Johnson City Press from Johnson City, Tennessee • 14

Pace JOHNRnN city rRmfuriiiariNtri jur- 04 1 igot Appy League schedule 1 gers flosf cards in Appy opener AT ELIPAB'THTON AT BRISTOL AT KUOS AT JOHNSON CITY AT 9 LI EFITLD July 23 Aug 13 1981 11-11-13 13 22-23 24 APPALACHIA! 23 22i 25 14 15 July 7-8 Aug 1-2 Aug 10 11 July 2-3 July 21-22 Aug 5 19 July 1 -20 21 LEA OLE 25 26 31 July 17-19 July 26-2? Aur 17 19 19 29 26 27 July 11 11 Aup 13 14 9 10 11 12 June 24 25 Aug 28 29 12 July 2-3 July 19-20 Aug 19-20-21 20 -July7r-5-6 Aug 8-9 Aug 28-29 July 15-16 July 20-29 Aug l6-26-27 25 3ASEBALL 1213 15 June 27 28 July 9-10 Aug 1-2 26 3031 July 23 24 24 Aug 22-23-24 29 By HENRY JENKINS Managing Sports Editor Its baseball time in the Appalachian Summer A League tonight with openers at Bristol Elizabethton and Kingsport The 1981 edition of Johnson City Cardinals will be unveiled at Bristol where Manager Johnny Lewis team take on the Bristol Tigers at 730 At Elizabethton the Twins entertain defending champion Paintsville at Riverside Park also at 7:30 and Kingsport is host to Bluefield The same schedule holds for Thursday and Friday then on Saturday Johnson City opens its home slate with Kingsport Elizabethton goes to Blueiield and Bnstol plays at Paintsville all three-day stands Manager Lewis named Paul Cherry a 6-1 180-pound left-hander from Davie Fla to pitch against the Tigers tonight and will follow with William Mitchell a 6-3 190-pound righthander from Brockton Mass on Thursday night He is undecided on the moundsman for Friday night The rest of the Cardinal lineup will consist of either Stanley Haas or Alan Moore behind the plate James June 24-25-26 r- Aug fc-7 7 -Aug 28-29 July 15-l6 July 26-27 Aug 16-17-l9 July 23-24-24-25 Aug 22 -23 -24 July 7-8 July 30-31 Aug 10-11-12 SCHEDULE 25 June 30 July 1 July 19-20 Aug 3-4-5 2--2fl -29 9-10 30-31 June 30 July 19 Aug 3 30 July 1 21-22 3 June 2U Aug 6-7 Aug 30f U-5- 8 6-9 30 31 July 17 July 20 Aug 25 17-1 2d -27 If -17-15 July 7 Auir 10 4 0 Kingsport looks for OFFICIAL BLTFIYLD July Au 3FIST0L June July July Li July A uu JOHNSON CITY July Au Aug July July Au pa: tsyil: pitching He helped Chuck Hiller at Marion in 1972 spending five years in the Mets organization before becoming the Boston Red Sox pitching coach for the next throe years Last year he was out of baseball in pnvate business but decided to accept a Mets offer to manage Kingsport Two sons Reginald a graduate of Fisk University in Nashville and Barry currently in college at Howard University in Washington both played baseball but Jackson says he didnt exert any pressure "My idea was that you should play for yourself and 1 think that they did he says In fact Jackson Monday was awaiting word from Barry on the results of a tryout camp he had just attended As for the Kingsport Mets the probable starting lineup listed by Jackson may be the first firm decision on a 1981 lineup vet to be announced in the league If Bluefield starts a nght-handed pitcher Wednesday Jackson said this will be his starting lineuup: Herman Winningham center field Felix Perdomo second base Kevin Mitchell third base Larry McNutt first base Bob Costello catcher Larry Thornton designated hitter Russ Ornck left fielder Mike Prosper right fielder Jim Cazet shortstop and Ans Traido pitching Most of the Mets are in the 17-18 age group Jackson said with a 22-year-old being the oldest Unlike last season when the Mets sent their No 1 draft choice Darryl Strawberry here the No I Mets choice this season Terry Blocker of Tennessee State appears headed for Little Falls Jackson said Burns first base Chip Cisco second ba3fc Brad Luther shortstop 'and Mike Gpmbes-ki third base The outfield left to right Stanley Javier or Richard Stuart (left) Jose Rodriguez (center) and Billy Fink Manager Lewis back for a second season reported that Jeff Lauck the No 4 June draft choice reported yesterday and "we are looking for two or three more before the rtwter is completed Bristol pilot Joe Lewis returns to the league scene after an absence of one season Previously he skippered the Tigers for eight straight years from 1971 through 1979 winning pennants in 1972 and 74 Waters will send Craig (Legs) Anderson a 19-year-old 6-4 190-pound righthander from Stillwater Minn against Paintsville Other Twin starters will be Sebby Borriello catching Gary Robertson first base Carson Carroll second base Rhett Whisman third base and Steve Lombardozzi at shortstop The outfield reading left to right will be David Hoyt John Salery and Tab Airello Mark Portugal a righthander will pitch Thursday night The Twins have 31 players in camp Long Island Jackson played high school baseball and then college ball at Wiley College in Marshall Texas Jackson had his first professional baseball job with the Waco Pirates 1955 as a 20-year-old and played at Mexico City the next two years He graduated to Tri-ple-A dropped back to Dou-ble-A and wound up back in Mexico City "My first commitment that I must not continue to think things will come easy but be willing to work harder came the spring of 1957 Branch Rickey Jr got a place for me in the Texas (AA) League and deep down I knew if I went to Texas and had a bad year that Id quit (I dont even like that word) So I made the commitment of my athletic life and won 19 games Jack-son said The new Kingsport manager played on the 1961 Columbus Ohio team which he describes as "the best in the minors Out of 21 guys 19 went to the majors Jackson recalls Jackson traded to St Louis in 1966 was on the Cardinal team that won the World Senes 1967 Jackson isnt new to the Appalachian League area I Your to (at By JIMMY SMYTH Executive Sports Editor KINGSPORT A1 Jack-son spotted an early problem when he arrived here to manage the Kingsport Mets of the Appalachian Summer A League Players were arriving but few pitchers were among them Jackson himself had a 16 year career as a left-handed pitcher in the major leagues starting out with Pittsburgh in 1959 and winding up with New York and Cincinnati also National League outfits in 1969 "We finally got seven pitchers Jackson said Monday "but we need 12 and Ive asked for that number Only 24 players are now on the Kingsport roster with the season opener against Bluefield scheduled Wednesday night at Fred Johnson Park But Jackson says the roster will grow "to about 30 in a few days A native of Waco Texas who now lives at Dix Hills in HYPNOSIS UNLIMITED CALL TODAY 282-5815 PAIDYI'LE July 15-16 July 28-29- Aug 25-26-27 June 27-26 -i 29 July 30-31 Aug 1-2 Au-6-7-8-9 July 11-1213 Aug 13-14-14-15 July 2-3 July 21-22 Aug 19-20-21 Sunday Doubleheader vt TfcSt2teFarm Inssncce cMa 111 rewr o( yot rsi'ancs covs'soes and needs Home car me and heai Anditdoesni cost anytteng CaM me lot a Fanv-)y Instance Checkup today JAY WHEELER Done SL Josetbor 4 K14U7 Hssm: 7M-4M isaa arv (ww a Staff Photo by Lee Talbert JC Cards Manager Johnny Lewis tosses one to Curtis Ford Shea voted ACCs top athlete Motorcycle race set for Maryville By KEITH KIMBERLIN P-C Sports Writer Big time motorcycle racing comes to East Tennessee this Sunday at the Smoky Mountain Raceway in Maryville For the first time ever the Raceway will be the site of one of the races on the Pro Senes The field will include three time national champ Jay Springsten 1980 champion Steve Eklund and 1975 champ Gary Scott Ricky Graham who has been racing three years on the pro circuit will be another racer to keep on eye on in the race Graham who hails from Pacific Grove Calif finished third in the 1980 points race The race Sunday is a national event Graham said in a interview Tuesday afternoon "Nobody will have an advantage here since this is the first time we have raced on this track Unlike their NASCAR counterparts motorcycle racers do not get days of practice "We get a couple of practice runs on the day of the race to see what the track is like Graham said "We then qualify the top 48 according to times over one lap After qualifying the top 48 are then placed into four heats The first three riders in the heats go directly to the championship race while the last three racers are done for the day The riders in between positions four through nine go to two semifinals from which only the winners advance This sets up a 14-man field for the finals The finals at Maryville will be 20 laps over a one-half-mile track "After riding a 310-pound motorcycle that long you get pretty tired" Graham said "It takes a 'combination of good reaction time quickness and stamina plus a little luck to be a winner Your equipment also has to be good if you expect to win The Maryville stop is just one of 24 races across the country Some of the more notable stops include the Houston Astrodome in Texas Daytona Fla Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis Pocono International Raceway in Pennsylvania and the Detroit Silverdome Last years race in the Silverdome drew 60000 fans Qualifying for Sunday's action will start at 11 am and heat rapes are set to start at noon The championship race will start at 2 pm Advance tickets can be purchased at Jims Motorcycle Sales for (8 and $10 Tickets at the gate will cost $10 and $12 each Pairings set for NTW tourney The National Tennis Week tournament a four-day event including singles and doubles will begin Wednesday and end Saturday with the presentation of trophies Libery Bell Complex will be the site of the tourney W4Mr vv Oom S- SuttwrtN vt McArthur 5 Moor vt HN 7 16 pm Joy wmm WrtMr-Grots Mm mum Wedwedev pm 6 JHon SoftrNs PTMO Hrrn Lmmf Vt 4 Chnnc vt Herwvr Cummtat IF YOURE AGE 46 to 87 WE CANT SAY NO LIFE INSURANCE TO HELP PAY loting with 23 votes Others receiving votes were basketball star A1 Wood and punter Steve Streater of UNC runner Hans Koeleman and forward Larry Nance of Clemson Frank Johnson of Wake Forest Gene Banks of Duke and Mafy Lou Herman of Georgia Tech Shea recantly captured the Broderick Cup awarded to the oustanding female collegiate athlete in the US She was also chosen as the top athlete at NC State During her senior year of competition she retained the A LAW national cross country title and led the Wolfpack runners to its second consecutive national title Shea also won the A1AW national title in the 5000 meters for the third consecutive year Shea -will also be a member of the US squad to compete in the world cross country championships later this year In her 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