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Show been aa club won the National record in 106 wor the award with 5642 points compared to 48 for 20-game winner Jim Palmerof the Baltimore Oriole 6 Nolan Ryan of the California which won br a WorldSeries without having a good Cy Young Leag 4 when he had a 15-12 the Los Angeles Dodgers. Prior to Marsh, winner. th a season vot Ki delphia Phi was vel “the NL's most valuable player in 1950 Bob Turley in 1958 and its amazing that previously honored as a Cy Young winner Some day I hope | can game Whitey Ford in 1961 are the only Yankee pitchers “| was hoping to win ¥ much Baseball has given meeverything that I ha you nore d Braves Ax Bristol anagers to survive two ul seasons @ baseball team moved to I was washed overboard Tiesday’ the wake of back-to-back last-plae: > finishes ral Manager Bill Lucas im y offered the fiery, 44-year-old s his special assistant Bristoi ins ted he wantedto stay in uniform and would seek employment elsewhere even though the Bravesof fered to pay himfor the remaining year of his current contract I've been a manager on the field, in uniform, for 12 years and want to con- tinue to do that Bristol said when he dropped by Atlanta Stadium to clean out his desk T'll probably contact other teams and see what's available Bristol, who also managed at Cincin- nati (1966-69) and Milwaukee (1970-72) indicated he would be interested in a SPARKYLYLE, a rubber-armed coaching job if no one wants him as a nanager I might haveto take it to southpaw whose rescue opera- stayin uniform,” he said tions saved the American League East title for the New York Yankees, becamethe first relief Bristol served as a coach at Montreal after being fired by Milwaukee and pitcher in A.L. history to win the before being hired by the Braves to suc. ceed Connie Ryan, who managed the Mathews, who succeeded Harris for the he outpointed Jim Palmerof the Baltimore Orioles. Here Lyle is in action against the Los Angeles Dodgers in game one of the World Series. (UPI Telephoto) Martin Gives Shirt to Son of Sam Victim season as Suc. The only Atlanta manager tolast morethan twofull seasons was Luman Harris (1968-72 although Eddie Cy Young award Tuesday when NEW YORK (UPI) — gatheringto celebrate the Give this to Robert,”’ The gift passed from one Partial restoration of said Martin, “‘and tell scrapper to another, a Sightin his other eye symbol of the fighting him my heart is with The pinstriped shirt him season, managed spirit which helped the Sports the Yankee logo on Martin wore the shirt two-thirds of the way through the 1974 two endurethe turbulent the front and Martin's during the final game of last third of the 1972 Lucassaid the Braves board of directors decided at a Monday night meeting Yankees to the world baseball championship this season. 1977 CY YOUNG award winner Sparky Lylerelaxes at home with his wife Marty after learning of the recognition he earned for helping the New York (UPI Telephoto) Lyle Like Neighborhood Postman Marshall having been the other one over in the By MILTON RICHMAN UPISports Editor National League in 1974 NEW YORK (UPI) — Sparky Lyle is like your neighborhood postman. Walks the same path every day and delivers regularly Before the ball gamestarts, he heads for the bulIpen where he generallyidles away the timeplaying word games with the others out there. Lyle never watches the game for thefirst five in- nings or so, anyway. From long experience he has a pretty good idea when he’s going to be called into the game and when he’s not. All it takes him is six or seven pitches to heat up and he’s ready. year he appeared in more games than any other pitcher in the American League. The Yankees brought him in 72 times during the regular season, four more timesin the playoffs and twice more in the World Series. That's a totalof 78 calls, all of which he responded to without ever flinching once. A call he received at his home in Demarest, N.J., Tuesday, though. actually caused him to start shaking Whenheput the receiver down, the Yankees’ lefthanded reliever stuck his thumb upin the air so his wife, Mary, could see it. She knew that meant he had won the Cy Young Award as the American League's outstanding pitcher for 1977 and that immediately brought the tears to her eyes. Lyle polled 56%: points among those baseball writers who did the voting, comfortably beating out Baltimore's Jim Palmer, the runnerup with 48 Behind Palmer cameCalifornia's Nolan Ryan 4, Kansas City’s Dennis Leonard with 45 and ‘on’s Bill Campbell with 2542 asionally. there is some quarreling with the their choices, but nobody who saw Lylele did for the Yankees this year can seriously ue over his selection. His 2.17 earned run average he league and his 13-5 won-lost t ore victories nother onein the to do with ‘I don’t know if this will make them recognize the short relief pitcher more than they have been, but it'll certainlyhelp,”’ said Lyle, who called the award ‘the greatest thing’ that ever happened to him. “There has never been a ball club that has ever won a pennantor a WorldSeries withouta good relief pitcher. The owners don't wantto let you know this but it’s true. Maybe they're beginning to realizeit because they paid better than a million dollars for relievers like Rollie Fingers and Bill Campbeli and veryclose to that for Dave LaRoche.” Money was rather a sensitive subject with Lyle this past winter, particularly after the Yankees paid $2 million for free agent Don Gullett even though he still was showing some after effects from a torn tendon in his foot Lyle started byaskingfor a half million over three years. “| want what everybody elseis getting,” he said at the time. ‘I told Gabe Paul if they could pay a guy who has a leg in a cast two million dollars, they can pay me what I think I'm worth Eventually, Lyle settled for something little less to make a managerial change and notified himof that decision Tuesday morning. Lucas said he then contacted Bristol Lucassaid a list of managerial candidates would be compiled and that a successor would be named “‘as soon as possible Bristol said he heard talk Saturday that he might be fired and called Lucas to ask to attend the board meeting that filled an enthu: tic, three-minute st andi g ovation by the capacity crowd of 19,694, the P fans who booed Frazier the last two n a member of the avaliers. n they call Clyde ring would never stop. He smiled acknowledged the crowd three times by holding b ing again | the clock Celtics 110, Hawks 103 z licking path to the Manager Billy Martin. Violante, still recover- World's championship ing from a bullet wound this season, gavethe shirt which left him complete- to a friend of Violante's ly blind in one eye, don- after the Yankees won ned the shirt at a family the World Series seasonticket sale Save 50% or more! Ski more and payless.. purchase Snowbird Season Tickets NOW! HERE’ S HOW! IT WORKS: + come to the Yankees from the Boston Red Sox in 1972, and has never started a single game. The last time he ever started in 1966 with Pittsfield in the Eastern League and he doesn’t care if he ever starts Buy $0 or more weeks and payne$5.00 per day. The another one again. Lyle’s best pitch is his slider. It's his only pitch as SNOWBIRD SEASONTICKETS JUST THE TICKET FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO SKI! well My fast ball is only mediocreand I dor t throw a curve ball at all,” though That it is he said. “My slider is excellent rdw SKI BETTER AND SAVE! Ted Williams first put the idea in his head adout throwingit while Lyle still was in the Red Sox said F MAIL THE COUPON BELOW TODAY FOR GREAT SKIING AT GREAT SAVINGS Skiand summer resort s Terry Uve ever seen,” it was Soca Spey peoeaeeremae oan said clocked | day w Frazier and Madison den Tuesday nigh uniform shirt of Yankee the Yankees alonga rol- was, the Yankeescertainlygot their money's worth. He has beenin the big leagues 11 years now, having By United Press International Walt Fr: r has been the focus of many a special night ee Noes But could roac! ¢ a present Tuesday — the to his job while leading snowbird BRANO NEW THIS YEAR. tive or more Kind Robert Violante, a 2- the back year-old Brooklyn man who becamethe last vic- than he had originally demanded and whateverit T think S team number — one — on the series. It had not been laundered since that Martin a scrappy time player during his career ‘That's just the wayI tim of the 44 caliber kil- and a fiery manager who wantjt * said Violante ler, Son of Sam, received Survived assorted threats summer of ‘77. season before getting the axe his time and helped Boston backs by Atlanta § { the season. Sidney Jo White and John Havlicek John Drew led Atlanta with Sixers Lit, Kings 104 points and George McGinnis 28 Warriors 105, Bulls 9 , Rick Barry scored a season-high #4 points to lead 94-34 on two baskets by Phil by Barry and Sonny Parker Pacers 129, Nuggets 14 Adrian Dantley pumped in 32 points to pace Indiana over the defending Midwest Division champions John Williamson added 29 points and four Pacers were in double figures. scored 2points for Denver David Th Lakers 109, Spurs 107 cookie guard| Norm Nixoa, returning t | ineup ry, scored M points andhanded off oS Angeles. Jamaal Wilkes scored basket with 46 secondsleft on a f ! per by Kerr Spurs with 28 points Suns 93, Sonics 8 Phoenix scored the first 12 points of the fourth quarter to overcome an eight-point deficit. Pau! Westphal had 30 points as Phoenix posted its ory without @ loss. The SuperSonics los straight Blazers 107, Braves § Maurice Lucas sc cored 27 points andled a 3%-poi third period Portland outburst Lac ‘as had11 points in k 1 red Os | | beter erenenearereren eee ena |