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SPORTS ANALYSIS MacKay Seeks Davis Cup Final Round By LEW CODDINGTON Barry MacKay been a top-flight international tennis player for a decade now, but he may be a very important man in the U.S. Davis Cup picture in 1974. The Ross resident, now turned promoter, is hoping to lure the Davis Cup championship round to the Round Hill Country Club in Alamo, and his chances were significantly enhanced by his successful handling of the Infer-Zone Finals at the same site Aug. 18-20. very much like a final MacKay said yesterday.

By he meant Barry MacKay Sports, a San Rafael-based firm through which MacKay oversees his growing network of tennis activities. Davis Cup went very he continued. were a lot of last-minute things that took a lot of doing. real pleased. people (fans) showed they like big-time tennis, MacKay said be received vorable comments on his handling of the tournament from members of the international Davis Cup Committee; from Bob Malaga, chairman of the site selection committee; and from a group of promoters from Little Rock, who handled Davis Cup rounds in the past.

He added he would go to Cleveland in November to watch the U.S. meet the Australia-Czechoslovakia winner in the cup's final round, and would talk to people informally about locating next final round at Round Hill. Serious negotiations would not begin until the end of the year, MacKay said, because he is working on providing and wishes to assure USLTA officials they are on the way to completion. To name the facilities now would be McKay said. MacKay said his organization large enough now, and expanding rapidly.

We have seven or eight full-time people now, and we'U take others on board as we need In addition to promotions, the organization handles club management and sale of sporting goods and runs a line of pro shops. MacKay did not grant himself a vacation after the Inter-Zone matches, but went directly to work on the Fund International, a nine-day pro tournament at Round Hill which will begin Sept. 22. The $50,000 tournament will feature sucb stars as Stan Smith, Arthur Ashe, John Newcombe and other touring pros. guess have to postpone a vacation until MacKay said.

The fact that the fans at Round Hill supported the Inter- Zone matches is considerably less amazing than the fact that the stadium supported the fans. seating capacity is 6,100, and we had zero seats when we started. That was our big problem. They finally were completed on Friday at 6 p.m., and the matches started Saturday at 1 (p.m.). We were marking seat numbers just as the sun was going down Friday I even did a few myself.

The last-minute flurry of activity was not caused by procrastination on part. The U.S. Lawn Tennis Association, moving with what its critics would call characteristic torpor, did not have a site five weeks before the Inter-Zone match was to begin. The situation required a promotor with an organizational structure already at his disposal, and MacKay was ready when opportunity knocked or, to be more accurate, rang. MacKay got a phone call from Dennis Ralston, non-playing U.S.

team captain and an old friend from the glory days of the late '50s and early MacKay was a Davis Cup player in 1956-60, including the championship year of 1958). "He asked me if I wanted to do it, and I said love Bando Says Royals Have KANSAS CITY (AP) got their hands full Sal Bando said after he hit two home runs as the Athletics downed the Kansas City Royals 10-7 in American League baseball last night. The victory put the Athletics games ahead of the Royals in the Western Division. in the countdown said Oakland manager Dick Williams. worst we can come out of this series is losing a game to Kansas City.

And not bad at this time of the Bando had three tuts, scored three runs and drove in three more two in the ninth on an mside-the-park homer. The last time he had an inside the park home run. in high he said with a laugh. The Athletics twice overcame four-run leads by the Royals. Kansas City scored four runs in the first on singles by Cookie Rojas, John Mayberry, Hall McRae, Lou Piniella.

a walk and an error Oakland tallied three in the second on a double by Jesus Alou and singles by Ray Fosse and Dick Green The Royals added three runs in the third but Oakland pecked away with one run in the sixth and two in the seventh. The A tied it in the eighth when Bando opened with a single, went to third on a single by Reggie Jackson and scored on a force out. That set the stage for the ninth. Ray Fosse opened with a single, went to third on Bill single and scored on a sacrifice fly by Bert is. North then stole second and went to third on a throwing error by catcher Carl Taylor.

North and Kurt Bevaequa, Kansas City third baseman, got into a shoving match after North bluffed a dab home and returned to the bag. Both teams emptied on to the field and Bando, who was at the plate, was one of the first to get in the fracas. Finally, the umpires restored order and ejected North and Bevaequa. Bando then hit his inside the park homer. KmMs City EDDIE FEIGNER A Fast Man With Softball Oj ab hi ab bi North cf 5 0 3 1 Bevaequa 3b 5 0 0 0 Oonigtiaro cf 0 I 0 0 SchaaJ 3b 0 0 0 0 Campanrs ss 4 0 0 1 Rojas 2b 5 110 Bando 3b 5 3 3 3 Otis cf 4 2 11 Jackson rf 5 0 10 Mayberry lb 5 2 2 0 Johnson db 4 10 1 McKae rf 4 12 1 Tenace lb 3 2 10 Piniella If 4 12 3 Alou 4 2 2 0 Reiehrdt db 3 0 1 1 Fosse 3 12 2 Hovley dh 0 0 0 0 Green 2b 2 0 11 Healy 10 0 0 Kubiak 2b 10 0 0 Taylor 10 0 0 Andrews ph 0 0 0 0 Patek ss 4 0 10 Horque pb 10 0 0 Splittorff 0 0 0 0 Holtzman 0 0 0 0 Bird 0 0 0 0 Odom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fingers 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 13 9 Totals Oakland 001 213-10 Kansas City 000 7 Holtzman.

North, Taylor DP Kansas City 1 LOR Oakland 3. Kansas City 6 2B Aiou 2. Mayberry, Piniella. Reichardt, McRae HKOUa (25). Bando 2 124).

SB-Patek, North SF Fosse. Cam- paoens er bb so Holtzman 2 33 8 7 6 I 3 Odom 2 13 1 0 0 I Pina 2 0 0 0 1 0 Fingers 2 10 0 11 Splittorff 6 1-3 7 6 6 1 3 Bird 4-4 2 2 3 6 4 4 0 1 T-2 42 By LARRY ELDRIDGE The Christian Science Monitor News Service QUINCY. Mass. After nearly three decades of touring the world as head of the four- man softball team, the King and his Court, famed pitcher Eddie Feigner is still breaking the speed limit for fast ball pitchers. (Feigner and his four-man softball team play the Suburban Auto Pistons of San Rafael, San Francisco softball league champions, in a softball game Sunday, Sept.

23 at 2 p.m. in the San Francisco Cow Palace.) a better pitcher now than I ever have says the 48-year-old marvel. may not be quite as fast, but I'm still the fastest pitcher around Meanwhile I have the experience that so often makes a seasoned performer a better athlete than an energetic On the field, he quickly demonstrates that all the old tricks are indeed still there, dazzling the opposition regularly with his amazing assortment of windups and pitches. The night I saw him he struck out two batters while pitching blindfolded and another while hurling from second base. The four-man team won as expected (overall it plays about 200 games a year and wins roughly 90 percent of them).

lose now and then because we always try to put on a good show," Feigner said. tell you one thing, though if we had a contract which said, if you lose, you get we never confidence is well founded. From 1946 to this year, despite putting all that vaudeville into their act, the King and his Court have won Aussies In Spotlight Of Tennis FOREST HILLS. (UPI) is the day the Aussies seek to make hay in the U.S. Open tennis championships.

With co-first seed and defending champion Hie Nastase out of it, but co-seed No. 1 Stan Smith very much alive, the two old Aussies, Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall. the younger Aussie John Newcombe, and the finest of the Aussie women, Margaret Court, hold the spotlight. The three men have won here before, Laver in 1962 and 1969, Rosewall in 1956 and 1970, and Newcombe as an amateur in 1967. Margaret has won five times, and would dearly love to take it once again to offset the bad taste of defeat in her infamous Bobby Riggs match.

Laver goes against Vijay Am- ritaj, the Idian who defeated Rod at Bretton Woods, N.H., earlier this year; Rosewall See AUSSIES, page 10 Softball king Eddie Feigne (Christian Monitor photo 4.300 games, tied 150, and lost 680. EDDIE INDIVIDUAL record is even more unbelievable. He has pitched all of these games (5,130) and has struck out more than 85,000 batters, including 16.000 while blindfolded He has recorded 1,392 shutouts, including 716 no-hitters, 201 of which were perfect games. may wonder why we use four men instead of two or three," Feigner deadpans to the crowd before the start of his games. because we have to have somebody left to bat when we get the bases Feigner is the star of course, but the supporting cast which keeps changing over the years also has its moments First baseman AJ Jackson has a pre-game act in which he BASEBALL STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE West West Pet.GB Pct.

GB Los Angeles 83 52.615 Oakland 79 54 .594 Cincinnati 80 55 .593 3 Kansas City 74 60 .552 5Vi San Francisco 73 59.553 Minnesota 63 69 .477 15H Houston 69 68 .504 15 California 61 67 .477 Atlanta 65 70.481 18 Chicago63 70 .474 16 San Diego 48 85 East .361 34 Texas 46 86 East .348 Pet.GB Pct. GB St. Louis68 66 .506 Baltimore76 54 .585 Pittsburgh65 65 .500 1 Boston 72 61 .541 Chicago64 69 .481 Detroit71 64 526 Montreal 63 70 .4744 Vi New York 69 66 .511 New York 62 71 .466 5 Milwaukee65 67 .492 12 Philadelphia 62 72 463 Yesterday Results Atlanta 10. San Francisco 4 Pittsburgh 7, Chicago 0 Pittsburgh 5, Chicago 2, 2nd Montreal 5. Philadelphia 2 6Cleveland 57 78 422 Yesterday's Results Oakland 10.

Kansas City 7 Cleveland 8, Detroit 3 New York Baltimore 2 Milwaukee 3. Boston 2 New York 6. St Louts 4 (10) Houston 3. Los Angeles 2 Cincinnati 10. San Diego 4 Today's Games Atlanta i Morton 114) at San Francisco (Barr 10-14), 12 15 Chicago (Jenkins 12-12) at Pittsburgh (Kison (h)) New York (Stone 8-3) at St Louis (Foster 11-6), night Montreal (Moore 7 14) at Philadelphia iTwitcheli 13-6).

night Houston iReuss 14-10) at Los Angeles (Mefsersmrth 11 8) night Cincinnati (Norman 11-12) at San Diego (Jones 42). night Tomorrow's Gaines Chicago at Pittsburgh New York at St Louis Montreal at Philadelphia Houston at Los Angeles Cincinnati at San Diego Atlanta at San Francisco. 2 Boston Milwaukee. 2nd Minnesota Texas Cahionua-Ctueago in) Games Oakland Hunter 174) at Kansas City (Fltzmorro 5-2) Boston (Pole 3-2) at Milwaukee (Lockwood 38) Cleveland (Timmerman 8-4) at Detroit (Loiich 12-12) Baltimore (Cuellar 13-12) at New York (Stottlemyre 12-13). Minnesota (Bane 0-4) at Texas (Clyde 46).

night California (May 7-12) at Chicago (Kaat 1212). night Games Minnesota at Texas Oakland at Kansas City California at Chicago Boston at Milwaukee Cleveland at Detroit Baltimore at New York 1 Design Regatta Today Eleven skippers, with proba- 11 different designs for win- ig, will be competing in the crnational One Design World ampionsbip Regatta begin- ig today on San Francisco y- rhe eight-day championship, ited by the San Francisco cht Club of Belvedere, des four skippers from Ma- lenry Mettier of Belvedere, i Davis of San Rafael and ie Wosser of Tiburon will be nDeting for the host club. and Eric Schou of Sausalito sails for the St. Francis Y.C. of San Francisco.

All will be trying to unseat Bill Widnall, 35, of Marblehead, the one-time of yacht racing and currently the defending champion A tune-up race was scheduled for today, and competition will begin in earnest tomorrow with the first of six races to be held one per day through Saturday, except for Wednesday, a Each skipper will sail a ferent boat every day. The regatta will be scored under the Olympic system, with the best five of each individual's six races counting in the scoring. Three skippers will be representing the Corinthian Yacht Club of Massachusetts nall, Ted Cook and Thornton Clark Jr. There also will be three from the Larchmont (N Yacht Club New Yorkers Milton Thrasher of Rye, James Bishop of Saddle River and Joseph Weed of mont. Hardy Watlington of the Royal Bermuda Y.C.

of Bermuda rounds out the field. Wosser, a veteran sailer, is two-time IOD champion and is expected to provide chief challenge. Wosser has won 26 on the Bay in his long career in IOD, Star Boat and Cruising Club classes Mettier is the 1973 season champion and Davis is the 1971 Coronado 25 world champion throws two or three balls in different directions simultaneously. Shortstop Gary West displays a speed chasing the occasional balls hit to the outfield and an arm which many major leaguers would envy. Catcher Jim Nichols and alternate Floyd Berger have their own tricks, and during a particular game anything can happen.

In the contest here the score was getting out of hand when a hot grounder came near Jackson while he was running the bases. He suddenly stopped, speared it barehanded, and flipped it to the surprised second baseman to start an inning- ending double play. It was the fielding gem of the evening. THE TEAM EXPANDS to five men when Feigner is pitching blindfolded, with Berger filling in a first base while Jackson stands next to the mound to protect against balls hit that way. is also our designated hitter," Eddie said.

"We thought of the DH long before the American League did." This summer the DH had been used mostly for Feigner, who had knee surgery last winter. Eddie usually takes a couple of turns during a game though, and still a dangerous man at the plate. One of his tricks is using a tiny 22-inch bat then often surprising everybody by slugging the ball for extra bases with it. Mainly, though. forte is pitching.

And despite the long grind and the many years, his arm holds up remarkably well get any more tired than a arm does See FEIGNER, page 10 Candlestick Fans React Strangely SAN FRANCISCO (UPI)Candlestick Park baseball fans are a strange breed. Roric Harrison hit a homer and there was silence. Henry Aaron walked and they booed Harrison pitched and batted the Atlanta Braves to a 10-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants last night Aaron, who has hit 706 homers, eight short of Babe career record, drew an intentional walk in the first inning, much to the dislike of a crowd of more than 11,000 fans care what the fans Manager Charlie Fox of the Giants growled. trying to win a ball Fox ordered the intentional walk to Aaron with first base open in the first inning The strategy pay off because Dusty Baker hit a sacrifice fly to score a run homer highlighted a seven-run Atlanta third inning rally that started against Giant ace Ron Bryant. Bryant, already a 20-game winner this season, gave up three runs in the first two innings and retire any of the three batters be faced in the third.

Before the inning was over, Jim Willoughby gave up four hits and four runs. Randy Moffitt finally retired the side. Aaron left the game after singling in the eighth inning and that sent at least 3900 fans heading for the exits. Bobby Bonds had two singles, stole two bases and scored two runs for the Giants. Dave Kingman also homered for San Francisco, bis 16th and fifth in the last five games.

(See box score on inside page.) MacKay related. MacKay's love was tested a bit lator when Hie Nastase of Romania, famed for his cantankerous on-court antics, arrived in the Bay Area, closely followed by bad reviews from his recent stand in Cincinnati. Having demonstrated some of his earthier English vocabulary to an official, he faced suspension. Nastase played, mim- mized his extracurricular drama, won Romania's lone match in a 4-1 loss to the U.S., and later lost to Stan Smith in a meeting of the alleged two best players in the world. So administering the tournament at Round Hill was a smashing success for MacKay but just as in his top playing days, the Ross star is not about to stop and be satisfied with a successful performance in the semi-finals.

Novato Huge Marlin Sets Record VICTORY PORTRAIT Referee Jay Edson today pushed away heavyweight champion George Foreman who was surveying the damage he inflicted on fallen challenger Joe Roman in the first round in Tokyo. Foreman decked his outclassed foe three times in registering a first round knOCkOUt Telephoto' KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii When Doris Jones Monday caught a 669-pound Pacific blue marlin to set a world angler mark, she accomplished the feat on the same boat as her record-bolder predecessor Sally Rice. Mrs. Jones, competing for the Day's Island Big Game Fishing Club of Novato in the 15th annual Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament which concluded yesterday, was on boat named Malia. The 55- year-old Marinite broke standard of 623 pounds using a 139-pound test set Jan.

29, 1972 in these same waters. Sally, a Hawaii resident who was in Australia competing in another tournament, established her mark on the Malia on the Kailua-Kona waters but not in the Billfish Tournament. Her boat, however, was placed in this tournament and was drawn by Mrs. Jones, who promptly smashed the mark on the opening day. The catch temporarily catapulted the Novato team into first place.

However, the four- member squad of William Suth- eiland (captain), Mrs. Jones, James San Juie and Bill Yee fell to third place on the second day and finished in eighth place with 1,120 points, 22 points behind the seventh-place San Rafael Billfish Club. The San Rafael delegation, consisting of Barry Bovee (captain). Nancy Bovee, William Hoey, and Lawrence Moore, was well behind the winners, Mauna Kea Fishing Club of Hawaii, 1,288. Thus, two Mann clubs were participating in this record- shattering tourney that featured three new world marks.

Besides Mrs. accomplishment, others were topped by a Hawaiian, Welby Taylor, and a Tahitian. Eric Tixier. Tixier landed a 916-pounder with 80-pound tackle on Tuesday. The Haura Club of Tahiti representative broke Alexander standard.

Nicol of New Zealand held the old record of 823 pounds done Feb. 27, 1972 at Mare Island New Zealand. Mauna Kea Fishing Club member Taylor used a 50-pound line to catch a 663-pounder New William Sherman had the old record of 475 accomplished Feb. 25, 1966 New Zealand. A SLAUGHTER Foreman Stops Roman In 1st TOKYO (AP) George battering ram punches took only two minutes to reaffirm his hold on the world heavyweight boxing title today, but controversy flared over whether the real knockout punch came with challenger Joe Roman sitting on the floor.

did it. I was groggy when I got Roman said about a right hand punch to the head he took after being floored after 1:10 of the first round of the scheduled 15-round fight. He went down again 20 seconds later, took an eight-count, and then was knocked out by a vicious right uppercut to the jaw at the two-minute mark of he first round. Describing the controversial action, referee Jay Edson of Phoenix. said Foreman, who had backed Roman to the ropes and had thrown a flurry of punches, was following through on a punch when he hit Roman on the way down.

was not a Edson said, adding am sure it was not intentional Calling the fight a "one hundred per cent Edson said the blow was unfortunate since Foreman could easily have won without it. Edson ruled that the knockdown was not official and waved Foreman to a neutral comer for about 10 seconds to let Roman get up. He said he did not call a longer rest period because the punch was losing its force as Roman went down, and Roman answered that he was all right when he got up. Roman's camp took an opposite view and planned to file a formal protest to world and Japanese boxing officials was a double said trainer AI Braverman. "He pushed Joe down and hit him on the manager.

Bill Daly, told newsmen: we hadn't jumped up and yelled, he would still be hitting him on the The controversy overshadowed the brief action. Roman, the No. 9 contender in both the World Boxing Association rat- 9 Saturday, September 1, 1973 ings, came out bobbing, weaving and jabbing but never landed an effective punch Shouts of protest were heard from many in the crowd of about 7,500 persons in the Budo- kan-Martial Arts Hall over the quick end to the fight that cost $189 for a ringside seat Big Money In Foreman Fight TOKYO (UPI) For the time involved, George Foreman has to be the highest paid man the world today. In knocking out Joe King Roman in two minutes, he made about $8,333 per second. His purse was $1 million.

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