The News Tribune from Tacoma, Washington • 17

The News Tribune SPORTS McGlothen comes back B-2 Cal Griffith stepping down B-6 Section Twins trio sparkles By MIKE JORDAN TNT Sports Writer Three of last top collegiate baseball stars Pete Redfern Gregg Bemis and Tommy THE TACOMA TRIO teamed to lead the Twins to a 54 win over Hawaii in the series opener and into a first-place in the Pacific Coast Western Division The surging Twins will be after their sixth win in the last seven starts tonight at 7:45 when Mark Wiley (1-0) faces Hawaii's Jerry Johnson (1-1) Last year at this time Redfern Pacific Coast League Pci ea 4 4 4 i I 4 MS JB IW CS Sail Lak CHv 441 4 I 41 4 7 IIMMTI LAST HUNT Tacoma 4 Hawaii 4 41 Lake CHv 4 Tunan A Pftaaali 4 Ouamram a MMt TONMNT HawaH al Toons Sacrammlaal lonm Tunaa al SaN Lak CHy Pkaami al Pel night and after allowing two first-inning runs hurled seven scoreless innings before getting into) rouble in the ninth Bemis a lefthander saved Redfern' victory when with the tying run on second base and none out he got three straight outs And Sain sparked the Tacoma offense with a two-run home run in the sixth inning to give the Twins a 3-2 lead TACOMA MANAGER Cal Ermer was pleased with the trio's performance even though he didn't get to see it The veteran manager left the game via the umpire's thumb after arguing a controversial fifth-inning interference call With the Twins trailing 2-1 Jim Van Wyck hit the first of his two singles and Willie Norwood came to bat Ermer flashed the hit-and-run and Norwood reached to swing at a low-outside slider Catcher Jerry Stone's throw was late to second and Van Wyck slid in safe But home plate umpire Darrell Cousins ruled Norwood whose bat flew out of his hand over the plate made contact with Stone and interfered" He called Norwood out and sent Van Wyck back to first Ermer stormed from the dugout in a heated protest After a couple of minutes of face-to-face verbal combat Cal was thumbed "The funny thing is one of the last things I did before getting booted out was to get on Sain for swinging at the first pitch the first two times said Ermer Sve it the old college try it night at Cheney Stadi- Bemis and Sain were helping their teams into the NCAA Regions Is Red-fern wu the University of Southern California's top pitcher Bemis was the mound ace for the University of Puget Sound and Sain starred for Arizona State University Redfern survived a shaky start last Sain again: urn The result was a very professional Tacoma Twins baseball victory Staff photo by Bruce Larsoa Not happy moment for Twins i Catcher Larry Cox showed displeasure as Islanders' Scott scored HAWAII Earl Tides making Luebker fans believe sports Editor soccer exists Bob Gorinski's head Two runs scored and Champion the tying run was on second first inning said he didn't get into his pitching rhythm until the third inning came out feeling I had such good stuff I could just get out there and throw" said Redfern now 2-0 I found out that-just because you have good stuff doesn't mean you'll get them out have to think a little and make good Bemis entered in the ninth after Redfern walked Jim Fairy and Dave Hilton and tossed two balls to Steve Huntz The southpaw completed the walk to Huntz then Mike Champion ripped an 5-2 pitch just over leftfielder BUT BEMIS GOT Dave Roberts on a line out to shortstop ieadoff hitter Rod Caspar on a pop out to first and John Scott on a grounder back to the box to end the game Hawaii first baseman Joe Pepitone who sat out the game with a hamstring injury will be in the lineup tonight Pitcher Juan Vientidos was put bn the 10-day disabled list to make room for Woods who was 2-for-4 in his debut TOLD HIM if he is to be the good little player I think he is going to be hell have to learn to wait for his pitch" The next time up Sain did just that and slammed a 2-2 pitch 345 feet over the leftfield wall after Al Woods had singled Redfern who allowed a double two singles and a walk in the Curtain time for Sonics quiet affair out not to be a safe lead" the winner of the Golden State-Detroit series way the game is supposed to be played" was that the Suns with what they wanted to do They played the same way the whole series and they were able to stay By JOHN LAWRENCE TNT Sports Writer PHOENIX The curtain fell quietly Guard Paul Westphal who wielded the shovel in the burying detail said: can reflect on this for a couple of days but then it's time to look ahead" coach said a matter of fact I knew they were ready Monday after practice 'This was definitely one of our better ball games You have to give Bill Russell and the Sonics credit In front of 1320Q people and down by 20 (at the start of the fourth quarter) and it turned But it'll look better thqn three of four months of enforced idleness facing the Sonics before they begin to reassemble for another run at the Holy Grail cleanly on the Seattle tbeyiik to do SuperSonics basket- Shonchosaid Forward Keith Erickson who led the Suns in scoring in this game and was one of the surprises in the series said: never played in a more satisfying playoff series The real thtill is the way the team has come together This is the Yes Virginia there are some Tacoma Tides There also are some believers at least 575 That's how many season tickets had been sold as of yesterday With the I home opener against the New York Apollos I coming up at Cheney Stadium on May 5 that's only a 'week aWay 575 might not seem Tike a great number Booth Gardner until last week General Manager Stan Naccarato had been zeroing in on ticket sales for the baseball Twins The American Soccer League team was not much more than an infant stepchild But it is beginning to grow into adulthood The Tides got off to a good start Saturday night by defeating the Sacramento Spirits 1-0 That convinced the doubters there really is a Tacoma Tide somewhere other than off Point Defiance Now that the Tides have played Naccarato is confident the ticket sales will improve He is not fretting over the 575 The Seattle Sounders sold only 1530 season tickets their first season so that goal is attainable now that Naccarato is turning his selling charm to soccer He may not like what he sees The Suns will face hoped to be looking summer Related story box B-4 ball season last night There were few heroics no elaborate death scene no 'Cecil DeMille spectacular as the Suns won 123-112 Just a shameless A th season talent of the other team he was about the season we for he said would have liked better But I'm forward to the I wanted to something good happen he said after all is my home we felt if we could bring a soccer team to Tacoma it would be great and I feel Tacoma can support an effort of this kind If I didn't I wouldn't be in it" Gardner has done a good deal of succeeding in whatever he has tried He has a proven track record Tacoma has shown what can be he said wouldn't have gone into it if they hadn't come in with me as partners "Our purpose is to put together a side which will be competitive We probably won't be quite as good as the Sounders but I think we will be He added have enough capital so that with reasonable crowd support we should be able to give soccer a three-year test here Then we will see what happens" TALKING A LITTLE further about how he got involved in soccer he said is the only sport you can get into now with a low entry fee have a worldwide supply of talent That's not true of football baseball basketball and even hockey You can find good soccer players everywhere that kind of talent pool you might not get priced right of the game too He added only reason I know what a soccer ball looks like is because of my son wanted to play soccer and I went to a meeting with him It developed into one of those things your son wants A full line of economy-priced tiresfrom Uniroyal A wow at the execution IT HAPPENED in a strange place where the temperature at game time approached 80 degrees and the people still sing the national anthem Coach Bill Russell walked into the interview with his head high and since he's 6-9 that's pretty high But plainly it was a task he didn't enjoy got he announced and there wasn't a dissenting vote in the group these playoffs Phoenix has been the better team John MacLeod has done a tremendous job" Russell continued had his team playing very consistently and under control at all times you lose and sometimes people beat you Tonight we got beat Phoenix played well" RUSSELL WAS asked about the crucial first quarter when Phoenix established control of the game and helped by shoddy Sonics execution quickly built a 22-1 1 lead played a good gambling defense and by the time we adjusted we were in a hole" building a pretty good team but so is Phoenix and Portland" Russell said he thought next season would be better because he wouldn't have to make such wholesale changes DOYT expect significant personnel changes Next year will be the first year since I've been here when well have a veteran team And the additional playoff experience will help expect (Leonard) Gray will help a lot And if Frank (Oleynick) is healthy hell be able to It was Russell's first allusion to the fact that the Sonics were less than fit for this series particularly since Herm Gilliam his third guard was of little use because of the pulled hamstring also expect Tommy (Burleson) to have a better season I don't think we'll have so much up and down stuff from him" There was no champagne in the Phoenix quarters but the Suns were shining indeed Somebody asked MacLeod whehter he knew his team was as ready as it obviously was KNEW it was ready this morning after practice" the Phoenix TIGER Pnill Belted TwoFfcoiglioibeMf Plus Iwo cord phot TIGER PRUI Radial DouMc Construction radial Wlstim hcerprui 411- CcmlotHMs rid Tiyffir1 to play you'll have to coach' So Gardner became a soccer PolyrMr WlateM SNnKGIms Gn-wvmg Wk dtil THE TIDES have something going fpr them The Sounders plus an extensive youth program have made the Pacific Northwest soccer-conscious The Sounders were first and established a solid foundation and it seems to be the general feeling that there are enough fans to go around for both the Sounders and the Tides One of those involved in the birth of the Tides is Booth Gardner lie's in 50-50 with Baseball Tacoma Inc The former state senator was asked what a nice guy like him was doing in a soccer place "I used to ask myself that very question every day" he said only every other day AMiUWNoaal Mmwll MFC! Bn lira aMyaisf ear HHN IJtttMwtfl Mum MM New qM vows css coach along with Ken Moe who's now at Wilson and Duane Richardson who's at Lincoln They all got into thd act because of their sons you know not knowing anything about soccer didn't Ki to be all that much of a icap in coaching Gardner said So thanks to his son Gardner now owns or half owns a soccer team It sounds something like that nail horse battle kingdom thing Russell said the significant factor in the game indeed in the series wnAmai Goldsmith sets record tMttwaiiMsmt jnCM MCM off S4ifc that's amazing" he eat?" his mark waaay out there?" out was five inches farther than the previous 16-yearold mark set by Terry Albritton of Newport Beach Calif in 1971 Albritton: now at the University of Hawaii recently broke the world amateur record when he heaved the 16- some keeping my hips before I and it seemed to work out So wdl in fart that it moved the 5-11 206-pound Junior to third place in the national rank-Ings this year John McKenzie of Newhall Calif leads the nation with 659 followed by Steve Montgomery of Susanville Calif at 656 34 Both are seniors Wilson's Mike Westlln is fifth at 63-8 UNIROYAL avenged an earlier 80-56 loss to Bethd in a dual meet we came up with some surprises some key wins and I think that made the difference for us" The surprises were Ken Combs' triumph over Bethel's Randy Shoffner in the 100 Bob Slanina's victory in the 880 and Ed Ellis's win in the pole vault Burkner Mid The state's leading high jumper FP's Lucian Moore easily won his event with a leap of 56 as the Cardinals claimed seven of 15 events Bethel's John Follese doubled in the mile (4:224) and two-mile (9:385) teammate Shoffner dashed off to a 223 victory In the 220 and Mount Tahoma's Don Stinson turned in a 502 The Mileage People 70 next? maybe ably next year" Next year when grows up Meanwhile Goldsmith's heroics overshadowed a dandy six-team prep track battle won by host Franklin Pierce The Cardinals winning their third straight title upset favored Bethel 120-118 on the strength of three triumphs by Jeff Bachmder BACIIMEIER IMPROVED his state-best time in the 180-yard low hurdles to 195 seconds and dropped his 120 high hurdles time to 146 second in state He also won the triple jump at 43-3 and anchored the second place 440-relay team "Jeff had a' super meet" said FP coach Tom By ART THIEL TNT Sports Writer Vince Goldsmith had just hurled a 12-pound iron ball farther than any 16-year-old in world track history when his coach was asked what the youngster is capable of only said Mount Tahoma'a Bob Ehrenheim shaking his head BUSY AS He is God be reached for comment after last night's Franklin Pierce Invitational prep track meet1 where Goldsmith put the shot 65 feet 10 inches Most everyone else who wu crowded around the shot ring in RrankUn Pierce Stadium however could Only Uniroyal makes the Tiger Paws" pound ball 71-8U 1 is ALBRITTON 18 tmb ea third on the all-time list behind professionals Brian Oldfield and GeOrge Woods Goldsmith then is moving in on some fast company I guess that was a pretty good put" Goldsmith smiled He had four throws over 61 feet Including one at 65-9 been working on The all-time prep record is 72-314 by Sam Walker of Dallas Tex in 1968 The junior dan mark wu set by 18-year-old Jesse Stuart of Glasgow Ky with a 69-2 34 heave In 1969 Yesterday's launching shattered Goldsmith's season goal of 65 feet Is DOWNTOWN So 21st A Pacific 383-4593 LAKIWOOD 10514 Bridgeport Way SW 588-5254 PUYALLUP 11404 Meridian So 848-2301 Btner whose squad docking in the 4 MBIWWIlRIWWBi! 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