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fl a a Austin Peay bats are silent for relaxed Saluki Keeton Mo erf v7 Una Southern Illinoisan- Page Seven By Mike Estel Of The Southern Illinoisan The crowd grew quiet Saturday afternoon at Abe Martin Field as designated hitter Bill Merkel of the Austin Peay Governors stepped to the plate. The situation was not bright for Austin Peay. This was the last inning, and Merkel was the last out left for Saluki pitcher Rick Keeton to earn his first career no-hitter. Merkel took the first pitch for a called strike. He swung hard on the next pitch and made contact.

But the ball headed straight up in the air to Saluki third baseman Frank Schmidt. Austin Peay had just became the first Saluki no-hitter victim since 1974. "I've never felt more relaxed in a game the team really got behind me to help me out," a happy Keeton said after his performance. There were no arguments over scoring decisions in this no-hitler. The only Governor batter to reach base was third baseman Jim Janacone in the fourth inning on a walk.

4i started thinking that I could throw a no-hitter in the third inning." Keeton said. "My change-up pitch was working real well for me. and I was using my slider as an out pitch." Mark Newman, Southern Illinois Uni-versity-Carbondale pitching coach, said Keeton had "real good stuff going for )VV -J Vsj fes wx I v. If SUNDAY, APRIL him today. The batters didn't pull three or four balls off him all day." SIU-C had defeated Austin Peay Friday by a score of 5-1 before the 3-0 shutout victory Saturday afternoon.

Saturday's nightcap put a bit of a damper on the day as the Salukis lost their first home game since April 1 by a score of 4-3. "I'm pleased for Kceton's performance. Every pitcher tries to throw a no-hitter," coach Richard "Itchy" Jones said. Prior to Saturday's game, Keeton had pitched a two-hitter and a one-hitter. This improved his season record to 6-3.

Even with the first-game win. Jones was not satisfied with the way his team played. "Our hitting game is in a slump; we just left too many on base in both games," he said. "Some of our guys hitting .400 for the season are not hitting win man at Colorado before transferring to SIU-C. The third Saluki champion also came in the field events as senior Ken Lorraway, who placed sixth in the long jump Friday, won the triple jump with a Saturday effort of 53-7' i.

Lorraway was leading in the competition following a jump of 52-63, but Steve Martin of Illinois State went into first at 52-7'2. Lorraway then followed with the winning effort on his fifth jump. "When you win anything here (Drake Relays) you don't have to say anything about it." Saluki head coach Lew Hart-zog said. "We were just pleased to have three individual winners. "I thought Bob (Roggy) did a super job in the javelin, especially with the abominable conditions they were throwing in," Hartzog said.

"He and all of the other kids were afraid of hurting them- 3 SIU tracksters PtO to ERNIE BRANSON Ricky Keeton hurls last pitch of no-hitter takes SIU-C Sports Information Southern Illinois University-Carbon-dale's track Salukis came away with three individual championships Friday and Saturday at the prestigious Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, as Bob Roggy, Tim Johnson and Ken Lorraway all won at their specialties. Roggy, who last week had the longest javelin throw in the world thus far in 1973 at the Kansas Relays, won the event at Drake with a toss of 259-9. The throw broke his own meet record of 259-2 set last year in his first win at Drake. A muddy throwing surface hampered competitors' attempts at a longer distance. Senior Tim Johnson was another Saluki to claim his second Drake Relays championship.

Johnson went 17-0 in the pole vault for the first time in 1978 to win the event. Johnson also won the Drake Relavs' title in 1975 as a fresh 1 1 1 i 30, 1978 out of the infield." The Salukis were held to nine hits all day, and all of them were singles except for one double. SIU-C first baseman Chuck Curry hit the two-bagger in the sixth inning of the second game, but he died on base. Saluki center fielder Dave Stieb, who entered the contest with 10 home runs, was cheered by the crowd every time he stepped up to the plate. Stieb is only one homer away from tying the SIU home-run mark.

He was hitless in the first game, but in the second contest he went two-for-threc at the plate, belting two singles and logged one stolen base. The Austin Peay Governors looked ragged on the field all day as they continually bobbled easy ground balls. In the first game, one of the Saluki batters hit a ball straight up the infield. Someone in the bleachers yelled "I got it." The Governors' catcher, pitcher and third baseman stopped and looked at at Drake Tim Johnson Ken Lorraway selves, so setting a new record under those conditions was really something." Hartzog also was pleased with the performances of Lorraway and Johnson. "Lorraway did a hell of a job.

He had two really good triple jumps and went 24-9n4 in the long jump on Friday. Cards edge as Boyeir St. Louis (AP) The St. Louis Cardinals edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 Saturday night, marking a successful debut for Cards Manager Ken Boyer. St.

Louis Manager V'ern Rapp was fired earlier this week and Jack Krol had been handling the club on an interim basis before Boyer. a former Cardinals third baseman took over Saturday night. Eric Rasmussen pitched a four-hitter and Ken Reitz delivered the only run of the game with a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning. Rasmussen. 2-2, beat Burt Hooton.

1-3, of Los Angleles, who allowed just two hits before leaving the game for a pinch hitter in the eighth inning. Keith Hernandez singled to open the seventh for St. Louis and moved to second on a wild pitch by Hooton. Ted Simmons' grounder moved Hernandez to third, and after Hooton intentionally walked Jerry Morales, Reitz delivered his winning fly ball to center field. Rasmussen set down the first 10 Los Angeles batters before Bill Russell singled with one out in the fourth.

The defeat halted a five-game winning streak for the Dodgers and was only their second loss in the last nine games. Boyer Says Cards Will Utilize Speed St. Louis (AP) New St. Louis Cardinals Managaer Ken Boyer went to work Saturday with his National League club and said he George Iubelt before time to sign the national letter-of-intent that year, and he signed him. "I signed three players the first year each other as the ball fell between them.

The crowd broke up in laughter. The Salukis got a chance to share some of the ragged play in the fifth inning of the second game when they made three quick infield errors, loading the bases. The Governors' bats which had been mostly silent until then came to life to drive in the four game-winning runs. "We played very mediocre today. We won one and gave the other one away," a disappointed Jones said.

The Salukis made no errors in the first contest, but the three made in the second game cost them the ball game. The Salukis, now 27-10, are at Murray, today to play a single game. "We've got to get ourselves mentally prepared for next month when we start tournament play," Jones said. "There is no looking back once the tournaments start. We have to win." Relays And of course Tim Johnson also looked really good." One disappointment for the Salukis came in the university 100-meter dash, where Mike Kee was hoping to become only the third person to win three consecutive Drake Relays title in the event.

However Kee, who was suffering the effects of a twisted knee, placed sixth in 10.66. The 1600-meter relay team of Paul Craig, Mike Sawyer, Jerry George and Mike Bisase finished fifth in 16:32.0, and the 400-meter relay unit comprised of Steve Lively, David Lee, Rick Rock and Mike Kee was sixth in 40.7. "We ran the best 400-meter relay we have all year and ran it out of lane one," Hartzog said. "We also ran well Friday in the preliminaries. We just needed better passes." Paul Craig was 13th in the 3000-meter steeple chase in 9:06.4.

Dodgers helm would field a unit which would try to capitalize on speed. "When you talk about base stealing and base running, to me they're two different subjets," the 46-year-old Boyer said, however. "I know a lot of base-stealing clubs that don't score runs. I think we just have to find out who the base stealers are." Two members of the team who will figure heavily in the new manager's plans are veteran Lou Brock, baseball's all-time base stealing king, and sleek shortstop Gam Templeton. At a news conference, Boyer said they would bat 1-2 in a lineup "that will be much the same from day to day.

"I haven't talked to Brock yet," Boyer said following a morning huddle with his coaches, "but I want Brock to play as much as he's physically able." Boyer, who until Friday was field pilot of the Rochester Red Wings of the International League, said he would retain coaches Jack Krol. Sunny Ruberto, Mo Mozalli, Claude Osteen and Dave Ricketts from the staff he inherited. The former National League Most Valuable Player also said that he will talk to Osteen. the club's pitching coach, about a four-hurler starting rotation. Players on the Cards' roster managed by Boyer at the minor league level are Keith Hernandez, Templeton, Jim Dwyer, Jerry Mumphrey, Bob Forsch, Eric Rasmussen and John Denny.

"I think it's a tremendous advantage," the new field boss said of his familiarity with the seven. "I think there are problems if you get into the middle of the season "and don't know your people." Chicago we had any NCAA scholarships in 1963," Iubelt said. "The three I signed were Frazier and two players from Belleville, Roger Bechtold and Dave Renn. "I also had a hand in signing Ralph Johnson and Dick Garrett from our NIT teams, Willie Griffin of Detroit. Chuck Benson of Atlanta, Lloyd Stovall and Thurman Brooks of Memphis.

I worked on some of the area players like Nate Hawthorne of Mt. Vernon and Dave Lee of McLeansboro. "I think as a head coach I might enjoy recruiting even more than I did when I was an assistant. I would not only be working primarily for myself I would also be in the position to make decisions without having to check with a boss. "I have no doubt of my ability to recruit, because I have done it.

If I were the head coach, however, I would set my sights on Chicago this summer and get the ball rolling for national letter day in the spring of 1979." -x If -t tMrs- vit-, 1 -V JilZVpS e'Xt Niekro is too much for Cubs Atlanta (AP) Hot-hitting Jeff Burroughs had three hits and veteran knuckleballer Phil Niekro added a two-run single in a five-run third inning to power the Atlanta Braves to a 5-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs Saturday night. Niekro. 2-4 handcuffed the Cubs on six hits, struck out five and walked two. Burroughs, who leads the National League with a .413 batting average, has 14 hits in his last 17 times at bat over the last six games and also has drawn eight walks. The Atlanta left-fielder, who had a pair of singles, a double and a walk, triggered Atlanta's big inning off loser Woodie Fryman, 0-2, with a run-scoring single.

Stanhouse Gets Save As Orioles Stop Sox Lee May's tie-breaking home run triggered a three-run sixth inning that carried the Baltimore Orioles to a 5-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox Saturday night. Baltimore starter Jim Palmer boosted his record to a 3-1 and has a 20-8 lifetime mark against the White Sox but needed seventh-inning help from Du Quoin native Don Stanhouse. Palmer gave up two runs in the first inning on RBI singles by Bobby Bonds and Lamar Johnson. The Sox loaded the bases with two out in the seventh before Stanhouse retired Bob Malinaro on a grounder. He went on to pick up his fifth save of the season.

AP Photo Mike Tyson starts game-ending double play Saturday night SubeBt would try to meruit prep csigers from R- "--iV ''J Cardinal second baseman until his first day of school his senior year. There is nothing to prevent us from watching them play these summer games, however. "Herman Williams has been our recruiter the past four years and has done a good job in the South where he was raised and was best known. "The Chicago area is so big and has so many players that it is a challenge to get acquainted with all of them. That would be my goal, however.

"What was a player like all-Missouri Valley Conference guard Maurice Cheeks doing at West Texas State? I have to think he went to school so far from home, because everybody overlooked his potential in high 7r sPrl Talk "Through him I got acquainted with another coach, James "Abe" Abrams at South Fulton Junior High when Corky and Wayne Abrams were just little boys. I have stayed in their home and been close to "Abe" and his wife, Blanche. "When Paul Henry and I were in Georgia recruiting Corky, he mentioned that he had a friend in Rome, named Mike Glenn. We went to Rome and talked to Mike's coach, who said we were wasting our time, because Mike was going to some big Atlantic Coast Conference school. He came to SIU-C." Iubelt got a line on Joe C.

Meriwea-ther by accident as he went to a Christmas tournament at Columbus, to see a prospect named Fessor Leonard. "Joe C. was about 6-7 then and had played little but showed a lot of potential. I had Paul Lambert look at him later that season and Paul was impressed with his improvement. "Paul went to Joe's home three days "Every year in the Valley we see Chicago players at Creighton and Drake.

With coach Gene Smithson going from Illinois State to Wichita, I can see his looking in the Chicago direction. "The time to start working the Chicago area is this very summer. I have plenty of friends there, but you have to keep in touch to show some interest. "SIU-C has had great success recruiting in the South even since we got Walt Frazier out of Atlanta in 1963. But things are changing in the South more of their players are getting the opportunity to play at home.

I would hope by recruiting with more emphasis on the state of Illinois, SIU-C can keep more Illinois players at home." Iubelt is no novice in the recruiting wars although that has not been his forte in recent years. "Walt Frazier's prep coach at Atlanta Howard High, George Coffee, is still teaching in the system," said Iubelt, who did the leg work on Frazier. By Merle Jones Sports Editor Of The Southern Illinoisan What is the "game plan" that George Iubelt talks about if the 19-year Southern Illinois University-Carbondale assistant basketball coach should be promoted to head coach? "My very first consideration would be to renew acquaintances throughout the state of Illinois, and especially in the Chicago area where we have many alumni," Iubelt said. "I would want to get to work recruiting in the Chicago area this very summer even though we have only three scholarships open and have the entire team returning. "The underclass kids in the Chicago area ones to be watching next year and the year after that have been playing in summer leagues several years now.

"I know the NCAA rules prevent a recruiter from even talking to a prosrect.