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By RICHARD B1LOTTI A P Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP} — Texas Ranger Manager Billy Martin says the Cleveland Indians' management is trying to save face by filing a formal protest against the Tribe’s forfeiture of the pair’s violence-ridden Tuesday night baseball game. “They should do what the President (Nixonf didn’t do,” Martin said. “Just come out an admit they made some mistakes and that they will do everything they can do to prevent it from happening again.” Martin said the actions of Indian General Manager Phil Seghi and Executive Vice President Ted Bonda were “ridiculous.” The Indians filed a formal protest to the forfeiture with American League President Lee MacPhail Wednesday morning. “While we deplore the incidents which lead to the forfeiture, we also feel that there was no warning given to the fans during the course of the game by the umpires that any continuation of interruptions of play would lead to a declaration of a forfeiture of the game," the protest telegram said. The Indians' management also said the umpires lost control of the game • The Indians won Wednesday night’s game 9-3 before 8,101 orderly fans. More than 25.000 Cleveland Indian fans turned out Tuesday night on 10 cent beer night. Early in the game a few young persons started running around

the outfield between innings. By the ninth inning firecrackers, beer bottles and chairs were being thrown and the number of persons running on the field had grown considerably. When the Indians knotted the score at 5-5 in the ninth the Rangers rushed onto the field to fight the fans, who had gathered around right fielder Jeff Burroughs. The Indian players came to the assistance of the Rangers. Martin said the troublemakers were drunk and referred "to them as beasts. Statements from MacPhail and baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn said promotions such as 10 cent beer, nights would have to be made known to their offices in advance so that security studies would be made. Bonda greed that a security study should be done, but denied that the beer promotion had anything to do with the occu ranee. “You’re giving beer a bum rap,” Bonda said. Bonda said a number of things combined created the ninth inning melee. He included: —Retaliation for a fight the Rangers and Indians had in Texas last week. —A large crowd (25,134> on a warm night. —A lot of young people in the crowd who played follow the leader after seeing a few fans run on the field. —The Indians tying the score in the ninth. —The Texas Rangers leaving the dugout with their bats to fight fans in the ninth.

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Woody In Stable Condition

COLUMBUS Ohio (APf Ohio State University football Coach Wayne Woodrow “Woody” Hayes was in stable condition in University Hospital Thursday after complaining of chest pains. Hospital spokesmen as well as Hayes’ personal physicial refused to speculate the 61-year-old Hayes, college football’s second winningest active coach, had suffered a heart attack. “It will be three days before any definite diagnosis can be made,” reported Dr. Robert J. Murphy, who doubles as the Ohio State football team physicn and Hayes’ doctor. “1 saw him (Hayes) as late as last week,” Murphy said. “In general, he’s in robust health." Hayes, in the midst of preparing his 24th Ohio State football team, was bothered by chest pains early Thursday. Murphy said he was summoned to Hayes’ home and “decided to admit him” at 6:30 a.m. EDT. Hayes was admitted to University Hospital’s Coronary Care Unit at 8 a.m. EDT. A hospital spokesman said, "Until such time as final reports are received from both clinical and laboratory tests, Hayes is being treated as a coronary type patient.” Haves’ illness took his coach-

ing staff by surprise. “I telephoned him at home around 8 last night,” recalled tackle Coach Ralph Staub. “He was in good spirits.” George Hill, Hayes’ No. 1 assistantant coach, said he also talked to the OSU mentor Wednesday night. “He was talking about what we were going to do Fridayy. As far as I know, he’s never missed a day of work.” Hayes and his staff were winding up their spring football reports this week before going on vacation. Hayes, a tireless worker and meticulous planner, has 192 career college victories, second only to Alabama’s Paul “Bear” Bryant. In 31 seasons of high school and college coaching, the 24year OSU mentor has 211 triumphs, 70 defeats and 9 ties. Hayes has served more seasons than any other football coach at Ohio State, once infamous as a coaching graveyard. His OSU record is 159-49-8, including three national championships. The Newcomerstown, Ohio, native also coached at his alma mater, Denison (Ohio) University, for three seasons and Miami (Ohio) University for two years.

What Horizon Next For NFL?

NEW YORK (AP) - First Seattle, then the world. That seems to be the general direction of expansion as the National Football League brought Seattle into its ranks, then on Wednesday seriously was considering opening a separate pro league in Europe next spring. The NFL owners, who wrap up their three-day meeting today, took Seattle into the fold Tuesday. On Wednesday, the owners modified the punt re-

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turn rule again, then expressed enthusiasm over the proposal of a six-team, six-week league in Europe, recommended to start next spring. Bob Kap, active in European soccer and instrumental in bringing several soccer-style kickers to the United States, presented the plan. The teams would be stocked by players from the NFL, who would return then to the U.S. for the regular NFL fall season. The proposed cities are: Istanbul. nicknamed the Conquerors; Rome, nicknamed the Gladiators; West Berlin; Barcelona; Munich, and Vienna. Except for Istanbul, which has a stadium that seats 55,000, all these cities have stadiums with seating capacities of more than 75.000. Seattle and Tampa, which was voted into the NFL in April, raised the NFL ranks to 28 teams. Both clubs are to begin play in 1976, although the Bowling Men-Boys Summer 6-4-74 Shrader-Brown g 0 Bullerdick-Hampton 6 2 Bundy-Frost 6 2 Sanders-Elliot 6 2 Saunders-Eiteljorge 2 6 Sutherlin-Sutherlin 2 6 Edwards-Shaughnessy 2 6 Kendall-Johnston 0 8 High Team Game: Saunders-Eitel-jorge 456 High Team Series: BullerdickHampton 1169 High Ind. Game: Bob Hampton (men) 233 Steve Bullerdick (boys) 211 High Ind. Series: Bob Hampton (men) 584 Steve Bullerdick 495(Boys) Series over 500 (male) highest to low>est: Men-B. Hampton. 584; David Frost, 535; Byron Elliot, 498. BoysSteve Bullerdick, 495; Clint Bundy, 474; Russell Sanders, 468.

timetable could be moved moved up a year, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle says. As for the punt rule, last season, any player on the punting team could race downfield to cover the kick when the ball was snapped. In April, the NFL attempted to stimulate more punt returns by preventing any player from running downfield until the ball was kicked. Now the rule, given unanimous approval by the owners, allows for a wide receiver on each side to leave the line of scrimmage when the ball is

snapped, the rest of the players after the kick. Several teams, including Cincinnati and Oakland, experimented with the April rule change and “discovered that the man covering the punt wasn’t able to get within 12-13 yards of the punt return man,” Rozelle said. Several coaches have said that if their punt coverage team couldn’t get downfield, they would instruct their punter to kick out of bounds, preventing any runback.

When Greencastle’s Tiger Cubs take the field against the Clinton Wildcats in Brazil Saturday afternoon, it will mark the third time in Jim Peck’s four year baseball coaching career that his teams have made it to the state regional tournament. The last time a Peck guided nine advance to the regional was 1969, when his North Central Thunderbirds finished with a 10-5 record and a sectional championship. That year marked the end of Peck’s three year successful stay at the helm of the North Central baseball program, which he had begun in 1967 by guiding the Thunderbirds to a 6-3 record before falling in the sectional. In 1968 North Central lost only three games, winning 14 plus sectional and regional championships. After the 1969 season. Peck moved to Terre Haute Schulte to become the Golden Bears’ athletic director and head basketball coach, not finding enough time amidst these duties to direct the doings on the diamond. In this. Peck’s first year at Greencastle, the Cubs have thus far amassed the same record that Peck’s North Central team finished with in 1969, bringing Peck’s overall baseball coaching slate to an impressive 40-16. One of those 16 losses was inflicted this year by the Cubs’ opponent Saturday, Clinton. The Wildcats, who have been defeated onlytwice this spring, dropped the Cubs 6-0 in an early season encounter. “We played that game over on their field,” Peck recalls. “It was only our third game of the year, while Clinton had

played seven. Really, the conference was at stake that game. “We just weren’t physically and mentally ready. Now-we have improved and have more confidence. “After that game I told the boys not to worry, that we'd played a bad game, but if things went our way we’d have another chance at them in the regional. I reminded tham that one game didn’t make the season.” Clinton, which has been ranked in the state this spring, boasts strong hitting, but balances the bats with stingy pitching and defense and good speed.

Before the Wildcats display these wares to the Brazil regional fans, Terre Haute North and the host Red Devils will tangle in the ten o’clock Saturday morning contest. North, which has also lost only twice this year, “has more pitching depth than Clinton”, according to Peck. The Cubs were twice rained out of matches with the state ranked Patriots this spring. They did meet the Red Devils, but lost to them 9-6 when “our defense went”, reports the Cub mentor. But the Cubs must get past Clinton before they can think about either of these two teams. Peck gives senior Rick

Parrish the probable starting nod on the mound Saturday. Parrish picked up both Cub sectional wins to improve his record to 7-3, although his performances Monday boosted his ERA from 2.38 to 2.44. Besides counting on a strong performance from Parrish or sophomore Bill Earl, the Cubs will “try to play the tight defense, take the extra base, steal, and make them handle the ball" says their coach. “I feel we can beat them. The boys will do the best they can, and that's all you can ask.”

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up spot to the number six man in an effort to keep the big third baseman from pressing at the plate, where his average has dropped from a midseason .400 plus to a present, still highly respectable .346. The Cubs boast six starters with batting averages over .315.

Hudson County To Set Pace?

Milner Homer Drops Reds

NEW YORK (AP) - John Milner crashed a leadoff homer against reliever Pedro Borbon in the eighth inning Thursday, lifting the New York Mets to a 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Milner’s shot, his ninth of the season, cracked a 3-3 tie after the Mets had come from behind with two runs in the seventh on Cleon Jones’ single to tie the game. With two out in the seventh. Ed Kranepool batted for Met starter Tom Seaver and singled to left Bud Harrelson also singled, then New York loaded the bases when Felix Millan beat out a hit behind second base. Jones followed with his line single to center that chased Cincinnati shatter Roger Nelson. Borbon came on and got Rusty Staub to bounce to first on his first pitch. Seaver walked Nelson on four pitches leading off the fifth and Pete Rose jumped on the next

pitch, lining it down the left field line for a triple, that put the Reds ahead, 2-1. Dave Concepcion’s single to center scored Rose, making it 3-1. The Mets nicked Nelson for a second-inning run when Milner and Dave Schneck singled and Wayne Garrett hit into a double play. But the Reds tied it in the third when Rose led off with a single to left and, one out later, Johnny Bench doubled into the right field corner. Brewers Win MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mike Hegan’s two-run pinch single capped a three-run seventh inning rally and helped the Milwaukee Brewers to a 9-7 victory over the California Angels Thursday. George Scott, who had doubled home three runs in the first inning, began the uprising in the seventh with another double.

By ED SCHUYLER JrAP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hudson County might not be the winner of Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. But he will be the pacesetter, says trainer Skip Shapoff. “Hudson County will be on the lead,” Shapoff said Wednesday of the speedy colt. “His style dictates it.” _ The Robert B. Cohen-owned colt was expected to be entred today for the $125,000-added Belmont Stakes with eight other 3-year-olds including John M. Olin’s Cannonade, winner of the Kentucky Derby, and John Galbreath’s Little Current, winner of the Preakness. Cannonade was third in the Preakness and Little Current was fifth in the Derby. Post time for the 106th running of the 1 Vj-mile final race of the Triple Crown is 5:40 p.m., EDT with television coverage set for 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. “I’m happy about his chances,” said Shapoff of Hudson County, the Derby runnerup who usually is on or near

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“The pace will be genuine," said Shapoff. “Hudson County will see to it. He just had a lot of tough luck," Shapoff said of Hudson County’s performance in the Preakness where the colt encountered traffic problems. Mike Miceli rode Hudson County in the Preakness as he had in the colt’s first nine races, but Mike Venezia will be aboard for the Belmont. “I just decided to change riders,” said Shapoff. “I have no axe to grind." So Miceli will get a shot at what some horsemen consider more of a rider’s race than many others because there is less chance for bad racing and more of an opportunity for strategy.. “I’m sure it is more of a strategy race than the others (the Derby and Preakness),” said Shapoff. “The field is smaller (there were 23 in the 1 (4-mile Derby and 13 in the 13-16 mile Preak-

ness), the race track is wider with more sweeping turns and the distance gives horses more opportunity to show their racing abilities.” The last 3-year-old to lose the Derby and then win the Preakness and Belmont was Damascus in 1967. The last to win

the Derby, lose the Preakness and win the Belmont was Riva Ridge two years ago and the last time each race had a different winner was in 1970 when Dust Commander won the Derby, Personality won the Preakness an High Echelon won the Belmont.

Dryden: NHL Condones Violence

Can You Shoot Below Your Age?

LONDON Ont. (AP) — Ken Dryden, who recently signed a new contract to play goal for the Montreal Canadiens, Wednesday night opposed President Clarence Campbell’s views on violence in the National Hockey League. In a keynote address to the annual conference of the Ontario Educational Co-Ordina-tors’ Association, Dryden said: “I would initially disagree with Clarence Campbell and his suggestion at an inquiry into violence in hockey that the NHL does not condone fighting. “By its lack of action in the matter,” Dryden said, “the

NHL certainly does condone violence.” Dryden pictured the National Hockey League Players’ Association as being dominated by Toronto lawyer Alan Eagleson and described it as “incapable” of doing anything to rid hockey of the violence tag that has been attached to it. Sport is “not necessarily” character-building at all, he said. Why, then, did he decide to return to the NHL? "Because I like hockey and it doesn’t preclude me from doing a lot of other things 1 like very much,” Dryden said.

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CARMEL Ind. (AP)-‘Tm just a decrepit old athlete who keeps on trying because I’m too hard-headed to quit," said 90-year-old Bill Diddel, a celebrated amateur golfer and golf course architect. The long time native of Carmel, an Indianapolis suburb, celebrated his 90th birthday today, and once again is being honored by members of the W oodland Country Club. This birthday will be a little different, however. In the past, he’s always played a special round of golf on June 7, but a case of rheumatism is going to keep Diddel off the links this time around. “It seems to be getting better all the time,” says Diddel. “I think within a couple of weeks. I’ll be able to play again. Before I had to take it easy, I was shooting in the low 80s. But it’ll be awhile before I ever do that again. Of course, even the high 80s and low 90s is bad for anybody who knows as much about golf as I do.” For many golfers, at any age, a score in the low 90s would be more than satisfying But for him, it’s embarrassing. Diddel, still in remarkable physical condition, holds what is apparently the world’s record by playing more than 1,000 rounds of golf with a score

lower than his own age. “The first time I did it was back in 1955 (at the age of 71) when I shot a 70 at Daytona Beach,” says Diddel, who spends the winters in Naples, Fla. “Since then. I’ve been shooting my age a great deal of the time. Twice I ended up with a score twelve strokes under my age, and I guess that’s some type of record. Over-all, I’ve played 1,120 rounds below my own age." Diddel's golfing career began back in 1900 and two years later he won his first tourney. The championships kept coming. He won the Indiana Amateur Championship five times, the Central State Champioship twice, numerous tourneys in central Indiana, and most recently, the overwhelming majority of Senior Citizens Championships in Florida. “We use to have to play out in a Stubblefield. And we planted some clover so it would make the greens look green,” he said in recalling his earlier days. “Now, clover’s not the easiest thing to putt on, but it was about all we had at the time. I guess the pros today would consider it a great calamity to play on something like that. I had pretty fair success throughout the early

1900’s, winning some tourneys along the way. Then I quit playing on a competitive basis for about 15 years to concent r a t e on designing golf courses.” At the age of 90, Diddel still is planning the design of a new golf course, this one in St. Petersburg, Fla. Since 1922 when he started laying out golf courses, he has been responsible for designing nearly 200 of them. “I’ve designed courses as far away as Great Falls, Mont. I also did one out in Denver, one in Dallas, three or four up around Toronto, Canada, and some in Florida. It’s just a matter of people seeing your work and if they’re satisfied with it, they ask you to design

a course for them. “I guess that’s the way I’ve kept my health over the years. You know, when you design courses, you have to walk around them a lot to get ideas on where the greens should go and that type of thing," Diddel said. “I plan on playing golf as long as 1 can walk, because if I quit now, it would probably shorten my life. If everybody would get out and play a couple rounds of golf a week, instead of working in an office where the most exercise you get is walking back and forth to your car, people would be in better health. You know, you don’t find many at 90 still playing golf.”

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