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(Hte Kansas Citg (Times Friday August 25 1971 SECTION Chisox Drop Royals Out Of 1st Place bles including a two-run smash in the sixth inning that erased a 1-1 tie and sent Paul Splittorff to his llth defeat Soderholm whom the Royals aided in his drive toward Comeback Player of the Year in 1977 waste his first double driving in the White first run before 14524 fans at Comis By Sid Bordman A Membar of ttw Sports Staff For the first time since July 16 the Royals are the pursuers instead of the leaders in the American League West Division The White Sox who are mired in sixth place sent Kansas City one-half game and three percentage points behind idle California with a 4-1 victory Thursday night The Royals who led by five games July 28 have lost 15 of 26 games since then Eric Soderholm continued his rampage against the Royals with two dou- key Park While ile royals box Milo Finds Home By Bill Richardson A AMmbar of ttw Snorts Staff For a guy who thought he would be gone from Day One Ray Milo is still around and very much in the picture In fact the Chiefs get along without their rookie strong safety from New Mexico State who may step into a starting role in the exhibition game Saturday night against St Louis at Arrowhead Stadium The questionable status of regular Tim Gray who has been hobbled by an ankle injury and the loss of Ricky Davis for the season because of a broken collarbone opened the way for Milo an llth-round draft choice to not only escape the last cutdown but to move up in the depth chart Tim Gray able to start go with Ray Coach Marv Levy said Thursday way Milo is going to see a lot of On July 9 Milo wondered if still be a Chief on July 10 first day in camp I thought be going Milo said even pass the physical examination I pulled a muscle in my left leg in rookie camp (late May) and have enough strength to pass the Cybex test Coach Levy gave me enough time to get my leg back strong I missed the first week of drills Then I worked out two days and started the rookie game against Houston I had a pretty good game and got an interception Milo 5 feet 11 inches and 178 pounds is in his third year as a defensive back He went to New Mexico State as a running back then was switched to the secondary for his last two years asked the coach for the Milo said used a wishbone offense and I carried the ball only four or five times a game You have any kind of stats doing that I was more like a blocker than a running Milo who has been timed in 44 and 45 for the 40 became an instant success in the secondary He made the allconference team in the Missouri Valley twice as a free safety Now ready to show what he can do at strong safety for the Chiefs just got a lucky break and I want to take advantage of it in this Continued on Page 3D KANSAS CITY (1) the White Sox were collecting 10 hits off Splittorff and Steve Foucault Mike Proly limited the Royals to eight hits four coming during the first two innings Proly whom the Royals roughed up for six runs and nine hits in four innings during a 10-4 victory Aug 8 at Royals Stadium improved his record to 4-2 with last-out help from Lerrin LaGrow Soderholm got to Kansas City pitchers for 16 hits two home runs and eight RBIs last year This season collected 13 hits two home runs and nine of his 49 RBIs against the Royals Soderholm explain his success against the Royals know he said feel comfortable against some teams and you just hit I hit Toronto (3-for-30) and that club have any 20-game winners If I could hit Toronto be hitting The hit that ruined Splittorff in the sixth was tainted just misplayed said Clint Hurdle the rookie left fielder all I can Splittorff who defeated Texas 2-1 in his last outing agreed a ball is hit that high and stays in the ballpark it should be caught had a good said Splittorff who had won four of his last five decisions hit his first double on a jammer a fastball in on his thumbs The second one also was in on his fists but he got it out Darrell Porter cost Proly a chance for his first shutout with a homer deep to right in the fourth But after that Proly stymied the Royals on a single by Porter in the sixth before fading in the ninth made some good Continued on Page 2D Associated Press Patek The White Sox won 4-1 dropping the Royals one-half game behind the idle California Angels in the American League West Division End Of The Line IR BB SO Grog Pryor White Sox second baseman stepped on second base to force Amos Otis in the second inning of the game at Comiskey Park Thursday night Pryor's throw to first was too late to get Fred DP Chicago 1 Loft Kan sat City 8 Chicago 6 Sodorhoim Garr HR Portor (10) Kossingor IP SplHtorff (L 15-11) 713 8 Foucault 13 Mingori 13 Proly (W 4-2) 8 23 LoGrow(S 13) 13 T2: 12 14524 morning line Hamilton Makes Presence Felt by dick mackay By Rich Sambo! A Member of the Sports Staff Chris Garlich a third-year starting linebacker on football team happened to be looking at the doorway when Steve Hamilton walked through an Garlich a senior from Rockhurst High School in Kansas City said Thursday in a Muhammad Ali Gets to Point When Put Dovn Warrants It This and that nuts and bolts and an occasional loose screw somewhere: Or as Muhammad All replied when asked if it bothered him that many people today and future generations will never see him fight: never saw Jesus DON REESE and Randy Crowder former defensive linemen for the Miami Dolphins who recently were released after serving prison terms for selling cocaine have not contacted the Chiefs regarding a tryout Nor have the Chiefs contacted them know Marv (Levy) Les (Miller) and (Jim) Schaaf sat down and discussed said a club official they decided against not putting him down just showing him what I can Hamilton who worked within the framework of new weight program to add on a few pounds and tone himself was an All-Big Eight performer at defensive end last season But he readily accepts the challenge of playing the tackle position this season a lot quicker and moving down to tackle with the speed got is even helping me he said And Hamilton is going to need all the help he can get After the opener against Notre Dame the Tigers will play Alabama Mississippi and Oklahoma The new staff has accepted the challenge and so have the players But taking hard work think ever been driven as far as I possibly could like I have Hamilton said coaches are driving me to the limit and I think the way it should be when doing our drills the coach is right there telling you playing you all the big 8 skywriters carved out of granite is an intimidating creature He stands about 6 feet 3 inches and weighs 245 The combination of his black jersey and pads and a pair of gloves wrapped tightly around his hands made him even more imposing gloves stop a lot of knuckle Hamilton said The way Hamilton looked caused a Big Eight Conference Skywriter to declare that Hamilton would be able to intimidate Notre Dame in South Bend Ind on opening day But Hamilton said he go out on the field to put someone down except in the literal sense look at it this Hamilton said know that once step out there on that field somebody is coming at me and going at them just going to have to bring together how we feel going to be trying to bring it to me and going to be trying to do the same to him playful yet halfway serious tone not one of the biggest physically but one of the last persons I would like to get in a fight with ask Washington (Wayne a sophomore offensive tackle from Kansas City Southeast) and tell you how he Washington seated a couple of Kces away from Garlich said he never gone head-to-head with Hamilton a starting defensive end he hits hard I know Phil Bradley one of four quarterbacks attempting to win the starting job knows it too is the one who delivered the hit that eventually put me out of the spring Bradley said Hamilton who looks as if he were STEVE HAMILTON the intimidator time playing you step by They make sure doing everything correct do it as best you can and as hard as you can everytime No slacking up and that I think is the Winslow Not Just a Jock Vasily Alexeev the Russian weigh tlif ter when asked if jogging is part of his training: I walk The turtle only walks and he lives 300 IN DROPPING sponsorship of its tennis tournament Virginia Slims officials figured it was a case of come far enough Then there is Germain Languth of Baltimore He is writing Doc Medich to thank the Texas pitcher for administering emergency treatment to him after he suffered a heart attack during an Orioles-Rangers game But a thank-you note is as far as the 6I-year-old Languth plans to go explaining: still not much of a Texas Ranger YOU ALWAYS knew Steve Cauthen could rate horses Well the 18-year-old jockey bad at rating other forms of talent either While at Saratoga he met Linda Ronstadt who dedicated a song to him Next morning he took her on a tour of the back-stretch Then she kissed him goodbye old is asked Cauthen Told probably in her 30s he sighed and replied not too Just in passing which Ed Marinar ro has now that he has been released by the Chicago Bears it should be noted that in his senior year at Cornell he rushed for more yards (1881) than he did in his six years in the NFL (1319) PROMISES PROMISES Willis Reed says he may quit as coach if the New York Knicks fail to land either Marvin Webster or Bill Walton which apparently in case they have Says Reed made certain promises to me and one of them was that we would have a big center this year If we get Walton or Webster I know whether I will continue as The reason baseball increased Commissioner Bowie yearly salary from $150000 to $300000 with another $50000 scheduled for next year was to get his salary up to the level of other top officials in pro sports called keeping up with the Larry and Pete Rose Lies Which is fine until a ballplayer tries the same thing MEAN JOE GREENE reportedly is having a mean time ing his job The Pittsburgh defensive tackle who has a back fceepi By Mike DeArmond A Member of the Sports Steff Kellen Winslow consider himself a super-star even if everyone else does Kellen Winslow look upon himself as the team leader of the Missouri Tigers if he really is And Kellen Winslow certainly cast himself in the role of a jock which of course he definitely A very complex person this Kellen Winslow Among other things he plays tight end for Missouri Among other things he happens to be a bona fide All-America candidate But it is mostly those that lend an aura of fascination to this gentle-speaking kid (at 6 feet 6 inches and 235 pounds more like a man) from East SL Louis Football you see is only a means to an end for Winslow the end being a college education and an awareness of where he fits into life Winslow even like football quitting his high school team two aa into his sophomore season think it was for he told the Big Eight Conference Skywriters Thursday nobody missed me when I walked out I was just a tall skinny kid with his pants on backwards on wrong ward the inseam of which is By his senior year Winslow had grown two inches and had gained 25 pounds The coach asked mm to try football again and Winslow agreed although not out of a newfound love for the game vards I put my thigh pads had them pointing in (to-his pants) It was someplace he could make a mark really knew you were there nice to leave a name instead of being known as brother you Coach A1 coaching staff know anything about Donna Winslow Instead it was prowess on the football field that attracted attention It is a point that still mystifies Kellen somewhat As he said: a superstar still And then with a grin he added: knew that was the next Labels It is a point that Winslow feels strongly about you feel that way about yourself well people expect it of Continued on Page 3D probl Ditto itto em is facing a big challenge from younger players Fred Stolle her coach with the Nei Billie Jean King Fred Stolle her coach with the New KELLEN WINSLOW unassuming leader York Apples has told her she can never win a big one again know trying to help says Billie Jean my computer like to be fed that But how can I help it every time I look at him? The doubt creeps in It makes me think maybe Fear of Flying? For 20 Minutes Yes CHET FORTE of ABC-TV thinks the NFL is lems if it uses instant asks Forte of ABC-TV thinks the NFL is replays on controversial the referee calls someone asking for prob-ant calls hap- out of bounds and (in looking at the replay) they see in the upper right-hand corner that someone clipped on the play and wasn't called? What if they see things on these isolated shots they call at pulled out the orange emergency landing struction cards we thought it was a joke would have been typical among men who live shoulder-to-shoulder for nine days each August not a Swap said And whan the fear set in Personally I felt an uncontrollable urge to jump out of the nearest window which would have been idiotic Friends I noticed suddenly had become silent And then almost an masse the jokes began Morbid things really been nice to know you Say 111 give you five dollars to let me sit beside the emergency When the plane set down lightly with hardly a bump there was one immense sigh of relief The five fire trucks and various emergency vehicles chasing us down the runway became subjects for diversion By the time the exit door was opened John Brooks an Oklahoma Skywriter had concocted a diabolical ruse for the local newsmen who tipped off to our troubles were filming our descent Brooks supported by two other Skywriters lifted his toupee a bit poured Bloody Mary mix on the exposed part of his pate then staggered down the gangway Fear It reduces some to blithering idiots Others grow silent Others turn to humor By Mike DeArmond A Momtoer of ft Sports Stiff Fear It reduces some to blithering idiots Others grow silent Others turn to humor We all took turns playing those roles Thursday as a defective tire on the nose-wheel landing gear of a Convair 440 turned what should have been a pleasant morning flight into 20 minutes of tension for the Big Eight Skywriters Traveling from Manhattan Kan to Colum-the third stop on the annual Big Eight football trek we suddenly learned from die flight attendant that a piece of rubber had peeled off the tire on takeoff from Manhattan Airport At first when stewardess Barbara Swap ROBERTO DURAN the world lightweight champion from ders frc ovei Lightweights Small wonder In 63 bouts Duran has a 62-1 Panama has issued a challenge to all titleholders weight to middleweight fight them over the title or he says more tam my any 51 of the victories by knockouts FINALLY these words from Mel Sheehan former athletic director at Missouri: great national pastime no longer is baseball or footfall finding fault with your feHow man If all of us could do our lobs as well as we can do jobs what a fine world this would 1.