Progress Bulletin from Pomona, California • Page 27

By DON BRADLEY P-B Staff Writer ST. JOSEPH, Mo. The La Verne College baseball team is coming home tonight. No matter what happens in the championship game tonight between Sam Houston State (42-10) and Lewis WALNUT Lance Parrish was just a little surprised about being a first round selection by the Detroit Tigers in free agent baseball draft. But it the fact that he was a first round choice that surprised the stocky all-around athlete from Walnut High.

was hoping go that stated Parrish. thought I might have been picked earlier by the Phillies or the Angels. I was a little surprised to be drafted by Detroit. I might have talked to a Detroit scout this year, but I never worked out with them. I worked out with six elute and twice with the Angels At Anaheim Now the negotiating will begin.

Lance, who stands at 6-foot-3 and 195 pounds, would like to play pro ball but he has indicated the has to be right. not just the money, though, that concerns Parrish. care where I play, just so I he commented Wednesday after hearing the news. just wait to see how things go when we talk to the scouts. take whatever is When asked what he considers fair, he answered, for my schooling, for instance.

Also talked to a lot of people connected with baseball and they have told me that the average salary for first round choices is $50,000. be keeping an eye on that Terry Murphy, who has coached the Walnut athlete in various sports since he was 13, said, is the best athlete coached. sign if the money is right because he wants to play pro Murphy, coach in this Walnut Thorobred program, also indicated that he was surprised Lance get picked up earlier in the draft. Parrish, who was the starting quarterback for football team and a starting guard for the basketball team this year, was the 16th choice in the draft. now Lance has a lot of options open to added Murphy, who was recently named to succeed Hank Johnson as head baseball coach at Walnut.

will be the deciding factor in whether or not Detroit can sign him. If they come up with a good offer, Murphy figures Lance should command a figure in excess of the $50,000 mark. He pointed out that at least 10 major league clubs, including Detroit, scout Parrish extensively at Walnut and in the Thorobred program. Lance has been offered a football scholarship at UCLA, but also has been considering attending a junior college for a year. Now he can add the pro prospects to his list.

Parrish was one of several valley athletes drafted Wednesday. Nogales Dean Olson, who helped lead the Nobles to the CIF 3-A baseball finals this year, was selected in the third round by the Minnesota Twins. John Verhoeven, who was one of the key figures in leading La Verne College to the semifinals of the NAIA World Series this year, was grabbed in the 12th round by the Angels. The San Diego Padres drafted Chaffey Ron Gill, an Alta Loma High graduate, in the 13th round. The West End pitcher was the first choice of the round.

Damien High pitcher Larry Pekarcik was picked up by the Kansas City Royals in the 15th round. Pekarcik, who was the Most Valuable Player in the San Antonio League this year, had an earned run average of 1.00 and a 12-1 record. University (38-13), it will be anti-climatic. In one of the wildest, wooiiest games imaginable, the Leos (37-9) were eliminated by Sam Houston, 5-4, in li innings Wednesday night here at Phil Welch Stadium. There were three hours and 17 minutes of thrill after thrill and ever- mounting pressure and tension.

But these things stand out most vividly: the fact that it was a semifinal game in a national championship tournament, La Verne third baseman Hank Merenda was ejected from the game in the seventh inning. was followed shortly by John Verhoeven and Mike Alonso, both ejected from the bench. a patch-work lineup of Art Sanchez at third, Eric Frazier in cen- NAIA playoffs results Sam Houston State 5, La Verne 4 (11 inn) Lewis University, bye title game (game time PDT) Sam Houston State (42-10) vs. Lewis University (38-13), 5:30 p.m. ter, and Jesse Mendoza in left, the Leopards still held one-run leads which they hold going into the ninth and 11th innings.

kept the Leos alive with a great throw from deep centerfield to nail the winning run at the plate and complete an inning-ending double play when everybody thought SHS had the game won in the last of the 10th inning. Leos would have won in regulation time except that a run scored by Paul Fleming was nullified because Fleming was ruled to have left third base too soon. Leopards had a triple, single, double and single in that order in that inning (the seventh) yet scored only one run. Besides losing run, Dave Long ran through the third base stop sign and was tossed out at the plate. Redfearn made a great running catch on a drive to deep right field in the third inning.

Running toward the fence, Redfearn made one last, desperate lunge, snagging therball as he fell. was named to the NAIA All-America First Team which was announced before the game. Nick Leyva was selected to the second team and Alonso made honorable mention. Verne outhit Sam Houston, 15 to 10 Verne also lost a run when Don Snyder was' thrown out at home on fifth inning single. the first time in memory, Leo coach Ben Hines had nothing to say that could be printed.

It was, all in all, one heck of an entertainment for those who had no team to identify with. For the rest, it was unbearable tension packed between soaring hopes and mounting despair. When it was over, everyone connected with either team, was emotionally drained. The two teams battled through five scoreless innings before La Verne broke the ice in the sixth. Redfearn opened the inning with a single.

With two out, Frazier singled to right and McGriff looks for his fifth road race win RIVERSIDE Hershel McGriff, millionaire lumberman from Bridal Veil, will be looking for his fifth victory over the rugged 2.62 mile road course at Riverside International Raceway, when he takes the pole position for California 100. The 46-year-old McGriff, who piloted his 1969 Chevelle to a 106.996 clocking in last qualifying, won the Caifornia 100 last year and has three Permatex 200 victories to his credit in six Riverside outings. The $10,000 California 100, which starts at 11 a.m., is part of a NASCAR stock car doubleheader that features the $80,000 Tuboug 400 Grand National race at 1 p.m. Heading the list of entries for the borg 400 are NASCAR regulars, Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Bobby Allison, Benny Parson, James Hylton and Cecil Gordon. George Follmer, who calls Riverside home will drive Roger American Motors Matador while Buddy Baker has been assigned to Bud RC Cola Ford.

Practice sessions for the Tuborg 400 start at noon today and continue Friday morning. Qualifying for the first 15 places on the starting grid gets underway at noon Friday, with the balance of the 35 starting spots being decided Saturday afternoon beginning at 1 p.m. Tickets for the stock car doubleheader can be obtained at any Ticketron or Liberty Agency or at the Riverside Raceway. LANCE PARRISH Lance Parrish must decide on Tiger offer Snyder drove in Redfearn with single to center. At that point, Ray Burgess replaced Sam Houston starter Jim Miller.

Burgess retired Rich Fielder to end the inning. SHS knocked out Leo starter Tim Kelly in the last of the sixth. Designated hitter Tom Wendt drew second walk. The youngster had escaped damage in the fifth inning but showed definite signs of losing his edge. When he went to 3-1 on Jim Bates, Hines called in Dan Quisenberry who had sparkled in game.

Quisenberry got Bates on a tap to the mound. But Bill Cheatham doubled to score Wendt and Steve Maas singled sharply to drive in Cheatham and give SHS a 2-1 lead. Robb Mayhew (9-4) took over pitching chores in the seventh for La Verne and was the eventual loser. The Leos tied it in the seventh, but should have scored more. Merenda led off with a triple.

Fleming singled in Merenda to tie the game. Alonso doubled to left, putting Fleming at third. Redfearn hit a fly to center, after which Fleming scored easily, but when the Bear Kats appealed, Fleming was ruled to have left base too soon, his run was nullified, and he was the second out of the inning. Long ran for Alonso. Leyva hit a shot off the Sam Houston third baseman.

Long, coming from second, ran through stop sign and was an easy out at home plate. But that was not the end of La seventh inning difficulties. Mayhew came in to pitch for LaVerne. With one out, he overran Willis grounder for an error, putting Stewart on base. Mayhew balked on a pickoff attempt, allowing Stewart to go to second.

Sam Monteau was given an intentional walk. Wendt forced Monteau at second with Stewart moving to third. Leyva took throw and then fired to third trying to nip Stewart. When umpire Linzey Sumpter called Stewart safe, Merenda exploded, and was ejected from the game. He was followed by Verhoeven and Alonso.

If it been for the restraining efforts of Leyva, Hines also might have been ejected. Bates flied to right to end the stormy inning. In the eighth inning, La Verne scored a run on just one hit. Sanchez grounded to short, but Bates threw the ball awav and Sanchez reached second He advanced to third on an infield out and scored on single. That gave La Verne a 3-2 lead.

Mayhew fanned two of the three men he faced as he sailed through the last of the eighth. But he gave up the tieing run in the ninth. Stewart drew a one-out walk. Monteau got an infield hit. Wendt forced Monteau.

Stewart advancing to third. Bates grounded a single to light, scoring Stewart and sending the game into extra innings. It looked like the Leos had reached the end of the line in the last of the 10th. Maas opened with a grounder to third that Sanchez, playing in a strange position, fielded and threw away, Maas reaching second. Paul Leggett sacr- ified Maas to third, and Dave Wooley hit a fly to deep center.

The crowd was actually starting to leave as Frazier caught the bail for the second out. He fired it to Snyder at the plate in time to double Maas and end the inning. Fielder opened the 11th with a triple Rick Matula (7-4). Mendoza grounded out, and Fleming was walked intentionally. Jim Sherman, who had taken over as DH, hit a slow bouncer to second on which Fielder scored easily.

Once again Mayhew and the Leos had the lead. But in the last of the 11th, Mayhew walked the leadoff man. Jackie Heard. Stewart sacrificed and Monteau was walked intentionally. Wendt grounded to first, with Heard and Monteau advancing.

Bates was also walked intentionally, loading the bases with two out. The infield moved in for a possible play at any base. Cheatham took one pitch, a ball, then hit a short fly to left field that dropped in for a hit, scoring both Heard and Monteau to win the game for Sam Houston. The Leos, third place finishers in the tourney, are due to arrive via Continental flight 041 at Ontario International Airport at 8:30 p.m (PDT) tonight. United Press photo SUN WORKING OUT The World Football League So.

California Sun goes Through training exercises at Cai State Fullerton. LOCAL NATIONAL Sports Garvey keeps L.A. winning LOS ANGELES (UP1) The Los Angeles Dodgers have been virtually unbeatable at home and southpaw Doug Rau nearly underscored it with the first no-hitter. The struggling Pittsburgh Pirates busted effort with a pair of hits and a run the eighth, however, and iought back to a 2-2 to lose in the ninth on Steve leadoff homer for the Dodgers. The 3-2 victory Wednesday night was Los 22nd in 27 home games this year and sixth of its last seven to extend its lead over idle second-place Cincinnati to seven games in the National League West.

getting tired but the pace of the game was so fast I hardly had time to sit said Rau, who left the game in the ninth while Mike Marshall registered the last two outs for the win. felt like I was always on the mound. I kept thinking to myself am I going to get a chance to catch my Rau failed for the 10th time in 11 starts to complete a game but expressed little disappointment at losing his no-hit bid. started to think about a no-hitter in the fifth Rau said. first hit let me down as much as the fact they got a run on Rau, 5-1, had only a pair of walks against him before Richie Hebner singled in a run in the eighth.

He allowed another hit to A1 Oliver in the ninth and walked Willie Stargell and Manager Walter Alston brought in Marshall. was tough to take Ran out in a spot like Alston said. Marshall, 3-3, was greeted by a run- scoring single by 'Richie Zisk but nailed the last two outs for the victory. The Pirate one-run rallies in the eighth and ninth snapped a 35-inning streak in which they had been unable to push across an earned run. They fell another half-game deeper into the NL East cellar.

For Garvey, it was his 12th homer and moved him to second place in the league behind teammate Jimmy Wynn, who has 15. He tied St. Reggie Smith for the RBI lead with his 47th run driven in, however. you have a team where everybody contributes like the Dodgers, you just have to go out there and make your Garvey said. The Dodgers send Andy Messersmith, 5-1, against Ken Brett, 6-3, tonight.

Ex-Brewers lead way for Angels 6-5 win MILWAUKEE (UPI) Like the monster returning to haunt Frankenstein some ex-Mihvaukee Brewers Wednesday night came back to Milwaukee and haunted their ex-team. Joe Lahoud and Sip Lockwood, who during the winter were dealt to the California Angels, helped the Angels down Milwaukee 6-5 to even the series at a game apiece going into final game. Lockwood, a starting pitcher in Milwaukee for several years, was the man on the mound for the Angels and La- boud, an outfielder, hit the ninth inning two-run homer to give their new team a win in the rain-delayed game which lasted four and a half hours. kind of poetic. I happen to be pitching when Joe hits the home said Lockwood, who worked the final 1 2-3 innings to pick up his second win against one loss while Milwaukee fer Eduardo Rodriguez dropped to 4-1.

And Lahoud, who admits that always enjoyed hitting in this was all smiles after showing his old fans he had what it takes. get a chance to play over he said, Manager Bobby Winkles is giving me a And Lahoud admitted that was thinking of hitting the ball out of the park in that situation the ball as hard as I Chest pains send Hayes to hospital COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI) Veteran Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes was listed in guarded but condition today in the coronary unit of University Hospital after being admitted suffering from chest pains. Dr. Robert J. Murphy, head of the OSU Athletic Departmenifv medical staff, said Hayes, head coach of the Buckeyes for the past 23 years, was admitted to the hospital about 8 a.m.

after complaining of the pains. condition is stable and it will be three days before any definitive diagnosis can be Murphy said. there is a change in his condition, no further report will be made until Ralph Staub, one of top assistants, said the Buckeye coaching staff had met most of Wednesday and when he talked to Hayes last night was in good Hayes, 61, a native of Newcomerstown, Ohio, is a graduate of Denison University and has spent his entire coaching career in the Buckeye State. His first collegiate job was at his alma mater and he coach at Miami (Ohio), the socalled of prior to coming to Ohio State in 1951. In 23 years as Ohio head coach, Hayes has compiled a record of 159-49-8, including a 10-0-1 record last year, soiled only by a 10-10 tie with Michigan in the final game of the season.

At the time, the Buckeyes were rated the No. 1 team in the nation in the United Press International Board of ratings. The Buckeyes, however, got the Big controversial Rose Bowl bid in the vote of the athletic directors and went on to trounce Southern California 42-21 in the New Year's Day classic. teams have won six outright Big Ten titles in his 23 years at OSU and have shared three others, either winning or sharing the championship with Michigan five of the last six years. The annual season-ending Ohio State- Michigan games, always the top contest on the Buckeye schedule, have become even more fiercely contested the last five years with Hayes doing battle with former assistant Bo Schembech- lcr, who served under Hayes at OSU.

This week, Hayes lost one of his most popular assistants when Rudy Hubbard, his baekfield coach who also played for the Buckeyes, was named head coach at Florida A M. Hubbard was one of Hayes top recruiters, having been given credit for nabbing both all-Americans John Hicks and Archie Griffin for the Buckeyes. San Volley Game Rotary names football squads AZUSA Thirteen local gridders will be in uniform for the East squad July 18 when the Glendora Rotary Club hosts the 9th Annual East West San Rosters, page D-2 Gabriel Valley All-Star football game at Citrus College. Each team will be represented by 19 high schools with each squad also boasting eight CIF first or second team stars. The East squad will have three first team and five second team stars while the West is blessed with five first team and three second team gridders.

Chaffey, Walnut, Claremont, Rowland and all have two players listed on the East roster while Pomona, Ganesha, and Chino landed one player each. Quarterback Mjke Scanlon and tackle Walt Kaufman will represent Chaffey High while quarterback-defensive back Lance Parrish and tackle Mike Laws are the delegates from Walnut. Claremont will have linebacker Joe Hillstock and tight end Bruce Abraham, Rowland is represented by defensive back Gary Schwalbe and center Tom Chambers while guard Tony Allen and tackle Steve Gearty are from Damien. Quarterback Steve Taylor is the lone Pomona representative while spirit will be instilled by defensive guard Randy Rizo. running back Ronnie Jacques should also see plenty of action.

Coaching the East will be Dwayne DeSpain, who guided Los Altos to the 4-A championships, and Rowland High coach Gary Rawls will assist. The West will be coached by Gordon Wamock, who piloted Crescenta Valley to the title, and head coach Gary Gunstream. The West is lead by linebacker Jim Laffin of Duarte, the CIF 2-A co-Player of the Year, Larry Smith of Mark Keppel, the Mission Valley defensive Player of the Year, Alan Staie of Valley, and Rich Mueller and Ron Blankenbaker of 2-A champion Temple City, The teams will begin conditioning workouts July 3, with the East team practicing at Citrus College and die West team at Pasadena City College. The teams will begin workouts with pads on July 6. Both units expect to practice in the early evening hours and neither team intends to bold double session drills..