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4C THE CHARLOTTE Wcdf OcKJL1975 i El Three Leagues Reaffirm Opposition Playoff Irom News and AP Reports Three of the major confeiences have reaffirmed their opposition to a national college football playoff although such a proposal may come up for a vote for the first time at the National Collegiate Athletic January convention The College Football Championship Feasibility Committee headed by Temple University athletic director Ernest Casale recommended a four-team post-bowl playoff to the policy-making NCAA Council last weekend The Associated Pres learned the vote was 8-4 five members of the 17-man committee were absent and three of the negative votes were cast by represena-tives of the Big Ten Pacific-8 and Southeastern -Cincinnati- hit allowed by Candelaria over the first seven innings Al Oliver belted a two-run homer for the Pirates in the sixth to give Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead off Cincinnati starter Gary Nolan felt great when Ollie hit that home Candelaria said after the game maintaining his usual relaxed demeanor the feeling last Candelaria added with a slight smile undoing began in the eighth after he struck out Ken Griffey and Cesar Gerommo to raise his total to 14 That matched the ptevious playoff record set by Joe Coleman of Detroit against Oakland in 1972 But Candelaria then walked pinch-hitter Merv Rettenmund on four pitches and Rose followed with his two-run homer that landed near a Pirate banner in the leftfield seats INDOOR TEHHIS CLINICS JUNIORS starts October 11 at 9 AM TO 10:30 AM Runs 7 weeks Ages 10 thru 15 Class limited Call Now MEN starts October 10 at 6 PM to 7:30 PM Runs 7 weeks Class limited Call Now Powers Scores Winner In piep soccer yesterday Tom Powers scored the only goal as Country Day blanked Christian 1-0 Todd Cook scored three goals to lead Carmel Academy over Charlotte Latin 4-1 and Providence Day downed Val-leydale 4-1 with Billy Kluttz Chip Tmery Pat Griffith and Scott Gardiner scoring In prep tennis it was Myers Park over North 9-0 Olympic over West Mecklenburg 9-0 East Mecklenburg over South Mecklenburg 6-3 West Charlotte over Independence 6-3 and Gannger tying Harding 4-4 Match Play Underway In the $117500 International All-Star golf matches in Columbus Ohio yesterday Snead beat George Burns 6 and 5 Bob Stanton topped Mark Hayes 3 and 2 Tsutoniu lrie beat Ben Crenshaw 2 up John edged Leonard Thompson 2 and 1 Jerry Heard topped David Graham 3 and 2 Eddie Pearce beat fellow Wake Forest alumnus Joe Inman 2 up Tom Kite outshot Kazunari Takashashi 5 and 3 and Forrest Fez-ler nudged Bernard GeJlacher 1 up Two rounds were scheduled today with the winners going against Jack Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf who were seeded into the semifinals Hi Wade Coasts To Win Top-seeded Virginia Wade coasted to a 6-0 6-1 victory over Kris Shaw in the $50000 Phoenix pro tennis tournament yesterday In another second round match Mertina Navratilova beat Sally Moore 6-4 6-2 tti Hi -Bostcn- Players Of The Week We now call your attention to and Praying They are your Associated Press lineman and back of the week in the nation is the nickname of Jimbo Elrod Oklahoma defensive end who admits to liking He was in on 19 tackles 12 unassisted in a 21-20 win over Colorado Playing is Long Beach State's Herb Luck son of a Baptist Minister who kneels in the end zone and prays when he scores He prayed four times against Southern Illinois CALL 527-3707 TODAY! The Charlotte Tennis Courts Sharon Kd Adjacent To Quail Hollow Estates 0-9 25 Rookie Goalie Shines Rookie goalie Gord Laxton turned aside 26 shots to spark Pittsburgh to a 4-2 victory over Washington as National Hockey League regular season play began last night There are six more games scheduled tonight and three more tomorrow night leaving only the Toronto Maple Leafs to make their debut Toronto Seeks Team The chairman and president of the Toronto Globe and Mail Howard Webster has joined forces with Biewery Ltd of London Ont to bid for the San Francisco baseball franchise Webster says Gerry Snyder who helped secure a National League franchise for Montreal is behind this latest effort harlotfe News FOOTBALL CONTEST News football contest games to be played OCT 1 1 the first game that was lost by a 7-1 count just he said was Boston scored an unearned run in the fourth inning to break the scoreless duel between Holtzman and winning pitcher Rick Wise The Red Sox added three more in the fifth on hits by Rick Burleson Denny Doyle Yastrzemski and Carlton Fisk plus a wild pitch Cecil Cooper drove in the finale in the eighth CESAR TOVAR walked as a pinch hitter in the sixth for Oakland and eventually scored on a ground out after Claudell Washington singled him to third Two more runs scored in the eighth before Yaz and reliever Drago chopped off the raWy For the series Yaz collected five hits including a home run During the season he had played primarily at first base returning to his old familiar left field when Jim Rice was hurt Reds Pirates CINCINNATI ab eorge Smith 37 36 Bill Harvey 38 35 Sam Adams 37 36 Bill emmer 36 37 74 Steve Walker 38 36 Tim iyor (a) 39 35 Tom Price 38 36 Efrid (a) 34 40 Jack Hooks 38 Jack Lewis 27-37 Ken ilkes 38-36 Drew Pierson 36 38 ick Briggs 38 36 75 Bob Sabastian 38 37 larles Gowan 38 37 Bill Forten iry 39 36 Frank Sullivan 37 38 hn Soronce a 39 36 Terry Wil ix 40 3o Johnny Palmer 40 35 Martin 39 36 Innnlac amAtOIII 5 2 2 2 5 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 111 4 110 PITTSBURGH ab bi Stennetf 2b 5 0 0 0 Hebner 3b 5 12 0 AOiiver cf 5 112 Stargell 1b 4 0 10 Randolph 2b 1 1 0 0 DParker rf 4 0 0 0 Zisk If 3 0 2 0 Sanguilln 4 0)0 Taveras ss 10 0 0 Kirkptrck ph 1 0 0 0 Reynolds ss 10 0 0 Roberlsn 1b 0 0 0 0 Candiria 3 0 0 0 Giusti 0 0 0 0 Dyer oh Hemandz Tekulve 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pro Exhibitions Rose 3b Morgan 2b Bench TPerez 1b GFoster If Cncocion ss Gntfev rf Gerommo cf 4 0 0 0 Nolan 2 0 0 0 CCarroll 0 0 0 0 Ritmund ph 0 10 0 McEnany 0 0 0 0 Eastwick 0 0 0 0 Ambrslr ph 0 0 0 1 Borbon 0 0 0 0 Playoffs AMERICAN LEAGUE Pet Boslon 3 0 1 000 Oakland 0 3 000 Gam 1 Oakland 000 000 3 4 Boston 200 000 50x 7 8 3 Holtzman Todd (7) Lmdblad (7) Bos-man (7) Abbott (8) and Tenace Tiant and Fisk 1 0 0 Total 36 5 4 5 Total 37 3 7 3 Cincinnati 010 000 020 2 5 Pittsburgh 000 002 001 3 Reynolds Sangullen Cincin nati 4 Ptlsburgh 7 2B-Morgan 2 HR-Conceocion (1) A Oliver (1) Rose (1) SB-Bench Armbrister IP RERBBSO 5 0 5 1 1 0 1 1131 1 1 Tuesday's Games Detroit (NBA) 106 Buffalo (NBA) 94 Philadelphia (NBA) 112 Washington (NBA) 103 San Antonio (ABA) 101 Kansas City (NBA) 97 Utah (ABA) 122 Seattle (NBA) 1)9 Wednesday's Games Atlanta (NBA) vs San Antonio (ABA) at New Orleans Kansas City (NBA) at New Orleans (NBA) Chicago (NBA) vs Milwaukee (NBA) at Green Bay Wis Phoenix (NBA) vs Los Angeles (NBA) at Bakersfield Calif New York (NBA) at New York (ABA) Seattle (NBA) at Denver (ABA) Golden State (NBA) at Kentucky (ABA) Thursday's Games Chicago (NBA) vs Washington (NBAK at New York Boslon (NBA) at New York (NBA) Detroit (NBA) vs Buffalo (NBA) at Waterloo Ontario New Orleans (NBA) vs Houston (NBA) at Wichita Falls Tex Kansas City (NBA) vs St Louis (ABA) at Columbia Mo Virginia (ABA) vs Baltimore (ABA) at Salisbury Md Nolan Carroll McFnanev Eastwick (W 1 0) Borbon Candelaria Giusli Hernandez (L 0 1) Tekulve 23 1 1 0 7 2 3 3 113 0 Providence Square Shopping Center 366-9320 Doming October-! Fest We offer WITH LUNCH Live Entertainment in Lounge Mon Thru Sat 3 2 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 Pro Hockey NHL Tuesday's Games Pittsburgh 4 Washington 2 Toronto 6 Oklahoma City (CHL) 2 exhibition Wednesday's Games Chicago at New York Rangers California at Atlanta New York islanders at Kansas City Los Angeles at Montreal 5t Louis at Detroit Vancouver at Minnesota Thursday's Games Washington at Philadelphia Montreal at Boston Detroit at Buffalo 23 3 2 2 1-3000 Save-Borbon (1) Balk-Hernandez T-247 46 355 Red Sox Game 2 Oakland 200 100 000-3 10 0 Boslon 000 301 6 12 0 Blue Todd (4) Fingers (5) and Fosse Tenace (7) Cleveland Morel (6) Orago (7) and Fisk Morel 1 0 Fingers 0 1 Oakland Jackson (1) Boston Yaslrzemski (1) Petrocelli (1) Game 3 Boston 000 130 010-5 11 2 Oakland 000 001 020-3 6 2 Wise Orago (8) and Fisk Holliman Todd (5) Lmdblad (5) and Tenace Wise 1 0 Holtzman 0 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE Pc! Cincinnati 3 0 1 000 Piltsburgh 0 3 000 Game 1 Pittsburgh 020 000 001-3 8 0 Cincinnati 013 040 8 11 0 Reuss Brett (3) Demery (5) Ellis (7) and Sanguillen Gullett and Bench Gullet! 1 0 Reuss 0 1 Cincinnati Gullett (1) BOSTON OAKLAND ab bi ab bi Benlouez dh 4 0 0 0 Cmoners ss 4 0 0 0 Doyle 2b 5 12 1 Washngtn If 4 110 Ystrmski If 4 12 0 Bando 3b 4 0 2 2 Fisk 4 12 1 RJackson rf 4 0 2 1 Lynn cf 3 110 Rudi 1b 4 0 0 0 Petrocelli 3b 4 0 1 1 BWillams dh 4 0 0 0 Evans rf 3 0 0 0 Tenace 2 0 0 0 Cooper 1b 4 0 11 North cf 3 0 0 0 Burleson ss 4 12 0 Garner 2b 10 0 0 Wise 0 0 0 0 Tovar2b 12 10 Drago 0 0 0 0 TeMartnz 2b 0 0 0 0 Holt ph 10 0 0 Holtzman 0 0 0 0 Todd 0 0 0 0 Lmdblad 0 0 0 0 I WHA Exhibitions Tuesday's Games Calgary 4 Houston 3 New England 7 Quebec 6 Wednesday's Game Cincinnati vs Tidewater (5HL) at Nor folk Va Thursday's Games Edmonton at Calgary Toronto vs St George Defeauce at Thelford Mines Que Checkers TIE BREAKER Total NC STATE vs MARYLAND Pons Small Colleges SCORE BY PERIODS 0 0 2 1 PERIOD Dupuis (Wells Rjwe Korzack (hook Svrvet (nooittnq) 10 15 Gibb (elbowms) 13 45 Total 35 5 11 4 Total 32 3 6 3 Boston 000 130 010 5 Oakland 000 001 020 3 Washington Tovar Dovle Boston 1 Boston 6 Oakland 6 Burleson sk Bemquez Lvnn IP RERBBSO Wise (W 1 0) 7 1 3 6 3 2 3 2 Drago 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 Holtzman (L 0 2) 4 2 3 7 4 3 0 3 Todd 0 1 0 0 0 0 Lmdblad 4 13 3 10 10 Drago (2) Lmdblad 230 49 358 Gif) GARS FRONT END ALIGNED Name Address City Phone State Zip Social Security No Game 2 Itsburgh 000 100 000-1 5 0 Cincinnati 200 201 6 12 1 Rooker Tekulve (5) Brett (6) Kison (7) and Sangullen Norman Easlwick 17) and Bench Norman 10 Rooker 0 1 Cincinnati Perez Game 3 ncmnali 010 000 020 2-5 6 0 Pittsburgh 000 002 001 7 2 10 innings Nolan Carroll (7) McEnanev (8) Eastwick (8) Borbon (10) and Bench Candelaria Giusti (8) Hernandez (10) and Sanguillen Eastwick 1 0 Her nandez 0 1 ncmnali ConceDCion (I) Rose (1) Pltsburgh Oliver (1) WORLD SERIES Best of Seven Series Saturday Game Cincinnati at Boston 1 Sunday's Game Cincinnati at Boston 1 pm Tuesday's Game Boslon at Cincinnati 8 30 pm Wednesday's Game Boston at Cincinnati 8 30 pm Thursday's Game Boston at Cincinnati if necessary 830 pm Saturday's Game Cincinnati at Boston t( necessary 1 pm Sunday's Game Cincinnati at Boston if necessary 1 pm The Too 15 in The Associated Press college division football poll with first-place voles parentheses season records and total points Points based on 109 8 7-6-5-4-32 1 1 Gramblmg (31) 2 Kentucky (7) 3 Texas Ail (2) 4 Boise State 5 Idaho State 6 Michigan (3) 7 Keniucky 8 Dakota 9 Delaware 10 Montana (2) 11 Wittenberg 12 Henderson State 13 Jackson State 14 Illinois 15 Ithaca (1) ONLY AT SECOND PERIOD Scorinq Chrysler (Gotem-brosky) 17 41 Penalties Loe (interfer ence) 13 59 Leach Uash mq) 14 16 Leech (five utes fiqhtmq) 14 16 Wells (slashinq) 14 16 Wells (five minutes fiqhtmg) 14 16 THIRD PERIOD Scorinq Surbey (Given Korzack) 2 04 Penalties Wells (tripnmo) 10 14 Golembrosky (trip-pmq) 11 20 Colborne (trip pinq) 13 SAVES BY PERIOD Neville (G) 14 9 6-29 Corcoran (G) 10 Cousmeau (C) 4 8 12 Coo'py (C) 8 Att 1 847 Dahimann ir NC Golf 68 Roger Watson 33-35 73 Dean Siqmon 37 36 Jimmy Craven 39 34 Sherrill Aus tin 38 35 Sam Brewer 36 37 NEWS FOOTBALL CONTEST RULES In the obove blank pick the team you think will win each game by marking in the blank opposite the team's name If you think the game will end in a tie mark in the bo under tie 2 Under the game listed as the ''Tie-Breaker" enter the total number of points you think will be scored in that game 3 The contestant who correctly selects the most winners (andor ties) will receive $100 4 If two or more contestants should tie with the most correct games the contestant who comes closer to the total points scored in the will be declared the winner If a tie still exists a drawing will be held to determine the winner No duplicate prizes will be awarded 5 Carnes not played on the Saturday of the week in which this contest appears in The News will not be counted 6 Hand drawn entries are acceptable but must be an EXACT reproduction of the entry form above showing games and spaces for marking winners If hand drawn entries are not exact reproductions and do not match the template used in fudging they will not be eligible for the contest 7 Entries must be in our hands by noon Saturday Employes of The Knight Publishing Company and members of their families are not eligible 8 Mail contest ballots to Football Contest Box 1886 The Charlotte News Charlotte 28233 or deposit in box at Customer Service First Floor News Building 600 Tryon Bob Myers Column 4 PLUGS FREE WITH TUNE-UP 10-8 But Smith has said repeatedly he want to operate the speedway What I believe him to want most is the recognition of the fact that he is boss in command in control calling the shots with others carrying them out This fact now is undisputed Different Types IT IS EASY TO see why Smith and Howard have been in conflict Smith wants CMS run as a big corporation He wants to spend money to make the speedway a showplace to make it the Indianapolis of stock car racing to make the World 600 first not second in riches and prestige to the Daytona 500 to make the speedway a greater part of Charlotte and the country for that matter Smith demands class Smith is affluent and shows it Howard is simply a good country boy who started out with nothing and parlayed small furniture stores bowling lanes car washes and ham houses into a small fortune much smaller than though he is a millionaire He mixes well with people in racing approach to spending money is conservative though his philosophy in operating the speedway is spending money to make it No one can dispute he has done the job well in his own folksy manner From a token stockholder he rose to the top during a period when the speedway teetered on the brink of oblivion He has become one of the most powerful promoters in the business and a virtual Barnuin at the speedway Howard does not need CMS But he loves it Tears well in his eyes everytime he sits behind that big desk in his office and about There is room for Howard and Smith at Charlotte Motor Speedway I know any one who can fill that big chair with any more knowledge capacity efficiency and rapport with those he deals than Howard Perhaps Bruton Smith does Anyway his move ration in January He has amassed nearly 800000 of the 1884723 outstanding shares of stock It is reported reliably that Howard himself has divested himself of his 50000 shares and sold them to Smith Howard will only say that he has the option to sell to Smith Its is my understanding this transaction took place last July 23 The return of Smith a Concord native to the helm is the culmination of an obsession since he forced while trying to save from bankruptcy the speedway he and Curtis Turner co-founded in 1959 Smith claims he was kicked out by a groupwhose sole interest was getting its hands into a pie with a money-making future and that he absorbed the blame for the failure at great cost to his personal and business integrity Having made millions in the automobile business (with dealerships in Rockford 111 where he resides and Houston and Charlotte) as well as in other ventures Smith has returned with something of a vengeance Where all this leaves Howard is not clear because Smith will not say whether he wants to get rid of Howard or whether he wants him to remain to participate in big plans Smith has for the track And precisely where Wheeler fits into the picture is not clear He is no stranger to racing and how it works having served as field manager for racing division in the past Wheeler said just last week however that he firmly believes Smith with his ideas and money Howard with his tremendous knowledge and capacity in racing and himself can exist as a team capable of attaining the unlimited potential they all see in the speedway I agree And somewhere inside I believe Bruton Smith does too It is however solely up to Smith now He has put down all opposition His dream has materialized Watson Leading NC Open Golf GASTONIA ip Roger Watson head pro at MacGregor Downs Country Club in Cary held a five-stroke lead going into second round of the $15000 North Carolina Open golf tournament four-under-par 68 was the only sub-par round in the field of nearly 180 golfers from across the state Watson opened with three consecutive birdies and added two more later for a first-round 33-35 over the 6732 Gaston Country Club course Eight players were tied at 73 They were amateur BI1 Harvey of Jamestown Sam Adams of Boone George Smith of Havelock Bill Clemmer of Gastonia Sherrill Austin of Hickory Sam Brewer of Raleigh Johnny Craven of Winston-Salem and Dean Sigmon of Taylorsville The field will be reduced to the low 90 players after round N-9-29 I.