Progress Bulletin from Pomona, California • Page 31

Progress-Bulletin, Romano. Californie. Thursday. August IS, 1974 Dodgers lose ground on Paciorek NICE TRY, Rusty Staub slides headlong to the plate in game at Shea StauU the plate and Dodger catcher Steve Meager tagged him out. But New York won anyway, LOCAL-NATIONAL Sports NFL camps tone down the threats i By United Press International All the belligerent talk by both striking players and coaches seems to have died down and business as usual in the National Football League camps.

For the most part, the most outspoken coaches, like Sid Gil and Paul Brown, and the leading player spokesmen, like the Pat Matson, toned down their threats and counterthreats and got down to the business of getting ready for the upcoming season. Wednesday was the reporting date set by the NFL Players Association to begin a 14-day cooling off period in hopes of bringing about a contract settlement. And there were few problems as most camps reported a good number of veterans reporting or planning to report soon. Talks are scheduled to resume today in Washington. Twenty-seven striking Atlanta vetei- ans reported and Coach Norm Van Brocklin said there would be no animosity toward the striking players and the regulars would start Saturday pre-season game with Cincinnati in Atlanta.

of what has been said and done was forgotten when they walked through that door said Van Brocklin. At Houston, one incident did occur as outspoken striker Fred Willis carried the ball and was met by linebacker Al Cowlings, a strike breaker who reported earlier this week. Cowlings shouted at Willis, the two ame face-to-face but no punches were throcvn. The honking of car horns signaled the arrival of a caravan of Minnesota Viking veterans at their training camp at Mankato State College. Thirty veterans showed up at the same time, traveling in a long string of vehicles lrom Bloomington, where they had been working out daily as a unit at a high school field.

The only experienced player not camp was all-pro tackle Alan Page, a member of the negotiating committee, who will be in Washington today. the time to get ready for another said quarterback Fran Tarkenton. great to get Coach Bud Grant wanted no part of the strike dispute. asked anybody if they te going to leave in two He said. have no control over it.

I a coach, not an owner. My job is to get the players in shape tor a game. Matson, the player tep, said, decided to forget about the whole thing and just play iootball. There comes a point when you ve got to shrug things off. Gillman, who angered Houston players by cutting seven veterans early this week, claims not running for most popular man in camp.

is not an easy game we re in, he said. is not calculated to win popularity contests. You try to win. (Vince) Lombardi lead any popularity contest. They say they hate (Tom) Landry, hut all Landry does is win.

They say they hate (Don) Shula, but all Shula does is win. 1 know, what is the tried to find those seven guys but we know where they were. We didn't know where anybody was we know who was going to come in. Everything was unusual. Would it have been better if we had lei them in camp for a day then cut Don Shula, coach of the World Champion Miami Dolphins, showed no signs of retribution toward the returning veterans, but no mercy either.

He put them through two sessions under the broiling Florida sun. Larry Csonka, the Super Bowl MVP who will play his last season tor Miami this year, showed up with a cold and made what he hopes is his final statement on jumping leagues. would like just one year, tor crying out loud, to play iootball without all the side issues like strike and contract hassles and whatever else has been going he said. going to play the best football 1 possibly can and so will Jim (Kiick) and Paul (Warfield). going to play my guts out, not because I owe the Dolphins anything, but because 1 have the pride to want to win for myself and all the other guys with the same pride to win.

Football talks get underway one more time WASHINGTON (UP!) Pro football talks reopen today with a fedeial mediator on an uneasy basis a majority of striking players in camp for a two-week period and the owners unsure whether the veterans will walk out again. W.J. Usery head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation requested bargaining teams from the NFL Players Association and the Management Council to meet at 2 p.m. EDT. It was the first time that the two sides had sat down at the table since the players union announced Sunday that at request the strikers would report to training camps.

Most members of the NFL Players Association quickly complied and prepared to play in this preseason exhibitions. Usery termed the union decision a and expressed hone settlement ot the strike might be forthcoming before the end of this week. But still undecided were major questions involving presented by the players and money demands, which the Management Council said amounts to $30 million a year. The players insist the more than money represent the major stumbling block. These include the right of a player to decide with which team he will play once his contract ends and the authority of NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle to set compensation when a player plays out his option and wishes to change teams.

Tatiana hurls 5-0 shutout against Bosox ANAHEIM (UP!) After eight straight losses and falling to a dismal 4-13 record, rookie left-hander Frank Tanana of the California Angels has fought back to win four of his last five decisions. The turnaround has nothing to do with a change of pitching style. in the major leagues has the arm but not everybody has the the 20-year-old Tanana said after pitching a 5-0 shutout over the Boston Red Sox Wednesday night at Anaheim Stadium. learning now to use my head which is 75 per cent ot pitching up The 6-foot-3 Tanana checked the Red Sox on seven singles and walked only one to earn his first shutout. Boston remained four games in front of Cleveland in the American League East race.

Tanana credits his new stinginess with the home run ball for his recent success. He lost eight earlier decisions directly because of the long ball. -Only two of those were off my curve Tanana admitted. others were all down the middle and belt last three games, however, have all been strong efforts. He went 6 1-3 innings, giving up only six hits, in losing to Kansas City 3-0 but came back in his last outing to seven-hit New York in a complete game 7-1 victory.

He now has 12 scoreless innings in a row after his shutout over Boston in his first career start against the Red Sox. California catcher Ellie Rodriguez said improvement in throwing strikes is also helping. getting that first pitch over so he can challenge Rodriquez said. throwing fastballs for strikes and becoming the pitcher everybody in the organization thought he would Winston Llenas and Bobby Valentine each singled in a run during a three- run third inning to give Tanana all the runs he needed. By BILL LANGLEY P-B Sports Editor PITTSBURGH Tom Paciorek took the blame for the stunning 3-2 loss to the Mets Wednesday night.

Bui the part-time outfielder shoulder the load by himself. two-base error on Ron liner in the ninth inning was the big play in helping the Mets come up with an amazing two-run rally to take a victory away from Los Angeles and sweep the three-game series. This time, the loss hurt the Dodgers. Second-place Cincinnati finally took advantage of an L.A. defeat by beating Pittsburgh to climb to games behind the Dodgers in the National League West pennant race.

The Dodgers can enjoy a day of rest today to recover from the effects ot dropping all three games to the Mets bv scores of 3-1, 3-0, 3-2. New York was able to rally against Dodger relief ace Mike Marshall, who suffered his eighth loss of the season in his 79th appearance. Marshall, who had held the Mets scoreless through three innings of work in relief of Doug Rau, got into immediate trouble in the ninth when he walked Ken Boswell, a .247 hitter, to open the frame. Winning pitcher lug McGraw saci- iticed Boswell with a perfect bunt on an 0-2 pitch to second to set the stage for Hodges. The pinchhitter hit a long drive to left-center w'hieh Paciorek was able to oni to with a long run.

He got his glove on it but dropped it to enable Boswell to score the tying run. Felix Millan singled past third baseman Ron Cey to advance Hodges to third base. With both the infield and outfield playing in, Rusty Staub won it with a single over head. just blew Paciorek muttered in the quiet Dodger clubhouse. lost the game and it is my fault.

I had a gctfid jump on the ball and had it in my glove. I know how the hell 1 dropped But Marshall has to share some ct the blame also in walking Boswell to put the Mets in business even through the disagreed with plate umpire Billy calls. pitches were in the center ot the world, right down the Marshall explained. Dodger manager Walt Alston was mainly upset though about Dave Lopes when the second baseman run at full steam on a sacrifice bunt in the top of the ninth inning. Marshall opened the inning by hitting a single off McGraw.

task as to sacrifice the runner to second in hopes of helping the Dodgers get an insurance run to pad their narrow But McGraw was able to field Lopes bunt and threw to second in time to nail Marshall. The Mets then discovered Lopes taking his sweet time running to first, and completed the double play. Since Bill Buckner followed with a single and Willie Crawford drew a walk plain to see how the double play may have cost the Dodgers a run. only bad thing about today was Lopes not running out that hunt, Alston said. know of any reason lor it.

Rau, who held the Mets to one run in five innings of work, was disgusted about being lifted in the sixth when Alston took him out for pmch-hitters Manny Mota, who promptly struck out to strand two runners. When asked about it, Rau coldly replied was the scoie. Mston explained the move. may have made a mistake even starting him. That blister on his finger was acting up again.

We had a chance to score some runs and I figure we would get many against Tern Seaver. I also wanted to go with my best and Marshall pitched two effortless innings but got into trouble in the eighth when Staub opened w'ith a single, advanced to second on a wild pitch, and went to third on Cleon hit. With runners on first and third and no outs, the 33.125 Shea Stadium fanatics went wild. But Marshall got out ot John Milner hit a grounder tc first baseman Steve Garvey whose thiow was in olenty of time to get Staub trying to score. Don Hahn then flied out and Duffy Dyer grounded out to end the threat.

The Mets scored their run off of Rau in the third when Jones hit a sacriiice fly to score Seaver, who opened the inning by drawing a walk. Los Angeles got to Seaver in the third and fourth for single runs. Buckner hit a two-out single in the third, stole second and came home on hit. Rau helped his own cause with a two-out single in the fourth to score Von Joshua who singled and stole second. But the Dodgers stranded 11 runners during the afternoon in wasting 12 hits.

got a few hits today for a change but not very many Alston sighed. This is the seventh time this season the Dodgers have lost three in a row. Their streaks have never reached four but the Pirates may have something to say about that when a weekend series opens Friday night here at 1 hree Rivers Stadium. DODGER DATA The probable pitchers for the weekend will be Don Sutton, Andy Messersmith and Geoff Zahn for the Dodgers vs. Doc Ellis, Jerry Reuss and Larry Demery for the Bucs.

Injuries drench Sun for TV game By DON BRADLEY P-B Staff Writer HOUSTON. Tex. It will be an inju- rv-wracked Southern California Sun (23) football team that faces the Houston Texans (2-2-1) on national TV tonight (6 p.m. channel 9 and KLAC radio). Two starting offensive linemen, tackle Ed Kezirian and guard Younger Klippert are out.

Klippert has a gioin pull. Kezirian has had knee surgery and probably lost for the season. The situation was further complicated when Bruce Ward, Kezirian replacement on the roster, twisted a knee in practice Monday. Ward suffered knee damage in training camp and underwent surgery. Tight end Jaque McKinnon has been placed on the inactive list because ot a groin pull.

Worst of all, quarterback Tony Adams is still hampered by a sprained ankle suffered in last loss to New York. playing admitted coach Tern Fears. probably wait until game time to make a decision on whether Adams or Gary Valbuena will Fears was critical of WFL officials in not calling more penalties when the quarterbacks are hit. is a distinct lack of protection tor Fears commented. (the officials) protect the punter but not the quarterback.

Fears called the injury-riddled offensive line a but found some silver lining in the clouds. going with a very fast set oi he divulged. lerry Lindsey will start at flanker, Dave Williams wide receiver and Ike Harris at tight end. Other teams have been able to double cover our wide receivers because our tight ends been able to get away from the The Sun now' is also very thin at tight end. W'ith McKinnon injured and John Conley waived, Fears doesn't have a legitimate tight end.

Harris, normally a wide receiver, is 6-5 but weighs only 206 pounds. In running situations, be replaced by 6-6, 248-pound Tim Guy, converted from defensive end. To further complicate matters, Fears has been forced to use two spots on the roster to try and improve the Sun kicking game which has been the worst in KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS the in game in Atlanta- Robinson was es proressional football. Gary Lloyd has been signed to do the punting this week. Flemming Jensen has been signed to try the kickoffs and field goals.

The pair represent the fourth kicking change in the last four games. Lloyd played college ball for Cal Lutheran and had a tryout with the Denver Broncos. Jensen, from Utah, impressed Fears with is field goal-kicking ability last week, but Nick Dzepina was signed because he could (so it was thought) do both. As Lt turned out, Dzepina could do neit.er. puts us in a sticky situation, said Fears.

we're allowed only 37 people on the active roster, we wanted someone who could do both. he added, most teams are using two people and we do the Former Ram Joe Carollo. will start, at one tackle spot in the ottensive line alongside Booker Brown. Hopefully provide enough protection to enable Adams or Valbuena to get some passes to the new last set of receivers. Last two Ram holdouts show up for training LOS ANGELES (UPI) Running back Tony Baker and linebacker Jim Teal reported to the Los Angeles training camp Wednesday, the last of the 50 veterans to come into camp.

Baker and Teal reported as the 14- day off in the NFL Association strike went into effect. The rest of the Ram veterans who honored the strike reported Monday or Tuesday. The Rams now have a squad of 80 players, including 30 rookies and free agents, wmrking out at their Cal State Fullerton training camp. Ram officials asked all veterans as they reported if they intended to stay in camp for good, and said al! intend to stay. However, linebacker Isiah Robertson said the unsettled issues of the strike are in the minds of a lot of guys.

Many of us feel we may be walking out no way play the season without a collective bargaining said safety Dave Elmen dorf. can assure it won't be Harry Schuh, an offensive tackle in his 10th season, said, the players get the kind of contract after, some new decisions will be me and I'm sure by others. But a bridge we had to cross When the veterans began to report after the cooling off period was announced Sunday. Ram owner Carroll Rosenbloom said any player who felt he coming to camp for good should remain out. Players at other training camps have raised the possibility of a new walkout if talks between the NFLPA and the league owners fail to produce an agreement.

attitude here is said Ram coach Chuck Knox as he welcomed back his veterans. players are dedicated to excelling individually and to Knox, who expects to start a team of veterans in the exhibition game with Kansas City here Saturday night, said he is giving defensive back Cullen Bryant a look at halfback. Bryant, the No. 2 pick last year from Colorado, is a speedy 6-1, 227-pounder, about 17 pounds heavier than last year..