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14A TUF CHARLOTTE ODSrRVER Tuesday November 1 1983 Sports Board TANK McNAMARA Phils Cut Morgan As He Requested Prom Associated Press Reports Football NFL Standings American Conference East Sports In Brief Rushing Defense National Conference BasketbaiT Percentage of Sub-Par Holes: 1 Tom Watson 211 2 Ben Crenshaw 209 3 tie Jack Nicklaus and Hal Sutton 203 5 Fred Couples 201 Eagle Leaders: 1 Chip Beck 15 2 Mark O'Meara 14 3 Hal Sutton 13 4 Brad Bryant 12 5 Ray Flovd 11 Birdie Leaders: 1 Hal Sutton 399 2 Chip Beck 394 3 Payne Stewart 382 4 Fred Couples 381 5 Fuzzy Zoeiler 376 Harrison OnoU Murray Schofield WakeFr Cockrell Tenn Sevens Uah Soaraffa TCU Archer lOwaSt Rayburn KentSt SchuchisVa Bennett Duke Britt BaHSt Mckav SDSt 223 134 1S68 9 123 1S3 82 1061 9 123 4 262 150 1782 13 122 4 182 97 1269 10 122 3 184 101 1288 8 121 146 78 1700 3 119 7 288 165 1839 14 119 3 72 976 6 119 2 183 92 1405 9 119 0 354 219 2132 11 118 2 273 160 1835 11 116 6 273 149 1993 10 116 3 NBA Standings Eastern Conference Atlantic Division Hockey NHL Standings Wales Conference Patrick Division Western Conference Midwest Division Houston Dallas Denver San Anlomo Kansas City Utah GB 2 2 2 V'l 1'2 GB Pet 1000 500 500 500 000 000 Pet 1000 1000 500 500 500 000 Pacific Division denotes late game MONDAY'S RESULT Washington at San Diego late SUNDAY'S RESULTS Detroit 38 Chicago 17 St Louis 41 Minnesota 31 Atlanta 24 New England 13 Butfalo 27 New Orleans 21 Piitsburgh 17 Tampa Bav 12 Baltimore 22 Philadelphia 21 Dallas 38 New York Giants 20 Cleveland 25 Houston 19 (OT Miami 30 A Rams 14 Seattle 34 A Raiders 21 Denver 27 Kansas City 24 Jets z7 San Francisco 13 Cincinnati 34 Green Bav 14 NEXT SUNDAY'S GAMES Atlanta at New Orleans 1 pm Cincinnati at Houston 1 pm Tampa Bav at Minnesota 1 Dallas at Philadelphia 1 pm Cleveland vs Green Bay at Milwaukee 1 A Raiders at Kansas City 1 San Diego at Pittsburgh 1 pm Buffalo at New England 1 om Miami at San Francisco 4pm Denver at Seattle 4 pm Chicago at A Rams 4 Baltimore at Jets 4 pm St Louis at Washington 4 pm NEXT MONDAY'S GAME Giants at Detroit 9 pm Second-baseman Joe Morgan asked tor and received his unconditional release from the Philadelphia Phillies the club announced Monday Phillies president Bill Giles said in a statement spoke with Joe several times last week and he made up his mind regarding next season There was a clause in his contract in which we had an Oct 31 deadline for renewing his contract for 1984 requested that the Phillies exercise their option not to renew his contract and he be given his release so that if he decided to play next season he could play closer to he said Morgan who lives in Oakland Calif reportedly is negotiating with the San Diego Padres to play there in 1984 The Atlanta Braves announced that they have decided not to pursue the signing of Pete Rose also given his release from the Phillies because he wants to be a starter Rose became free to seek a spot with another team when the Phillies dropped him after their World Series loss to the Baltimore Orioles NHL Player Suspended Tom Lysiak of the Chicago Black Hawks was suspended for 20 games by referee Dave Newell the stiffest penalty ever handed out by a referee for sending a linesman to the ice in a NHL League game Sunday night against the Hartford Whalers Lysiak who said he was contemplating legal action over the decision was suspended by Newell under NHL rule 67 that deals with abuse of officials He was charged with flipping the skates out from under linesman Ron Foyt during the game Foyt had ordered Lysiak from the faceoff circle at 15:05 of the second period of 6-1 victory over the Whalers More Free Agents Rod Carew a seven-time American League batting champion and outfielder Dan Ford of the world champion Baltimore Orioles were among seven players who filed for free agency over the weekend the Major League Players Association said Forty-six players have made themselves available for the re-entry draft set for next Monday Carew a first baseman batted 339 for the California Angels this Campbell Conference Norris Division Los Angeles Golden State Portland San Diego Seattle Phoenix year Ford batted 280 with nine homers and 55 RBIs for the Orioles Others filing included pitchers JR Richard a former Houston Astros player who hurled in the majors since having a stroke in 1980 and Jerry Koos-man of the Chicago White Sox first baseman Enos Cabell of the Detroit Tigers reserve infielder Kiko Garcia of the Philadelphia Phillies and reserve outfielder Miguel Dilone of the Pittsburgh Pi rates Catcher Bob Boone who had been eligible for free agency resigned with the California Angeles He received a three-year contract Lendl In Volvo Two-time defending champion Ivan Lendl winner of his fourth Volvo Grand Prix this year in Tokyo on Sunday is the first player to qualify for the Volvo Masters Tennis Championship scheduled for Jan 10-15 at Madison Square Garden in New York The tournament matches the top 12 singles players and top six doubles teams according to year-end Grand Prix standings Lendl leads those standings 388 points ahead of Mats Wilander Yarborough Doubtful Cale Yarborough said he doubts he will drive in this Atlanta Journal 500 stock car race because of injuries he received in last fiery American 500 crash Yarborough was leading the American 500 at North Carolina Motor Speedway when he and Darrell Waltrip crashed into the first turn on the 12th lap Waltrip finished fifth in the race while Yarborough's Chevrolet was a total loss Bits And Pieces Champion Donald Curry has injured his hand while sparring and his World Boxing Association welterweight title fight Nov 26 against Marlon Starling has been indefinitely postponed manager said The Washington Federals of the US Football League announced the signings of former Maryland running back John Nash defensive back William Hoggard of NC State and former Norfolk State running back George Parker 1 1 1 l'j Passing Defense AttCp Yds Ydspg MONDAY'S RESULTS No games scheduled SUNDAY'S RESULTS Seattle 121 Kansas City 116 San Antonio 123 Dallas 101 TODAY'S GAMES Cleveland al New Jersey 7 35 Chicago at Philadelphia 7 35 Milwaukee al Detroit 7 35 Houston al Indiana 7 35 Washington at Atlanta 8 10 pm Portland at San Antonio 8 30 Golden Stale at Kansas City 8 35 Dallas at Denver 9 40 Seattle at Phoenix 10 35 pm Texas Texas SW Louisiana Ohio Army Tennessee New Mexico Si Arkansas No Carolina Notre Dame Texas Tech KenluCky Wisconsin TCU Wake Forest Stanford Eastern Mich 141 55 669 149 71 878 120 52 780 164 91 1078 174 91 1039 214 113 1115 193 88 1772 144 68 1007 716 173 1153 776 115 H56 179 67 101? 199 91 1157 713 99 1162 148 71 1169 770 11? 1336 19? 109 1706 18? 109 1206 956 109 7 1114 178 5 179 9 1394 1413 1439 144 I 144 5 144 6 144 6 145 2 146 1 148 4 1507 1507 College NCAA I-AA Poll Receiving Racing MONOAY'S RESULTS No games scheduled SUNDAY'S RESULTS Pittsburgh 5 New Jersey 3 Buffalo Montreal 4 Islanders 6 Philadelphia 2 Edmonton 5 Rangers 4 (OT) Calgary 4 Vancouver 3 (OT) Chicago 6 Hartford 1 Washington 7 Winnipeg 3 TODAY'S GAMES Hartford at Montreal 7 35 Los Angeles at Quebec 7 35 Vancouver at Islanders 005 pm Detroit at SI Louis 8 35 pm NHL Player of Week Goalie Al Jensen who gave up iust four goals while leading fhe Washington Capitals to four straight road victories last week was named player of the week Jensen set or tied several club records in compiling his victory string 1-0 over Pittsburgh 2-0 over New Jersey 6-1 over Minnesota and 7-3 over Winnipeg He set a team record for longest shutout string 154 minutes 6 seconds breaking his old mark of 124 minutes 8 seconds set in 1982-83 He tied club records for most consecutive victories (five) set by Wavne Stephenson in 1979-80 and for most shutouts in a season (two) Jensen who stooped 92 of 96 shots during the string lowered his goais-agamst average from 416 to 2 44 Shorl Tracks Concord Speedway Sunday's Go-karts Results Rear Mount: 1 Dennis Terry 2 Jerry Roberts Open: 1 Kenny Hudson Matthews 2 Joe Earl 3 Stevie Stephens 4 David Funderburk 2-cvde: 1 Steve Isenhour 2 Glenn Ken-worthy Heavy: 1 Ronnie Sewell 2 A Kurtman 3 Chris Whitaker 4 Ronme Medlin Limited Heavy: 1 Gene Brown 2 Benme Dunn 3 David Funderburk 4 Ernest Lee Light: I Junior Shaiiev 2 Jim Luckev 3 Tony Sewell 4 Jeff Wesson Junior: 1 James Russell 2 Jeff Mackev 3 Jeff Thornton Marty Threat! NCAA Team Leaders Rushing Offense PGA Seniors Grand Slam Tournament Tennis Southern 500 Race Shifted To Sunday At Chiyoda Japan Sunday's Results Final Round Gene Uttler $50000 Miller Barber $31 000 Don January $23 000 Rod Funseih $15 000 Gav Brewer $15000 Robert DeVicnz $11000 Jim Ferree $8 oOO Paul Harney $8 000 Billy Casoer $5500 Bob Toski $5 0u0 Peter Thompson $4500 Dow Fmslerwald $3 500 Jetry Barber $3500 Guv Wlstnhlm S3 500 Al Balding $7500 Arnold Palmer $7500 Christy O'Connor $2000 Tom Nieporle $7000 Eric Brown $2000 71-70-68-67-276 71-68-68-71-278 74-72-67-68-281 70-74-68 70-282 70-70-70-72-282 73-67-68-75-783 74-6973-69-785 72-73-69-72-786 75-70-71-74-790 78-73-69-71-291 69-72-78-73-292 75-71-71-75-792 76-73-73-70-292 71-75-75-72-293 73-74-77-71-295 77-74-71-74-796 74-81-73-75-303 74-92-75-73-314 Stockholm Open At Stockholm Sweden First-Round Results Men's Singes Mark Dickson Anders Henrlcs-son 6-2 3-6 6-3 Erick Iskersky Eric Fromm 3-6 7-5 6-4 Jan Gun-narsson Tim Wilkison 7-5 6-4 Joakim Nvstrom Michael Westphal 4-6 6-2 6-3 Jaromtr Becka Bernard Bolleau 2-6 6-2 6-4 Christoph Roger-Vasselin Peter Carlsson 3-6 6-1 6-4 Gianni Ocleppo Per Hlert-qulst 5-7 6-2 6-4 Stefan Simonsson Mario Martinez 6-2 6-2 Stefan Edberg Corrado Barazzutti 6-3 6- College Area Roundup Money Leaders Through Pensacola Open Soccer Passing Offense College Players of Week Carolina's Conference Catawba's Andrew McKav and Pfeiffer's Joe Acqui have been named soccer players of fhe week McKay a freshman midfielder from Rochester scored five goals and had four assists as Catawba defeated St Andrews 3-2 and Mars Hill 13-0 He ended the season with a leagueleading 3 39 scoring average Acoui scored three goals as FHeiffer defeated Barber-Scotia 4-0 and Pembroke State 5-3 Guilford 9-6-1 overall took the 1983 Carolines Conference soccer championship with a 7-0 league record Players of Week ACC: Maryland quarterback Boomer Esiason and Duke wide receiver Mark Miiiteiio have been named offensive players of fhe week Esiason 6-4 200 lbs a senior from East Isiip led the Terrapins to a 28-26 victory over previously undefeated North Carolina in a game that gave Maryland sole possession of the conference lead Esiason was 10 of 20 for 137 yards in the game Miiiteiio 6-3 195-lbs a senior from St Louis played a key role in the Blue Devils' 32-26 win over Georgia Tech He tied a school record for the most receptions in a game with 13 Militello's catches nine in the second half accounted for 140 of Duke's 258 passing yards He is now second in the ACC in receptions with 46 C1AA: Winston-Salem's 33-17 romp over Johnson Smith has earned the Rams both offensive football plaver-of-the-week awards Honored were Daniel Moore a 252-lb sophomore center as lineman of the week and Karlton Watson a 6-foot-4 208-pound senior quarterback as back of the week Moore was cited as the key blocker In the forward wall as the Rams rolled up 521 yards in total offense in upping their league record to 4-0-1 and remaining on top in the Southern Division Walton ran 37 yards for the Rams' first touchdown and completed 11 of 14 passes for 233 yards and two more scores Wmston-Saiem accumulated 288 yards on the ground SOUTHERN: Jack Borders whose blocking helped Furman's offense amass 398 rushing yards in a 55-7 victory over Davidson was chosen offensive player of the week The 6-3 220-lb tight end from Summerville was the third Furman player to be chosen this year as the conference's offensive standout Borders also caught three passes for 34 yards in Saturday's contest 8: Newberry quarterback Jimmy Skipper and Carson-Newman linebacker Emery Randolph are players of the week Skipper 5-11 180-lbs a sophomore from Columbia completed 24 of 44 passes for 388 yards and two touchdowns as Newberry lost 45-33 to West Georgia He also ran 14 times for 47 yards and set five school records Randolph 5-11 194-lbs a freshman linebacker from Waverly Ga had 14 solo tackles eight assists two sacks and one fumble recovery as Carson-Newman stopped Lenoir-Rhyne 21-15 NCAA Individual Leaders Miscellaneous Rushing Car Yds Avg Ydspg The Southern 500 which will be moved to Sunday will climax the newest tripleheader NASCAR stock car racing program Darlington Raceway's president said Monday The Southern 500 Winston Cup which ran on Labor Day for 34 years was moved to Sunday at 1 pm to accommodate racing fans said raceway president WD Tyler running the race on Sunday the fans will have Monday to return Tyler said Qualifying for the Southern 500 will be held Aug 30 followed by the sixth annual Komfort Koach 150 on Aug 31 On Sept 1 gates will open at 8 am to admit spectators to Darlington Infield Then at 2 pm the Darlington 200 NASCAR Late Model Sportsman race will be held Still No 1 With just one week of regular season games left for South Carolina high school football teams nine teams remain unbeaten in the four divisions Lewisville was the only newcomer to the No 1 slot this week taking command in 1A play Gaffney Seneca and Woodruff all won their ninth games of the year to retain the top rankings in 4A 3A and 2A The Gaffney Indians trailed 8-7 at halftime in their game with Union but exploded for 31 second-half points to notch the 38-8 win The victory set up a showdown this week with No 9 Spartanburg for the 4A Region II title Camden remained second and Dillon moved up to third with Summerville fourth and Beaufort fifth In 3 A Seneca notched its seventh shutout of the season 27-0 over Westside Clinton was second followed by Strom Thurmond In 2A No 1 Woodruff logged its seventh shutout of the season defeating Greenville 28-0 73-0 mauling of Lockhart paired with loss gave the Lions the top spot in the 1A rankings Archer Takes Net Title Buck Archer is again the 60-and-over Division Singles champion in the Southern Senior Closed Tennis Championships completed Sunday at Litchfield Beach SC Archer a long-time Shelby resident defeated Jim Nesbitt of Charlotte 6-1 6-3 in the title match Charlotte had strong representation in the final round led by June Shepard and Sara Jones who teamed to win the 50s Doubles defeating fellow Charlotteans Hazel Jones and June Derby 6-4 6-1 Shepard had a busy day in fact playing in three finals She and partner Judy McKaughn of Charlotte lost to Diane Sanders and Kay Evans 7-5 6-3 in the 40s Doubles Then Shepard fell to Betty Wartham of Durham in the finals of the 50s Singles 3-6 6-0 6-4 In other action Tommy Bartlett beat Sam Woods 6-2 6-4 in the 50s Singles finals Archer and Frank Love of Belmont stopped Kurt Walden and Frank Heberer 7-6 6-4 in the Men's 60s Doubles and Vince Conneratt of Charlotte and Alan Smith of Durham defeated Tom Byrd and Barbara Ratliff in 70s Doubles 6-3 7-6 District 6 Pairings The NAIA District 6 Soccer tournament begins this afternoon with Presbyterian at Winthrop and Coker at the College of Charleston in 3 pm first-round games The winner of Presbyterian-Winthrop will face second-seeded Erskine Thursday at 3 pm at Due West while the Coker-Charleston winner will travel to Spartanburg to meet No 1-seeded USC-Spar-tanburg (15-0-1) at the same time The district championship game will be held at the site of the higher seeeded team on Saturday at 3 pm Tickets are $2 for adults $1 for students with ID District 26 Pairings Guilford College (9-6-1) has been named the No 1 seed in the NAIA District 26 Soccer tourney which also begins today First-round games both beginning at 2 pm have Atlantic Christian at High Point and Pfeiffer at Elon Semifinals are set for Thursday at 2 pm with the Atlantic Christian-High Point winner at Guilford and the Pfeiffer-Elon winner at No 2 seeded UNC-Asheville (13-4-4) The championship game will be at the site of the highest finalist Edited bv Stan Olson Transactions Auto Racing NASCAR-Announced Richard Petty Is leaving Petty Enterprises for Kannaoolts-based racing team ending a 25-vear atfil tation with family-owned racing business Baseball American League CALIFORNIA-Signed Bob Boone to three-vear contract and OF Ellis Valentine to muiti-vear pact CHICAGO-Placed Dick Tidrow on waivers National League LOS ANGELES-Signed Jose Morales to one-vear contract PHILADELPHIA-Released 2B Joe Morgan PITTSBURGH-Placed Bob Owchmko on waivers Basketball NBA GOLDEN STATE -Signed Ron Brewer and placed him on imured list NEW JERSEY-Stgned Mark Jones Football USPL WASHINGTON-Signed R0 John Nash and George Parker DE Bob Cobb and DB William Hoggard Hockey NHL DETROIT-Recalled DM Randy Lacouceur from Adirondack of American Hockey League Sent Murray Craven to Medicine Hat ot Western Hockey League ST LOUlS-Assigned DM Jim Pavese to Montana of Central Hockey League Cut Ralph Kiassen Total Offense High School SC Poll 4A 1 Gaffney (11) 9-0 110 2 Camden 9-0 97 3 Dillon 9-0 80 4 Summerville 8-1 69 5 Beaufort 8-1 65 6 Irmo 8-1 48 7 Laurens 8 1 47 8 Hartsville 8-1 30 9 Spartanburg 7-2 29 10 Airport 8-1 23 11 tie Hilicrest (Simpsonville) 7-2 and Walterboro 6-3 1 3A 1 Seneca (10) 9-0 109 2 Clinton 8-1 94 3 Strom Thurmond (1) 9-0 91 4 Byrnes 8-1 79 5 Garrett 7-1 60 6 Mvrtle Beach 7-2 58 7 South Aiken 7-2 40 8 Lake City 7-2 27 9 St Andrews 7-3 10 10 Greer 6-3 6 2A 1 Woodruff (9) 9-0 106 2 Wade Hampton (H) 9-0 92 3 St Johns (Jl) (2) 9-0 88 4 Loris 8-1 78 5 Central (Pageland) 9-0 76 6 Fort Mill 8-1 43 7 Silver Bluff 6-1 41 8 Edisto 8-1 34 9 Andrews 8-1 22 10 Allendaie-Fair-fax 7-2 7 1A 1 Lewisville (6) 9-0 106 2 Soring-Monetta (1) 0-1 92 3 Blackville-Hilda 8-1 89 4 East Clarendon 8-1 67 5 Jonesvllie 8-1 57 6 tie Aynor (1) 7-2 52 Lake View 8-1 52 6 Calhoun Falls (1) 7-2 38 9 Lamar 7-2 27 10 St George 7-2 10 PGA Leaders Through Pensacola Open Scoring Leaders: 1 Ray Flovd 70 61 2 Calvin Peefe 70 62 3 Don Poolev 70 80 4 Hale Irwin 70 82 5 Jack Nicklaus 70 88 Average Driving Distance: 1 John McComish 277 4 2 Curt Bvrum 276 0 3 Tom Weiskoof 274 3 4 Tom Purtzer 272 8 5 Mark Calcavecchia 272 5 Driving Percentage In Fairway: 1 Calvin Peete 846 2 Jack Renner 755 3 Isao Aoki 736 4 tie Lee Trevino Tim Norris and David Edwards 726 Greens in Regulation: 1 Calvin Peete 714 2 Johnny Miller 707 3 Wayne Levi 697 4 Larry Nelson 695 5 Jack Nicklaus 692 Average Putts Per Round: 1 Morris Hatalsky 27 96 2 Isao Aoki 28 39 3 Tom Walson 28 77 4 Ben Crenshaw 28 80 5 tie Dents Watson and Ray Fiovd 28 81 Lake Levels (Up or down from fuN pond) James Hickory Down 3 Down 2 9 feet 9 feet Down 3 5 feet Down 4 2 feet Down 3 feel Down 2 9 feet Down 2 3 feet Norman Mountain Island Wylie Wateree Marion Passing Att Comp Yds TD Avg 163 113 1441 7 149 2 17? 72 1037 9 144 9 170 90 1497 13 143 9 261 153 7177 IS 143 8 121 65 1090 8 1479 106 893 8 147 8 W8 110 1584 10 142 7 219 123 1973 12 142 6 709 127 1643 13 139 7 738 163 1748 9 139 3 198 125 1569 10 139 3 179 70 107 1 7 137 1 137 77 1140 9 136 1 197 108 1575 10 130 5 179 74 978 6 130 0 202 114 1565 8 179 6 219 126 1640 1) 178 8 232 146 1610 10 128 6 230 130 1792 10 128 5 267 165 1079 13 128 0 184 102 1342 9 127 4 240 130 1910 t4 126 9 158 12 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