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THURSDAY OCTOBER 14 10B2 TW-CtTV HERALD Cl Comics Marketplace aa C6 CIO McCormack takes over as interim Seahawk coach By The Associated Press SEATTLE The Jack Patera-John Thompson Era with the Seattle Seahawks is over and an old familiar face has surfaced as the club's new head coach but only on a temporary basis It will be Mike McCormack a self-admitted failure as a National Football League head coach after a brilliant career as a player as Patera's interim successor But the man the Seahawks' owners may really want could be Don James coach of University of Washington's top-ranked Huskies If the highly successful James 50 is the man the Seahawks1 owners have their sights set on they weren't saying at a news conference Wednesday night "We haven't contacted anybody and we haven't started a list" said John Nordstrom one of the Seahawks' owners when asked if James could be considered a viable coaching candidate "But we know we're going to get an excellent head coach and we know there are lots of good candidates out there" Nordstrom said McCormack would have "great input" into the selection of a new permanent head coach here and McCormack mentioned James' name but not as a prime candidate "I think really to be fair to everyone that if you bring up Don James' name" said McCormack "then you should bring up the name of every coach in the Pac-10 (Pacific-10 Conference) "As soon as you bring his name up then all of a sudden they're going to use that as a recruiting tool" The announcement of the firing of Patera 49 and the 53-year-old Thompson only head coach through 1975 In 1980 he had a 7-9 record at Baltimore The timing of the firings of Patera and Thompson came as a big surprise although their demise long had been speculated in the news media The dismissals came while private mediator Sam Kagel met in Cockeysville Md with both sides in the NFL players' strike Patera was on a fishing trip at Quects Wash a remote Olympic Peninsula community on the Pacific Ocean and that added a bizarre twist to the dismissals Although the Seattle Times reported shortly after noon PDT -Wednesday that Patera and Thompson would be ousted the Seahawks' owners saved the official announcement for a 7 pm news conference at the dub's Kirkland Wash headquarters Nordstrom said the announcement was delayed because the owners had trouble getting word to Patera at Queets He said Patera was not told tic was fired until 5 pm Asked about Patera's reaction Nordstrom replied "I believe Jack was surprised and his comment was 'Why now?" That's what a lot of people were asking "There really is no good time to make a change like this" Nordstrom said "We felt like that we did not want to write off the balance of the season I can't give you a reason why we didn't do it With Patera and Thompson at the helm the Seahawks' franchise had a 35-59 record They were were 0-2 before the strike this season losing to Cleveland and Houston Patera became the first NFL head coach to be fired in the strike-halted 1982 season Mike McCormack John Thompson jack Patera Don James and general manager the seven-year-old Seahawks have ever known came Wednesday night McCormack who joined the Seattle franchise as football operations director this season was given the title of interim head coach for the remainder of the 1982 season if there is a remainder of the 1982 season Don Andersen 42 director of non-football operations became director of administration In effect Andersen will be the Seahawks' GM for the remainder of this season With the NFLplayers' strike in its 24th day the 51-year-old McCormack got his third NFL head coaching job He declared flatly it would be his last "When I took this job" McCormack said "I told John Thompson I did not want to come here as a coach or a potential coach "One of the (Seahawks) owners said (Wednesday) 'What if we win all 12 games that we might play and I said That (the statement that nc doesn't want to coach any more) still Nordstrom said McCormack definitely will not be invited back to coach the Seahawks in 1983 He said McCormack would go back to his old job as director of football operations "I could work under someone else" McCormack said when asked what would happen if the Seahawks' owners hired a combined head coach-general manager next season In his two previous NFL head coaching jobs McCormack compiled a 25-48-1 record including a 2-14 mark in Baltimore last season McCormack was 5-8-1 7-7 and 4-10 at Philadelphia from 1973 Brewer reliever hands Cardinals World Series tie OMl 01Z 010 BOO- 4 St Lauta Ml Ml I -d out to ctntor tor ObfffctoM tot 7Hi Storuck out tor lorg tht Tih nwittoith E-Oglw 81 Lout 1 LOB-MKmuIiw A 81 Lima 7 2B-Moom Harr Vow Poitw Coopw HR-Sawnoma) SB M(l)06mi(l) PER 80 Sutter confounded Milwaukee's sluggers allowing only two inficlu hits And he got the boost he needed from battery-mate Darrell Porter the hitting star with a two-run double and a clutch single in the winning rally In the ninth when pesky Paul Molitor opened with a bunt single Porter gunned him down trying to steal second base Then Sutter whose 36 saves led the major leagues this season mowed down the final two batters to complete the victory This game began like a another Brewer breeze Milwaukee built a 3-0 lead in the first three innings against rookie John Stuper In the second a walk wild pitch and Charlie Moore's RBI-double made it 1-0 An inning later Milwaukee added two more Molitor singled stole second reached third on a wild pitch and scored on a groundnut Then cx-Cardinal Ted Simmons slammed his second home run of the Series this one a shot into the second deck in right field The Cardinals could do little with Brewer starter Don Sutton and Herzog went back to basics the running game to arouse his team With Willie McGee on first and one out in the third the rookie swiped second The steal was followed by a run-scoring double by Tom Herr and an RBI single by Ken Obcrk-fell In the fifth Robin Yount doubled and scooted home on a single by Cecil Cooper making it 4-2 Kaat and Bair prevented any more damage but the Cards weren't making any progress against Sutton lie retired eight straight batters before Oberkfcll singled with one out in the sixth Obcrkfell stole second on the next pitch look third on a long fly bail and marked time as George Hendrick walked That brought up Porter The Brewers were playing him to 1ull but he lined a double to eft chasing both runners home A controversial walk to Lonnie Smith led the winning run With Peter Ladd on the mound the count stretched to 3-2 Ball four was close close enough for the Brewers to howl to plate umpire Bill Haller Ladd then missed with his next four pitches against pinch hitter Steve Braun to force home the winning run By The Associated Press MILWAUKEE Most pitchers shudder at the sight of the slugging Milwaukee Brewers Not Bruce Sutter That's because most batters shudder at the sight of him Sutter marched out of the St Louis bullpen Wednesday night and slammed the door on the Brewers as the Cardinals battled from behind for a vital 5-4 victory that tied the 1982 World Series at one win apiece The teams had a day off today as the Series moved to Milwaukee where Pete Vuckovich faces the Cardinals' Joaquin Andujar in Game Three Friday night The St Louis victory was built on speed a controversial walk that the Brewers thought was a strikeout and Sutter The relief ace had watched from the bullpen as the Brewers rattled 17 hits around Busch Stadium to capture the opening game of the Series 10-0 "I was impressed" the reliever said "But I wasn't scared of them" Manager Whitey Herzog never had a chance to go to his trump card in the opening game blowout So he seized the oppor- Sutton MoOuroLfrl 8 8 4 4 1 8 11-3 8 1 1 8 8 Ml 0 0 8 0 MLouia 4 0 4 4 8 3 KM 83 1 0 0 0 0 Bar 8 1 0 0 0 3 SunorW10 81-3 8 0 0 1 1 Stupor pilclwd lot Mm ailht Ml 2 54 53723 tunity when it presented itself in Game Two "I wanted to stay close and not get blown out" said Herzog When middle-inning relievers Jim Kaat and Doug Bair accom- Clished that Herzog called for is main man with two out in the seventh inning Associated Press World Series heroes Bruce Sutter and Darrell Porter congratulate each other after the St Louis Cardinals tied the Milwaukee Brewers one game apiece in the World Series Kagel works to keep both sidesat the bargaining table tempt to prevent the games A lower court barred the 28 NFL teams from using local courts to block players from appearing in the games then the US District Court invalidated those state suits and said all suits had to be filed in federal court in Washington to avoid "piecemeal litigation" The league appealed that ruling and the Court of Appeals scheduled oral arguments in the case for Wednesday Negotiations began with Kagel meeting separately with reprentatives of the owners and the union two sessions adding up to more than four hours followed by a joint 1-hour meeting of Kagel owners' chief negotiator Jack Donlan owners' chief counsel Sargent Karcii union executive director Ed Garvey and union president Gene Upshaw Then Kagel read a one-sentence statement: "The parti-es'proposals and counterproposals are being reviewed and discussed in depth and this process shall be continued" Then as unceremoniously as he had opened the one-minute news briefing he closed it rejoining the negotiators with Joseph "Chip" Yablonski the general counsel for the union entering the talks later Garvey and Donlan each said he was sticking to his side's previous position on the basic contract issues the union demanding a wage scale tied to a fund to be independently administered the owners refusing to 5ive up the existing system of in-ividual salary bargaining with players Said one source: "Why ive up anything before you avc to" By The Associated Press COCKEYSVILLE Md The long grind of through-the-night bargaining orchestrated by private mediator Sam Kagel nas begun with the possibility that negotiators for the National Football League owners and the striking players could be kept at the table continuously into the weekend Sources involved in the negotiations aimed at ending the 24-day strike said Wednesday that Kagel a San Francisco lawyer approved by both sides as their intermediary had recom called for round-the-clock talks did note: "We haven't reached the first 24 hours yet" While the talks resumed at a hotel in this Baltimore suburb the "all-star" flayers selected by their peers held their first day a practice for next Sunday's union-sponsored game a couple of hours down the road in Washington's RFK Stadium And the union got help from US Court of Appeals in Washington Wednesday The court declined to consider until after Sunday's game and a second one scheduled for Monday night in Los Angeles the leaguers at mended a series of round-the-clock sessions as much as 96 hours in all That would keep the bargaining going into Saturday "We have been told to be prepared to go that long" one of the sources said Another said people on each side of the table nad winced when the suggestion was made but added: "Who's going to be the first to walk away from him?" It was a reference to the idea that whichever side left first could be accused by the other of sabotaging the talks And the 73-year-old Kagel while not confirming he nad Morgan quietly building a winning tradition at foundation for a consistent winning program like the one he's builaing at Hanford "First had real good senior leadership" he said think it (the lack of attention gives them a lot of incentive am Hanford have to get a total effort from each player for an entire game" Hanford 4-1 is currently locked in a four-way tic for second place with Othello Selah and Prosser Last year the Falcons finished the regular season in a four-way deadlock for second place ana were eliminated in a mini-playoff by Selah They could surpass that showing this season it they continue to play like they aid against Othello "Once we get to the playoffs I think we'll be over the hump and on our way to establishing a winning tradition" Morgan said "Right now 'it just depends on how much each kid wants it" If the Falcon players follow their coach's example they should be over the hump soon they aren't already dropped a tough 12-11 decision to Selah in its opener but have defeated Ellensburg and Othello both on the road the past two weeks to remain in the league title race 'Td have to say we're kind of a surprise" Morgan allowed "But this team has worked hard and worked together as a unit" Perhaps the Falcons came of age last week in Othello With the game deadlocked at 7 at the intermission Hanford came out and totally dominated the then fourth-ranked Huskies in the second half to win 21-7 "I think a lot of people grew up in that game ana our kids realize what we can do especially on defense" Morgan said "In that game we played very well for the final two quarters but right now we're looking for four good quarters In order for us to stay in the chase we're going to years as the Bulldog boss and his father-in-law is Covington Richland High's highly successful coach "That has had a real positive effect on me" Morgan said of his relationship with his father and Covington'Tm very proud of those ties and both have been nothing but help along the way" Before coming to Hanford Morgan was an assistant coach as a student-teacher at Richland under Covington for one season and the head coach at Columbia-Burbank for four years At the start of the present campaign Selah Prosser Othello and Ellensburg were the preseason favorites in the Mid-Valley race while the enigmatic Falcons figured to finish somewhere in the middle Hanford however has made its presence felt The Falcons Hanford Coach John Morgan doesn't begrudge the attention and coverage the area's larger and more successful football programs receive It just seems to make him more determined to put his team in that select group And at the Falcons' present rate of improvement they're just about at that point "We're getting there" Morgan said "but we're not there yet I'd like to have more numbers more kids in the off-season program and send more kids on to college football but I think coming along" Indeed Morgan in his fourth year at the Falcon helm guided Hanford to its first winning campaign in 1980 and to its first appearance in postseason play Following a 7-2 regular season last year In the process Morgan 31 with those kinds of players we're eventually going to reach the level of programs like Kennewick Sunny side and Col-Hi (Richland) There are two other factors that have made the difference for us: the kids' intense desire to win and our assistant coaches they've been phenomenal" Bob Evancho has established himself as one of the best young coaches in the area But the reputations some of the other coaches enjoy aren't established overnight and Morgan is the first to make that point In his opinion there are many factors involved in setting the A winning program may be relatively new at Hanford but Morgan has been around successful high school football for a long time His dad is former Pasco Coach Em Morgan who posted an 80-44-4 record in 15.