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M«)or League BaaebaD Al A Glance By TV Associated Pre*s NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION . asr Ysli'f u s " u SSXk s S :ST New York 46 C 8 .404 15 WEST DIVISION AtUnU 70 46 .603 - Ua Angeles 63 50 558 54 59 54 522 94 s2nR« 8 ° 56 59 487 134 rw Fw lf* co 54 61 47° 154 Cincinnati 53 53 457 17 . . Friday’* Games Pittsburgh 6, Montreal 3 Cincinnati 6, San Diego 5 New York 2, Chicago 0 Los Angeles 5, Atlanta 3 Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 2 Houston 5, San Francisco 2 Saturday's Games .... Pittsburgh (Gandeiana u . 7) at Mon _ treal (B. Smith 3-4) , , Sa ". Francisco (Knikow 7-6) at Houston (J Niekro #-10) San Diego (Montefusco 9-2) at Cincinnab (Russell 0-0), <n) St Louis (Andujar 4-13) at Philadelphia (Hudson 7-3), (n) Chicago (Bordi 90) at New York (Seaver 6-11), (n) Loa Angeles (A. Pena 9-6) at Atlanta (Falcone 8-1), (n> Sunday's Games Pittsburgh at Montreal Chicago at New York St. Louis at Philadelphia Lea Angeles at Atlanta San Diego at Cincinnati San Francisco at Houston, (n) - . Mouday's Games Philadelphia at Chicago New York at Pittsburgh, (n) Houston at Cincinnati, (n) San Diego at Atlanta, (n) Montreal at St. Louis, (n) §an Francisco at Los Angeles, (n)

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION _ W...L...Pct GB Defroit 64 « .566 - Milwaukee 64 49 566 N?w York 63 49 .563 Baltimore 62 49 .559 l Toronto 62 52 .544 2Y, Boston 56 55 .506 7 Cleveland 48 66 .421 16Vi WEST DIVISION Chicago 62 51 .549 - Kansas City 53 55 .491 8% Texas 55 58 .487 7 Oakland 56 61 .479 8 California 54 61 .470 9 Minnesota 48 89 .410 16 Seattle 46 69 400 17 . .. Friday’s Gaines Kansas City at Boston, ppd., rain Toronto 5. Milwaukee 4 Detroit 7, New York 6, 10 innings Texas 6, Cleveland 2 Chicago 2, Baltimore 1 Seattle 7, California 6 Minnesota 5, Oakland 3 Saturday’s Gaines Kansas City (Rasmussen 1-0 and Perry $-12) at Boston (Ojeda 5-5 and Boyd 2-2), 2 Milwaukee (McLure 9-8) at Toronto (Clancy 12-7) Minnesota (Williams 6-11) at Oakland (Conroy 5-4) New York (Guidry 13-7) at Detroit (Morris 13-8), (n) Baltimore (Swaggerty 0-0) at Chicago (Koosman 8-4), (n) Cleveland (Sutcliffe 13-7) at Texas (Hough 9-10), (n) Seattle (B. Clark 5-4) at California (Forsch 10-7), (n) Sunday's Gaines liansas City at Boston, 2 New York at Detroit Milwaukee at Toronto Baltimore at Chicago Seattle at California Minnesota at Oakland Cleveland at Texas, (n) Monday's Gaines ; Toronto at Cleveland, (n) Chicago at New York, (n) - Boston at Milwaukee, (n) Baltimore at Texas, (n) ' Detroit at Kansas City, (n) Minnesota at Seattle, (n) California at Oakland, (n)

TODAY’S MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By The Associated Press NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING (280 at hate): Madlock, Pittsburgh, .330; L. Smith, St. Louis, .327; Hendrick, St. Louis, 325; Herr, St. Louis, 323; Dawson, Montreal, .319. RUNS: Murphy, Atlanta, 102; Raines, Montreal, 86; Garvey, San Diego, 76; Evans, San Francisco, 75; Homer, Atlanta, 74. RBI: Dawson, Montreal, 87; Murphy, Atlanta, 82; Schmidt, Philadelphia, 79; Guerrero, Los Angeles, 70; Chambliss, Atlanta, 68; Hendrick, St. Louis, 68. HITS: Dawson, Montreal, 142; Oliver, Montreal, 139; Thon, Houston, 137; Buckner, Chicago, 132; RRamirez, Atlanta. 130 DOUBLES: Buckner, Chicago, 30; Hendrick, St. Louis, 27; Knight, Houston, 27; Oliver, Montreal, 27; JRay, Pittsburgh, 26; Wallach, Montreal, 26. TRIPLES: Butler, Atlanta, 11; Moreno, Houston, 11; Cruz, Houston, 8; Dawson, Montreal, 7; Raines, Montreal, 7. HOME RUNS: Schmidt, Philadelphia, 26; Dawson, Montreal, 25; Murphy, Atlanta, 25; Evans, San Francisco, 23; Guerrero, Los Angeles, 21. STOLEN BASES: Raines, Montreal, 51; Wilson, New York, 38; S. Sax, Los Angeles, 35; LeMaster, San Francisco, 34; Redus, Cincinnati, 31 PITCHING (10 decisions): Montefusco, San D’ego, 9-2, .818, 3.48; Perez, Atlanta, 13-4, .765, 3.21; Denny, Philadelphia, 12-5, ;706, 2.50; Ryan, Houston, 12-5, .706, 2.18; Hudson, Philadelphia,7-3, .700,3.28. STRIKEOUTS: Carlton, Philadelphia, 192; Soto, Cincinnati, 176; McWilliams, Pittsburgh, 146; Ryan, Houston, 125; Valenzuela, Los Angeles, 124. SAVES :Le. Smith, Chicago, 18; Reardon, Montreal, 17; Bedrosian, Atlanta, 16; Holland, Philadelphia, 13; Lavelle, San Francisco, 13; Minton, San Francisco, 13; S. Howe, Lo 6 Angeles, 13. TODAY’S MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING (280 at bats)-Carew, California, 372; Boggs, Boston, .370; Brett, Kansas City, .335; Mcßae, Kansas City, .324; Whitaker, Detroit, .324. RUNS-EMurray, Baltimore, 78; Moiitor, Milwaukee, 77; Cooper, Milwaukee, 75; Ripken, Baltimore, 75; Yount, Milwaukee, 74. RBI-Cooper, Milwaukee, 99; Winfield, New York, 91; LNParrish, Detroit, 78; Simmons, Milwaukee, 77; Ward, Minnesota, 75. HITS-Boggs, Boston, 153; Whitaker. Detroit, 146; Cooper, Milwaukee, 141; Ward, Minnesota, 136; Simmons, Milwaukee, 135 BOUBLES-Boggs, Boston, 35; Mcßae, Kansas City, 34; Hrbek, Minnesota, 32;

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LNParrish, Detroit, 32; Ripken, Bakimore,3l; Yount, Milwaukee, 31. TRIPLES-Griffin, Toronto, 8; Winfield, New York, 8; Gantner, Milwaukee, 7; Herndon, Detroit, 7; KGibson, Detroit, 7; Yount, Milwaukee,?. HOME RUNS-Armas, Boston, 25Cooper, Milwaukee, 25; Winfield, New York, 25; Kittle, Chicago, 24; Luzinski, Chicago, 23; Rice, Boston, 23 STOLEN BASES-RHenderson, Oakland, 70; RLaw, Chicago, 53; JCruz, Chicago, 47; WWilson, Kansas City, 45; Sample. Texas, 36 PITCHING (10 decisions )-Haas, Milwaukee, 10-2, .833, 3.56; Righetti, New York, 13-3, .813,3.40; Rozema, Detroit, 8-2, 800, 3.11; Gossage, New York, 10-3, 769, 2.11; McGregor, Baltimore, 14-5, 737,3.23 STRIKEOUTS-Morris, Detroit, 153; Stieb, Toronto, 131; Righetti, New York, 126; FBannister, Chicago, 119; Blyleven, Cleveland, 116. SAVESWJuisenberry, Kansas City, 29; Caudill, Seattle, 22; Stanley, Boston. 22; RDavis, Minnesota, 20; Lopez, Detroit, 16. Ameriran Association By The Associated Press Friday’s Games Wichita 6, Oklahoma City 3 Denver l-l, Omaha 96 Louisville 6, Evansville 4 lowa 6, Indianapolis 3 Saturday’s Games Wichita at Oklahoma City Denver at Omaha Louisville at Evamvilie lowa at Indianapolis Sun day’s Games Wichita at Oklahoma City Denver at Omaha Louisville at Evansville lowa a t Indianapolis National Football League Exhibition Glance By The Associated Press American Conference East W L T Pet. PF PA Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 15 00

Buffalo 0 1 0 .000 17 27 Miami 0 1 0 .000 17 20 New England 0 1 0 .000 16 27 N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 16 23 Central Pittsburgh 2 1 0 .667 67 52 Cleveland 1 o o 1.000 21 20 Houston 0 1 0 .000 00 15 Cincinnati 0 2 0 .000 30 51 West Denver 1 0 0 1.000 10 07 Kansas City 1 0 0 1.000 24 07 L.A.Raiders 1 0 0 1.000 26 23 Seattle 1 1 0 500 45 31 San Diego 0 1 0 .000 20 34 National Conference East N.Y. Giants 2 0 0 1.000 45 29 Dallas l o o 1.000 20 17 Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 21 17 Washington 1 1 0 .500 37 36 St Louis 0 1 0 .000 10 28 Central Chicago 1 0 0 1.000 27 17 Minnesota 1 0 0 1.000 28 10 Tampa Bay 1 0 0 1000 20 10 Detroit 0 1 0 .000 17 21 Green Bay 0 2 0 .000 41 59 West Atlanta 1 0 0 1.000 13 10 L.A. Rams 1 0 0 1.000 34 20 San Francisco 0 1 0 .000 23 26 New Orleans 0 2 0 .000 31 47 Friday’s Games Washington 27, Cincinnati 23 New York Giants 22, Pittsburgh 13 Seattle 38, Green Bay 21 Saturday’s Gaines Cleveland at Buffalo, 6 p m Los Angeles Raiders vs New York Jets, at East Rutherford, N.J., 8 p.m. New Orleans at Miami, 8 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m Detroit at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. Baltimore at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m. Atlanta at Denver, 9 p.m. Philadelphia at San Diego, 9 p.m. Tampa Bay at Hots ton, 9 p.m. Sunday's Game New England at San Francisco, 4 p.m. Monday’s Game Dallas at Los Angeles Rams, 10 p.m. Friday's Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Designated Aurelio Rodriguez, infielder, for assignment. CALIFORNIA ANGELS-Rehired John McNamara, manager, for the 1964 season. CHICAGO WHITE SOX-Purehased the contract of Guy Hoffman, pitcher, from Denver of the American Association Optioned Randy Martz, pitcher, to Denver NEW YORK YANKEES-Purchased the contract of Dave Laßoche, pitcher, from Columbus of the International League. Optioned Curt Kaufman, pitcher, to Columbus.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES-Ca lied up Brad Komminsk, outfielder, from Richmond of the International League Sent Terry Harper, outfielder, to Richmond. PHILADELPHIA PHlLLlES—Exercised the option on the contract of Tug McGraw, pitcher, for the 1984 season BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW JERSEY NETS-Traded Clarence Walker, guard, and two draft picks to Dallas in exchange for Kelvin Ransey, guard. FOOTBALL Natieoal Football League KANSAS CITY CHIEFS-Voided the trade that brought Sherman Smith, running back, from the Seattle Sea hawks for an undisclosed draft choice because Smith failed to pass a physical. MINNESOTA VIKINGS-Cut Ron Mitchem, defensive tackle. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS-Cut Mike Elarms, wide receiver. NEW YORK JETS-Cut Jeff Kyger, punter, Pat Harrington, Tony Celia and Pat Zakskorn, guards, Tim Rucks, tackle, Darin Wright, defensive tackle, and Russ Carpentieri, kicker. Placed Ted Banker, center, Marcene Emmett, safety, Byron Patterson, cornerback, and Hang Ramsey, guard, on the injured reserve list. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS-Announced the retirement of Ricky Bell, running back. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS-Cut Amos Lawrence, running back, Ron Vogel, tight end, Charles Daum, guard, and Ike Griffin, defensive end. WASHINGTON REDSKINS-Signed Dexter Manley, defensive lineman, to a multi-year contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WlNGS—Signed Ed MR), goaltender QUEBEC NORDIQUES—Signed Louis Sleigher, right wing, to a one-year contract. COLLEGE CORNELL—Named Laing E. Kennedy physical education and athletic director NORTHWESTERN-NamedLiz Galloway assistant women's basketball coach. Named Pat Aronson, John Connolly, Mike Ferrara and Debbie Gamner assistant trainers. ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY-Named Gary Hasenmueller tennis coach.

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Simms returns in style; Bengals fall to Redskins

By The Associated Press After missing all of last season with a knee injury, and sitting out last week’s exhibition opener against the New York Jets, quarterback Phil Simms was apprehensive about his first start in 12 months. “It’s been a long, long wait,” Simms said after leading the New York Giants to a 22-13 exhibition victory Friday night over the error-prone Pittsburgh Steelers in a nationallytelevised game. “I’m just glad it turned out well,” he continued. “It was an anxious moment, getting out there. I’m not going to lie about it. I haven’t been sleeping well.” Elsewhere in National Football League preseason games Friday night, Washington turned back Cincinnati 27-23 and Seattle defeated Green Bay 3821. Simms, from Morehead State, completed 10 of 15 passes for 118 yards and one touchdown during his half of playing time. His chief rival for the starting position on opening day, Scott Brunner, was six of 12 for 46 yards in the second half. Simms got a lot of help from

Track star to sign million-dollar pact with Bears

(c) 1983 Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO Sources said late Friday wide receiver-track star Willie Gault had decided to sign with the Bears and abandon attempts to make the 1984 U.S. Olympic team. The contract Gault will reportedly sign with the Bears will pay him an estimated $1.3 million over four years and make him the highest paid rookie wide receiver in the history of the NFL. It includes a

Terre Haute site for 'B4 sehnistate; Crawfordsville hit INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Terre Haute will be host for the southern Indiana high school boys basketball semistate in 1984, and Evansville will be the site in 1985, the executive committee of the Indiana High School Athletic Association has announced. The other three semistate sites will remain at the Fort Wayne Coliseum, Purdue University in West Lafayette and Butler University in Indianapolis, the committee said Friday. The executive committee has placed Crawfordsville High School on probation until Aug. 4,1984, because of a violation the first day of football practice. The school used blocking dummies in violation of IHSAA rule 54-4 which states except for football shoes, helmets and mouthpieces, no football uniforms, no protective equipment such as pads, guards or training devices are to be used in non-contact practice sessions. Those opening three days of practice sessions are to be used for conditioning exercises.

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rookie placekicker Ali HajiSheikh’s five field goals and a fiery defense that forced the Steelers into eight turnovers. “I’m embarrassed, I really am,” Steelers’ Coach Chuck Noll said of his team’s dismal performance which included six interceptions and two fumbles. “We just weren’t ready to play.” Steelers’ third-team quarterback Mark Malone, completing eight of 15 passes for 87, had three of the turnovers. Pittsburgh’s scoring came on two touchdown passes, the first from Cliff Stoudt to John Stallworth, and the second from Malone to rookie Gregg Garrity. Simms’ TD pass was an 11-yard strike to Butch Woolf oik. The Giants, 2-0, ended Pittsburgh’s seven-game winning streak in exhibition games. This season they are 2-1. Quarterback Joe Theismann fired two touchdown passes to lead the Super Bowl champion Redskins. His 12-yard TD pass in the third quarter to Charlie Brown gave the Redskins a 1713 margin, a lead they never relinquished. Theismann connected on 10 of 15 passes for 116 yards as Washington evened its record to

$500,000 signing bonus, half of which will be paid through a annuity. If he signs with the Bears, Gault will be following the advice of his attorney, Oakland lawyer Everet Glenn. Since last June, Glenn has tried to in vain to convince the International Amateur Athletic Federation to allow Gault to play for the Bears in 1983 while retaining tis amateur track status for the 1984 Olympics.

1-1. The Redskins hadn’t won an exhibition game since 1981. The Bengals’ Ken Anderson hit 11 of 14 passes for 115 yards and one touchdown. Cincinnati is winless in two games. Green Bay’s Rich Campbell, who was sacked six times, rushed 4 yards for one touchdown and passed 6 yards to John Jefferson for another. • Elsewhere around the NFL on Friday, All-Pro linebacker Lawrence Taylor agreed to terms with the Giants, ending a three-week holdout. He will report to the team’s camp Monday. A federal judge refused to grant an injunction that would permit San Diego running back Gary Anderson to void a contract he signed with Tampa Bay of the United States Football League. U.S. District Judge Norman Black didn’t say, however, if Anderson could play for the Chargers in tonight’s exhibition game against the Eagles. Anderson alleges that his agent, Dr. Jerry Argovitz, did not get him as much money with the Bandits as he could with the Chargers because Argovitz was trying to get a USFL franchise in Houston.

But when the AAF turned down Gault’s latest appeal Wednesday night at the World Track and Field Championships in Helsinki, Finland, Gault knew he would have to choose between the two sports. “If it were me,” said Glenn Thursday, “I’d sign.” Several members of Gault’s family expressed surprise when they learned of Gault’s reported decision to join the Bears. Denise Gault, his sister-in-law,

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Ricky Bell, the first player chosen in the 1977 National Football League draft, never quite lived up to the reputation he brought to the pros from USC. And Friday, the San Diego Chargers announced that Bell, who spent his first five seasons at Tampa, has retired. The running back is suffering from polymyositis, a muscle disease that causes severe pain and swelling of the joints.

was watching the New York Giants-Pittsburgh Steelers game on televsion when ABCTV’s Howard Cosell announced Gault’s decision. "We had not heard about the decision and we knew nothing about it,” she said. Glenn was unavailable for comment in Oakland Friday night. But his wife labeled reports of Gault's decision to sign with the Bears as "true.” Gault was scheduled to run

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the 110 meter hurdles Eaturday in Helsinki and be in Chicago by Monday. The 6-0, 178-pound Gault was the 18th player selected in the NFL draft last spring and the first wide receiver. At Tennessee he finished his collegiate career one shy of Anthony Davis’ NCAA record of six kickoff returns for touchdowns. Earlier this year he won the NCAA indoor 60-yard dash and 60-yard high hurdles

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2nd chance good move for Pacers

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) The Indiana Pacers are impressed with Greg Jones’ performance in a professional basketball summer league. The National Basketball Association club feels the former West Virginia guard drafted this year can become a valuable point guard. The Pacers picked Jones in the third round of the NBA draft and say they’re glad they took a chance after his mediocre performance at a pre-draft camp. “We think he has a legitimate shot at making the team,” said George Irvine, the assistant Pacer coach who directed the team’s entry in the NBA summer league in Los Angeles. “We’re very pleased that we got Greg. He’s quite a kid. I’m very impressed with him, not only his basketball abilities, but his toughness and his mental attitude,” Irvine said. His analysis of the 6-foot-l guard from Youngstown, Ohio, who led the Mountaineers to three straight 20-victory seasons, contradicts reports after Jones attended a pre-draft camp earlier this year. Some coaches said they expected Jones to be drafted in the first or second round but his mediocre performance at the Chicago camp dropped his value. Irvine coached Jones in Chicago, and while he agrees that Jones could have performed better, he says he was surprised when the guard was still available “He struggled up in Chicago, but the thing that really did impress me was his ability to play on-the-ball defense,” Irvine said. “He’s got good quickness, and he ready can be bothersome. I didn’t expect him, the scorer he was, to be that good a defender.”

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