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TIMES-ADVOCATE, ESCONDIDO, AUGUST 27, 1980 D-3 Brett's first five-hitter boosts average to .407 By Associated Press George Brett is back in the exclusive "400 Club" again, after practically breaking down the door. Kansas City's blond bomber continued on his amazing streak with five hits in five at-bats last night to help the Royals beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 7-6, and raise his average to a sizzling .407. Even enemy fans are applauding his performance. "It gives you a lot of confidence and makes you feel good knowing the people in Milwaukee are behind me," said Brett after getting several ovations last night. "People all over want to see me hit .400." Brett's eighth-inning single gave him seven hits in his last seven official at-bats.

He started the game hitting .398, and he has hit safely in 43 of the Royals' 46 games since the AllStar break. "I really feel no pressure now about hitting .400 for the season because there is such a long way to go," said Brett. "I imagine I will feel more pressure if I'm at .395 or .400 with a week to go in the season but not now. "Look, I think .380 would be a heck of a season," Brett added. "I never thought I could hit .380.

Even .360 would be a good season. Don't get me wrong. My heart is set on .400, but I don't want to let it get to me to the point where I put pressure on myself. I just want to have fun playing baseball, and fun to me is hitting and driving in runs." Elsewhere in the American League, Oakland beat New York, 3-1; Seattle tripped Baltimore, 2-1; Minnesota stopped Cleveland, 5-1; Texas blanked Toronto, 8-0; Detroit edged Chicago, 5-4; and Boston turned back California, 5-1. Brett singled in his first three times at bat, then tipped his cap when he received a standing ovation from many in the crowd of 16,824 at County Stadium after he doubled to right-center leading off the sixth inning.

Associated Press Photo AVERAGE SOAR TO .407 Kingman mum, Matthews not after blasts 14 6 GEORGE BRETT WATCHES HIS Associated Press Photo PETE ROSE DOFFS CAP AFTER MOVING UP ON HIT LIST Brett singled again with two out in the eighth for the first five-hit game of his sensational season and received another standing ovation. An RBI raised Brett's total to 93 in just 91 games so far this year. Hal McRae also was instrumental in the Royals' offense, knocking in four runs with a triple and a single and Willie Wilson added four hits. A's 3, Yankees 1 Rick Langford pitched his 19th straight complete game and earned AL Roundup his first career victory over New York, leading Oakland past the Yankees with a seven-hitter. The Yankees out-hit the A's 7-to-4, but lost a second straight time to the team managed by former New York Manager Billy Martin.

Langford, 14-10, shut out the Yankees after the first inning, retiring the last 10 batters. It was Langford's 22nd complete game in 25 starts this season and he has won 10 of his last 11 games. Mariners 2, Orioles 1 Bruce Bochte smashed his 10th home run leading off the ninth inning to lift Seattle over Baltimore. Bochte's home run broke up a pitching duel between Floyd Bannister, 7- 10, and Baltimore's Scott McGregor, 15-7. Bannister wound up with a fourhitter.

The Orioles scored a run in the fifth inning on Mark Belanger's RBI-single and the Mariners tied it in the sixth on Bochte's sacrifice fly. It was Seattle's second straight victory over Baltimore, keeping the Orioles one-half-game behind the Yankees in the AL East. Twins 5, Indians 1 Roy Smalley's bases-loaded single keyed a run fifth inning and Roger Erickson scattered seven hits in eight innings to pace Minnesota over and pulled them into a fourth place tie with San Francisco, one gane under .500. "All we want to do is get to .500," said winning pitcher Gene Garber, 5-5. "You can't wipe out any losses.

But when you've been in last place for four years, hitting .500 is a pretty important goal." The Braves are 7-1 against the NL Roundup Pirates this season, and two straight losses to Atlanta have cut Pittsburgh's lead over Montreal to "They're a better team this year," said Pirates' manager Chuck Tanner of the Braves. "I honestly felt we've had a good ballclub all along," said Atlanta manager Bobby Cox. "All clubs go into slumps. We had ours at the beginning of the year when everybody notices. I think that bad start got the public and the press down on us." Dodgers 8, Phils 4 "This is my favorite ballpark," said Dusty Baker after hitting his 25th home run, driving in three for the Los Angeles Dodgers and scoring a pair in an 8-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies last night.

"I don't know why, I just see the ball better in this park," Baker said. "And the fans here, whether they're for you or against you, are exciting. Even the music is better. I'm serious," said Baker, less someone think he was jesting about the music. "Hey, it makes you jump." Baker said he was happy to get his hits when they counted.

He was in the middle of both of the Portland State basketball program draws fire His teams posted a 94-63 record during that period. Hoffman said he found no violations under current coach, Glenn Kinney. Blumel said he will transmit all the findings to the NCAA. Blumel ordered the investigation in March after several former PSU players claimed they received credit for classes they were not required to attend, received under-the-table cash payments and knew of forged signatures on admission documents. One of 18 former PSU players Hoffman contacted described in writing the manner by which financial kickbacks were handled.

"When I first started receiving the Cleveland. The victory was the first for new Minnesota manager Johnny Goryl, who took over in the wake of Gene Mauch's resignation Sunday. The Twins bunched six singles, including Smalley's two-run shot, and a double to chase loser Rick Waits, 10- 12, in the fifth. Erickson improved his record to 5- 10 with last-inning relief help from Doug Corbett. Rangers 8, Blue Jays 0 Charlie Hough pitched a five-hitter and Mickey Rivers drove in three runs to lead Texas past Toronto.

Hough, obtained from the Los Angeles Dodgers July 11, posted his first victory in the American League, striking out seven and walking two. The Rangers sent six men to the plate in a six-run fourth inning, belting four singles and two singles while chasing Jesse Jefferson, 4-12. Tigers 5, White Sox 1 Tom Brookens drove in two runs with a pair of infield outs and Aurelio Lopez turned in a brilliant job of long relief to lead Detroit over Chicago. The Tigers broke a 44 tie in the fifth, loading the bases on a single by Champ Summers and a pair of walks. Summers came home as Brookens hit into a force play at second.

Lopez, 10-4, allowed only two hits in six innings before getting relief help himself in the ninth from Pat Underwood. White Sox reliever Rich Worthen, 4-6, took the loss. Red Sox 5, Angels 1 Jim Dwyer had three hits, including a pair of doubles, and Carl Yastrzemski added a two-run homer to power Boston over California. Boston rookie left-hander John Tudor, 5-2, allowed four hits before he was relieved by Bob Stanley in the eighth. Stanley picked up his 11th save of the season and in his last 14 games, has three victories and 10 saves.

Chris Knapp, 2-10, was the loser. KANSAS CITY'S KANSAS CITY'S Continued from D-1 able. In 1974, Woods gained 1,162 yards to pick up rookie of the year honors. Although he has played well at times since then, he has never come close to equaling his performance of '74. In fact, last season was such a bad one that he never carried the ball and didn't catch a pass after suffering a thumb injury in training camp.

Woods asked to be traded, but the Chargers chose to bring him back and he has done a good job in the pre-season, gaining 45 yards on 16 carries, catching seven passes for 31 yards and throwing a pass for 29 yards. "Woods has played very well," Coryell said. "You have to admire the guy. Last year, after his injury, he fell too far behind to help us. But we wanted to keep him around because he is talented.

He has worked very hard in the pre-season and will help us during the year." The other running backs in the Chargers' plans are speedster Artie Owens, who doubles as a wide receiver, fullbacks Hank Bauer and rookie Steve Whitman and halfback Mike Thomas. Bauer is a journeyman who plays his best around the goal line and on special teams. Whitman is a ninth round draft pick out of Alabama. He has carried the ball 10 times in the pre-season for 31 yards. Both Bauer and Whitman are being auditioned at tight end in short yardage situations.

Thomas, one of the few runners on the Charger roster with speed, has been placed on the "Unable to Perform" list. Thomas hurt his knee playing racquetball in the off-season and the injury has not responded to treatment. He must now remain on the list for six weeks at the end of which the Chargers can decided to activate him for two weeks before making a decision to add him to the roster or release him. "Mike doesn't count against our roster now and that's good," Coryell said. "He hasn't be able to perform as well as we had hoped.

Now he'll have a chance to get ready. "After that, we'll make our decision to keep him or release For Lydell Mitchell, that decision has already been made. CHARGER NOTES Giant tackle Milton Hardaway (6-9, 305), the team's second draft pick in '78, was also released. Carl McGee, a free agent who played his college ball at Duke and was a ninth round draft pick by Cleveland in '79 and rookie defensive back Bob Gregor were placed on the "Injured Reserve" list by the Chargers to get down to the 50-man player limit. Gregor was a fourth round pick out of Washington State.

has knee and groin strains while Gregor has shoulder and ankle problems. Earlier, the Chargers released defensive lineman John Singleton, wide receivers Harry Wilson and Mike Scott, tight end Reggie Haynes and running back Artie Shankle. All NFL clubs must be down to 45 men on Monday. Chargers play their final exhibition game on Saturday night against the Los Angeles Rams in Anaheim Stadium. Channel 10 will televise the game live at 7 p.m.

By Associated Press Two National League outfielders hit two homers each last night as their teams won 4-2, and both broke 2-2 ties with two-run blasts too late in the game for the two contenders to catch up. Gary Matthews of the Atlanta Braves climaxed his four-hit night in the top of the 10th inning with his second homer, making a loser of Kent Tekulve and cutting the Pittsburgh Pirates' lead to one-half game in the NL East over the idle Montreal Expos. Sore-shouldered Dave Kingman rapped his second homer, also for two runs, in the top of the eighth inning to give Chicago a victory over Cincinnati, dropping the Reds off the pace in the NL West and ending a seven-game Cubs' losing streak. Kingman, as usual, didn't talk to the press, but Matthews had a lot to say about Atlanta's and his own stormy year, which saw him benched for several weeks when he and the team suffered through an early season slump. He joined third baseman Bob Horner in owner Ted Turner's doghouse.

"I've been through a lot this year," Matthews said. "Horner and myself were both involved in controversy at the beginning of the season and both of us have come back and shown the caliber of players that we are. "This is a team that can win in the future if they keep it together. We have young guys who can do the job." A year ago at this time, the Braves were 29 games under .500, headed for their fourth straght last place finish in the West. Last night's win was their fourth in a row and eighth in nine decisions monthly money, coach Edwards told me there would be a check at the payroll window for so much and I was to cash it and return a certain amount to him," the unnamed player wrote.

The federal Privacy Act of 1974 protects students' records from public scrutiny. "I cannot remember the exact figures," the student was quoted as saying. "It seems like I got a check for about $380 and gave him (Edwards) back $180. I know I started getting less (financial aid) after this (kickback procedure) was stopped. "The reason it was stopped is that is was brought to the attention of (PSU Dodgers' big scoring innings.

Baker hit in his ninth straight game. During his streak, he has 15 hits in 39 times at bat. He's hit in 18 of his last 22 games. "When I'm hitting well I feel like I can hit anybody," Baker said. "I get that positive attitude." Dodgers' manager Tom Lasorda had nothing but praise for his left fielder.

"He's been very consistent. He rises to the occasion, he drives in the big runs," Lasorda said. Lasorda described Baker as "a very under-rated player." Cubs 4, Reds 2 "When he's right, the team's right," said Rick Reuschel of Kingman after his two homers. Kingman's throwing arm is still not completely recovered from his shoulder problems but he provd why the last place Cubs need him in the lineup. Tom Hume, 7-8, walked Bill Buckner with one out in the eighth before Kingman broke the tie with his second homer.

Reuschel, 11-9, scattered seven hits in pitching his sixth complete game of the season. Astros 7, Cardinals 2 Cesar Cedeno hit his fifth career grand slam homer, Houston's first since 1977, to highlight a six-run burst in the fifth inning that beat St. Louis. Joe Niekro, 14-11, pitched a seven-hitter despite a solo homer by opposing pitcher Jim Kaat, the 14th of his career. But Niekro responded by getting the first of seven straight Houston hits to start the Astros' big fifth inning in which they scored six times starting with Cedeno's nineth home run this season.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Evidence of financial kickbacks to a coach, NCAA violations and fraudulent transcripts were found in an investigation of the Portland State University basketball program, PSU officials said last night. The investigation was ordered by PSU president Joseph Blumel and conducted by dean of social sciences George Hoffman. Hoffman said the violations occurred during the tenure of former basketball Coach Ken Edwards, who now coaches at West Texas State. Edwards coached at PSU from 1972 until his resignation following the 1977-78 season.

athletic director) Roy Love and the next month it was changed. Blumel said two other players confirmed the kickback practices. The report said a player "claimed that he was to receive a grant-in-aid for tuition and an additional $300 to $400. He claimed that he received the tuition and in addition a check for $300, which he cashed at the bank and gave to Mr. Edwards, who said 'thank you' and took the money." Edwards was not immediately available for comment.

Hoffman reported that in a phone conversation with Edwards July 8, "Mr. Edwards said that 'the whole thing was irrelevant' since he had left Portland State and indicated the matter was closed as far as he was concerned." "He said the only reason that he indulged in the procedure was that it afforded a means of stretching very limited funds," Hoffman said. "I questioned Edwards about the allegations, and Edwards' reponse, preceded by an expletive, was that (the players) allegations simply were not true," Hoffman said. Hoffman said he uncovered two cases in which players' transcripts were falsified to enable them to transfer to Portland State, and two other cases of suspected fraudulent transcripts..