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Show Thursday, April Winning Cy Young Award r Is Montefusco's Goal ByJOESARGIS UPI Sports Writer PHOENIX (UPI) John "The Count" Montefusco wants ail his friends in baseball to know that this year he is shooting for the National League Cy Young Award and he is going to win it even though, by his own standards, he has a long way to go to be a great pitcher. "Maybe I'll never be great," says Montefusco. but it won't be because I didn't try. I'm going to go out there and bust my butt every time they hand rite the ball and I hope that by the time I am through pitching will people say 'Yeah, I remember John Montefusco. he was a great pitcher.'" Some people think Montefusco puts too much pressure on himself by making predictions and setting high goals. They all laughed last year when the San r Francisco Giants predicted he would win 20 games and wind up with Rookie of the Year honors. He didn't win 20. mostly because he missed at least six turns early in the year due to an injury, but The Count was for a .500 team and he struck out 215 batters in 244 innings. That was the most strikeouts by a rookie in 60 years and it was enough to win him N.L. honors. "If anything, I'm a better pitcher this year than last," Montefusco says, "and there is no question in my mind our team will be stronger, so I don't think I'm sticking my neck out - right-hande- 15-- 9 by predicting I will win 20 games. "Actually, I think I can win more than 20 games, but let's say I win 20, strike out about 200 batters and get my earned run average down a little (it was an impressive 2.88 in 1975) That should be enough to win the Cy Young. Heck, Tom Seaver didn't do much better than that and he won the award last year." As for making predictions, the Count prefers to call that . setting goals. "I have to set goals or I can't go out there and play," he says. "I'm hyper. I worry a lot. I worry about my arm, I worry about the team. I worry about winning. The only thing I don't worry about is what people s?y about me, although I like getting compliments, just like the next guy. Still, first of all I have to satisfy myself that I am doing a good job. "It's not enough for the manager to say I'm doing good. I have to think I'm doing good. Maybe I'm my severest critic, but that's the way it has to be. That's why I say I have a lot to learn about pitching. I learned plenty last year, which makes this me more experienced year. But the batters have seen me now and they know me, too. That means I have to think of something new to keep them guessing. "As I said before, I'm a n i hangups." BOB9Y BON PS HOLPS THt MAJOR lEASUf SEASON MARK FOR S1RIKE OUTS AT 189. WHO HOIPS THE CAREER RECORPT A. HARMON KIUEBCEW 0. BASE RUTH C. Tennis Match The LOS ANGELES ( UPI ) defending NCAA champion UCLA tennis team, the nation's No. 1 rated squad, gets its toughest test of the season this all out of my system. I never have run around in the past, not in college, not in the minors and not last year in the 'majors. Maybe I'll date a few girls and see what it's like, but I want to weekend when it metis Stanford and USC, the country's No. 2 and 3 ranked teams, in matches. A unique feature of the Pacific-clashes -and UCLA-Stanfor- the Friday Satu' day will be the playing of the top singles and doubles events on the indoor court at Pauley Pavilion. Bruins-Trojan- s d "About the only difference this time." recalled Shannon, while watching Cruz at a spring training infield drill, "is that I had time to make the switch right here in spring training. I had six weeks to learn how to play third base or face a career on the bench. Hector at least has had one year in the minors to learn the position." The Cardinals are gambling that Cruz can make the switch as easily as Shannon. At 22. Cruz is young and eager enough to want to succeed. He is also coming off a spectacular .306. season which earned minor league player of the year honors. An outfielder all his life, he switched to third base last season when his manager at Tulsa, Ken Boycr. a pretty fair hot corner man himself, pointed out the long odds of into the trying to break Cardinal outfield of Im Brock, Bake McBride and Reggie Smith. "I played outfield ever since I was a small boy in Puerto luco." said Cruz. "But Ken Boycr made a gxd point. The biggest problem I have had is 116-RB- I the big increase in plays you have to know at third. In the outfield, it was just a matter of caching the bn!! and knowing what base to throw to. Here you gotta know all the signs, where you gotta run to after catching the ball or picking up a grounder, where to throw and a? 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When the season starts it will be fine. The elbow didn't affect my swing at all. It affected my ability to cut loose with a throw "I will be playing left with the Braves. I don't mind it at all. We got a guy playing renterfield, Rowland Oft ice. who's one of the best defensive outfielders in the league. And with Ken Henderson in right we've got two pretty good arms. If I can get to the point where I can throw at runners, it will be three great arms in the outfield." Wynn admits he's eager to take a shot at the left field wall at Atlanta Stadium "I've been playing in spacious ball parks ail my career, the Astrodome and Dodger Stadium," says Wynn. who has hit 273 career homers. "I'm just fortunate I can get to play in a ballpark such as Atlanta Stadium. Maybe belore my career is over I can be in the 40 Utah-P- age MADE IN ITALY and Sprtntjt championship. Now. nine years later, 'Ol "Swifty" is playing the same hand again. Only the cards are different. Instead of Smith, Ken Reitz was the third baseman sacrificed in a trade for a more pressing need pitcher Pete Falcone. And the outfielder being asked to make back-to-bac- k keep all in perspective. "I know I'll never be a great pitcher running around with all sorts of girls. You only get one shot at pitching in the majors and I want to make the most of my opportunity. There will always be girls to date, even when I'm an old man." it Rugged r d MANTLE MICKEY the switch to third is Hector Cruz. I Wynn Looks Forward To Atlanta Stadium ByFRKD.MCMAXE ITl Sports Writer WEST PALM BEACH. Fla. A smile lights up Jim i UPI ) Wynn's face when he thinks ahiHJt playing a full season in the friendly confines of Atlanta Stadium. But there are stil! some traces of hurt in his voice when he speaks about the trade last winter which brought him to the Atlanta Braves from the Los Angeles Dodgers. "It came as a shock to me." Wynn says about the deal in which he. rookie Jerry Royster. Iav lacy and Tom Paciorek went to the Braves for Dusty Itiker and Ed Goodson "The frttnt office and manager Walt Alston had assured me that I wuldn't be traded. I Ml they " gave up on me too quick Wynn spent only tw o seasons with the Dodgers, but in his first yrir with ihm in 1974 he hit 32 homers, drove in 108 ruas and was one of the leading vide gcttm for the National I Ague s Most Valuable Player award But last year he hit only 18 hinm and his rhi output fell to 58 On top f that, an operation Mi hisHbuw after the '74 season his ability to imtain-throw the ball At age 33. Wynn Stddenl v brramc expendable The Braves may have the last touch, however Wynn's arm has m-- getting stronger Fla. ST. PETERSBURG, The year was 1967 and (UPI) "St. Louis Swifty," that mythical riverboat gambler who makes his home in Busch Stadium along the banks of the Great Mississippi, had just pulled off one of his most daring capers ever. "Swifty," a cartoonist's synonym for the St. Louis Cardinals, had traded third baseman Charlie Smith to the New York Yankees for a more pressing need power. Roger Maris filled that need quite nicely, but in order to fill the void at third. "Swifty" had to transform right fielder Mike Shannon into a hot corner man. The result was a magnificent full house. Maris drove in 55 runs as "Swifty "s" right fielder. Shannon performer! with amazing grr.ee at third base and the Cardinals won the worid s Montefusco says that since his stardom last year there always seem to be girls waiting around for him and the temptation is getting to him. "At my age," he says, "it's tough to turn your back to them. My girl (Dorie) and I have talked about this and she agrees that maybe I should go out with other girls and get it THE HERALD, Provo, Cards Shift Cruz to Third Base a girl friend and one day we will get married. Right now, we are both learning things about each other. 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