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Show .f ' N John Mooney v I ls, (miUIcii I In A L. Blank Expos Spirts )Ilrror h .. riliitiM' 'HrU 4lilM LOS ANGELES. I 4U Not even the Royal Canadian Mounted Police could have done a hotter job of rescuing the Montreal Exms than right hander Ray Burris did Wednesday Kafirs Show (oiin Saon Ticht DcmaiKU night might Ih expected that the Golden Eagles, as defending champions of their hockey league, would show increased fan interest, since the club has developed a winning tradition, but a 25 ercent increase in season tickets is fantastic in the face of the tight money situation. Even more remarkable the increased interest in season tickets for University of Utah basketball this winter, inasmuch as theUtes are faced with replacing four regulars for the WAC race. Art Teece of the Eagles It 0 admits. haven't raised We Burris Tosses " This is a game had to go out cot perioral extremely well for us to wtn I used a lot ol oft siloed pitches. 1 was mixing a number of in with my fastball " sliders and change-up- s After a day off for travel on Thursday, the series will resume at Montreal Friday night. Steve Rogers will pitch for Montreal. Jerry Reuss for the Dodgers, but the Exists now lielieve they have the upper hand since the final three games of the senes, if necessary, will lie played at Olympic Stadium. Burris' victory broke a Montreal jmx at Dodger Stadium and bolstered the team's confidence considerably. The Exhs had lost 10 games in a row and KMtf-2at Dodger Stadium prior to Wednesday night We feel very confident with three games in Montreal." said Expos' catcher Gary Carter. 1 castotf Burris, a who got a new lease on life with Montreal. helM-the Ehis get even in the National championship series hv beating the on a Ls Angeles Dodgers. In the process, Burris heat the Dodgers' aee. rookie Fernando Valenzuela, marking the third time in a week that the Expos have the leagues two lest Montreal defeated Steve Carlton twice in winning the NL East Division playoffs from Philadelphia. It was very gratifying," said Burris, who signed with Montreal as a free agent last winter after an undistinguished career with the Cubs, Yankees and Mets. I played for a numlier of managers and eiubs and this has to be my greatest experience, winning this game. The one-tim- 3-- our prices since three years Art Teece ago, and we give a 25 percent discount on the purchase of season tickets. A fan can buy the best scat for a $240 price and with pay only $180 for the season. We also have some of the higher-useats for $4 a game or $160, less the 25 percent discount, so we feel we keep ticket prices where the fans can afford to buy the season tickets without breaking the budget. Our last price raise was from $5 to $6 three years ago so we feel w'e are not pricing ourselves out of the fan market, Teece added. vp Monty Howard, the Ute V- -r S' e five-hitte- r. lest-f-fiv- o 0 -- "We are as confident there as the Dodgers are here The Dodgers are a veteran, experienced team and we are not They've licet) hole before and we haven't They're operating now on their exjmrieiice and we seem to lie running on adrenalin." Burris struck out three and walked two, shutout of recording his first complete-gam- e the season He allowed only five singles and the only hatters to really solve his deliveries were Dusty Baker and Bill Russell, each of whom had two hits. Valenzuela, who had beaten Montreal twice this season without a loss, didn't pitch badly but was not up to his usual jierformanco. He went six innings, allowing seven hits and three mils while walking two and striking out four. The Exms had managed only eight hits and three runs against him in IS innings during the regular season 1 d fTr Willi one out ill tile first, l.irry Parrish and White stroked singles and i romantic followed with a double to right that scored Parrish and sent White to third Chris Spcior then drew a walk on a full count and after Burris struck out. Tim Raines singled sharply to right to score White Jerry Imck-to-bac- romartle also tried to score on the plav was cut down at the plate on a strong throw hv Guerrero t hill A.L. Playoffs Yankees Rip As For Lead p 2-Ga- me - 5i ticket 1 pitched the way I always pitched." said Valenzuela It's just that this time they gut loll cure runs There ua- - nothing phv sii ally w rung w ith me It seems like o erv time I lose I'm asked what went wrong Well, it's just tf i;it the other team played well and didn't pitch well You can t exjmet to win every time out The Ems go! four of their hits all Valenzuela ill the second iiuung to score tvv ice and might have had more il right fielder Pedro Guerrero hadn't thrown out Wan on Cromart ie a! the plate Five-Hitt- er manager, said, We are up 10 percent over last year, and we dont have that many tickets to sell, as you know. But we have had more return orders for season ticket holders than in the a past and our sales really don't get going for another month or NEW YORK tUPU The New York Yankees found the answer to Billy Ball. Its called long ball and it has them within one victory of third 33rd American League pennant. The Yankees, using four hits each from Graig Nettles and Jerry Mum-plire- y and throe-ru- n homers by Nettles and Imu Piniella, ran Billy Martins Oakland As out of Yankee Stadium Wednesday with a record-settin- g attack that produced a 3 rout and a lead in the American league championship series "Our slogan is Win It for the Veterans and Lou and 1 are doing a pretty good job of it. said Nettles. "People have to stop worrying about calendar age and start worrying about whether you can do the job. Very Pleased Nettles. 37. sounded particularly pleased since he was slowed by hepatitis last year and failed to hit for a high average in this year's miniplayoff. "This is gratifying because of the In spring hepatitis," said Nettles. training, everybody in the organization who could bend over was taking ground balls at third base." Dave Fireballing rookie e Kighetti can wrap up the series and bring the Yankees to the World Series when he opposes Matt Keough in Oakland Thursday night 0 p.m. MDT). Ik Balt Cake unr v .ports 19-h- it "We did sell a conbina-fcvmiSastion football and basketball season package and found Monty Howard 700 customers for the combined sales. We also make a good price on the higher-u- p seats, and those behind the baskets, where a fan can buy a ticket for $40 and see 16 games. By getting these people in the Special Events Center and interested in Ute basketball we will develop future fans for the better seats, when and if they are available, Monty added. 13-- 0 Stuff u Sonu'sense Even in USCs loss to Arizona. Marcus Allen rushed for more than 200 yards from scrimmage, the eighth time he has topped that figure in his career and the 14th game in which he has rushed for 100 or more yards. Marion Dunn, the sports editor of the Provo Herald, received third prize in the US. Basketball Writers Association competition for his game story on the game in the NCAA tournament Gerald Riggs, the Arizona State fullback who pulverized the Ute defense earlier in the season, has been playing with a broken bom- - in his wrist all season, it was learned last week. . Iowas 64 points against Northwestern recently was the most points scored by a Big 10 team since Michigan whipped Navy, 4 in 1976 . . . Quote of week by Johnny McKay, coach of the Tampa Buy Buccaneers: My fan mail runs about 1 that I am not But even at that really a dirty ratio, there are still an awful lot of ones who think I am.". . . . W'hen Texas Christian (Utah States opponent of Saturday) ended Arkansas domination by beating the Razorbacks, 4 recently, it was noted that string was started in 1959 when a senior named Fred Akers kicked a string-startefield goal for the . . Akers, of course, coached at Wyoming before taking over as the head man at the University of Texas. Californians will vote to legalize harness racing on the November, 1982 ballot, which would allow the construction of a modern complex similar to the Meadowlands project in New Jersey. . . . Proposed California complex in the San Jose area would include a raceway for both harness and enclosed sports thoroughbred racing, a 21 000-sestadium for arena and, eventually, an 80,000-sefootball and soccer . . Wendy and Saranell Walk of Grantsville were featured in the "Faces in thie Crowd section of the Oct. 12 Sports Illustrated 1 . The article notes. Wendy, 15, competing in the class of intermediate girls division at the U.S. National Archery Associations flight championships, established an amateur women's world hand-hel- d bow record by shooting an arrow 807 yards, 2 feet, 5 inches. Saranell, her old mother, earlier had set a national unlimited class hand-nelbow record for amateur women of 805. yards 2 inches. They each hold two other American or world records ... . Associated Press Laserisfyjto Yankees leftfielder Dave Winfield commits robbery in plain sight as he reaches over the . BYU-UCl.- left-hand- Final Prep Countdown By Tom Wharton 70-1- 28-2- 3-- 0 r. . . , . at at . . ar d '' best-of-fiv- Tournament Bids at Stake . 3-- wall to snare a ball hit by Oakland's Tony Armas. Catch deprived Armas of home run. Tribune Sports Writer just two games left to play in the regular season, high school football teams are beginning to make their final bids for state tournament and region With championships. No team knows this better than Jordan, which has stayed unbeaten in Region Six by beating the likes of South, Murray and Tooele, teams with a combined league record of In the final two games of the regular season, or shut-u- p time for the though, it will be put-u- p who host Judge Thursday Beetdiggers, and then finish their league season at West next Friday. Judge could all but clinch the league title with a victory over Jordan. The Bulldogs own a win over West and finish their season at home against South, where they will be heavily favored. After falling in a preseason upset to East, Judge has been impressive. top Bulldog Mike Curtin is one of Class quarterbacks and his top receiver, Mike Clark, has few equals. WTiile Jordan is just learning to win after years of a losing tradition (the Beetdiggers ended a losing streak last season), the Bulldogs know how to win the big one. Still, a hunch says the Beetdiggers will earn a 0 victory over the Bulldogs Thursday. Bonneville at Sky View, 3:30 p.m. Despite their unbeaten record the only flawless one in the ranks the Bobcats have gotten little respect this season, largely due to the fact that theyve stayed hidden in northern Utah playing competition. This game will decide the Region One title and the guess here is that the defending Class champion Lakers are ready to run for a second straight crown. 8. top-rank- 's 14-1- 4-- Bonneville by 10. Granite at Cyprus, 7:30 p.m. The Farmers can wrap up a second straight Region Three title with a victory, but winning at Magna under the lights is never easy and the Pirates are capable of upsetting Granite. Granite has suffered some injuries to key players in recent weeks, including one which may keep Mark Ottenschot, one of the states finest ends, out of the game. Still, despite these problems, the Farmers beat Roy last week and should beat Cyprus Thursday night. Granite by seven. Olympus at Skyline, 3 p.m. This bitter rivalry will even be more bitter this week because the loser will just about drop out of contention for a state tournament bid. The Eagles have been consistently good on defense and consistently poor on offense while the only thing consistent about the Titans has been their inconsistency. Skyline by three in a minor upset. Murray at West, 3 p.m. The Panthers have had almost two weeks to think about their loss to Judge. But Murray knows it must win here to have a chance at a state tournament bid. Most folks would pick West to breeze to victory. We think it will be close. West by seven. Carbon at Cedar City, 7:30 p.m. The Dinos rate right up there with Olympus as one of the slates most unpredictable outfits. Carbon will give the Redrnen their toughest Region Eight test, but when its over, Cedar City will maintain its unbeaten league record. Cedar City by 10. North Summit at South Summit, 7:30 p.m. To say these tw'o outfits dont like each other would be a gross understatement. The Braves are capable of an upset, but the smart money goes with the Wildrats. South Summit by eight. top-rank- Halbert Greaves submits a double or nothing item, which involves his golfing buddy, (Lou Curtis, and submits their scorecard from Niblev Park as proof. You will note that Lou and I made indontical scores on every hole. 1 have no idea what the odds against such a coincidence might be, but' they must he enormous," Halbert writes. ( "Incidentally, Lou and I are in our mid-70hence the high scores (48 for nine holes) although we both do a little better at times. ' Observation Ward Cougar S pikers Win Speeial to The Tribune PROVO The longest string of BYU volleyball victories in recent years was extended to .11 in a row 15-by the Cougar womens team in its walloping of Utah Wednesday night in the Smith 15-4- ,. 15-- 5 Kicldlmuse. The Cougar spikers, ranked 7th in the Tachikara Pop Twenty Poll released this week, have collected 29 winning strccik without games in their .yielding a game to the opposition. Senior Lisa Connolly and sophonXore Madge Ferreira eaeli recorded eight kills for the Cougars. BYU's overall record is 20-- and the Cougar gals Utah's overall arc unbeaten in the conference at j 5 4-- i 13-- n 3-- 1 0-- 1 2 2 in conference play j By John Mooney Tribune Sports Editor Not all the injuries in football turn out to be bad breaks, and Robbie Richeson is Exhibit A as the Ute senior fullback has come off an injury that shelved him last season to take a major role in the comeback of the Ute football program. athlete and an Robbie, a three-spoprep back at Clearfield High, tore the ligaments in his leg the first day of spring practice in 1980. With Utah having Sam Baldwin, Del Rodgers and Tony Lindsay to carry the bulk of the panning game last fall, Richeson was "redshirted" to allow his knee more time to heal. "It was a lucky break," Robbie admits, "because we changed the offense so the fullback gets to carry the ball more and like all backs I dearly love to get that ball and run to daylight." While he was recuperating, Robbie worked with the special teams and the running backs as an unofficial coach. "That kept me in contact with the players and of course I drove to all the games, so I knew what was going on all the time, he explained. Lmking to the change in the squads over a year. Richeson feels the squad overall has worked a lot harder than in past years, and the team spirit and altitude are better "The plan was for me to work Imth at tailback and lullback in the spring, but Curl Monroe has come along as a sujier runner so they don't need me at tailback and can concentrate at fullback," he said. Richeson already has achieved one little goal, his rt Last week many Cougar fans questioned my intelligence over a column on BYU in the polls, while this week all the Ute and Aggie fans are praising my perccptivcness in analyzing the polls, which proves you can win some of the lime, even as a sports columnist. j a "The veterans have to win it. said Nettles. We don't want another one of those (owner George Steinbrenner) meetings." With the Yankees leading 3 in the top of the ninth, the crowd of 48,497 erupted into a sixiutaneous rendition of "Good Bye Billy directed at Martin. Nettles two singles and Pinella's home run came in a seven-rufourth that wiped out a deficit. The victory went to George Frazier, who replaced started Rudy May in the fourth and completed the game. Oakland starter Steve McCatty, now 6 lifetime against the Yankees, took the loss. Martin, seething when the crowd began to sing, refused to minimize his clubs chances. "We are fighters, he said. We are a battling balklub. We'll win tomorrow, we'll win the next day and then well see who's singing that song." The Yankees 19 hits broke the playoff record set by Baltimore against Minnesota on Oct. 6. 1969. The 13 runs eclipsed Baltimore's record of 11 set on the same day Mumphrey also had four hits and every Yankee except Reggie Jackson, who left the game with a calf injury in the fourth, and Rick Ccrotie, had at least one hit. The As snapped a tie and took a lead in the fourth on consecutive singles by Mickey Klutts. Mike Heath and Dave MeKav and an infield single by Fred Stanley. But Frazier got Rickey Henderson to hit into an inning ending double play and Oakland's lailure to break the game open at that point cost the As dearly. Nettles opened the home fourth with a single and Boh Watson flied to left for what would prove to be the last out for a long time. Cerone was grazed by a pitch, bringing Martin from the dugout with an argument for umpire Russ Goetz. Willie Randolph singled in Nettles and Mumphrey walked to knock out McCatty. Larry Milbourne, who is nine for his last 15. singled in the tying run and Dave Winfield doubled in two more. Then Piniella, playing in place of homer to cap Jackson, hit a three-ruthe outburst, the Yankees biggest inning of the year which also equalled the AL Series record by the 1970 Orioles. Another Run The Yankees added a run in the sixth mi an RBI single by Watson and collected four more in the seventh on an RBI single by Bobby Brown and Nettles' home run. Frazier kept the A s well under control in his 5 3 inning stint and ended the game with a flourish by ball to Dwayne throwing a double-plaMurphy. The Yankee lead means that Jackson may get a day off to rest his c alf, which apparently became strained as he ran out a grounder in the first inning In the first. Mumphrey. who had doubled and moved to third on a single scored on Jackson's by Milbourne. grounder. The A's tied the score in the third on a double by Rick Bosetti and a triple by Henderson, but Murphy and Kelvin Moore struck out. 1 n 2-- y 0 Richeson Plays Vital Role in Ute Success s, is tion. Page One Section II Krai Twin Bill A . record Nettles, who capped, a four-ru- n seventh with his homer, also became the first man in the history' of the playoffs to notch two hits in one inning. Nettles, who could be among those dealt away if the Yankees decide to undertake a major renovation of their team, continued to zing the organiza- Thursday Morning, October 15, 1981 Utah s Ilobbie Richeson (44) has overcome a knee injury and played a major role for (he Utes, who are now 4-- 1. s I three touchdowns this year give him one more than he scored in 1979, his last season of competition He also carries a 7 average for 35 rushes, host average of the regular ball carriers. "I think the week off was good for the team, because last week was a bail week for the favorites with all the upsets and we might have been included. Now we have several of the starters back we have been missing much of the first hall of the season and we are serious about getting to the Holiday Bowl." he noted. On the basis of the season's statistics, Utah l' '. should win handily peer CSC but the Rams started Utah's bid for the championship on (lie skids a year ago with a tie m Rob Riee Stadium, a game the Rams should have won hut lor a missed field goal at the end O-- Utah is second the WAC m total ol tense with yards a game to USU's 200.1 average. Utah is rushing the ball at a game average ol 229 yards and USU is lushing for only 54 yards a game. 111 12!. ii The passing game gives USU its only edges. 212. yards on offense and 155 0 on detense to Utah's passing olien.se of 12.0 yards and pass defense of 17tl yards. Utah biggest Imlge is in rushing. 229 yards on olleiise and USU is last in the league in rushing defense, giving up 258. yards a game 1 Utah is averaging 29.2 points a game to USU's 11.0 and giving lip 12.4 (mints to the Rams' 37,2 average. However, Colorado State came up with a new quarterback last week against Mississippi State and Toni Thcneil completed 21 of 47 pusses for 308 "ai ds |
