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Show Page 12 - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, o I ;n: Thursday, March l 1 17, 1983 i Si 4iv i ft!" ) 0 S Tereu Tbomai 1J Li Anna Taylor I Julie Nelson Tonua Hamilton Sherilee Rowley Doaaa Blackburn Soufi Sfars Desire "T t Si: To Begin Win I Streak will be The girls' South out to reverse a trend when they play in The Daily Herald's annual benefit game for the Boys Club of Utah County next Thursday. They 11 be trying to get the South on a winning streak. In the four previous games, the North has won three times. I Springville's Tonua Hamilton and Anna Taylor; Timpview's Teresa Thomas and Provo's Tiffany Rogers, Amy Wright, Kristyn Thompson and Genie Lamb to get the South going. The game will be played at 6 p.m. March 24 at Mountain View High School. A boys' game will follow at Coach Wendy Weaver (from 8 p.m. Spanish Fork) will call upon the All proceeds go toward the fundDons' Julie Nelson, Payson's Donna Blackburn and Sharilee Rowley, ing of the Boys Club. all-sta- rs i I r. i . b Tiffany Rogers Amy Wright X By MILTON RICHMAN UPI Sports Editor Nolan COCOA, Fla. (UPI) Ryan doesn't miss a trick. He was working on his breaking ball (he doesn't have to bother about his fast one) over on the side of the Houston Astros clubhouse where they have a couple of extra pitching mourds when he happened to notice Phil Garner giving an interview to a newsman. "Hey, Phil, he yelled over. "Tell him how many home runs you hit. Tell him how you got all those RBIs too." Ryan laughed. So did Garner. "Why is he getting on you?" the writer asked the Astros' clutch-hittin- g little infielder. Garner blushed. He knew the reason and didn't want to say. Finally, he did. "It has to do with the first day we were in camp," he revealed. "Bob Lillis, our manager, wanted to make sure we all got to know each other. He told each one of us, 'I want you to introduce yourself, tell where you live, and say a little ' something about yourself. " moment. He a Garner paused laughed some more and then continued. "When I got up, I said, 'I'm Phil Garner, I live in Houston and I led the team in home runs last year.' They've all been kidding me since. I may never lead the club in home runs again, so I have to get a lot of mileage out of it. I'm not a real home run hitter, you know. You're not looking at a Mike Schmidt, - King Kong Kingman, Alan Ashby do," says the or Steve Garvey. They can miss the ball, not get all of it, I mean, and still jerk it out of the park. They don't have to hit it on the screws. I do. I have to make perfect contact. I know that. But I'm not here to hit home runs." Garner doesn't really have to hit home runs to help the Astros. Last year, he hit 13, more than he hit in any of the previous four years, and his 83 RBI made him high man in both departments for the Astros, but they don't actually t i It Kristyn Thompson Genie Lamb Astros' Garner Won't Live Down His Team Home Run Leadership i. 4 ' mom I . ilulfilil'.lH VoVo Cot 'EMI native Tennesseean who came to the Astros from the Pirates two years ago. "Billy Doran stepped right in and did the job at second last year and Dickie Thon is going to be the shortstop for a long time. If it'll make us a stronger club with me playing third, then I'm all for it. We're rebuilding, starting all over again. Last year's team was the first one I've been on where we were out of the pennant race by August. It was an empty feeling. I. don't want that to happen to us again this year." Garner is best remembered for the great World Series he had in look to him for power. What they do look to him for is the type of spark and electricity Pete Rose generates on whatever club he's with, that little extra Garner always seems to provide and those important intangibles that sometimes transform mediocre players into great ones. That Phil Garner is is to say he'll give himself up any time to help the ballclub and the woods aren't exactly full of those kind of players. He was one of the better second basemen in the National League last season, but he when he went against Baltimore to help GcnvoG UitCQO In ft f1ft9ti inconvEttj SIZES Pitts- good-lookin- g, ..WPUnPLE... RED GOLD.. .Gira...GREY:..MAVY...WHITE... BUCK PhOIt 225-95- 00 CASUAL SHOE. Lined canvas upper gives tortg wear, comfort for protection. and support with Vulcanized outaote. toe-gua- f?7n 1250 South State in Orem ar way Billy Doran handled second last September. Now it seems as if the Doran could become Houston's regular second baseman, so Garner is readjusting himself to third base, where he originally played in the minors. "I prefer second, but I don't mind playing third because I can see where it'll help our club if I ) 6) 6to10V2 burgh win in seven. He's one of the few players ever to be picked on All-Stteams in both leagues and he got his first chance in the big leagues with Oakland by telling a big fib. Dick Green, the A's longtime second baseman, finally had re- -' tired after threatening to for years and Charlie Finley, looking all over for a replacement, brought Garner up from Tucson, where he was playing third. "Can you play second?" Finley wanted to know. willingly moved over to third when the Astros wanted to see the a we vvm rvc wrer cet i iMft R1SXETRAL1 SHOE IS NOW THE 1 1979 old-scho- 'a ' Tour rd cmiI Account or BanfcCard OpwUfaodaymfwFrtdtyHajojn. "Sure," Garner looked him right in the eye. 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