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(Hk Sansas CTiti (Times Monday Docombor 4 1978 Royals Cain Ground in Race for Rose least 10 am really believe we still have an excellent chance at signing Pete I think Pete will make an anouncement either Monday or Tuesday He is supposed to be here (Orlando) to receive an award Tuesday night I would think he would want his decision to have been made by that A source close to the Cincinnati Reds and Rose puts the Royals in the best position even though John Galbreath Pittsburgh owner has offered to put Rose into the horse-racing business Galbreath also owns the Darby Dan Farm near Lexington Ky Friends of Rose in Cincinnati have tract worth $24 million Rose recently tossed these figures at a friend: think when I'm 41 years old I can still be making a million bucks a year and have a 2-year Rose will be 38 April 14 During visit to Kentucky he said he would make a decision no later than Tuesday so that teams he rejected would be able to make other deals at the meetings Rose who earlier said he would make a decision Sunday morning and then watch pro football on television He reportedly attended the Bengals' game with Atlanta in Cincin By Del Black and Sid Bordman Monitors of the Sports StW The Royals appeared a step closer to signing Pete Rose free-agent super-star Sunday as Pittsburgh seemed to be slipping from the picture Baseball writers in the Pittsburgh area were told by the Pirates early Sunday that a news conference might be called But at mid-afternoon officials of the National League club said any announcement concerning the signing of Rose would be made in Orlando Fla site of the Winter Baseball Meetings That turn of events indicated the Pi told writers that Rose is going to Kansas City offer flabbergasted said one of friends Ewing Kauffman owner and Burice executive vice president and general manager haven't revealed their offer to Rose But the contract probably stretches from 4-6 years most of it guaranteed A yearly salary of $700000 would be a ballpark figure The Royals probably have sweetened the pot with other investments and possible tax shelters The Philadelphia Phillies who earlier seemed to have Rose wrapped up reportedly offered him a 4-year con nati but be found by news men Rose who has 3164 career hits cov ets Stan Musial's National League rec ord of 3630 hits But he also has been impressed by the suggestion of Kauffman that he might be able to break Ty major-league mark of 4191 hits by joining the Royals and finishing his career as a designated hitter If Rose signs with the Royals Burke probably will return to Kansas City for the announcement Kauffman who is in Kansas City is scheduled to leave for Orlando Tuesday rates probably were running out of contention On the flight from Pittsburgh to Orlando the mood of the Pittsburgh officials reflected pessimism according to one of the writers The St Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves also are in contention but are given little chance of signing the 37-year-old switch-hitter Joe Burke executive vice president and general manager said he had no contact with Rose Sunday "I waited at home until 10:20 this morning before going to the airport" said Burke who is attending the Winter Baseball Meetings had told them I would be in Kansas City until at Chiefs Rally Bills Chiefs Stats BUFfALO 0 7 3 O-IO KANSAS CITY 7 0 7 0-14 KC McKnight 17 run (Storwrud kick) BUFF Lowi 40 poll from Frguum (Dmnpoy kick) -FG DtmpMy 22 KC Whit 3 pau from Livingiton (Stonorud kick) 2578) Edward Hillestaff With 97 yards rushing it was a satisfying day for Tony Reed To Tip By Bill Richardson A Member of the Sports Staff Only 25781 fans braved the cold at Arrowhead Stadium Sunday to watch the Chiefs close their home season But they sat in on a rare occasion Kansas City won for a second straight weekend defeating the Buffalo Bills 14-10 It was the first time the Chiefs had won consecutive games this season consecutive games since 1976 and consecutvie games at home since 1975 This National Football League game of losing teams was as close as the final score indicated The Chiefs secure the victory until linebacker Whitney Paul picked off Joe Ferguson's pass on the Kansas City 45 with 53 seconds to go With all their time outs spent the Bills couldn't stop the clock as Mike Livingston fell on the ball twice The victory doubled the Chiefs' win- nmg production of 1977 and left them at 4-10 with two games to play They closed home play at 3-5 and split the season series with the Bills who also have a 4-10 mark Buffalo is 0-6 on the road Ferguson whose passing featured Buffalo's 28-13 triumph over Kansas City Oct 1 took the blame for the interception that wiped out the Bills' last chance was looking for Bobby the Buffalo quarterback said "It was just a bad throw It's nobody fault but my own The Bills' last gasp began at their 7 with 1 :46 to play and only one timeout left That meant Ferguson basically had to use sideline patterns so his re- INDIVIDUAL LEAD RS Buffalo Millar 15-57 Brown 10-45 Hook 7-19 Konto City Raad 16-97 Morgode 20-78 McKnight 8-63 Buffalo Farguson 14-25-3-207 Konra City Livingiton 12-21-1-99 Buffalo Uwi 7-126 Chandlr 2-48 Hook 3-21 Kana City Marshall 3-40 Lana 3-23 Raad 2-22 covers could get out of bounds and stop the clock Completions of 5 and 9 yards to back Roland Hooks and a 22-yarder to receiver Frank Lewis carried Buffalo to its 43 On third-and-one with 1:01 left Ferguson aimed for Chandler on a curl pattern in the right flat underneath the Chiefs' zone Paul was in such good position to make the interception that he looked like the primary receiver "Early in the game they had the Continued on Page 7D Reed Nears 1 000-Yard Goal morning line by dick mackey times you can break one other times you can't But all the backs had a good day None on either team had more yards though Fullback Arnold Mor gado had 78 and halfback Ted McKnight 63 but neither has a realistic shot at a 1000-yard season If Reed can muster the needed yard age against the Broncos and Seattle he would become the second back in the history of the franchise to reach that plateau and the first to do it since 1966 Mike Garrett who also holds the season club record was the last to accomplish the feat when he gained 1087 yards 12 years ago Abner Haynes who had 1049 in 1962 when the team was the Dallas Texans is the only oth By Gene Fox A Mm tor of Seorti Stiff Tony Reed's quest for 1000 yards lives The 197-pound running back squirmed for 97 yards in 16 carries Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium to lead Kansas City to a 14-10 victory over the Buffalo Bills and pull to within 112 yards of his goal with two games remaining "It's feasible now" the second-year pro said gleefully after the Chiefs' fourth victory in 14 games was kind of on the shaky side going into this game I knew I needed a big one because we re going against a tough de tense (Denver) next week You can never tell about those some er back to surpass the barrier Garrett and Haynes however did it in 14 the number the Chiefs have played this season But even though Reed has two additional games to reach the mark he says it won't mean any less to him "I really don't feel that bad about not getting it in 14 games since the run nmg has been distributed among a lot of backs in the wing-T offense this said Reed who gained 44 yards on a third-quarter run Sunday think in fact that if I end up get ting it in 16 games I'll be just as happy as I would have been in 14 games It is kind of hard in this type of offense plus it's a new offense to everybody And if I end up doing it it 's going to be great for the team and the not only me" Even though the Chiefs play the defensive-minded Broncos next Sunday in Denver Reed believes the odds are with him to reach 1 000 "Yeah definitely" said Reed who also caught two passes for 22 yards Sunday "Today's game really helped The Broncos are tough but I felt we took it to them the last time when they were here and I feel we can do it again" Reed who has a 48-yard average for 182 carries this season averaged 6 yards Sunday Except for his 44-yard er most of his yardage was hard-continued on Page 7D Salt Lake City Ends Wings' Hot Streak Spirit World By Steve Richardson A mm tor oMto Snort Staff Under normal circumstances after an 8-0 defeat a hockey dressing room would be like a tomb After the Kansas City Red Wings loot by that score to the first-place Salt Lake City Golden Eagles at Kemper Arena Sunday the Red quar ters were more like a hospital ward These aren't normal days for the In-jury-hobbled Red Wings who had their 10-game unbeaten string snapped and were shut out for the first time this season The loss ended the longest unbeaten streak in modern Kansas City minor-league history After the game Dan Bolduc high-scoring right winger sat in front of his locker surveying the hobbled and tired bodies around him know it was a nice two weeks' of work" Bolduc said of the 9-0-1 per He Isn't Anybody Special Just an Offensive Lineman Now the guy standing over there is Mike Livingston Yeah I think I recognize him Passed for 99 yards and one touch down if I remember correctly He sure did Now over here to your left is Tony Reed And not too far from him are Ted McKnight and Arnold Morgado the running backs Oh sure Who could forget them? they rush for 241 yards including McKnight's 17-yarder for the other touchdown? That's right Set a franchise record in the process Shattered it in fact And if they don't slow down they could break the NFL record set by Buffalo in 1973 when a guy named OJ Simpson gained 2003 yards that season And that must be Walter White and Henry Marshall over there But then who could miss Walter At 6 feet 3 inches and 234 pounds big enough to be the Statue of Liberty Well 1 know about that But his 3-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter may loom that big to the Bills But where is Gary Barbaro? You mean the free safety The guy who made the short-hop interception early in the fourth quarter Why he'satanding over not too far from Reed So that's him? Good-looking guy Sort of resembles CharledBronson Maybe Rut on that play he looked more like John Mayberry picking up one of George throws out of the dirt Yeah I know what you mean And 1 guess that's Thomas Howard and Whitney Paul That's right Whitney's the one who picked off that Joe Ferguson pass with less than a minute to go that locked up the Chiefs' 14-10 victory Great Bui that guy over The one standing all by himself Who's he? Oti him I think his name is John Shondon Or ia it Tom Condon9 Something like that But then it really doesn't matter You see an offensive lineman Oh one of them I sorry I asked Well that's pro football for you Everybody remembers the stars of the game But when it comes to seeing that Mike Livingston has time to pass for 99 yards and one touchdown or that Arnold Morgado and Tony Reed and Ted McKnight can rush for 238 of the 241 yards offensive linemen are about as obscure as a vice president of the United States Or more so What's worse is that these Matt Herkenhoff Bob Simmons Jack Rudnay Charlie Getty and have been ignored so long that when someone comes up to them their immediate reaction is that they've done something wrong But as Rudnay was say lag Sunday after the game used to that That the way it's been for lot of years" Take Condon for example Hie starting right guard has lived in obscurity for so long that when he goes home he feels as if he should Introduce himself to nls parents It would be one thing if Condon were one of those guys they lock up until game time Hie kind who never is interviewed because all he can say ia "Raw meat Mehongrey" But he isn't The guy ia a graduate of Boston College Majored in sociology and philosophy and between seasons he Is studying for his law degree at the University of Baltimore And when he's not doing that ha acts as a clerk at a law firm between classes Even now he is taking a law class at UMKC As such he continued so he thought living in obscurity That is until last week when he went to class and the students and professor gave him a trophy for hanging in there until the Chiefs finally won after ell those close calls OK so it was made out of papier-mache It could have been made out of gold because as Condon put it didn't even know they knew I was a football player" But then that 's understandable He la after all just an offensive lineman OLD TAYLOR BOURBON OLD CHARTER BOURBON 499 750 ML 419 80" 750 ML formance before Sunday "But everyone just ran out of gas today We were overskating the puck Fatigue had set in" comes what is left of the Kansas City Red Wings" mimicked one player of the introduction given thS team before each period Kansas City was down to 13 players and two goalies going into the game The Central Hockey League allows each team to dress 17 players Center Bjome Skaare and Larry Wright did not dress because of injuries and no one knew where veteran Terry Harper was He was supposed to report from Detroit and be In Kansas City this weekend The game was the Wings' fourth in four days "When you are going along like we are (the schedule) it catches up to you" said Larry Wilson Red coach who also said three other members of the team played with injuries were not skating and were mentally tired We have three lines and no extra forwards and no extra defense-men They caught us tired We played well in Fort Worth (5-3 victory Saturday) It was a physical game We had two tough games against Tulsa But we will be back We will show up Tuesday Salt Lake City leads Kansas City by Coptbuied op Page 4D SPIRIT WORLD RUM CUTTY SARK SCOTCH 599 399 80' QUART ORv 750 ML CANADA HOUSE IMPORTED-4 YR LAIRD'S APPLEJACK 449 549 80 QUART 80" 750 ML McCORMICK DRY GIN-80 QUART 175 399 739 WOLFSCHMIDT VODKA-BO0 QUART 175 399 749 HAMM BEER CASE 24 CANS Wings Summary Flrit Period Scoring: 1 Shlntko 1 1 (LaboH) 47 2 St Gallant 6 (McTovdi) 154 3 Sl-Marton 2 (Currio) 1 1:46 4 Cur i 19 (Thom ton) Panabia: Ogihda (tripping) 1307 KC (Mosckrwr (tripping) 1 606 $t-Ogll vio (holding) 16:28 St lahotto (hooking) 1711 Second Period Scoring: 5 Hok (wnouitfod) 3:02 6 St Zuk 3 (Thompoon Cumboon) 1 1 :37 7 St Currio 20 (Shlncko Mostor) 1932 Ponottloc: KC Hutaor (tripping) 7:38 McTavth (roughing) 17:41 KC Orvan (roughing) 17:41 Third Poriod Scoring 8 Oombon 6 (Zuko) 1 7:59 Ponokio St Odlant (holding) 5:45 St-Thompson (high picking) 7:58 Lamby minor-malar (elbowing fighting) 1006 ur- si I- 1- fl Li 8-ai o9vnirpi nwfV 1008 St Oallonf double miner (elaehing high-picking) Sab Lake Ob 4 3 1-1 KanepsCHy 0 0 Shete on goal: Sab toko Cby (againP law and UPnekJ) 21 41 Kaneae Cby (agatnp Orant) Attendance 2886 I III oi in lUTZUEl CQ CASE 24 CANS Ho 7 BUCKHORNBEERq qq CASE 24 CANS Owfwf OLYMPIA BEER yQ CASE 24 CANS D4U HAL QUINN HONDA ALL MODELS IN STOCK OLD PRICE Save Hundreds HAL QUINN HONDA 32nd Noland Rood 836 0404 imgyithfflTr 10400 East 63rd $trtt 17318 East 24 Hwy (mmuemim-2bi) (Optn 0 AM to 10 PM).