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Page 1O Friday, October 13, 1978 The Garden City Telegram GuidrytheNet: Will He Catch Falling Again? Bowing Results NEW YORK (AP) The New York Yankees, down 2-0 and in desperate need of a victory tonight in the third game of the World Series, give the ball to ace Ron Guidry, who won nearly 90 percent of his decisions this season. The Los Angeles Dodgers, winners of both games at Dodger Stadium, respond with their proven postseason pitcher, Don Sutton, 15-11 in the regular season. The Yankees have been about to go down for the third time on several occasions during their uphill season, and each time the skinny Guidry's powerful left arm tossed them a life preserver. Fifteen times Guidry has stopped Yankee losing streaks, and he has been the winning pitcher in New York's one-game playoff victory over Boston and its American League pennant-clinching triumph over Kansas City. Does he like being the net underneath the Yanks' tightrope act? "I've learned to live with it," said Guidry, still modest despite the flashiest pitching statistics in recent baseball history.

The lean left-hander from Louisiana finished his remarkable season with a 25-3 record and a 1.73 earned run average, drawing admiration from another respected member of the pitching profession. "Watching him pitch a couple of times this year I thought he was Sandy Koufax reincarnated," said Sutton. "Accidentally you should lose at least five games. Having seen him, I'm not surprised he is 25-3, just that anybody could be 25-3." Guidry seems almost embarrassed by the superlatives and comparisons his gaudy record prompts. "I don't feel like I'm the best pitcher," said the 28-year-old phenom.

"When I sit alongside Jim (Catfish Hunter), I feel meek. Here's a guy who's won 20 games for so many years. "All I've done was win 40 games in two years. Guys like Seaver, Palmer and Cat have 200 wins in eight or nine years. All I can say right now is that I was one of the best pitchers, that I had one helluva year." "For me to be No.

1 would take a lot of consistent years of winning." Guidry admits to tiring late in the season, but he was able to make the adjustment from an overpowering thrower to a pitcher who could win when he wasn't at his best. He gives catcher Thurman Munson credit for coaxing late-season wins out of a sleepy arm. "He knows if I have good stuff, he doesn't worry about location," said Guidry. "When I have that extra foot on my fastball, he just puts down the glove. "But when I don't have my best stuff, he moves the glove around a lot more." Guidry says a tip-off for when his fastball isn't overpowering is when the weaker hitters in the lineup, who normally can't handle the outside fastball, continue to foul that pitch off.

With five days rest since his playoff win over Kansas City, Guidry says he feels strong, setting up a classic confrontation between Guidry's power and fastball and the Dodgers' power and fastball hitting. "They have tremendous talent but I'm a power pitcher and it will be my power versus their power. I just hope to have a little extra to get by." Dodger power was the difference hi the first two games, with Davey Lopes providing a pair of homers in the first-game victory and Ron Cey smacking a three-run blast in Game 2. Five of the Dodger regulars have three hits or more, while starting pitchers Tommy John and Burt Hooton have pitched creditably and relievers Terry Forster and Bob Welch have nailed down the two wins. Meanwhile, Reggie Jackson has hit the only Yankee homer and has been carrying the offensive load, knocking in half of New York's runs.

The other major threats Thurman Munson, Graig Nettles and Chris Chambliss -each have one hit. Of the six Yankee pitchers used thus far, only relief ace Rich Gossage has been especially effective. Yankee Manager Bob Lemon says he hopes to have Chambliss and center fielder Mickey Rivers, both sidelined with injuries in Game 2, back in action tonight. The travel day should help the Yanks, who were hobbling and tired after the long haul rallying from 14 games back, defeating Boston in a dramatic one-game playoff and downing Kansas City in a tense pennant series. "We've been down all year," said Nettles.

"Coming back is nothing new for us." Playing in Yankee Stadium should be an additional edge for the Yankees because of the unique dimensions of the ballpark and the enthusiasm of their fans. "Being the type of pitcher I am with breaking balls and pitching up, I have to be concerned about not hanging any pitches inside," said Sutton. "You don't have to hit the ball well down the lines. You have an airport in center field and I hope a lot of balls land there," Last year, the New York fans gave the Dodgers a dose of eastern inhospitality, throwing bottles from the stands and at least one hard rubber ball, which beaned outfielder Reggie Smith. "The New York fans are enthusiastic and try to make it tough on you," said Cey.

"People are trying to disturb you and get nasty. We have to face up to them." Coffee Hour Ingalls Aerial Spray dcf. Garden Medical, Alley Angels def. Gutter Dusters, 2'4-l 2195-2164; Loose Ends def. Delta Supply, 3-1, 2132-2065; The Western Co.

def. Pin Dps, 3-1, 21732166; Four Pin Busters def. Rolling Stones, Pretenders def. Go Getters, 3-1, 2321-2240; Lucky 4 Def. Six Pins, 111-10 Game Ind.

Mangan, Four Pin Busters, 242. 111-30 Series Ind. Mangan, Four Pin Busters, 517. Team HMO Pin Busters, Aerial Mighty Reggie Strikes Out By JULES LOH AP Special Correspondent The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Yankees in LA. The score stood 4-3, two out, one inning left to play.

But when Dent slid safe at second and Blair got on at first Every screaming Dodger fan had cause to fear the worst. For there before the multitude Ah destiny! Ah fate! Reggie Jackson, mighty Reggie, was advancing to the plate. Reggie, whose three home runs had won the year before, Reggie, whose big bat tonight fetched every Yankee score. On the mound to face him stood the rookie, young Bob Welch. A kid with a red hot fastball Reggie's pitch and nothing else.

Fifty thousand voices cheered as Welch gripped ball in mitt. One hundred thousand eyes watched Reggie rub his bat and spit. "Throw your best pitch, kid, and duck," Reggie seemed to say. The kid just glared. He must have known this wasn't Reggie's day.

His first pitch was a blazer. Reggie missed it clean. Fifty-thousand throats responded with a Dodger scream. They squared off, Reggie and the kid. Each knew what he must do.

And seven fastballs later, the count was three and two. No Shootout on a dusty street out here in the Far West Could match the scene: A famous bat; a kid put to the test. One final pitch. The kid reared back and let a fastball fly. Fifty thousand Dodger fans gave forth one final cry Ah, the lights still shine on Broadway, but there isn't any doubt: The Big Apple has no joy left.

Mighty Reggie has struck out. Team HI-30 Spray, 2346. Grandmas Bouncers def. 3 Sweeties, 4-0, 15941460; 3 Grams def. Slo Rollers, 3-1, 15141482; Alibis def.

3 Swingers, 3-1, 15211511; Me Ma's def. Hopefuls, 3-1, 15021498; Cream Puff def. O'Mas, 2-2, 15351524. 111-10 Game Ind. Women-Betty Scheer, Bouncers, 194.

111-30 Series Ind. Naab, Bouncers, 465. Team HI-IO 555. Team HI-30 1594. Athletic Farm Bureau def.

AftA Body Shop, 31, 2930-2826; Deines Aero Spray split Butler Welding, 2-2, 2722-2770; Bell Creek Inc. def. Grain Bin, 3-1, 2884-2866; Northern Natural def. Bob's 83 Restaurant, 3-1, 2862-2721; Jery Birkle Bldrs. def Santa Fe Motors, 3-1, 29472926; Western Uniform def.

Elliott Printers, 4-0, 2900-2800; Ellis Ditching def. Drieling Music, 4-0, 2900-2794; Keller-Leopold def. Casco Homes, 4-0, 2898-2781. HI-IO game Ind. Leeper, Northern Natural, 236.

Hi-30 Series Ind. Men-Bill Leeper, northern Natural, 593. Team HI-IO Fe Motor, 1018. Team Hi-30 Series-Jerry Birkle Builders, 2947. Powderpuff Shupe Bros.

def. Golden Plains C.U., 31, 2628-2618; G.C. Farm Equip, split Brookover Feed Yard, 2-2, 2648-2599; Dart In def. Walco 3-1, 2565-2503; Gigot Irrigation def. Kustom Kraft, 4-0, 2668-2377.

Hi-IO Game Ind. Young, Shupe 185. HI-30 Series Ind. Young, Shupe 508. Team Ill-ID Irrigation, 956.

Team HI-30 Irrigation, 2668. Hummingbird Rex Porter Concrete def. Alley Cats, 40, 2396-2247; def. Tom's Flyers, 3-1, 2327-2178; Screwballs def. Gutter Dusters, Hi-IO game Ind.

Gourlcy, Rex Porter Concrete, 187. Hi-IO game Ind. Mesa, 200. Hi-30 Series Ind. Gourley, Rex Porter Concrete, 463.

Hi-30 Series Ind. Gillispic, 557. Team Hi-IO Porter Concrete, 841. Team Hi-30 Porter Concrete. Cotlonwood Tungsten Targets def.

Smith Sand 3-1, 2818-2807; Schiffelbcin Tile def. Butler Welding, 4-0, 2917-2538; Tinker Shop tie Becker Brothers, 2-2, 2648-2620; Anksom Motors def. VFW HI-IO Game Ind. Slough, Smith Sand, 190. 111-30 Series Ind.

Slough, Smith Sand, 504. Team Hi-IO Tile, 999. Team HI-30 Tile, 2917. Meadowlark Kearny Co. Feeders def.

Good Sport, 31, 2775-2738; Bell Creek Inc. def. Coyotes Sports Center, 4-4), 2823-2711; Ellis Ditching def. Simpson Bros.) 4-0, 28752614; Machine Supply def. Becker HI-IO Game Brunson, Bell Creek, 200.

HI-IO Game Ind. Becker, Becker 200. Hi-30 Series Ind. Yardley, Machine Supply, 540. Team Hi-IO Ditching, 979.

Team HI-30 Ditching, 2875. Yankee League Dingus Trucking def. Appliance Mart, 4-0, 2894-2708; Mobile Homes def. D.V. Douglas Roofing, 3-1, 2910-2726; Lumberland Inc.

def. Burtis Motors, 3-1, 29119-2730; Pappas Concrete def, 5 Points Motor, Smith Sand Co. tied Horizon Seeds, 2-2, 2884-2769; LakinSKendall Coop tied Bob's 83, 2-2, 2811-2788; Aero Plant def. Spikes Hay 3-1, 2864-2742; VFW def. Simpsons, HI-IO Game Ind.

Men Earl Kleeman, Lakin Kendall Coop, 226. Hi-30 Series Ind. Men Bill Ulrich, 5 Points Motors, 565. Team Hi-IO Game Lumberland, 1039. Team Hi-30 Series Lumberland, 2919.

AH Hawks Sweep Matches The Hawks of Abe Hubert junior High swept Liberal West in both 8th and 9th grade volleyball matches Tuesday. The eighth grade won 15-13, 15-8, as Jenny Trybom had six scoring spikes. Teresa Rowland had seven scoring serves and Tammy Turner six. The 9th grade team won 15-3, 15-7, as Linda Hensley was leading server. The team won 15-5, 1510, and Karen Bayer had 12 scoring serves.

The leading setter was Laree McGaughey and Shannon Stallings the leading spiker. Sherri Derryberry was all-around player of the game. The Hawks host Kenneth Henderson Oct. 17. Figueroa: He Wants to Show Billy REGGIE: lights still shine on Broadway Is on Line For Pro Mat Card Garden City Noon Lions Club has an all star wrestling card set for Tuesday night, October 17, in the Garden City High School gymnasium.

Bruiser Brody, at 325 pounds, will meet Bulldog Bob Brown in a $5,000 special challenge match. If Brown is able to slam Brody to the mat in the first 10 minutes of the match, Brody will pay Brown $5,000. The match is signed for one fall or 60 minutes time limit. New Central States champion, Col. Buckley Christopher George Robleylll will meet former champion, Doug Gilbert in the co-feature event.

Tag team wrestling- Central States tag team champions, Jesse Ventura and Tank Patton will take on the team of Brian Blair and Paul Orndorff. Another former Central States champion, Bruiser Bob Sweetan will meet Tom Andrews in the opening event. Noon Lions Club has wrestling tickets on sale at the Golden Plains Credit Union. Prices are $3.50 general admission and $4 reserved ringside. Slew, Affirmed Again Saturday NEW YORK (AP) After Seattle Slew's impressive victory in the Woodward Stakes two weeks ago, Jockey Angel Cordero said, "I'm dying to see him run back against Affirmed in the Gold Cup.

But I'm just a spectator." Well, Cordero will have a seat money can't buy Saturday. His wish is fulfillied Seattle Slew will run against Affirmed again in the Jockey Club Gold Cup Saturday at Belmont. The second battle between the two Triple Crown winners will be joined by five other horses. Two of them Life's Hope and Americanized are stablemates of Affirmed. The other three are Nelson Bunker Hunt's Exceller, a stretch running millionaire with five stakes wins this year; Howard P.

Wilson's Great Contractor, who in a checkered career has been at his best at miles, and Dorothy Thomson's One Cut Above, who has shown a liking for a distance of ground, but in lesser competiton. There's no doubt that glitter on the 60th Gold Cup is provided by Tayhill Stable's Seattle Slew, the Triple Crown in 1977, and Louis Woflson's Affirmed, this year's winner of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Park. 'No Love 7 Says Pete; Rejects Offer CINCINNATI (AP) Pete Rose says it will take a miracle for him to be back in a Cincinnati Reds' uniform next season. The Reds' third baseman Thursday rejected what the Cincinnati Reds called their final offer, and concluded that it was unlikely he would be with the National League team in 1979. "I love this town, but evidently the people who run the ballclub don't love me," Rose said at a press conference.

"I did everything they ask. I don't see why any other player should come into this city my city and make more money. in all of baseball has had a better record in the last 16 years?" Rose, who has a history of contract wrangles during his 16 years in Cincinnati, hit .302 last baseball season, the 13th time in 14 years he has reached the .300 plateau. He tied an all-time National League consecutive game- hitting streak of 44. He also got his career hit earlier in the season, and by the end of the year, was in ninth place among all-time hitters.

Rose disputed the contention that he had been offered the largest salary on the Reds. He said that he had not been offered additional guarantees and bonuses which other players had received. The Reds said they had made their final offer and Rose admits that the offer surprised him. NEW YORK (AP) If the Yankees' Ed Figueroa gets the chance to pitch Saturday's crucial game against the Dodgers in the World Series and he says he will be disappointed if he doesn't every ball will be thrown in anger. "Especially I want to show Billy Martin," the tall, mustachioed Puerto Rican said.

"Billy he treated me like dirt, a second-class citizen. "He has told people I am gutless and cannot pitch under pressure. He never said anything good about me. How can he say that? I win 55 games in three years. I give Billy everything I got.

I make him look good." The 6-foot curveballer, 30 years old today, said he was not concerned that others had questioned his ability to produce in clutch games because of his 0-4 record in postseason competition. "I don't have to prove anything to the world," he insisted. "Sure, I do not win some playoff games but I pitch good in the 1976 World Series and last year I don't pitch because I have ten- dinitis. "Just because I do not win four postseason games does not mean I choke up. It's just the way things happen.

When I get another chance, I will prove it." There was speculation that Manager Bob Lemon, who succeeded Martin July 25 when Billy was given a leave of absence, might pass over Figueroa when the pitcher's turn comes Saturday. "Ridiculous," snapped Lemon, when the question was put to him, "you don't dump a 20-game winner just like that." It is this sort of confidence which has given Figueroa a new lease on life and has soured him on any future alle- gience to Martin, scheduled to return as Yankee manager in 1980. Figueroa, who had a 19-10 record in 1976 and 16-11 last year, had an 8-7 mark under Martin for the first half of the season and 12-2 under Lemon, playing a key role in the Yankees' surge to the pennant. "Billy didn't know anything about pitching but he always was flashing signs and telling me how to pitch to batters," the pitcher said. "Lemon was a pitcher himself.

He has a feeling for what it's about." Figueroa accused Martin of having favorites on the squad, treating some players with cold disdain. "Take Ken Holtzman," he said. "He was a great pitcher. He was a winner at Oakland and pitched in the World Series. Billy never spoke to him, just froze him out.

That can break a man's spirit. "There were others he treated the same way, including me. I was in his doghouse. I lost all my confidence until Lemon came along." Figueroa said all he asked was to be treated with common courtesy. "I get that from Lemon," he added.

Northwestern's Wildcats The Best of the Worst By STEVE HARVEY Universal Press Syndicate THE COLLEGES Six Bottom Ten teams won games and Ohio State's Woody Hayes moved a step closer to a new plateau (he's just 190 ties short of the magic 200 mark), but for Northwestern (0-4-1), it was losing as The Wildcats, outscored this year by an average of 40-8, were squashed by Arizona State 56-14 to regain The Bottom Ten lead. The margin of defeat might have been larger but the Sun Devils had to play in 45-degree weather. Meanwhile, Boston College moved up to No. 4 with its fourth straight dismal performance. The way B.C.

has been playing, it may soon be the subject of a comic strip. Elsewhere, extremely Ole Miss (2-2) lost by five touchdowns. Rice (0-4) was untouched. THE RANKINGS School, 1978 Record Next Lou 1. Northwest (0-4-1) Indiana 2.

Rice (0-4) TCU 3. Princeton (0-2-1) Columbia 4.Boston«M) Tulane 5. UTEPU-5) Recuperating 6. Oklahoma St. (0-5) Colorado 7.

Vanderbilt (1-3) Auburn 8. Oregon (0-5) BYU 9. Virginia (1-4) Clemson 10. Dartmouth (1-2) Yale 11. Baylor (0-4); 12.

TCU (1-3); 13. Memphis State (1-3); 14. Wake Forest (1-4); 15. Tie among Illinois (1-4), Minnesota (1-3), Iowa (1-3) and Indiana (1-3); 19. Kansas (1-4); 20.

Minnesota (22). CRUMMY GAME OF THE WEEK: Rice vs. TCU (90 percent chance of boredom forecast.) SPECIAL CITATION: Leading Indiana 27-7, Wisconsin passed 16 yards for a touchdown, apparently needing insurance since there was 13 seconds to play. THE PROS Five teams vied for the lead in the Bottom Ten, also known as the George Allen Job Pool, raising these questions: Is a win in the cards for the Cards? Will Cincinnati's Homer Rice, who coached Rice to the college Bottom Ten title last year, duplicate the feat in the pros? Will the NFL reject expansion and instead contract the Rams' NFC West rivals into one team? The sorriest loser was Kansas City, which fell to Tampa Bay 30-13 in a game that was delayed at the start when a groundskeeper lifted a tarp and found the Royals baseball team hiding underneath. Elsewhere, San Diego, paced by a 14-yard touchdown catch by Hank Bauer (always at his 'me) checked out of best around World Series the rankings.

Chicago released a cheerleader for posing in a tearaway jersey in Playboy magazine. The NFL vehemently denied a rumor that the magazine would soon be doing a photo spread on its referees. THE RANKINGS Team, Record Last Week Next Lost l.S. Louis (0-6) 17-30, Baltimore Dallas 2. Cincinnati (0-6) 0-21, Miami N.

England 3. K. City (1-5) 13-30, Tampa Bay Oakland 4.S.Fran. (1-5) 10-27, L. Angeles N.Orleans 5.

Detroit (1-5) 19-21, Washington Atlanta 6. Baltimore (2-4); 7. Buffalo (2-4); 8. Atlanta (2-4); 9. Tie between San Diego cheerleaders and New Orleans cheerleaders (out for season)- 10 N.J.

Giants (3-3). CRUMMY GAME OF THE WEEK: Detroit vs Atlanta. WHERE ARE THEY NOW Critics of Bart Starr's coaching. SPECIAL CITATION: New Orleans kicker Rich Szaro, unable to kick left-footed because of an injury, kicked a 20-yard field goal with his Sz Je ted a 8 that he hit the ball head-first off the tee. FLAG DAY: NFL referees called 31 penalties at the Los Angeles-San Francisco game to defeat 59,337 fans..