Sunday Gazette-Mail from Charleston, West Virginia • Page 45

5D --March 16,1975 Sunday Charleston, Weit NIT Starr, Harris Spark Pitt's 70-65 Victory NEW YORK (AP) Keith Starr scored 21 points and Larry Harris added 16 as Pittsburgh's disciplined Panthers beat ragged Southern Illinois 70-65 Saturday night in a firstround game in the National Invitation Basketball Tournament. The victory shot the Panthers into a quarter-final game Tuesday night against Providence. The Friars downed Clemson 91- 86 behind Joe Hassett's 24 points earlier in the day. In another afternoon game, a a a led by Steve Grant, ripped off 12 straight points at the end to dump Massachusetts 68-51. Manhattan will face the winner of Saturday night's second game, matching St.

John's against Lafayette, in another quarter-final contest Tuesday night. Today's NIT schedule: Connecticut (18-9) vs. South Caro- lina (184), 1 p.m.; Holy Cross (20-7) vs. Princeton (18-8), 3 p.m., Memphis State (20-6) vs. Oral Roberts (19-7), 7 p.m.; and St.

Peter's (15-11) vs. Oregon (18-8) vs. Oregon (18-8), 9 p.m. Pittsburgh withstood a one- man show by Joe Merriweather, who scored 25 points and dominated the backboards for Southern Illinois, to post the victory. The Panthers led 37-26 at the a but the Salukis charged back into contention behind Merriweather and pulled within five points at 60-55 with 6:08 left in the game.

Pittsburgh then scored 12 of the game's next 15 points, with Starr and Harris netting a field goal each, to take a commanding 72- 58 lead with less than three minutes left. The Panthers improved their record to 18-10 while the Salukis, who played an undis- Bench Pounds 380-Foot H. R. ciplined i game and missed several easy shots, wound up at 18-9. Clemson, on paper the strongest team in this 16-team field, erased a 16-point deficit and finally caught Providence behind the shooting of Colon Abraham.

The Tigers, from the Atlantic Coast Conference, took the lead away from the Flyers at 75-74 with 4:03 left. At this point, Campbell took charge of the game's flow. MASSACHUSETTS (SO Duarte 2 0-0 4, Murphy 8 2-3 18. Town 4 1-1 9, Burke 2 0-1 4, Endicott 1 0-0 2. Pyatt 5 1-2 It, Claiborne 0 0-0 0.

Eldridge 1 1-2 3, Stokes 0 0-0 0, Artirne 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 5-9. MANHATTAN (it) Reilly 1 2-2 4, Young 3 3-4 9, Campion 4 3-4 II, Bucci 6 2-2 14, Mahoney 3 0-0 6, Lockhart 5 0-0 10, Grant 7 0-0 14. Totals 29 10-12. Halflime: Massachusetts 28, Manhattan 27.

Fouled out: None. Total fouls: Massachusetts 15, Manhattan 12. Technical: Manhattan Coach Powers. CLEMSON (U) Croft 1 0-0 2, Rome 8 4-4 20, Rollins 9 01 18, Bethea 2 0-0 4, Wise 5 5-6 15, Franken 0 0-0 0, Brown 1 0-0 2, Abraham 7 2-2 14, Gregg 4 1-2 9, Rogers 0 0-0 0, Harman 0 0-0 0. Totals 37 12-15.

PROVIDENCE Eason 2 0-1 4, McAndrew 4 6-8 14, Cooper 5 5-7 15, Bello 4 0-2-8, Hassett 12 0-0 24, Campbell 6 1-1 13, Santos 3 7-7 13. Totals 36 19-26. Halftime: Providence 47, Clemson 34. Fouled out: None. Total fouls: Clemson 23, Providence 16.

8.757. M.H. Caps Road Trip By Losing One-Hitter Golfing in the Rain Have umbrella, will golf that's the spirit exemplified by this unidentified young man on the Lee Park course at Petersburg, Va. He was using the see-through parasol during a steady rain. (APWirephoto) COLUMBUS, Ga.

Three Morris Harvey pitchers -Dave Chittum, Steve Brown and Mike Pugliese combined for a one-hitter in the second game of a double-header here Saturday, but the Golden Eagles lost nonetheless. The Golden Eagles, closing out an eight-game southern road trip, failed to make a couple of routine plays and were beaten by Columbus 3-1 in the nightcap. M.H. also lost the opener 7-1. The defeats left Morris Harvey with a 1-7 record.

Columbus scored two unearned runs in the first inning of the nightcap on a walk and an error by centerfielder John McCormick, who dropped a fly ball to allow the runner to score and the batter to reach third. Another run scored a i shortstop Billy Joe Hicks booted a ground ball. "They were just routine plays," said M.H. coach Tom Nozica. "We're not making the outs we're supposed to make.

We're having difficulty with the routine plays and it's cost us several games down here." In the first game, M.H. tied the game at 1-1 in the fifth in- ning as Randy Cappuccio led off with a single, advanced to second as Roger Chambers reached base on an error and scored on a single Dan Donavon. added, "but defense is the big question mark." Morris Harvey resumes play at Alderson-Broaddus March k25. "Our pitching should be one of our strong points." Morris Harvty (1) Columbus (7) Playtr, ab a bi Player AB Bl Hicks SS 4 0 0 0 Perry 4 1 0 0 Hall Ib 4 0 1 0 Home 5 2 4 4 Manly 3 4 0 0 0 Cnestr 4 0 1 0 McCmcklf4 0 0 3 4 0 1 1 Cppcio 3 1 1 0 Jones Ib 3 0 0 0 Chmbrs cf 4 0 2 0 Crwfrd 2b 3 1 2 0 Donovn dh 4 0 1 1 Brown dh 4 1 1 0 Becklt 2 2 0 0 0 Lndlef I 4 1 2 2 Hthnsn rf 2 0 0 0 Dmtri cf 4 1 0 0 Francs 0 0 0 0 Mrsehnd 0 0 0 0 Whtlck 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 7 12 7 Perri 0 0 0 0 Totals 1 5 1 M.H 000 010 000-1 Columbus 100 020 22x-7 M. H.

(1) Columbus (3) Player AB HBI Player AB HBI Hicks 5 0 1 0 Perry 4 0 0 0 Hall I 4 0 0 0 Home 2 1 0 0 Manley 3b 4 0 0 0 Chster dh 4 0 0 0 McCmcklf4 0 0 OFrnkln3b 2 1 0 0 Chmbrs cf 4 0 0 0 O'Brin Ib 3 0 0 0 Donvn 4 1 1 0 Cwfod 2 3 0 0 0 Becktt 2b 4 0 2 0 Lndlet If 3 0 0 0 Hthnsn rf 3 0 1 0 Bailey 2 1 0 0 Merr dh 0 1 1 2 Dimtri cf 3 0 1 1 Chittm 0 0 0 0 Wright 0 0 0 0 Brown 0 0 0 0 Totals 26 3 1 1 Pugliese 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 1 6 1 000 000 100--1 Cc'umbus 200 000 lOx-- 3 Hicks, McCormicK. Franklin. LOB M. 7, Columbus 3. S- Hutchinson.

SB-- Hicks, Home 2, O'zbrien. E-McCormick, Chester, Franklin. 4, Columbus 28--Home. HR--Home. SB--Horne, Chester, Crawford, Brown, Dimitri.

S--Hutchinson. M.H. Pitching IP Francis 3 3 1 0 1 4 Whitlock 0-1 3 2 2 2 2 4 Perri 2 7 4 3 0 4 Columbus Pitching Marshand Wm 2-0 9 5 1 0 2 8 M. H. Pitching Pitcher IP chittum, LO-1 3 0 2 0 2 4 Brown 3 0 0 0 2 5 Pugliese 2 1 1 0 2 0 Columbus Pitching Wright 1 0 9 6 1 1 3 14 WHITEWALLS 2 Pclteuet PRICED TO Johnny Bench got his first home run of the exhibition season and the Reds evened their exhibition season record at 4-4 Saturday with a 5-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox.

Bench's three-run shot off the left-center field screen, about 380 feet out, came after Doug Flynn singled and Merv Rettenmund walked off Boston starter Rogelio Moret. Flynn had three singles in the game, and Ed Armbrister had two hits. The Reds got 10 hits off the Red Sox' pitchers, and Boston stranded 12 runners. In other exhibition games Saturday it was, Texas 1, Kansas City 0 in 11 innings; the Chicago White Sox 10, New York Mets 4: Atlanta 5, Baltimore 4: San Francisco 2, Chicago Cubs 1, and St. Louis 5, Detroit 4.

Split Squads Minnesota and California split their squads. Minnesota lost two close ones, 2-1 to Philadelphia and 1-0 to Montreal in 10 innings, and California won a pair of close ones, 5-3 over Oakland and 3-2 over Milwaukee. Los Angeles beat Houston 4-1 in the first game of a doubleheader at Cocoa Beach, Fla. Four Texas pitchers scattered eight hits and Mike Hargrove's llth-inning double provided the Rangers' winning margin over Kansas City. Hargrove got one of only four hits allowed by Royals' pitch- Lamar Johnson, Bill Melton.

Ken Henderson and Lee Richardson each drove in two runs to pace the White Sox past the Mets. The White Sox got five runs in the eighth on three singles, Jorge Orta's double and a triple fay Johnson. Mike Lum singled in two runs in the third and scored another in the sixth to pace the Braves past Baltimore. Biff Pocoroba doubled in the winning run in the seventh. Chicago (A) 100 130 050-10 17 1 New York (N) 000 200 002- 4 7 0 Bahnsen, Dunning (5), Gogolewski (8) and Downing, Varney (8); Koosman, Grose (4), Tate (5), Espinosa (8) and Grote Moses (5), Stern (8).

W-Bahnsen. L-Grose. HR-New York, Unser. At Lakeland, Fla. St Louis 000 301 010-5 11 0 Detroit 002 000 020-4 6 1 Gibson, Sadecki (6), Sosa (8) and Simmons; Coleman, Hiller (5), Slayback (8) and Freehan, Wockenfuss (8).

W-Gibson. L-Coleman. At Daytona Beach, Fla. Minnesota 000 000 000 0-0 8 4 Montreal MO 000 000 1-1 8 0 10 innings Albury, Stone (4). Bane (7), Schuster (10) and Lonchar; DeMola, Warthen (6), Monteague (8), Lang (10) and Foote, Carter (7).

w-Lang. L-Schuster. At Winter Haven, Fla. Cincinnati 023 000 000-5 10 2 Boston 100 010 000-2 9 2 Andujar, Norman (5), Kirby (8) and Bench, Plummer (6); Morel, Segui (5), Clemons (8) and Montgomery, Merchant 16). W-Anduiar.

L-Moret. HR-Cincinnati, Bench. At West Palm Beach, Fla. Baltimore 000 300 010-4 7 1 Atlanta 102 001 10x-5 3 1 Torrez, Alexander (4), Reynolds (8) and Hendricks, Hutto (8); Capra, Harrison (4), Cheadle (8) and Pocoroba. HRs- Baltimore, Singleton, Hendricks.

Atlanta, Evans. W-Harrison. L-Alexander. At Ctaarwater, Fla. Minnesota 000 001 000-1 3 0 Philadelphia 100 100 OOx-2 10 1 Butler, Veintedos (5), Thayer (7) and Borgmann; Underwood, Hernais (6), Matt (6) and (7), Essian (9).

W- Underwood. L-8utler. Brooks Hits For 46 Points Billy Brooks set a Charleston Commercial Basketball League scoring record with 46 points to lead Charleston Newspapers to an 89-81 upset of The Strand to highlight last week's action. The Bank of Cross Lanes took sole possession of first place with a 48-46 win over Sil- ver Brand. Dave Mason led Cross Lanes with 20 points.

Charleston National Bank used a balanced game to hand Frankenberger's its 10th straight loss. Marvin Mills scored 17 and Charlie Houck and David Woods added 16 each for CNB. McJunkin tourned in a good defensive game to defeat Heck's, 66-50. i a League Team Bk. C.

Lanes ...9 I Newspapers ....5 5 The Strand 8 2 Silver 7 McJunkin 7 3 Chs Nt 8k 2 8 Heck's 6 4 10 Leading Scoren Player, Team Pts.Avg. Brooks, Newspapers 8 212 26.5 Mason, Cross Lanes 9 213 23.6 Lacy, Heck's 9 195 21.6 Buchanan, Silver Brand 10 209 20.9 Norman, McJunkin 10 205 20.5 Houck, CNB 9 171 19.0 Chapman, Strand 8 159 18.8 Turkovich, Strand 10 179 17.9 Nelson, Cross Lanes 8 138 17.2 Shinn, Strand 10 163 16.3 This Week's Games Wednesday 6:45 p.m. Bank of Cross Lanes vs. Hecks 8:15 p.m. Silver Brand vs.

Charleston Newspapers Thursday 6:45 p.m. McJunkin Corp. vs. Charleston National Bank 8:15 p.m. The Strand vs.

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