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Jones Reds finish sweep, 5-4 two mistakes costly single by George Foster, a double by Johnny Bench and a Tony Perez single. Then, in the fourth inning, came mistake No. 1. Foster lined a sinker that didnt sink enough over the left-field wall, his 23rd home run of the year, to give the Reds a 3-2 lead. The home run total matched Fosters output for all of last year and gave him 92 RBI tops in the league.

The ball was up more than he usually throws it and I just took advantage of it, said the easygoing slugger, who ceieDrated George Foster Poster Day with two hits. "He usually has it between the knees and the ankles. Foster said Jones throws a ball that looks too good to take. After you swing, it looks too bad to swing at. I had good stuff, Jones said.

"The big thing was hanging the sinker to Flynn. That was mistake No. 2. Reserve infielder Doug Flynn singled to center in the sixth to score Bench and Perez with what proved to be the winning runs. I got the same pitch the first time up, Flynn noted.

But I pulled off the ball and grounded to shortstop weakly. Meanwhile, Alcala settled down from early wildness and allowed just three Thorobred team set for Regional tourney LA MESA After winning the San Diego County tournament, Escondido's Thorobred League baseball team is headed for the regional finals, which' begin Tuesday night at Amerige Park in Fullerton. Escondido won its way to the regionals by defeating Tufcon of La Mesa, 4-1, Sunday night behind a one-hitter by Dave Holston. Escondido and Tufcon had beaten each other once in the double-elimination tourney before Sunday's finale. The only hit allowed by Holston, a graduate of Poway High School and a student at Eastern Michigan University, was a sixth-inning single up the middle with one out by Tufcons Isaac Banks.

It was the only ball even close to being a hit as the hard-throwing pitcher struck out eight, walked five and hit one batter. Escondido scored the only run it needed in the second inning. Robert Piva doubled to leftfield to start it off. One out later, Dave Fonseca and Steve Gelfarb drew back-to-back walks to jm ff, load the bases. Dick Christman then beat out an infield hit to score Piva.

The locals added another run in the fourth when Tito Rendon hit the first pitch by Tom Zalopany over the left-field fence, 360 feet away. It was Rendons fourth homer of the season, tops on the club. Escondido added two more insurance runs in the sixth inning when Piva singled to right and, on a 3-0 pitch, Rendon blasted a triple to right-center, scoring Piva. Fonseca then followed with a single to left to drive home Rendon. With a 20-4 record, Escondido will play its first game in Fullerton at 8:30 Tuesday night against an as-yet-unnamed opponent.

Paco Gonzalez is scheduled to be the starting pitcher in the first game of the five-team, doubleelimination tournament. Amerige Park is located on the comer of Commonwealth and Highland streets, near Fullerton Junior College. "We played really well, said Escon-Cont. On Page A-10, Col. 4 i Associated Press Photo OLYMPICS COME TO END Games close in 1 i 9 naked glory Colorful ceremony revives I lost spirit of Olympics CINCINNATI (AP) San Diego ace Randy Jones doesnt make many mistakes.

But two misjudged sinkers were all that was needed Sunday as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Padres 5-4 to sweep the five-game series. Losing his first game this year against a Western Division club after 11 wins, two over the Reds, Jones saw his record dip to 18-5. The Padres jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first over winner Santo Alcala, 10-3, when John Grubb walked, Jerry Turner doubled and Willie Davis tripled. In the second, the Reds tied it on a Hough tough as Dodgers sweep Giants SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Charlie Houghs knuckleball breathed life back into the Los Angeles Dodgers' pennant hopes Sunday. That knuckleball danced around us all day," said San Francisco Manager Bill Rigney, whose Giants were in position to deliver a doubleheader knockout punch to the Dodgers and virtually insure the Cincinnati Reds another National League West flag.

Instead, the Dodgers swept the Giants, 4-1 and 4-3. Hough relieved Don Sutton, 12-8, in the ninth inning of the opener, earning his ninth save, and worked the final 1 1-3 innings of the nightcap to get his ninth victory on the strength of Bill Russells lOth-place sacrifice fly which scored Steve Garvey. Bill Buckner collected seven hits, four in the second game, against Giants pitching. Gary Thomasson had five hits for San Francisco, but the Giants left 24 runners on base and Rigney summed up the day as very frustrating. We had to win two games.

Thats all there was to it, said Hough. "Now we have four games coming up against the Reds and we might have to sweep that series. Hough, 9-4, worked in all four games of the Giants series and allowed no hits in 6 1-3 innings. But the Dodgers lost the first two games, falling games back of Cincinnati. Were a better team than the Dodgers.

Our season series shows that, John Montefusco said after pitching the Giants to a 6-3 victory Saturday. He explained the Giants last despite their edge (now 8-5) over the Dodgers by saying, We just have trouble beating the weaker teams. Sutton, whose fifth inning bloop single broke a 1-1 tie in the opener, gave up singles to Gary Thomasson and Marty Perez in the ninth before Hough came on to get the last three outs. In the nightcap, Rick Rhoden was within sight of making his record 1(H) when Perez came through with a ninth-inning, two-run double to tie the score and bring on Hough. (Box Score, Page A-10) Longshot wins feature race at Del Mar DEL MAR, Calif.

(UPI) Longshot Branford Court outran Good Report in a stretch-long duel Sunday to win the $27,450 Cabrillo Handicap at Del Mar. Branford Court tallied by a neck in 1:57 2-4 for the Crosby Course distance of 120 feet less than 1V miles on the main track. Third was Copper Mel and fourth was Dumbwaiter. The winner earned $16,200 for the victory and paid his backers $31.40, $11.20 and $5.80. It was the third win in 10 outings for the 6-year-old bay horse.

Current Concept, winner of the fastest 5-furlong juvenile event in the state this year, heads a field of ten 2-year-old horses Wednesday in the Graduation Stakes. (Race Results, Page A-U) half, the fourth-year quarterback from Oregon zipped his passes with uncanny accuracy, completing 11 of 15 for 134 yards. Fouts benefited from fine protection by his offensive line, a rare occur-ranee last season. Don Woods The 1974 Rookie of the Year, who missed most of last season with a knee injury, has moved from halfback to fullback, seemingly without much difficulty. Woods slashing style was in full evidence as he gained 57 yards on 13 carries and caught four passes for 38 yards before sitting out the second half.

Charlie Joiner A big-play wide receiver, the 28-year-old Joiner came to the Chargers in the off-season from Cincinnati for defensive end Coy Bacon. I love Charlie Joiner, said Fouts after hits over seven innings. The big rookies bid for his fourth complete game, however, was stymied by Fred Kendall's two-run homer in the ninth. The homer, Kendalls second of the year and his third hit of the day, brought on Rawly Eastwick, who retired two batters to chalk up his 13th save. Taking six of eight during the home-stand, the Reds head west for a two-week road trip that will take them to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.

Rookie Pat Zachry looks for his 10th win against three losses tonight. (Box Score, Page A-10) Lauda critical after flaming German crash MANNHEIM, West Germany (AP) -World champion driver Niki Lauda remained in critical condition today from injuries received in a flaming three-car crash Sunday during the Formula I German Grand Prix. Doctors in the intensive-care unit at Mannheim Medical Hospital fought to keep Lauda's breathing passages open and administered oxygen because of the limited capacity of his scalded lungs, said Prof. Dr. Horst Lutz.

Lauda was still in "mortal danger because his lung capacity was reduced by his inhaling of hot steam, poison gas and smoke, Lutz said. The 27-year-old Austrian driver also suffered first-, second -and third-degree facial burns before he could be removed from his wrecked Ferrari 312 T2. Lutz said it would be another three or four days before the doctors could expect to see any progress. The poison steam and gas that damaged Lauda's lungs and bronchial passages were produced by the burning of the plastic seat, the steering wheel and oil in his car, Lutz said. Today, the hospital began issuing twice-daily medical bulletins on Laudas condition.

The hospital spokesmen said doctors were waiting for Laudas condition to improve before they performed any operations and that it might be 14 days before surgery could be undertaken. The race, which was won later by Briton James Hunt in a McLaren Ford M23, was interrupted for lVi hours by the wreck about 6' miles from the grandstand at the Nuerburgring track. Laudas car lost a rear wheel in the third lap and swerved into a guard fence on the sharp left turn known as Berwerk Comer. The car burst into flames. the ball anywhere tonight.

Of the 15 pass completions by Fouts and Jess Freitas, eight went to running backs. I really didnt know what to expect tonight, but we've been working hard and we have confidence, Fouts said. There definitely is a new attitude. You know, last year was tough for all of us. But Im optimistic.

This was the first step. Prothro expressed some dissatisfaction with the running game, but the statistics didn't bear him out. Of the Chargers 345 total yards, 166 came on the ground, making the attack fairly balanced. Overall, I think we did pretty good, said Woods. I dont think the transition Cont.

On Page A-10, Col. 2 I MONTREAL (AP) A young I Montreal man streaked the Olympics I closing ceremony Sunday night and a thousand other youthful revelers recovered the seemingly lost Olympic spirit in a joyful, exuberant celebration of nations. In a wild and colorful finale probably never duplicated in the history of these games, kids swarmed onto the field at Montreals futuristic Olympic stadium in a spontaneous demonstration that closed the 21st summer games. Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Eliott Trudeau grasped the hands of other dignitaries and raised them in salute to the youths gathered in front of the royal box as the ceremony came to a close. The party continued for hours.

Meanwhile, young Michel Leduc, who certainly gained the world and Olympic streaking records by taking off all his clothes and cavorting among 500 colorfully dressed young women at the beginning of the ceremony, was resting unhappily in the Montreal slammer. The police who caught him beat him over the head with a shoulder bag he had carried onto the field and one kneed him repeatedly in the lower back as police hustled him out of the stadium. Associated Press Reporter Dan Berger, who witnessed the police tactics, was turned back temporarily by a rifle-carrying soldier and police shouts of "Go away, go away. All of Montreal perhaps all of Canada and maybe even the world-breathed a collective sigh of relief. In 1972, in Munich, Arab terrorists were responsible for the deaths of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches.

The 1976 Games have been clouded by fear and dominated by soldiers who effectively protected the athetes. But over it all hung the cloud of Munich: the threat of instant death by terrorism. And over it all hung the international political wars which threatened to turn these games into shambles. Twenty-seven African nations pulled out to protest racism in South Africa despite the fact that the International Olympic Committee long ago had banned South Africa from the Olympic movement for the same reason. The Soviet Union collected the most medals, 125, including 47 golds.

The United States was next in the total medals table with 94, including 34 golds. East Germany won 40 golds among its total of 90. Sunday night when it ended, the politics and fears were forgotten. The young people, for whom these games were created, got them back again and an approving crowd of 72,000 Cont. On Page A-10, Col.

5 Aitooitid Prm Photo ROUGH HORSE COURSE Mexico's Consejero, ridden by Carlos Aguirre, crashed into one of the barriers during Sunday's equestrian competition on the final day of the Olympics. Neither horse nor rider was injured. France won the team equestrian gold medal while West Germany took the silver and Belgium the bronze. The United States was fourth. Chargers first step pointing right direction of explaining defeats.

"This was very satisfying. Its good to win early. There is going to be a lot of improvement, but I think we are on the right track. The Chargers have been derailed for some time now, having gone six years without a winning season and coming off a 2-12 performance in 1975. Thats why winning this first outing was particularly important to Prothro, who made victory his No.

1 objective against the Eagles. Next week (against New England), winning may not be our No. 1 goal, Prothro said. Well try and look at a lot of people. Prothro saw a number of people Saturday night that he had to be impressed with: Dan Fouts Playing only the first By DAVE HOFF T-A Sports Editor SAN DIEGO Smiles in the San Diego Chargers locker room after a game have been as commonplace as Howard Hughes public appearances.

And, in drawing the comparison a step further, while Hughes reportedly is now dead, the same often has been said about the Chargers. It was a smiling, and very much alive, group of Chargers who walked off the field Saturday night, however, after a 20-7 triumph over Philadelphia in the preseason opener at San Diego Stadium. And nobody was grinning wider than head coach Tommy Prothro. Im sort of new at this position, said Prothro, who usually has the task the game. He has a knack for finding the open spot.

Joiner grabbed three of Fouts passes for 48 yards, and had a 37-yard touchdown reception nullified when he was a step out of bounds. With Joiner on one side, veteran Gary Garrison isn't likely to see as much double coverage as he is accustomed to. Garrison had only one reception Saturday, but it was the catch of the night as be reached behind him to pick the ball off the grass. Joe Washington The No. 1 draft choice from Oklahoma is 184 pounds of excitement.

On nine carries he picked up 38 yards, scoring one touchdown, and there is electricity in the air every time he touches the football. Once the regular season starts, he will be paired with Woods in the i backfield. And with Mike Fuller, who ranked fifth in the AFC last year for punt returns, he gives the Chargers two of the better return men in the game. Perhaps the biggest star of the cast, though, is new offensive coordinator Bill Walsh. That wasnt exactly the Pittsburgh Steeler defense on the other side of the line, but the Chargers showed an unfamiliar preciseness on offense.

And, going on past history, any team on the other side of the line can look like the Steelers to San Diego. To the layman, our offense might not look much different, said Fouts, "and it would take two or three hours to really explain the difference between this year and last. But one thing, youre going to see us throwing to our secondary receivers more. We didnt try to force.