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PittburuJi sz Salt iakf Sribnnr Sports Monday Morning, October ?v9 1, 1!)79 And Pirates Crown Page One ,IhuiC' Tribune ire Sei ,ces seplembel has alw as been Pi ui e Kisnii s ui.mth but this one was the grandest ol all kison. who has been on lour 1ittsbuigh division 'illists and one World Sei ies champion while post mg i in the month of September ulcer reiord ol 1979 was the sweetest after dot uied that Seplemlx-rohe and Kent Teknhe combined on a 1(1 hitter Sunday to lieut Chicago. and i linch the National KuM Hag for the lhrates This is the most emotional situation I've been m " s nd Kison, who pushed ins recoid this month to 0 with six strong innings, his stint curtailed by a blister on the middle finger of his pitching hand "It's a very emotional situation because we had to work mi hard to get there " The Pirates got there their 9Kth victory of the year the most by a Pittsburgh team since the l'HW club won 110 and by getting some help from Philadelphia, the defending champion, which derailed Mont leal, on a three-hit- , v Sports Mirror bt A XjT? 2,5-- 6 I liitlni I Met 5-- Tlial Ajijiir Yictorx Wai Swretol To Man VWioIMmill I SF Football You have to say something for the football interest in Salt Lake City when 31.108 w ill turn out to see a team which had been beaten soundly on two pre ious weekends. The Hast 4-- seated stadium I more in 1961 when the lies and Aggies drew their record crowd of 32,4.!8, and Saturday was the first time I can remember all the seats being filled, fans standing around the top of the stadium, and others huddled behind the end zone and on the running " ; - , nv: track. If there was any doubt about the football interest in the area, just consider BYl had 34,724 in the afternoon and Utah added more than 31,000 at night. There were a lot of Aggies ery happy over the victory, but one of the happiest had to bo Ji rry Wilson, who had been under the weather lor the last year or so and had sold his restaurant in San Gabriel. Jerry Wilson may have had as much to do with the rebirth of Aggie football as any person outside the aihletic department. For it was Jerry who helped John Ralston recruit all those super players who brought the Aggies national iicrior-mane- p first-innin- 3-- 0. V' -- Prcs Laserohoto its margin over Pittsburgh, of field goal in the second half last season's NFL champion. 48-ya- rd gave Philadelphia victory NFL Round up e. Eagles Stun Steelers For 17-1- 4 all-tim- Tribune Wire Services "People think you can beat another team on character, dedication and great effort, but you cant beat the Steelers on just that, Philadelphia Eagles' quarterback Ron Jaworski said Sunday "You need some ability and I think we showed that today. Jaworski meant a By showing, 4 win over Pittsburgh, stunning which tumbled the St eiders from the ranks of the unbeaten in the National Football League and snapped the defending Super Bowl champions NFL win skein at 12. Rookie kitkcrTor.y Franklin snapped Gifford's No. I a halftime tie with a field The NCAA Statistics Service has come up w ith goal in the third quarter and Wilbert a new formula for rating the efficiency of Montgomery later plunged over from d line to give the Eagles, college passers, going clear back to 1937 and the now 1 for the year, a 17-- 7 lead. including r.ll passers with a minimum of 350 The win is as exciting as the one in career completions. the Rose Bowl, said Philadelphia And guess who is the , coach Dick Vermeil, w ho registered an most efficient college passer upset of Ohio State in the 1976 Rose m that span? None Bowl while coaching at UCLA. It was other than BYU's Gifford , a credit to our players and our coaching staff " Nielsen, who ranks No. 1 on the basis of 26th in compleAn aroused Eagle defense claimed tion ranking with a 58.62, but two turnovers in the fourth quarter to first in yards per attempt build the win at Veterans Stadium. with 8.24 and first in touch- ? Linebacker John Bunting intercepted a 4 down percentage with 7.77, Terry Bradshaw pass at the Pittsburgh ,y ' 20 and went to the two from where ? and has 4.10 interception ' Montgomery plunged home. . percentage, all good for 145.3 . Later, comerback Herman Edwards efficiency rating points. off a Bradshaw pass in the end picked Nielsen Gifford Second on the chart is zone with Pitt perched at the s Jerry Rhome, with BYUs Gary line, and then, knocking at the door at Sheide third. Utah State's Tony Adams 12th and the line, Pitt's Franco Harris fumbled and the Eagles Ken Clarke UTFP's Bill Stevens 33rd. recovered al the one. But- 17, Bears 13 Doug Williams bit IJ Grid Isaac Hagi'is on an eight-yarscoring Pui due drew a record home crowd for its pass with 5 07 left to rally Tampa Bay mob to its fifth straight win, leaving the game with Notre Darno a week ago. but that team Buccaneers as the only unlx-ateof 70.567 didn't even get the Boilermakers in the in the NFL. top 10" crowds of the day in college football lead on Chicago had taken a Muhigan-Kansa- s drew 103,698, Ohio Vince Evans' pass to scoring Tennessee-UtaState 87.495 and Walter Payton before Williams guided 85,783. the Bucs 54 yards to score at Chicago. The 10 top draws attracted 809,302 fans, and Rookie halfback Jerry Eckwood ran 61 what happened to the pessimists who predicted yards to score lor Tampa Bay m tne second quarter. Payton, the NFC's the end of college foot ball1 leading rusher, managed only 46 yards in 13 carries Observation Ward 17-1- 7-- 7 d one-yar4-- i?; SMU-Tulsa- - AMra;K d 13-1- 0 State-Washingt- h AT Associated bare foot and all. exults after his Tony Franklin, ... AW 5-- dub-recor- Stuff "ii' Somoense te fifth-innin- g g n influence. Once the momentum had been changed by Ralston, the Aggies have been rolling. And alter two disappointments, when the Utes beat his Aggies, Jerry probably had a victory coming. who don't like to lead "unfavorable" things about their teams, remember a reporter may vote Democratic all his life but he still has to report it if a Democratic president, or Set, of Agriculture, or representative to tne United Nations makes a dumb statement. "This is bigger than the Most Valuable Player award, bigger than any batting title," said Dave Iarker, who won both of those last year but sat out the playoffs. Willie Rtargell drove m two runs in the victory over the Cubs, giving him a career total of 1.476, RBI king by uncwhich makes him the Bucs' over Honus Wagner. Stargell delivered the runs with a sacrifice fly and a homer, Bill Robinson iced it with a the latter making it two-rusingle in the seventh that made it It was in the bottom of the eighth that the Pirates and the paid crowd of 42,176 boosting Pittsburgh's season attendance to 1.435,427, its best since 1972 learned that the Expos had lost and that the division would Ixi theirs in three more outs. Tekulve, making d 94th appearance and earning his 31st his save, got those outs to finish off a solid three innings of relief. The celebrating Pirates lauded the young Expos, who surprised many observers by staying in the pennant race right to the end. "Its got to be hard to lose after the season they Montreal has great had, commented Parker. personnel, and they made us earn it." "They fell short, said Pirate third baseman Bill Madlock. But they are going to be a team to be reckoned with for a long time. Theyve got the pitching, the defense, the sjieed, and the hitting. Mostly, though, the Pirates shared the sentiments of catcher Steve Nicosia: "Hey. we voted Carlton a full playoff share, didnt we? whose longtime battery-matTim Carlton McCarver, was catching the last game of his career closed out a personal 0 September with an overwhelming effort in Montreal and surpassed 2(8) strikeouts for a season for the first time since 1974. Naturally, were disappointed we didnt finish first, said Montreal first baseman Tony Perez. "But what can you do when you have a guy like Carlton pitching against you the way he did today? I'm proud of the way our team finished out the season. "We did the best job we could but came up two games short, said Expo manager Dick Williams. "It's tough, because I figured if we had 95 wins it would have been enough for us to win m our division." g Gene Tenace's Padres 5, Giants 3 homer made it a nice way to go out for Padre manager Roger Craig, who learned bjfore the game that he has been fired by the San Diego club Under best record of Craig, the Padres had their 8 in 1978 but slipped to 3 this year. Astros 3, Dodgers 2 Rookie Dan Heep's sacrifice fly in the eighth inning snapped a 2 tie and made a winner of JoeNiekro. Houston ended with an record, best in the club's history, while the had their first losing season since ) Dodgers e gathered. So many of those California players who helped Ralston bring Aggie football back to respectability were the products of Jerry Wilson s For those e Bruce Kison by Stev e Cai It on If Montreal had won. it could have forced a doubleheader division tie by sweeping a make-utrom Atlanta Monday. But the determined Expos are now out, and it will be Pittsburgh that will meet ( ini mnati m the National League playoffs, which begin Tuesday night in Cincinnati "This is the biggest thrill of n:y entire baseball career," said Pirate manager Chuck Tanner, who won his first division title. Wilson offered a base where the Aggie coaches could stay at his home and eat at his restaurant. And it was a place where coaches You can't blame Mountain Bell Telephone for Caba the poor picture of the Little Red Lopez-Jos- e fight last week since telephone operators report they had a perfect picture on their monitor. . . .Jim Hart of the St. Louis Cardinals is the 10th NFL quarterback to have thrown 2,000 or more pass completions, but he has one unique factor in his favor he was the only one of the 10 signed as a free agent. . . .Roland Solomon (Utah i has been released by Buffalo Bills, but Rick Partridge (Utes) has been signed by New Orleans as a punter. . . .Antonio Aguilar, who performed at the Coliseum with his rodeo a week ago, wanted to thank all the people who attended, and promised to return next year at the Salt Palace, if dates can be cleared. . . .Kellen Winslow, rookie tight end for San Diego Chargers out of Missouri, credits his pass catching skills to dishwashI have soft hands, be admits, from ing. washing dishes and doing the laundry since I was e 12 years old.. . . .George Blanda is the ' scoring leader in pro football with 2,002 points but Utah State's Jim Turner is second, some 60(1 points behind. . . .Wendell Rollins, who represented the United States as cyclist in the 1948 Olympic Games in London, is visiting his old home town. . . . Rollins claims one record he says will never be broken, the time of three days, 14 hours ' and 52 minutes for cycling from Salt Lakes Eagle Gate to San Franciscos Golden Gate. . . .Del (Popcorn) Rodgers may want to clip this for his scrap book (from Score, the football forecasting weekly): The fabulous Del (Popcorn) Rodgers, the nations finest running back, has indicated his favorite TV program is Happy Days.. . . . e Triumph touchRichard Todd threw a down pass to Wesley Walker with 2.21 left in the game the only pass Walker caught all day to give the Jets a 0 lead. Miami scored on the last play of d the game on a pass from Bob Griese to Nat Moore. Oilers 31, Browns 10 Earl Campbell scored three touchdowns in Houstons rout as tile Oilers moved into a tie with the Browns and Pittsburgh for the AFC Central Division lead, each at John Redskins 16. Falcons 7 Riggins scored Washingtons d on a run, and Mark Moseley kicked field goals of 46, 53 and yaiu! to beat Atlanta. Joe Ferguson Bills 31. Colts 13 hurled three touchdown passes as Buffalo handed Baltimore its fifth a setback booed straight defeat lustily by 31,904 fans at Baltimore. Ferguson threw to Frank Lewis for a strike in the second period and to Lou Piccone later added a to Reuben Gant. and a Chuck Muncie Saints 24, Giants 14 ran for two touchdowns and Garo Yepremian extended his record string of consecutive field goals to 18 as New Orleans handed New York its fifth straight loss. 33-2- six-yar- 4-- one-yar- luth-mnin- e 84-7- 68-9- 2-- 89-7- 3 (79-83- 19l8. Braves 7. Reds 2 Phil Niekrotn-- his brother tor the X.L. lead in victories (21) by pitching a It was the most v it. torus for the knucklebalk-- r since his season in 1969. six-hitt- 23-1- 3 JTt. jAT. Sus. nn J' nu-ri- an t 9. Blue - e 18-1- 1 7 five-hitte- Knight, Holland First to Feel Jazz Ax Blade By Lex Hemphill T ribune Sports W riter It turns out he was not the Knight in shining armor for which the Utah Jazz had hoped. forward from Loyola till Larry Knight, a was thrilled on June 25 to be the Jazz No. 1 draft j. choice, but that thrill has turned to disappointment just three months later, as Knight was placed on waivers by the Jazz Sunday. Joining Knight on waivers was Wilbur Holland The two cuts reduced the Jazz roster to 14 players They were the first two cuts made by the Jazz brass n since camp opened Sept. 14. Dantley Trade Hurt Knight can lx- - superstitious about the number 13, for it was on Sept. 13 that the Jazz acquired Adrian Dantley from the Lakers, making the rookie expendable. I feel the Dantley trade might have hurt a little bit, since we both played the same position, said Knight from Evansville, Ind., Sunday night. Knight said he was a little stunned" when General Manager Frank Layden informed him of the cut Sunday morning. But he seemed to harbor no bitterness after having a spent a day on airplanes to think about it I felt they were as fair to me as they possibly could be." said Knight. "I thank them for their honesty. 1 want to thank them for everything they did for me If a spot opens up, Id like to come back and try again " draft Knight is only the second 1979 choice who is no longer with his team. The other is Lee Johnson, who was drafted by Houston as a back-u- p center but who has been beaten out by Paul Mokt-ski- . Knight was the 2uth pick overall in the draft. Situation's Changed d The cut of a draft choice dix-- not speak well for a team's drafting strategy, but Layden wasnt regretting the choice. He reiterated that the three players he wanted (Larry Demic, Reggie King, end Wiley Peek i were gone by the time the Jazz See Page C-- Column 8 pre-seaso- first-roun- Chuck Forerun with 2 (13 man scored on a left in the third quarter to snap a 3 tie and Rick Danmeier kicked a pair of field goals for Minnesota. Dun Fouts Chargers 31, 49ers 9 passed for 251 yards and two touchdowns as San Diego kept San Francisco winlcss m the AFC West. San Diego scored 17 H)ints in the second quarter, 10 in a span. O.J. Simpson had 89 yards rushing to put him over 13, Lions two-yar- 10 d s 2, yards for a career. Dave Raiders 27. Broncos 3 Casper, back in the lineup after a contract dispute, caught one Ken Stabler touchdown pass of 28 yards and set up one of two Jim Breech field goals with a reception as the Raiders ended a three-gam- e losing streak. Lsis Angeles Rains 21, Cards 3 moved into sole possession of first place i shutout of in th NFC w, t with the year. Wendell Tyler and Cullen Bryant each scored for the Rams on runs and Rams resene quarterback Vince Ferragamo hit Billy Waddy with a scoring pass late in the game Chiefs 21. Seahawkx 6 Ted McKmght scored on touchdown runs of 23 and 84 yards and rookie quarterback Steve Fuller threw a three-yirtmuhdown pass to Mike William- - as Kansas (My romped K . 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I I I NEW Yi&ES d it1-- IY INSTALLED 3-- ll.(HK) d first-roun- nine-yard- Vikings league Javs 2 - The ai.ks w mind up the s as'.ii vvih an eight game winning streak, the Javs w mind ti p w n h Ihe majors' worst won lost record, and boy llarlslield wound up without a job Hartsfiold. tin- only manager Torantn has had in its three-yea- r was fired alter the game and has lieen histoiv .tiered another position m the Bine Jay organization For the Yanks, the dethroned world champs, Ron Guidry piti hed tluee innings and struck out tour to make him the first Yankee pitcher to (tost two 2nd strikeout seasons in a row Hi' final 2 78 FK V led Kim Davis won his the American an A L record lor relief wins by a rookie Twins 5. Brewers 0 Jerry Koosman. winner of only three games last year with the Mets, became a 31 game winner lor the second tune the was 21 1(1 with the Mets in 197(i), as he pit chin) a nine hitter. Gorman Thomas struck out for the 175th time, tying the A L record set by Dave Nicholson in 1'83 Roy Smalley set an A L. record for assists in a season (572) by a shortstop Alston singled home the Indians 6. Orioles 5 w liming run in the 11th inning, as the Indians finished over 5(8i for the first time since 1976 and topped a million in attendance for the first time since 1974. Jack Morns won his 17th. Tigers 5. Red Sox Ron got two hits to finish the year at ..5(81. and the Tigers wound up a half game worse than they did last year. The Angels snapped a Angels 11. Rangers 5 three-gam- e losing streak behind homers from Bohbv (inch. Carney Insford. and Don Baylor. Gnch finished with 101 RBls. joining Baylor and Dan Ford as Angel li8gRBI men As 6. Roy als 5 Dave Rever ing tripled home two nins m the ninth to heat K V and allow Brian to finish as the only Oakland pitcher Kingman i8-with a winning Ken Kravec pitched a White Sox 6, Mariners 1 r and Thad Bosley drove m three runs in Chicago anket-- s iKBQ-ES- J d Safety Cowboys 39, Bengals 13 Randy Hughes and cornerbaek Aaron Mitchell returned interceptions for a total of 104 yards, setting up two Dallas toui hdowns, and Cincinnati remained w inless in this interconference tus-V- . New York's Jets 33, Dolphins 27 Mt-l- s I, ( animals 2 - The Mels .ivt rled tilt- - lilth I'M loss v,..tsin in their hist'ii v when Klhutt Maddox 'I home a run III the ninth la break a 2 2 lie .II' s LUBE-- T OIL CHANGE-FILT- Valvolm ft1 10W ER 1?S3 40 Motoi Factory Ltib iA ,, Jh Ai IlA y 4 x |
