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Show rs, 4-3 NEW YORK (UPI Billy Martin whose managerial wizardry has another miracle victory dec New York Yankee hi will send ‘forgotten’ fish Hunter to the mound today in wangled yet hits and three runs. That was more tin, who had a few ards to lay on Dodger than enough for M. mor lanager 43 Yankee victory which was decided on Paul Blair's 12th-inning RBI s Lasurda started his best “money | thought 1 was there on the outside of right leg thought 1 was the plate with me thought score remained 2 vIph led off the b ing leadin the World Series back to pitcher, Don Sutton, who had never lost @ post-season game, andthe32-year-old seats right-hander wasn't far off his Now it was for the two Sept. 10 because of a urological ail- customary October brilliance. But a managers to begin their little pok ll oppose Burt Hooton of the controversial play in the sixth inning in game s Dodgers andif Martin can which the Dodgers tried to steal an in- Los Angeles Hunter, who has not pitched since get an wher lose to the performance he got Tuesday night from Don Gullett surancerun on the 2-1 lead they forged for Sutton seemed to bea turning point who was also supposedly wounded, the for the Yankees Yankees could be on the vergeof pull With Steve Garvey on first via a ing one of baseball's most ‘amatic up single, light-hitting Glenn Burke Mycontrol is the onty thing ['m con cerned about,’ said Hunter who, before being sidelined, was still considered the ace of the Yankees” staff. ‘Having been away from it for a month, this will ye just like spring training all over again Catfish isa greal competitor said Martin. “I believe he will rise to the oc- casion justlike Gullett Gullett indeed rose to the occasion Tuesday night, shaking off a sore The Yankees took walk and scored on Munson’s double But reliever Mike Garman came on to quell any further threat and left men stroked a single through the hole at se- stranded on every base. And the Dodgers weren't through vet throwing Yankeecenterfielder Mickey Theyfinally got to Gullett in the ninth when Dusty Baker led off with a single cond base into right field. Weak: Rivers scoopedtheslow-rolling ball up, but Garvey was already turning third and heading for home, Rivers bounced his throw home and Yankee catcher Thurman Munsonran out in front of the plate to: pul! it tag the sliding iarvey in almost the same motion pitches That brought \ We've come back Dodger arm Rick Rhoden, the fifth Lasorda Rhoden two quick rs scored off the fastballing left hander “He was throwing hard. real good There's no question a healthy Gullett changes theentire natureof the series I don’t care about not getting the But with Manny Motapineh-hitting for win, said Gullett, who was out most of the monthof August with a shoulder in jury and was kayoedafter two innings first base and was onlysaved by some just glad I was able to pitch well Burke. Baker was nearlypicked off nifty body English which eluded Chris Chambliss’ tag. Gullett got Mota on a juestionable Hunter today. ndolph, who I third straigh 1 wasn't e to the in his only playoff appearence nson intentionally ip Blair, Martin's r trump card Inserted into the lineup as a defen sive replacement for Reggie Jacksonin ninth, Blair also had trouble unting, failing twice to sacrifice the But ona ount Blair drilling single to left runners “I'm In Hooton’s last performance he was knocked out by the Phillies in the se. cond inning of the third game of tha playoffs alter issuing three basesloaded walks lait There's nogreater teacher | an ey. perience,” said the right-handed Hooton, whose best pitch is the knuckle curve, “I'mnot worried about the fang here. They won't bother me because | learned my lesson. I was: surprised though because theyneverbothered me before. That's what John Dillinger saiq whenhewas getting riddled full of bul. enoughto keep us in the hallgame lets, too,”* quipped Lasorda. The Yaukees staged minirallies in WhenI got halfway to third base, I knew I was beingsent in,’ said Garvey. rep Spikers I didn’t know who was making the shoulder and pitching 8 1-3 innings throw. Fromthe angle I came in and while holding the Dodgers to just five not ca; first game of the playoffs too and siyy won The oddsmakers have now Installed the Yankeesas 6-9 favorites to win the es although the Bers and Hooton are 11-10 favorit Over the enth strikeout f the rubber to win his le before’ Lasorda philospohically. "We lost a4 ich scored up a single to Lee Lacy v Baker tie it 3-3. but that was all the a 3-2 lead in the eighth when Randolph led off with a able to sacrifice. I was just ho, PIER to hit into a double play fly but walked Steve Yeager on four In Action how far he (Munson) had to dive, I The DaihyffHerala There’s enough volleyball action to satisfy even the most avid fan % Thursday. Ten of the 11 Region Six teams and Orem, a Region Two squad, will be in action <a" Provo, atop the league standings with a 1-0 record, opens its home season with a match against Payson. The BulIdogs are 1-3 overall, but all three loses have come ~~ Page (THE HERALD, Provo,Utah, Wednesday, October 12, 1977 Marion Dunn against 4-A competition. “We hope the competition against those bigger schools will be a plus against those our own size,” commented Coach MaryVisker. In other Region Six action Timpviewis at Dixie, Pleasant Groveis at Springville and American Fork is at Cedar City. Spanish Fork drew this Sports Editor Bowlers Roll Back-to-Back Biggies When teammates Lee Rieske and Burton Nelson walked into the Spanish Fork bowling lanes a couple of Wednesday's ago, they had no idea what kind of night wasin store for them The two men have been bowling for years and they are members of the Econo Wash team bowling at 6:45 p.m on Wednesday nights in Spanish Fork. Before this particular night, Riske's high gamehad been a 279 and Nelson's a 255. By the timethis night wasover those earlier scores would fade into insignificance. hile the two men bow! in Spanish Fork, Rieske is a resident of SpringvilJe and Nelson lives in Mapleton. Rieske’s big moment camefirst In the lineup he bowls just ahead of Nelson andin the second gameof the series, he started to string strike after strike. He recorded aine straight strikes and went into the 10th frame on the verge of a 300, He struck with the 10th and 11thballs and nowwas only12 pins froma perfect game. “T was just too nervous on thatlast ball,” he said later. “I pulled the ball and it was a bad ball.” On that attempt, Rieskepicked up 7 i leaving three standing for a bril iant 297 game While Rieske wasfinishing his game, action stoppedin the houseas the other bowlers crowded around the lane where the Springville ace was stringing his strikes. “There wasa lot of tension while Lee was bowling and | was tense along with frame. Most of the shock wore off while I watched Lee bowl his big game. I didn’t really notice anything different until I looked up and saw the crowd gathered around us and realized what was happening. ButI was calm and Lee helped on my final ball.” Nelson knocked all the pins down with his 10th ball and repeated with his 11th and walked up to the line for his final try. “Lee came up to me and said, ‘Just let the ball roll. | pulled minea little. “That helped me,"’ Burton said, “and 1 justlet the ballroll. I thoughtit was a good ball and that I had it. The ball went into the pocket, but it was just a little light. It left the 7-pin standing.” ‘Thatsolid 7-pin wasall that stayed on the floor. The other nine pins were swept clean, but it prevented Nelson from becoming one of those rare bowlers who record a perfect game in leagueplay. Butif Rieske and Nelson had missed 300 games, they had contributed something special to Spanish Fork bowling history. They had rolled back-to-back games of 297 and 299 and had given the other bowlers something to talk about for years to come. week's bye. ‘. (UPI ffelephoto) Yankee runners on first and second along,fouls the attemptoff, then slashes THE BUNT THATFAILED.New York's Paul Blair tries for a bunt to move By MILTON RICHMAN UPI Sports Editor SW YORK (UPI) — Nothing in the world is worse than feeling unwanted, and you can find that out for yourself by visiting some of those old age rest homes around the country or bylistening to Paul Blair, who will tell you straight up and downheisn't ready for any placelike that yet bench, wastelling himtoforgetall about bunting and swing away Blair did, connecting withatast ball on the outside and driving it into left field for a single that ored Randolph from second and gave the Yankeesafirstgame jump over the Dodgers. 4-3 Any credit for what hedid, Blair said afterward, belonged to Martin because he was the one who had Not at 33, and certainly not when he can do the kind of things he has been doing the past 72 hoursfor the New York Yankees Last Sunday night. he led off the ninth inning with a key single up the middle against Kansas City and then came around with the tying run in what turned out to be a come-from-behind pennant-winning three tun rally In Tuesday night's World Series opener with the Dodgers, Blair entered the game ing for 23 years, starting when he was Willie Randolph. who had homeredin thesixth, in: itiated Rhoden with a double to right field after 17 years old scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. ‘Unwanted’ Blair Delivers for Yankees as Reggie Jackson's right field defensive replacement in the Now, bowling a 300 gamein sanctioned play is one of the mostdifficult excitement in the next game because of sporting accomplishments. In the this time he would be the one writing degree of difficulty, getting a hole-indown X after X as he topped Rieske's one in golf is child’s play compared fine performance with bowling a 300 game Lee Rieske and Burton Nelson might Burton alsoput togethernine straight strikes and went into the final frame never come’that close again only three strikes away from a 300 But they can always remember the 1 wasn’t nervous in the 10th night they both cameclose begins at 4 p.m. in most cases with varsityaction Orem, is in action Thursday with a home match against Jordan. ning of the World Series opener Tuesday night. The Yankees beat the Dodgers 4-3. the game - winning single in the 12th in- Rieske bowls a finger tip curve ball and Nelson a slight curve Both are righthanders and both have been bowling for some time Nelson for example, has been bowl. him. It was exciting,” Burton recalled But Burton was to have even more Junior varsity action e | ninth inning with thescoretied 3-all and it was still that way in the 12th when Rick Rhoden took over as the Dodgers’ fifth pitcher of the long evening restored his confidence after Baltimore Manager Earl Weaver had made him feel unwanted by not playing him much the past two years before the Orioles traded him to the Yankees last January Blair said Weaver had “destroyed my confidence by keeping him on the bench Thave no hard feelings toward himas a person,” he said ‘I golfed with him and 1 bowled with him, but I think he thought I was finished as a righthanded hitter against right-handed pitchers. What else can I think when heplayed everyone else but me in center field? 1 was mad every day and you can't play when you're mad Looking at it from his perspective. pé sibly Blair can't be blamed for feeling he was unwanted anymore by the Orioles facts, however Blair came up withinstructions to bunt both runners To begin with, he wasn’t sitting on the bench as much as he imagined Weaver played him in 140 games in 1975 and in 145 games last season and for that, Blair responded with a 218 batting average in 1975 and a 197 figure last year If Earl Weaver has any great fault as a manager, it’s that he sometimes stays too long with some of better bunters in the big leagues than Paul Blair But he missed one attempt completely and fouled off another, running the count to 2-and-2. The bunt sign was still on as he stepped back into thebatter's box At thelast moment, he heard third base coach Dick Howser ho ering at him. Howser, getting his i struc Billy Martin on the Yankee tions from mana After Tuesday night’s game-winning single off He does overlook a few which Thurman Munson was purposely passed Now along This was his specialty There aren't too many lived and died with were Mike Cuellar, Boog Powell, Don Buford, Andy Etchebarren —and Blair, who was with Baitimore 12 seasons. Still one of the best defensive outfielders around, Blair never was quite the same hitter after being beaned by Ken Tatum of the Angel in 1970, He suffered serious eye and facial injuries and was hospitalized 10 ss. Blair admits he was ‘deeply frightened” he was going to lose the sightin his left eye Everytime the doctors camein and checked the bandage, I'd gointo the bathroom,take the bandage off and check the eye myself,” he said, “If I looked up, I'd see double. That frightened me because as an outfielder, that’s how I made myliving,by looking up at the ball.”” Thefollowing season, hetried batting left-handed and then abandoned the idea, Two years afterthat, he went fora therapeutic hypnotic session. During all this time, Weaver still stuck with him, remembering. amongother things, how Blairhadhit a home runto givethe Oriolesa 1-0 victory over the Dodgers in third game of the 1966 World Series. those players who helped the Orioles win five Eastern Divisiontitles, three American Leaguepennants and one world championship Among thosehe Rhoden, Blair was asked if that hit gave him more Satisfaction than Sunday night's blow off Kansas City’s Dennis Leonard No. he said. That one on Sunday wasthe biggest hit of my career. It wasthe fifth andfinal game of the playoff and if we lose it, there is no World Series. I wanted that one withall myheart, I refused to strike out How did hethink Earl Weaverfelt about him now ifter that base hit of his that beat the Dodgers? I think he sawit Blair laughed | Didn’t Do My Job’, Says Relief Ace NEW YORK (UPI) This is the kind of competitor the Los Angeles Dodgers facing in relief pitcher Sparky Lyle he New York Yankees He thought he “didn’t do my job r when he pitched 3 2-3 shutout innings in relief of Don Gullett not what I'm supposed to do Lyle meant that Lee Lacy, thefir to ignore the fact that the run was of ith when Willie Randolphdou about. though,’” Lyle continued This game was guts We wereina bit of trouble with our BYU WomenBlitz Utes, 9-0 SALT LAKE CITY The talent laden BYU women’s tennis team swept the University of Utah players off their own courts in a conference game Tues day The tally was 9-0 for BYL Today, the top four BYU players left for the Southwestern Open Ten Tournament at Tueson, Anz Ac ing to BYU Coach Ann Valentine this tournament attracts outstanding high school, collegiate and other women pla The Cougar representatives are Karen Kennington, seeded fourthinthe tournament, BURTON NELSON, left, and Lee Rieske had a bowling night to remember when Riesdkerolled a 297 and Nelson followed with a 299 at Spanish Fork Barbara Barnes, seeded 10th, Denise Nardi, seeded 12th, and Tracy Tanner Kennington and Barnes are seeded fourth in doubles To illustrate the variety of ex ub this d the next 11 batters before the 5 won the game in thebotto and scored on a single by Paul Blair TI] tell you what this gamewas all perience that is waiting for the BYt team, the number one seed is a teaching pro in Arizona the number two seed is a 16-year-old high school whiz from Phoenix Coach Valentine says that all her players received good draws except for Tracy Tanner, who will first meet Sue Boyle, number one singles player for ArizonaState last year Kenmington, BYU, def finda Rich, Utal 6 Barnes, BYU, def Pat i Pe t 6:2 Denise Nandi, BYE’. de Tracy Tanner. BY L Karer 61, 64 Syndi Pardor BYU, det Utah, 61. 64 Harlow BY de land, Utah oe Witngha def Sari Belcher inington Barnes: BY Faget 62 NardiTanner, BY 2 Rarlow Bingham. BYU, det La uh 63, 69 first inning,” he con: 1 look for a fine performance by Catfish,” said Munson, ‘He's a great nink we showed the Dodgers competitor He mightget killed but 1 ficially charged to Gullett and that hi and was the winning pitcher in the Yankees’ 4-3 12-inning victory over the Dodgers in the first game of the World Series I didn't do my job.’ said Lylein the otherwise jubilant Yankee clubhouse 1 let them score the tying run. That's the But this club rises to the occa er he faced in the Dodgers’ ninth led home thetying run. Lyle chose body else just what kind of a How do [see the rest of 1p on make and ions of the don't think so {unter who is considered oneof the best clutchpitchers in baseball when he has his control, said he wouldn't know until tonight whether he will be able to turn in a good performance. s analysis of himself was | think if I get loose I can throwthe Thurman Munson, the Yankees catcher and captain allowed ball where | want to,” he said. ” haven't pitched in three weeks and I sell a rare grin W he said, “Lyle might not ed the gameinthe ninth inning fidn’t allow them any runs. It seemed like a pretty good performance to me especially since he has been the & pitcher in all of our last three in referred to the ) fact that a 135 record, a 216 average and 25 saves during Won't know until tomorrow night whether I can loosen up. Timewill telHunter laughed when asked whether he would worryabout his second-game overnight Look,’ he said, “October means World Series time and that the deerhunting season is near. If 1 worried about baseball when I went to bed I'd never get anybody out ian Leagueseason, also won The Yankees clearlyfelt they were ames of the playoffs with ff and running with their first-game e Kansas City Royals victory but Manager Billy Martin and refused to gloat Pitching. of course, is the Yankees Munson IU's nice to winthefirst game," said i blem in the World Serie: just as it Martin “But T think it is going to be @ s been all year and so Munson tough series. The Dodgers are a very Rood club The $2 million pitcher suffered rough a 9-9 season with a4 71 earned ive ind hasn't pitched in a month but Munson says those things don't matter If anybody thinks winningthefirst ame puts us in the driver's seat, that’s the wrong attitude,’ said Munson. You gotta win four games, If you wit the first game and lose the next four, that fiest game doesn't mean a thing |