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3 Si 4, way 4 i A- i 4 If? -4''; Dodgers' lead to 2-1 in the fourth, when Greg Luzinski opened with a single to right and Hebner followed with a double into the right field corner, sending Luzinski to third. Luzinski scored on a groun-dout by Maddox. Despite the seven hits off John, the Dodgers' left-hander was in control almost all the way. He got 15 ground-ball outs, struck out eight and only three balls were hit to the outfield. After the fourth inning, the Phillies had two failed to finish for the second time in the series.

Baker, who hit a grand slam off Jim Lonborg in Game Two in Los Angeles, socked an 0-2 pitch into the left field seats in the second inning with Ron Cey aboard on a walk. Baker turned out to be the offensive hero of the series for the Dodgers collecting five hits in 14 at-bats, hitting two homers and driving in eight runs to break Henry Aaron's 1969 playoff record of seven RBI. The Phillies blew a big opportunity to rout Tommy John, the Dodgers' 20-game winner. Philadelphia (AP) Dusty Baker's two -run, second-inning home run trig- gered Los Angeles to a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies to give the the National League pennant Saturday night under what could have been the worst weather conditions in the history of major league baseball. The Dodgers, West Division champions by 10 games, eliminated the Phillies the hard way splitting the first two games at home but then whipping the East champs two straight in their own stadium if 2- 4 5 fir.

I it a (fi 11 II if 9 t'4 4 1 4A A' tonight to champion 4 Kansas City (AP) Rubber-armed Sparky Lyle, the last dependable pitcher in New York's bullpen, bailed the Yankees out with 5 1-3 innings of shutout relief and saved Saturday's 6-4 victory over Kansas City that tied the seesaw American League pennant playoff at two games each. The fifth and deciding game will be played tonight with the winner advancing to the 1977 World Series against the National League champion beginning Tuesday night by teammate Ron Cey after hitting homo run (AP photo) game da first and third in the fourth inning and retired George Brett on a rally-ending line drive that left Kansas City's comeback one run short. Then he kept the Royals away for the rest of this windy, chilly afternoon. Hie margin of victory in this tense, tight game was an unearned run the Yankees scored in the fourth when Kansas City committed two errors. Willie whose second-inning single touched off a two-out, two-run Yankee U' to the blow of the Salukis' Dwight i p.

I for a 3-1 playoff triumph. It was a shame that the weather rmade a travesty ot major league baseball on a night when the Dodgers splashed their way into next week's World Series against the American League winner either New York- or Kansas City. Despite a forecast of rain throughout the night, National League President 'Charles Feeney, one of 64,924 in atten- dance, decided the game should be played, The Dodgers took a 2-0 lead against Philadelphia's 23-game winner Steve Carlton, who Lyle permitted just two hits and shut off a Royal comeback that nearly wiped out an early 4-0 Yankee lead. It was a great clutch performance by Lyle, who led the American League by pitching in 72 games and had a piece of. 39 of New York's 100 regular-season victories with 13 wins and 26 saves.

Using his slider and some tight New York defense, the left-handed reliever kept the Yankees' championship hopes alive in this do-or-die game. He came on with runners at 4tfr Sf' Eddie Hicks (28) takes a fall big challenge is coming instead from Miami and it's the Dolphins wrho head into Baltimore today with both teams unbeaten. In today's other games it's Oakland at. Cleveland, Dallas at St. Louis, Pittsburgh at Houston, the New York Jets at Buffalo, Philadelphia at the New York Giants, Seattle at New England, Washington at Tampa Cincinnati vs.

Green Bay at Milwaukee, San Diego at New Orleans, Atlanta at San Francisco and Kansas City at Denver. On Monday night it's Los Angeles at Chicago. to those coaches who bring national recognition to SIU-C and whose teams finish in the top three in NCAA postseason competition for the sports of baseball, gymnastics, track, wrestling, tennis, golf and swimming. In basketball the team must finish in the final eight of the NCAA-sponsored tournament. In football team must be invited to play in an NCAA-sanctioned post-season bowl game.

3. The maximum amount of bonus will be one-twelfth of the had coach's salary. 4. The amount of the assistant coaches' bonus will be determined by the head coach and the director of athletics. Unrestricted funds for bonuses for coaches will be raised by the director of athletics through private contributions, the policy says.

decide who wound up tossing a seven-hitter for his first victory in the playoffs. The Phillies loaded the bases in the second inning, but failed to score. After the Phillies took the field in the third, home plate umpire Bruce Froemming attempted to halt play. But the other five umpires quickly converged on Froemming and they huddled along the third base line. Finally, they went over to consult with Feeney, sitting behind the Phillies dugout, and a decision was made to continue play.

The Phillies sliced the rally, led off with a grounder to shortstop Freddie Patek, who nearly drove the Yankees to distraction with a single, double and triple, threw wide to first and Randolph was safe. Bucky Dent sacrificed and then Mickey Rivers popped to first, but John Mayberry dropped the ball for an error. Given another swing, Rivers advanced Randolph with a grounder to short end Graig Nettles singled the runner home. 4 i -j 4cy jvy Jones (A? photo) per cent of his passes and has connected for three touchdowns without being intercepted. And Dexter Bussey and Horace King rank 2-3 in NFC rushing with 257 and 245 yards, respectively.

Chuck Foreman of the Vikes leads the NFC with 14 receptions, two for touchdowns, but his 177 yards rushing puts him only ninth in the conference. The Dolphins are off to their best start since the perfect season of 1972 despite being picked as an also-ran by most pre-season observers while the dividual performer counted more than it does today when team performances are more a factor. Nevertheless, SIU-C was eighth in the NCAA last year and coach Bill Meade entertains hope of being near the top again. "Itchy" Jones' baseball teams third last year, third in 1974, second in 1971. Joe Lutz' 1968 team was also second so the baseball bonus for third place is not a remote possibility.

Though the 1967 Saluki basketball team won the National Invitation Tournament, that is not the NCAA. The NIT is for teams which cannot make the NCAA finals. Basketball realists says there may be a handful of superior teams each year backed by 20, 30 or 40 clubs which can go up or down the way hot bonuses 6 s4 JS'' Dusty Baker is greeted Southern A 60-yard kick off return by Willie Hawkins to open the second half was checked by a Ron Geels interception. Then Hall made a 40-yard punt return to lead to a third score set up by long plays. The Pirates added a legitimate 70-yard drive, scored after a late interception for two fourth quarter touchdowns.

Senior Steve Mick, after booming punts of 71 and 76 yards against Lamar last week to become the llth-ranked pun- ter in the nation with a 43.2 average, failed to get as much as 40 yards in five tries and was releaced by Joe Barwinski in the last quarter. Senior quarterback Bob Collins completed nine of 18 passes for 130 yards with one interception. Soph runners Clarence Robison (68 yards in 18 carries) and Bernell Quinn (46 yards in. 12 trips) led the rushing. Junior defensive back Ron Geels had an interception and a fumble recovery as well as seme driving tackles against the Pirate wishbone offense.

First Quarter The Salukis dominated the early going by making single first downs in each of their first three, possessions while holding the Pirates without a first down. Defensive back Ron Geels made a fumble recovery in midfield midway through the quarter and Les Petroff missed a 49-yard field goal try. Just about the -time a scoreless standoff loomed, Pirate kick returner Gerald Hall, an Shrcveport, last December, looms as one most likely attainable by the Salukis in the future. SIU-C had a great year overall in sports in 1976-77. The new guidelines indicate it may be a long time before Saluki coaches again collect $14,045.50 in bonuses in one year.

Big Red 3 p.m. Holders of tickets for. today's Cardinal-Cowboy pro football come 4' '4 a Page Thirteen gain. Senior fullback Vince Kolan-ko completed a 14-play, 80-yard drive with a 10-yard touchdown run. Only 1:30 remained in the half as Creech missed the kick and it was 13-0 at intermission.

Third Quarter Willie Hawkins, senior runnr" ing back, tired to settle the: issue quickly by returning the' kickoff 60 yards to the Saluki defense stopped the: Pirates as Ron Geels inter- cepted, a pass on his own five-; yard line. Hall then returned a short Mick punt 40 yards to the SIU-" 11 and there was no stopping the Pirates. Hawkins got the last four yards but a two-point conversion run was stopped. It was 19-0 with 10:08 left. The Salukis countered with three first downs as.

Collins hit tight end Hugh Fletcher for completions of 16. and 15 yards. Senior linebacker Harold Fort intercepted at the EC-30 to halt the last Saluki threat. Fourth Quarter The Pirates then moved 70 yards on the ground in 11 plays; The big gainer was A a naked reverse of 24 yards by Southed land, who later scored from the five. Creech's kick made it 26-0 with 11:00 left.

Saluki reserves oh both offense and defense finished the game and did stop the Pirates on downs once at the SIU-ll An interception of a pass by Gerald Carr, a freshman from Davidson, N.C, gave the ball back to the Pirates and Eddie Hicks scored on a one-yard dive. Creech booted the final 33-0 margin. for SIU-C football in the' lae 1960s, is the defensive line coach at WisconsinAfter'leav-ing SIU-C, he was on the Purdue staff during the Alex Agase years as head Wisconsin has had only one winning season since -1963 and fans are quite excited after the Saturday victory; over Illinois gave the Badgers a 5-0 start. -v Those earlier four victories came over Indiana, Northern Illinois, Oregon and Northwestern. Coming up are Michigan, Ohio State and Minnesota on the road, Michigan State Purdue and Iowa at home.

1- Though the Badgers have been ranked nationally in the top 20 teams, the schedule will make it difficult to remain ranked. That unearned run was all that was left of the Yankee lead when Lyle arrived, with the Yanks ahead 5-4. He protected the lead tenaciously, weaving his way through a lineup that was trying to nail down- Kansas City's first pennant ever. Lyle came into the game with the knowledge that he was Martin's last healthy arm available in the bullpen, and that the game was his to win or lose. Collapse of its kicking game sent Southern Illinois Univer-sity-Carbondale down to a 33-0 defeat at East Carolina Saturday before a homecoming crowd of 25,251, the largest ever to see a football game in Greenville, N.C.

The 24 Salukis were dealt their first shutout of the year by the 54 Pirates, who gained the shutout more by good luck than by great defense. The Salukis were outgained only. -344- yards to 254 by a club which piled up 531 yards against them a yar ago in a 49-14 triumph as the Salukis netted only 181 yards. The Saluki offense, which clicked against Temple for the only time in six starts, checked itself with a fumble at the EC-1, an interception at the EC-30 and missed field goals from 30 and 49 yards. East Carolina had not made a.

first down late in the first quarter until Gerald Hall returned a punt'50 yards to set up the touchdown with 1:39 left in the first quarter. Late in the second quarter, the Pirates, needing 19 yards on fourth down, faked a punt and ran 23 yards to lead to a 13-0 half time lead. Colts' 3-0 mark in their first since they started their 1953 trek to the Super Bowl. Baltimore has won the last four meetings between the two teams and another one will even its record against the Dolphins at 8-8. Running back.

Lydell Mitchell is Baltimore's most potent weapon and one of the hottest in the AFC. He's not only No. 2 in the league in rushing with 272 yards but he's also No. 3 in. receiving behind Oakland's Dave" Casper and Baltimore teammate Don McCauley.

ball, bounces or the whistle blows. A very few stand out, a lot are closely matched just below the top. A sanctioned bowl bid in football is limited to only 14 approved such contests this year. Most of the teams' are already committed by conference tie-ups such as the one which proclaims the Pac 8 champ will meet the Big Ten champ in the Rose Bowl. A one-year old bowl, the Independence Bowl started at 330 will not Sport East Carolina' ina's MFL division races ore qrowin already Illinoisan Sports SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1977 135-pound junior, returned Steve Mick's short line drive punt 50 yards to the S-27.

Soph quarterback Leander Green ran 25 yards to score on an option play with 1:39 leftl Junior Creech's kick made it 7-0, as the Pirates ended the quarter with one first down, one touchdown. Second Quarter The Salukis, behind the running of sophs Bernell Quinn and Clarence Robison, added a 23-yard Bob Collins pass to. Dave Short for their best drive of the game. Four first downs carried to the Pirate 11 yard line. Then Quinn fumbled and the Pirates recovered 'at their own one.

The Pirates punted only to their own 37 and a Collins pass to Quinn for 18 yards gave the Salukis first down at the EC-19. Senior linebacker Harold Randolph stopped Robison on a third-and-four situation and Petroff missed a 30-yard field goal attempt. Up to that point the Salukis had an 8-1 lead in first downs, had missed two field goals and had fumbled the ball away at the opponent one-yard line. Senior quarterback Jimmy Southerland got team out of the hole with a 20-yard option run, then passed 20 yards to 220-pound senior tight end Barry Johnson for 20 yards. The Salukis spilled Eddie Hicks for a 12-yard loss to set up a fourth-and-19 situation.

The Pirates pulled the same play Arkansas State used twice on the Salukis last year by back Steve Hale for a 25-yard oisiiy game in St. Louis have noted the game starts at 1:05 p.m. according to the tickets printed months ago. Because of a conflict with baseball, the television network had other thoughts. So if you want to watch the Big Red today, tune in at 3 p.m.

Yankees New Yorkers have to upstage everybody. Thus the Yankees have six coaches Ycgi Berra, Elston Howard, Art Fowler, Dick Howser, Bobby Cox, Cloyd 3oy-er in the playoffs. The Phillies have five, the Royals and Dodgers four each. Wisconsin Pat Naughton, who was a line coach under Dick Towers uideUnes "We're playing for the division lead. We're playing a Detroit team that seems to be improved.

What else has to be said?" Minnesota Coach Bud Grant said of the Lions. Then he found something else to say. He praised Detroit quarterback Greg Landry and the Lions' ground game. 'Landry, I think is having his best start," Grant said. "He seems to handle the ball club very well I think their running game is improved." Landry, in fact, is the No.

1 passer in the league at the moment. He has completed 60 Had these guidelines existed a year ago, only the baseball coaches would have qualified for Jbonuses since the Salukis did finish third in the tourney at Omaha. The basketball team, though advancing to the NCAA play of fs for the first time in history, fell one round short of reach-" ing the final eight teams. The football team had no bowl bids. Sayers said he realizes these standards arc tougher than the requirements for the first but that some definitive standards had to be set.

Realistically, the coaches in track, golf, tennis, swimming and wrestling entertain little hope of finishing as high as third in the NCAA. The gymnastics team won four national titles in an era when the brilliance of an in- mean By the Associated Press It's only four weeks into the National Football League season and already some division races are heating up. In the National Conference's Central Division, for instance, the Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions, 1-2 finishers almost every year since the start, of the decade, are tied for the top going into their meeting in Bloomington, Minn, ington, Minn. In the American Conference East, Baltimore and New England were expected to go head to head. But the Colts' By Merle Jones Sports Editor Of The Southern Illinoisan Gale Sayers called his Southern Illinois University-Carbondale coaching" staff members together early one morning recently to tell them the athletic director's bonus policy of the future.

The meeting came after Savers' announcement last weekend that $5,850.50 in bonus mon-ey would be issued to basketball and baseball coaches. Six members of the football staff received belated Christmas presents last Dec 27 to the amount of $7,195 in bonuses. The pclicv cf the future says: 1. The athletic bonus is given to the coach upon recommen- dation of the director of athletics to the vice president for university relations. 2.

Bonuses will be awarded talk i.