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Page2C The Kansas City Star Thursday August 23 1904 ir in 25 major-league seasons ending that career when he retired as a player in 1983 from St Louis Compiled by Bob Da vidson spofttwrUer Sportspourri Hie Muscular Dystrophy Bowling Tournament will be held Friday night at the Loma Vista Lanes The youth squad of junior bowlers will begin at 4 pm and the two adult squads will begin at 6:30 pm and 9 pm There is a $575 entry fee ($3 goes to the Muscular Dystrophy Association) and drawings and raffles will be held The tournament is sponsored by Kansas City firefighters The San Diego Chargers will be looking for their second victory over the Los Angeles Rams in a span of less than three weeks tonight when the teams square off at Anaheim Stadium the final National Football League exhibition game for both clubs The Chargers 2-1 opened the pre-season with a 17-10 victory over the Rams 1-2 in San Diego All Pro corner back Mark Haynes may sit out the 1984 National Football League season unless the New York Giants give him a new contract his agent says Haynes walked out after practice and a meeting with Coach Bill Par cells said agent Jack Mills A New Jersey man has testified that New York Jets All-Pro defensive end Mark Gastineau punched him in the forehead threw him to the ground and then began kicking him during an early morning brawl in Studio 54 last year Charles McGinley identified Gastineau as his attacker while testifying in Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday McGinley claims he and two others were beaten up without provocation by Gastineau and quarterback Ken The two players each charged with six counts of assault are on trial for an attack that allegedly occurred during a Sept 30 1983 brawl at the discotheque On Aug 23 Kansas City Blues announced they had puchased veteran right-handed pitcher Marlin Stuart from the New York Yankees Stuart compiled an 8-2 record with the St Louis Browns in 1953 194 Jim Colbert and Matt Taber combined for a 7-under-par total and take a 6 and 5 victory over Dave Dennis and Don Dancer winning the Heart of America 4-Ball Invitational title at the Kansas City Country Club Luis Tiant became the major first 20-game winner of the season as the Red Sox blanked Oakland 3-0 in Boston Tiant 20-8 allowed sue hits and struck out six in the victory Springfield Redbirds outfielder Leon Durham was named the American Rookie of the Year after batting 306 with 22 home runs and 85 RBIs Who was major-league youngest player-manager Choose him (a) Lou Boudreau (b) Joe Cronin (c) Bucky Harris (d) Roger Peckinpaugh (e) Pete Rose Jack Meyers Kansas City ported in its Thursday editions Tunnicliffe 21 the University of career passing yardage leader was not drafted He signed with the Seattle Seahawks as free agent but was released Tuesday Reached by phone at his Burbank Calif home Tunnicliffe 44 said he wrote letters because his son want to play in a city whose climate and lifestyle differed from Southern California Hie elder Tunnicliffe said he regret the letters but said a factor to (his not getting drafted was me acting as his Bicydbts approaching Katina Some of the top athletes crossed the Colorado Rockies this week and never got close to the IJS Olympic Training Center For the hardy bicyclists who are part of the Race Across America there can be hundreds of miles to go before they sleep There are 3047 miles to this race which began in Huntington Beach Clif last Sunday and could end on the Atlantic City Boardwalk maybe next Tuesday night Three thousand miles in under 10 days Lon Haldeman 25 of Harvard 111 went through Denver on Wednesday morning Haldeman has won the first two of these races Late Wednesday Haldeman was 1 V4 hours ahead of No 2 Mike Secrest of Flint Mich and close to the Colorado border The race runs up Interstate 76 to Nebraska then dips back into Kansas The bicyclists are expected to reach Kansas City this weekend Reds hire Kaat as coach The Cincinnati Reds have fired Stan Williams as pitching coach and are replacing him with Jim Kaat a veteran of six clubs who retired last season after a 25-year major-league pitching career Kaat 45 is to join the Reds on Friday night in Pittsburgh as they begin a five-game road trip It was the first change in the coaching staff since Pete Rose replaced Vern Rapp as manager last week Reds President Bob Howsam said no other changes in the coaching staff are planned this season Kaat who pitched for the old Washington Senators Minnesota Twins Chicago White Sox Philadelphia Phillies New York Yankees and St Louis Cardinals had a 283-237 record in the major leagues He was the only pitcher in history to work The Minnesota Twins want to void their trade with the St Louis Cardinals for shortstop Chris Speier who reported to the Twins with a bruised left heel Speier who was acquired last Sunday was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday after aggravating the injury in the Twins game Tuesday night against Milwaukee understand that they (the Cardinals) assured us (Speier) was in fine shape and ready to play said Twins Executive Vice President Howard Fox said he had a problem and had been healed and that he was ready to play I think there was any subterfuge on their part They just thought it was better than it was If the Cardinals refuse to cancel the deal Twins President Calvin Griffith said the Twins will ask Commissioner Bowie Kuhn to nullify the trade Cardinals General Manager Joe McDonald said Wednesday night that his National League team plans to keep the cash and a Class AA pitcher in exchange for Speier McDonald said the team physician had warned the Twins that Speier was injured Rimer FuMard in meet Two former Kansas City high-school athletes and one current athlete highlight the Adidas boys All-American high school track team released this week Cam Miller a senior pole vaulter at Raytown South High School and former teammate Cedric Fullard were named to the four-man vault squad while former Belton High distance runner Joe Falcon was among the best in the mile and 3 200-meter run Sixty-six athletes were selected in 15 events Miller who recently won the Amatuer Athletic Union Junior Olympic pole vault in his age group ranked second behind Fullard with a vault of 16-feet 9-inches 17-foot vault won the Golden West Invitational meet earlier this summer Fullard is a freshman at Arizona State while Miller is the defending Class 4A champion Falcon has the nations second-best mile time of the 4 minutes 824 and his 8:533 in the 3200 was the best of the season Falcon currently a freshman at Arkansas is the Missouri Gass 3A champion in the 800 1600 and 3200 (d) Roger Peckinpaugh was a 23-year-old shortstop when he took over as manager of the New York Yankees in' September 1914 Lou Boudreau became player-manger of the Cleveland Indians in 1942 when he was 24 Joe Cronin was 26 when he took over as player manager of the Washington Senators in 1933 Bucky Harris was 27 in 1924 when he was player-manager of the Washington Senators and Rose was 43 when he became player-manager of the Cincinnati Reds last week Fatherly advice sours NFL teams Obviously Thomas Tunnicliffe had never heard the adage beggars be choosers In Tunnicliffe 's case the choosers ignored the beggar Tunnicliffe the father of former University of Arizona quarterback Tom Tunnicliffe admits he wrote letters before the May 1 National Football League draft informing 12 teams his son did not want to play for them the Arizona Daily Star re Tennis mushrooms with wheelchair athletes Players rom seven states to compete at Woodside Racquet Club about three Parks said chairs weigh in the low 20 pounds almost half the weight of hospital chairs The sports chairs are designed so much better and they fit the body so well that you can do more A sports chair allows you to have more control a player had to have a strong upper body to play tennis because of the heavy hospital chairs Now you see more women and kids playing The national tournament this year will be Oct 17-21 in Irvine year we had 140 players from the continental United States Hawaii Canada and France for the five-day Parks said the tournament started we had an workshop (sponsored by the USTA) for individuals from universities and rehabilitation centers who wanted to develop programs There also was a clinic for beginning and advanced wheelchair From noon to 1 pm Saturday at Woodside an instructional clinic will be geared toward teaching beginners the fundamentals of wheelchair tennis and instructing professionals on setting up programs There will be no admission charge for the matches which will begin at 1 pm Friday sion for the Woodside event the sixth of 10 Grand Prix tournaments this year Snow who defeated Parks 6-0 4-6 6-1 in the finals of the national tournament last year in Irvine Calif has been seeded below Parks at Woodside (Snow) plenty Parks said he might have some problems with his strokes because been spending so much time in track been playing quite a lot of tennis" Snow 25 recently earned the silver medal in the 1500-meter wheelchair race at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles doubt Snow is in good shape the way he raced in the 1500 meters but the big thing in tennis is the Parks said pretty even in tournaments: 4-all But in matches ahead USLTA rules apply to wheelchair tennis with these exceptions: Two bounces are allowed instead of one only the first bounce must land inside the court boundaries the service must be initiated with both rear wheels behind the service line and the chair is considered part of the body of the top players seldom need the second Parks said Gene Land pro at Woodside Racquet Club discovered that two months ago when Parks was in town for a clinic "He didn't use two bounces very said Land who played a set with Parks on an indoor court has a powerful serve just like any other player I was very surprised I had to work hard beat a lot of good Parks who lives in Laguna Beach Calif was a student at the University of Utah when he had his ski accident at Park City Utah thing I was just getting ready to get into he said had talked about it but I done anything about it After I got hurt I started thinking about playing tennis: it took a year to realize it was feasible for me to Wheelchair basketball and bowling have been prominent for years both staging national tournaments is one of the newest of wheelchair Parks said "but probably the fastest growing Before bur foundation was established in 1960 there were about 25 players Now there are more than 2000 across the Until Parks started the foundation there were no tournaments clinics or sponsors for wheelchair tennis The players were on their own Parks attributes the growth of wheelchair tennis to the development of sports wheelchairs been around for BySidBordman sportswriter Before a crippling skiing accident eight years ago Brad idea of tennis was of these days 1 going to give it a shot Now tennis is game-arid his trade Not only is Parks the executive director of the National Foundation of Wheelchair Tennis and a traveling ambassador but one of the leading players in a mushrooming sport Parks 27 is ranked No 1 for the first wheelchair tennis tournament ever staged in Kansas City the Everest Jennings Grand Prix which will be Friday through Sunday at Wood-side Racquet Club Everest Jennings is a wheelchair manufacturer Sponsored by the Kansas City Wheelchair Athletic Commission the tournament will have 30 players from seven states for singles and doubles Among the players will be Randy Snow of Dallas the national champion last year and No 2 seed here Joe Greve Bob Downing Dave Pierce and Larry Mohler the Kansas City entrants will be playing in their first tournament Greve also is director of the tournament Because of lack of entries there will be no divi Joe Greve (staff photo by Jim McTaggart) "Gomer Has the Good Stott for Less" Selected as KC's Best Liquor A Wine Store 9902 Holmes Exit 1-435 at Holmes 942-6909 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