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Chic (Calif) Enterprise-Record Fridiy September 1971 Page 1QA Increase Lead With with the bases loaded in th first inning Joe 34th homer tied the score for Chicago in the second inning and the Cubs snapped a 1-1 deadlock in the sixth with four runs the rally highlighted by Jim Hickman RBI double and a run-scoring single by Randy Hundley By (UPI seven days of regular season play The Pirates increased their lead to two and a half games Thursday night with an S-0 victory over Montreal while Chicago kept pace with the leaden and picked up a half game on the idle Mets by beating St Louis 7-1 A couple of lefthanders Luke Walker of Pittsburgh and Ken Holtzman of Chicago pitched their teams to victory Thursday night each tossing a seven-hitter For Walker it was his 15th win tops oh the Pirate staff while Holtzman notched his 17th triumph Walker felt his latest win was critical to the title hopes because we lose tonight it would have put a lot more pressure on everyone going into the Mets senes" New York sends Jerry Koosman fll-7) against the Bob Moose (11-10) tonight knowing it must win at least two of the three games against Pittsburgh to have any chance for the title going into its final four games against the Cubs nest week Chicago is aware of the same fact Dave Roberts pitched a sixhit shoutout to give San Diego a 5-0 win over Atlanta in Thursday only other NL game while in the American League Baltimore toned Detroit 7-4' Boston edged Washington 4-3 and Milwaukee beat California 7-1 Pirate shortstop Gene Alley who says "I'll be a little happier if we get in the playoffs and even more happy if we get in the World Series paced a ISrhit attack off four Montreal pitchers with three hits including a triple and four runs-batted in Walker pitched out of his only serious jam when he struck out Ron Fairly' leertt WrHtr) The moment of truth the nitty-gritty or just the final week of the regular season Call it what you will but the time finally has come to decide just who will win the National League East Dvision title the only race left to be determined as baseball heads into its final Against San Diego Giants Resume 2nd Place Fight Nate Colbert bashed his 35th homer with the bases empty in the second faming and Clarence Gaston smashed No 26 with the bags vacant in the eighth shot was his ninth of the year against Atlanta and the'his second in two games Gaston raised his average to 1316 to move into ninth place SAN FRANCISGO (UPI)-lbcgiiming tonight with Sanjday night off send Frank The San Diego Padres unable Francisco deadlocked in second iReberger (7-6) to the hill spoil first place for the ce with Los Angeles Mean-1 tonight with Juan Marichal and Cincinnati Reds try this while the Dodgers play the Gaylord Perry hurling the weekend to take second place Reds Saturday and Sunday contests away from the San Francisco Righthander Pat Dobson (13-lhe three-game set is the final Giants 15) will be out to fire San stand at Candlestick Park for The Padres gave the Reds third successive shut- the Giants who fits this season though Cincin-'out The Padres behind Dave! season with four nati got away to a huge lead Roberts blanked Atlanta 5-4 Houston dose games in Thursday night after young Roberts improved his record among National League batters Steve Arlin had whitewashed to 6-13 by mastering the Braves He had two hits while Colbert the Braves the night before Ion six hits He allowed two cracked three in pacing an 11-The Giants who had Thurs-i walks and fanned -six batters hit attack which never was relinquished in tiie National League West Now the Padres try to pester the Giants in a three-game series Madden Soys Raiders Not 'Spooked' AMERICAN LEAGUE East 101 89 54 67 571 Pet winners were: (left to right) Mrs Virpl Mello third flight Mrs James Boyd second flight and Mrs Carson Mitchell first flight- (Enterprise-Record Photo by Lloyd Maxson) BUTTE CREEK WINNERS Mrs Neil Clark (left) displays the trophy she received after winning the Butte (keek Club Fall Handicap championship yesterday Other 74 78 81 85 x-Baltimore New York Boston Detroit Cleveland Washington OAKLAND (UPI) -John Madden coach of a football team accustomed to victory GB does not believe the Oakland 652': Raiders will be spooked by a 12(4 season opening defeat and fans are back all this week at a Madden said Thursday -452 have to put our attention on the game The Raidefs wire unset 31-21 last weekend by Cincinnati This Sunday they travel tq San Scramblers Mrs Neil Clark Claims Butte Creek Golf Crown Mrs Neil Clark overcame a' honors with a 231 She tied her seven-stroke deficit to capture I gross course record with a 77 the Butte Creek Golf Second ffl AfDallas no Club Fall Handicap pionship yesterday Mrs Clark netted a 76 yesterday's high winds to 54-hole score of 229 She went to Mrs Neil Hageman at 235 Mrs James Boyd claimed second flight laurpls with a 230 Mrs Donald Hayes was second aid' at 236 and Mrs Ted Starnes trailed Mrs Irene Metcalf 148- third at 246 153 going into the final round Mrs Virgil Mello was the Mrs Metcalf faltered and third flight winner with a 243 settled for third place' in the Tied for second were Mrs John first flight with a 236 total Mrs Merlo and Mrs Coke Williams Canon Mitchell took first flight at 245 Beisler to Start for 49ers Again REDWOOD CITY (UPI) -Veteran Randy Beider used last weekend as a replacement for injured offensive tackle Cas Banaszek may get his second consecutive starting assignment Sunday when the San Francisco Forty Niners face Cleveland Beisler a five-year pro from Indiana drew praise from coach Dick Nolan Thursday Nolan said he noticed little dropoff in execution at the right tackle spot with Banaszek out of the lineup Banaszek worked out lightly Thursday hoping to recover from a deep knee bruise in time to reclaim his No 1 standing in the interior line Nolan said he is just as concerned with the injury free defensive line of the Forty Niners San Francisco pass rushers dumped Washington quarterback Sonny Jurgensen six times in a season opening win last weekend but Nolan lielieves Cleveland quarterback Bill Nelsen wiH be tougher to reach Nelsen steps farther bade in the pocket than Jurgensen San Francisco offensive line coach Paul Wiggin a former Brown himself says this factor phis the obvious efficiency of the Cleveland line makes the defensive front four work harder to sack the quarterback ends have the burden of rushing the Wiggin said they can force Nelsen to move up in the pocket then the tackles will have a good shot at him This is a reverse from our tactics against the The burden then will be placed on ends Tommy Hart and Bill Belk pr Cedrick Hardman Tackles Roland Lakes and- Charlie Krueger must plug the middle NATIONAL LEAGUE East Pittsburgh '84 New York 81 Chicago' 81 St Louis 74 PhiladelDhia 70 Montreal 68 West x-Cindnnati 99 Los Angeles 84 San Francisco 84 Atlanta TO Houston 72 San Diego 81 x-CHncbed division title Results Pittsburgh 8 Montreal 6 san Diego 5 Atlanta 0 Chicago 7 St Louis 1 Probable Pitcher (An Times EDT) St Louis (Carlton 9-19) at Montreal (Stofiemsn 8-15) pan Chicago (Pappas 12-8) at Philadelphia (Wise 12-13) 7:30 pan New York (Koosman 11-7)' at Pittsburgh (Moose 11-16) 8:06 pm Houston (Dierker 14-12) at Atlanta (Reed 7-10) 8 pm Los Angeles (Osteen 15-13) at Cincinnati (McGlothlin 14-1) pm San Diego (Dobson 12-15 or Roberts 7-13) at San Francisco 7-6) 11 pjn Games Louis at Montreal Chicago at Philadelphia New York at Pittsburgh Houston at Atlanta Los Angelea at Otactanati San Diego at San Fran 83 76 75 78 West Wb Lb x-Minnesota 94 61 Oakland 85 71 California II 74 523 13 Kansas City 82 93 400 32 Milwaukee 61 94 394 33 Chicago 55 99 357 38)4 Results Baltimore 7 Detroit 4 Milwaukee 7 Calif 3 Boston 4 Washington 3 (Only games scheduled) Probable Pitchers (All Times EDT) Oakland (Odom 5-7) at California (Wright 21-11) 11 pm Minnesota (Blyleven 104) at Kansas (Sty (Bunker M0) 8:30 pm Baltimore (McNally 338) at Cleveland (Rittwage 1-0) 7:45 pm Boston (Culp 16-14) at Washington (SheUenback 88) 7:30 Milwaukee (Lockwood 4-11 and Krsusse 13-18) at Chicago (John 11-16 and Janeski 10-18) 2 7 pm Saturday's Games Oakland at Calif night Minn at Kan (Sty night Milwaukee at Chicago Baltimore at Cleveland Boston at Wash night Detroit at New York 529 19 i 90 25 J1 31 -1 I Pet GB 606 I 545 9V4 for a contest against the much improved Chargers want panic after Maddesn said a eame is over the most important thing is -the game coming Of the Chargers Madden exoects one of the toughest defensive teams offered by San Diego in years This is anything but good news to the Oakland offense which lias yet to string together four successive quar-ters of effective football give us a new kxA on Madden said of San frequent 344 alignment one less defensive lineman linebackers Rick Redman and Bob Babich present some problems when they line up opposite the I safeties all are former corneifracks just like ours" Madden said- also makes them a tougher team to move the ball Baltimore scored only 14 points against tiie Chargers last weekend But the offense -also was throttifed as San Diego absorbed a 18-14 setback STREAM SCOUT REPORT castor by The Cotton Bowl in Dallas could be turned into a paradise Sunday afternoon That's when the two of the 'best running quarterbacks in pro football opoose each other aa the Dallas Cowboys featur- ing Roger Staubach the former 1 Heisman Trophy winner from Navy play host to Fran Tarkenton the original scram bier and tiie New York Giants The game could be a key to the Giants' National Conference fortunes this year Blessed with 'a relatively soft schedule the Giants must stop the Cowboys if they are to threaten in the Easton Division The Cowboys however have been listed as 94 -paint favorites In other National Conference action Minnesota is 14 over New Orleans St Louis two over Washington Green Bay four over Atlanta and Chicago 11 over Philadelphia American Conference action finds the New York Jets 13 over Boston Houston over Miami Denver 214 over Pittsburgh and Oakland 3 over San Diego on Sunday and Kansas City four over Baltimore on Monday night In the three inter-conference canes Detroit is 13 over Cincinnati Los Angeles 18 over Buffalo and Cleveland San Francisco is rated even sab in Flshina panarally fair to itadhtad and salmon boaln their move on Mill Ciaok and In the river YUBA-BEAR RIVERS: Hlfh ttovifton lakes diappina dear and cold Flshina fair North Middle South Forks of Yuba River tow dear and codfcta Could show imerovement with continued temperature drop Kidd Ftik Lakes tow ctoar and cod stow Lake Valley at summer tow warm stow Bear River threuah Bear Valley normal ctoar warm stow Ash ngt bdna added to streams Dan Fouts to Go Against Jim Plunkett By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Young Dan Fouts the quick striking relief tdsser of the University of Oregon gets his chance to be No 1 Saturday against what may be the No 1 team in the Pacific-6 Conference Fouts only 19 and in his sophomore year will turn the pass-dominated loose against that of Stanford quarterback Jim Plunkett Effective as a reserve signal caller in the late stages of Oregon's first two games Fouts will be in the first string Saturday while injured starter Tom Blanchard watches from the bench Fouts assumes a heavy load against the fourth ranked Indians He will be matching with the spectacular Nunkett a senior who sets a team and Pac-8 record each time he completes a pass The Ducks as the only genuine darkhorse in the Pac-8 know they must win to stay dose to favored Southern Cal and Stanford -Plunkett and the Indians -face the same dilemma Playing in a foreign stadium against highly explosive allclub they must achieve victory to prevent Southern Cal from getting the upper- hand in the conference title race The Indians who- nearly caught USC last season and appear stronger this year have been installed as 15-point favorites over the Ducks Stanford 4oach John Ralston palls the odds a class ballclub It could beat any team in the Ralston says worry me got an explosive attack capable of scoring from anyplace on the The Ducks whipped California in their Pac-8 opener on two late touchdown passes by Fouts Last weekend they were upset by Illinois though Fouts entered after the issue hai been decided and fired a quid: scoring strike three quarters against Illinois we did an absolutely horrendous job on offense unti we finally came sak Oregon head man Jerry Frei It was Fouts who provided the spark After firing his (Continued on Page 11A Col 3) Major League Linescores NATIONAL LEAGUE Montreal 000 008 008- 0 7 1 Pittsbgh 030 012 20x- 8 151 Kenko Stroahmayer (6) McGinn (6) Raymond (7) and Bateman Walker (154) and SanguiUen LP-Renko (1M1) Gabriej Has light Practice After Hurting Hio Dmt hunttn will out In In many Norttwm and Central California inland irw over tha oomlna waaliand aa fha lata laeion aptni FMiemen may be fin real benefactors but they advisod by POLE Stream Scouts Is wear briaM colored clothint With weather water conditions ihe msra conoudva to Ashing Jtsrs's ins rsoorl: HUMSOLDT COUNTY ihsrawn art connacHna with salmon om low dear and cool waters of Hie Klamath and Trinity Rivers Other low dear and warm ascent Ruth Lakt wham tha water Is csM FlsMm has bean aantrally an tha upswing Thu coastal salmon pictiro I dim for tha most part but an occasional incomtnp' Ad may product action MENDOCINO COUNTY: Cool niahtt art forecast and fiihina sAII could park for a final llinp before In Novamhtr For the present Lake Pilltbury Blue Lakes and Clear Lake fish don't atom to bo too in tar as fed any offarinas Lakt Mendocino is and warm and Ashina has slow Rivtrs and strtimi art panarally too low to ba productive I I COUNTY: Could bu weak end's bast bat Trinity Last art low dear and coal Ashina has bean toad Whisk eytown is at season normal and has bean fair Trinity Rivtr is law Clair end cold and salmon and -statlhatd art on bite but you may have to ha patient UPPER SACRAMENTO RIVER SHASTA LAKE: Normal clear cod wafer prevails in ill areas Lake Ashina has baan producine soma nice tass Trail at about tad tor bust results Ths Sacramento Riven from Raddina Is normal dear and cod fish In has baan fair Try Balls Ferry tor salmon staalhoad COW-BATTLE CREEKS: North BalAt Croak is normal dear and cod Rainbow and brown trout art hHAnp with roiulirity South Battlu Crook but aood tiihinp Lakes Nora Grscs Mscumbsr and Kllarc art cool low 'with soma mors Fish'ma has baan load Tha Cow Creaks are fur FIT RIVER: Vary cool niahts art showlnf In real switch at flshina rasull! Pit Rivtr In area at Pit 1 to Crystal and Baum Lakss normal clear and cold Fishing fair Baum Lakt yielded a II lb 15 oi rainbow or Gtorao Homoko of Oak Run last waak Tha fish was Wh inches lonp Hat Crttk in tha Old Station area normal claar and cold and fiihina has bean pood Lake Britton dear auain and Ashina fair Saasanal normal flows roaorttd bttwstn Lake Britton and bdow PH 4 Powerhouse but Ashins only spool McCloud Reservoir Ashtrmtn Pick ini up their sharp at fish odd water Deep Nat son Montgomery Crash! vary Ibw not yield ini much SACRAMENTO RIVER (Rsp Bluff aria): Water low to and Montgomery Hannan Cm (4) Pina (7) Knowles (9) and Casanova WP-Romo (74) LP-Haman (810) HRs-T CorigHa-ro 2 (34th ft 35th) California 000 003 008- 3 13 Milw 240 100 7 11 0 Bradley Kealey (2) Mien (3) Cox (0) Tatum (7) and Azcue Morris Gelnar (6) Sanders (8) and Roof WP-Morris (83) LP-Bradley (35) HR-Harper (Slat) Four Indy 500 Winners Featured in Trenton Race Sundav Afternoon NBA Division Playoffs Cut To Two Teams CHICAGO The National Basketball Association has decided only two teams in each of its four divisions will take part in league playoffs Commissioner Walter Kennedy said some NBA owners voted during a meeting Wednesday in favor of having three teams participate in the playoffs but the majority felt' such a system would eliminate too few teams from the semi-finals Specific arrangements for the playoffs will be made at the All-Star game in San Diego Calif in January Kennedy said The owners also authorized the commissioner to fine any NBA dub $10006 for illegal player relations--a move designed to eliminate who do not appear on the active list Kennedy said a settiemen between the NBA owners are the Players Association expected within three weeks San Diego U0 002 811- 5 11 0 Atlanta 000 000 000-0 6 8 Roberts (1-13) and Cannizzaro McQueen (85) and TiHman HRs-Colbert (35th) Gaston (29th) Chicago 010 004 20817 7 0 St Louis 100 000 008- 1 7 1 Holtzman (17-11) and Hundley Torres Taylor (7) Briles (8) and Simmons UP-Torrez (816) HR-Pepitone (24th) AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 001 000 038 4 12 2 Balt 002 022 Olx- 7 12 2 Hiller McRae (6) Scherman (7) and Price Cuellar (244) and Etdiebarren LP-HiHer i 5) HRs-B Robinson (18th) Blair 2 (lfith ft 17th) Kesey Corona Collect TKO Victories In Portland Ring Show PORTLAND Ore (UPI)- Len Kesey and Pajarito Corona collected technical knockout victories in first boxing show in three months Thursday night -Kesey 143 Eugene Ore slopped rugged Leo Becerra 18 Los Angeles at 1:51 of the fifth round in their scheduler 10-rounder The knockout was tiie 11th for the 27-year-ok Kesey who was battling on even terms until that point: Corona IfOlfc Los Angeles was slightly ahead of AI "Scooter" Meza 138 Yakama Wash when their wild struggle was stopped after nine rounds because of a cut over right eye LONG BEACH (UPI)-Los Angeles Rams quarterback Roman Gabriel went through oily a light practice Thursday after complaining of a sore muscle far his hip When a hip-pointer injury began bothering him during Wednesday practice hi was taken to tiie training room The trainer worried about the possibility of appendicitis sent the big signal-caller to the hospital Tests there proved negative but it was determined that he was suffering from a muscle spasm in his hip He did not run or throw at the Thursday practice but was expected to return to a full workout Friday Ram officials said the 1969 National League's most valuable player would start against the Buffalo Bills Sunday TRENTON Four for- mer Indianapolis 500 winners are featured in the Unitec States Auto Trenton 300 championship Sunday Leading tiie field in the national championship event wiH be Mario Andretti Bobby Unser A' Foyt Al all past Indianapolis and Jim M-E'reath recent California 500 champion The race will offer $79025 in prize money The field of 37 wfll be cut to 28 hi time Mali preceding the race Australians Get First Victor in wa's Cup NEWPORT RI (UPIV-JubHant Australians believe the winds have shifted in their favor end they have a better than average chance of wresting the America's Cup from the United States for the first time in the history of the 118year-old yachting classic Gretei II won Its first official victory Thursday when it rode shifting winds on the final 43 -ntile leg to a one minute and twq eecond triumph over the defender Intrepid' The wiq cut lead to 81 in a bret-of-mven serin that has sudden death status for the ides -can't take this one from shouted the-s skipper Jim Hardy as he stored a can of Australian beer as if the score was 82 and we were on even terms The Aussies finished first in last race but were disqualified when the NewYork Yacht (Pub Racine Committee ruled they had folded Intrepid at thq atari victory was a)- 1 moat a duplication of that race as Gretei trailed most of the way then suddenly came on styong This time the Aussies were behind 1:02 at the fifth turn but going into the lost windward leg they caught the new wind first The iced champagne carried on Intrepid remained coiked and the get another chance to lp the bubbly until Saturday Skipper Bill Pfcker called for i lay day today to dieck Ms sails was a beautiful race Wd Hvd bT oonp-atubtioia well done- I riiare your fey you certainty deserved it" 7 to do it three more Doctors believe that more than 50 diseases of man are caused by viruses Richman Tabs Cincinnati Sail Francisco for Second Wins than the New York Jets over that name again the one who throws all Atlanta over Green Bay-Falcons always have said they'll beat Green Bay one day and Sunday is as good a day as any over San are weakened by Oakland Chargers injuries Chicago Butte Hopes to Cut Mistakes (Continued from Page 10A) from Chico High School moves into the defensive backfieli while Paul Elcessor a 84 228 pounder from Biggs is the tackle Elcessor is replacing 245-pound Mark LeMaster of Oroville who is slowed with a tag injury Also starting on defense are backs Dick Peterson Freddie McGee and Kieth Dietle In the line are ends Ron Myers and Dan EH (last week's defensive player of the week) tackle Jerry Campbell and linebackers Jim Marengo Doug Lem eke and Greg Boudro By OLTON RICHMAN NEW YORK (UP!) A professional handi capper is like no other working man ever met right in his evaluation of professional and college football teams far more often thait wrong right so much remarkable Our handicapper says you can throw out last Monday night's 31-21 win by the 1 Cleveland Browns ovqr the New York Jets as any true indicator "The score prove which is the better team" he says "Not to use anyway It takes a whole lot of time and effort and in this kind of work there is He sounded suspiciously like he meant me but' here goes anyway: The Pres Sunday Cincinnati over I believe in this surprisingly efficient standard-sized Brown machine San Francisco over Cleveland -John Brodie started out as if he was celebrating the Chinese New Year Los Angeles over OJ Simpson gets a little homesick all over again Minnesota over New Orleans -Saints should find the Vik defense even stronger followers and you like to identify with tiie underdog now and then any try going with Indiana over California Miami (Fla) over Georgia Tech and Washington over Michigan this wflckcwlt I think though Penn State will make it 21 in a row by beating Colorado Ohio State will get past Texas A ft comfortably and Notre Dame will be pressed somewhat before subduing Purdue East: Cornell ove Colgate Kansas over Syracuse Boston College over Navy West Virginia oyer VMI and Prince- tonoverRutgers Midwest: USC over Iowa Missouri over the Ail Force Oklahoma over Oregon' State TCU over Wisconsin and Tulane over Illinois South: Mississippi State over Vanderbilt- Mississippi Kentucky 'Tennessee over Auburn Georgia over Clemson LSU over Rice and Alabama over Florida Southwest: Arkansas over Tulsa Baylor om Pitt Arizona over San Jose State Arizona Slate oyer Kansas State and SMU over New Mexico State West: UCLA over Northwestern Stanford over Oregon yoming over Utah State Texas El Paso over -Brigham Young and Utah ova Near Mexico Houston over I'- like the defense Charlie Johnson too Denver over The Broncos like it fine on top of their division Dallas over the New York Giants-Calvin Hill is to move and Roger Staubach is showing more confidence: Washington over St Teams are pretty equally matched If there la any difference at all it could be Sonny Juregnsea over Jack Concannon the quarterback should enjoy operating against old club for the first time Monday Kansas City over Hank Stram has put in a mighty busy week and gotten a number -of things straightened out since last Sunday If you're like most football i I.