped the expansion Mariners' record five- game winning streak. Blazers 1 blitz stirs Sixers' internal woes PHILADELPHIA (AP) When the beleaguered Philadelphia 76ers boarded their 8 a.m. flight out of Portland Wednesday, the television in the first class section was tuned to a news program showing highlights of the previous night's playoff slaughter at the hands of tfn Portland Trail Blazers. It was the final indignity, a fitting climax to the Sixers' lost journey to the Pacific Northwest, a six-day sojourn in which rain was a constant companion and during which time the Sixers managed to look positively awful in losing two lopsided decisions to the Blazers.

"We were embarrassed," said George McGinnis, the Sixers' slumping forward who once again looked conspicuously out of place on the court. "When it rains, get your umbrella." Despite the steady showers in the Rose City, Big George wasn't referring to the weather. He was thinking back to the way the Blazers sliced apart the Six- ers with consummate ease in a 130-98 romp Tuesday night which evened the National Basketball Association championship finals at two victories apiece. "They blitzed us," said McGinnis. "I have no explanation for it.

But everybody on this team, in this organization, has to be embarrassed." "They ran a clinic on us," agreed All-Star guard Doug Collins, who managed just 11 points. "Yeah, I'd say they embarrassed us." Perhaps, but apparently it hurt too much for most of the others to admit it. Instead this free-wheeling bunch, branded as outlaws and renegades by its own top banana, Julius Erving, let out its frustrations in ways which recalled baseball's Oakland A's in their rambunctious heyday of a couple years back. Erving questioned some of Coach Gene Shue's substitutions, relaying via newsmen his idea that other moves might have been wiser. In particular, he suggested Joe Bryant and Darryl Dawkins ought to be getting more playing time.

"We've got to use our horses," said Ervihg. "We have a lot of depth. We have some guys who can play on the bench." Bryant, a reserve forward, lambasted Steve Mix, another reserve forward, questioning Mix' attitude and contending he puts personal achievement ahead of the good of the team. "In the finals you should be playing the game the way it's supposed to be played instead of worrying about your job," said Bryant. "He's a good player, but he's not good enough to run his mouth the way he does." So what does all this sound and fury signify? Probably nothing.

If any team can rebound from a 32-ppint loss for a victory in a big game, it's this wild bunch. And if the 76ers do bounce back, it will almost certainly be with the same cast of characters. "Right now I don't plan to make any lineup changes," said Shue, looking ahead to Friday night's crucial fifth game of the series at the Spectrum (CBS, 9 p.m., EOT). "We'll go with what got us here." Wedding at 'home' Scott Loudcs. who for Southeastern Oklahoma State College baseball team, and his bride Melinaa Bell head down the base path and the bridal path at the same time Wednesday following their wedding at St.

Joseph during a break in the NAIA College World Series Wednesday. Melinda had been the bat girl for the Southeastern Squad. The wedding was held following Southeastern's 6-5 win over Lewis University. (Associated Press laserphoto) Chicago boss predicts Cards' triumph (By. Associated Press) Give Chicago Cubs Manager Herman Franks a forum and he starts sounding like Muhammad All.

"The St. Louis Cards will win it (the National League East pennant) easy," Franks said Wednesday night. "Why? They've got a better ball club than we have. They have plenty of speed. They've got more guys that really fly.

"I'm not setting anybody up," Franks continued. "We need a left-hander. The only one we have (Willie Her- nandez), I have to save for the bullpen." Despite Franks' opinion, the Cubs are in first place by 1'A games after edging the Cards 4-3 in 13 Wednesday night. St. Louis Manager Vern Rapp responded to Franks', appraisal, saying, "It sounds like psychological warfare.

He doesn't want the load on his shoulders." In other NL games Wednesday, San Francisco edged San Diego 2-0, the New York Mets stopped Montreal 6-4, Pittsburgh blanked Philadelphia 3-0 in a rain-shortened contest, Cin- cinnati defeated Atlanta 5-2, and Los Angeles downed Houston 6-2. Starter Rick Reuschel and relievers Bruce Sutler and Hernandez, 2-1, combined to strike out 16 Cardinals. Sutler fanned nine in his five- inning stint. But it took Steve On- liveros' third hit of the game a one-out single in the 13th, to score Jerry Morales with the winning run. Bobby Murcer hit his eighth homer of the year, a two-run shot, for the Cubs, while St.

Louis sent the game into extra innings when Lou Brock doubled with two out in the ninth and scored on Ted Simmons' fourth hit of the game. Giants 2, Padres 0 Ed Haiicki hurled his first complete game of the season, scattering six hits in leading San Francisco over San Diego. Haiicki struck oul 11 and walked only one in snapping the Padres' five- game winning streak. Rob Andrews singled in the sixth and eventually scored on Jack Clark's single. Andrews also scored the Giants' second run, slamming a double and coming home on Darrell Thomas' single.

Mets 6, Expos 4 New York gave new Manager Joe Torre his second straight victory as John Stearns belted his first major league grand slam home run, capping a five- run fifth-inning rally. Tom Seaver, 5-3, posted his first victory since April 30 and his first victory in Montreal since Oct. 3, 1972. Skip Lockwooc! relieved Seaver with two out in the seventh after Dave Cash hit a. run-sCoring triple and Tony Perez an RBI single.

Pirates 3, Phillies 0 John Candelaria tossed a twohitter and Pittsburgh scored all of its runs in the first inning as Philadelphia saw its chances for a comeback ruined when a torrential downpour stopped the game after 71-2 innings. Reds 5, Braves 2 A four-hitter by Pat Zachry led Cincinnati over Atlanta. Zachry, 3-6, retired 13 of the final 14 batters he faced in going the distance for the first time this year. George Foster paced the Reds' attack by scoring three times. Cincinnati's fifth straigh; triumph raised the Reds' record to 23-23, the first timo the defending world champions have been at .500 sinw the first week of the season.

Dodgers 6, Astros 2 Ron Cey drove in three runs with a double and a single as Los Angeles snapped a four-game losing streak by downing Houston. Tommy John, 6-2, got the victory with relief from Charlie Hough, who earned his 14th save of the season. Houston starter Bo McLaughlin, 1-2, was the loser. Scoreboard American League East Pet. GB Bait 26 19 .578 Boston 23 21 .543 H4 NYork 26 22 .542 Itt Milwkee 25 25 .500 Cleve 20 23 .465 5 Detroit 18 27 .400 8 Toronto 18 29 .383 9 West Minn 30 17 .638 Chicago 26 19 .578 3 Calif 24 23 .511 6 K.C.

22 23 .489 7 Oakland 23 24 .489 7 Texas 21 22 .488 7 Seattle 21 31 .404 Wednesday's Results Kansas City 11, Toronto 3 Cleveland 6, Detroit 4 Boston 7, Texas 5 Minnesota 4, New York 3 Chicago 4, Baltimore 2 Oakland 6, Seattle 3 Only games scheduled Thursday's Garnet Cleveland (Dobson 0-4) at Detroit (Rozema 4-2), New York (Figueroa 6-3) at Minnesota (Holly 2-1), (n) Baltimore (Flanagan 1-3) at Chicago (Barrios 4-3), (n) Boston (Stanley 3-2) at Texas (Briles 2-2), (n) Oakland (Langford 4-3) at Seattle (Pole 2-1), (n) Only games scheduled raday't Games New York at Chicago, (n) Boston at Minnesota, (n) Baltimore it Kansas City, (n) Milwaukee at Texas, (n) Cleveland at Seattle, (n) Toronto at Oakland, (n) Only scheduled Finals Friday's Game Portland at Philadelphia, series tied 2-2. National League East Pet GB Chicago 29 16 .644 Pitts 27 17 .614 114 Louis 28 19 .596 2 Phila 25 20 .556 4 Montreal 18 27 .400 11 NYork 17 29 .370 12'A West LosAng 34 15 .694 Cinci 23 23 .500 9'4 Diego 24 29 .453 12 SFran 21 27 .438 1214 Houston 20 28 .417 1314 Atlanta 17 33 .340 1714 Wednesday's Results San Francisco 2, San Diego 0 New York 6, Montreal 4 Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia 0, game called in 8th inning, rain Cincinnati 5, Atlanta 2 Chicago 4, St. Louis 3,13 innings Los Angeles 6, Houston 2 Wednesday's Games San Francisco 2, San Diego 0 New York 6, Montreal 4 Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia 0, game called in 8th inning, rain Cincinnati 5, Atlanta 2 Chicago 4, St. Louis 3,13 innings Los Angeles 6. Houston 2 Thursday's New York (Koosman 3-5) at Montreal (Warthen 2-2), (n) Houston (Bannister 1-5) at Cincinnati (Billingham 6-3), (n) Only garnet scheduled Friday's San Francisco it Atlanta, 2, (t-n) St.

Louis at Montreal, (n) Philadelphia at New York, (n) Chicago at Pittsburgh, (n) Houston at Cincinnati, (n) San Diego at Lot Angeles, (n) Pro wrestling returns to JC Professional wrestling returns to Jefferson City on Wednesday, June 15, in a four-match card highlighted by the appearance of Central States Champion Bob Slaughter. Proceeds from the event go to the Midstate Ban Johnson Baseball Team of Jefferson City. The first bout gets going at 8:30 p.m. at Helias High School with Bruiser Bob Sweetan meeting Randy Brewer in a one fall or 20- minute time limit match. Col.

Buckley Christopher George Robley III goes up against the masked Mr. Wrestling in the match, a one-fall or. 30-minute time limit match. In the third event, the popular Rufus R. Jones of Amarillo, Texas, meets Benny Ramirez of Bogota, Colombia, in a one-fall or 45- minute match.

The main event pits the Central States Champ, nicknamed "The D.I." after serving as a Marine drill sergeant for four against former world heavyweight champion Pat O'Connor of Wellington, New Zealand. Reserve seat tickets are now on sale at Central Missouri Athletic Goods and from Midstate Ban Johnson team members. Reserve seats are priced at $4 with general admission tickets at $3 each going on sale the night of the program. Slaughter weighs in at 285 pounds and stands 6 5. He has held the Central States title for six months.

Born and raised in Minneapolis, Slaughter wrestled and played football in both high school and college. He also wrestled while in the Marines. O'Connor represented his native New Zealand in the British Empire Games in wrestling, where he won a gold medal. After seven years of amateur wrestling in New Zealand, he came to this country to defeat Dick Hutton for the world title on Jan. 9.

1959. He held Local BJ squads meet tonight The Jefferson City Bears and the Midstate Ban Johnson nine will meet tonight in an 8 p.m. contest at Ernie Vivion Field in the Central Missouri Ban Johnson League opener for both clubs. The Midstate crew will take a l-l mark into tonight's contest while the Bears stand at O-l on the season. Both teams competed in the league's preseason tournament last weekend.

In that tounev, Midstate whipped Centralla 15-2 in a first- round game before haying the tables reversed against Kirksville Sunday. The locals got shellacked 15-2. The Bears played a tough Huntsville team Sunday in the tournament's second round and fell 4-2. Midstate manager Bob George said either Dave Ezell or Rick Nilges will take the mound tonight. Ezell chalked up the win against Centralia Saturday and Nilges absorbed the loss against Kirksville.

Other Bar Johnson games in the league tonight have Centralia at Huntsville, Montgomery City at Kirksville, Tipton at Boonville, Marshall at Sedalia and Lexington at New Franklin. Both Jefferson City teams will be back in action Sunday with the Bears traveling to Sedalia for a 1:30 p.m. contest and Midstate will be at Lexington for an 8 p.m. game. In the pre-season tourney, Huntsville went on to take the crown, whipping Kirksville 2-1 after the championship was moved back to Tuesday due to a rain out.

For the Bears Sunday, Gary Lewis and Jerome Holzhouser had the mound duties. In the hitting department, Mike Merrick and Greg Reynolds collected two hits apiece. Leading 'he Midstate crew at the plate during the tournament were Bill Book and third baseman Rusty Sweaney. Book, a shortstop and pitcher, picked up five hits in the two games and Sweaney collected four. the world title for the next three years.

O'Connor wrestled Buddy Rogers in Chicago's White Sox Park in 1961 as the match drewthe largest ever in wrestling history with a paid attendance of 38,622. O'Connor still rates as one of the most popular pro wrestlers in the nation. Rufus R. Jones has been wrestling as a professional for 12 years and he has travelled all over the world. He recently returned from a wrestling tour in Japan.

Jones has held two world champions to one-hour draws. He wrestled Jack Brisco to a draw with no falls when Brisco was world champion and he recently held Harley Race to a one-hour draw in Norfolk, Va. He has held the Central States title and has been one-half owner of the tag team title. The 6-0, 278- pound Jones now lives in Kansas City. The return of the All-Star Wrestling card marks the first pro match in Jefferson City in the past three years..