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IVL East race gets tighter A GXP Does title? want a anyone pong WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1973 39 Pittsburgh, four against four-place Chicago and two with the fifth-place Mets. "There is no sense playing 162 games and finishing last, "said the Phillies' outfielder. "We have a chance to get as Luzinski could be right about the Phillies being the team to settle the division race. Manager Danny Ozark's Vcellar-dwellers have six games left with pace-setting St. Louis, four with second place Knicks notice a big change I jr.

rr2l In high as second and until we're out of it, first place is still available. The thing is. to catch the people we're playing (New York). They're ahead of us. You have to" get them before you think of St Louis." Ludinski also took the opportunity to say something in defense of his beleaguered manager, Ozark.

The manager has been under attack from above for allegedly losing rapport with his players. "I can communicate with Ozark," said Luzinski. "He knows when to leave ma alone and when to say something. Sure I'm disgusted when I have to bunt, but it's been explained to me and I understand it. I'm sure you guys don't like your boss all the time, even if he's the greatest." Luzinski, who started the season hitting in the low has been a tower of strength for the Phillies since June.

He's averaged 318 since then, with 22 of his 27 homes runs and 76 of his 92 RBI's, He's right when he says the Phillies win when he hits. Mets lose lead The Mets started out Tuesday night as if they were going to Cakewalk. Rusty Staub hammered a pair of two-run homers and the Mets led 4-0 after 2 in-nings. Jerry Koosman, who had allowed one run over the past 36 innings and carried a four-game winning streak, was doing the pitching. The Phillies, however, pecked away for a run in the third on Luzinski's first home run of the night.

They made it 4-2 in the fifth as Luzinski singled behind a walk and a single for another run. In the sixth, after Bob Boone walked, rookie Mike Schmidt ripped his 16th homer of. the season to tie the score 4-4. Billy Grabarkewitz opened the seventh with his second homer of the season to give the Phillies a 5-4 edge. Two outs later Luzinski unloaded again and it was 6-4.

All these homers off a pitcher who had given up only 12 in 227 1-3 previous innings. Koosman suffered his 15th loss against 12 victories. Veteran Jim Lonborg survived Staub's two homers to earn win No. 13 against 12 defeats. He gave up only two hits after the third inning.

Lonborg had been racked by the Mets in New York on Labor Day weekend. "When I thought about the way they hit me I had to try and redeem myself," Lonborg said. "No pitcher likes to get hit that way. I was embarassed." Ozark summed up his team's second straight comeback by saying, "I think we've regained our killer instinct" PHILADELPHIA (AP) Greg Luzin-ski sounded a warning to the rest of the National League Eastern Division: "We may not win it, but we're sure going to have a lot to say about who The husky Luzinski slammed a pair of home runs against the New York Mets Mets-Phillies Tuesday night as the Philadelphia Phillies overcame a four run deficit and won 6-4. It was the second straight game the Phillies came from way back to stun a contender.

They were six; behind Pittsburgh Sunday and won. Hooton shines CHICAGO (AP) Burt Hooton was in Wrigley Field Monday as the Pittsburgh Pirates bombed the Chicago Cubs, 11-3 with 21 hits. Maybe Hooton learned something or maybe the Pirates were tired from all their swinging of the day before. Yesterday Hooton pitched a four-hitter and'1 used Randy Hundley's fifth-inning homer Cubs-Pirates to stop the Pirates froriTmoving into first place in the hectic National League East race. "Hooton pitched as good a game as we have seen all season," said Chicago manager Whitey Lockman, whose club moved to within 2Y3 games of the lead as a result of yesterday's action.

"My fastball was my best pitch," said Hooton, who is noted for a knuckle-curve more than a speedball. "No, I didn't use the curve much until the ninth inning." That's when he struck out Al Oliver to nail down the victory and even his record at 13-13. "The curves he threw to Oliver were something else," said Hundley, Hooton's batterymate. The homer was Hundley's 10th of the year and it spoiled an. otherwise strong performance by Steve Blass, who was making his first mound appearance since Aug.

1. Leader stumbles ST. LOUIS (AP) Fans who came here last night hoping to see the St. Louis Cardinals increase their lead in the National League's Eastern Division went home disappointed. Steve Renko and Mike Marshall combined on a six-hitter and Montreal rallied for four runs In the seventh inning for a 4-1 decision over St.

Louis. The Expos began their rally with Mike Cardinals-Expos Jorgensen's single off Alan Foster. Jim Lyttle followed with an attempted sacrifice that Foster let roll for a single and Bob Bailey singled for the tying run. Bob Stinson walked to load the bases for Steve Renko, who knocked in the tiebreaker with a groundout. The Expos scored two more when second baseman Ted Sizemore threw wildly on Larry Linta'rbouneerr AP Wlrephoto QUICK CHANGE Rusty Staub of the New York Mets changes his shoes in the dugout after hitting his second two-run homer of the night in Philadelphia last night.

Staub wears one pair of shoes while battin? and another for running on the artificial turf in the outfield. Staub's homers were his 13th and 14th of the season, but they weren't enough to produce a victory as none of his teammates drove in a run and the Phillies posted a 64 triumph with four of their own homers. By MARK BLAUDSCHUN. Herald-News Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH The script could be one fresh from Hollywood. Picture, if you will, the image of a tall rather scraggily young man who is seemingly composed of arms and legs and very little else.

In an age when people are buying books, listening to records and giing to clinics to find the secret formula of weight loss, it is unusual to find a person gulping milk shakes like diet pills and checking the scales for any gain. Now let a summer pass and suddenly the skinny frame has become muscular. The shoulders, once narrow and angular, have become broad. The weight difference is not overly substantial, around 15 pounds, but on 6-foot 10 John Gianelli it looks twice that. The Knicks met formally yesterday at Monmouth College for the first time since they ended the NBA season with a championship.

For the most part they looked much as they had in May. But Gianelli did not. As a rookie last season Gianelli's trademark was not only a skinny frame, but a rather wild hair style, as well as an aggressive style of basketball. No formula Gianelli's new look made him the topic of all the visitors who clustered to yesterday's picture day opening session. Surely he had some magic formula.

"Nope," said John. "What I did was really not to do anything. I just relaxed, nibbled on a lot of food and sat in the sun. No super formula. No weights." Last season Gianelli played around 205 and despite his size he was getting pushed around by some forwards, not to mention the league's centers.

Putting on Orioles' has bad BALTIMORE (AP) After serving 11 months in Vietnam as a platoon leader, Al Bumbry moved quickly through the Baltimore Orioles farm system and reached the major leagues. The speed of Bumbry's climb to the top only typifies the way the 26-year-old outfielder plays. It's not surprising that the organist in Memorial Stadium introduces Bumbry with a few bars of "The Flight of the Bumble Bee," or that the churning legs of the 5-foot-8 speedster has the fans buzzing. Bumbry, who can run to first base in 3.1 seconds, had two infield "leg hits," a ground rule double which bounced over the center field fence, and a triple down the right field foul line as Baltimore whipped Boston 8-3 Tuesday night. That extended Bumbry's hot streak to 15 hits in his last 21 at bats, and raised his average since Aug.

21 to an even .500 with 29 hits in 58 trips. After being platooned virtually all season, the left-handed batter won't have enough at bats to qualify for the American League batting crown, and he's not concerned about Rookie of the Year "I can't make $20,000 by being Rookie of the Year," Bumbry said after Tuesday's victory increased Baltimore's lead over Boston to 54 games in the Eastern Division. "But I can make $20,000 if we get Into the World Series." Bumbry said the only time he thinks about rookie honors, anyway, is when a member of the news media brings it up. What's more, his chief competition may come from his own teammate, Rich Coggins. With two hits Tuesday, Coggins raised his average to .317.

At bat 27 more times than Bumbry, Coggins holds a 31-29 edge in runs batted in, while Bumbry leads in homers 7-5, and runs, 62-45. New ending to some poundage became a concern of everyone on the Knicks as well as Gianelli. "We wanted him on some type of weight and body building program," said coach Red Holzman. "I don't know what he did, but he certainly looks all right to me." The Knicks would like to see another 10 to 15 pounds on Gianelli before they are completely satisified, but for the time being they'll be happy with Gianelli at his present weight. "He's still growing," said Holzman rather hopefully.

"He's still filling out that frame." Played summer ball Besides relaxing in his apartment in Los Angeles, Gianelli did manage to find some time for basketball. "I began to play around the middle of July in a summer league out there," explained Gianelli. "It was just enough to get in some kind of shape and get my timing down." Gianelli's timing and condition will get a workout for the next two weeks, but now he'll have some more beef to rely on when he gets tired. "Everyone asks me what I did," commented Gianelli. "I keep telling them nothing.

But they won't believe me. All I can say is that last summer I didn't have that much money and I didn't eat as well. This year I had the money and you could say my diet CAMP NOTES All the veterans with the exception of the injured Earl Monroe reported And already the injuries are mounting Jerry Lucas has a sore back, Henry Bibby sore ankle, and Bill Bradley has a sore hip Two a day workouts begin today and continue until Sept. 21 Some fa-miliar faces were back for another tryout including Tom Riker, Tracey Tri-pucka and Milt Williams i 'Bee' sting "We never discuss the rookie stuff," Bumbry said. "We both have the same objective to contribute to the team." In the third inning Tuesday, Bumbry singled with one out and was forced by.

Coggins before the Orioles rallied for five runs off loser Marty Pattin, 13-14. Robinson connects A ground rule double by Tommy Davis' and a walk loaded the bases. Don Baylor singled off third baseman Danny Cater's glove for two runs, and Brooks Robinson followed with a three-run homer. In the next inning, Bumbry's triple sent another run across and then he tallied on a single by Coggins. The inability of Cater to grab the two-out by Baylor contrasted sharply with the four Baltimore double plays in the first five innings which helped winner Dave McNally, 16-14, check Boston threats.

Manager Eddie Kasko of Boston described it as "a tough chance," and skipper Earl Weaver of the Orioles conceded that "not many third basemen would have caught the ball." But Weaver added that Robinson, and possibly Aurelio Rodriguez of Detroit and Graig Nettles of the New York Yankees "would have had a shot at it. Those kind of plays are the ones that usually save games." With a seven-game edge in the loss column, the Orioles could split their remaining 20 games and still wind up in a tie if Boston wins 14 of its last 17. McNally failed in a bid to become the first left-hander to post a route-going victory against the Red Sox in a road game this season. Four consecutive hits shelled him from the mound in the eighth but Bob Reynolds saved McNally's sixth victory in his last seven decisions. tures tight fairways bordered by giant, moss hung oak and cypress trees growing out of the sloughs' and bottoms that are populated by snakes and alligators.

Both the field and the gallery are restricted. The invitational format provides for only 102 players opposed to the usual 144 in the starting lineup. And the gallery is restricted to 5,000 no more tickets will be sold because of limited access to the club and lack of room on the course. Player's chief challengers are Arnold Palmer, who has just reached his 44th birthday, and Johnny Miller, the current U.S. Open champion and the defending titleholder in this tournament which in previous years had been played on Thanksgiving Day weekend.

Palmer made his est showing in months in the Sammy Davis Hartford Open two weeks ago when he tied for third. Miller tied Nicklaus for second behind Weiskopf in last week's World Series. Some other major contenders include Lanny Wadkins, winner of two titles this season; Ben Crenshaw, who finished third here a year ago as an amateur; Forest Fezlcr, runner-up to Player last week, and J.C. Snead. old tale 2-2 tie.

Then he turned specator in the 10th and had a good time. "I enjoyed it for a change," Fryman said after the Mickey Stanley's two-run homer made him a winner. "I think I had better control of my. breaking ball than I have all year," said Fryman, 6-10, who gave up just six hits mhisjune-inning John Hiller pitched the 10th for the Tigers, recording his 34th save. Jim Slaton went the distance for the Brewers but getting behind on the count in the 10th to Stanley was his undoing.

Orioles 8, Red Sox 3 The diagnosis isn't very good for the Red Sox. "It's not impossible, but it's critical," said Sox Manager Eddie Kasko after his club dropped an- 8-3 decision to Baltimore and then fell to 5 1-2 games behind the first place Orioles in the American League East. Baltimore did the Red Sox in with a' defense that turned over four double plays and five-run third, sparked by Brooks Robinson's three-run homer. Oakland 3, Kansas City 1 Pat Borque's walk forced in the lie-breaking run and Gene Tenace's sacrifice fly brought home the other in a twoT run sixth that carried the Oakland A's to a 3-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals. The triumph moved the A's six games ahead of the second place Royals in the American League West.

Glenn Abbott, gaining his first decision in the major leagues, stifled the Royals on five hits. Mets recall eight PHILADELPHIA (AP) The New York Mets recalled eight minor league players Tuesday, including outfielder Greg Harts of Memphis, who will rejoin the National League East club within week, when the Texas League playoffs end. Harts batted .263 with seven home runs and 52 runs batted in with Mem-phisriz- The remaining players, who will join the Mets next spring, are pitchers John Glass, Phil Hennigan, Tommy Moore, Randy Sterling, Hank Webb and short-stop Brian Ostrosscr of Tidwater an3 outfielder Rich Chiles of Tucson. more to go At one point in the negotiations Rig gins was asking for $120,000. A Jets' spokesman said that there were encouraging signs the contract dispute might be resolved within a few days.

However, he added, until they are Riggins will not work out with the team and he therefore almost certainly will miss the team's opener. Ewbank has been busy negotiating contracts all through training camp and only recently signed Emerson Boozer and Winston Hill. His list of unsigned players still includes John Elliott, who is asking for a raise of more than double the $35,000 he drew last season. Please turn to Page 40, Col. 3 i 10 innings and Oakland trimmed Kansas City 3-1.

Both the fireballing Ryan and the knuckreballing Wood are zeroing in on records as 1973 wraps up its season. Chases Koufax Ryan's 12 strikeouts Tuesday night raised his season total to 338, 44 shy of Sandy Koufax's major league mark and just 11 short of Rube Waddell's American League record of 349. rather win 20 than break a strikeout record," said the rapid right hander, who was barred from the 20-victory club last year when he lost a onerun game on the final day of the season and finished with 19. "I have a better shot at winning 20. "I'd say my chances to break Koufax's record are less than 50-50," added Ryan, whose four-hit performanca raised his record to 17-16 the first time he's been above .500 since June 25.

Four more starts Ryan will get four more starts, maybe five. In his last three efforts he's pitched a one-hitter, three-hitted and a four-hitter while fanning 34. But that string doesn't include Friday night's rain out with Kansas City in which Ryan fanned five in 4 1-2 innings. "If I don't break it (Koufax's mark), I'd like to miss by more than four or five." Wood is less interested in records than Ryan. With the defeat, forced on him by third baseman Brian Downing's three errors which led to all three unearned runs, Wood's record dropped to 23-19.

One more loss and the portly lefthander will be seeing 20-20, not a pleasant sight. The last pitcher to see a pair of ambivalent 20's was Walter Johnson, pitching for the old Washington Senators in 1925. Minnesota 6, Texas 3 Billy Martin is discovering what his predecessors, Ted Williams and Whitey Hcrzog, knew too well. The Texas Rangers know how to lose. The Rangers, who had won their first games under new manager Martin, returned tc a more recognizable pattern -by dropping their second straight, 6-3 to.

the Minnesota Twins. Detroit 4, Milwaukee 2 Fryman pitched nine strong innings but all he had to show for it was a One down, NEW YORK (AP) Tight end Richie Caster has come to terms with the New York Jets and fullback John Riggins may soon join him. At least that's the way Weeb Ewbank, the Jets' head coach and general manager, is hoping things will go. Riggins, who left trianing camp when his contract wishes weren't satisfied, is on his way to New York, according to reports. Gene Riggins, the father of the full-' back who won the team's most valuable player award last season, reported yesterday Ewbank and his son had a telephone conversation on his salary demands and that as a result his son had left for New York.

By The Associated Press This might set back children's stories 20 years, but the hare finally beat the tortoise. When Aesop wrote his piece about slow and steady winning the race, he didn't account for Nolan Ryan. It was Ryan, the flamethrower, -against Wilbur-Woodr the tame throwerr in a classic struggle Tuesday night. And in a morale booster for the over-dog, Ryan the hare beat Wood the tortoise, giving the California Angels a 3-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Elsswhere in the American League, Minnesota beat Texas 6-3; Cleveland' defeated New York 7-3; Baltimore belted Boston 8-3; Detroit topped Milwaukee 4-2 Nolan Ryan 5 Kodes, Borg get upset APTOS, Calif.

(AP) The tension of the U.S. Open apparently doesn't wear off quickly. Yesterday top-seeded Jan Kodes, the runner-up in the Open, and fourth-seeded Bjorn Borg, found that out as they were upset victims in first-round play of the $37, 500 National Hard Court Tennis Championships. Borg, the 17-ycar-oId Swedish star was surprised by native Californian Tom Leonard, 6-4 and 6-3. Kodes had his service broken four times as he lost to Dick Bbhrnstedt of California, 6-4 and 6-3.

The No. 5 and 6 seeds, Paul Gerken of Norwalk, and Patrice Dominguez of France, also were knocked out in first-round matches. Third-seeded Jiri Hrebc of Czechoslovakia beat Henry Kamakana of Los Altos, 7-6, 6-3 and fourth-seeded Erik van Dillon of San Mateo, ousted Wanaro N'Godrella of France, 7-6, 6-1. llll I Reds want West title CINCINNATI (AP) The Big Red Machine has been replaced, giving way to a newer, faster model called the Cincinnati Kiddie Kar. And the re-modeled entry in the National League Western Division race has the Cincinnati Reds heading into the stretch with a four-game lead.

The Reds, led by a brash bunch of youngsters who seem ta be thriving on pennant pressure, lengthened their lead Tuesday night with a 6-3 victory over runner-up Los Angeles. "It was the kids that beat us," said Dodger manager Walter Alston. "We had a meeting before the game to go over their new players. Apparently we didn't do a very job." The Dodgers, desperately trying to pull out of their worst slump in 12 years, watched as Cincinnati stormed back from a 2-0 deficit on a three-run homer by rookie Ken Griffey and eventually win on Ed Armbrister's first major league pinch hit, a two-run bloop single with the bases loaded. was the 10th loss in 11 games for the Dodgers, who less than two weeks ago held a four-game lead over the Reds.

"It's all momentum, isn't it?" said Pete Rose, the National League's leading hitter who went hitless in four trips. "We won without Joe Morgan and I doing anything. That's got to help us tomorrow," said Rose. Please turn to Page 40, Col. 4 West AWOL as LA opens camp LOS ANGELES (AP) The Los Angeles Lakers opened their training camp Tuesday with three prominent absentees- guard Jerry West, center Wilt Chamberlain and guard-forward Keith Erick-son.

West, who has hinted retirement, "will be fined each day an undisclosed amount of cash," said Pete Newell, general manager. The all-pro, 13-year veteran wants to i a his contract, a club spokesman said. "The Laker organization is negotiating with Wilt and Keith, as they are unsigned, and we hope they will come to terms shortly," said Newell. Chamberlain and Erickson won't be fined because they are not under contract. "As far as West is concerned, Jerry is under contract.

He is in violation of that contract. The Laker policy is not to renegotiate contracts and they will stay with that policy." Player the favorite HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) -With Tom Weiskopf and Jack Nicklaus among the missing, little Gary Player assumes the favorite's role for the $150,000 Heritage Invitational Golf Classic. Weiskopf pleaded weariness after his victory in last week's World Series of Golf, and said his doctor advised him not to play in 4his 72-hole test that begins Thursday. Nicklaus wasn't entered.

The absence of those two who have won 11 tournaments between them this year left Player as the man to beat for the $30,000 first prize. The doughty little South African capped a long, hard comeback from major surgery with a one-stroke victory in the Southern Open last week, his first win in this country since the 1972 PGA national championship. And. too, the site tends to lend itself to his down-the-middle game, 'It's the fi.fiOO-yard, par 71 Ocean course at the Harbor Town Golf Links, one of the toughest on the tour. The relatively new course, hacked out of a Southern Carolina swamp and bordering the Atlantic, places a premium on accuracy.

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