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Show Thursday. March 24. Team Orioles Weaver-Typ- e But Must Adapt to Altobelli MIAMI (UPI) - With Earl Weaver retired as the Baltimore manager, you wonder whether the Orioles can win with Joe Altobelli at the helm. Not because Alto is not a good manager (he probably is) or because he's inexperienced (he's not) but because the Orioles were assembled partly with an eye toward Weaver's genius for platoon-ing- . Can Altobelli coax 45 home runs out of the left field duo of John Lowenstein and Gary Roenicke, for instance? Can he extract pinch hitting excellence from Joe Nolan and Terry Crowley? Can he use his players as expertly as Weaver, sacrificing a good start for the eventual goal of having everyone ready for the long hot summer? Even if the coach car do all that, he still has question marks. If rookie Leo Hernandez makes it at third (31 homers in the minors last year), the Baltimore infield of shortstop Cal Ripkeni second baseman Rich Dauer and first baseman Eddie Murray will flex some muscle. If not, the Orioles have a gaping hole at third that might be filled by veteran Aurelio Rodriguez, still one of the better defensive third basemen despite his 35 years of age. A return of Ken Singleton's power stroke would help the outfield, especially since rookie John Shelby figures to be spending more time in the lineup as the 1983 THE HERALD. Provo. Utah. - Page Tides Great, Mets HJgh!' Fla. (UPI) The New York Mets should have a very strong team this year at Tidewater. Their International League farm club will be loaded with talent, especially the pitching staff. Such highly touted young pitchers as Ron Darling, Jeff Bittiger, Walt Terrell and Tim Leary will be pitching for the Tides and they are definitely included in the Mets' blueprint for the future. Outfielder Darryl Strawberry, the Minor League Player of the Year last season, and Jose Oquendo, considered the best defensive shortstop in the minor leagues, also will play at Tidewater. Yes, the Tides definitely have the look of a winner. Now a word about the Mets ST. PETERSBURG, center fielder. The once-prou- d starting rotation of Jim Palmer, Dennis Martinez. Scott McGregor and Mike Flanagan is creaky and bruised, and d there still is no stopthe in bullpen. per Altobelli has enough talent to win but enough holes to flop. right-hande- - STRENGTHS Jower from both sides of plate: good fundamentals: scrappy middle beginning with catcher Rick Dempsey; good bench: team knows how to win. WEAKNESSES Starting pitching looks a bit frayed: team lacks speed: bullpen not overpowering: inexperience may hurt at key positions of third and center. NEW FACES Righty Storm Davis could crack starting rotation: Hernandez will get long look at third: rookie John Shelby may win center field berth. Orioles can certainly win in OUTLOOK wide-ope- n division but Altobelli must excel in difficult role of establishing himself in wake of Weaver. - - A return to form at the plate by George Foster and Hubie Brooks might help lessen some of the burdens, but it won't begin to solve the many problems confronting this team. Ugh! This is not a good team, folks. How can a club that spent millions of dollars during the acquiring a pitcher and a pitcher to fill out their starting rotation be taken seriously? The Mets were last in overall defense and next-to-lain batting and pitching in the National League last season and their two off-seas- st - major acquisitions weie pitchers Tom Seaver, 38, and off-seas- Mike Torrez, 36. If Seaver and Torrez were suddenly to find the Fountain of Youth and pitch the best baseball of their careers this season, they still would have trouble winning because the Mets' defense is glue-finger- - STRENGTHS Good base stealer in Wilson: long ball punch in Dave Kingman and Foster: quality relief pitcher in Neil Allen WEAKNESSES - Worst defense since the Maginot Line; suspect starting pitching; poor bench. NEW FACES Seaver, obtained from Cincinnati, and Torrez. acquired from Boston, will be part of starting rotation; rookie pitchers Scott Holman and Rick Ownbey being counted on to hold down regular starting berths; outfielder Danny Heep. obtained from Houston, adds bench strength: rookie Brian Giles is leading candidate for second base job. OUTLOOK The Mets will be fortunate to escape the cellar. There are too many holes that have no plugs. The future looks promising, but there will be much heartache for Mets' fans before the cheers swirl around Shea Stadium again. Mookie - Eyestone Helps U.S. To Running for the United States cross country taem, BYU Ed Eyestone placed 30th and helped the American squad grab the runner-uspot to behind the Ethiopian, but he placed fourth in the field of 250 runners. "It was a really, really tough field, tougher than I expected," said Eyestone. "An it was a tough European course." But the Ogden native said he felt good about his performance. "Considering the training I've been putting in for the two miles, I ran fairly well." "It was a meet. All the guys who will be in the Olympics in '84 in the distance events were there." p team champion Ethiopia in the World Cross Country Championships in Gateshead, England on Sunday. Eyestone, who has garnered honors in cross country and indoor track during the past year, completed the 12,000-metcourse in 37 minutes 48 seconds. His finish was fourth among the members of the United States team. Bekele Debelee led the Ethiopians' victory, winning the race in 36:52. Ethiopia won the team title with 104 points. The United States followed with 170, while Kenya nabbed third with 191. The Americans' top finisher was Alberto Salazar, who joined Debelee in an amazingly close finish for a 7.5 mile race. Salazar completed the course just one second er high-quali- All Items Not At All Stores. Some Quantities Limited. ty (7 D Eyestone said the course was an old mine dump that had been replanted with grass, and so it was very hilly. In addition it had rained for several days before the race, and with the junior and women's races before the senior's contest, the course was very wet and muddy. "We about lost our shoes in some spots," Eyestone said. Efforts by Brigham Young University's track and field team to find more comfortable conditions for outdoor competition have been futile this season. But the Cougars expect the best of conditions this Saturday at the Willie Williams Memorial Classic in Tucson, Ariz. Coach Clarence Robison's team will be one of four teams taking in the evening-nigh- t meet Saturday at the University of Arizona. The other guest teams will be Iowa State and Nebraska, and it will be scored as a quadrangular meet. . MX , " Save On Balls and Bats Entire Stock Softballs orth, Reg. 54.00 Dudley. Wilson slow or fast-pitc3 days only Reg. 2.98 "ffc pecial Purchase group, no more when these are gone to two entries in each of the short running events. BYU's hopes in the sprints will be carried by Peter Milanzi, a junior from South Africa who has clockings of 10.6 and 21.7 in poor weather conditions. In the the Cougars will run Brad Jackson and Kirk Feller, the latter a freshman. 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