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Ln Beach. June 177 INDEPENDENT, PRESS-TELEGRAM S-J Fans unhappy with Yins part time status If you dont like you dont like baseball tuned into the game by fans who are sitting right there, watching the action on the It's a sight unparalleled in baseball. "1 guess theTans bringing their radios really began back when the Dodgers were playing in the Coliseum, Scully recalled teamrwasplaying-: in what was actally a football stadium, people were so far away from the field it was often difficult to tell what was happening and, on top of that, the team was "So we began trying to sell the product, the game, the By Khs Sherman Stall Writer I Tommy Lasorda may not realize it, but the Dodgers have been playing-most of their road games minus one of their most popular and effective team members. And the fact that the team is leading-the- NationaPXeague West by a comfortable 8ft games is of little consolation to the legions-of Vin Scully fans, who miss his voice -on road game radio broadcasts as much Lasorda might tniss Steve Garveys bat in the lineup. The.

49-year-old Scully, a veteran of 27. seasons thc 7 didnt do it for the exposure. I made the change It is my team. It is my life. I'd like to see tbe team win.

Id like to see Walter and Kay OMalley win another I feel like. Im part of the Dodger family. Walter OMalley has always been a sort of father image to me, because I started so cully 9 VIN SCULLY Hi there, everybody' there is evidence that he is missed by dedicated and disappointed fans. I don't come into contact with a tot of fans, and the mail has gotten so out of hand that its answered in the office, Scully said, pausing to make a few notations in his score book. "But ocasionally 111 see a fan who will say, Gee, we missed you when the team was in Atlanta or Chicago or wherever.

BILL SHUMARD. a Dodger public relations spokesman, said while there has not been a great deal of negative reaction i to Scullys art-time status) the Shumard added, though, that fan reaction to Ross Porter, who, along with Jerry Dogget, fills the gap when Scully is not at the mike, "has been very positive." And Scully himself, who said Porter is doing a fine job, believes the fans will accept the new face of the Dodger broadcasting team once theyve be Atlanta and1 four mOrefo San Francisco. Theyll be gone for 43 days. Sue, I miss the road trips at times! the camaraderie that you feel on the road. But I dont the-long absences from home! "For the past several years, theres been a war going on in--s id e-m tr-1 -loved-doing -the games, buTITia ted thelravel.

In contrast to the tong road trips asa baseball announcer, Scully said his commitments with CBS usually consume only weekends. I can get on a plane on Saturday, do a football game on Sunday and be. home Sunday money or the network only for my family. evening, he explained. You just can't do that in baseball.

SCULLY'S arrangement with the Dodgers allows him to broadcast the team's home games and anchor the telecasts of the road contests as tong as not interfere with his CBS commitments. One such conflict came this weekend, when Scully had to be in Chicago for the Western Open golf toujmment. But Scully, who said he would rather broadcast baseball than any other sport, flew into Cincinatti Friday night's Dodger game against the Reds and Tom Seaver. I wont usually do something like that, Scully explained. But its only a two-hour flight to Cincinatti, and I want to see Seavers debut as a Red at Riverfront Stadium." Scully added that, missing the road games makes his job more difficult because he has more homework to do on the Jbox scores and newspaper fronj games he has missed.

"But Jerry (Doggett) and Ross (Porter) (the other two members of the Dodger broadcasting team) help fill the void, and after I've missed some road games, I can get them broken down ih my head so it's almost as if I'd actually seen them. While Scully is happy in his new arrangement as a part-time player on the Dodger team. just as the saying goes that the Indians hated the cowboys from another movie' how a ground ball is 1 backhanded by that vacuum cleaner at third base r- how a line drive is-speared-by an whether the player be for the Dodgers or the opposing team;" and how ball is hammered to rii "lifted to left or slapped' into center. rAi)d he does 'it all with enthusiasm, 'giving equal 'credit to members of both teams for good plays, despite the fact that it's sometimes difficult because: "It is my team. It is my life.

Id like to see the team win. I'd like to see Walter and Kay O'Malley win another I feel like Im a part of the Dodger family. Walter O'Malley has always been a sort of father image to me, because I started to young. association with the Dodgers has always been a family thing. AT TIMES, Scully admits, the- SffcftHed-cough button that allows an announcer to say something that will not be heard over the air comes' in handy as a release.

"It doesnt happen often, -he said, "but there are times, during an important game, when I might hit the button after a play and say to myself. Gee, I wish that had been ahit. But no matter how hard Scully may try to hide his pleas-ure when a Dodger hitter knocks one over the fence, there's an unmistakable note of enthusiasm as he describes the play: "And there's a high drive into deep right field, back goes Griffey, away back, to the wall, she's And it is that enthusiasm, as much as anything else, that Dodger fans have come to love and. this season, dearly miss on those long road trips. Voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers, has limited his baseball duties to the broadcasting of home games and televised road games this year.

Between games, he will describe a variety of sports action on television for CBS, his part- time employer for two yean For Scully, the decision tennis and golf CBS was agonizing." I didnt do it for the money' or for the network Scully explained during an interview in the-Dodger Stadium press box. I made the change only for my family." SCULLY and his wife, Sandra, have six children ranging in age from 17ft to 2ft. Three are his from a previous marriage (his fint wife died in 1972), two are his present wife's from a former marriage, and the 2ft year old is theirs. "The older you get with children, he said with a touch of sadness, "the more you realize how you are destroying a very precious commodity when you kill time. I have missed a tot of my childrens lives.

I can still travel for two or three days, but I don't ever again want to be away from home for two weeks at a time. "For instance. he said before the Dodgers-Cardinals game Tuesday, the team leaves Thursday for four games in Cincinatti, four games-in young. 7 opposing players. And we tried to put some human elements in our broadcasts.

I don't like numbers I love words and I woirid-nnuch rather, tell one. thumbnail sketch about a ballplayer. about his rooj, rather than RBIs, batting averages and otliec statistics." THE RESULTANT anecdotes. which the announcer' throughout his broadcasts about as often as the Dodgers get on base, have become a Vin Scully trademark. It is those anecdotes, combined with the picturesque phrases Scully turns more often than the team' turns double plays and the restrained enthusi-asm with which he describes the action, that has prompted more than one fan to call him the best broadcaster in baseball.

From Scully you are likely to hear how a pitcher got his ttart in baseball, from a father who spent his lunch hour playing catch with his son; how a player got his nickname; that it's the birthday of a player, coach or umpire; how the Dodger stadium crowd hates relief pitcher Rawley Eastwick, formerly with the Reds and now with the Cardinals, or almost any player from another team. Planners sayjtjvont cost the taxpayers BUD TUCKER come accustomed to the change. Nevertheless, there is a lingering sense of loss among many Dodger who miss Scullys familiar every-bodyTAnd avery pleasant good evening (morning or afternoon) to you wherever you may be, when the team is on the road. In a fan survey once enn-ducted to determine- the most-admired Dodger, Scullys name was at the top of the list. The fact is, the terms Base-" ball, "Dodgers Vin Scully" are inexorably tied together in Southern California, and the marriage was no accident.

Scully, a ruddy-faced, red-haired Irishman wno in 1950, stage 22, joined the Brooklyn Dodgers broadcasting team under the tutorship of Red Barber, has worked hard at the union. Baseball is such a great game, he explained with a hint of pride in his association with it. "It's a game that most people can relate to, because theyve played it in one form or another, be it softball or "stinkball or-whatever. I'VE TRIED as hard as I could to be as accurate as possible and' to present pertinent information to fans," he said. I think it's a great tribute to the game that after all the games I have seen and broadcast, thereltUTare games, there still are plays, that give me goosebumps.

-I would rather broadcast a good baseball game than anything else. I'm a salesman a pretty good salesman but what it all boils down to is the product you have to sell," he said. I've been very fortunate to haye had an extremely good product both in baseball and in the probably as much as 'anyone or anything, has helped sell the Dodgers and baseball to Southern Californians. His campaign began when the team moved west in 1958, and evidence it has been successful can be viewed during any Dodger home game as Scully's voice booms out of thou-sands of transistor radios brought to the ballpark and- of an extavaganza which planners say wont cost the taxpayers. Californians are somewhat leery of Olympics since the Winter Games at Squaw Valley in 1960 resulted in huge losses and the 1976 Summer Games at Montreal will be paid for by the citizenry of Canada for the next decade or more.

We don't think it will cost anything," declares John C. Argue, who is president of the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games. He means the revenue from a Los Angeles event will more than offset the losses just as it did in 1932 when the Olympiad in Los Angeles wound up (1.5 in the black ink. The main arena would be the same as in 1932 the Coliseum where such football teams as the Ian Branes of the Daily Express called her "Miss Marvel and said: "She hits the ball double-f jsted on the backhand and ferociously on the forehand-like the champion she will surely be in the 1980s." Laurie Pignon of the Daily Mail had his story headlined "Tomorrows Girl Arrives," reporting: "Tracy Austin gave tennis a glimpse into tomorrow's world." Tracy shared block-letter Wr sv i TRACY AUSTIN Little Miss Marvel Will LA. land 84 Olympics? By Jack Stevenson Associated Press In this era when cities of the world fear billion dollar losses in staging Olympic Games, Los Angeles bids for the 1984 international sports spectacular with expectations of at least breaking even.

Reports from the latest sessions of the International Olympic Com-, mittee indicate this California city ranks as the favorite to be awarded the Games for the summer seven years hence. First Los Angeles must gain the nod of the U.S. Oluympic group over the bids of other cities in this nation. Then it must gain international approval next May at Athens. Greece.

Still, plans already are being made for the Los Angeles staging James Harris trade a slice of soap opera As you know, the most soap-operaish incident to unfold in our town in quite some time was the trading of James Harris by "the Los Angeles Rams to the San Diego Chargers. Only the incumbent Super Bowl quarterback is immune from being supported by one faction and despised by another. Therefore, when Harris was unloaded by the Rams, the factions were heard from. "What the hell are they doing? demanded one. What the hell took them so long? asked the other.

The significant thing is, however, that Harris was held in low regard by faction number three. This is oiwnership and management which in an ordinary area of society would be considered to be something like the third sex. Professional football ownership is a consumed rollection of creatures embarked on an incredible crusade. It is hardly likely there is a more confounding journey than the one from here to the Super Bowl and time spent on it does things to the character of men. THE MOST DRAMATIC thing that happens to them is that they become impatient to a point of frenzy.

When the record of James Harris was examined in the throne room of the Rams, it was noted only that he had not delivered a Super Bowl. The reasons were neither here nor there. The Ram people are convinced Joe Hamath is the answer. They know, or think they know, Harris never Befit done. Therefore, it is theuncluttered view from here that Harris is bettier off in San Diego.

The Chargers are not pursuing a Super Bowl. They go forth each autumn in -hopes of rising to mediocrity and this is a climate in which a quarterback can sometimes survive. From a personality standpoint, it is also likely Harris will be more comfortable in San Diego. James is a man who guards his life from outside influences and this caused him some anguish with the press of Southern California. HARRIS.

AND HIS sufferers often expressed' dismay that the sporting authors did not present his side of the story. If this was partly true, however, the foremost reason was JAMES HARRIS that James would not tell it. Three factions An example of the defensive manner he adopted regarding his private life was the fact he continually refused to divulge how he came by the nickname of Harris will find the San Die literary corps to be more lenient in their demands for information. This has to do writh the clientele served by the San Diego The residents of the town do not become excited over such things and may get worked up Only In the event somebody removed the Pacific San Diego is a remarkable study in athletic apathy. It is the graveyard of professional sports franchises and the next guy to move a team into San Diego will do so only in the interests of Setting a new record.

.1 Tracy draws critical raves Rams. UCLA and Southern Califor-. nia play thejr home games. Most of the venues for the competition already are in existence and it's a matter of choosing which will be utilized for what. Argue says there has been no decision yet solving the problem of an Olympic Village for the housing of the athletes, but adds: "You can't build a village for two weeks, tear it down and throw it away.

So, you use something you already have or build something that has lasting utility, and rent it a month for Olympic Games use. "We have alternative plans, but the most probable thing that will happen. is that a private investor will buUd ah Olympic Village with some government money in terms of helping the financing. Then they headlines with the announcement that the Duchess of Kent was expecting another child at age 44. "Ta-Ta.

Tracy, But Youll Be Back!" said one 72-point streamer. "A Shirley Temple in tennis shoes." added a caption. Lance Tingas of the Daily. Telegraph wrote: "The rigour of Miss Austin's game was awesome in view of the slight body from which it came. One can only assume that in the normal course of events she is likely to be a champion, because already-she is phenomenal." David Irvine-of The" Manchester Guardian said the crowd "left convinced that as surely as Wimbledon is 100 years old, they had seen a future women's champion' And from the pen of the Times' Geoffrey Green, who referred to Chris Evert as the spider who frightened little Miss Muffet away, came this comment: 7 Unless one is widely wrong-this little Miss Muffett.

with her coltish legs, her hair bunched and her teeth in braces has the future in her hands her time will come it may not be too far distant. will lease it to the Organizing om-mittee forthe period of a month at a very handsome rental. At the end of the games, they will do their thing with their private development moderate priced housing. "We're not going to use the housing situations at Munich or Montreal as guides. "They had problems with.

crowding and it doesn't appear they had the lasting utility that we want to see. They were built more for Olympic Villages than for permanent Argue estimated that capital expenses for Los Angeles would be (33.5 million although some other estimates have gone as high as (72 million. Operating expenses were pegged at (150 million. "I say if Montreal took in (339 million, we sure as heck can take in (200 million to take care that kind of expenditure. And we'll take in more than that.

Argue declared. "Montreal estimates on what it would take in were pretty accurate. They estimated they would take in around (350 million and actually took in (359 million. THEIR operating expenses were about what they thought they would be. namely (150 million.

"So why the bad problem? Because of capital expenditures. They spent a billion 68 million. Of that they spent 800 million on their stadium. Take Los you can scratch (800 million right way." The planners figure to use the Coliseum, L-A- Sports Arena. Convention Center.

UCLAs Pauley the Rose Bowl. Griffith Park, Cal State Los Rancho Cienega, Whittier r-Narrows. Elysfan Park, the Long Beach Arena, Shrine Auditorium, and the Marina del Rey. All are existing facilities and there are several alternates if some should not be available. Seating capacities will be greater than at Montreal.

He says to keep in mind the committee is talking of but there already are tentative plans to price tickets from (10 -to (25 depending on the events.Figuring -that, our revenues run to (74 million on tickets. "Then there will be revenue from television, concessions, franchises and sponsors 45-ycar-old attorney points out. By Will Grimsley Associated Press WIMBLEDON. England (AP) Alice in Wonderland. Super Kid." "Little Miss Marvel." British journalists pulled out all literary stops Saturday in singing the praises of tennis's 14-year-old wonder child who be- tame the youngest ever to play in the 100-year-old Wimbledon championships.

Attired in a too-big white dress with a blue bow tied in the back, wee Tracy Austin of Roll- ing Hills, bowed, 6-1, 6-1 to defending -champion jChris Evert on center court Friday. The fragile-looking, 90-pound twig of a girl lost the match but won the centenary Wimbledon. Its been years- since anyone created a greater sensation or a stronger ovation. Everybody loved her. but none more than the purple phrase makers of the.

English press. "Alice inuWonderland came to the centre rourt yesterday at centenary Wimbledon." wrote Peter Wilson of the Daily Mirror. It was as though one of the original Tenniel illustrations to Alice had stepped out of its frame." AT ANY RATE, James Harris has to be in a happier position -regardless of the manner, in which events transpire. In fact, a romance coulsLbloSsbm inasmuch as the ownership of the Chargers rejoices. "We now have a team." says Barron Hilton who speaks for 30 per cent of the Charger stock.

"We have Johnny Rogers and Joe Washington and now a top quarterback. Look out." Set? This is how a proprietor sounds when he is, happy about his quarterback. When owners are unhappy, they look around for a buyer. This time, James Harris was sept to a peaceful place and he may one day appreciate San Diego. No Apple Valley, mind you, but pro football will never know a'Shangri La.

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