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TIMES 'AD OCATE 75 was vintage drafting year Kosc (ils 5 hits to fiiovo in on record By Associated Press Pete Rose hit three home runs and a pair of singles Saturday, moving to within four of the 3000-hit mark for his career, as the Cincinnati Reds blasted five New York pitchers for six homers and 20 hits in handing the Mets their sixth straight loss 14-7 Rose, who extended his hitting streak to 10 consecutive games and is attempting to become the 13th major leaguer to reach 3000 hits, then homered to give the Reds a 9-6 lead. They were the first home runs of the season for Rose, who also connected in the eighth inning, and it was his first threehomer day in 16 years in the majors. After the game Reds Manager Sparky Anderson said he would not allow Rose to reach the mark on Sunday at N'ew York. SOME DIVINE AID Mt Carmel High School's David ing a baseball game with Oarge Gen What Ebv Eby had all good intentions of beating the throw to se- didn (oun on we- a omo me -mow to -etord cond base Friday when he set out to steal the bag dur- baseman Greg Lnn Gorge wr 6-3 Player placed well for win It was a motel room usually utilized by firms for small business conventions. This meeting was more secret than most.

Guards were outside the doors. Thee members of the press who ordinarily covered the activities of the business were present as guests of the company. There was a question which went unanswered, however. Why were the San Diego Chargers meeting in Palo Alto, of all places, to be party to the annual National Football League draft? The reasons still are a bit sketchy. But the results were so beneficial that one has to wish the same motel would be used Tuesday when the lottery is held for the 1978 college football seniors.

Instead, the Chargers will be back in their old draft central of San Diego Stadium They'll be working behind closed doors as is always the case. But the crop just won't be the same as that of 1975. That was a bumper year. Bottle '75 and save it for 30 years. A magnum would bring incredible prices.

Eight starters on last year's Charger squad came from the Palo Alto draft. That was the time when Harland Svare. in his role as general manager, argued at great length against the coach Tommy Prothro desired selection of a defensive tackle from Southern Methodist Svare asserted that it was his strong conviction that Louie Kelcher lacked the talent and ability to play in the NFL. That's the same Louie Kelcher, in case you were the Arctic last fall, who made All-Pro. His teammates from that draft all of whom distinguished themselves as they matured with a team that was 2-12 in their rookie year and improved to 7-7 in 1978 include defensive tackle Gary Johnson, cornerback Mike Williams, defensive end Fred Dean, safety Mike Fuller, offensive tackle Billy Shields, runningback Rickey Young and center Ralph Perretta.

The NFL doesn't keep statistics on such matters in an easily discovered form, but that's about as many starters out of one draft as any recent team has had. Especially as the eight move into their fifth season as starters, the unit has become one of the premier NFL drafts. The first night in Palo Alto, Prothro invited a couple of reporters to sup with him and he Runners wake up bit sore ESCONDIDIO What a day to lose an hour's sleep. More than 1,000 legs this morning were probably aching when the alarm went off to signal the beginning of daylight savings time. These legs had participated in the Palomar Family YMCA's "Everybody Runs for Fun program Saturday.

There were enough races for everyone to have a supermarket basketful of choices of what to do except sit. The overall winner of the halfmarathon for men was Brad Roy of Carlsbad who covered the 13 miles in 70 52. The quickest woman In the same race was Ellen Turkel of San Diego, who ran 90:16. Other winners were Norma Miller, Carol Guess, Kathy Keller, Kathleen Woods, Laura Dodge. Tommy Brown, Oscar Cobas, Bill Johnson, Les McDonald, Paul Hendricks, Mark Focareta, Vanessa Fogel, Leslie Laws, Kerry Panno, Lisa Tipton, Chris Mil-lick, Monique McDonald, Jerry Morris, John Bill, Marco Guzman, Will Webster and Raymond Archiblad.

officials said more than 500 men, women and children participated in the 22 possible races. (Picture, Page A-l) Padres drilled once more PHII.ADEI PHI AP Gurry Maddox Bob Boone and Bake McBride drove in two runs each to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-2 victory over the San Ducu Padres Saturday night The Phillies jumped on Padres starter Dav riesleben. 0-3 for three runs in the first Maddox broken-bat base hit with the bases loaded scored Larry Bowa. who had tripled into the right field corner, and Mike Schmidt, who had drawn a walk Richie Hebner. who had been walked intentionally.

scored from second on Boone's single to left The Phillies added four more runs in the fifth to help Jim I.onborg ra.se his record to 2-2 Greg Luzinski and Maddox s.r.g.ed and Boone brought Luzinski home with a double to right After second baseman Jim Morrison was walked intentionally to load the bases, reliever Dan Spillner alked I.onborg LOUIE KELCHER Not a Bad Draft was in an ebullient mood. He'd had a couple of successful drafts with the Rams, but this one topped anything he'd done before Prothro knew that night that if things worked out within a reasonable mathematical certainty, he'd found the nucleus of a team. Through Perretta. there were 13 picks made that first day. Eight still are with the Chargers.

The other five aren't even in pro football any longer They were the sixth through ninth picks, linebacker Ken Bernich, defensive tackle Kevin Nosbusch, tight end Charles Waddell a wide receiver from Oklahoma, John Car-roll. and offensive tackle Barry Collier. When the draft commences Tuesday morning at 7 a Prothro will be looking first, contrary to many reports, for a speedy wide receiver. One should assume the names which interest him most are Stanford's James Lofton, Florida's Wes Chandler and Arizona State's John Jefferson. San Diego State's Ron Smith, a quite versatile performer, ranks just behind that trio, but probably won't be considered by the Chargers as a first-round type.

Prothro may also be moving away from a middle linebacker choice and closer to an offensive lineman who could play either guard or tackle. If all the speedy pass catchers are gone, he might be tempted to expend the first of 13 picks on a lineman But it'll be some kind of year, to be Cosellian, if the '78 draft begins to match the great selections of 1975 i 7 "'4 grinned at the assembled newsmen I'll tell tou what I'll do For $50. you pick any man you want as the winner, and I'll bet against him "I pick you." a local reporter said "You've got a $50 bet." said Player "And if I show up tomorrow afternoon a loser, you'd better be here with $50 in your hand Player, of course, would be delighted to lose the bet In other national tournaments Sam Snead and his partner. Gardner Dickinson, moved into a two-stroke lead with one round left in the $400 000 Legends Tournament in Austin Taxas Julius Boros and Roberto De Yicenzo were second the tourney restricted to men over 50 And on the LPGA circuit, defending champion Hollis Stacy shot a course record eight-under-par 65 to tie for first with Gloria Ehret after two rounds of the 54-hole. $75,000 Lady Tara Golf Tournament at Atlanta 4-goal burst chops off Timbers SAN DIEGO First they'd been shut out for two games Then they fell behind.

3-1. to Portland Saturday night at halftime of a North American Soccer League game at San Diego Stadium But when the San Diego Sockers break out of a slump, they do it in a most impressive manner Tallying four goals 21 minutes, the Sockers swept past the Timbers. 5-3. to maintain a first-place hold in their division in the NASL Now 5-2 for the seas, the Sockers got a second threegoal hat trick from Peter Anderson, who is tied for the NASL scoring lead with Giorgio Chinaglia of the N'ew York Cosmos Joining Anderson in the goal parade before a tiny audience of 3.830 were Jerry Ingram and Jean Willirich Anderson has six goals in seven games this season Yarsitv thumps Alumni, 37-11 SAN DIEGO Don Coryell return to San Diego State was inauspicious But then, his alumni football team really wasn expected to beat the current varsity of Claude Gilbert, anyway Final score of the annual 'Red-Black'' contest was 37-14 before 9 257 at Aztec Bowl It was the eighth straight loss for the alums, who had several pro players on their roster The game is a test for next season Aztec football heroes Quarterback Mark Halda. with 72 yards, a touchdown, an interception and three completions in tries, didn overwhelm the crowd But runningback Cal Ray Anderson, ticketed to replace David "Deacon" Turner, rushed for 71 yards on nine carries in the first half Farrell Mack tallied twice for the varsity and Steve Duncan kicked five extra points G'V 7 0, GfcAAv' i4i.4V, yf -W 'J I Uf 5ji Thomas had been complaining Diego Padres for two games.

So he night against the Philadelphia Phil- NEW ORLEANS i.APi Gary Player, seeking a little piece of golf history, laid a $50 bet he would not be able to make it. It was just a friendly little wager, and hed love to lose it He bet against himself in his quest for a fourth consecutive victory in Sunday's final round of the $200,000 New Orleans Open Golf Tournament "With so many fellows so close and we're not talking about amateurs but seasoned, world-class professionals any one of 15 players could win," Player said after moving into a five-man tie for the third-round lead Saturday. He's had to come from far off the pace to win his last three starts but shot a 69 that put him into a tie for the top spot going into the final 18 holes of play in this one. "It will be just as tough to win from level, with this many men this close Youd be foolish to pick any man and say he will win. The odds on any man are very, very long," he said and then i tUt t'i if" lv Tji, 1 Associated Press Photo to force in a run McBride then stroked a tw o-run single to center Lonborg, replaced by Gene Garber in the seventh, gave up the Padres' first run in the sixth after Gene Richards' leadoff walk Richards moved to third on a single by Ozzie Smith and scored on Oscar Gamble's bouncer to second Friday night, despite home runs by Dave Winfield and George Hendrick, the Padres fell 3-2 on a three-run homer by Jerry Martin off Bob Owchinko in the first of three games (Box Score.

Page B-4) Friars slump Srnltle easily SAN DIEGO Rod Laver remained unbeaten in World Team Tennis play Saturday night by defeating Tom Gorman Gorman. 6-4 as the San Diego Friars whipped Seattle 27-17, at the Sports Arena Laver victory capped a surprisingly easy win for the Friars who moved their record to 2-1 for the season San Diego plays at Anaheim tonight and the match will be televised live starting at 8 on Channel 6 The Friars dropped the opening set. women doubles, when Betty Stove and Manta Redondo downed Kerry Reid and Mona Guerrant. 6-3 But Reid, playing superbly in singles, trounced Redondo, 6-2, for a 9-8 San Diego lead Laver's win padded the San Diego lead to 21-13 entering the final set of mixed double, won by Case and Guerrant. 6-4.

before. 3.897 V-uj vsyk -ft v- X' PICKED ON, PICKED OFF Derrel again about not starting for the San was inserted into the lineup Saturday lies and was promptly picked off first base on a throw from pitcher jim Lonborg to first baseman Richie Hebner. The Padres lost again, 7-2. Theyll be on TV this morning on Channel 6 at 10:30..