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In thp ninth, though, Ihev began lo wondrr II maybp thing trvrmldn I he dilferent. iiMies Btown begun Hip inning with a babbit. Pii Sharon, who hd eniered the g.itnp to run for Al Kalme an inning earlier, Hied to nhi. but pit MoAulilfp fnl William bnt kpedaling to the iarn ins trai in left. William raught the b.ill and si mined into the nail at the tame limp.

Indians' Icftfieldrr toppled forward and as hit the griHind, the ball came trukling oul of his gloye. BSF umpirp Imi PiMum. who ha I marled out toward left to make the call, had hi clem hed fist up in the air by this limp, signaling Aluflp (Mil. When hp saw Ihp loose b.ill. PiMurn iun kly h.tngeH his call lo but by lh.il limp Urown.

hn int seen the umpire tall AuliftP out, had turned his bm and was retreating to first. I rnierlieldef Rusy Torres retrieed the hll and thrpw tn first baseman Ch.Mnhliss, covering second fur an easy fnrre on Gates, whn va still Plpasp turn In Pagp iVt, rnlunin 4 RY JIM HAW KINS fin Ptti Inert Wfiitr Thp hons oulniimhrrivl th bixlir Std-itim 1 htrrljv rmns And ihv wnrn'l (til nn' il lh umpirrn or ihr nvUnd Indent, nll'i r. Th' Ticcr rf Hying nd in fruirili'iii nf lh' fn. whn hnr unichrH their Hi Mini tl.thl hilt in Ihr KiM thrrr vtrcki, it rx-smnnis to r-h frtrtinlv thrir herfv Hidn'l pnr lbm vhn! lot tn holler hIkiiiI lliursdnv flight (MvliTd Perry hut otil the lijers .10, nn hi And the umpirr didn't Riv thrm ny lirlp, r. thrr, wirn rvissihlo rally In ihr boiiom th ninth nullilird whrn.

of all thine, flrvrhind Irfificld Walt William dropped Pick Mi Auliflf's flyhall. II F.N II IF. Ram MdH. msnv of thf 2 MinkI thorp in thrir plai not Ity wh.it had hnpprnrd. Wh.il haptnTPd wa thf Tiqrr f'-ll annihcr h.ilf-a amp bm of ihp idlp HfllliniorP Prnl.

tr.n'ing now by 7' with 2R gnnip to (jo. hri fhamhlis rrashrd a lo-riin hnini-r otl Ihp Irnnt rdp nf Ihp third Her In Ihp first inn.n-and Ruddy Rrll lined an HK into flip rH cnl r-held pmIi In ihp pighih tn nenienee nlt In hi ix ih oiraiphl nhark and his lllh aj.ilnM IS viclrie thii yrnr. WP -ft'tinM T1. A-UUI. Hie liinpinp Tie'' hp srldom lofiked more hi-ipl- ss ih.in ihev Hid t(ir the first eiflit innings the suppiiscdSy vinichnws slippery serve nl peiry.

I'll- fiotn ilw Ihi" Indian nuiielder i'ti! id to b.ills ntili the bolliim tltr in nl -ni uw (( iIukp vias foul. Illl I WO IIMl lh. Hid thread in the tnt tnrmtjj fil h.i,m in lh sr enlli lliey I'iiiii 1 1 1 1 1 I I.ilnrh lord IVrrv tin iiiiic-mi'r 01' antics Billy Orders Spitler Kocsis (iocs Out With Ural Class hjili. Train' Has A Dream Rrui ORCF. I first head roach in the National Football eague is Ihp ultimate ambition of Pick (Night Train) Lane, a former petroii I mn and now an assistant at Central (Ohio) State I nn ersitv.

1he 4f eHr old I ane. Mill holder of (wo defensive records, slew over the lack of black coaches, head men, in pro football's premiere league. "If the Nl I. owners would have wanted a blark," I -arc said, "they could have had one a long-time ago. I tan go along with this stuff about not enough qualified I lai eoa' hes around.

There are plenty, if people want to hire litem." There have been rumblings that this will be Ihe last sear lor Central head coach Jim Walker, and that Please turn ti Page 70, Col. I Perry onp. hut the Tiger manager wasn't satisfied with thp inspection. "He didn't check him properly," Martin contends. "He put the stulf in hi eyebrow and his hair I even know where he put il on the hall on Ihe Insignia.

And you mean In tell me and umpire can't find Ihe stuff?" Martin has been miffed over Perry's tactics loforp, but tht fact thp Tigers are faltering in the pennant race and the fact Perry shoved them an- Please turn In Page 7P, Col. 4 "Joe Coleman and Trcd Scherman ere throwing spil balls the last two Innings on mv orders," the enraged Martin shouted. "Thev are making a mockery of the game, letting Perry get away with that spitter or greaser or whatever you want to call it. And a long a they him get, awv wirh it I'm going lo have my guys doing it loo, only next time it will he from the first inning, nt the eighth." MsRTIN 001 home plate umpire Red laherty to r.vuiuuir vivcf nt Prt Srwrlt Vif.fff I mm here on in Rillv Martin is determined to fight spit ith spit It might ost him Mime money and it probably won't i the American I eague I ast ihampion-hip but the li-gers' fi-rv manager savs he's had enough of iavloid perrv's and the Indians will ha to look al'sonie slippery jri'hi's themselves from here on in. Ihe i nunli-ratlai started while Perry was slipping p.ot the 1 igers, .1 0.

i Lane, a I. ion UONS LINKUP AKAIJLV SI'T I DO The record books will shoA tin! V. K. -'-n the I'nited State Annfur (ioil C'luurp Thai' true. The old guy a MX-Mm" winner Mi In-tan npvpr quite it on the his Me tried tl eompeting in L'O or 22 niumal iotirn.im,-n;s he of the number could never z' it lunp Rut dn't ever consider this m.in a failure.

Kfrst profd himself the cUss nt.in th.it lie when pliminateH Thursday in the thud round of the I S. Amnfur old Invernevs. He suf'ered ih' crije'i'-t blow aM. watih'n hi opponent a 2') yearil'l kid ni.urd roll in a Wl fnot putt lo win, I up, nn the Mh You just don't roll in riu foot put i nn the Is'li ie in the U.S. Amateur, especially wlw-n ou aie i yers old.

Rut the young man did il, In the complete astonishment of the small crowd standing on the lawn outside of the clubhouse. Imagine il your last on.il no more after this one and you've got evctyne ex ile with your surprising play through the first two rounds. i S'ou wonder, as everyone do u.uld this tv one of I Cinderella stones in the nuking? 1 People are starting to follow Kor 'I h'-y p.v n-i at.en'ion tn those knobby knees and those wobbly Hiry don't rvrn i notice the gray hair. i A SO-year-old, gray-haired guy plaing in shoits at ile.int Inverness Bui he was gfttinp to them with his pl-iy, winning his first match, 4 and 2, ind then in his sprond, i and 4. I It 's lo No.

1 Off Landry icia LEATHER SUEDE: THAT'S WHAT A MAN'S WORLD IS MADE OF.MTLJGHH:ES& And 11 Could Smile! RY JACK SAYLOR PiM Prl SPArtl Wr.lfr W'lth a lot of knocks on wood and "we'll Hon MeCafferty cautiously penciled in a starting lineup lor Saturday's game with Ihe Browns in Cleveland. Since tbe I ion coach had promised to go with his No. I people jn the final two warmup games, the lineup can more or ess be construed as the one which will face the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Sept. Ifi opener. To the surprise of probably nobody in thP western world, MeCafferty tabbed Greg l-andry as his quarterback.

Galloping Gregory wasn't exactly stunned by the word. "1 xhibition games," Landry said, making a face. "Rut I'm glad I'm plaving," he added quickly. Landry, becoming a real NIT. veteran in his sixth season, resolutely has gone about re-establishing his claim to the Linn quarterbacking job in four pre-season games, passing at a 51 percent completion rale and averaging 5.8 yards nn 13 running sorties.

His backfield mates, also a foregone conclusion, will be AUie Tav lor and Steve Owens and MeCafferty has promised plenty of exposure against ihe Browns. 1 S- I ti Then, abruptly, is all over. No going bark. No taking the ball out of the cup. No lining up one more putt.

It's over. AH of it. The years of hope. The years of AH ended by a fill-foot putt. Your eyes turned tn Kocsis.

You wondered what his reaction would bp. Do you know what he did? He smiled. Chuck himself probably doesn't even know that. Hut here he was standing there watching his National Amateur career come to an end and he was smiling. The crowd was gasping at Ihe sight of the phenommal putt.

But there was Chuck Kocsis casually walking over to his young competitor, shaking his hand anci saying: "Nice putt." The youngster merely nodded. That's the way it had been all Hay the old man trying to talk to the young man but the youngster, so tight from the pressure, not engaging in any conversation. Kocsis let him be. He let him play his game. "Heck," lie said later, "I used to be that way mysplf when I was young." When Chuck Kocsis was young, Bobby Jones was the national champion.

That was bark in Kocsis' first U.S. Amateur was at Merion and that was 4.T years ago. Now he was walking off the last green for Ihe last time. What is it like for something to come to an end? I've always wondered. What would it be like to writp my last column the last paragraph, the last sentence, Ihe last word? I hope I never know.

I never want to see my last story in print. For an athlete, though, for a man like Chuek Kocsis, the Please turn to Page 7D, Column 2 MIS At "We'll try to use them for Ihrep quarters unless, of imnse, it slays real hoi like this." he said. Owens has been craving more woik while MeCafferty was spreading the action among nine backs. Taylor, loo, was pleased. "Thai's pood," he said.

"Now we'll get our timing down." CLNTFR EP FLANAGAN is expected to return to anchor the. No. 1 offensive line where (fordon Jolley continues to hold forth for the injured Jim Yarbrough. The receiver corps is depleted for the Brown game with Ron Jessie out and Larry Walton doubtful, too. That will keep Earl ff Sf V.

i V. su vvr x-S' "38 McCullouch, Al Barnes and Jim O'Brien busy. Ki i i i nil "ik lilkf Dolphins Gear Up For Vikes P.T rf 71) McCAFFERTY'S biggest lineup prohlems, however, are on defense, where he may not know unlil game time who will play in the line. Jim Mitchell remains sidelined with his bad knee, and Tlease turn to Page 7D, Col. 1 ROYAL OAK VET BOWS fV AMATEUR 60-Foot Putt Beats Kocsis putt halved the hole and pre f.i.

Ilfcl Ir'' Ks if (III-" mh fin manufacturer, defeated Walker Cup star Danny Edwards of Edniond, 1-up, after holding a five-hole lead with seven holes left to play. He Inst Ihe lth hole by hit- ting into a hunker, lost No. 15 by knocking up against a tree, dropped the I6th when he missed the green with his approach, and lost the 17th When his ball stopped under a pine tree. But on the 18th hole, Andrews regained his composure and sank a six-foot birdie putt. KOCSIS has won a record six Michigan Amateur championships and three Michigan Open titles, but he's never been able lo capture the National Amateur although he's played in the tournament 20 22 times.

He was three holes down tn Alexander walking to the 14th hole and parredNos. 15 and 17 served his 1-up Green, meanwhile, lost to Steve Forrest of Mt. Airy, N.C. The 32-year-old plumbing contractor was 3-down at the turn before losing, 3 and 2. Former champion Billy Campbell, 50 of Huntington, W.

also advanced to Friday's fourth round with a 6 and 5 win over Richard Sharp of Memphis, Tenn. CAMPBELL, who won the 1364 Amateur title, sipped an energy drink and rested on a portable chair during his midday round which was delayed .14 minutes by lightning and thunderstorms. He'll need all the cushion he can get, though, when play is prt Prsj Wire Services TOLEDO The hot, himid and sticky weather and a 60-foot putt finally caught up with Royal Oak's Chuck Kocsis here Thursday at the U.S. Amateur golf championship. Kocsis, who had won his and second -round matches by wide margins, was nipped, 1-up, on the 18th hole at the Inverness Club by Stewart Alexander when the golfer from St.

Petersburg, rolled in a fiO-foot downhill putt. While Kocsis, 60, was eliminated along with Franklin's Pete Green, Michigan's last hope, Andy Andrews of Jackson, pulled off the day's biggest upset. ANDREWS, a 41-year-old Legion Victors LEWIST0N, Idaho -(UPI) Ramone Risario shut out San Fernando, on five hits as Rio Pidras of Puerto Rico won the second game of the American Legion World Scries, 7-0, Thursday. In the opener, West Hartford downed Richfield, 5-1. Puerto Rico meets llarlford.

in the winner's bracket Friday, while San Fernando and Richfield meet for survival in the double elimination tourncv. AND WE HAVE LEATHER AND SUEDE JACKETS IN JUST ABOUT EVERY STYLE AND LENGTH YOU CAN THINK OF, FROM $100 SHOP SUNDAY 12-5 P.M. Al hPRIHl-D. EASUrtfiO. UNCOIL PARK, WONDERLAND, WEST BORN, MACOMB MALL.

LH0NIA MALL, I'tSTLAND, OAKLAND MALL. SOUHlAfSO. UKIIR5Al tllV. Ac BORLAND. PPMiAC MALL, GENESEE VALLEY (HINT).

VVCIODVILIE MALI FRAN'KHN PARK T01ECD ALL STORES OPEN SAT. EVENING EXCEPT WOODWARD (NEAR STATE) OPEN FRI. SAT. TO 6 P.M. 4 BIRMINGHAM OrEN SAT.

TO 30 to draw to one down going to 18. Alexander's sensational Please turn to Page 7D, Col. 2.

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