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La Tribune, Wednesday, October 15, Mets Gain Non-Believers With Victory Over Orioles OtYAN CLOSED THE reliefer Nolan Ryan is congratulated by teammates after striking out Paul Blair to end the third World Series game in favor of the Mets, 5-0. From the left are, Jerry Grote, Wayne Garrett. Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan, Jerry Koosman, Bud Harrelson and trainer Gus Wirephoto. By MIKE RATHET NEW YORK (AP) Despite a suspicion to the contrary, the Baltimore Orioles continue to deny that the New York Mets and the man upstairs have formed some sort of strange alliance. know what somebody told coach Joe Pignatano asked with a laugh in the Mets dressing room after the club nicknamed the Amazings had been just that in a 5-0 victory over the Orioles Tuesday that gave them the lead in the World Series.

And then he answered his own quest ion: is a Met added Manager Gil Hodges, picked up some more non believers with this But they pick up any of the Orioles. not said outfielder Frank Robinson. flesh and blood. The writers want to make it look like looking over them, but nothing to tell said Manager Earl Weaver, man up there likes us all the same. Magic? They have any magic.

just good. Heck, if Agee has an ingrown toe nail we got five Agee is Tommie Agee, the Mets center fielder. He gave an ingrown toe nail Tuesday, but he did have a leadoff homer that gave the Mets a lead they never relinquished and two spine-tingling catches that preserved the victory. The catches and shutout pitching by Gary Gentry and Nolan Ryan pulled the Mets into a 2-1 lead after three games of the World Series and gave them a substantial edge the oddsmak- ers and experts never expected, With two more games in New York, today and Thursday, and with their Seaver and Jerry up to handle the pitching, they have put themselves in position to complete the miracle that has seen them move from ninth place last year to the top this season. we have our backs against the wall? said Robinson.

they need only one more than have our backs against the wall. They The second was made in the have only the advantage of seventh inning with the bases being one-up just the same as loaded when Agee had to go the when we won the first game. other way into right center for it certainly gives them a liner by Paul Blair, diving for an edge. It was a pivotal game, it one-handed at the last second They got by it. in good as the wind kept carrying the shape ball away from him.

only one win in the whole Although the second catch said Weaver. was more dramatic because of fourth win is the most impor- the acrobatics involved, both tant. If you get the fourth win it, Agee and Hodges agreed the makes the other three impor- first was the better of the two. tant. If you win the fourth it said Hodges, wipes out all the losses.

ter than and as good as victory) might not be important Hodges witnessed both those when all over catches also. When it's all over-no matter He a young catcher with who are two things tbe Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 that happened in the third game "ben Gionfriddo made a leaping that will never be wiped one-handed catch of Joe catches, already ranked bid for a homer in the among the best made in the en- game, tire historv of the Series along In 1955, Hodges was playing with those'by A1 Gionfriddo and first base for the Dodgers when Sandy Amaros. Amaros made a game-saving The first was made in the catch of a drive by Yogi Berra fourth inning with two men on in fbe seventh game, racing when Agee chased a drive by toward the left field foul lino Ellic Hendricks to the wall in with his glove hand extended to left center, spearing it one- handed in the web of his glove before grazing up against the wall. Defense Triggers Mets 2-1 Margin In Series By DICK COUCH NEW YORK (AP) Tommie circus catches plucked the Baltimore feathers in the third game of the World Series. Little Bud Harrelson has been picking their pockets from the start.

playing our game now said Harrelson, New sure-handed shortstop, after the Mets trimmed the Orioles 5-0 Tuesday for a 2-1 lead in the best-of-7 series. Harrelson handled eight chances flawlessly as the Mets stymied Baltimore's big hitters again with solid defensive baseball. He personally disposed of the Orioles in the fifth inning by gobbling up three tricky ground balls and tossing out the side. tell me that ties a World Series record me and six million other he joked. play our best in the first the 150-pound bantam continued.

did in the second game and again today. Every time they got something started, we came up with the big plays and took them out of Agee make the first catch got two runs. If he make the second one, three more and a whole different ball game. did the same thing to us in the first game at Baltimore. But sure making them believe in us Harrelson has had 15 chances without an error in the first three Series games.

He also has poked a pair of hits in seven trips to the plate, including a two-out single in the second inning Tuesday that gave pitcher Gary Gentry the opportunity to double home two big runs. The shortstop was involved in the lone rhubarb as well. On first base with a walk in the fourth, he broke for second when Oriole pitcher Jim pickoff throw went astray Harrelson was awarded second on an interference call against Powell, bringing Baltimore Manager Earl Weaver onto the field for a brief, but heated, argument with the umpires. guess Powell had reached around for the ball and I was going the same said Harrelson, who gave away five inches and about 90 pounds in his comic wrestling match with the hulking Baltimore slugger, felt like a baby kangaroo in a was a commented Mets skipper Gil Hodges. Hodges was optimistic about the chances of upsetting the odds which were stacked against them after the Orioles beat 25-game winner Tom Seaver in the Series opener.

in good he said. next step is winning the third Seaver was set to start again today and Jerry Koosman. the second-game winner, will follow on Thursday. plan for anything Hodges said. With left-hander Mike Cuellar pitching for the Orioles today, Hodges went back to his right- hand hitting lineup.

Ron Swoboda. A1 Weis, Ed Charles and Donn Clendenon replaced Art Shamsky, Ken Boswell, Wayne Garrett and Ed Kranepool at four positions. left-handers got us into the Series by beating said Kranepool, who smacked an eighth inning homer for New last run. looks like the right-handers have got to carry us in the Series. could be the only one I play.

I might get one more chance if a sixth game. But the difference as long as we win is added Gentry, who picked up the victory but needed seventh inning relief help from Nolan Ryan. might have felt bad about coming out for a while, but you watch us play all year and see the moves Gil makes, and you know never Cleon Jones, who batted .540 during the regular season but has had just one first inning single in the 12 Series at-bats, complaining either. hope my turn comes he said. as long as we win I need a turn If we win it, I care if I get another Badgers Picked Over Cats In Showdown For First Place By JERRY LISKA The Badgers and great Mike Phipps.

CHICAGO (AP) Two sepa- believe it or not, are fighting for The Hawkeyes bother rate races are spinning on the a share of first place in the Big Phipps that much. It remains Big Ten football front. Ten. Wisconsin is sky-high after to be seen whether Iowa is One is a contest of Russian a 23-game winless skein in a smarting more from its resound- Roulette against awesome Ohio dramatic upset of Iowa, but this ing upset by Wisconsin than the State. The other is a chase for is the first Badger road game Boilermakers from their first the Rose Bow-l bid denied Ohio in five staits.

If the wounded setback at Michigan. State this season. Wildcats swing it, give their Indiana 21. Illinois 7 Coach The Midwest Seer last week medical corps a big hand. Johnny Pont has knocked his had to tear up two tickets in the Ohio State 28, Minnesota Hoosiers away from their scrap- Rose Bowl Sweepstakes when Almost tempted to pick an up- books.

Quarterback Harry Gon- Iowa and Purdue ran out and set of heavily favored No. 1 Ohio so and mates won be dawdling blew a maiden event when Illi- State. If the Gophers are as slow against the winless Illini. nods faded. as Coach Murray Warmath --------------------------So he stands 24-10 for .706 as claims, Rex fantastic the season hits the halfway faking wont bother them a bit.i|/QQ| Arnie Herber, Ex-Packer Ace, Dies Of Cancer Don't Tell Story With Packers mark.

But those Buckeye running Wisconsin 14, Northwestern 13 backs are something else. Also, gifted rover back Jack Tatum can hang it on ground game. Southern California 21, Notre Dame Irish are tabbed a three-point favorite, but third- ranked Southern California has a little too much speed and a NEW ORK AP) The pretty good sophomore quarter- Green Bay Packers, those back Jimmy Jones. If the Tro- who have been jans were able to shade Stan- in8 bke having been ford and the great gun- C0UI)ted are playing sleep- GREEN BAY (AP) Arnold ning Jim Plunkett, they can han- 10 thls week National Foot- C. (Arnie) Herber, 59, the die Irish sharpshooter Joe League statistical ratings.

Green Bay famed mann. Trojan tailback Clarence e. quarterback of the 1930s and Davis is 57 yards ahead of O.J. leased today show the former early 40s, died Tuesday night in rushing record for the Super Bowl champions far down a Green Bay hospital. first four games.

in the figures category. He was a member of the pro Michigan 20, Michigan State they continue to tie the football Hall of Fame and the Fleet halfback Glenn impressively challenging Minne- A II Cl I AAR TCl RT Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Doughty and defensive end Phil sota Vikings for the NFLs Cen- I wlV I I Fame. Seymou'r are back in good tral Division lead, each with a Herber, a native of Green Bay shape. That should add to the 3-1 record, who played with the Packers effectiveness of the Don Moor- The are the leagues from 1930 through 1941, was a head-Jim Mandich aerial axis defensive club, having al- victim of cancer. which punctured Purdue.

It's a their opponents only H-crber was often described as hot neighborhood rivalry, but the -vards in including 333 the longest and most accurate Spartans still may be stunned rushing forward passer of his time and by successive hammerings at The Packers are No ae- was the throwing partner in the Ohio State and Notre Dame. a I lowing 1.037 yards. combination of Herber to Don Purdue 21 Good want to tie rated Right now we fee, have of our Brodhead eighth imepacmng narassea want tQ said toughest games to Coach Two newcomers, On offense, the Packers are ACROBATIC leftfielder Cleon Jones dives and somersaults but fails to come up with Frank single in the fourth inning of the World Series game Tuesday It was first Series Wirephoto Robin- grab the drive as the Dodgers won their first Series. While ranking his first catch over his second, Agee also ranked them over his homer homer meant only one he said simply. catches saved more than The homer came off Jim Palmer, who gave up two more runs in the second inning when Gentry doubled after a walk to Jerry Grote and a single by Bud Harrelson.

The Mets peeked way for a sixth inning run on Ken Boswell's single and a double by Grote, then wrapped up the scoring with a seventh inning homer by Ed Kranepool Gentry had the Orioles stopped on three singles until he loaded the bases with three walks and Ryan came on to throw the pitch that Blair lashed to right center and led to Agee's acrobatics Then, in the ninth, a pinch single by Dave May around a pair of walks loaded the bases with two out and put Ryan in jeop ardy. But he ended it by getting Blair on three straight strikes That sends the teams back to Saturday's opening game pitchers for fourth game. Seaver starting against Mike Cuellar, Cuellar won that one 41. BALTIMORE Buford If Blair cf FRobinsn rf Powell lb BRobinsn 3b Hendrcks FJohnson 2b Belanger ss Palmer DMay ph Dalrmple ph Salmon pr Total NEW YORK Agee cf Garrett 3b CJones If Shamsky rf Weis 2b Boswell 2b Gaspar rf Kranpool lb Grote Harrelson ss Gentry Ryan Total Baltimore New York -Palmer. II, New York Grote (1), Kranepool (1).

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After leaving the Packers, Michigan offense the Packers are Oconomowoc coach Ed Rux. rux 53,4 is a real and Hortonville, mw Sherwood Sparks No. 12 with 1,035 yards in gams. The first came two good club, and Watertown, ninth and tenth, respectively. New Aork oianis, leading inai Dallas Ls No 1 with 1 579 vards w'eeks early as Oconomowoc whom we play this week, upset replacing Reedsville and 0,1 taS? LanCer 2SEL5.S 1 into place tbi, week Hartford.

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Rux said. broadcasters vote in the poll Brookwood Harriers outstanding with 10 points awarded to a first sophomore team. BIO TIN er and sales manager at the Sherwood scored from 10 joining and Howe ram- freshman on Platteville Slate's 0f the 11 are jumors." Herber completed passes eigm for over 3.000 yards and 66 an scorer or rusher or back But place vote, 9 for second, 8 for Topple Weslby 22-37 we do have a number of boys third, etc. who want to Eau Claire Memorial is third, WESTBY, W15. Brookwood Fond du An- turned back Weft by 22-37 in a a Brandt Werner Brookwood had five finishers Tuesday during practice.

Au- 6-0 record is split end continued in first place, polling in the top seven to win Randv Rahnenfurher and Mike are starting 19 kids We followed by Fond du Lac An- turned nack westoy in Colorado bs- Howe also scored for the Lane- Player DieS are able l0 tigo. Green Bay Kast Brook- crow country meet, despite Packer ers Rahnenfurher ran from PLATTEVILLE AP) A ing any skill or talent. And. out field Central Praine du Chien f.rst place ftmsh by the Nor- Campion and Oconomowoc bled 40 yards with a fumble re- footbaII team collapsed and died One key performer in Ocon- In tbe Durand 1. 1 4 1 vemoc 4 FwyJ Ow 4 f.

5 4 C'wc Ettl 7 4u 0 Ocapomwioe 4 4 V4 4-0 Cardinals' Defender Put On Reserve List ST LOUIS (AP) The St Survivors his mother and a daughter. p.m. game. the practice field rgcfiv-nf oy Louis Cardinals placed injured ntn) 1 safety Mike Wilson on the injury reserve Tuesday and Bwn.fVfMw. is; vated tackle Vernon Emerson.

Wilson, a rookie from Western Illinois University, suffered ga'ment injuries in his left knee Sunday against Washington and 4-2. i. will be lost for the season..