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Show yy ry if y y"iy rurry iy f ' - - .ay...- y.i ff y"y 1 y.yyi ,y wiyy rmirmitrmitmv John Cooks Miller in Canada Playoff Jolm Mooney Tribune Sports Editor - KINGS ISLAND, Ohio The college football rules committee has taken the spiking of the ball, the hoochie-koochi- y By Bob Green Associated Press Writer Ontario John OAKVILLE, Cook, composed and relaxed in growing pressure, dropped a birdie putt on the sixth hole of a sudden death playoff and beat weary Johnny Miller for the title Sunday in the Canadian Open Golf champion- e gyrations in the end zone, and the unsportsmanlike actions that tend to humiliate opponents and infu- riate spectators out of the game. This year, a new rule will take another act out John Mooney of the action. The fake to draw a penalty for roughing the kicker has been recognized, and this fall, if a kicker falls down, an official will make sure it was a defensive hit rather than an acting bit. If the offiicial feels the fall was an acting bit, the actor will draw a penalty. This penalty will be so severe, a kicker will think twice before swooning, Davey Nelson of the rules committee predicted to the Football Writers Sunday. Under the old rules, the actor 0 had a chance of the official calling a roughness penalty and marking off 15 yards, which kept the drive going. The worst that could happen was the official would ignore the act. This worked both ways. Sometimes a player wasnt hit and he fooled the officials, while other times a legitimate foul was interpreted as part of the act. By eliminating the faking, the rules makers hope to make this interpretation more fair. Utah lost a punter for the season in the Hawaii game last fall. He was hit and his leg was broken, but no flag was dropped for a penalty. Nelson, a former coach, recalled a story of a punter flattened on the sod and his coach warning the official, "When you turn him over, wed better find a flag under him. 50-5- Buffer Zone The rules makers also made it tougher on the defense covering a buffer punt by placing a two-yar-d zone around the safety man until he has caught the ball. That means the punt coverage cant come closer than two yards, even if the would-b- e tacklers are running by the receiver. On the plus side, a player who runs into a kick receiver (incidental contact) might draw only a five-yar- d penalty but not an automatic first down, while contact ruled as, roughing the kicker means 15 yards and an automatic first down. Because some coaches were using their eligible receivers as picks to clear out the defense for a trailing receiver, the new rules place the responsibility of avoiding contact on the offensive player. It has been a rule for some time that a player scoring a touchdown must hand the ball to the nearest official. This prevents the showboating, spiking, or throwing the ball into the stands in the college game. But a player intercepting a pass or recovering a fumble has been known to race off the field, waving the recovered football. Not anymore. He must hand the ball to the nearest official, just like the player who scored a touchdown. Dye Is Cast Pat Dye, who left Wyoming after one year to become head coach at Auburn, was quick to establish his way, according to David Housel, the Tiger public relations chief. Alabama, of course, is the team to beat in the SEC, David explained, and when Coach Dye was hired, he was asked how long it would take him to beat Alabama. His answer was, 60 minutes. At Auburn, they say there are two ways to play football Dyes way or Trailways. Coaches may be fired for many things. Did you know John Heisman, the father of the forward pass and the man the trophy honors, left Georgia Tech because, in his divorce settlement, he and his wife agreed one would have to leave Atlanta, and Heisman quit his job as the loser? Or that Ray Morrison was fired at Southern Methodist in 1916 over the choice of school colors? The president of the university wanted crimson and blue (for Harvard and Yale) and Morrison disagreed and was fired. One final Clemson story: During practice this spring, an official was instructing the squad in punt coverage and how players must wear certain numbers on their jerseys to be eligible to go down under kicks unless special permission for another number was given by an official. In checking to see how well the players were getting his message, the official turned to one player and said, Whos ineligible? And the Tiger reported, "We dont know, sir. We haven't got our grades yet." Observation Ward If Billy Cannon had been a horticulturist, he could have claimed those $100 bills came from his century plant, or as a singer, be could have claimed C notes were natural, but as an orthodontist, he couldn't very well claim be got the funny money from the tooth fairy. And, he added, its probably just I didnt win That would have been too much. I almost don't believe I even got in the playoff. I don't think I would believe it if I had won." Miller was making his first start since havirg surgery in as well gall-bladd- June. "I wasnt supposed to play here. The doctors didn't want me to play. ship. I give him all the credit, the veteran Miller said of his opponent. He did not crack one time. Not once. He looked like a machine out there.. Jan Wins Open, long-haire- was very relaxed," he said "I hit every shot as solid as I could and I hit every one just exactly where I wanted to hit it. It was a grea honor just to be in the playoff with Miller." Miller, still on the mend from surgery, said he didnt expect to be there. I Section C C-- 4 nament under my belt before the PGA (next week), Miller said. I accomplished so much more than I thought I would. "Cook played super. He was very composed The only shot he missed was on the hole he won on, when he Monday, The first five holes of the playoff went by to pars, with Cook twice lipputts that would ping out have won it. Miller had to scramble twice, but each time extended the overtime with clutch putts. When they reached the 18th hole for the second time in the playoff, and the third time of the day, Cook drove into a fairway bunker and had no chance of going for the green on the par-5- . Miller, an opening, went for it with sensing second shot, which he a into the gallery. pulled Cook laid up short, then pitched on water-guarde- August. 1, 1983 Page 10 feet below the hole Miller a tough chip off the bank, dumped his third in a bunker, then played out and was on in four when Cook rammed in the winner The victory, the second of Cook's four-yea- r tour career, was worth T played the round to win except that 1R " Nicklaus said - with 67 d $76,500 $425,000 from the total purse 1 of AAuAAA M. A.A had to plav didn't hirdie 62 Miller, seeking his second victory of the season, had to be content with a check for $45,900 It was his second playoff loss of the season. Jack Nicklaus missed the playoff by a single shot, while Andy Bean was excluded by the margin of a penalty he received Saturday for a frivolous putt Nicklaus, who has never won this national championship, shot a 67 missing a 6 8 foot birdie and was at putt on the final hole two-strok- e final-roun- d - 278 "I wanted to prove to myself I could play a good round without messing up somewhere," said Bean, who finished at 279, only two shots back He was penalized two strokes Saturday after he'd tapped in a putt with the wrong end of the putter, rapping the ball with the grip It violates Rule 19 of the Rules of Golf, which demands the ball be fairly struck at with the head of the club " I ( or ItcconU all cl Scores -- B(M)-((,-i;t.'l I oral 2.'57-2u- 2" Birds Keep Winning; Expos Nip Cardinals Wallachs HR Orioles Blank Rangers, 6-For 19-- 7 July Is Decisive; Braves Lose 0, TLA. Tribune Wire Services After completing the most successful July in the history of the franchise, the Baltimore Orioles now hope that a change in the calendar will do little to afiect their recent hot streak. Moments after the Orioles won their fifth straight game with a 0 rout of the Texas Rangers Sunday in Baltimore, Birds Manager Joe Altobelli was told that the Orioles 19-- 7 mark for July was the teams best ever. His response was typically cautious, for after expressing surprise at the record and praising his team, he noted, It's only July, though. Theres a long way to go and we still have to keep it up. Altobelli cited excellent pitching and timely hitting as the reasons for Baltimores success, but also gave credit to players like rookie Mike Boddicker, who limited Texas ar 6-- Hall of Fame, 2 6-- 5 C-- 5 1 to four hits while improving his record to 5 with his third shutout of the season. The young guys have given our club a lift, claimed Altobelli. All the kids that came up (due to injuries to Baltimore regulars) did a pretty darn good job. . Ken Singleton, who knocked in a run in Baltimores two-ru- n first inning, said that the Orioles will determine their own fate in the heated battle for the American League East title If we continue playing like this, then nobody can catch us, claimed Singleton. The Rangers have now lost six since the straight and are break. Mariners 3, Twins 2: At Minneapolis, pinch hitter Manny Castillo g smacked a double in the top of the ninth inning to snap a 2 tie, and Seattle relief ace Bill Caudill protected the lead in the bottom of the ninth, earning his 19th save. Afterwards, Caudill was ready to give Manager Del Crandall credit for the save. Caudill got Gary Gaetti to ground into a game-endin- g double play. But first he had pitched himself into a two-oone-ojam. Crandall came out to the mound, and Caudill said of the managers visit, Del did the best thing he could. He came out and' made me laugh. I was so pumped up that I was rushing. I only get a chance for a save once every five or six days, and I want to do so well for this club because were struggling. Brewers 7, Red Sox 5: At Boston, the Brewers erupted for four runs on five hits in a ninth-innin- g rally that vicgave them a tory over the Red Sox. It was the 22nd Victory in the last 30 games for the Brewers, and Milwaukee Manager Harvey Kuenn said, We got the runs when it counted. Thats what we didnt do early in the year, but we have been doing it now. The Brewers had a .338 team batting average in their previous nine games and pounded out 13 hits Sunday. Cecil Cooper, who drove in the run with a double, said, Weve won games here (at Fenway and they had a Park) chance in the ninth. This is a good park to hit in. Yankees 12, White Sox 6: At Chicago, Don Baylors grand slam n homer highlighted a 11th inning that lifted the Yanks over the White Sox. Baylor and the rest of the e Yankees' responded to a speech by Manager Billy Martin, who was worried the team might fall into an extended slump after the Yankees had lost two straight to the White Sox while scoring only three runs. Said Baylor: Billy told us we can come back and win again if wc are aggressive." Andre Robertson opened the Yan-Se- e Column 1 Page 7-- All-St- 5-- ar n 2-- n, Tribune It was wet at Derks Field Sunday, but not wet enough to drive Ron DeWaal and son 12-1- 0, 12-1- 1, six-ru- pre-gam- C-- i I Photo bv Von Porter Les from their seats during a rain delay, The Gulls won in a contest. rain-shorten- Gulls Overcome Trappers And Rain for 9-- 1 Victory ut come-from-behi- Tribune Wire Services The pitch wasnt much different than the first two strikes against Tim Wallach, but the result certainly wasnt the same. I took a couple of bad swings at the first two strikes and I told myself to get my head together and concentrate on swinging down on the ball," said Wallach. Without the pitch uppercut, Wallach lofted a into the leftfield bleachers for an his 13th solo homer eighth-innin- g to give the Montreal Expos a triumph over the St. Louis Cardinals Sunday in Montreal. I should just be trying to hit the ball hard in that situation." Wallach said. Sometimes when you go up there thinking home run, it can get your head messed up. The winning blow came after reliever John Stuper had retired Gary Carter on a bouncer to the mound. It made a winner of Jeff Reardon, who pitched a strong ninth after squanlead in dering part of the Expos' the eighth. "I wish Gully could have got the said Reardon, referring to win, starter Bill Gullickson. Give him the win and Wallach the save." Booed by the fans for ineffective outings the last three weeks, Reardon said he expected the same treatment in the ninth. But they were behind me," he said. It really made me feel good." The Cardinals erased the four-ru- n deficit in the top af the eighth. Consecutive singles by Steve Braun. Andy Van Slyke and David Green to open the inning produced one run and chased starter Gullickson. He was replaced by Reardon, who was Lonnie greeted by pinch-hitte- r Smiths two-rusingle. Smith then stole second, but Reardon struck out pinch-hitte- r George Hendrick and Willie McGee before Ken Oberkfell tied the score with a single to center. By Ray Herbat Tribune Sports Writer The Gulls continued to play the survival role at Derks Field Sunday. They not only beat the elements again but also whipped Edmonton, in a game stopped in the bottom of the fifth inning because of rain and wet grounds. As a result of their victory before a slim crowd of 1,786, the Gulls regained second place in the PCL e Northern Division, a ahead of the Trappers. This is not the first time this season that the Gulls' management was able to save a game and a victory. Because of the quick use of the tarp and careful care of the infield, Gene Nelson was able to celebrate a return to the mound with his eighth victory in 10 decisions. Nelson, who admits to being a good rainy day pitcher, won a similar rainy decision earlier this season. And that one didnt go the full nine, either. rain delay afDuring a ter the second inning, Nelson, who was anxious for the restart since the Gulls had a 1 lead at the time, said his elbow felt fine. Nelsons tender elbow kept him from competitive duty for almost six weeks. Rod Allen and Darnel) Coles were two other Gulls hoping the heavy downpour would abate so that the teams could get in the required 4i innings. Allen blasted a grand slam home run in the first inning and Coles followed with a two-ru- n shot as Salt Lake roughed up Trapper race for the Todays 9-- 1, half-gam- 7-- Radio-T- V ! second-hal- f title in the n should be a league's tense one all the way. Gulls Manager Bobby Floyd sees it close all the way, but is not overjoyed by the schedule, which has the Gulls on the road for the final eight in late August. Edmonton, meanwhile, plays all but eight games at home the entire month of August. But your team now has as good a chance to win the second half as anybody, noted Moose. Log split-seaso- Here is a listing of Mondays sports broadcast schedule: 6 p.m. Tennis, Volvo International finals, USA, Cable TV. 7 p.m. Baseball, Yankees vs White Sox, Channel 4. 7:30 p.m. PCL baseball, Gulls at Vancouver, KDYL-A(1280), tape delayed. The Gulls open a series in VancouMonday, with Scott Stranski pitching for Salt Lake. Game time Monday is 4 p.m. MDT, and the game will be heard over KDYL at 7:30 p.m. on a tape delay. Jim Maler returned to the Gulls' lineup Sunday and doubled in three ver starter for six Angel Moreno runs. The Gulls added another run off Moreno in the second and scored twice off Dave A. Smith in the fourth. In the bottom of the fifth, with the field getting soggier with each drop of water, Bud Bulling, Glen Walker and Billy Crone singled to load the bases with one out before play was stopped. The umpires huddled around the pitchers mound and called out Edmonton Manager Moose Stubing. After a moment or two, Stubing was seen pointing his finger at ump Dana DeMuth. Suddenly, the umpires waved to signal the game was over. Said Stubing later, "He (DeMuth) thought the infield was still playable. I didnt and told him so. Did you see my shortstop out there?" Trappers' shortstop prospect Dick Schofield slipped the inning before on a ground out. The Gulls win illustrates that the came after Altrips. His len cleared the bases with his 10th homer and preceded Coles sixth home run. "What can I say?" shrugged Maler, who is now a member of the team for the third time this season. I just have to keep battling and hope something happens. I'm on my last option this year and I just have to wait and see what comes up." With Maler herp, Floyd has a pleasant headache. Where will he fit Maler's bat into a lineup which includes Ken Phelps, the hottest hitter among Salt Lake's players. "It'll come down to playing the best nine I have in the final three weeks," said Flovd. two-bagg- er Astros 9, Reds 2: At Houston, Astro hitters supported pitcher Joe Niekro with their biggest single-innin- g rally of the season. The Astros exploded for seven runs with two outs in the seventh inning to give Niekro his fourth victory in his last five outings. Niekro scattered seven hits, struck out nine and walked one. Niekro, using primarily his knuckleball, had a perfect game until Nick Esasky singled with two out in the fifth. Joe had an outstanding knuckleball today. He had good control and good movement, and when you have both of those, a knuckleball is tough to hit, Houston manager Bob Lillis said. He really went after them. When you have a seven-ru- n lead, you can pitch differently and be more aggressive." Lillis also lauded the seventh-innin- g outburst. That was great. I'll take all those I can get," he said. That's the best rally we've had this season. We scored six once earlier in the year, but we did it all with two outs today. Phil Garner hit a two-ru- n single and Jose Cruz followed with a two-rutriple to highlight the inning n Phillies 5, Cubs 2: At PhiladelJohn Denny went seven innings phia. in heat, but the Phillies' r said the hot weather didn't hamper his throwing. Denny allowed eight hits, struck out three and walked one, as the Phillies won setheir third game in a ries that ends Monday night. "The heat was worse in Atlanta," said Denny, who defeated the Braves on July 21 when the temperature hit 102. "This was like the Antarctic compared to Atlanta. I felt I could go pretty far, and I would have liked to have stayed, but I didn't mind being taken out." Bo Diaz homered and drove in two e runs to back Denny, who was Column 1 Page right-hande- five-gam- AjAAa-A- IdlAA- - , a. e 11-- 10-- 6 re-Se- C-- i i I I I Bean, gi imly determined to atonp for the penalty in the third round, birdied eight of the first 11 holes and matched the best round of the year on the PGA Tour with a spectacular Sports filwnc jialt Jake ie some par-savin- g They said it was too soon after the surgery I just wanted to get a tour- Cook agreed. hit his drive in the bunker." Cook and Miller each birdied the 72nd hole to complete regulation play at 277, seven shots under par Cook had a closing 68 and Miller a i A AA A A AAJAAAAAAA AaA.A A AAA AM A AAA A A A A At |
