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Tuesday, August 5, 1975 IRVING DAILY NEWS Page 11 Fergie gets 12-0 win Rangers tame ARLINGTON, Tex. (UPI) Along about the third inning Monday night, Ferguson Jenkins came down with a bad stomach ache. Apparently it was contagious because the Oakland looked pretty sick, too. Among other things Monday night, the three-time defending world champions committed as many errors as they have made in any game this year four and allowed the opposiition to score more runs against them than any other club this season. The 12-0 Texas win over Oakland left Ranger manager Frank Lucchesi startled.

never seen Oakland look like he said. "But still the greatest team in baseball. Those things just It was the fifth time over the past two seasons that Jenkins has hooked up against ace Oakland left-hander Ken Holtzman and it was the fourth time Jenkins had won. Over the past two HE'S SAFE umpire Oi Muro leaning into the play, Oakland third baseman Sal Bando reaches, too late, to li the lexas Rangers' Mike Hargrove, sliding (jets Fenway boost UPI Telephoto into third with a two-run, fourth inning triple Monday at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers won 12-0.

Richey shocked Brooks Oriole fountain by 20 -year-old By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL If not the fountain of youth. Brooks Robinson has at least discovered that age-old American League remedy for batting slumps: Fenway Park. Arriving 111 Boston for the start of a crucial two-game series with the Red Sox, Robinson, the Baltimore ironman third baseman, was showing the ravages of his 38 years as witnessed by a .207 batting average. But the cozy walls of Fenway can do wonders for even the oldsters of the game, and as the Orioles celebrated their arrival with 16 hits (five by Don Baylor), it was Robinson who sent them off to a 12-8 victory over the AL Eastleading Red Sox with a New York Met rookie has and By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL There seems to be two sides to Randy Tate. Tate, a 22-year-old rookie right-hander, at times demonstrates fantastic ability that makes his employers, the New York Mets, grin from ear-toear.

Yet, Tate also has an uncanny knack for undoing all the good things he does by giving up bases on balls and long home runs at most inopportune moments. The peaks and valleys of this extraordinary talent were never more apparent than in Monday game against the Montreal Expos. For seven innings against Montreal, Tate resembled Nolan Ryan (with Sandy control) as he held the Expos hitless and struck out 11 while walking only three. Showing off a blazing, rising fastball and a sharp curve, Tate was in total command and had been staked to a 3-0 lead. Then, suddenly, after Tate struck out Jose Morales to start the eighth, pinch-hitter Jim Lyttle ruined the no-hit bid with a single and Tate then walked Pepe Mangual.

Mets Manager Yogi Berra went to the mound to calm the youngster and he seemed to have succeeded when Tate fanned Jim Dwyer for strikeout No. 13. But Gary Carter, the leading candidate for NL Rookie of the Year honors, singled to ruin the shutout attempt and a moment later, Tate lost the game as well when Mike Jorgensen homered to give the Expos a 4- 3 victory. The loss was the 10th in 14 decisions for Tate, but the Mets still are hoping to harness that great potential as they once tried (but failed) to do with Ryan. Ryan never reached his peak until he was traded to the California Angels.

The Mets will send Tate to Puerto Rico this winter in hopes of getting him straightened out. going to pitch for Santurce in Puerto says General Manager Joe McDonald. "The manager there was going to be Whitey Herzog. But then Whitey got the Kansas City job. Whitey was one of the reasons we wanted Randy to pitch in Puerto Dodgers 9, Braves 1 Willie Crawford hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning and Davey Lopes and Bill Buckner added solo homers in the seventh to lead Los Angeles over Atlanta.

Burt Hooton allowed eight hits to gain his eighth win against nine losses. Darrell Evans ered for the Braves. A crowd of 25,036 boosted the home attendance over two million, marking the 11th time in their 18-year history on the West Coast that they have surpassed that barrier. Cardinals 5, Pirates 4 Willie Davis singled home Bake McBride with two out in the eighth inning to give St. Louis a victory over Pittsburgh in a nationally-televised game.

McBride singled with one out, moved to second on a groundout and scored when Davis threw his bat at a low' pitch by Jerry Reuss and poked the ball over second for a single. A1 Oliver had a two-run homer for the Pirates. Astros 5, Padres 3 Greg two-run single in the seventh enabled Houston to defeat San Diego. The hit by Gross scored Jerry DaVanon and Tommy Helms, both of whom had reached on singles. Joe Niekro, making his first start of the year, was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the three-run seventh but got credit for the win.

The game drew 15,000 and boosted the home attendance over the million mark. Cubs 3, Phillies 2 Jose solo homer in the sixth inning led Chicago over Philadelphia in a game that was twice delayed by rain for a total of tw-o hours and 39 minutes. Steve Stone, w'ho left after the second rain delay, got three shutout innings of relief from rookie Paul Reuschel to win his ninth game. key three-run homer in the seventh inning. "This is a heckuva park to hit in," said Robinson, who broke up a 6-6 tie in the seventh with his homer of loser Jim Willoughby after Baylor singled and Bobby Grich doubled.

rather play the Red Sox up here than at home any- Grich, who was 3-for-4 including a three-run homer in the fourth, agreed. "This is the best hitting park in the he said. "I wish I could play here all the Ken Singleton added another homer in the seventh after three-run blast and Baylor, who earlier collected four singles, capped the scoring in the eighth with a two-run homer, his 17th. The Red Sox, who saw their lead over Baltimore sliced to 8 games, did most of their scoring early w'ith five runs in the second, the highlights being Jim two-run single and Carlton three-run homer. Rice, who had four of the 15 hits, also stroked a solo homer in the second, his 18th.

Yankees 2, Brewers 1 Thurman Munson, who drove in only 60 runs all of last season, delivered a gamewinning eighth inning single against Milwaukee for his 68th RBI as the Yankees rallied to their third win in four games under new manager Billy Martin. single drovz home Fred Stanley from second to break up a 1-1 tie and give Rudy May his 11th win after a route-going seven-hitter. Indians 6, Tigers 4 Charlie Spikes, in a seasonlong batting slump with just 20 RBIs, drove home four runs with a two-run homer and a single to help Cleveland hand Detroit its eighth straight loss. Rookie Dennis Eckersley (9-3) went 5 1-3 innings to win. INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) Not even all the big names are in town and the National U.S.

Open Clay Courts tournament at the Indianapolis Raquet Club has its first major two-time winner Cliff Richey. Top-seeded Guillermo Vilas of Argentina and Arthur Ayhe of Miami were still seeking laurels at Louisville when Richey, of San Angelo, was shocked by No. 2 player, Brian Teacher of San Diego. big attraction will be the first round match for defending champion Chris Evert of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. She meets Paulina Peisachov of Israel.

Miss Peisachov beat Sharon Walsh of San Rafael, 7-6, 6-4, in a first-round contest Monday. "This has to be one of my better wins said 20-yearold Teacher after the 6-3, 6-4 triumph over the 28-year-old Richey. "I was just patient. not really a good clay courts player," Teacher explained after he had broken Richey's serve in the final game fo the second set. "It seems like he was really He want to lose to a younger Richey, the No.

6 seed, and Teacher had met only once Forest Hills in and Richey won in five sets. sister, Nancy Gunter, made her first appearance since 1970 in the clay courts championships a more successful outing to start with than her brother. She defeated Laurie Rowley, Fort Lauderdale, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6. Mrs. Gunter, seeded fourth, is a six-time titlist, winning 1963 through 1968.

Only other seed to see first-day action was No. 3 Marcie Louie of San Francisco, who beat Kathy May of Beverly Hills, 7-6, 6-2. Vilas, Ashe and No. 3 Manuel Orantes of Spain were idle until Wednesday. Monday night, No.

4 Raul Ramirez of Mexico beat Alvin Gardner of Australia in three sets, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, to advance through the first round. No. 9 seed Eddie Dibbs of Miami stopped Ulrich Pinner of West Germany, 4-6, 6-1, 6-0 in another of better matches. Unseeded Zeljko Franulovic of Yugoslavia also was extended to three sets, but defeated Virtor Amaya of Holland, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Franulovic, winner of 1969 and 1971 clay courts championships, is making a comeback after having suffered a shoulder injury which has slowed his competition recently.

seasons Jenkins has compiled a 1.15 earned run average against the and his six-hit shutout Mon day night came despite a seven case of stomach cramps that hit him in the third inning "I almost threw up in the Jenkins said I know- it what I ate. I had my good beef stew- for. dinner. "But I took about six salt tablets in the second inning and they might have gotten stuck The ailment reached its peak in the fifth inning and Lucchesi was on the verge of taking Jenkins out of the game to start the sixth. "Do you want to try one more Lucchesi asked Jenkins.

Jenkins said. Oakland, trailing 5-0 at the time, put its first two men on base in the sixth, but Jenkins got Reggie Jackson to foul out, Bill Williams to foul out and Joe Rudi to ground back to the mound. On offense, Ranger second baseman Len Randall equalled a team record with four runs scored and Mike Hargrove drove in three runs two of them with his fist triple of the season. Holtzman walked seven batters, the most since he came to Oakland four years ago, and Bill North added to the Oakland dispair by failing to run out a ground ball that was hobbled by Randall at second North thus made the third out of the inning in the seventh, killing a potential rally, and he was immediately taken from the game by Oakland manager Alvin Dark RANGERS ROUNDUP Trim lb Mm tom TwfoU OAKLAND 2b Not tti Wmtxngtan Jockton rt Mot 12 Mooq.ial cl Total, TfXAS OAKLAND 34 700 301 43. OOO OOO OOO Rudi Hurrah Jotkt on.

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Landry said release on waiver was a result of competition from the group of rookies. The Cowboys Monday also released Jim Bright, a UCLA defensive back; Texas AM punter Randy Haddox; Delta State lineman Ronald Holmes; Florida offensive lineman Paul Parker; Guilford punter Tony Swainey; and Ohio defensive back Williams. All were rookies. Reds 7, Giants 5 Back-to-back doubles by Pete Rose and Ken Griffey in the ninth inning gave Cincinnati its victory over San Francisco. Rose doubled with one out and scored on another double by Griffey to break a 5-5 tie.

Joe Morgan then got an infield single and Griffey scored when shortstop Chris Speier threw the ball into the Giant dugout for an error. George Foster had a grand slam homer for the Reds in the eighth. Horton honored NEW YORK (UPI) Willie Horton of the Detroit Tigers hit .455 last week with four home runs to win the American League Player of the Week award. White Sox 4, Angels 2 Brian two-run sixth inning triple sent Wilbur Wood to his sixth straight victory and halted a four-game Chicago losing streak. game-winning hit came after a walk to Jerry Hairston and a single by Bucky Dent.

Wood (12-13) needed three innings of relief from Rich Gossage. Royals 6, Twins 5 Kansas City, which had to rally three times, finally put the game away in the 10th inning when Fred Patek slapped a single to score A1 Cowens from second base with the winning run against Minnesota. It was second RBI of the game and gave the victory to Doug (7-4), the fourth pitcher. MINNEAPOLIS (UPI) Hennepin County Attorney Gary Flakne said Monday afternoon that he would postpone until Aug. 12 his decision on whether to re-prosecute Boston Bruins forward Dave Forbes.

Flakne said he had received new information concerning the case of Forbes, who is charged with aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon on Henry Boucha of the Minnesota North Stars. MANKATO, Minn. (UPD- Squad cuts Monday reduced the Minnesota roster at its Mankato training camp to 65. Those cut include linebacker Ralph Bundt, Nebraska; linebacker Gregg Cureton, Tennessee; kicker Tom Goedgen, Iowa State; defensive tackle Hegge, Southern State of South Dakota; defensive back Leroy Hunt, Ferris State; defensive end Gerry Reker, Southwest Minnesota State, and running back Franklin Roberts, Alcorn A M. LOS ANGELES (UPI) The Los Angeles Aztecs, last North American Soccer League champions, have protested their 2-1 overtime loss at San Jose Saturday.

The Aztecs filed the protest with NASL commissioner Phil Woos- nam Monday, claiming crowd noise kept their coach, Terry Fisher, from talking to his players between the end of regulation play and the overtime period. INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) Five-time champion Nancy Richey Gunter, making her first appearance in the U. S. National Open Clay Courts tennis tournament in five years, survived a tough first-round match Monday to highlight the opening round at the Indianapolis Raquet Club. Seeded fourth, Mrs.

Gunter, of San Angelo, defeated Laurie Rowley, Fort Lauderdale, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6. CHICAGO (UPI) Pedro Ferrrero of Argentina outdistanced 61 other boats Monday to unofficially win the second of the seven-race 1975 World Championship of Soling Class Sailboats on Lake Michigah. I Today's sports parade Alex Johnson A for Tovar? By MILTON RICHMAN UPI Sports Editor NEW YORK (UPI) The New York Yankees have come up with a a good deal willing to make with the Texas Rangers. let the Rangers have Alex Johnson back for Cesar Tovar. Texas going for it.

They think that good. The Rangers have a proposal of their own. How about Elliott Maddox! He doing anything for the Yankees now. fresh off the disabled list. The Rangers would be more than happy to take him back.

even throw another body in along with Cesar Tovar. be interested in bringing Maddox back to says owner Brad Corbett. little chance of this one being made either. Billy Martin likes Cesar Tovar, but not that much. He has no intention of getting rid of Elliott Maddox, even though he and Maddox exactly been buddy-buddy the last two years or so.

Billy Martin work that way. He can your insides, but if he thinks you can help him win a Hall game, he wants you wearing the same uniform as him. Besides, as far as concerned there was never anything personal between him and Elliott Maddox. Maybe Maddox believe that, but the way Martin plays baseball, true. Maddox feels he never got a chance with the Rapg- ers after Martin took over near the end of the 1473 season.

He was traded to the Yankees in March of 1974, becoming their regular center fielder and batting .303 for them, but his resentment toward Martin kept smoldering because he was sure his old manager thought he was a hot dog and was ordering the Texas pitchers to throw at him last year. Some of the statements Maddox made about Martin were published, Martin read them, and they nearly resulted in a confrontation between Martin and Bill Virdon and a full scale brawl between Ranger and Yankee players during an exhibition game this past spring. If the Yankees have even a prayer of overtaking the Red Sox this year, Elliott Maddox has to be part of that prayer. He knows that, and so does Billy Martin. Maddox was hitting .307 for the Yankees when they placed him on the disabled list June 14 because of torn ligaments in his right knee.

He has been taking therapy for the knee and working out with the club and is due to return to the lineup sometime later this month. One of the first things Martin did after he signed his new- contract with the Yankees last Satqr- day morning was talk with Maddox. Martin did everything he could to convince him that whatever happened between them before was all over now. "Look, if I had any idea you were gonna be as good as been with this ball club, do you think ever have let you get out of Maddox listened and say much. He has not said yet whether Martin won him over to his side or not, so he may be interested to hear another side, Bob not Billy over why the Rangers traded him a year-and-a-half ago.

"Ted Williams liked Maddox for awhile over says Short. traded Unser to keep Maddox. Then Williams soured on Maddox because of the way be loped after a ball in the outfield and because he hit well in Texas. When Whitey Herzog became manager at the start of 1973, it was pretty much the same thing. Herzog liked Maddox for awhile, then he got to feel the same way as Williams did about him.

"Martin took over the club in September of 1973 and Maddox play much because 1 believe he wlas hurt. The following Spring, we had made up our minds to send him to Spokane where, to all intents and purposes, he become merely another $25,000 ballplayer subject to the winter draft. But the day before he was to have been sent out, Gabe Paul offered us $35,000 for him. We took it, figuring $35,000 is better than $25,000. What has happened now is that Elliott Madcjpx has gone from a $35,000 ballplayer.