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57 spruits it i PICKING UP THE PIECES ByBHIGallo 1 "BaiM''l0'Bl'li'''aB I WHHH MM MM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM I Newman and Reynolds to back NASCAR entry Actors Burt Reynolds and Paul Newman will join director Hal Need ham, who directed Reynolds in the popui? and the Bandit" NASCAR Grant Hayes said team sch 1 Racin9 Team a Pontiac Grand Pnx for driver Stan Barrett. Hayes said Newman and Cards release Bobby Bonds The St. Louis Cardinals have released much-traveled outfielder Bobby Bonds, admitting they could make no deal with any other club to take him. Whltey, Herzog, manager and general manager, said the Cardinals asked to place Bonds on waivers for his unconditional release. "We have explored the possibility of trading Bobby to other clubs without success." Herzog said.

"By releasing him, we give him more flexibility and freedom to choose where might want to play. We wish him every success." Bonds batted .203 last yea' with St Louis, his only season with the club. He had been plagued with injuries, mostly to his hand, but he recerth pronounced healthy by team doctors. Bonds, 34, was acquired by th- and Jerry December 1 979 from the Cleveland Indians in exchange or -Wi-wngels. Yankees and Mumphrey, Earlier he had played with the White So Giants.

I cil Atlanta: ScalflCrSved Atlanta Falcon tnd long lines some freezirKnan 60 hours bought up AuOO playoff tickets in two hours Barrett are friends and Barrett, a Hollywood stuntman, worked as a double for Newman in some of his films. Newman has spent the last several years driving cars in Sports Car Club of America and International Motor Sports Association races, but he will not drive for the Mach I team. 1 really donl think that's in the cards." Hayes said. Shortstuff The Denver Nuggets traded rookie guard Cart Nicks to Utah for veteran Billy McKlnney Free agent outfielder and pinch-hitter Del Unser, whose clutch hits in the post-season helped Philadelphia to the world championship, signed a two-year contract with the Phils Bullets guard Kevin Grevey was suspended tor one game without pay and fined $1 .000 by the NBA for intentional physical contact with an official last week after he was called tor two technical fouls The Cubs obtained third baseman Ty Waller as the player to be named in the deal with the Cardinals for reliever Bruce Sutter Wyoming football coach Pat Dye will be given a deadline by school officials to announce whether he will remain at Wyoming or take the top post at Auburn The Lakers' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who became the fifth man in NBA history to reach the 25.000-point plateau, earned NBA Player of the Week honors Halfback AJ. Jones.

Texas' leading rusher despite missing four games, was cleared to play in the Bluebonnet Bowl game Dec. 31 against North Carolina. Road Runners' grand stand Let's tip our official New York Marathon cap to Fred Lebow of the Road Runners for keeping that event open to the greatest number of entrants via a random system. While it would have been very simple to include entry in the prestigious marathon in the Road Runners' top-of-the-line fund-raising package a two-year, $1 ,000 membership which includes such features as pre-registration in every event except the marathon, and your own permanent number Lebow drew the line at allowing people to buy their way into the marathon. The Road Runners are seeking a site for a new headquarters, and Lebow says "We could easily pay tor the building just by putting a price on the New York Marathon, but that's not the way to do it." Incidentally, the first member to shell out a grand -or 79-year-old Al Gordon, the ctved the Kidder Peabody.

Gor'rtrst race with it last number 23, rrtfies in 1:31:23. gets 5-year pact To the losers, go the spoils, and Jack Patera was more than happy to accept them Monday. Patera was given a new five-year contract as head coach of the Seattle Seahawks just one day after the team finished a 4-12 season with its ninth straight loss. "We know that he will lead us to the promised land of the playoffs and the Super Bowl." Seahawk managing general partner Herman Sarkowsky said. Patera wouldn predict when that tory year would come, saying "I've only known one other coach who said before the season when he was going to and he's no longer employed." Patera, 47.

is the only head coach in the club's five-year history. "We think his record over a five-year period (29-47) with an expansion team will meet the test of any other coach in the league," Sarkowsky said. "We think that he's the equal to any other coach in the league." Dear facts Vlnce Ferragamo of the Rams and Steve Bartkowskl of the Falcons, the NFC's two -too passers, were teammates on the U. of. California football team in 1 973.

One of the Bears' runners was Chuck Muncle, now with the Chargers, and a wida recerver was Wesley Walker, now of the Jets. So how did that talent-loaded team do that season? Tarzan Cooper dies Charles (Tarzan) Cooper, a center for the New York Renaissance pro basketball team in the 1930s and a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 73. Cooper was found dead in his Philadelphia apartment on Saturday, but the coroner said the 6-foot-4 native of Newark, probably died Thursday. Cooper played 20 years of pro basketball, beginning in 1925 with the Philadelphia Panthers. He also played with the Philadelphia Giants before joining the Rens in 1 936.

He finished his career with the Washington Bears. Cooper was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1 977 as a player. DePaul A.D. quits Rev. Robert Glelow Monday resigned as athletic director at DePaul.

saying he could not accept the appointment of a special assistant for men's basketball. Gielow, who first became A.D. in 1 978, said the appointment of university comptroller Vlnce Battaglla as special assistant to the president in charge of men's basketball raises serious questions about the university's values and commitment to all sports. The appointment amounted to a demotion for Gielow. taking men's basketball out of his jurisdiction.

Strikers hire Krautzuh to replace van der Hart The Fort Lauderdale Strikers, worried about "declining team morale." fired coach Cor van der Hart Monday and replaced him with Eckhard Krautzun. coach of the Houston Hurricane. The move caught van der Hart by surprise. He Had received a vote of confidence from Striker owners after leading the team to an 18-14 record In the NASL regular season and to the Soccer Bowl, where it lost to the Cosmos. Monday.

Falcon security officials reported no major disturbances despite the long lines and crowds of people, many of whom waited for hours only to find the tickets gone. Ken Morris, the first in lineThad waited since 4 p.m. Friday and ended up with 118 tickets to the playoff game, which will be played Jan. 3 or 4 in Atlanta. Team officials put no limit on the number of tickets each person could buy, and most of those in line bought 30 to 40 tickets each.

One unidentified man shelled out $15,000 cash for 1 ,000 tickets. Falcons spokesman Charlie Dayton said club officials decided against limiting the ticket purchases because "scalpers are going to get their tickets anyway." Sportstuff The answer to Friday's trivia question What pitcher set a record for most strikeouts In a nine-inning game, yet lost the game? is: Steve Cartton, then of the St. Louis Cardinals, who struck out 19 Mefs on Sept. 15, 1969, but lost the game 4-3 when Ron Swoboda hit a pair of two-run homers. Today's question, submitted by Norberto Chabrier of Brooklyn, is: In 1966.

the Minnesota Twins hit five home runs in one inning against the then Kansas City A's. Who hit the homers? Sportstuff is your stuff. If you have a trivia -question you think will fool some of the smartest sports fans In town, send it to Sportstuff. Daily News Sports 220 New York, N.Y. 10017.

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to CO Today's quote Kansas' Darnell Valentine, after passing Wilt Chamberlain as the No. 4 all-time leading scorer at Kansas with 1 ,434 career points: 1 coukSn nave surpassed a greater player in either Kansas or basketball history. But the guy only played two years. It's taken me four to get there. If Wilt had played four years, he'd have been way out in the The '73 Bears went -r..