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Show OF OCTOBER 8, 1977 DESERET NEWS, WEEKEND A (UPD The D Dodgers have giveth and t. ,kct'.! away and now it is up to the i'liilailclphia Phillies to pull off a hall miracle. .reding two panics to one in the ol five playu" series afler victory, the Dmlgers w ill send Tommy John to the mound in tonight's fourth game hoping ta clinch their second National league l n,,iii in four years. It II lc 2 I wme winner Steve Carlton darling for the Phillies, who must w m tonight and Sunday or else pack up III!! ,ADEI PHI ngilex ! I spine-tinglin- 6-- 5 g their hats and go home for the winter. John and Carlton started against cat h other in the first game of the playnfls but neither was the pitcher of record in the Phillies' 5 triumph. The major question was whether manager Danny Ozark could regroup his stunned players overnight after the Dodgers played "giveaway" for eighta innings Friday and then staged three-ru- n rally with two out in the ninth to snatch the victory and perhaps the pennant from the Phillies. Both manager Tom Lasorda and Bill Bussell, whose single up the middle of 6A i reliever (lene (iarlier drove in the winning rim, agreed the victory gave the Dodgers tremendous momentum "I've been in this game long enough to know that the third out is a lot harder to get than the first two, said Lasorda. 'It might not lie the weirdest inning I've seen in my life but it was the greatest. Yes. I think we have momentum," commented Bussell. "When a team goes up by two nms going into the ninth and loses the game, it has to take a lot out of them. "We have the type of club that never gives tip," Bussell added. "Even with two out in the ninth we were yelling to each other to go got em then Vic . . . KL'TV. Channel 2, will telecast game at 6 tonight's Dodgers-Philliep.m. If fifth games are necessary Sunday, they, too, will be carried on Channel 2. A fifth Los Angeles vs. Philadelphia game would begin at 3 p.m. Sunday, with a fifth Yankees-Boyal- s game scheduled for 6 p.m. s Davilillo and Manny Mota went out and did." Garber was one out away from a 3 victory which would have put the Phillies in the driver's seat when Davilillo beat out a drag bunt past the first base side of the mound. The crowd of 63,719 was roaring in anticipation of game-endin- g putout, but Mota doubled off the left field fence. Davilillo scored when Ted Sizemore let Greg Luzinskis throw from the outfield go through him, and Mota continued ' to third on the error. Then came the play that is likely to haunt the Phillies all winter. Dave Lopes sharp grounder skidded off the heel of third baseman Mike Schmidts glove to shortstop Larry Bowa, whose throw to first base appeared to many to beat the Dodgers second baseman. But umpire Bruce Froomming ruled Lopes safe with a single, enabling Mota to score the tying run. Lopes went to second on Garbers wild pickoff attempt and Russell then g delivered the single. game-winnin- The Phillies had one last chance when reliever Mike Garman hit Luinski with a pitched ball with two out in the bottom of the ninth, but with g the crowd calling for a homer, Bich Hebner instead rolled out weakly to first. "I thought it was very close," said game-winnin- Lopes American League playoff roughhousing continued Friday when Yankee Graig Nettles sent Royal John Mayberry tumbling in the star makes Ex-T- V turned to " television, with gull as a hobby, and Jellrevs starred in a senes called F. IKW ninth-innin- . right-field- 5-- right-hand- golf clubs custom-f- it Skiing's tor his wife sfjkts ;ulk,v television series do. it ended in due time, a uccossful venture. There were other parts and play lor Bob. but ad the time his true love was poll -- couldn't get Anne bock up the although we did make a couple of tries at it. She stayed with us in the valley. Next she grabbed the snow shove! and had driveway done before I could talk her out of We The day he beat Crenshaw The Knieks I first met Bob and Anne at the World Golf Hall ol ame Golf Tournament at Pniehurst. N C we had Benny lie was my partner Crenshaw as our pro, the week alter Benin had entered the tour with his first professional triumph. Benny shot an 80. Boh shot at least four strokes beneath Benny. That was on Puiel)urt' famed No (oo se. We didn't win the wampum. But Anne and Bob were gracious partners. A couple of years ago I visited with Bub at the Tournament of Champions. He was intensely s ladling golf equipment being used then, the swings of the champions, their stances, grips, etc. And I didn't know until a few dm sago Bob was m Hie golf club manufacturing business I cut a note from Bob. to wit: It doesn't have to be a banner headline, but I thought vou would eniov l 1 morning half my the snow tool Later that dav, when tin 'hde threat was over and roads were cleared. Anne and her hoys were fiack on the slopes. Bob phoned Anne each night to tell her be was which in hi working over a hot set of golf clubs factory he was doing. When I tell my wife I'm working over a coid set of golf sticks, she knows I'll come home miserable because somewhere on someone's golf course. I'm shanking the ball io which mv wile "Why don't you gie up Hie came' " To w inch I a .v ay s repl tirud! Ann ' are ex- Saturday that Walt Frazier, Clyde the man who set the tempo for the two Knick In the championships 70s, is being sent to the Cleveland Cavaliers in compensation for the signing of free-ageguard Jim Cleamons. As part of the proposed transaction, New York would pay part of Fraziers canyon, 4-sh- LOGAN, Utah UPI $400,000-a-yea- ot mated, Frazier would join Julius Frving, Tom He was selected to the NBA game seven all-sta- r run-scori- 2-- But Leonard got Willie Randolph on grounder to short to end that inning. The only other run against Leonard came in the ninth on a double by Roy White and a rare error by John Mayberry on a ground ball by Reggie Jackson that hit a seam in the grass carpet and came up wrong on the Kansas City first baseman. a seasons beginning in 1970 and was named to the NBA team seven times. The highlight of his career came on May 8, 1970 when he combined 36 points with 19 assists in leading the Knicks to a stunning triumph over the lxs Angeles Lakers in the final game of the NBA championship in New York The aggressive Royals took a lead in the second on a walk to Joe Lahoud and singles by Porter and Fred Patek, and gave Leonard a two-ru- n cushion in the third on a double by Hal McRae, a single by Brett and a groundout by A1 Cowens. McRae again doubled leading off the fifth, took third on a Brett groundout and scored for the second time in the game on a groundout by Cowens to send Yankee starter Mike Torrez down to defeat. Kansas City added two more ii! the sixth on a walk, a single by Porter, a sacrifice bunt by Patek and a two-ru- n pinch single by Amos Otis, and finished its scoring in the seventh on a single by Brett and a double by Mayberry. Connors hits 1 8 Straight, whips Solomon Hawaii (UPI) d KAANAPALI, Connors advanced into todays semifinals by defeating defending champion Harold Solomon, in the $100,000 Holiday Islands Pro Tennis Classic Top-seede- Jimmy 1, Friday. Also advancing into the semifinals were Great Lloyd, Americas Brian Gottfried ami Mexicos Raul Ramirez. Grilains John Lloyd defeated Swedens Doug Palm Gottfried ousted Stan Smith, Ramirez 3 downed Sandy Mayer, Connors broke Solomons serve three times in the first set and twice in the second while Solomon broke Connors only once in the first set. The first set was with most of the set being played from the baseline. Connors then rolled over Solomon in the second set, at one point winning 18 points in a row. Third-seedeRamirez, mixing his shots well, started strongly in the first set, breaking serve in the first and third games before Mayer came back to break serve in the fourth. Mayer broke service once again in the eighth game before losing the tiebreaker, The tliiid set was decided in the second game with a service break by Ramirez. 6-- 6-- Brigham oung Universilead into today's final 18 holes of ty took a four-sho- t tlie Beehive College Invitational Golf Tournament. BYU had a total after the first day's play Friday of 556. four better than Utah State. Weber State was third at 562 and Nevada Reno followed at 56S. 113-9- BYU's Bob Clampett filed a consistent and 5 to tie for medalist Welter's Mike Gove shot honors a 8 under par. 134 Par is 71 over the Logan ( ouiitry Club course 07-0- 9 6-- 6-- hard-foug- d GCQOEU PQIUTIHO ttANAGEn straight A 09-0- r contract, which has three years remaining. If the deal is consumSeaver and Joe Namath as New York superstars sent to other teams within the past year. Cougars nab Beehive golf lead 4-- 6-- pected to announce Bob Sterling flirts with wife Anne Jeffreys in a "Topper" episode. Now he makes golf clubs. that again this year. Leonard, who Went 16-- 4 down the stretch after a shaky 8 start this season, faced the minimum 12 batters in the first four innings before getting in his only real jam of the game. With two out in the fifth inning, Graig Nettles beat out an infield single and Lou Piniella followed with a double to cut the Kansas City lead to 2-- NEW YORK (UPI) Clyde may have made his last heist for the New York Knicks. and kids Art Kelly, president of the board. Western Airlines, is neighbor to the Sterlings and had arranged their ski trip. Gracious Anne had accepted milady's invitation to stop in at the Arrow Iress theater .aid do a little visiting with theater crews there. Wo were also showing her sights of downtown Salt Lake City when the y ear's biggest snow storm hit he had some of the most impressive credentials in the American league this year with 20 victories (tying Jim Palmer and Dave Goltz for the lead) and 244 strikeouts (ranking second behind Nolan Ryan). Leonard was concerned about a mental scar he was carrying from the 1976 playoffs against the Yanks when he started two games but pitched a total of less than three innings for a disastrous 19.29 earned run average. The Brooklyn native was pulled after 2 Mi innings in his first start and didnt get a batter out in starting the decisive fifth game. But Leonard erased that mental scar Friday night with the latest in a string of devastating pitching performances when he stopped the Yankees on four hits to give the Royals a 2 victory and a 1 lead in the champion series. The Royals had a chance to wrap up their first American League pennant today when Larry Gura took the mound against New Yorks Ed Figueroa. The third inning was the toughest one for me, said Leonard, even though he set the Yankees down in order on just seven pitches that inning. It was in the back of my mind that I couldnt get past three innings last year and I didnt want to embarrass myself out there this time. "I was hit harder at times during the season last year than I was during the in the playoffs, but in that situation it really playoffs on television and all hurt. 1 felt like I wanted to cry. I felt I lot the team down. I didnt want to do Frazier on his way to Cavaliers Bob was to come up our wav to ski once. But he got involved with golf making. He sent his pretty wile and their boys to Alta. jj miLLER i "1 3-- That might not work in my case. My "kids will adjust to any set of goli sticks they can borrow when they take a notion to go gulling SHACK ft call. but plate supported their claim umpire Harry Wendelstedt ruled the runner safe. w inner during the Hooton, a season, had two out and Hebner on first via a fielders choice in the second inning when he started the Dodgers giveaway antics. Bob Boone singled Hebner to second and Sizemore walked, filling the bases. Then, incredibly, he walked pitcher Larry Christenson, Bake McBride and Bowa in succession to force in three runs and give the Phillies a 2 lead. Ron Cey doubled and scored on Bakers single to tie the score in the fourth inning, but in the eighth the Dodgers seemed determined to hand the Phillies the game. Hebner opened the inning with a run double and scored the on Garry Maddox single to right. Maddox continued to third when Reggie Smiths throw went into the Dodgers dugout and he scored to make it 3 on an error by Lopes. Kansas Citys Dennis Leonard was hoping he could last three innings against the New York Yankees in his first start of the 1977 Ar. erican League championship series. of the Not that the ace Royals lacked confidence in himself you! be and wile Anne Topper. Froernmings seeing the fruits of my labor of love. He .sent me an illustrated booklet on his clubs. Sterling Custom Golf Clubs" is the name of Bob's industry. He fits golf dubs to golfers like a tailor fits a suit. You cant just order a set. Bob tells me You have to 1h measured by your professional The professional then gives Bob's fitters all fads if you fade, slice, hook or just dub the alxiiit you ball You are measured physically, and mentally, for dubs thill will best suit you And those clubs fit only You don't have to he too old to remember Robert Bob' Sterling, the voting and handsome movie star who played the flicks, and the tubes, or a quarter of a out in As a rising young star he was scheduled to star with Spencer Tracv and Irene Dunne in "A Guv Named Joe." Two days before the cameras were to rod lie was inducted into the service (VV II). Van Johnson got the part and it skyrocketed him to stardom. Sterling was anotherGI Joe, and when he cot out of the service he had missed the pretty hoy era ot the movies. He about thought it was a tie. But the umpire makes the decision. " g rally, the Vn,il tt,e Dodgers were giving aw ay more than a fifth, network TV quiz show They took a 0 lead behind Burt Hooton in the second inning with Dusty Baker driving in one run with a double and scoring the other on Steve Yeagers single. The Phillies claimed Steve Garvey was out at the plate scoring on and a TV replay Bakers double TO AND MANAGE SCREEN PRINT OPERATION FOR SET-U- P ATHLETIC 9 WUR 9 SPORTSWEAR Send Resume to BOX co This ALL M-4- 6, Newspaper INQUIRIES CONFIDENTIAL |