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Show 3) t Halt fake Sfibntu Section D Sunday Morning, October 17, 1982 Fbr Recorded Scores Calll 800 Local Page One 662-435- 237-202- Sports Information Call 4 237-200- 1 5 Brewers Love Cardinal Sin - Tribune Sports Editor Bowen D. Miies, of Salt Lake City questions the arguments put forward a week ago by Hawaii's Ray Nagel support of seven-gam- in a e football schedule of WAC games. I would like to pose this ques-tio- Which WAC would .drop school like to BYU from John Mooney its schedule? . What was the largest crowd in Hawaii football history? The largest crowd at New Mexico? At San Diego State, Utah State and Utah? All BYU. Second largest at UTEP? he challenges. . . dont have the figures for I Milwaukee Uses Error for Comeback Win By Fred McMane UPI Sports Writer St Louis rookie MILWAUKEE Dave LaPoint committed a Cardinal sin Saturday and let the Milwaukee Brewers crawl out of a game 4 grave to even the World Series at two games apiece. LaPoint dropped an easy throw at first base from Keith Hernandez in the seventh inning, allowing Ben Oglivie to reach base safely, and the Brewers went on to score six unearned runs and beat St. Louis in the fourth game of the Series. The fifth game of the series will be played at County Stadium Sunday, beginning at 2:45 EDT, with the Series then switching to St. Louis on Tuesday-nigh- t for the sixth game. "I might have taken my eye off the ball tor a second to look for the bag," said a dejected LaPoint of Oglivies bouncer to Hernandez, a It's a gold glove first baseman. play we should have had and we should have gotten out the inning. Wyoming, Colorado State and Air Force but Im sure their games with BYU are one of their biggest crowds. What school doesnt want the chance to play and beat the defending conference champion? Trailing entering their half of the seventh and humiliated by the Cardinals' aggressive baserunning, the Brewers sent 12 batters to the plate and collected five hits to pull out a verdict that had seemed lost Gorman Thomas capped the outtwo-ruburst with a single. After LaPoint's error, Don Money followed by dumping a single into short right center and, after Charlie Moore popped out, Jim Gantner delivered a double to kayo the rookie. Cardinals' Manager Wh'tey Herzog, forced to rest ace reliever Bruce Sutter, called on Doug Bair instead and Bair could not handle the task as he walked Paul Molitor to load the bases and gave up a check-swintwo-rusingle to Robin Yount. I wasnt fooled on the pitch, said Yount. I was trying to hold up 5-- n 5 n g g but I still hit it solid " Herzog then called on 43 year-olleft hander Jim Kaat to pitch to he hitting Cecil Cooper, hut Cooper ripped a single off the glove of third baseman Ken Oherk-fel- l to knock in Molitor with Ihe ty ing run Oberkfell sounded as despondent as LaPoint about not coming up The fifth game of the World Series will be carried by Channel 2 and by KSIradio 1160 at 2 p.m. (MDT). with the proper defensive play. I think I should have gotten it, but it's one of those things, said Oberkfell. "You cant give them more outs than they deserve. count on Kaat then went to a Ted Simmons before the left hander was replaced by rookie Jeff Lahti, 0 who completed an intentional walk to the Brewers' catcher to load the bases Thomas, chained down by an embarrassing slump, then atoned for his past failures at the plate by lining a 12 pitch into left center to score Yount and Cooper and give the Brewers the lead "I had no pressure on me the said game was alreadv tied, Thomas, playing with an assort ment of iniuries The other guys already had the key hits. He threw me a slider on 12." 2 fnr-1- While the Cardinals' bullpen failed, the Brewers' relief corps was superb despite the continued absence of injured relief ace Rollie Fingers. Jim Slaton, who took over for starter Moose Haas in the sixth inning, allowed only one hit in two innings of relief to notch the triumph and Boh McClure pitched hitless relief over innings to post l- -i a save. The Cardinals used their aggressive baserunning to build a 4 0 lead after two innings, scoring twice on an unusual two-rusacrifice fly hv Tom Herr. "I've seen that play before." "I had George Scott score irom second once on a sacrifice fly when managed at Kansas City The Cardinals wasted no time in getting to Haas. Oberkfell stroked a one out double in the first inning and after Hernandez struck out. George Hendrick hit a high chopper over the mound that kicked off shortstop Younts glove and caromed into short right field for a single as Oberkfell scored It was in the second that the Cardinals really got their running game going With one out. Willie McGee, who won Friday night's game w ith a pair of homers, singled to left and stole second on a pitchout when Simmons couldnt get the ball out of his glove Ozzie Smith then walked on a pitch and both See Page D-Column 1 Herzog raid 1 Luck Is on Utahs Side of the Border With their enlarged stadium, BYU is having little problem in Utes Manage 24-1- 4 Win Over UNLV scheduling major intersectional opponents home and home. Some of their partisans have suggested BYU go independent and play only big name opponents, thus enjoying both of Mr. Nagel's desires of gaining more prestige and in creased revenues, especially from TV. By John Mooney Tribune Sports Editor Since the renovation hasn't closed out the south end. the Robert L. Rice Stadium still has its horseshoe look, and the Ute football team needed all the luck it could find in turning back stubborn, and unlucky, Nevada-La- s Vegas, Saturday afternoon. Utah was lucky, lucky, lucky in winning this game, which counts as a WAC victory and moves the in the league, while the Utes to Rebels, also playing a designated in thal game in the PCAA, fell to conference. Bui Llah had a little spunk in the fourth quarter which enabled it to shut down the Rebel offense and push over a clinching touchdown with 1:29 left in the game to even for the season. Utah's record at Kenny Vierra caught the Las Vegas defense off guard with a quarterback keeper, which covered the final seven yards for the score that put the game out of reach. It was a strange game, with Utah playing masterful ball control in dominating the first half, only to see Las Vegas turn around with the same dominating play in the third period to narrow the Ute lead to But a this time, every member the WAC is anxious to receive the support that their BYU game affords. of I hold degrees from Southeastern Conference and Pac-1- 0 schools, and both conferences play less than complete schedules. I would point out that they have 10 schools, not nine, in their leagues and they have the dissatisfying situation of having two schools tied at the end of the season, because they didnt meet during the season. 24-1- 2-- 1 So Mr. Nagels proposal is not Dr. Miles without drawbacks, argues. 0-- 2 Nagels Reasoning 3 The length of a column sometimes prevents development of the complete proposition, and this may have been the case in the Nagel column. Ray had mentioned one objection some schools had offered, that some members might not wish to schedule BYU, and thus escape playing the top team in the conference. A team might schedule away from BYU and win the championship, and some of the schools who always play BYU feel this would be unfair, to BYU, too. Hawaii and BYU are not scheduled in three of the next five years, which should be an advantage for the Warriors. followers of the WAC will remember Arizona State in the first three years could not get four WAC opponents and was not eligible for the championship although the Sun Devils had records of in in 63 and in 64. 1962, Tr.bu" Lte running back Carl Monroe bolts through the center of the UNLV line on his way to his sixth straight Long-tim- e 100-yar- bv pu' With Win Over Rainbows 8-- 2 8-- 1 New Mexico won the WAC in 1962 and 1963, but did not play Arizona State, while Utah, to prove the point, lost each of those years to the Sun Devils. Two Bowl Offers Cougars Survive Another Scare By Dick Rosetta Tribune Sports Writer PROVO Brigham Young Universitys Cougar Stadium is not a $12 million jinx after all. After BYU's stunning 8 loss to Air Force three weeks ago in the christening of the Intermountain West's biggest football facility, the whispering started. And when University of Hawaii forged leads of and 0 Saturday and had held the 5 tie with 25 Cougars to a minutes to play, the railbirds were really wondering about this 65,000-sea- t albatross. But all's well that ends well isn't it? Even if the Cougars would show four pass interceptions and a lost fumble, the victory Saturday before 65,172 fans on a flawless Utah autumn afternoon was enough to make this the official baptismal. Sept. 25 was a mulligan they were saying. Throw it out. Quarterback Steve Young's scoring strike to wide receiver Neil Balholm and touchdown runs by Waymon Hamilton and Casey Tiumalu in the second half shook first-hal- f BYU out of its mistake-pronact and shoved the Cougars into a familiar position in the Western Athletic Conference at least a tie for the top spot. But the Cougars' third WAC win of the year against a single loss wasnt a gift. The Rainbows, with lightning-quicbacks Anthony Edgar and Mike Scott joining shifty quarterback Bernard Quarles, had the home club against the wall as late as midway through the third tie at that period, holding a stage But that is a predicament with See Page . Column 5 newly-expande- Also in Nagel's favor, he saw the possibility of a tie among the two better teams in the WAC with his schedule idea, and his argument was two teams in the bowls would be much better than just one in the Holiday Bowl. I think the full schedule of opponents is the honest way to play 1Tls3 n 8 league, but every athletic director is trying to figure ways to post-seaso- n his help program. And I can just hear the screaming of unfairness in one of those three years BYU plays only seven games (not Hawaii) and the Ray Nagel Cougars are edged from the champrecord to some ionship with a mark. teams Coach Bill Meek of the Utes always claimed Utah deserved a at least in 1969 to when the Utes finished Arizona State's 61. after the Utes had beaten the Sun Devils. But the record book doesn't show it that 8-- 5-- 1 way. Obfrenation Ward don't begrudge a person marching to a different drummer if he doesnt criticize the rest of us for being out of step. I d $aH rushing day. Monroe gained 160 yards on 36 carries. He entered the game as the third best runner in the nation. d Utah had two great breaks in the game, which helped pile up the halftime lead 39-3- 17-- After Utah had driven from its 20 the Rebel 25 after the opening kicked a kick. Tim Fahringer field goal. Utah completely owned the first quarter, running off 28 plays to Nevada's seven and possessing the football 12 59 to 2 01. But Utah had only the three points on the board. to 6-- 0 18-1- d 25-2- The malingned Rebel defense held the Utes on fourth and two on the 14 to keep the srore close in the first quarter Utah's first score was set up as Jordan Stone intercepted a Randall Cunningham pass on the Utah 37. Utah drove in to score, with Danny Tarver going the final four yards in two plunges Fahrtng-er'lead kick gave Utah a 39-2- d s 10-- 'With less than two minutes to play in the half, a low snap from renter eluded the Rebel punter and Utah swarmed on the ball in the end zonr with Lonnie Lawson credited with the touchdown and a 17 0 lead e But even before that. Nevada must have known it was not destined to win as Keyvan Jenkins broke up the middle and, with a clear field for a touchdown ahead, fumhled the hall. He recovered hi.: the Rebels had to settle for A field goal attempt, whii h was wide k 25-2- t But even then, the offense needed a break when a roughing the kicker penalty gave Utah a first down on the Rebel 28. Tex Wise picked up nine on a reverse, but Vierra was loss. Vierra. sacked for a running for his life, passed to Carl Monroe, who made a great catch for a gain. On fourth and two. Vierra started right and knifed over for the score. five-yar- d D-2- In the final period. Utah put its game together and had charge at the gun, but not before the Rebel offense and defense had given the crowd of 26,182 a few more thrills than necessary. Utah's defense, which had been punished by a surprising ground attack by the visitors, finally shut down the Rebels without a first down in UNLV's last three possessions. and the punting of Scott Sanderson finally gave Utah the field position it needed to drive the final 32 yards for the breakaway. -- Tribsjr Hawaii's Vincent Sides delivers a crushing tackle to BYU's Scott Iettis Saturday as t t tWl Photo bv fttvtH CH tiie RYU player struggles for more yardage, The Cougars rolled to a 39 ?r W C iritimph So in the second quarter Utah tw ier, on a pass interception and a fumble in the end one. while scored See Page . Colli nut 5 |