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Sports Roanoke Ti mes World News Tuesday Evening May 3 1977 Bell irst Draft Pick NEW YORK (AP) The Tampa Bay Buccaneers as expected chose Ricky Bell Southern 218 pound running back as the No 1 selection in the Na tional ootball draft of college talent Tuesday The Seattle Seahawks picking second traded their se lection to Dallas as rumored and the Cowboys took Heis man Trophy winner Tony Dorsett the most prolific ground gainer in history who led the University of Pitts burgh to the national championship In return for giving up its first round pick Seattle re ceived first round No 14 over and three second round selections giving the Seahawks five picks in the first 54 Bell walked into the packed ballroom at the Hotel Roo sevelt seconds after his name was announced and strode to the microphone displaying a Tampa Bay jersey with a white No 42 his uniform number in college waited a year and a half for this Bell said "I've got the ability to play in the NL There's no ques tion in my mind This is the biggest challenge of my life and the biggest challenge of the team's life to establish a winning trend can't do any worse than we did last year unless they expand the schedule to 16 games Then we could go 0 Bell referred to Tampa Bay's 0 14 record last year in its initial season of NL play the worst mark in the league's history The Cincinnati Bengals using a pick acquired from Buffalo in the Sherman White deal went for Eddie Ed wards an All American defensive tackle from the Universi ty of Miami In rapid fire succession the New York Jets who had hoped to get Dorsett chose Marvin Powell an offensive tackle from Southern California and the New York Giants selected Southern Cal teammate defensive tackle Gary Jeter That gave Southern Cal three selections in the first five overall picks but it was well known that the Trojans had more than a dozen seniors who were highly rated by the pro scouts The Atlanta alcons picking sixth grabbed Warren Bryant a long and lean offensive tackle from the Universi ty of Kentucky The 6 foot 6 249 pound Bryant was a start er since the fourth game of his freshman year The New Orleans Saints selected Joe Campbell a de fensive end from Maryland's Atlantic Coast Conference champions The eighth over all choice was owned by Cincinnati in the Bill Bergey deal and the Bengals used take Wilson Whitley a 268 pound defensive tackle from the University of Houston and winner of the Lombardi Trophy as the na No 1 down lineman' The Green Pay Packers selected Mike Butler a 265 pound defensive tackle from the University of Kansas The Packers however projected him as a defensive end Bell was the nation's leading rusher in 1975 with a near record 1875 yards and fourth last season with 1417 Mums' The Word Tech ails in ACC Bid RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK NC Just like a big eater at the dessert bar the Atlantic Coast Conference decided Mon day that a pie cut into seven pieces instead of eight provides tor larger slices In this case the pie is the ACC basket ball tournament and the eighth piece which was desired by Virginia Tech will not be forthcoming In a session that might have set a record for brevity the executive committee voted down any expansion specifically turn ing down a Tech application which had been sponsored by Virginia Clemson and Duke Although no formal vote was an nounced and the committee members re mained totally closemouthed it was not so much a turndown of Tech as it was a vote to maintain the status quo In this case the big issue is money Most of the money is generated from the basketball tournament including hundreds of thousands of dollars that pour into the various school coffers merely for the right to buy purchase tickets to the March cage ex travaganza One ACC source who did not attend the meeting at the Governor's Inn half way be tween Raleigh and Durham said he had nothing against Virginia Tech I cer tainly want to be the one who cut ott a couple ot hundred of our contributors from tournament Bill Brill Since that appeared to be the overriding issue the secret vote seemingly boiled down to one factor: Did Tech have enough to offer to compensate for the revenue loss to the individual schools? Even though The Roanoke Times World News learned last week that the Hok ies had made a very attractive offer in a pro posal to the ACC it apparently did not convince the faculty chairmen most of whom voted on orders from their school administration If Tech had been accepted the Gobblers would have matched a one seventh share of the current ACC assets and agreed to take less than a full share of tournament tickets for four years It was reliably learned that financial offer was in the vicinty of a halt million dollars The non voting ACC source said in his opinion that it boiled down to a simple eval uation "Is the league happy with seven teams happy with the way things are Since the ACC had two football bowl teams tor the fourth consecutive year and a basketball team (North Carolina) that fin ished second in the nation the answer ob viously was yes Dick Herbert a long time sports editor of a Raleigh newspaper who is now execu tive secretary of the ootball Coaches Assn said on a Monday night radio talk show that he considered any expansion of the ACC ever as 1 South Carolina the only charter mem ber ot the 25 year old conference to drop out talked about reapplying earlier this year but reportedly was discouraged from doing so The only other potential ACC member appears to be Georgia Tech a school with a national name in football and based in At lanta a metropolitan center The turndown for Tech although not oificially the death knell to the fu ture chances appeared to be final Twice Tech has come to the party but has yet to be asked to dance say we were said Tech athletic director rank Moseley "but I would say we're disappointed To get in the ACC would have helped us and I think we would have helped There can be no question about the first statement Unfortunately for Tech the exec utive committee apparently disagreed with the latter Timely Switches Win or Pirates By BOB TEITLEBAUM Sport Writer The old Abbott and Costello routine ot who's on first and what's on second was never very funny in real life Many times players are asked by major league teams to switch positions They sometimes do it reluctantly Others take to a position change like a duck to water It seems the latter is the case with Sa lem's John Dean and Dick Waiterhouse Dean was asked to change from third base to catcher in spring training He made the change Waiterhouse is the newest change tor Salem going from second to outfield for thefirst time Monday night If the latest Salem game is any indica 1 tion the switches are for the best Dean bashed out four hits and Waiterhouse had two as the Pirates pounded Winston Salem 8 4 These two were by no means the whole story Wink Cole homered again this time with a man on first to wipe out a 4 3 Red Sox lead in the seventh Reliever Dave Nelson came on to stop the Red Sox bats and preserve a victory tor young Rafael Vasquez But it was Dean and Waiterhouse who drew the attention Monday night Dean had been saddled in a deep slump and it was of always told me my bat would carry said the Michigan native Dean concerned that his aver age was in the 220s His explosion put him back in the 260s and sounded a warning to Carolina League pitchers know whether it was the old John Dean (he hit in the 270s last year) It's about time the hits started to fall he said "I wasn't concerned about my batting average It's too early I want to concen trate on catching If it was late in the sum mer and I started hitting like I was then I Demeter just smiled about the two Asked if he was worried about Dean not hitting a homer yet the Salem manager replied: hit the ball hard and the homers will As for Waiterhouse Demeter had a good example "We (Pittsburgh) want our players to get to the big leagues how an organ ization gets its investment said De meter remember (Ed) Ott didn't want to go to catcher We (Demeter and Pittsburgh farm director at that time Pete Peterson) spent several hours convincing Ed and his wile that he should Baltimore's Sliding Lee May Out At Second Base Oakland's Marty Perez Throws to irst to Complete Double Play IRTWI rwr nui 1 I i MH 1 David Proves Hero Triumph lem 4 Salem 12 2B Brooks Hyman Shankle Dean veuvn nau ucaicii ruuidiiu ouuuay Dean HR Garboza (3) cole (3) ss Boggs on 114 105 in overtime to force a sixth game vares in the best of seven series 0 0 0 MEN and irst Realty Mortgage Corp I Oil An Affiliate of irst Merchants National Bank But the Blazers shot to a 13 2 lead in the first four minutes of the game Monday 2 fOtMl MOUSING LENDER 2036 Colonial Avenue SW Roanoke Virginia 24006 PHONE 345 7739 2 0 0 9 The moral of the story is that Ott now is Pittsburgh's top catcher Dean and Wai terhouse though need much con vincing The clubs finish the two game series in Salem tonight The Bucs will go with Jeff Pinkus (0 0) against the Red Antonio DeLeon (1 3) move to Winston Sa lem for two more games starting Wednes day night concern to Buc Manager Steve Demeter As for Waiterhouse he admitted he was struggling at second So when Deme ter asked him to try left field Waiterhouse didn't object He made all the plays includ ing a tine throw to nip a Red Sox runner at second and also contributed two singles (Pittsburgh) told me they still considered me a major league prospect as far as my hitting is said Wai terhouse they think I could make the majors as an Infielder been strug gling Tonight (in left) I was a lot looser It was like a new Waiterhouse feels his hitting should improve though no one in Pittsburgh ever doubted that his early offensive troubles would be only temporary you're struggling in the he said have a lot ot things on your mind when you go to bat I just want to be in the lineup somewhere Pittsburgh has SALEM SLIDERS: Tickets for Sunday exhibition against Virginia Tech at home will be $150 for adults and 75 cents for all students Luis hitting streak ended at nine games but Cole's con tinued through eight games While speaking of Cole he almost got another homer in the eighth on a deep fly to right just missed he said got under it too much" Cole got his homer when Red Sox' reliever Ron Herlihy fed him a steady diet of fast balls er bb so 4 2 5 7 night built a 22 point lead in the second quarter and coasted from there "Portland can beat said Denver Coach Larry Brown Jack can give (Maurice) Lucas and (Bill) Walton a rest and get the terrific response he did to night from his bench the Blazers can be really best I have seen them play" said Nuggets forward Bobby Jones "They were really digging up the ball and knocking it away for fast two speedy guards Davis and Lionel Hollins were doing most of the digging and knocking Davis received hardship status last sea son after his junior year at Dayton Univer sity and was second round draft pick He was told just before the game that he would start in place of injured Dave Twardzik coach told me to penetrate and to look for the the soft spoken Davis said said to take the game to them and not get too Davis hit 10 of 14 from the field in cluding a pair of back to back howitzers from at least 20 feet out in the third period Yarborough Leads DAYTONA BEACH la (AP) De fending champion Cale Yarborough is off and running toward the 1977 Grand Nation al title in the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing He won the first leg ot the season and the $10000 bonus that goes to the top point scorer in each of three 10 race segments Darrell Waltrip who nosed out Yarbor ough in the 500 miler at Talladega Ala Sunday jumped up to third place in the standings Yarborough has 1725 points Richard Petty 1558 and Waltrip 1502 If you cannot attend but would like information Phone 7748323 Presented by Gene Cook Associates Inc Accredited By Continuing Education Council OVERPAY COMPARE! 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had failed to make the National Basketball As sociation playoffs for the sixth straight sea son Monday night Davis was the hero as the Blazers eliminated the Denver Nuggets from postseason play The 108 92 blitz was first lopsided victory in nine playoff games and moves the Blazers into the Western Confer ence finals against the winner of the Gold en State Los Angeles series The conference finals begin riday night in Los Angeles if the Lakers advance and in Portland if the Warriors beat the Lakers were waiting to really play our game in this series and this was said Portland Coach Jack Ramsav were the aggressors tonight We yester LOB winsion sa Denver had beaten Portland Sundav 4s Blazers i I kW Sfl fefexei a Wjg HW 8 11 II I III I a a WINSTON SALEM SALEM abrhbl abrhbi Brooks cf 4 0 10 McDonald cf 3 110 Boggs 3b 4 12 0 Olivares rt 5 10 1 Garbozarf 4 12 2 Cotes 3b 4 110 Hyman dh 4 12 0 Deane 5 2 4 3 LaTorrelb 4 0 0 0 Salazars 5 0 0 0 Coletta 2b 4 0 10 W'house If 3 0 2 2 Shankle if 3 0 10 DeB'sfa dh 3 110 Harrington 5 0 0 0 Cole lb 5 2 2 2 Valdez ss 3 12 0 Brady 2b 4 0 0 0 Totals 35 4 11 3 Totals 37 8 11 Winston Salem 013 000 Salem 110 010 23X 8 Poor Little Braves But No Panic Yet By The Associated Press The Atlanta Braves are on a streak only going the wrong way are not going to panic" Manager Dave Bristol said Monday night after the Braves lost their ninth straight game an 11 1 decision to the Pittsburgh Pirates One can sympathize with Bristol His team has not only been beaten of late but embarrassed by lopsided scores on a lot of occasions isn't going with a full deck out said Pittsburgh Manager Chuck Tanner alluding to the absence of outfield er Gary Matthews infielder Willie Monta nez and pitchers Andy Messersmith and Dick Ruthven probably four of his top Bristol could have used some of them Monday night especially the pitchers The Pirates hit four home runs off the softtouch Atlanta staff While their pitchers pitching their hitters weren't hitting Pittsburgh right hander Bruce Kison had something to do with that of course was a dream both offensively and said Kison who fired a three hitter a lot easier to pitch when got a comfortable de fense and that kind of support behind you There were great defensive Reds 3 Cardinals 2 Pinch hitter Mike Lum singled home the tying run in the ninth inning and on the same play Cesar Geronimo raced home on an error by St Louis third baseman Hector Cruz to give Cincinnati its victory over the Cardinals The Reds' rally began when George oster doubled with none out Geronimo got an infield single then Lum drilled a sin gle through the legs of second baseman Mike Tyson to tie the score at 2 2 Padres 4 Phillies 3 Bill run scoring single with two out in the ninth inning lifted San Diego over Philadelphia and snapped an eight game losing streak Bobby Valen tine had singled to lead off the inning and moved to second on a base hit by Gene Richards before scoring San Diego's win ning run Dodgers 3 Mets 1 Bill Russell's run scoring single in the eighth inning broke a 1 1 and triggered Los Angeles past New York Dave Lopes dou bled oft losing pitcher Jerry Koosman 1 3 only the fourth hit off the lefthander Russell then drilled his single to right to score Lopes with the winning run Brewers 3 Blue Jays 1 Rookie right hander Brian Haas and two relief pitchers combined on a five hit ter to lead Milwaukee over Toronto Haas 1 1 gaining his first major league victory was lifted after giving up his fourth hit with one out in the ninth inning Bob McClure and Bill Castro both made appearances the ninth with McClure giving up one hit before being relieved by Castro who re tired the last two batters 2 Orioles 0 Rick Langford combined on a tour hit ter with Dave Giusti to lead Oakland over Baltimore Langford gave up only two hits in seven innings before giving way to Gius ti who blanked the Orioles on two hits the rest ot the way Royals 3 White Sox 1 Tom Poquette darted home on Lerrin LaGrow's bases loaded wild pitch 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