Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky • 13

L( 0 Business Section Lextnjtm Kjr VfdDesday June 1M i ets 'hearing 1 L' lf' news nhotos 'r By GORDON BEARD BALTIMORE An attorney resenting Codex was to present evi-dence today in an effort to clinch the disputed victory in the Preak- ness Stakes May 17 at Pimlico Codex finished 44 lengths ahead (k Howe gets Henblt downs Master In 211st Epsom Derby Page R4 of Genuine Risk in the 1 316-mile classic Bid Diana and Bertram Firestone owners of the runner-up have appealed a decision which disallowed a foul claim against Codex Jockey Jacinto Vasques aboard Genuine Risk claimed the filly had been impeded and jostled and was either struck or intimidated by the whip of Angel Cordero Jr the rider of Codex as they came out of the final turn But attorney Arnold Weiner representing Tartan Farm the owner of Codex turned over a sequential series of 27 still photographs to the Thoroughbred Board of the Maryland Racing Commission Tuesday The photographs made by Wey-man Swagger of the Baltimore Sm-papers were presented during cross- his kicks 5v saves hv i is i i examination of a Firestone witness An attempt to authenticate them through expert testimony was delayed until Weiner calls his witnesses to die stand Weiner claims four of the photographs when matched with frames from ABC-TV tapes taken at the same instant will show that the two horses never even touched ABC tapes have been a key segment of the case prepared by Henry Lord: attorney for the Firestones Photos show head-on The still pictures were taken some 100 feet beyond the Quarter pole'1 from a much different angle than the television or tapes and give a headon view of the dispute Even though the evidence had not yet been accepted Weiner tried to elicit comment from Vasques asking if they would change his mind about whet had occurred on the turn just know what I claimed foul for" Vasques said somewhat testily "I give a damn about that In response to repeated questions from Weiner Vasques said: "I stand on what I say I change my Testimony was speeded up a bit during the second day of the hearing and the case was expected to be completed today This is in keeping with the desire to reach a decision before Belmont Stakes1 Genuine Risk became the first filly in 65 years to win the Kentucky Derby a race in which Codex did not compete Both are expected to run in the Belmont the last of the Triple Crown series In his testimony Vasquex repeated the essence of his foul claim made after the Preakness He claimed Genuine Risk would have taken the lead had she not been carried wide on the turn i "I don't know if I would have he said not up to Cordero to advocates testify LeRoy Jolley trainer of Genuine Risk along with Bert Firestone Preakness jockey Bill Passmore and former jockey Ted Atkinson testified they thought Cordero had committed a disqualifying foul by carrying Genuine Risk wide They contended collectively that Cordero had moved Codex from about three horse-widths off the rail to anywhere from seven to nine widths after encountering Genuine Risk advancing on his right side "That took everything out of Jolley said "She was not able to finish with her usual thought it was disgraceful to the whole racing Firestone said was ashamed to be involved in something like Atkinson said "The filly was definitely fouled in being carried wide and she may have suffered other Passmore who rode Knight Landing to a seventh-place finish in the Preakness said he thought Cordero had committed a fotd by taking Genuine Risk wide but he also contended the stewards decision should stand LOS ANGELES Steve Howe is one year removed from the Michigan campus yet he has already appeared in IS games with the Los Angeles Dodgers won one game and saved six By his own account were luck saves" Howe fielded a ball off his shins for the final out in the 5-1 victory Tuesday night over Cincinnati Afterward the rookie left-handed relief pitcher said got my first loss letting a ball go through the middle so now I get in front of the ball" It was Howe who entered the game at a critical point in the eighth inning The Reds go for Jodgers led pitchers catchers yh nin and the in draft Page B-4 Reds ha(j runners at fust and second and two out Taking over for starter Bob WelchHowe got pinch hitter Rick Auerbach to pop to second for the final out He then retired the Reds in order in the ninth inning as Los Angeles improved its lead in the tional League West to three games over Houston and Cincinnati Ron Cey hit a two-run homer off Cincinnati starter Tom Seaver The veteran right-hander left in the sixth inning with a strained left leg muscle giving up only two hits had a much better fastball tonight than the last time we faced said Cey who also hoovered off Seaver May 26 in a 44 Los Angeles win he gotten hurt I don't know how it might have turned out" Cey billowed a second-inning walk to Dusty Baker with his sixth homer Welch who pitched a one-hitter in his previous start gave up a run in the fifth on a walk to Seaver and Leskytan LeaderCHARLES BERTRAM Phil Schroer delivers respectability and victories for Lexington Stallions Schroer has humble role By MIKE FIELDS Next series: Sat-Sun at Cincinnati At home: June 21-22 vs Ft Wayne gk at' One piece of equipment slow-pitch softball teams use is a radar gun fine for Nolan Ryan to know smokin' pitches at 98 mph But it would only be discouraging for slow-pitch hurlers to know they are serving up home run balls at 20 mph can't be an egotist and be a slow-pitch pitcher" says Phil Schroer who plays that humbling position for the professional Lexington Stallions not going to pitch a shutout or a one-hitter two-hitter or three-hitter you go out on that mound you had better realize that every batter who comes up to the plate should hit the ball hard That will keep you modest" Schroer's modesty is intact even though he has been the winning pitcher in seven of the eight victories this season not foolish enough to think my pitching won those he says is still a hitters' game and is becoming more of a defensive game Still pitchers are almost helpless out Schroer who had a not-so-helpless 404 record last year for the Kentucky Bourbons calls himself a "thinking man's "I'm not going to sit out there and think I can keep so-and-so from hitting he said "Instead I'm going to try and locate the ball maybe keep it in on his fists so be can't extend his arms and take a good cut even though the name of the game is slow-pitch I try to sneak asmuch speed on the ball as See HOV(E) Page 4 this section Schroer's wily ways were expected to give the Stallions some much-needed stability in their first season in the North American Softball League That has happened The former All-World performer is a major reason the Lexington team is off to such a fast start But his modesty won't let him admit it Instead he credits the young Stallions who are newcomers to the pro ranks- "I was kind of worried in the beginning because we had five or six players who had never played on this level he said thought it would take them a while to team the ropes I was wrong These guys are real hungry they're out to prove they belong in the league When you put them with the five or six guys who've got pro experience got a good mixture That's why we're Schroer 33 is accustomed to being with a winner As a hard-throwing right-hander he helped New Mexico Highlands win the NAIA national champion- See SCHROER Page 2 this section Af phd Follow the Suns Yankee manager Dick Howser fined Luis Tiant $5101 If he could have the other night after the pitcher showed up the pilot by dropping the ball on the mound and not waiting around for his relief Why then was the fine only $500 1 don't want to spend all winter in Seattle guard Dennis Johnson has scored his last goal for the Sonics He was traded to the Phoenix Suns for guard Paul Westphal Tuesday See story on Page B-X Expo geezers Fryman Bahnsen old enough to be dead VV John Schulian Outage SmwTimea Tt Vwvj' i i ft Should come as a great relief to Bahnsen that the record book shows no such thing could have happened Indeed he had yet te cross the white lines for pay when Williams was spending 1964 writing finis to his career as utilitymin But that hardy takes Bahnsen off the hook of time He miss Williams by much He will turn 38 in December and he ignore the truth much longer: Together he and Woodie Fryman are old enough to be dead As it turns out though the prize heirlooms of Montreal's relief corps are taking the life out of the enemy's hitters Bahnsen working the middle innings has a 3-1 record a low earned run average and the bosS undying gratitude for patience "Stan pitched eight innings against Cincinnati the other day" Williams says course four of were in the bullpen" By comparison and by his own estimation Fryman has a better deal as the lefthanded short reliever "I'm only in there the last inning or he says when Dick calls for me the game's on the line You bet that's good for your ego" Should Fryman require any help to keep his self-confidence purring he need only look st his team-low 156 ERA and his team-high seven saves Or perhaps he ought to listen to Williams describe the damage the 1 weil-pladded geezer has done Ins second season as a reliever "Woodie just blew Houston outta there the other day" says Williams innings he pitched and he went right after those hitters I'm telling ya Woodie waste pitches He throws a fastball and a See FRYMAN Fage I this section CHICAGO Woodie Fryman always has been old He was old when the Montreal Expos put him on their payroll for the second time old when he temporarily retired in Cincinnati a few yean back old when he broke into the majore with Pitt' burgh 19G6 old when be signed his first professional contract la an era when youth is mighty and shall prevail it hard to imagine him playing Class A ball at 25 But Fryman did and now more than a month past his 40th birthday he is still throwing that Kentucky plow boy fastball still plodding along to a familiar song "The Old the Expos call him They call Stan Bahnsen pretty much the same thing and deservedly so After all nobody else on a team filthy with kids knows what a is like to be a Yankee when Mickey Mantle was swinging for the downs and Whi- tey Ford was telling the rookies not to expect Christmas cards from the veterans until they bad been around for four or five years Bahnsen was there a bug-eyed righthander out of Counci Bhiffs Iowa Even today be has trouble believing IS seasons have passed The problem with being a card-carrying coot is that nobody else seems te have such hazy memory says Dick Williams the Expos manager "HeX 1 hit against Stan when I was Sian Bahnsen Hera ta agbg teammate Woodie Flyman Always been old.