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6 The Kane Republican, Wednesday, August 23, 1978 In NFL Action- Continue to Right Back Peosiam Race Ranks The Cubs put together an infield hit, two walks, a wild pitch, a passed ball and three stolen bases in the fifth inning but only scored one run. A one-out double by Howe, an intentional walk to Dennis Walling and Jimmy Sexton's single preceded Bochy's sacrifice fly in the sixth. Giants 7, Mets 4 Darrell Evans brought San Francisco from behind with a three-run homer in the third inning and rookie John Tamargo followed with his first career home run. Evans, who also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the first inning, hit his 12th home run of the season in the third after Jack Clark and Willie McCovey singled off Nino Espinosa. Winner Ed Halicki allowed two first-inning runs and then blanked the Mets until the ninth.

Reds 5, Cardinals 4 George Foster singled home the winning run in the bottom of the 11th after Ken Griffey drew a two-out walk and stole second. After being held to two hits for eight innings by Tom Seaver, the Cardinals scored four times in the ninth to tie the game. The Reds scored on a two-run homer by Dan Driessen in the fourth inning and a two-run single by Griffey in the seventh. lineman on the Super Bowl champion Oakland Raiders two seasons ago. Besides Cornell, who started his NFL career with Cleveland in 1971, the Bills dropped backup quarterback Ken Johnson, who was squeezed out by acquisition of Bill Munson from Sstr Diego.

Stienke, a five-year regular, lost his job in training camp to Ernie Jones and was one of 10 players cut by the Giants. The Rams waived seven other players besides Thorns, including former Yale quarterback Brian Dowling and Southern Methodist wide receiver Freeman Johns. Free agent quarterbacks Clint Longley and Mark Jackson were among nine players dropped by St. Louis. Green Bay had five veterans amqp its 10 cuts.

Included were tackle Lty Hines, an 11-year pro and the Packers' offensive captain, defensive end Clarence Williams, a nine-year man, linebacker Tom Toner, who has been with the Packers for six years, and guard Dennis Havig, an eight-year veteran. The New York Jet cuts included two rookie defensive backs, Levi Armstrong, a seventh-round draft from UCLA, and Ray Eppes, drafted in the eighth round from Clemson. Secdrick Mclntyre, a second-year back who is Auburn's alltime leading rusher, was among three players cut by the Atlanta Falcons. Kansas City placed two players, guard Darius Helton and safety Ricky Davis, on injured reserve, and waived seven others. Denver's cuts included linebackers John Huddleston and Ron Smith.

Cincinnati dropped seven players including veteran linebacker Ray Phillips, while the Chicago Bears waived wide receiver Steve Rivera and three other players to reach the 50-man limit. First Pirate In ML By HERSCHEL NISSENSON AP Sports Writer Yogi Berra once summed up a pennant race by saying, "You're never out of it until you're out of it." And thanks to some timely hitting by a chip off the old block named Dale Berra, the Pittsburgh Pirates are right back in a pennant race just when it seemed they were out of it. "This is the first winning streak we've had all year and it's roming at the right time," Manager Chuck Tanner said Tuesday night after the Pirates defeated the Atlanta Braves 3-1 for their eighth consecutive triumph, with young Berra, a major leaguer for less than a month, delivering what proved to be the winning run with a fifth-inning homer. The triumph kept the third-place Pirates 5Ms games behind the pacesetting Philadelphia Phillies, who ended the San Diego Padres' six-game winning streak 5-3. But the Bucs are only Wi games behind the Chicago Cubs, who bowed to the Houston Astros 2-1.

The West Division race tightened up when the San Francisco Giants whipped the New York Mets 7-4 and the Cincinnati Reds nipped the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 in 11 innings. The Los By JOHN NELSON AP Sports Writer Pending the outcome of "The Case of. the Loaded Bat," the Kansas City Royals are back in first place alone in the American League West. The Royals scored a 6-3 victory Tuesday night over the Chicago White Sox, and California dropped a 6-2 decision to the New York Yankees, breaking a virtual tie for first place.

However, Chicago Manager Larry Doby filed a protest with the league over the loss, contending Royals designated hitter Hal McRae had stuffed the end of his bat with cork, making it illegal. Doby filed the protest after McRae singled home a run in the fourth to give the Royals a 4-0 lead. "We suspect cork, and if they find it, the game reverts to that point and McRae is out," said Doby. "If there's no cork, that's it." Royals Manager Whitey Herzog, umpire Jerry Neudecker and McRae all indicated there was nothing amiss, however. Al Cowens provided most of Kansas City's firepower with a two-run homer and an RBI single, backing the pitching of left-hander Larry Gura, 11-3, who pitched 7 1-3 strong innings.

Al Hrabosky, the third Royals pitcher, picked up his 16th save. Elsewhere in the AL, Seattle downed Boston 5-2; Milwaukee swept a pair from Cleveland, 3-2 and 5-1; Baltimore downed Oakland 6-4 in 10 innings; De- No dinners at Elks Club Friday, Aug. 25 due to cook's vacation. Dinners will resume Friday, Sept. 1 ngeles Dodgers, idle Tuesday, lead Giants by one-half game and the Reds by 2.

Veteran Willie Stargell homered for Pittsburgh's first run and rookie Don Robinson scattered five hits in 6 2-3 innings for his 10th victory and fifth in a row. Phillies 5, Padres 3 Mike Schmidt's pair of doubles and one RBI and Bake McBride's three hits and two RBI paced the Phillies. Larry Christenson Dicked up the victory with 1 1-3 innings of relief from Ron Reed, -who was credited with his 11th save. The Phillies led from the start when Schmidt drew a leadoff walk in the first inning, took second on a balk and scored on McBride's single. They made it 3-0 in the third on a Schmidt double, a single by Larry Bowa, McBride's RBI single and a run-scoring double by Greg Luzinski, and Schmidt doubled home the eventual winning run in the sixth.

Astros 2, Cubs 1 Mark Lemongello scattered seven hits and Bruce Bochy drove in the winning run with a sixth-inning sacrifice fly. Houston took a 1-0 first-inning lead when Enos Cabell was hit by a pitch, moved to second on a walk to Jose Cruz and scored on Art Howe's single. troit whipped Minnesota 7-3 and Toronto defeated Texas 3-1. Yankees 6, Angels 2 Catfish Hunter, 8-4, picked up his sixth victory in seven decisions since coming off the disabled list, scattering six hits while the Yankees got 15 hits, all singles. Thurman Munson and Chris Chambliss each had three hits.

The Yankees scored three runs in the second inning off loser Frank Tanana, 16-8, who lasted only 4 1-3 innings. Hunter struck out two and walked two. Mariners 5, Red Sox 2 Glenn Abbott, 6-10, tossed a five-hitter giving up both runs on homers and Bruce Bochte broke up a shutout by Luis Tiant in the fifth inning with a home run as Seattle continued to plague the East Division leaders at the Kingdome. Seattle, which had just taken two of three in a homestand against the Yankees, also got a two-run single in the eighth from Dan Meyer. Abbott yielded home runs to George Scott (No.

9) and Carlton Fisk (No. 19). Brewers 3-5, Indians 2-4 A controversial double in the eighth inning by Larry Hisle decided the opener, and Milwaukee completed its sweep on Cecil Cooper's bases-loaded single in the ninth inning of the nightcap. With the score tied 2-2 in the opener, Hisle's double appeared to have given the Brewers a 4-2 lead, driving in two runners. But the Indians protested that a fan had touched the ball, and one runner should be sent back to third.

After confering for about 20 minutes, the umpires agreed and erased one of Milwaukee's runs. Cooper's single in the ninth inning of the nightcap was the climax of a three-run, two-out rally. Jim Kern, 8-8, who was the loser in both games, walked in two runs preceding Cooper's hit. Reliever Bill Castro, 44, won the first game, and Willie Mueller won the second game in his first major league appearance with 3 1-3 innings of one-hit Steelers Weed Out By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer While most National Football League teams continued to put the finishing touches on their 1978 squads, the Pittsburgh Steelers continue to weed out "That Old Gang of Ours" that brought two consecutive Super Bowl titles to the Steel City. The latest Super Bowl member to leave was former All-Pro safety Glen Edwards, who was traded to the San Diego Chargers for a future draft Tuesday, as the Steelers and 27 other NFL clubs sought to reach the 50-man roster limit.

Edwards, 31, wanted to renegotiate his contract with the Steelers in 1977 and walked out for a week after the season's seventh game. "I'm still as fast as anybody out there," Edwards said. The 6-foot-l, 185-pound Edwards, a seven-year veteran, won a starting job as a rookie out of Florida in 1971. He was named the Steelers' most valuable player in 1974, the year they first won the Super Bowl. Among other Pittsburgh Super Bowl veterans who have been traded since last season were center Jim Clack, wide Receiver Frank Lewis and defensive tackle Ernie Holmes, who was waived this week by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Fullback Reggie Harrison, another Steeler with a Super Bowl ring, was cut Monday. The Steelers also shipped tackle Dave Pureifory, acquired in the offseason from the Green Bay Packers, to the New England Patriots for a future draft choice. Pittsburgh also announced that second-round draft choice Willie Fry suffered torn tendons in his hand and will be lost for the season. He was placed on the injured reserve list. Edwards wasn't the only former All-Pro defensive back to' be affected in the cutdown moves.

Bruce Taylor, a starter for San Francisco since 1970, was one of eight players waived by the 49ers. The 30-year-old cornerback was a first-round selection in 1970 and had 18 career interceptions. "I saw it coming," Taylor said. "I'm not really disappointed. I've talked it over with my wife and I'm sure I stilly have some good years left and there are some teams interested." Some other familiar names fell by the wayside and one, Lydell Mitchell of the Baltimore Colts, remained in limbo when team owner Robert Irsay rejected a compromise settlement reached by the Player Club Relations Committee in Washington that would have ended the running back's holdout.

Philadelphia dropped special teams player Vince Papale, who became the oldest rookie in NFL history when he made the Eagles' roster at the age of 30 two years ago. Buffalo cut 1977 starting linebacker Bo Cornell; the New York Giants dropped last year's first-string safety Jim Stienke and the Los Angeles Rams waived Art Thorns, a defensive FAMILY RT. 6 EAST Starts Tonight Thru A UNIVERSAL RE -RELEASE )973 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS INC ALL IMIHSU RCTIJRES Presents m3rs': -aij, 1 'M OF I Tht Associated Prtss AMERICAN LIAOUB EAST Pet. BottOO 78 44 .629 Milwaukee 71 53 .573 New York 70 53 .549 Detroit 49 54 .541 Baltimore 44 51 .532 Cleveland 54 70 .435 Toronto 49 74 .392 WEST Kansas City 48 55 .553 California 49 58 .543 Texas 40 43 .488 Oakland 42 44 .484 Minnesota 54 70 .444 Chicago 51 72 .415 Seattle 48 77 .384 ot 7 VI 12 24 2'i 1 8 131 17 21 Tuesday's Oames Toronto 3, Texas 1 Milwaukee 3-5, Cleveland 2-4 Kansas City 4, Chicago 3 Detroit 7, Minnesota 3 New York 4, California 2 Baltimore 4, Oakland 4, 10 innings Seattle 5, Boston 2 Wednesday's Oames Toronto (Underwood 410 and Garvin 3-12) at Detroit (Rozema 4-7 and Sykes 4-5), 2, (twl) Cleveland (Wise 916) at Milwaukee (Sorensen 15-8), (n) Kansas City (Gale 13-5) at Chicago (Kravec 9-11), (n) Texas (Comer 5-3 or Medlch 7-4) at Minnesota (Erickson 13-7), (n) New York (Figueroa 12-8) at California (Aase 8-7), (n) Baltimore (Palmer 14-12) at Oakland (Renko 4-8), (n) Boston (Torrez 15-6 or Wright 7-2) at Seattle (McLaughlin 1-4), (n) Thursday's Games Texas at Minnesota Cleveland at Milwaukee Toronto at Detroit, (n) Kansas City at Chicago, (n) Only games scheduled NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST 66 63 61 59 53 50 WEST 73 54-41 62 44 73 75 Pet. .541 .508 .496 .472 .421 .400 .584 .579 .543 .524 .460 .452 OB 4 SVt 8'i 15 17V Philadelphia Chicago Pittsburgh Montreal St.

Louis New York Los Angeles San Francisco Cincinnati San Oiego Houston Atlanta 52 53 55 40 48 48 73 71 66 Vl Vi 7'l 15'2 16'j 58 56 Tuesday's Oames Philadelphia 5, San Oiego 3 Pittsburgh 3, Atlanta 1 San Francisco 7, New York 4 Cincinnati 5, St.Louis 4, 11 innings Houston 2, Chicago 1 Only games scheduled Wednesday's Games San Oiego (Jones 11-11) at Philadelphia (Kaat 4-5) 3 San Francisco (Knepper 12-9) at New York (Hausman 2-2) Los Angeles (Hooton 13-8) at Montreal (Rogers 13-8), (n) Pittsburgh (Candelaria 8-11) at Atlanta (Solomon 3-4), (n) Chicago (Lamp 5-12) at Houston (K.Forsch 4-4 or Ruhle 2-1), (n) Only games scheduled Thursday's Games Pittsburgh at Atlanta, (n) St.Louis at Cincinnati, (n) New York at San Diego, (n) Philadelphia at Los Angeles, (n) Only games scheduled SPORTS AT A GLANCE: By The Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) The San Diego Chargers have acquired veteran Pittsburgh Steelers safety Glen Edwards for a future National Football League draft choice, a Chargers' spokesman said. Edwards, 31, sought to renegotiate his contract with the Steelers in 1977 and walked out for a week after the season's seventh game. "I'm still as fast as anybody out there," Edwards said Tuesday. "We think he is an outstanding player," added Chargers Coach Tommy Prothro. Th 6-foot-l, 185-pound Edwards, a seven-year veteran who won a starting job as a rookie out of Florida in 1971, was named the Steelers most valuable player in 1974, the year they first won the Super Bowl.

CINCINNATI (AP) The Cincinnati Stingers plan to defy the World Hockey Association's orders to return the contract of underage player Mike Gartner of the Niagara Falls Flyers. Bill DeWitt executive vice president of the club and a league trustee, said Tuesday, "we anticipate no problem in playing Gartner for the coming season." DeWitt cited a U.S. District Court decision won last year involving Ken Iinseman, a 19-year-old signed by the Birmingham Bulls against orders by the WHA, which prohibits signing underage players. Gartner, an 18-year-old forward, played with Niagara in the Ontario Hockey Association last season, scoring 90 points on 41 goals and 49 assists. He signed a multiyear contract with the Stingers.

DENVER (AP) The stepson of Colorado Rockies' owner Arthur Imperatore has been named president of the National Hockey League team. Armand Pohan, 34, will replace Munson Campbell, who is expected to remain with the organization in a high-level capacity, officials said Tuesday. Pohan, a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School, served as an assistant prosecutor in New Jersey and supervised a homicide squad, trying numerous corruption cases involving government officials. He left the prosecutor's office to become a partner in a Newark, N.J., law firm and then joined Lnperatore's trucking firm as an officer and director in 1977. In addition, Pohan is president of A-P-A Sports, an affiliate of the trucking company that recently purchased the Rockies from Denver oilman Jack Vickers.

The Cleveland Browns released lo players including veteran quartern Terry Luck and safety Roily Woolse while the Washington Redskins dropped former World Football League running back Tommy Reamon and three other players. The Redskins also announced a pair of trades. They acquired veteran tight end Greg McGrary from the Falcons for an undisclosed draft pick in 1980 and" got wide receiver Ricky Thompson from the Colts for a 1979 draft choice. Tionesta based state police have a warrant for the arrest of Lloyd Hulings, 39, Marienville, charging him fp aggravated assault and battery afid making terroristic threats, based on complaints filed by Julia Hulings, 62, and Ethel Morrison, 59, both of Marienville. Police -said Hulings allegedly stabbed his mother, Julia, during a domestic quarrel Friday at 9:25 p.m.

and at that time threatened Ms. Morrison. KAE-PHOF 8.17-9760 Aug. 29th TECHNICOLOR PCy Ht StHvt DO DOLBY STEREO relief. Orioles 6, A's 4 Rick.

Dempsey doubled home two runs in the top of the 10th as the Orioles, who had blown a 4-0 lead, recovered to beat Oakland. Baltimore had jumped in front early on first-inning home runs by Terry Harlow and Ken Singleton and Kiko Garcia's two-run triple in the second. Oakland, however, came back with the help of two RBI by Dell Alston on a single and sacrifice fly, and the A's tied it in the eighth on Joe Wallis' run-scoring single off Stanhouse. Tigers 7, Twins 3 Detroit, the hottest team in baseball since the All Star break, won its seventh in its last 10 games on Ron LeFlore's RBI single in the sixth and Tim Corcoran's bases-loaded double in the ninth. LeFlore, who leads the majors in steals with 58, broke the American League record for consecutive stolen bases without being caught, swiping his 27th in a row in the third inning.

The old mark was set last year by Mitchell Page of the Oakland A's. Dave Lopes of the Los Angeles Dodgers holds the major league mark of 38, set in 1975. Tigers right-hander Jim Slaton, 13-9, scattered seven hits in his 10th complete game of the season. Blue Jays 3, Rangers 1 Jim Clancy, 10-10, yielded just five singles in 8 1-3 innings, and reliever Victor Cruz retired the final two men as Toronto sent the Rangers down to their fourth straight loss. Willie Horton and Al Woods smacked RBI doubles for the Blue Jays in their three-run seventh inning off Texas starter Doc Medich, 7-7.

Dave McKay got the third RBI in the inning with a single. Sports Transactions By The Associated Press FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS-Cut Secedrick Mclntyre, running back; Dave Farmer, running back; Daria Butler, linebacker. BALTIMORE COLTS Traded Ricky Thompson, wide receiver, to Washington Redskins for an undisclosed 1979 draft choice. BUFFALO BILLS-Cut Bo Cornell, linebacker; Ken Johnson, quarterback; John Stoudamaier, safety. WASHINGTON REDSKINS Cut Stu O'Dell, linebacker; Tommy Reamon, running back; Mike Williams, corner-back; George Roberts, punter.

Placed Eddie Moss, running back, on the injured reserve list. Acquired Greg McCrary, tight end, from the Atlanta Falcons for an undisclosed 1980 draft choice. CHICAGO BEARS-Obtained Mike Cobb, tight end, from Cincinnati Bengals for an undisclosed draft choice. Cut Steve Rivera and Travis McCord, wide receivers; George Freitas, tight end; Mekeli Iermia, defensive end. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS-Obtained Dave Pureifory, defensive lineman, from Pittsburgh Steelers for an undisclosed future draft pick.

i j. tin litidfl Wanted: Sports Writers 0 oft The Kane Republican is seeking applicants for two part-time, paid sports writing positions. One writer is needed to cover the seven Kane Area Junior High School football games (seven consecutive Thursdays, starting Sept. 7, at 4 p.m.), including three away games. One writer is needed to cover Kane High girls' basketball games on 20 nights.

Eighteen nights are either Tuesday or Thursday. The other two nights are Fridays. Stories must be typed, double spaced, and turned in to our office by 7 a.m. the following day. If interested, call the Kane Republican, 837-6000, giving your name and phone number.

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