Banner Graphic, Volume 10, Number 210, Greencastle, Putnam County, 8 May 1980 — Page 11

Jabbar's 38 was just not enough

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Darryl Dawkins scored 25 points Wednesday night as the Philadelphia 76ers raced to a 23-point third-quarter lead and held off a Los Angeles comeback to record a 107-104 victory over the Lakers and even the National Basketball Association championship series at one victory apiece. Maurice Cheeks and Julius Erving added 23 points apiece as the 76ers erased the Lakers’ home court advantage in the best-of-seven playoff finals. The next two games will be played in Philadelphia Saturday and Sunday. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar poured in 38 points for the Lakers, including 22 in the second half, when Los Angeles closed within one point but failed to draw even. AbdulJabbar also had 14 rebounds. Dawkins was limited to 18 minutes of action in the first game, when he was in almost 'constant foul trouble and scored 12 points. He was the dominant force in the first half of Game Two, scoring 17 points by working inside effectively and hitting jump shots from the perimeter as the 76ers took a 5941 lead. Two free throws by Lionel Hollins gave Philadelphia its largest lead of the game at 68-45 with 8:13 to go in the third quarter.

Knuckleless pitch easy game for Parker

By KEN RAPPOPORT AP Sports Writer When your knuckleball isn’t knuckling, Dave Parker is not the man you want up at the plate. Charlie Hough was in that paralyzing situation Wednesday night. The Los Angdles Dodger relief pitcher served up what he called ‘‘the worst pitch I think I’ve ever thrown” to the bunyanesque Pittsburgh Pirate outfielder in the seventh inning. And Parker gave it a ride into the right field seats at Three Rivers Stadium, leading the Pirates to a 7-6 victory over the Dodgers. - “I threw it right over the iplate,“ said Hough, “and he hit it like you’re supposed to.” While Parker was supplying the punch, newcomer Pascual Perez was supplying the pitching. Just brought up from the minors this week, the Domini-

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Julius Erving’s basket to open the final period made it 9171 before the Lakers finally broke loose to the joyous roar of the capacity crowd of 17,505 at the Forum. Philadelphia was held scoreless for five minutes as Los Angeles ran off 12 consecutive points to climb back into contention at 93-87 with 6:25 to play. Following a three-point play by Erving, the Lakers went on a 9-2 tear capped a by sky hook by Kareem AbdulJabbar to pull within 98-96 with 3:46 left. Maurice Cheeks made one free throw for Philadelphia but Lakers guard Norm Nixon sank a short jump shot to make it 9998. Dawkins then was fouled by Abdul-Jabbar as he drove to the basket and sank two free throws. Cheeks followed with a steal and a layup to give Philadelphia a 103-98 lead with 1:40 left. Abdul-Jabbar and Erving exchanged baskets, then AbdulJabbar hit a pair of jump shots in the final minute to cut the margin to one point once again. But Bobby Jones hit a 12-foot jump shot from the left side with seven seconds to play to give 76ers a 107-104 lead. Nixon missed a desperation three-point try with three seconds left and Hollins ran down the rebound as the final buzzer sounded.

can Republic native held a 6-2 lead over the Dodgers before leaving in the seventh inning. He was deprived of the victory when the Dodgers later tied the game. Elsewhere in the National League, the Cincinnati Reds edged the New York Mets 3-2 in 12 innings; the Chicago Cubs whipped the San Diego Padres 7-4; the Montreal Expos trimmed the Houston Astros 3-2 and the St. Louis Cardinals routed the San Francisco Giants 12-2. The Atlanta-Philadelphia game was rained out. Parker’s homer was the Pirates’ fourth of the night. Shots by Willie Stargell, Bill Madlock and Ed Ott had staked Perez to a 6-0 lead through five innings. Reds 3, Mets 2 Junior Kennedy’s 12th-inning single drove home Ken Griffey from second with the winning run as Cincinnati nipped New York in the third straight extra-

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Los Angeles Lakers' Spencer Haywood (31) gives a little helping hand to rebounding teammate Mike Cooper (21) by restraining Philadelphia's Steve Mix during the first game of the NBA championship series. The Lakers won

inning game played between the two. Griffey opened the 12th with his third hit of the game and moved up on an infield out. After Dan Driessen was walked intentionally, Kennedy singled to left, scoring the winning run. John Stearns’ pinch RBI single had tied the game for the Mets in the bottom of the nirilh. Cubs 7, Padres 4 Jerry Martin broke a fifth-in-

A's and Blue Jays have turned everything around on rest of AL

By Hfc.vSCHEL NISSENSON AP Sports Writer No, it’s not April Fool’s Day, but if the American League season ended right now you could see the Oakland A’s and the Toronto Blue Jays in the playoffs. Oh, the Blue Jays would first have to win a one-game East Division shootout with the New York Yankees, but why quibble when two last-place teams that combined for a 107-217 record a year ago (Oakland 54-108, Toronto 53-109) are enjoying the rarefied atmosphere of first place. Dave Stieb scattered 10 hits he was backed by five double plays and A 1 Woods and Otto Velez hit two-run homers as the

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ning tie with a home run, triggering Chicago past San Diego. Martin’s shot put the Cubs ahead 3-2 against Rick Wise, 22. Then Scot Thompson lined a one-out double and scored on Mike Tyson’s second hit of the game, a single. Cub starter Mike Krukow, 3-1, worked 52-3 innings, giving up three Padre runs on eight hits. Chicago used three pitchers in relief, including Bruce Sutter,

Blue Jays whipped the California Angels 7-3 Wednesday night. That gave the Jays a club record-tying fifth consecutive victory and they remained deadlocked for first place in the AL East with the Yankees, who beat the Milwaukee Brewers 41. The 4-year-old Blue Jays’ only other five-game winning streak was Aug. 20-23,1978. The A’s dropped a 2-1 squeaker to the Cleveland Indians but still hold a one-game lead in the West over the Chicago White Sox, who were routed by the Kansas City Royals 12-5. Elsewhere, the Baltimore Orioles downed the Minnesota Twins 8-6, the Boston Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 7-4 in 11

that battle, but the 76ers bounced back to even everything at 1-1 with a 107-104 victory Wednesday night. (AP Wirephoto).

who gained his eighth save. Expos 3, Astros 0 Scott Sanderson combined with Woodie Fryman on a sixhitter and Rodney Scott and Ken Macha each drove in a run to lead Montreal over Houston. The Expos took a 1-0 lead off Nolan Ryan, 1-2, in the first inning without a hit, Scott driving the run home with a grounder. Macha brought home another run for the Expos with an RBI

innings and the Seattle Mariners nipped the Detroit Tigers 7-6 in 10. Yankees 4, Brewers 1 The Yankees turned four double plays in support of unbeaten Tommy John’s seven-hit pitching for their fifth consecutive vpctory and John’s fifth. Eric Soderholm homered for New York while Graig Nettles had an RBI single and shortstop Bucky Dent contributed two sacrifice flies along with a fielding gem that kept the Brewers from tying the score in the eighth inning. Indians 2, A’s I Cleveland’s Mike Hargrove extended his hitting streak to 18 games with a two-run single in the sixth inning and Rick Waits pitched a four-hitter, allowing only an unearned run on first baseman Hargrove’s throwing error in the third. With one out in the Cleveland sixth, Jorge Orta got an infield hit, Duane Kuiper doubled and Hargrove delivered his two-run single. He has driven in 18 runs during his streak and 19 for the season. Royals 12, White Sox 5 Rookie Bobby Detherage smashed his first major league home run, a three-run shot in the fifth inning, and Willie Wilson and Hal Mcßae delivered two-run doubles in an eight-run fourth to power Kansas City. In the top of the fourth, the Royals

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single in a two-run second inning. Cardinals 12,'Giants 2 Bob Forsch pitched seven innings of three-hit ball and contributed a three-run homer, pacing St. Louis over San Francisco. Forsch’s homer in the sixth inning was the fifth of his career and the second this season. The 30-year-old right-hander struck out seven

erased a 3-1 deficit and took a 93 lead by pounding out a club record nine straight hits after loser Ken Kravec retired the first two batters. Orioles 8, Twins 6 A 1 Bumbry raced home with the tie-breaking run on Ken Singleton’s infield tapper in the eighth inning and Terry Crowley, who homered earlier, added a sacrifice fly after Baltimore blew a 6-1 lead. Red Sox 7, Rangers 4 Boston scored three unearned runs in the 11th inning with the help of two Texas errors, one by newly acquired glove man Bud Harrelson. Jack Brohamer started things when Texas pitcher Adrian Devine slippped on the soggy infield while trying to field a slow roller. Carl Yastrzemski grounded to second but shortstop Harrelson, making his first American League appearance after being signed for infield insurance, missed the bag after taking second baseman Bump Wills’ throw. Mariners 7, Tigers 6 Joe Simpson’s two-out single delivered the winning run. Loser Pat Underwood walked Tom Paciorek leading off the 10th and pinch runner Rodney Craig was sacrificed to second. Larry Milboume was walked intentionally and Bill Stein flied out before Simpson’s game-win-ner.

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Baseball AC A Glance By The Associated Press NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST Pittsburgh 15 7 682 Chicago 12 9 .571 2'-^ Philadelphia 11 10 .524 V-t St. Louis 12 12 . 500 4 Montreal 10 14 417 6 New York 8 16 333 8 WEST Houston 17 8 680 Cincinnati 17 10 630 1 Los Angeles 14 11 .560 3 San Diego 12 13 480 5 Atlanta 8 15 348 8 San Francisco 8 19 296 10 Wednesday's Games St. Louis 12, San Francisco 2 Montreal 3, Houston 0 Chicago 7, San Diego 4 Atlanta at Philadelphia, ppd., rain Pittsburgh 7, I .os Angeles 6 Cincinnati 3, New York 2, 12 innings Thursday’s Game San Diego (Lucas 2-0) at Chicago (Keuschel 2-2) Only game scheduled Friday's Games New York at Montreal San Francisco at Chicago Houston at Atlanta. (n> Philadelphia at Cincinnati, (n) Los Angeles at St Louis, (n) Pittsburgh at San Diego, f n) AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST W I. Pet. GB New York 14 9 609 Toronto 14 9 6(19 Boston 12 12 SUO 2' Milwaukee 10 11 476 3 Baltimore 11 13 . 458 3'-, Cleveland 9 14 391 5 Detroit 9 15 .375 5' ■■ WEST Oakland 16 II .593 Chicago 14 11 .560 1 Texas 13 II .542 14 Kansas City 12 11 .522 2 Seattle 13 14 481 3 California 11 13 458 34 Minnesota 11 15 .423 44 Wednesday's Games Cleveland 2. Oakland 1 Baltimore 8, Minnesota 6 New York 4, Milwaukee 1 Kansas City 12, Chicago 5 Boston 7, Texas 4, 11 innings Toronto 7, California 3 Seattle 7, Detroit 6, 10 innings Thursday's Games Baltimore (D. Martinez 1-0) at Milwaukee i Haas 2-31, < n > Kansas City (Splittorff 3-1 > at Chicago (Burns 2-2), In) Toronto (Mirabella 2-1) at California (Frost 3-2), (n) Detroit (Morris 3-3) at Seattle (Honey cutt 5-0), (n> Only games scheduled Friday's Games Kansas City at Boston, in) Minnesota at New York, In) Baltimore at Milwaukee, 'ni Chicago at Texas, (n) Detroit at California, <n) Toronto at Oakland, (n) Cleveland at Seattle, (n) TODAY’S MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By The Associated Press NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING (50at bats): Reitz. St. Louis, .417: Buckner, Chicago, 363: Hendrick, St Louis, .352; R.Smith, Los Angeles. 351; Cedeno, Houston, .342. RUNS: Templeton, St. Louis, 21; Schmidt, Philadelphia. 20; Cedeno, Houston, 18, Lopes, Los Angeles, 18; Law, Los Angeles. 18 RBI: J.Cruz, Houston, 23; Garvey, Los Angeles, 23; Schmidt, Philadelphia. 22; Reitz. St. Louis, 21; Parker, 19, K. Hernandez, St. Louis. 19; Hendrick. ■St.Louis, 19; R Smith, Los Angeles, 19 HITS: Reitz, St. Louis, 35; Templeton. St Louis, 34; R. Smith, Los Angeles, 33; K.Hernandez. St. Louis, 32; Hendrick, St. Louis, 31; J.Cruz, Houston, 31. DOUBLES: Stearns. New York, 11; Knight, Cincinnati, 8, Rose. Philadelphia, 7; Hendrick, St. Louis. 7; Cabell. Houston, 7. TRIPLES: LeFlore, Montreal. 3; Moreno, Pittsburgh. 3; Templeton. St. Louis, 3; Griffey, Cincinnati. 3; 12 tied with 2. HOME RUNS: Schmidt. Philadelphia, 8; Luzinski. Philadelphia, 7; Kingman, Chicago, 6; Martin, Chicago, 6; Baker. I,os Angeles. 6 STOLEN BASES: Moreno, Pittsburgh, 16; LeFlore, Montreal, 12; Cedeno, Houston, 12; Law. Los Angeles, 10; R.Scott, Montreal, 8. PITCHING <3 Decisions): Bibby, Pittsburgh. 4-0. 1 000. 3.68: Tekulve. Pittsburgh, 4-0,1.000,1.26; Forsch. Houston. 40. 1 000, 2.17; Tomlin, Cincinnati, 3-0, 1.000, 6.75; Reuss. Los Angeles, 3-0. 1.000. 1.08; Carlton. Philadelphia, 5-1, .833. 1 84; Vuckovich. St. Louis, 5-1, .833. 2.36; .1 Niekro, Houston. 4-1. 800. 2 27 STRIKEOUTS: Richard, Houston, 48: Carlton, Philadelphia, 37; Vuckovich, St. Louis, 33; Montefusco. San Francisco, 33; Ryan. Houston, 31. TODAY'S MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS Bv The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING (50 at bats): Staub, Texas, .412; Wathan. Kansas City, .411; Summers, Detroit. .394; Molinaro, Chicago. .370; Oglivie, Milwaukee, 368.

Buckner powers Cubs by Padres

CHICAGO (AP) - Bill Buckner walks softly, gets few cheap hits and hardly ever legs out an infield single. But he carries a big stick. “I should be a .300 hitter this year. My legs are getting better,” said Buckner, who collected two RBIs on a pair of doubles to key the Chicago Cubs’ 7-4 win Wednesday over the San Diego Padres and raise his average to .363. “I started the season in good shape arid I’ve been pretty lucky so far.” In Buckner’s case, lucky means being able to play. A host of leg injuries the most recent being problems with an ankle have left the left-hand-ed first baseman watching too many games from the bench and gingerly running the basepaths when he does play. “We're playing with more confidence every game, and if we stay healthy, our bats could carry us a long way,” added Buckner. It was Jerry Martin’s bat that broke a 3-2 tie in the fifth with a towering home run and started the demise of Rick Wise, 2-2. Scot Thompson followed with a one-out double and scored on Mike Tyson’s second hit of the

RUNS: Wilis, Texas, 24; Kemp, Detroit, 19; Yount, Milwaukee, 19; Bumbry ,Baltimore, 18; 8 tied with 17 RBI: Velez, Toronto. 23; B Bell, Ttrxas. 23; L.Johnson, Chicago, 20; Oliver, Ttjxas. 20, Hargrove, Cleveland, 19; ParnJl'* De troit, 19. , • a HITS: Perez, Boston. .35. B BelL TwOs. 35; Landreaux, Minnesota, 33. '(fivers, Texas, 33; Bochte, Seattle, 31 * *-£ DOUBLES. D Garcia, Toronto. 10:..Morrison, Chicago, 9; Mcßae. Kansas City. 9. B Bell. Texas, 9; Baines, Chicago, BgOhver. Texas, 8 TRIPLES: Griffin, Toronto. 3: Bfc. ll Kansas City, 3; Wilson, Kansas City. .3 Castino, Minnesota. 3; Powell. Minnesota 3. HOME RUNS: Velez, Toronto* 8. Re. Jackson. New York. 7 Kudi California. 7; Fisk. Boston, 6 Smalley Minnesota, 6 STOLEN BASES Henderson, 10; Wills, Texas, 10; Carew, California. 8. Wilson, Kansas City, 8 Bumbry. Haiti more, 7 PITCHING <3 Decisions) John. New York, 5-0, 1.000, .2 11 Honeycutt. Seattle. 541, 1 000. 2.55; Norris, Oakland. 44).,rn00. 0 44; Wortham, Chicago. 34). LOW), 396 Corbett. Minnesota, 34), I 000. 2.66, Barker, Cleveland, 4-1, SIM), 3.27; Stieß.; Toronto. 4-1, 8(H), 2.23; Redfern, Minnesota. 4-1, 8(H). 1 69 STRIKEOUTS: Redfern, Minnesota. 33; Norris. Oakland, 33 Matlack, Texas',- 28 Guidry. New York, 27; Leonard, Kalisas City. 26; Bannister. Seattle, 26 Wednesday’s Spurts Transactions. By The Associated Press , , - BAXKBALI > 1 American League CLEVELAND INDIANS Purchased the contract of Miguel Dilone. outfielder, from Wichita of the American AsSoci , ation • TEXAS RANGERS Sent Nelson Norman, shortstop, to Charleston of the International League FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS - Signed Walt Michaels Jr . Kevin Motts, Barry Gonzalez. Todd Lyons, and Gregory Wright, linebackers; Kevin Babcock and 4(jokey Adams, running backs; Mike Sullivan, punter, and Vince Hyland, eornerback NEW YORK GIANTS - Signed Bruce Gordon and Steve Nicholson, linebackers, and Tonv Phillips, wide receiver. NEW YORK JETS - Signed i-arry Van Loan and Don Lukas, wide receivers; Bobbie Molden and Rick Horn, linebackers; Ron Brown, safety: and Ralph DeLoach and Chester Jeffrey, defensive linemen Acquired Steve Blue, center, on waivers from the New York Giants SEATTLE SEAHAWKS - Signed Danny Garcia, Brad Reid, Kenneth Brown and Ralph Still, wide receivers; Steve Davis. Mike Garrett, and Cameron Young, punters; Will Lewis, Oscar Singer, Kirk Springs. Terry Thames. Rick Waters, defensive backs; Ken Birkes. tackle; Jack Lafferty. center; and Bruce Anderson, defensive end. COLLEGE '... CORTLAND STATE - Named Edwin J Decker head football coach. NBA Playoffs At A Glance By The Associated Press Championship Finals Best of Seven Sunday. May 4 Los Angeles 109, Philadelphia 102 Wednesday's Game Philadelphia 107, Los Angeles 104, series tied 1-1 Saturday's Game Los Angeles at Philadelphia Sunday's Game Los Angeles at Philadelphia Wednesday. May 14 Philadelphia at Los Angeles, in) Friday. May 16 Los Angeles at Philadelphia. (n). if nec essary Sunday. May 18 Philadelphia at Los Angeles, if necessary National Hockey League Playoffs At A Glance By The Associated Press Semifinal Round Best of Seven Tuesday. April 29 Minnesota 6, Philadelphia 5 New York Islanders 4, Buffalo 1 Thursday, May 1 Philadelphia 7, Minnesota 0 New York Islanders 2. Buffalo 1. 2 OT Saturday. May 3 New York Islanders 7. Buffalo 4 Sunday. May 4 Philadelphia 5. Minnesota 3 Tuesday's Games Buffalo 7, New York Islanders 4. New York leads series 3-1 Philadelphia 3. Minnesota 2. Philadelphia leads series. 3-1 Thursday's Games Minnesota at Philadelphia New York Islanders at Buffalo Saturday's Game Buffalo at New York Islanders if neces sary Sunday's Game Philadelphia at Minnesota, if necessary Tuesday. May 13 Minnesota at Philadelphia, if necessary New York Islanders at Buffalo, if necessary

game, a single up the middle. “Wise pitched well enough,” said San Diego Manager Jerry Coleman, “but the front (leadoff) man getting on base all the time is killing us. It was no single thing that did it today, though. A lot of bits and pieces went one way or another, and not enough our way. ” Chicago increased its lead to 6-3 in the seventh on Buckner’s second RBI double and a sacrifice fly by Dave Kingman, and pinch-hitter Larry Biittner’s sacrifice fly brought home the final Cub run in the eighth San Diego scored once in the first on consecutive singles bv Gene Richards, Gene Tenace and Dave Winfield, and Bill Fahey provided the Padres' second run w ith his first homer of the season. A double by Dave Cash, and consecutive singles by Aurelio Rodriguez and pinch-hitter Von Joshua pulled the to within three runs in the sixjh Ozzie Smith followed witl{;a third single, but Rodriguez \sJs cut down at the plate on a fjtie one-hop throw from ThompSbn in right field.

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