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Show I I The Salt Lake Tribune, Tuesday. July 1. 1980 Faces Padres Tonight Reuss to Repeat No-H- it Feat? I.OS ANGELES (APl-- On June 11, 1938, lefthander Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Red.s hurled a no-hgame to beat the Boston Brave-- . In his very it 3-- next Vander outing. Meer set baseball history r uith another setting down the Brooklyn Dodgers His unprecedented feat never has been duplicated but the Los Angeles Dodgers' Jerry Reuss gets a shot at it as he's scheduled to go against the San Diego Padres Tuesday night In his last outing, the southpaw hurled his first major in beatleague ing the San Francisco Giants Friday night. Reuss doesn't even think of a second straight but he does think about reaching the pitching mound in a World Series "What could be a bigger thrill than pitching a he asks, and then answers, "pitching m the World Senes." Reuss retired the last 25 batters to face him and only an infield error kept him from a perfect game against the Giants. But two in a row? Sandy Koufax hurled for the four 8-- 0 r think ning. said the (Lfoot-- 6 inch, Reuss. " I've been in command before, he said after his but I've first never been in command with such results " I d In Pittsburgh, after losing some of his effectiveness, Manager Chuck Tanner sent him to the bullpen before trading him to Los Angeles last year for Rick Rhoden. Now, Reuss hopes Ta- nner's has opinion man- changed Tanner is ager of the National League team for the game at Dodgers Stadium cn July 8 "I dont know how he can keep me off the team. said Reuss The San Francisco Giants, and others who have faced Reuss this season, would agree All-St- Celtics Plan To Star In Garden Trials Produced a Lot , No Olympic Team By Bert Rosenthal AP Sports Writer 0 3OST0N AP) -- The Boston Celtics put aside threats of moving their National Basketball Association franchise to Rhode Island or Connecticut, announcing Monday they signed a new two-yea- rental r agreement with Boston Garden. "The fans of Boston are now assured that the Celtics will he here for the next two years and will have a strong and mutually beneficial relationship with the Gar- den, owner said Celtics Harry Man-guria- EUGENE, Ore a meet to select i Originally, it was supposed to be US. team for the 1980 Summer Brian Oldfield and pole vaulter Steve Smith, won a court battle to participate in the competition. The USOC had waged a bitter court fight to prevent A athletes from competing in the Tnals The the ex-IUSOC contended that since the nation was choosing an Olympic team, despite the boycott, none of the former pros should be entered in the Trials because they were ineligible for the Games. Pre Win Battle The pros maintained that since no American athletes were eligible for the Games, they should be permitted into the Tnals. They won. Meanwhile, the new Association of Track and Field Athletes, boosting its membership over 250 including many of the world's elite athletes, began by exerting its inP.uence in an attempt to rid the sport of e hypoeracy mainly the alleged payments that have plagued it for years. Olympic Games in Moscow. Instead, the eight day U S Olympic Track and Field Trials produced a lot of things but not an American team that will be represented at the Games President Carter, with the backing of the US. Olympic Comittee, decided early in the year to take the nation out of the quadriennial international competition, announcing that the United States was boycotting the Games because of the Soviet Unions intervention in Afghanistan The decision to boycott removed a great deal of importance from the Trials The usual electricity, tension, excitement and thrill of winning were noticeably absent ATFA said it hopes to coexist peacefully with The Just Another Meet Athletics Congress, the governing body for track and field in the United States And to prove the point, A1 Oerter, Many of the athletes, notably the four-tim- e Olympic discus champion, called the ATFA and TAC, who have been at loggerheads for years, announced they would pursue a "grand pnx" Trials, "just another track meet." circuit in the United States beginning next year. It r "When I see the happiness of the would include five or six track clubs. The clubs were (third-placBill finisher runner from Oregon not identified. McChesney), it was not just another track meet." The plan would work within the framework of the said Jimmy Carnes, coach of the U S Olympic track International Amateur Athletic Federation, the and field team. world governing body of track and field, and the Disregarding the lackluster mental attitude of International Olympic Committee. some of the performers, many events that occurred It would be the first step toward open track and or "Trials and tribulations," during the field, a move that has been a long time coming will have significant bearing on the sport's future In one of the critical issues that evolved during the The ramifications of the court decision concerning the ITA athletes and open competition could have Trials, the former members of the professional International Track Association, including shotputter effects on the sport ... under-the-tabl- 5,00A-mete- The Celtics said the was agreement reached after a meeting between Man-guna- Celtics General Manager Red Auerbach and Boston Garden President Paul Mooney. No terms of the deal were released e non-Tna- g item, but another which eould A hav e tremendous impact on track and field, surfaced when it was intimated that Jodi Anderson, the she won outstanding woman athlete in the Trials was the pentathlon and the womens long jump - using steroids Anderson heatedly denied the charge So did her coach. Chuck DeBus But the subject of steroids will remain a focus of controversy for a long time, not only in the United States but in Europe, where Eastern Bloc athletes often have been accused of taking the substance, which comes in injectable or tablet form. Anabolic steroids are chemical compounds that facilitate the building of muscular tissue through nitrogen retention. There was no steroid testing at the trial. women's track and field Reportedly, a official requested it, but it was overruled by a TAC executive, saving thousands of dollars But athletes will be tested tnoroughly for steroids at the Moscow Olympics with expensive and sophisticated new equipment that has greatly reduced the testing time. Meanwhile, the Trials produced some outstanding performances, including American records in the womens long jump by Anderson 22 feet, 11 inches and Henry Marsh in the steeplechase (I minutes, 15 Id seconds). In addition, there was Steve Scott's 1980 world best 15 in the men's 1.500. Tom Hmtnaus gallant of in the pole efforts to clear a world-recorvault, and the dramatic but losing performance by the remarkable Oerter, who failed to make the team Oerter had six discus throws between 207-- and 215-a showing that rated a standing ovation high-rankin- g 3,000-met- d 18-i- 0 two-minu- Dodgers during his career but never two in row. Right-hande- Nolan r Ryan pitched four for the California Angels but never two in a row. Koufax, now a coach with the Dodgers, observed that after a "the next start will be the "hext start. Vou always hear, 'can you pitch two in a row like Johnny Vander Meer? I never even came close to that, unless you call the second inning close." no-hitt- Reuss. 31. began this, his 12th major league season, in the bullpen. He has become the most effective of the Dodgers starters with a 1 record and a 1 88 eamed-ro- n average. "Any time I get the side out in the first in- 9-- 359-535- 2 41h Sou Co d Sunday 71 COME IN AND MAKE YOUR BEST DEAL INTRODUCING THE ONCE IN A LIFETIME AIR CONVERTIBLE REBATE 3 BRITISH ITALIAN MOTORS 4731 South State 262-268- 3 TIRE WAREHOUSE 1? 2033 So. Mam 467-050- 1 1W fi With a Zions Bank Gold Account you have your, choice of a Master Card or Visa for NO COST or LOW COST depending on your checking account balance. 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