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1 TIMES-ADVOCATE Sunday, July 21, 1985 The victory Q- Catch this! 1. 14 John NelsonSpecial to The Times fifth inning. The heat is on. wants a winner and more time in San Diego as many as four days a week and his impact is being felt. Asked whos really running the Chargers, one club official didnt hesitate in saying, Mr.

Spanos. Everything is done with his approval. This is not much different from when Gene Klein owned the team (Klein was also dominant in decision-making), except that Spanos has put one of his own favorites in the front office. That would be Ron Nay, who was promoted from scout to director of scouting in late February. Nay appears to have taken a large role in player personnel matters, ranging from the college draft to signing free agents.

There are also reports that Nay may have been behind the Purge of 85, the move two weeks ago by the Chargers to release nine veterans. One report even said Head Coach Don Coryell wasnt aware of the move before it happened, but Coryell denied that Saturday. However, the coach did admit he was not part of the discussions that led to the firings. Please see Spanos, page D3 we can to win Advocate 'j" jr Sato! Pirates shortstop Sam Khalifa leaps over Tim Alex Spanos Pulling the strings. Spanos is the man By Jay Posner imes-Advocate Sportswriter SAN DIEGO Between innings of a Padres game earlier this week at San Diego Stadium, one of the commercials shown on Diamond Vision seemed a bit out of place.

Instead of another shot of Steve Garveys playoff home run last October, fans were shown a series of football plays. Get Charged Up! was the message delivered by the announcer, who then urged fans to call now for Chargers season tickets. Instead of stampeding toward the nearest phone, however, many of the fans responded by booing. Quite a change from a few years ago, when it was seemingly easier to get a ticket to a Springsteen concert than to a Chargers home game. The Chargers were the professional sports team in San Diego, and from 1979 until 1982, citizens planned their Sundays in the fall around watching the Chargers play, either at the stadium or on television.

But the last two years have not been kind to the Chargers. First they went 6-10 in 1983. Then they had to sit and watch as the Padres sent the city bonkers during the 1984 playoffs Coryell: Well By Jay Posner Times-Advocate Sportswriter SAN DIEGO Its no secret that the heat is on Chargers Coach Don Coryell. With two straight losing seasons behind him and a new owner watching over him, Coryell knows the Chargers must win this year or else. It wont be easy, and Coryell knows that.

But he also knows hes going to try as hard as he always has, and if thats not good enough to satisfy Alex Spanos, then theres nothing he can do about it. I cant worry about things I cant control, Coryell said recently. Im going to go out and do what Ive always done work as hard as I can to win. Coryell opened training camp at UC San Diego to 73 of the teams 105 players Friday. The Chargers will begin two-a-day workouts this morning at 9.

Hoyt wins 6-1 team still trails by half game By Larry Weinbaum Times-Advocate Sportswriter SAN DIEGO If you were to design a prototype Padres victory on paper, youd tell the architect something like this: Put LaMarr Hoyt on the mound and give him his usual pinpoint control. Tell Hoyt to scatter a few hits for about eight innings. Have him supported by excellent defense and a scrappy attack that produces key hits. Then put Goose Gossage on the hill for the ninth inning to slam the door. Thats the way this Padres team is built.

And thats the way they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-2, Saturday afternoon at San Diego Stadium. Making his 20th start of the season and performing before a national TV audience plus a Cap Day crowd of 36,340, Hoyt (13-4) won his 11th in a row. He allowed just two runs on five hits and one walk in eight innings. Then Gossage picked up save No. 20 with a one-hit ninth.

The Padres are now winners of three straight for the first time since June 23. They improved to 52-29. However, theyre still a half-game behind the Dodgers, who defeated the Cardinals 3-0 Saturday night. Repeating an oft-used compliment this year, Padres Manager Dick Williams said, Its remarkable how much Hoyt reminds me of Catfish Hunter. Theyre both from the South.

They both go after you and make you hit the ball. They dont walk you. Control is Hoyts forte. He has walked just 14 in 146 innings. His Please see Padres, page D2 Budds wiser after mismatch By Steve Goldstein Kmght-Ridder News Service LONDON For three laps, Zola Budd ran on Mary Decker Sla-neys shoulder.

She probably would have wanted to put her head there so she could be comforted. But the only comfort Budd got was a handshake before the race and a few kind words after. Slaney set a ruthless pace, exorcising whatever ghosts remained from that August night last year at the Los Angeles Coliseum and demonstrating that the teen-ager was not in her class at 3,000 meters. Slaney-Budd II, The Race That Television Built and Paid For, ended Saturday night at the Crystal Palace in south London with Slaneys winning in a time of 8 minutes, 32.91 seconds the best in the world this year. Second was Cornelia Burki of Switzerland in 8:38.71.

Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway was third in 8:40.34. Budd, the South African transplanted to Britain, was fourth in 8:45.43. The Race was anything but. Whatever drama there was ended with two laps remaining, when Slaney decided it was time to push into fifth gear. A fading Budd looked as naked on the track as her bare feet.

Yet everyone seemed to get what they wanted out of the event. Im happy with the race, and Im glad its over, said Budd, 19. I think all thats happened between us is something in the past. Did she still think the race had been advisable, given her disappointing showing? I still believe it was the right thing, Budd said. I think its taken a lot of pressure off the both of us.

I think we can both enjoy the rest of the season now. Slaney, who will be 27 in two weeks, said that she wanted to run a little faster but that a chill wind held her back. I was happy with the race, she said, and it went according to plan. Im glad Zola made a challenge. Was the great rematch a great mismatch? Slaney paused.

I dont want to be quoted on anything like that, she said. Budd said she was nervous before the race, likening her mental state to what it was before the Olympic final that ended so disastrously for her and Slaney nearly a year ago. Slaney said that she didnt feel nervous until she drove to the stadium with her husband, Richard, and that getting stuck in traffic Please see Slaney, page D4 By Terry KennedySpeciai to the T-A Padres, NL dominate the All-Stars As usual, the National League proved its superiority in the All-Star Game. The American League never seriously threatened in our 6-1 victory. This was my third All-Star Game and the one I enjoyed the most.

It was fun being there with so many other Padres. And it was fun starting the game for the first time. Never before had one team had such an effect on the game as the Padres did this year. Steve Garvey and I drove in the tying and winning runs, respectively, Garry Templeton got a pinch hit, Goose Gossage finished the game (extending his own fine All-Star record), and LaMarr Hoyt started and won the game to win Most Valuable Player honors. I have to be honest.

There was some gloating from our end of the locker room. The Eastern media had accused Dick Williams of favoritism because of his selection of LaMarr to start and me to take the place of injured Gary Carter. Well, his picks seemed to be the right ones. Of the three games Ive been to, this was by far the most organized. Everyone was taken care of, from the players to the media.

Everything during the three days went as planned. And the game also went as planned. The American League supposedly had all the power. The American League was going to make a shambles of the Nationals pitching staff. The American League scratched out only one run.

I couldnt believe the Americans lineup. They had the leagues leading home run hitter, Carlton Fisk, hitting eighth. There were other sluggers sprinkled throughout their lineup, guys such as Jim Rice, Dave Winfield, George Brett, Cal Ripken and Eddie Murray. But we had LaMarr, Nolan Ryan, Fernando Valenzuela, Jeff Reardon and the Goose. Ill take our bunch of guys any day.

If you lose the game, everyone says, Oh, its just a game for the fans. But if you win, everyone says, It just proves our league is better. The pressure is on the American League so bad you can see it. If the National League loses now, its a big deal. If the American League loses, its a boring game.

Thats the media again. They really love the American League. And the worst thing that happened in Minneapolis to the media was that five Californians started the game and figured prominently in the victory for the Nationals. They just cant accept that there is baseball west of the Mississippi. I never could understand why they always booed the Dodgers back East.

I know now that the big reason is they are from California. The East hates California. Next years All-Star Game is in another dome, the Houston Astrodome. Maybe the Padres will be well-represented again, and maybe we will carry the Nationals to another victory. Graham, Langer have Open path SANDWICH, England (AP) -On the surface, Sundays final round of the 114th British Open Championship shapes up as a head-to-head struggle between the men tied for the lead, David Graham and Masters champion Bern-hard Langer.

They are, after all, three shots clear of the field at 209, one shot under par after three trips over the storm-raked Royal St. Georges Golf Club links. The veteran Graham, however, declined to rule out other contenders. Anyone within five shots can win, and six is not out of reason, Graham said after surrendering sole control of the lead with a poor finish, bogeys on two of the last three holes. And one of the men within five Please see Open, page D8 1 1 Flannery to complete a double play in the changing with the Chargers in charge and he and World Series.

And, to top it off, the Chargers suffered another losing season last fall, winning just seven of their 16 games. Now, apparently second in the hearts of the citys fickle sports fans and with season ticket sales down about 10 percent, the Chargers have been forced to advertise season tickets for the first time since before the 79 season. Sitting by and watching all this happen is Alex Spanos, the Chargers owner who is beginning his first full season at the helm of the club. Spanos has made it clear that he didnt spend $40 million for a losing football team, and he has taken steps to improve matters. He ordered the Chargers locker room at San Diego Stadium cleaned up.

He issued new guidelines to team employees. He ordered new uniforms. And so on. In a word, Spanos, saying he wanted to run the club like a business, established discipline. Although when he bought the team last August, Spanos said he was anticipating spending just one day a week with the Chargers.

As time has passed, he has spent more work as hard as Saturday the Chargers underwent physical testing, and Coryell said this team is in the best condition of any he has ever seen at the beginning of camp. Then again, Coryell said the players had been warned they had better report in good shape. The days of a player coming to camp to work himself into shape have passed. A guy has to be here in shape, Coryell said. We want dedicated football players who want to do everything possible to improve themselves and the team.

And, he might have added, the teams win-loss record. His job, and those of many others, are at stake. With that in mind, following is an early position-by-position look at the 1985 Chargers: Quarterback No surprises here. Dan Fouts has been No. 1, is No.

1 and will be No. 1 for as long as he wants. If Fouts isnt healthy, which he hasnt been for portions of the last two seasons, the Chargers dont win. Its as simple as that. Fouts missed nine games the past two years, and the Chargers won just two of those contests.

Not that Fouts is the lone reason for the Chargers success or failure. In the 23 games he played in 1983-84, San Diego was 11-12. But that sure beats 2-7. Behind Fouts, long-time backup Ed Luther is gone to the United States Football League, leaving three unproven reserves. Bruce Mathison appears to be No.

2 entering Camp, but hes thrown just five passes in two years in the NFL. Mark Herrmann, acquired in the off-season from Indianapolis, has started only four games in three NFL seasons. The fourth quarterback is Paul Berner, a ninth-round draft choice from Pacific who Please see Chargers, page D3.