The Charlotte News from Charlotte, North Carolina • 34

'1 i-t "(Diriry i rfviyTnpi nEr-jfp-TnfriMiii-u THE CHARLOTTE NEWS Fri Aug 29 1975 Yanks Bonds Blasts As ond baseman Sandy Alomar On came reliever Tippy Martinez who pot Reggie Jackson on a double-play grounder and fanned jifneh-hitter Angel Mangual ORIOLES 2 WHITE SOX 1 METS 4 DODGERS 1 The Mels stayed dose in the NL East race moving wilhin 4K games of the Pirates Mike tie-breaking single in a two-run fifth inning Del two-run Mike Cuellar usually homer in the seventh and Jerry (R a eight-hit 10-strikeout on the mound them past the pitching carried Dodgers EXPOS 10 PADRES 8 Nate Colbert Bob Bailey and Gary Carter each drove in two Montreal runs to offset Willie three-run homer and Tito two RBls for the Padres Ervin's Wheeler Takes Position At Speedway From Jlolt nd AF Rportl II A Wheeler 36 has been named clncc-tnr of development for Charlotte Motor Speedway Wheeler director of public affairs for Ervin Industries Inc will begin work next month at the speedway lie will continue to be associated with Ervin as a consultant Speedway president and general manager Richard Howard and board chairman Bruton Smith said Wheeler's duties would include formulating a ton-ycar master plan devising new methods of revenue and assisting in the overall administration of the speedway Boryla Sparks Eagle Win Second-year pro Mike Boryla a Stanford product may have won the starting quarterback job away from veteran Roman Gabriel last night when he led the Philadelphia Eagles to a 30-20 upset pre-season victory over the Cincinnati Bengals Coach Mike Me-Cormak turned to Boryla after Gabriel had been unable to move the team consistently in two earlier games Scheduled to play only a half Boryla went all the way last night threw two touchdown passes and completed 15 of 26 for 208 yards McCormack still say Boryla had won the job though lie just i said "Hot played 1 The Best Backcourt? think Phil Chenier and I will be the best back-court in said Dave Bing yesterday after he had been traded by the Detroit Pistons to the Washington Bullets for Kevin Porter Washington also got a future first round draft choice in the deal this said Bing who rates among the NBA's career leaders in scoring and assists "I'm going to be playing my game fast break" Soccer Players Register Registration of boys and girls for the Park Sharon By ASSOCIATED PRESS a funny thing this relationship between fastballs and Bobby Bonds Boxes In Scoreboard 2C On Wednesday night wiLli New York trailing Oakland by a run in the ninth inning and two Yankees on base Rollie Fingers slipped a pair of fastballs past Bonds for a critical strikeout and the A's won 3-2 Clearly the way to beat Bonds is to fastball him right? Wrong In the sixth Inning last night with Chris Chambliss aboard with a walk Ken Holtzman tried to slip a fast one past Bonds It wound up bouncing off the right-center field fence for a run-scoring double Okay so the way to beat Bonds is not to fastball him right Wrong again With two outs in the eighth inning Holtzman hit Ed Brinkman with a pitch Up came Bonds and out to the mound went Oakland Manager Alvin Dark throw him any he told Holtzman So Holtzman wound up and threw him a change-up It wound up far beyond the left-center field wall 25th homer a two-run shot that catapulted the Yankees to a 3-2 victory In the ninth Claudcll Washington and Sal Bando were safe on errors by shortstop Jim Mason and sec- a discovered his blazer and used it to stymie the White Sox on five hits Run-scoring singles by Elbe Hendricks in the second inning end Don Baylor in the fifth gave him the runs Baltimore needed to trim lead in the AL East to 62 games REDS 4 CARDINALS 0 Don Gullett notched his seventh straight victory with a five-hitter and Darrel Chancy cracked a homer to boost Cincinnati past St Louis which fell games behind idle Pittsburgh in the NL East PHILLIES 8 GIANTS 5 Philadelphia moved into a tic with the Cards by battering four Sai Francisco pitchers for 17 hits Garry triple and doubles by Mike Schmidt and Johnny Oales were the key hits in the three-run sixth Soccer League will be held tomorrow from 9 am until 1 prn at Quail Hollow Junior High School Persons who wish to sign up but be present at that time are asked to call Craig Williams at 364 2341 Baltimore Gets ABA Team After weeks of negotiations the American Basketball Association yesterday awarded a group of Baltimore investors the franchise to the bankrupt Memphis Sounds They will be known as the Hustlers One of the investors said the nickname was chosen for the style of play anticipated and not because the arena Baltimore Civic Center is located just down Baltimore St from Block" Baltimore's honky-tonk district Rentzel Put On Waivers The Los Angeles Rams stocked with such receivers as Jack Snow Harold Jackson Ron Jessie and speedster Willie McGee yesterday put 31 -year-old Lance Rentzel on waivers In the late '60s he was one of the top receivers In 1970 he was arrested for indecent exposure in an incident involving a girl and pleaded guilty getting a five year probationary sentence In 1973 he received a one-year suspension from the league as the outgrowth of a marijuana charge He was at one time married to actress Joey Heatherton but they are divorced There was a chance Rentzel might be claimed by another team today Otherwise he becomes a free agent Bonefish Is Favorite A field of two fillies and II colts will run in the 50th Hambletonian Stakes the most prestigious of all harness races tomorrow in Duquoin 111 Bonefish is a 2-1 favorite to win despite a poor showing last weekend in the Futurity when he threw a shoe in the first heat and broke stride in the second DON'T BE OUTFOXED THE ANSWER IS AUDI! 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