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The Dally News Olathe Tuesday September 8 1981 Page 6 offense awakens By PATTI ARNOLD Dei ly News iparte Start 1 KANSAS CITY Bio When the New York Yankees left town on Sunday the Kansas City offense came home The Royals pounded three Califor-' nia pitchers for 13 hits and rolled to a 7-1 victory last night before 25054 fans at Royals Stadium A two-run home run in the third by Willie Aikens his twelfth of the year provided the winning margin and gave Mike Jones all the support he needed to pick up his fourth victory against me loss since being called up from Omaha right to drive in Otis Wilson again started Royal fireworks in the fourth smacking his third single of the night White followed with a single and Brett sacrificed Wilson home by flying out to right California scored its only run in the fifth on three singles Rick Burleson led off with a base hit followed by Rod single Bobby Grich drove Burleson home with a single up the middle Last night's victory put the Royals back at 500 and in a first place tie with Oakland Dennis Leonard (7-10) will pitch tonight against Geoff Zahn (9-7) in game two of the three game series Game time is 7:35 The Royals capitalized on a California error in the eighth After a lea doff double by John Wathan Motley hit a grounder to short that Burleson fielded and dropped Wathan who had started to third stopped midway and scampered back to second But Burleson thinking Wathan was headed for third threw wildly past Hobson and into the the California dugout Motley was credited with a single and Wathan scored iq the play Motley who ended up at second motored around to seme' on UL Washington's base hit up the middle Juan Beniquez's throw to the date was cut off by Carew Wilson then grounded into a double play and White flew out to end the scoring The victory the only bright spot fm Kansas City last night Clint Hurdle who has spent most of the season on the disabled list with a bad Kansas City manager Dick Howser was obviously' pleased to see his three game skid come to an end never easy but it looks better when you seme he said after the game pitching has been good our defense has been very good was pitching good but he was pitching on short rest The next time out have his normal four days rest Quisenberry needs some work Jones scattered eight hits through seven innings before yielding to Dan Quisenberry and was in command all the way Jonsey showed me a Howser said got all the tools coming along better than expected When things get tough he gets a little Willie Wilson was the star offensively slapping out four singles in five trips to the date It was Wilson's third four-hit game this season The -Kansas City speedster led off the bottom of the first with a single and stole his 20th base of the season Frank White grounded to third but Butch throw to first was off target allowing Wilson to advance to third Loser Mike Witt then walked' Amos Otis to load the bases and Hal McRae coaxed a run -scoring free pass Kansas City put together a big inning in the third George Brett led off with a single to center and came home on blast into the right field general admission seats Otis then singled McRae doubled and Darryl Motley lofted a sacrifice fly to Photo by United Press International box CALIFORNIA aferhM Burlaionis 4 110 Cam lb 10 10 Baylordh 4 0 00 Gridilb 4011 Doming 4 0 0 0 Fsrdrf 10 10 Baniquaicf 4 0 0 0 Harper If 10 10 Harlow II 100 0 HsbsonJb 1000 Lynn ph 10 0 0 Tatah Mill CalHaroia KANSAS CITY akrhki Wilton If 1 4 0 White lb 10 10 GBrpftlb 1111 Alkantlb 1111 Otitcf 1110 McRae dh 1011 Wathanc 4 110 Motlsyrf 1111 Waihingtn u40 1 1 Talalt 11 7 11 4 000 Kansas CHy 102I00 02X-7 Hobton Burtetan California 1 California 10 Kantat City 7 McRae Wathan HR-Alkano 111) SB-Wilton Cam Motley Brott IF ER SB SO California ground ball last night off the bat farm team have joined the parent Kansas City club but are not available fm playoff duty Two right-handed pitchers Jeff Schattinger and Billy Paschall were called up along with shortstop Onix Concepcion first baseman Ken Phelps catcher Greg Keatley and outfielder Pat Sheridan Schattinger was 8-4 with a 265 ERA fm Omaha while Paschall was Witt pitched to 4 batten in Ird Jot tenon to 1 batten in Ith WP-Jefftnon A-25054 UL Washington stretches for a back was activated yesterday The Angels not only lost the game and fell two games behind in the AL West they also lost Bobby Clark who was hit in the face by a ball off the bat of Dan Ford during batting practice before the game Clark was taken to St Luke's Hospital where X-Rays revealed a fractured milar bone just under his right eye It is not known how long Clark will be out of action Six players from the Omaha AAA National League Seeend Halt East Major League Standings Michael speaks out about his dismissal Celtics Jays begin fight for Ainge today American League SacendHaH Sail NEW YORK (UPI) The legal battle to determine whether Toronto infielder Danny Ainge stays in baseball or jumps to the Boston Celtics of the NBA resumes today in US District Court The Blue Jays obtained a restraining order Aug 25 which prevented the Celtics from negotiating with the former Brigham Young All-America guard A hearing is scheduled fm 3 pm on Toronto's litigation The Celtics in a suit of their own filed the same day maintain a clause in Ainge's contract which prohibits him from playing basketball even if he retires from baseball effectively prevents Ainge from joining the world champions A hearing on the suit is scheduled Wednesday in US District Court in Boston The Celtics who drafted Ainge in the second round of the June 9 NBA draft are convinced Ainge wants to retire from baseball Last week the Boston Globe said Ainge was given verbal assurances by the Blue Jays he could make the switch and that he was willing to pay back his $300000 bonus Toronto officials heatedly deny such assurances were given and Raaulti Monday Chicago St Loull 0 Cincinnati I San Diego 7 Montreal 5 Philadelphia 4 Houston 2 Atlanta 2 Loo Angelei 5 San Franclaco 1 Pltteburgh 2-5 New York 1-4 Garnet today Montreal (Sandereon 7-5) at Philadelphia (Lareon 04) 1:30 pm New York (Leach GO) at Pltteburgh (Tlant 1-1) 1:25 pm Houston (Ruble 2-1) at Atlanta (Nlekro 0-5) San Diego (Elchcltprger 4-4) at Cincinnati (Barenyl 7-4) 4:25 pm Chicago (Kravec 1-4 or Marta 40) at St Loull (Martinet 1-5) San Franclaco (Alexander 0-5) at Loe Angelet (Hooton f-5) :25 pm of California's Brian Downing 9-7 with a 368 ERA Paschall was also called up in 1978 and 79 He was 0-1 in each of those stints It is the first time Schattinger has been on the major league roster Phelps who was optioned to Omaha when Jones was called up Aug 6 hit 333 fm Omaha Sheridan hit at a 296 clip Keatley 237 and Concepcion 256 with 32 stolen bases Chicago on Aug 28 when he said that Steinbrenner should either fire him or stop threatening to do so also don't feel that I always go public with statements which has been said Michael am very thankful to have had the opportunity to manage the Yankees I have no plans or obligations right now and my golf swing is something like my baseball swing but I expect to get my golf game into the mid 80s very Michael played fm- the Yankees fur seven years six of them as the team's regular shortstop then served as an administrative assistant a minor league manager and as the general manager before replacing Dick Howser as manager last Nov 21 In his statement Michael who was at Yankee Stadium Monday during New 4-2 victory over Milwaukee referred to a famous quote by Yankee coach Yogi Berra saying told me to thank everyone for making this day necessary I hold no animosities for anyone involved and I have no regrets for anything that has talent on an offensive unit that ranked second in the nation last season in rushing (360 yards a game) third in total offense (450 yards a game) and fourth in scoring (34 points a game) All-Big Eight tackle Louis-Oubre has departed from the offensive line but a 11 -conference guard Terry Crouch all 285 pounds of him is back So are three other starters: tackle Ed Culver guard Don Key and center Bill Bechtold The biggest player on the team 65 290ixxind Lyndle Byford figures to replace Oubre First-round NFL draft choice David Overstreet is no longer at running back for the Sooners but Buster Rhymes and Stanley Wilson return at two other legs of the wishbone Rhymes set an Oklahoma freshman rushing record last season with 659 yards and looms as his next great Heisman Trophy candidate two years down the road Switzer calls Wilson best all-around player on our football team" The Sooners return five starters on defense but the unit will probably be built around two sophomores linebackers Thomas Benson and Jackie Shipp Gerulaitis stages big Smith knocks off No Abundance of talent at OU topped only by confidence NEW YORK (UPI) In his first public statement since being dismiss-' ed Gene Michael the latest in a long line of managers to be fired by New York owner George Stein-brenner Monday took exception with charges made by his boss must refute certain allegations that have been said Michael fired Sunday and replaced by Bob Lemon who managed the Yankees during parts of the 1978 and 1979 seasons people check closely sure that I never complained about front office interference and I never failed to cooperate with the front office with two exceptions when the dugout was called (on two occasions) during games by Yankee personnel other than the Steinbrenner had accused Michael whose team won the first-half championship in the American League East of being with other' members of the Yankee management and said Michael had hung up the phone on a Yankee executive a key factor which led to his dismissal Most observers felt Michael was fired for his public statement in as well as Nebraska is looking forward to playing in those Mg games this said Kelly Phelps who inherited the starting quarterback spot from JC Watts in 1961 games can help us in the One of the major concerns tor Switzer is at quarterback where Phelps holds a slim edge over Darrell Shepard at this point Phelps backed up Watts two years ago rushing for 358 yards and five touchdowns but was red-shlrted in 1980 Shepard ran toe second team in his absence last season and had 300 yards and four scores toshowforit the past always been a big difference between our No 1 and our No 2 guy" said Switzer both Kelly and rell are good players They're both very average passers but can live with that They both have good hands and good mechanics has great speed (45 in the 40) and that gives him' a bit of an edge short (5-foot-10) a squatty-type back similar to Steve Davis We have a quarterback in Kelly there's just not as much of gap between the top two as in years past" Phelps will be surrounded by have vowed to make Ainge live up to his contractual commitments with the club Ainge in the second year of a three-year contract with Toronto was hitting a paltry 188 through Sunday The Celtics say he expressed a desire to leave baseball even before the NBA draft despite Ainge's public comments at the time that he was still satisfied with baseball Ainge in an affadavit obtained by the Globe said he was told by both Toronto President Peter Bavasi and General Manager Pat Gillick before and after the draft that there would be no problem fm him to leave baseball Also in his affadavit Ainge said he was unaware of any clause which prevented him from playing basketball When he signed his contract with Toronto in September 1980 he did so without the advice of a lawyer The Major League Baseball Players Association has also filed a grievance for Ainge claiming language forbidding him from talking to an NBA team because he was paid a bonus is in the interest of the would come to the interview room he made off in a white Rolls Royce with two bodyguards saying he was "going to get some groceries" Gerulaitis was fined $750 for of when he hit a ball into the stands and faces another fine for failing to attend an obligatory interview Another upset occurred in the women's singles when Anne Smith primarily noted as a doubles player registered what she called big- -gest singles win by defeating eighth seed Pam Shriver 6-4 1-6 7-5 had chances but I had a tot of bad said Shriver who double faulted three consecutive times during the first set However it was business as usual for the other top seeds and dull business at that McEnroe although extended for 62 minutes in the opening set ran out an easy winner over Kevin Curren while Chris Evert Lloyd Martina Navratilova and Hana Mandlikova all moved into the quarterfinals losing only a total of four games among them McEnroe still not playing the way he would like beat Curren 7-5 6-0 6-1 Evert the defending women's champion won the last 11 games to rout No 12 Bettina Bunge 6-2 90 No 4 Navratilova disposed of No 14 Kathy Jordan 6-0 6-1 and No 5 Mandlikova beat Duk Hee Lee of South Korea 6-1 64) Also gaining the quarterfinals were Results Monday Kansas City 7 California 1 Now York 4 Milwaukee 2 Minnesota 4 TsrontoO Saattlof Chicago Oakland 2 Toxaol -Baltimore 0 Cleveland 2 Detroit 1 Boston 1 QHHH California (Zahn 0-7) at Kansas City (Leonard 7-10) 7:20 pm Clavaland (Barker 7-S) at Baltimore (McGregor f-) 0:20 pm Milwaukee (Vuckovkh 11-2) at New York (John 7-5) 7 pm Beaton (Torrei 7-2) at Detroit (Wllcex ft) 7 pm Seattle (Bannister 0-4) at Chicago (Trout 7-0) 7:10 pm Toronto (Stleb M) at Mhmaoeta (Arroyo 0-7) 7:25 pm Texaa (Hough BO) at Oakland (McCatty 10-0) :10 pm upset 8 Shriver No 6 Sylvia Hanika and unseeded Barbara Gerken Hanika scored a 9-2 7-5 victory over Sharon Walsh and Gerken an amateur playing in her first pro tournament esme back from her upset of Wendy Turnbull Sunday night to beat Jo Durie 7-6 9-1 Evert who said she expected a tougher match from Bunge next meets Mandlikova the woman she beat for both last Open and this Wimbledon championships Evert said can play brilliant tennis or have a bad day I would have liked to have had a tougher match to be tested but I complain because been playing Gerulaitis seemed ready to make it a sweep of Lendl when he captured the last four games of the second set and then broke in the third game of the fourth But Lendl the world's third ranked player recovered for breaks in the fourth and sixth games Lendl had a last chance in the 10th game with two break points but Gerulaitis won the last four points to end the match definitely very difficult to play Lendl said very quick and you want to pass him and you can miss passing shots not angry with myself because I did my best Once you do that and if you're angry then there is something NEW YORK (UPI) Vitas Gerulaitis a fallen giant since losing the US Open final to John McEnroe two years ago heard the approving roar of his hometown fans onoe again Monday upsetting third seed Ivan Lendl in five sets to reach the quarterfinals of this championship Gerulaitis down to No 17 on the computer list after being ranked in the top four for several years made the decisive break in the seventh game of the final set to beat Lendl 6-3 6-4 3-6 3-6 6-4 in 3 hours and 27 minutes Lendl whose parents came over from Czechoslovakia to watch him play for the first time in the United States double faulted at 0-30 in that seventh game to give Gerulaitis triple set point Serving for the match Gerulaitis was down 15-40 but the quick-footed New Yorker saved two break points then gained the victory when Lendl sent a backhand into the net Gerulaitis immediately blew kisses to the standing room crowd of 7000 in the Grandstand Court A year ago Gerulaitis was ousted in the second round of the Open and since then he lost in the third round of the Italian Open the first round of the French and the fourth round at Wimbledon It was typical Gerulaitis following the match though 'After saying he NORMAN Okla (UPI) The only commodity in greater abundance than talent on the University of Oklahoma football team is confidence So confident are the Sooners in 1981 that they are playing Big Eight arch-rival Nebraska for their Homecoming Not Kansas State nor Colorado nor Kansas Not any of the perennial doormats Nebraska "I'm cautiously optimistic about our football said Oklahoma Coach Barry Switzer college winning est active coach (883) with an 83-9-2 record team is better than some and not as good as others I've had in the past think it has a chance to become a good football team but we're very young If good this year we ought to be damn good next year because all bock" The Sooners are good enough to start this season ranked No 3 in the UPI poll and have a schedule conducive to delivering Oklahoma its fourth national championship The Sooners can improve their own standing and end the national aspirations of three perennial Top 10 teams this fall with games against Southern Cal and Texas.