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Show Wednesday. Some Dsa 'n' Data From Pro Sports World By MILTON HICKMAN UPI Sports Editor NEW YORK (UPI) Dick Howser has been given the word by George Steinbrenner. He can stay on as manager of the Yankees providing he exercises more prudence with tie press. In other words, keeps his mouth shut. Measured by any yardstick, Howser comes close to being the model employee. Steinbrenner is the model big businessman. He isn't about to fire Howser purely on some whim and then pay him off for two years. If he does anything that rash, Steinbrenner will see to it somebody else, and not he, pays Howser's salary, or at least the bulk of it, for the next two yean. Basically, that's pretty much what hapin the case of Billy Martin. ... pened Being broke is one thing, but it could be worse. Ask Bobby Hull, who signed a 12.75 million contract with the Winnipeg Jets of the WHA eight years ago and now says he has nothing left due to all the marital litigation he went - , through with his exwife. What he didn't say was that she not only took him to the cleaners financially but also broke his heart by auctioning off all his hockey trophies and memorabilia. ... Charlie Finley's departure from baseball becomes official this Thursday. Before leaving though, he took one more shot at his favorite target, Bowie Kuhn during the recent meeting of American League officials in Chicago. As soon as he began his harangue, a number of the others in the room got up and left. Said one exiting owner: "This is a good time to go get some lunch. We've heard all this before, anyway." ... happened, yet Elgin Baylor can still recall with startling vividness that harrowing night when the plane on which he and the rest of the Minneapolis Lakers were traveling was forced down in a desolate corn field in Carroll, Iowa. "All the instruments in the plane were out and nothing was working except the motors " he says. "The pilot got on the inter-coand told us he had no other choice but to go down right away. A few of us, including Jim Krebs our center, were playing cards. Jim used to cheat a lot and as we were on our way down, he said. If we survive this thing, I'll never cheat agaia I swear.' After we were picked up in a bus and got back to the hotel, we The Toronto Maple Leafs like to resumed our card game. Krebs immarch to their own drummer. They started cheating again and mediately always do things differently than nobody thought a thing about it." ... anyone else and maybe that explains e Sadaharu Oh. baseball's why they are the only team in professional sports which doesn't list their home run king who retired Tuesday season schedule in their media guide. after putting in 21 years with the Tokyo Twenty years have passed since it Giants and hitting 868 homers, picked all-tim- Notre Dame's Devine Reveals He's Had Feelers From NFL Clubs - CHICAGO (UPI) Notre Dame Coach Dan Devine said Tuesday he has "And I didn't apply for that job, either. Father Joyce approached me. I was headed somewhere else," Devine recalled. Devine announced his resignation at Notre Dame last August, effective at the end of the current season. His Irish team climbed to the No. 1 spot in the UPI ratings on Tuesday for the first time since he took over the job in 1975. The success of his unbeaten team has not swayed him from deciding to leave Notre Dame, Devine added. "The reasons that prompted my decision in the first place," Devine said, "are as valid now as they ever were. It would not make any difference if we 0 and won the national wound up had "feelers" from several National Football League teams about a pro coaching job after he leaves his job with the Irish. Devine, who formerly coached the Green Bay Packers, also insisted he has not contacted any NFL team about a coaching job next year. "I have not put out any feelers for any other job," Devine told the Chicago Football Writers luncheon. "I have had some contacts but I have put them off." Devine coached the Packers between 1971 and 1974, compiling a record before taking the Notre Dame 25-27- -4 job. 12-- the perfect time to do it. His .236 batting average this past season was the lowest of his career. Even so he still hit 30 homers, making it the 19th consecutive year he hit at least that many, and ran his string to 21 straight veafs that he had at least 100 hits. ... Little kids weren't the only ones who got all dressed up for Halloween. Jerry Reuss of the Dodgers, a big kid himself, showed up at his neighbor's party in Anaheim. Calif , on Halloween decked out as a living breathing giant which is what some of his Dodger teammates call him. When you ask LA's skinny blond why they gave him that nickname, he say's "Did you ever take a good look at me?" p, left-hand- 5. 1S0. was named Western Athletic Conference defensive player of the week Tuesday, despite the fact his decision to team dropped a non-leag- big Eight Conference foe Oklahoma State last weekend. senior from The Norwalk, Calif., was cited for his play in a 15-- 6 loss to Oklahoma State. Carusa had 23 tackles, 13 of them unassisted. Against Wyoming two weeks ago, he had 11 unassisted and 15 assisted tackles. Others nominated for the defensive player honors were Wyoming end Guy Frazier, Brigham Young linebacker Glen Redd and Air Force end Jim Dahlmann. 6-- 210-pou- V Give Your Home A FACE LIFT With A New FANCY DOOR On Your Home l SU??IY 14C9ltah State, Prove 373-1C- 63 1IT-- (UliHiTr took the match with a 0 win. Payson lost to Dixie in two games. Dixie took 3 and 0 wins by consistently outplaying the Lions. Payson was fifth in Division 2. 15-1- Herald Correspondent Mountain View spikers recorded their eighth win Tuesday night and officially took over the lead in Region 6 Division 1 that they have held for the last two weeks. The Bruins will be among four local teams competing in the 3A State competition next week. 3 Mountain View ended the season 2 after 15-wins over fifth place Provo Tuesday. The new region champions had excellent setting by Stephanie Worthington and Lisa Broderick while Laurlyri Johnson and Kerri Cotant were top hitters. Sharon Johnson also came through with fantastic blocking. Orem sewed up the second place spot in the northern division with two victories over Pleasant 15-Pleasant Grove ended the season Grove, in fourth place. Orem put together a good combination, said coach Merrilee Kupfer, with Kay Paulson, who played though she was ill, doing some "awesome" passing and hitting while Shelly Roberts and Lynette Richins were setting up the plays. Third place American Fork tromped last place Timpview in two games also. Coach Ann Johnson said the Cavemen squad did not relax in taking the 15-- 7 wins, even though the game should have been a sure victory. Lauri Goodwin was also playing sick as she recovers from pneumonia but came through with an excellent game. Division! Springville was too confident Tuesday night and let underdog Carbon slip past in two games, 4 and The Devils couldn't block well while Carbon did some excellent hitting. In the opening game, Springville led 3 before allowing Carbon to sneak up and take the win. Springville still ends the season in third place while Dixie Is first and Cedar second. Spanish Fork finished up fourth in the southern division, and lost to Cedar in the only three-gam- e match of the evening. Cedar opened with a win, 15-but the Dons bounced back for a 3 victory. Cedar 15-1- 15-1- State Contest Springville and Mountain View open the state tournament at 3 p.m. Monday at Olympus High School. Springville will square off with the first place team from Region 5, West High School. Mountain View will take on the fourth place team as determined by a playoff of the fourth place teams from Region 4 and 5. If Mountain View wins the opening night as well as Dixie, the two will meet in the second round. Springville will meet Orem in the second round if both are winners. Orem plays Monday at 4:45 p.m. and meets the Region 4 number two team. American Fork plays at 6:30 p.m. Monday and will battle the number one team from Region 4. The state competition runs through Nov. 13. 15-1- 8-- 15-1- 1, 3. The St. Louis Blues Tuesday Mike Bolland on loan from Bufacquired falo, and assigned Bolland to its Salt Lake City affiliate to replace Bill Stewart. The Blues had called Stewart up from Salt Lake to replace injured defenseman Bryan Maxwell on the St. Louis roster. Maxwell broke a bone in his lower leg during an NHL game Sunday at Chicago. 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