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V7 OCTOBER 17. 1976 Sunday 5 'i jt potential sixth inning doublcplay. Yankees' 51 loss to the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series opener. a Pete Rose upends Yankee second By Bob Kurtand Staff Writer CINCINNATI-Don Gullett and Pedro Borbon held the Yankees to five hits and a lot of line drive outs yesterday as the Cincinnati Reds opened defense of their baseball championship by scoring a methodical 5-1 win. "The Yanks swung the bat real well," said Gullett, who left the game with one in the eighth inning after suffering a dislocated tendon of his right ankle.

It'll be in a cast for five weeks. (Story on Page C-2). "I'm not sure we were mentally ready to play," said Thurman Munson. "It was a little bit of a letdown going in there today after the big playoff win on Thursday. It felt almost like a game in Reds jump on Yanks he hit a homer.

Later I struck him out with a full count on a slider because my control was better." "I think the pitch was a fastball over the plate," said Morgan. "I was anxious to get off to a quick start because I went hitless in the playoffs." The ball cleared the rightfield wall in the bottom of the first. New York tied, it in the second as Lou Piniella doubled, moved to third on Munson's grounder to second and scored on Graig Nettles' long sacrifice fly to center. "I expected a lot more speed from Gullett," said Piniella. "Surprisingly, he threw a lot of breaking pitches instead of being the flamethrower he's supposed to be." Dave Concepcion put the Reds ahead to stay in the.third inning with a one-out liott Maddox for a triple.

"I noticed they overshifted on me the first couple of at bats," Bench said, "so I felt if I could move the runner over we could open things up. As it happened, I made good contact." Sparky Lyle was rushed into the game to face Cesar Geronimo and quickly threw a wild pitch to account for the final run. "I tossed a slider which broke into the and Thurman almost made a great stop," said the reliever. "But those things happen and I'd use the same pitch again with a man on third. Anyway, it didn't matter because he doubled off me on the next pitch." Roy White, who hit the ball hard in all four at bats but came away with only a single (he also reached on an error) Business Sports.

Racing -C-17-22 C-1-16 AP Photos summed up the Reds: "They can beat you in a lot of ways, not only with the long ball. They showed today they can score with speed and stop you with defense. But we came away feeling we can beat them." "I'm more confident than ever we can take them," Alexander added. "We didn't get blown out and now I don't expect us to." Morgan responded, "As long as we play our game we can beat anybody because we have the best talent. This was a typical win we did what we had to do." "We'll have to be more aggressive," said Reds' manager Sparky Anderson.

"And we'll win in seven games." Related stories, box score, C-2. again yesterday during the opening game of the World Series. Before the game, Martin received permission to station scout Clyde King with a walkie-talkie and he would be allowed to relay information to the bench. That much of the story is certain. After that it becomes foggy.

"They gave us permission to use them," Martin said, "and I didn't do See KUHN, Page C-13 their fans made their decision as a result of bottles thrown on the field by fans in the right field sector of Yankee Stadium during the fifth game of the American League Playoffs with the Kansas City Royals Thursday. The third, fourth and fifth games of the World Series are scheduled for Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. march alone and 124 for the day. "I don't know what it is with this team against us," said defensive captain Nate Toran, recalling the last Rutgers loss, 34-20 to Lehigh last year. "I was having all kinds of flashbacks during the game, but for some reason I knew it wouldn't end up the same way.

See RUTGERS, Page C-5 38 Oklahoma 7 Kansas 3S Colgate 19 Princeton 28 10 17 7 Kuhn pulls plug baseman Willie Randolph to break up a et the Spring Training rather than a World Series game." The American League's top catcher didn't seem too upset over the loss. "We weren't overmatched and they did nothing to scare us. The big difference was that we hit line drives at them while they were finding the gaps." Losing pitcher Doyle Alexander agreed with Munson. "We can beat them," said the tall righthander. Alexander attributed part of his problems to lack of work.

"I haven't pitched in three weeks," he said, "so my control wasn't as sharp as it should be. What it meant is that at times I threw fast balls rather than breaking stuff. "It happened in the first inning when I went to 3-and-l on Joe Morgan. I didn't want to walk him, I threw a fastball and runners," Bench said. "I've thrown out Lou Brock and he's the best base stealer in the game.

But he's come back and stolen four straight off me, and Rivers could do the same." The sixth-inning play wasn't even close, even though Reds second baseman Joe Morgan broke late to cover second. "I held up a little," said Bench, but it was a good pitch. It was a high fastball. I didn't have to dig it out or anything like that." "It served the same purpose as a pitchout," said Roy White, the batter when Rivers made the Yankees only steal attempt. Rivers seemed unimpressed.

"I've been thrown out before. This don't mean nothin'," he said. The Reds had said they were concerned about Rivers base-running prowess, but they paid little attention to Rivers once he reached base after forcing Fred Stanley at second. Don Gullett, who, according to Bench, is the Reds pitcher most adept at holding runners on base, never bothered to throw to first while Rivers took a lead. See YANKEES, Page C-13 Yankees' speed never a factor on Yankee spies A pensive Billy Martin ponders the triple to left-center.

He scored on the hitless Pete Rose's sac fly. Piniella had a chance to deadlock the game in the sixth but with two on and two outs he hit a soft liner to second baseman Morgan. "He jammed me," said the disgusted designated hitter. The Reds picked up another run in the sixth on the speed of Ken Griffey. First he outran a doubleplay relay and then stole second before scoring on Tony Perez's third hit.

"I should have had him easily," said Munson. The throw arrived ahead of the runner but the ball skipped and Fred Stanley couldn't hold it. Cincinnati wrapped it up with a two-run seventh. George Foater singled and came around as Johnny Bench's drive off the rightfield wall skipped past El 7j UPI Photo scare by The touchdown was Hughes' first since his senior year in high school. The winning score was redemption for the Rutgers defense that entered the game ranked first in the country, but had its reputation severely tarnished by the Division 2 Engineers.

Granted, a bad snap led to a blocked punt and Lehigh's first touchdown. But the Engineers later marched 63 and 80 Bergen Tech 8 Waldwick 6 Mahwah 27 Midland Park 0 WmmmmmimMmi liifmmMllM CINCINNATI To CB or not to CB that is the question! William Shakespeare didn't really come up with the answer and Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn wishes Billy Martin wouldn't bring up the question. Ever since the Yankees started using walkie-talkies in Kansas City, the subject has become a tempest in a teapot. After it was resolved during the American League playoffs it came to a boil Yanks warn CINCINNATI Dock Ellis, the Yankees player representative, said yesterday the Yankee players have agreed among themselves they will leave the field in New York at any time during the World Series if fans at Yankee Stadium throw bottles or other dangerous objects at the Cincinnati Reds. Ellis said the Yankee players By Marty Noble Staff Writer CINCINNATI It was heralded as one of the key battles in this war, known as the 1976 World Series.

The primary combatants were Johnny Bench of the Reds and Mickey Rivers of the Yankees. The adversaries had chosen their weapons, with Bench selecting his throwing arm, and Rivers opting for speed. There was conjecture as to who would win. The Reds, without exception, supported their catcher. "There's no runner in baseball who Johnny Bench can't throw out," said Reds manager Sparky Anderson.

"There's not a catcher in baseball who Rivers can't steal off," said Billy Martin, Anderson's Yankee counterpart. Thus far, Martin is wrong. Bench indeed threw out Rivers when the latter attempted to steal second base in the sixth inning of the Reds 5-1 win yesterday. Bench, then, is still un-conquered as far as Rivers is concerned. "I don't think too much should be made of that, I've thrown out lots of Rutgers' By Ron Drogo Staff Writer BETHLEHEM, 12-game winning streak was less than 10 minutes from extinction and linebacker Jim Hughes was beginning to worry.

"I looked up at that clock ticking away and thought: 'C'mon, man, let's get Hughes said. "I didn't like the look of things." Billy Martin and Yankee owner George Steinbrenner have a strategy chat. streak survives a Lehigh, 28-21 yards for their other scores. The latter drive, which gave Lehigh a 21-14 lead in the third quarter, was downright embarrassing to the Rutgers defense. Lehigh used 13 running plays and a 13-yard penalty on the seven-minute march to Dave Aprill's one-yard TD run.

The Knights, who yielded an average of 65.2 yards rushing through five games, gave up 67 on the ground on that So Hughes and his defensive mates did something. First, middle guard Rich Wagner batted a pass and Hughes inter1' cepted at Lehigh's 41 with 9:28 to play. Five plays later, Mark Lassiter's two-yard run and Kerman Startzell's extra point tied the score at 21 with 7:31 left. A minute and a half later, Hughes did something better. He picked off another pass and sprinted 26 yards for the touch 44 Ridgefield Park 8 New Milford 27 Tenafly 16 Saddle Brook down that gave the Scarlet Knights a 28-21 win over stubborn Lehigh and stretched the nation's longest winning streak to 13 games.

"I saw that coming, and my first thought was I'd choke and drop it," said the former Verona High quarterback. "When I caught it. all I could think of was getting over that yellow line (the goal line)." 28 Pascack Hills 0 Wayne Hills 19 18 23 13 21 10 Elmwood Park Lodi Michigan Northwestern Pittsburgh Miami Clifton Fair Lawn Hackensack Paramus College scores More scores C-J 6 School scores More scores C-8.