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DETROIT FREE PRESS Friday, Sept. '7-1 ill ii in i -p iier Busts it A i itii I I AP Photo THE TIGERS temporarily tied things in the bottom of the fourth after Jim Colborn had disposed of 11 batters in a row. Al K-ilinc was hit on the left elbow with two out to become the Tigers' first base runner. Ben Oglivie followed with a single ana Bill Freehan forced (he Brewers to start all over again with his 14th home run of the season. And it didn't take them long to do exactly that.

Jack Lind walked to begin the Brewer fifth and Money Please turn to Page 5-D, Col. 2 BY JIM HAWKINS Free Press Sports Writer With one swipe of his bat Thursday night, Tom Veryzcr wiped Dick Radatz's name right out of the record book. Veryzer, the Tigers' rifle-armed rookie shortstop, reached the seats for the first time in his brief big-league life with a lOth-inning home run that humbled the Milwau- kee Brewers, 9-7. And, just like that, John Hiller became the winningest relief pitcher in American League history. Hiller, who entered the game in the eighth inning tied with Radatz at 1 wins, now needs just one more to match Roy Face's major league record of 18, set in 1959 with Pittsburgh.

AND WITH 18 games to go, the Tigers ought to be able to win at least one more for their lefthandcd relief ace. They owe him that much. Hiller allowed the Brewers just one innocuous single while retiring all but two of the 11 men he faced before Veryzer, who had entered the game in the fifth inning when Eddie Brinkman was hit on the right elibow by a pitch, connected against Tom Murphy with Leon Roberts aboard and one out in the bottom of the 10th. For what it's worth, the victory kept the Tigers a dozen games back of New York, while moving them once again within 2'2 of fifth-place Milwaukee. The Brewers banged home two runs off starter Joe Coleman in the third inning on Ken Berry's double with Tim Johnson and Don Money aboard.

An inning later, Milwaukee added another on base hits by Johnny Briggs and Sixto Lexcano. inning is New Feeling Vheels For Louis won the game, 4-3, in ing stopped when St. the 25th inning. The Mets' fans were dancing in the aisle by the time they got around to their third seventh inning stretch of the game Wednesday night, but the danc UCLA known a Lion I i Froe Press Wire Services It was a feeling unlike anything the Wheels had fell all season. For the first time all season, the Wheels came out of a World Football League game with a victory, and it was almost too much to handle.

"I'll tell you, it feels great," said Wheels coach Dan Bois-ture. "The kids don't know how to act yet." AFTER LOSING their- first 10 gamesmany of them by narrow margins in the closing minutesthe Wheels got their first victory in club history Wednesday night with a 15-14 triumph over the Florida OV Joe Cranhs Up The Quale Machine Blazers at Orlando. The secret, according to Boislure, was living dangerously, and. then getting a big play from punter-quarterback Eric Guthrie. With the game tied Boisture sent in a play he had planned last week.

On a fourth down with 18 yards tq go, he had Guthrie fake a punt. Guthrie completed a pass to Terry Hoeppner and a few plays later Billy Sadler scored the winning touchdown. "We had to be a little adventurous and it worked," said Boisture. In other WFL games, Memphis rolled over Birmingham, 46-7; New York downed Portland, 34-15; Southern California defeated Chicago, 31-28; Philadelphia beat Jacksonville, 41-22, and Hawaii edged Houston, 24-17. really carried the ball," said Jones, who survived the Lions' squad paring this week to be one of their running backs.

Jones brought his junior college statistics to UCLA only to find Kermit Johnson and Jim McAlister already there, so(he sat on the bench. Shucks, even the Bruin quarterbacks, John Sciarra and Mark Harmon, got to carry the ball more than Jones did. He carried only 27 times for 177 yards and three touchdowns last season, not the BY JACK SAYLOR Free Press Sports Writer The difference between making the pros and being lost in the shuffle is often a very fine line. Sometimes a player can even get lost in the shuffle in college then what chance does he have in the pros? That's the story of Jimmie Jones, who has been bypassed ever since he was a 1, 000-yard gainer at East Los Angeles Junior Colleee. "That's the last time I kind of figures to get one drafted by the pros.

Sure enough, he wasn't. "I thought someone might take a chance on me," said the 5-foot-10, 195-pound halfback, "but I didn't even get a call in the WFL." JONES WAS with the Southern California Sun of the WFL for a while as a free agent, but once again was confronted by Johnson and McAlister. "They let me go after the first two games; I didn't get in." The Denver Broncos gave him a call a few days later and he played some in Denver's first three exhibition games, while Floyd Little and friends were striking. "They gave me- a good chance," Jones said. "I gained 97 yards against Minnesota, then I shared time with Otis Armstrong after that.

That's when the trade came about." Denver called the Lions to ask abouc Al Barnes and the Lions were happy to oblige since Barnes Is WFL-bound anyway and the one-for-oe swap could be the best thing that's ever happened to Jones. With the collection of bad knees in the Lion backfield, the tricky little runner can be a help and already Lion veterans are picking up the chants "C'mon, Little "Go get 'em, Scooter." "They've already got 100 nicknames for him," coach Rick Forzano observed. "He's Dough he looms in our plans. "He's explosive. All he does is make yards.

If he gets near the goal line, he's the kind of guy that moves it in." JONES, who returned a kickoff 53 yards to set up a Lion touchdown against Cleveland, likes Chat assignment, too. "I returned kicks in junior college: I took one for 60-some yards in one game," he said, "but after that I just didn't get a chance." That has been the story of his career, but he probably will get the opportunity in Detroit. "He has natural leverage," Forzano said. "He's almost sitting down when he's standing up." Courageous DETROIT 12 34-135 113 175 1590 8-33 0-0 7 a FLORIDA 0 32- 136 2 33 33- U-J 7-3T 21 7-48 First downs Rusnei yards Possinq vards Return yards Passes Punls Fi'mblos lost Penalties yards 1 Jimmie Jones DETROIT 9 0 15 0-15 Florida 0 7 0 714 ressive Is Imp pass from Davis (pas 49 pass from Wvcho FL Strong 16 failed). Henderson (oass (aitrdl.

(Sadler pass frcm, DT Sadler 6 run Wvche). In 2d Victory FL Reamon 1 run (pass failed). A 9,003. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING DETROIT, Sadler 15-32. Scirber 14-55.

Florida, Reamon 17-65. Sticnq 8-25. RECEIVING DETROIT, Henderson 3- 61; Florida, aiaslovnki, S-71. PASSING DETROIT, Wyche 14-7-0, 91 yards. Florida, Davis 33-16-2, Hi yards.

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) The United States defender for America's Cup, Courageous, showing her versatility in all conditions, whipped her Australian rival, Southern Cross, by another impressive margin Thursday. The margin of victory was Jockey Ron Turcotte "I don't worry about my height. When 1 sit on a horse, I'm as tall as anybody." Norm Van Brocklin, Atlanta Falcons coach "Why did God make whisky? He made it to keep the Irish from ruling the world." Alex Karras, professional pundit "I have been asked only once to pose in the nude. By Popular Mechanics." The Almighty Swarm "I just received a post card from my psychiatrist who's on vacation.

It says, 'Having a wonderful time. Reggie Jackson. Oakland A's outfielder "When you play this game 10 years, get to bat 7,000 times and get 2,000 hits, you know what that means? You've gone 0 tor 5,000." Joe Louis, former heavyweight champion "When I was fighting, 1 went on a 'bum-of-the-month' tour. 1 don't say Mu- hammad Ah is a bum. I just say he would have been on the tour." Evonne Goolagong, tennis star "A lot of people ask me what my second name means.

It doesn't mean anything. It comes from the aborigine for 'nose of the Dick Stuart, former major league first baseman sometimes known as "Dr. Strangeglove" "I'm eligible for the Hall of Fame this year. But I don't think I'll get many votes because I haven't announced my retirement yet." Rick Auerbach, Los Angeles Dodgers intielder "I don't mind getting into these fights with Pete Rose. I'm our designated punching bag." P.K.

Wrigley, Chicago Cubs owner "Sure, baseball needs a black manager. But I'd never give the job to Ernie Banks. He's too nice a guy." Maurice Spencer, Atlanta Falcons defensive back "I'm studying to be a dentist. I figure if you've knocked out a few teeth, you owe it to yourself to put a few back in." Winning Heats Sex? Well Sid Gillman, Houston Oilers' coach "Nothing beats winning, not even sex." The Houston Oilers "Oh, yeah!" Danny Murtaugh, Pittsburgh Pirates manager "Why certainly I'd like to have a guy who hits a home run every time up, who strikes out every batter and is always thinking two innings ahead of everybody else. The only trouble is, I can't get him to put down his beer and come out of the stands to do those things." The All-Seeing Swami "The toughest part of a diet isn't watching what you eat.

It's watching what other people eat." Jack Nicklaus golf pro "Golf isn't fair. It's not supposed to be." Bobby Clarke, Philadelphia Flyers' center "There is no secret about our team. We just take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in poor humor." Ricky Townsend, Tennessee placekicker "I've stopped kicking barefooted. I got tired of people always stepping on my toes." Chi Chi Rodriguez, golf pro "Everybody talks about how long they can drive. I'm no different than the other guys.

The older I get, the longer I was." lie Nastase, tennis star "Despite what some people think, I do try to control my temper. In England, I swear in Romanian. In other places, I use English. But I travel so much that sometimes I forget where I am." The All-Knowing Swami "I'm giving my girl driving lessons and she is doing just beautifully. We've been out five times and already she has mastered the horn." Derek Sanderson, New York Rangers center "I'm not sure how it's going to be playing in New York City but something tells me I'd better not park my Rolls Royce on the streets." Never a Crash Course in Flying Danny Ozark, Philadelphia Phillies manager "Jerry Dale is a great umpire.

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one minute, 11 seconds as the long, lean 12-m sloop made it two in a row in the best -of -se ven international competition. BOTH BOATS hoisted protest flags seven minutes before the start of the race, over a 24.3-m i 1 Olympic course seven miles outside Newport Harbor. The protests, which must be filed with the New York Yacht Club race committee, apparently stemmed from a port and starboard encounter as the two boats milled around awaiting the starting gun. Although the margin of victory was less, the second raee was almost a replay of the first outing Tuesday, with Courageous again proving superiority in both tactics and in all major points of sailing. The American boat won the first race by a whopping 4 minutes, 54 seconds.

Courageous, making the 22d defense of the 123-year-old America's Cup first won by the United States in 1851, was commanded by Ted Hood. Southern Cross had the veteran Jim Hardy at the helm. The third race in the series is scheduled for Friday, beginning at 12:10 p.m. COURAGEOUS, which had profited from a two-second Jead at the start Tuesday, let her rival get the jump Thursday but quickly made up up for it. Sailing directly into the.

wind on the first leg of the triangular, six-legged course, Courageous made her move just before the halfway mark of the leg. Her crew made a superb headsail change and carted in front to gain an advantage she never relinquishd. "It was a splendid bit of seamanship and crew work," one veteran observer chortled. Southern Cross started out as if she meant to make up for obvious mistakes in the first race. She took advantage of two wind changes and crossed Courageous's bow about the halfway point of the first leg.

But that was the only time Courageous saw the Aussie's wake the rest of the way. Her margin was 34 seconds at the end of the first leg, remained the same after rounding the second marker and went to 56 seconds with the turn back into the wind. In the two races thus far, Hood and his crew have shown remarkable handling, particularly on the windward beats of course where Southern Cross was expected to be at her best. ANAHEIM -(U I)- The California Angels sold team captain Frank Robinson, the only man ever to win the most valuable player award in both leagues, to the Cleveland Indians Thursday for the $20,000 waiver price. Robinson, completing second year of a $172,000 a year contract, had vetoed a deal with the Baltimore Orioles earlier in the season.

A club spokesman said the deal with Cleveland was made "with the possibility that there will be a future deal with the Indians during the winter." Robinson, baseball's fourth-leading career home run hitter with 572, batted .251 with 20 home runs and 63 RBIs for the last-place Angels this season. He was used mainly as a designated hitter. Angels manager Dick Williams, asked about a pending deal involving Robinson recently, said, "Frank is 39 years old and there aren't many teams who want to pay the kind of salary he is receiving." Robinson came to the Angels in a seven-player deal with the crosstown Los Angeles Dodgers prior to the 1973 season. He hit .266 as the Angels' designated hitter in 1973, with 30 home runs and 97 RBIs. lVMfm" It 'PCM 1 --i Jill 1 Hi TT, I i Mm rd 1 Red sweep HATCHER tell my students is, 'Please don't call this a crash course.

Reggie Jackson, Oakland A's outfielder "We seem to play better on national television, especially in October." Tex Schramm, Dallas Cowboys general manager "Some people think we have a cool image around here and that's why we've lost some of our players to the World Football League. That's not true. We may be cheap but we're not cool." Ahe 1 emons, Pan American basketball coach "I'm glad to see they're putting Billy Martin into the next edition of Who's Who. I remember the time I made Who's That?" Charlie Ford, ex-Bears cornerback now with the Philadelphia Eagles "I had a tough time with the Bears. The only game balls I ever got were the ones I stole." Joe Rudi, Oakland A's outfielder "All I hear is that I'm the most underrated player in the game.

I get more ink about being underrated than about the things 1 do." Cesar Tovar, Texas Rangers outfielder "I always carry a whistle with me in the outfield. How would you like to run into Jeff Burroughs on a flyball?" The All-Omnipotent Swami "All those still in favor of saving gas, please raise your right foot." Sam Snead, golf pro "People tell me 1 should just put my putter down and swing it. That's like telling a guy to stand by a rattlesnake. It's easy to talk about and very hard to do." Peter Gammons, Boston Globe baseball writer "What is everybody getting so excited about? Baseball will have a black manager. It'll be Frank Robinson's grandson." The Ail-American Swami "I really believe that with the proper care, the human body can last a lifctijne," -6-D Pair rr-T rtVfflt iLi.Jlx..,1m,.li,MuJ.1Mu,,J,,MtMWU,MIW Yanks Win Again "6-D STORES OPEN SUNDAY 12-5 P.M.

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