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22 Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Friday, January 10, 1992 Charlie Hayes headed to Yanks Yanks set to deal Sax to White Sox NEW YORK (AP) The possibility of Lady Wildcats home against Shamokin West Hazleton will attempt to even its Schuylkill League Division I record tonight when the Lady Wildcats play host to Shamokin in the second of three crucial contests for the locals. The Lady 'Cats (7-5, 1-2) gained their initial league triumph Wednesday when they slammed Tamaqua, 59-36, despite the absence of standout senior guard Jeanette Shaf er. Freshman Christine Koren provided the offensive impetus in Wednesday's win with 20 points, 11 assists and eight steals. Also contributing to the key win were Ann Wolk with 11 points and Robin Reimold with 10. Toni Ruggiero had eight points and 13 rebounds.

Shamokin goes into tonight's game with an 0-3 league mark. The Tamaqua Lady Raiders (6-5, 0-3) will try to bounce back from their second straight loss when they entertain Mount Carmel (1-2) in other Division I play and North Schuylkill (12-1, 2-0) entertains Blue Mountain (2-1). In Division III action, Weatherly (4-7, 0-3) travels to Cardinal Brennan (1-1) while Panther Valley (9-1, 1-1) entertains Jim Thorpe (2-1) and Freeland (1-10, 0-3) is on the road against Mahanoy Area (7-3, 2-0). job with the loser relegated to a utility role. The Yankees last season used eight third basemen who combined to bat .225 with six home runs and 38 RBIs.

They made 37 errors. There were reports that New York was interested in Montreal's Tim Wallach, but Hayes is eight years younger and certainly a lot cheaper than the veteran Expo. Hayes hit 12 home runs and drove in 52 last season, including four home runs in five days during a period in August. But in May and June he managed six hits in 72 at-bats and drove in one run in five weeks. Hayes doesn't like to sit on the bench as a utility player.

He indicated as much several times last year after being replaced by Hollins. Chapin, 25, was 10-3 with 12 saves and a 1.95 ERA for Columbus of the Triple A International League last season. He appeared in three games for the Yankees. In 1990 he led the Double A Eastern League with 21 saves for Albany, and had 61 strikeouts in 52 2-3 innings. In six minor league seasons, he's 27-18 with 70 saves and a 2.31 ERA.

Phillies general manager Lee Thomas said the Phillies hope Chapin can help in long relief. "He's got a good reputation," Thomas said. "I'm not saying he's a can't-miss guy or anything like that, but we're going to throw him into the mix and see what happens." By RALPH BERNSTEIN AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) The New York Yankees will get third baseman Charlie Hayes as the player to be named later in the Wednesday deal that sent right-handed relief pitcher Darrin Chapin to the Philadelphia Phillies, a source said Thursday. A source close to the Phillies confirmed a report that the club had given up on Hayes, acquired from San Francisco with pitchers Terry Mulholland and Dennis Cook in June 1989 for reliever Steve Bedrosian. The source said the Yankees needed to clear a roster spot before Hayes could be named as the other player in the Chapin deal.

The Phillies have expressed disappointment in Hayes, who they thought would be the successor to the retired Mike Schmidt. Hayes hit .258 in 84 games for the Phillies in 1989, the same in 154 games in 1990. He slipped to .230 last season and lost his job to Dave Hollins, who hit .298 with six home runs and 21 RBIs after being brought up in mid-season from Triple A ScrantonWilkes-Barre in the International League. The Phillies have been trying to deal Hayes since the end of last season, especially after trading pitcher Bruce Ruffin to Milwaukee for infielder Dale Sveum. Sveum is expected to compete with Hollins for the regular third base Steve Sax being traded from the New York Yankees to the White Sox increased again Thursday when the second baseman waived his right to block a deal to Chicago.

Yankees general manager Gene Michael, who backed away from a deal last week, said Thursday that he would speak again with White Sox general manager Ron Schueler. In return for Sax, New York would get pitcher Melido Perez and another player. In the deal that was contemplated last week, it would have been a minor leaguer, but Scheuler said last week he was told by Michael that the New York general manager's superiors wanted another player. Sax has $10.9 million remaining on a four-year contract that begins in 1992. New York, which paid a $1.5 million signing bonus on the contract, would pay $1.6 million of the remainder of the contract under the deal that was talked about last week.

Sax has a limited no-trade clause in the contract, but Thursday gave the Yankees a letter waiving the provision in the event a deal was worked out with the White Sox. Dacostino Walsh, Davis, Grant among NFL Hall of Fame finalists (Continued from page 20) quarter. Hrivnak had eight the Trojans. Nanticoke quickly built their lead to six points on two Diksa baskets to open the third period and still led by six, 41-35, midway through the third period. The Mountaineers, now 10-2 overall, then began a comeback that started with back-to-back baskets by Dacostino off steals by Jim Warrington and Abdullah.

Hrivnak's two free throws made it 43-39 before two foul shots by Abdullah and a free throw and a basket by Long off a steal gave Hazleton a 44-43 lead with 1:11 left in the third quarter. Hrivnak's three-point field goal regained the lead for the Trojans, but Abdullah's two-pointer sent the game into the fourth quarter tied, 46-46. Abdullah had six points in the third period and Long had five. Hrivnak had six. Dacostino's three-point play gave Hazleton a 49-46 lead and after Hrivnak's basket made it 49-48, back-to-back baskets by Abdullah and Dacostino, both off offensive rebounds, put Hazleton ahead by five, 53-48.

The Trojans responded with a five-point run on a three-point play by Hrivnak and a basket by Beggs, but the Mountaineers came back with a six-point burst. Abdullah hit a turnaround from seven feet out and Dacostino, who had 11 points in the final eight minutes, hit four foul shots, the last with 29 seconds left to give Hazleton a seemingly comfortable 59-53 lead. But Beggs, a sharpshooting 5-7 junior guard, banked in a three-pointer with 23 seconds left and after the last of Hazleton's 20 turnovers, Hrivnak pumped in a three-pointer from the comer to deadlock the score at 59-59 with 11 seconds left. The Trojans then tied up Dacostino following the inbounds pass, but the possession arrow was in Hazleton's favor and they still had six seconds to take the basketball the length of the court. Shershen got the ball to Dacostino at halfcourt and the rest is history.

NOTES Dacostino's 24 points were high for Hazleton, who got 18 from Abdullah and eight from Long, who played most of the second half with his left eye half closed because of a bad cut he sustained Tuesday night in the Crestwood game. Hrivnak finished with 26 for the Trojans, Beggs had 14 and Diksa, playing what Carey called his best game, finished eith 10... Hazleton made 24 of 48 shots from the floor for 50 percent and Nanticoke hit 25 of 52 shots for 48.1 The Mountaineers finished with a 30-25 advantage off the boards. Abdullah had 14 rebounds and Warrington grabbed six. Biehl led Nanticoke with Both teams turned the ball over 20 Dacostino blocked two shots and Long and Abdullah each blocked Hazleton High School athletic director Chris Perry announced that Bishop Hoban sent 450 tickets for presale for Saturday night's game.

He said the following guidelines will be used for distribution of the tickets. The members of the boys varsity basketball team and coaches will be able to purchase a maximum of five tickets and the members of the junior varsity team will be allowed to purchase up to two tickets. Forty-seven tickets will be allotted for the fan bus for tonight's game and the remaining tickets will go on sale starting at 7 o'clock tonight at Hazleton High School. Fans are asked to use the main entrance to the high Nanticoke got 18 points from Dan Wempa and 11 from Mike Vnuk in winning the junior varsity game, 57-32. Paul Shershen led Hazleton with 13 points.

NANTCOKE (59) Domzalski 0 0-0 0, Hrivnak 11 3-6 26, Biehl 3 0-16, Oresick 10-0 2, Beggs 5 0-0 14, Diksa 5 0-0 10, Baran 01-21. Totals 23 4-9 59. HAZLETON (61) Long 3 2-4 8, Dacostino 8 6-8 24, Warrington 3 0-0 6, Sunnick 0 0-0 0, Shershen 0 0-0 0, Kutchmarick 1 0-0 2, Abdullah 8 2-2 18, Passon 1 0-0 3. Totals 24 10-14 61. Nanticoke 13 18 IS 13 59 Hazleton 19 10 17 15 61 Officials John Leighton and Bruce Weinstock.

Three-point field goals: Nanticoke Hrivnak, Beggs 4. Hazleton Dacostino 2, Passon. Raiders' .674 winning percentage is the best in pro sports. He helped expedite the AFL-NFL merger and has feuded with the NFL ever since engineering the Raiders' controversial move to Los Angeles in 1982. Grant came to the Vikings after spending a decade as the coach of Winnipeg of the CFL, where he had a record of 102-56-2 and won four championships.

Grant also played six years of pro football, two with the Philadelphia Eagles and four with Winnipeg, and before that spent two years with the Minneapolis Lakers of the NBA. One of Grant's most decorated players was Eller, who spent all but one of his 16 pro seasons with the Vikings. He was a member of the famed Purple People Eaters and was named to six Pro Bowls. Barney was a Detroit Lion for all of his 11 seasons, intercepting 56 passes and returning seven for touchdowns. Mack, Dierdorf and Brown were among the best blockers of the last three decades.

Mack spent all of his 13 seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, while Dierdorf put in 13 years with the St. Louis Cardinals. Brown played for the Eagles, Rams and Raiders. Guy was the first punter ever drafted in the first round and backed up that decision by the Raiders. He played in 229 straight games, punting 1,049 times for a 42.4-yard average with only three punts blocked.

Joiner caught 750 passes for 12,146 yards and 65 touchdowns in 18 years with the Houston Oilers, Cincinnati Bengals and San Diego Chargers. Mackey was the prototype for tight ends, a bruising blocker who also had the speed to go deep. He caught 331 passes for 5,236 yards and 38 TDs in nine seasons with the Baltimore Colts and one with the Chargers. Swann was the deep threat of the Pittsburgh Steelers' glory years. He had 336 receptions for 5,462 yards and 51 TDs during nine seasons with the Steelers.

He was the MVP of the 1976 Super Bowl catching four passes for 161 yards including a 64-yard game-winning touchdown reception. Riggins ranks as the sixth all-time rusher in NFL history with 11,352 yards. During 14 seasons with the New York Jets and Washington Redskins, he scored 116 touchdowns. He played in two Super Bowls and was the MVP in the Redskins' victory in 1983, carrying 38 times for 166 yards. Galimore rushed for 2,985 yards in seven seasons with the Chicago Bears before being killed in an auto accident in 1964.

The inductees will be enshrined Aug. 1 at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. CANTON, Ohio (AP) Bill Walsh and Al Davis, each of whom built three Super Bowl championship teams, and Bud Grant, who won just about everything but a Super Bowl, are among 15 finalists announced Thursday for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Other finalists include cornerback Lem Barney, defensive end Carl Eller, offensive linemen Bob Brown, Dan Dierdorf and Tom Mack, running backs John Riggins and Willie Galimore, punter Ray Guy, wide receivers Charlie Joiner and Lynn Swann, tight end John Mackey and New York Giants owner Wellington Mara. Walsh, now a television analyst, coached the San Francisco 49ers to victory in the 1982, 1985 and 1989 Super Bowls.

Davis, a coach, general manager and owner of the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders, guided his team to Super Bowl victories in 1977, 1981 and 1984. Grant won 158 games in 18 years as the coach of the Minnesota Vikings, but victory eluded him in four trips to the Super Bowl. The induction class of 1992 will be announced Jan. 25 in Minneapolis. If elected, Mara would complete the first father-son combination in the hall.

His father, Giants founder Tim Mara, was a charter member in 1963. Guy would be the first full-time punter ever inducted. Guy, Joiner, Walsh and Mara are finalists for the first time. The finalists were picked by a mail vote by a 66-person selection committee. Galimore is the nominee of the seniors committee.

Walsh had a 102-63-1 record during 10 years as the coach of the 49ers. Taking over a 2-14 team in 1979, Walsh led the 49ers to their first-ever NFL championship in three years. His teams won six NFC West titles and made the playoffs in seven of his last eight seasons. The 60-year-old Walsh was the NFL coach of the year in 1981. He developed a reputation as an offensive innovator who turned the ball-control passing attack into an art form.

Under his tutelage, Cincinnati's Ken Anderson, San Diego's Dan Fouts and the 49ers' Joe Montana became outstanding quarterbacks. Davis is the only person to serve pro football as a scout, assistant coach, head coach, general manager, league commissioner (of the AFL) and principal team owner. In three years as coach of the Raiders, he had a 23-16-3 record. During the first 28 years of the Davis era, the Sanders, Fontes cop NFL honors By BRUCE RULE Associated Press Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders and coach Wayne Fontes won the Maxwell Football Club's NFL player and coach of the year honors Thursday. Sanders gained 1,548 yards and scored 16 touchdowns this season, his third in the NFL after playing for Oklahoma State.

Sanders will receive the Bert Bell Award. Fontes will be presented with the Earle "Greasy" Neale Award. Don James of Washington was named winner of the Munger Award as top college coach. Receiver Desmond Howard of Michigan earlier was named winner of the Maxwell Award as top college player. "It's a tremendous honor," said Sanders, speaking by telephone from Detroit, where the Lions are getting ready to play at the Washington Redskins in the National Conference championship Sunday.

"I have kind of mixed emotions because I'm involved in preparing for a big game so I can't give as much attention to the award as I should," he said. Fontes, also speaking by telephone from Detroit, said his success was due to the "never-say-die" attitude of his coaching staff and players. "They did a tremendous job," he said. "To do what they have through all the injuries is a great thing." Fontes coached the Lions to a 12-4 regular-season record despite losing five starting players to season-ending injuries. Sanders became the third player to win both the Maxwell Award as the best college player and the Bell Award.

Roger Staubach and O.J. Simpson were the others. Fontes said Sanders compares favorably with Simpson. "When we were looking at him at draft time, I said 'I think this guy is better than O.J.,' Fontes said. He said both were fast and agile, with Simpson Wildcats Huskies (Continued from page 21) Officials Brian McBride and Kevin Yurkanin.

Three-point field goals: Rock Glen Mulligan. DA. Harinan Conado. H.F. GREBEY FREELAND 52 32 WEST HAZLETON (73) Pressler 6 2-2 18, Gorski 2 2-3 6, Marshall 13 7-13 35, Evans 3 0-0 6, Plafukia 10-0 2, Guurizzi 2 2-2 6.

Totals 27 13-19 73. TAMAQUA (55) Rugger! 1 0-0 2, Novey 4 0-0 11, Schock 0 0-2 0, Onushco 1 1-2 3, Armenise 1 0-0 2, Rottet 1 0-0 3, Fritz 60-3 14, Koch 0 0, DiSante 2 0-2 4, Edwards 3 1-2 7, Ligena 4 0-0 9. Total 23 2-11 55. Wtt Hazleton 17 26 17 13 73 Tamaqin 9 16 15 15 55 Officials Bob Wilson and Mario Don-nangelo. Three-point field goals: West Hazleton Pressler 4, Marshall 2.

Tamaqua Novey 3 Rottet, Fritz 2, Ligenza. ASA umps needed Any individual interested in becoming an ASA umpire this season should contact Cal Gabos at 455-0139 between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. (Continued from page 20) (27-45), including 6-for-10 from three-point range, while Tamaqua finished the game with a 33.7 percent performance (23-68) and hit on seven of 32 three-point attempts. "I thought we passed up some excellent scoring opportunities against their zone, which they play extremely well," said Edwards.

"Nobody wanted to step up into the high post, and when we did get the ball inside, we either passed up the drive or pushed the ball back out front" Tamaqua won the junior varsity game, 86-76. West Hazleton improved to 7-1 and plays a key road game Saturday night at Shamokin. Tamaqua fell to 8-3 and visits Mount Carmel Saturday night. was 42-22 after three periods. H.F.

Grebey won the junior varsity game, 45-21. Freeland will visit West Hazleton Monday and H.F. Grebey travels to Rock Glen. HJ. GREBEY (52) Tune 11 2-3 24, O'Donnell 5 0-1 10, Joel Ewer 2 0-0 4, Jay Ewer 11-23, Krouse 0 0-0 0, Racosky 10-0 2, Mensinger 0 3-4 3, Baran 10-02, Howath 2 0-0 4, DeBias 0 0-0 0, Fisher 0 0-0 0, Yocum 0 0-00.

Totals 23 6-10 52. FREELAND (32) Lloyd 6 0-0 13, Herrero 6 1-2 13, R. Rendick 0 0-0 0, Suda 1 0-2 2, R. Veet 00-00, Lapchak 00-0 0, Hadzick 0 0-0 0, Babbish 0 0-0 0, Quinn 0 0-0 0, Mi so 0 0-0 0, Karpowich 0 0-0 0, Puzetti 2 0-0 4, Rizzo 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 1-4 31 HJ.

Grebey 15 15 10 52 Fred and 8 3 11 10 32 Officials Mike Ross and Joe Tito. Three-point field goals: HJ. Grebey None. Freeland Lloyd. Chad Lingle added 11 points for the Millionaires and Randy Hinkelman had eight.

Steve Martonick paced the Wildcats with 25 points, Joe Godfrey had nine and Sean Kostic seven. Williamsport took control with an 18-6 first-quarter spurt and never was headed. West Hazleton won the junior varsity game. West Hazleton will host Freeland Monday in Anthracite League play. WILLIAMSPORT (70) Campbell 0 3-4 3, Bullock 20-04, Montgomery 2 0-04, Fey 2 0-2 4, Lingle 5 1-2 11, Bloom 0 0-6 0, Bower 2 0-2 5, Gravely 13 29, Hinkelman 4 0-0 8, Derer 10-0 2.

Totals 31 4-1070. WEST HAZLETON (47) Ubanoaki 0 0-0 0, Babuli 1 0-1 2, Kostic 3 1-2 7, Martonick 10 5-6 25, Grink 0 0-0 0, Sundra 2 0-0 4, Stark 0 0-0 0, Bator 0 0-0 0, Tranguch 0 0-0 0, DeJoseph 0 0-0 0, Godfrey 4 0-2 9. Totals 20 6-1147. Williamiport II 16 13 23 70 WestHazletoa 16 14 11-47 Officials Fred Dute and Joe Belletiere. Three-point field goals: Williamsport Bower, Gravely.

West Hazleton Godfrey. being bigger, but Sanders has better vision on the field. Rob Turse scored a game-high 24 points and O'Donnell added 10 as H.F. Grebey won for the third time in four league games, downing Freeland, 52-32, at the Freeland YMCA. Pat Lloyd and Randy Herrero had 13 points apiece for the Whippets (2-2).

Grebey took control with a 15-8 spurt in the first period and increased its advantage to 30-11 by halftime on the strength of a 15-3 second-quarter explosion. It "Barry Sanders is the most unselfish individual I've ever been with," Fontes said. "All he cares about is his team WILUAMSPORT WEST HAZLETON 70 47 In four seasons, 1946-49, Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox drew a record 606 walks. Steve Gravely had a game-high 29 points and Williamsport took charge early to coast past West Hazleton, 70-47, in non-league play at West Hazleton High School. MICKEY'S GOLF SHOP 1A mile off Rt.

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