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DEPAUW SOCCER TEAM: Coach Page Cotton gives halftime instructions during scrimmage

Young Tigers may be very good

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Have you ever seen a coach happy after a loss, even when his team played well? Right now Page Cotton is walking around like the cat who just swallowed the canery. His very young, very inexperienced DePauw University soccer team, not yet at full strength, pushed NCAA Division II power Indiana State University-Evansville to the limit Thursday afternoon in a 2-1 preseason scrimmage loss. “IF WE IMPROVE on our performance from yesterday as much as we did in the first two weeks of practice we’re going to be a good, solid team,” the 14th year head coach predicted. The satisfying part for Cotton was derived from using no less than nine new starters at any one time and ISU-E’s reputation. Fine, DePauw didn’t win, but this was an opponent who defeated NCAA Division I power Evansville, a team that is ranked right up there with Indiana University this year. This should be a rebuilding year, losing six seniors and three other players for various reasons, from an 8-6-1 team. “We’re in good shape because of an outstanding group of freshmen and a good group of returning upper classmen,” Cotton said. CAPTAINS JIMMY MILIOTES and Mark Populorum will be leading a team of seven returning letter winners, a Division I transferred starter and a group of high school all-state players from the East Coast. Cotton was briefly holding his breath when Miliotes hit the ground, grabbing his ankle and didn’t get up Thursday. The senior, who was coming out of the lineup anyway, suffered a sprain, but should be ready

2-0 Cubs beat Owen Valley Five Greencastle High School golfers outshot their Owen Valley counterparts Thursday afternoon as the Tiger Cubs whipped the Patriots 207-266 at Windy Hill Country Club. The now 2-0 Cubs travel to McCutcheon Tuesday for a match and will return home Sept. 10 against Terre Haute South. Dale Gossard, Janet Torr, Missy Collins, Kim Bode and Jill Gossard all shot better nine-hole rounds than Owen Valley’s golfers. In fact, four of those scores were better than the Patriots’ best, Lora Abrell shooting a 60. But Dale Gossard’s 48 paced the Greencastle victory, followed by Torr at 51, Collins 53, Bode 55 and Gossard at 65 to round out the five scoring players. Kristie Ward made her varsity debut with an 86. Sports schedule Tuesday Greencastle girls atMeCutcheon golf West Vigo JV at Greencastle, 6:30 p.m., football Rockville girls at South Putnam 6:30 p.m., volleyball South Putnam vs. Danville at Plainfield, 4:30p.m., cross country South Putnam JV at Monrovia, 6 p.m., football North Putnam JV at Danville, 6:30 p.m., football West Vigo at Cloverdale, cross country Plainfield at Cloverdale, 6 p.m., volleyball Tri-West freshmen at Cloverdale, 6 p.m., football Wednesday Terre Haute North girls at Greencastle, 6:30 p. m., swimming Greencastle at Danville, 4:15 p.m., tennis Thursday Greencastle girls at Tri-West, 6:30 p.m., volleyball Greencastle vs. West Vigo at North Central (Sullivan), 4:30 p.m., cross country Terre Haute South vs. Greencastle at Robe-AnnPark, 4:30p.m., tennis

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by the Sept. 7 3 p.m. opener with lUPU-Indianapolis. “He’s going to be our quarterback,” Cotton said of the midfielder. “There is going to be a lot of pressure on him.” Miliotes got up, but not David Hinchman. The freshman from Denver, Col. suffered a serious knee injury, just ho v serious was to be learned Friday. THIS DePAUW TEAM appears to be like the one two years ago, good defense weak on offense. “It’s going to be a big question mark for us,” Cotton admitted. “I think yesterday (Thursday) we got some good shots. When we are playing at full strength though I think you’ll see a DePauw team that can score some goals. ” Most of the offense could come from newcomers to the program, though John Dill was one of the top shooters against ISU-E. “He’s our scorer hopefully,” Cotton said of the sophomore striker. “He’s improved from one season to another more than any player I’ve ever coached.” David Holub, Whitney Smith, Brian Jaworski and

Wrigley playoff games okayed

NEW YORK (AP) The Chicago Cubs, should they reach the Worlb Series, will be allowed to play daytime games at Wrigley Field although it will cost them the chance to open at home. Should the Cubs win the National League pennant, the first two games of the World Series will be switched to the American League city, baseball commissioner Bowia Kuhn announced Thursday. Wrigley Field is the only major league stadium without lights, and with the Cubs currently leading the NL East by six games, the situation presented baseball with a problem. If all the games scheduled to be played in the NL East city during the National League Championship Series and World Series were shifted from night to day, each major laague team would lose an estimated $700,000 in television revenue. An adjustment to the NL and AL playoff schedules will be made if the Cubs win their division, Kuhn said. The first two games of the NL series would be played by day in Chicago, with the first two AL games at night. If Chicago does not win the NL East, Game 1 of the NL series would be a night game and Game 2 would be played during the day. Statistics show the team that played the first two games at home has won the World Series 53 percent ofnthe time. Kuhn also

Cubs give Braves chance to win, then...

By The Associated Press The Chicago Cubs reached into their bag of tricks, then gave away all their secrets. Assured of afternoon games in their cozy Wrigley Field lair in any postseason action, the National League East leaders promptly made themselves feel right at home after dark in Fulton County Stadium. They maje a 3-2 deficit in the ninth inning disappear, as Thad Boslay cracked a home run to tie the score. The Cubs then transformed the nail-biter into a laugher, scoring five times in the 10th for an 8-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Chicago Manager Jim Frey, however, said his players aren’t magicians. "We got a lot of guys that can hit,” Fray said. "I don’t think you can put it any other way. There are no mirrors, no miracles.” Chicago loaded the bases with none out in the 10th, then a two-run single by Keith Moreland past a drawn-in infield, a two-

pointed out that visiting teams have won the seventh and deciding game 15 of 26 times that the Series has gone the distance. “It’s not a perfect solution,” Kuhn admitted. “But it’s the one that is the best compromise.” The option of installing temporary lights at Wrigley Field was Mocked by state and local laws, Kuhn saij. A state law restricts the amount of noise allowed at night games while the local ordinance prohibits athletic contests that would draw more than 10,000 people in an area surrounded by a large residential area. “In our discussions with the people in Illinois, we decided we could not get relief for either one of the regulations,” Kuhn said. ' Other options included moving the Cubs’ home games to either Comiskey Park, home of the crosstown White Sox, or County Stadium in Milwaukee, about 90 miles away. The possibility of moving the games from Wrigley Field “was an option we had in mind,” the commissioner said. “It was not a frivolous one.” “However, I would not rule it out as an alternative for the future,” Kuhn said. “Baseball must promptly find a clear-cut solution to the lights situation.” Had the original schedule held, and if

run double by RonnCey and an RBI single by Jody Davis put the Braves away. “Somebody different every night seems to pick us up, to either win a ballgame or tie it like Thad did tonight,” Moreland said. Bosley said he’s no mind reader. “Larry Bowa told me to look for a slider or change-up on the first pitch. I was fortunate enough to hit it pretty good,” he explained. Lee Smith, 9-4, gained the victory with two innings of relief work as the Cubs won for the 10th time in 12 games. In other NL action, Montreal bopped Los Angeles 5-2, Cincinnati cruised past Pittsburgh 4-1, and San Francisco and Philadelphia split a pair of 6-5 games, the Giants winning the opener and the Phils the nightcap. Braves starter Pascual Perez allowed only four hits, fanned nine batters and walked three in eight innings.

David Begley are also people Cotton hopes to get some offense from. A TRANSFER FROM North Carolina where he started and lettered for the 20th ranked NCAA Division I Tar Heels, Holub is expected to provide leadership and offense. He is the younger brother of four-year DePauw starter and last year’s assistant coach Ed Holub. Begley, no relation to former DePauw and NFL kicker Brian Begley, was named first-team all-state in Massachuetts. Smith, who saw only limited action in Thursday’s scimmage because of an injury, was second-team all-state in Colorado. Cotton’s freshman hit man won’t show up with a violin case, but he’s definitely a shooter. Jaworski scored 19 goals for Homewood Flossmore High School on Chicago’s southside. “I think he can score some goals for us,” the coach said with a grin. PAT WEST IS the freshman surprise. “He’s really been impressive,” Cotton said of the forward out of New York. “It’s kind of an unexpected surprise.” Sophomore Brad Hauter is the No. 1 goalie with freshman Mark Bridges, an all-city selection in Cincinnati, right behind him. Hauter keeps the defensive picture clear as he recorded five shutouts last year. ISU-E won the scrimmage, but never dominated play. In fact, DePauw dominated the action. The visitors led 1-0 at halftime on an early goal, but the Tigers tied the match 1-1 on Jon Dill’s goal. BUT WHEN ISU-E scored the winning goal DePauw had nine freshmen and two sophomores on the field. “For the most part we were much more aggressive than they were,” Cotton said.

Cubs hosted three weekday games during the World Series, baseball would have been required to rebate to NBC a large sum of money to compensate for the loss in advertising ra venue. “NBC made it clear that they felt we had a commitment to those night (World Series) games and that they would hold us to it,” Kuhn said. A spokesman for ABC-TV, which will televise the NL and AL playoffs, said the network was happy with the decision. “We’re going to be showing one day game and one night game the first two days as is it.” said the spokesman, who asked not to be named. Kuhn’s decision pleased area fans. Cathy Zuccarello, speaking from the Cubby Bear Lounge across from Wrigley Field, said she did not like the notion of the Cubs playing somewhere else or at night. “It was a horrible idea,” she said. HERZOG LIKES SOTO ST. LOUIS (AP) Praise from a rival manager is praise indeed, as witness the appraisal of Cardinal skipper Whitey Herzog of Cincinnati righthander Mario Soto. Y ‘Soto is at the top of the list,” Herzog said. “Get him a couple of runs early and he’ll make them stand up for you. He is very consistent about staying ahead of the hitters and if he needs a strikeout in a clutch situation, he can usually get it.”

Atlanta broke a scoreless tie in the fourth with four consecutive hits off starter Scott Sanderson. Singles by Brad Komminsk and Dale Murphy and doubles by Gerald Perry and Randy Johnson brought in three runs. Perez lost his shutout bid in the seventh when the Cubs scored two unearned runs. Cey was safe when third baseman Johnson booted his grounder, Bosley singled and pinch-hitter Jody Davis walked to load the bases. Left fielder Komminsk trapped pinchhitter Jay Johnstone’s blooper but forced Davis at second as Cey scored. The second run scored on pinch-hitter Dan Rohn’s foul sacrifice fly. Giants 6-5, Phillies 5-6 Pinch-hitter Sixto Lezcano’s basesloaded walk in the ninth inning drove home A 1 Olivar with the winning run in the nightcap. Jeff Leonard’s two-run homer in the ninth inning ralliad the Giants past the Phillies in the opener.

Sports scoreboard

Major League Baseball At A Glance By The Associated Press NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W L Pet GB Chicago 80 53 .602 - New York 73 58 .557 6 Philadelphia 72 60 .545 7'* St. Louiu 66 65 .50; 13 Montreal 65 67 492 14 1 * Pittsburgh 57 76 429 23 WEST DIVISION San Diego 77 55 .583 - Houston 68 66 .507 10 Atlanta 65 68 489 12'* Los Angeles 63 71 470 15 San Francisco 55 78 414 22‘* Cincinnati 55 79 .410 23 Thursday's Games San Francisco 6, Philadelphia 5, Ist game Philadelphia 6, San Francisco 5, 2nd game Montreal 5, Los Angeles 2 Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 1 Chicago 8, Atlanta 3, 10 innings Only games scheduled Friday’s Games San Diego (Dravecky 8-6 and Whitson 12-7) at New York (Fernandez 4-2 and Berenyi 9-13), 2, (t-n) Los Angeles (Hershiser 8-6) at Montreal (Schatzeder 9-12), (n) Pittsburgh (Candelaria 11-10) at Cincinnati (Price 6-10), (n) Chicago (Trout 12-5) at Atlanta (Brizzolara 1-1), (n) San Francisco (Laskey 6-11) at Philadelphia (Koosman 14-10), (n) Houston (Ryan 11-8) at St. Louis (LaPoint 9-10), (n) Saturday's Games Los Angeles at Montreal Chicago at Atlanta San Francisco at Philadelphia, (n) Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, (n) San Diego at New York, 2, (t-n) Houston at St. Louis, (n) AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W I. Pet GB Detroit 87 47 .649 Toronto 76 57 .571 10'* Baltimore 71 61 .538 15 New York 71 61 .538 15 Boston 70 63 .526 16‘* Cleveland 60 75 .444 27'* Milwaukee 56 78 .418 31 WEST DIVISION Minnesota 69 64 .519 Kansas City 66 67 496 3 California 65 67 .492 3'* Chicago 62 70 .470 6'* Oakland 61 73 .455 B‘* Texas 59 74 ,;44 10 Seattle 59 75 .440 10'* Thursday's Games Milwaukee 7, Cleveland 6 Toronto 4, Chicago 3 Boston 9, Minnesota 3 Texas 4, Kansas City 3 Seattle 2, Detroit 1 Only games scheduled Friday’s Games Boston (Clemens 9-4) at Cleveland (Smith 5-5), (n) Minnesota (Castillo 2-0) at Toronto (Stieb 13-5), (n) Kansas City (Leibrandt 7-6) at Chicago (Dotson 13-10), (n) Milwaukee (Haas 7-10 > at Texas (Mason 8-11). (n) New York (Rasmussen 8-4) at California (Kison 3-3), (n) Baltimore (Flanagan 11-11) at Seattle (Barojas 9-5), (n) n Detroit (Wilcox 15-7) at Oakland (Burris 11-7), (n) Saturday's Games Minnesota at Toronto Boston at Cleveland Detroit at Oakland Kansas City at Chicago, (n) Milwaukee at Texas, (n) New York at California, (n) Baltimore at Seattle, (n) TODAY'S MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By The Associated Press NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING (320 at bats): Gwynn, San Diego, .359; Sandberg, Chicago, .326; Puhl, Houston, .316; Cruz, Houston, .315; Brenly, San Francisco, .312. RUNS. Sandberg, Chicago, 98; Wiggins, San Diego, 91; Samuel, Philadelphia, 89; Matthews, Chicago, 86, Raines, Montreal, 85. RBI: GCarter, Montreal, 95; Schmidt, Philadelphia, 89; JDavis, Chicago, 84; Cey, Chicago, 83; Leonard, San Francisco, 82. HITS: Gwynn, San Diego, 184; Sandberg, Chicago, 175; Samuel, Philadelphia, 162; Cruz, Houston, 157; Raines, Montreal, 155. DOUBLAS: Raines, Montreal, 32; Samuel, Philadelphia, 32; Sandberg, Chicago, 30; Hendrick, StLouis, 27; Hubbard, Atlanta, 27. TRIPLES: Sandberg, Chicago, 17; Samuel, Philadelphia, 15; Cruz, Houston, 12; Doran, Houston, 11; CReynolds, Houston, 9; Gwynn, San Diego 9; McGee, StLouis, 9. HOME RUNS: Murphy, Atlanta, 28; Schmidt, Philadelphia, 27; GCarter, Montreal, 24; Cey, Chicago, 22; Leonard, San Francisco, 21. STOLEN BASES: Samuel, Philadelphia, 63; Raines, Montreal, 58; Wiggins, San Diego, 56; Redus, Cincinnati, 44; MWilson,NewYork,4o PITCHING (11 decisions): Sutcliffe, Chicago, 13-1, .929,2.92; Horton, StLouis, 8-3, .727,3 54; Trout, Chicago, 12-5, .706,3.36; LeSmith, Chicago, 9-4, 692,3.51; Darling, New York, 11-5, 688,3.66. STRIKEOUTS: Gooden, New York, 214; Valenzuela, Los Angeles. 198; Ryan, Houston, 171; Carlton, Philadelphia, 144; Soto, Cincinnati, 144. SAVES: Sutter, StLouis, 35; Holland, Philadelphia, 28; Orosco. New York, 27; LeSmith, Chicago, 26, Gossage, San Diego, 25. AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTINGN(32O at bats): Winfield, New York, .352; Mattingly, New York, .350; EMurray, Baltimore, .317; Hrbek, Minnesota, .317; Barrett, Boston, .312; Trammell. Detroit, .312. RUNS: DwEvans, Boston, 103; Winfield, New York, 89; Butler, Clevaland, 88; RHenderson, Oakland, 87; Boggs, Boston, 85; Ripken, Baltimore, 85 RBI: Kingman, Oakland. 108; EMurray, Baltimore, 102; Rice, Boston, 102; Armas, Boston, 99; ADavis, Seattle, 95. HITS: Mattingly, New York. 169; Ripken, Baltimore, 161; Winfield, New York, 161; Garcia, Toronto, 160; Franco, Cleveland, 159. DOUBLES: LAParrish, Texas, 36; Mattingly, New York, 33; DwEvans, Boston, 32; BBell, Texas, 31; Garcia, Toronto, 31. TRIPLES: Collins, Toronto, 13; Moseby, Toronto, 13; KGibson, Detroit, 9; Upshaw, Toronto, 9; Baines, Chicago, 8; Owen, Seattle, 8; Wilson, Kansas City, 8. HOME RUNS: Armas, Boston, 35; Kingman, Oakland, 32; LNParrish, Detroit, 29; Thornton, Cleveland, 29; Brunansky. Minnesota, 28 STOLEN BASES: RHenderson.nOakland, 50; Collins, Toronto, 47; Pettis, California, 45; Butler, Cleveland. 42; Garcia. Toronto, 38.

Triplets leave Evansville

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) A crowd of 3,598 turned out to say goodbye to the Evansville Triplets, although poor attendance is what forced the Class AAA team to leave town. No special ceremony was held Thursday night to mark the team’s farewell, but the famed San Diego Chicken was on hand to entertain in its finale with the Indianapolis Indians. The onlq thing that distinguished it from any other game was a few fans calling out to the players, “We’ll miss you.” The American Association franchise, which averaged attendance of about 1,500 this season, was bought last month by Larry Schmittou, who plans to move the club to Nashville, Tenn., where he operates the Class

August 31,1984, The Putnam County Banner-Graphic

PITCHING (11 decisions) Leal, Toronto, 13-4, ,765, 3.65; Blyleven, Cleveland, 15-5, .750, 3 08; Stieb, Toronto, 13-5 , 722 , 2 44, Alexander, Toronto, 12-5, .706 , 3.40, Niekro, New York, 16-7, .696.2 78 STRIKEOUTS: Langston, Seattle, 167; Witt, Cahfor nia, 163; Stieb, Toronto, 149; Hough, Texas, 140; Moms, Detroit, 129; Niekro, New York, 129. SAVES: Quisenberry, Kansas City, 35; Caudill, Oakland,27; Hernandez, Detroit, 26; RDavis, Minnesota, 25; Fingers, Milwaukee, 23 American Association By The Associated Press W L Pet GB Indian apols 89 78 6 ' 72 Tso 11 "w 76 73 .510 12'j Louis vill 76 74 507 13 Denvr 75 75 .500 14 Eva nsvill 71 78 47/ 17'? Oklahoma Cty 68 82 453 21 Omah 66 84 440 23 Thursday's Games Wichita 5, Oklahoma City 3 Denver 7, Omaha 4 Louisville 6, lowa Indianapolis 7, Evansville 6 Friday's Games Oklahoma City at Omaha Denver at Wichita Evansville at lowa Louisvilla at Indianapolis Saturday’s Games Denver at Wichita Oklahoma City at Omaha Evansville at lowa Louisville at Indianapolis National Football League At A Glance By The Associated Press American Conference East W L T Pet. PF PA Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 00 00 Indianapolis 0 0 0 .000 00 00 Miami 0 0 0 .000 00 00 New England 0 0 0 .000 00 00 NY. Jets 0 0 0 .000 00 00 Central Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 00 00 Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 00 00 Houston 0 0 0 .000 00 00 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 .000 00 00 West Denver 0 0 0 .000 00 00 Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 00 00 LA. Raiders 0 0 0 .000 00 00 San Diego 0 0 0 .000 00 00 Seattle 0 0 0 .000 00 00 National Conference East Dallas 0 0 0 .000 00 00 NY. Giants 0 0 0 .000 00 00 Philadelphia 0 0 0 .000 00 00 St. Louis 0 0 0 .000 00 00 Washington 0 0 0 .000 00 00 Central ... Chicago 0 0 0 000 00 00 Detroit 0 0 0 .000 00 00 Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 00 00 Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 00 00 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 00 00 West Atlanta 0 0 0 000 00 00 LA Rams 0 0 0 .000 00 00 New Orlaans 0 0 0 .000 00 00 San Francisco 0 0 0 .000 00 00 Sunday's Games Atlanta at New Orleans Kansas City at Pittsburgh Miami at Washington New England at Buffalo Philadelphia at New York Giants St. Louis at Green Bay San Diego at Minnesota San Francisco at Detroit Tampa Bay at Chicago Cincinnati at Denver Los Angeles Raiders at Houston New York Jets at Indianapolis Monday's Games Cleveland at Seattle Dallas at Los Angeles Rams NHRA Nationals - Leaders,l7o INDIANAPOLIS (API The leaders after Thursday’s qualifying for Monday's *1,072,950 30th annual National Hot Rod Association US. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park: Top Fuel —l, Gary Beck, Hemet, Calif., 5.51 at 251.39 mph 2, Don Garlits, Ocala, Fla., 5.63 at 250 00 mph. 3. Gene Snow, Fort Worth, Texas, 5.83 at 224.43 mph. 4, Ralph Pearson, San Diego, Calif., 5.94 at 235.60 mph. 5, Jack Revelle, Glencoe, Mo., 5.98 at 229.00 mph Funny Car —l, Frank Hawley, Ontario, Canada, 580 at 245.23 mph 2, Tim Grose, Saugus, Calif., 5.89 at 238.72 mph 3, DBn Prudhomme, Granada Hills, Calif., 5.93 at 245.23 mph 4, Billy Meyer, Waco, Texas, 5.93 at 225.56 mph. 5, Raymond Beadle, Dallas, Texas, 5.94 at 223.32 mph. Pro Stock —l, Warren Johnson, Duluth, Ga., 769 at 181 08 mph. 2, BobGlidden, Whiteland, Ind , 7.71 at 179 64 mph. 3, Frank laconio, Totowa, N.J., 7.75 at 178.21 mph 4, Butch Leal, Blacklick, Ohio, 7.76 at 178 21 mph 5. Don Coonee, Cayuga, Ind., 7.77 at 176.12 mph. Thursday’s Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League AL-Fined Pat Corrales, manager of the Cleveland Indians, *I,OOO BALTIMORE ORIOLES—CaIIed up John Paceila and Bill Swaggerty, pitchers, from Rochester of the International league, effective Sept 1. Called up Victor Rodriguez, infielder, Larry Sheets, outfielder, and Ron Jackson, first baseman, from Rochester, effective Sept. 4. Called up Ken Dixon, pitcher, from Charlotte of the Southern League, effective at the end of Charlotte’s season. National League MONTREAL EXPOS—Fired Bill Virdon, manager Named Jim Fanning manager LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Recalled Larry White, pitcher, from Albuquerque of the Pacific Coast League, effective Sept. 1. PITTSBURGH PIRATES—PIaced Dale Berra, shor tstop, on the 15-day disabled list. Recalled Joe Orsulak, outfielder, from Hawaii of the Pacific Coast League. > FOOTBALL National Football League GRAEN BAY PACKERS—PIaced Johnnie Gray, safety, on the injured reserve list Added Ed West, tight end, to the roster. HOUSTON OlLEßS—Signed Mike Kennedy, safety KANSAS CITY CHlEFS—Signed Larry Ricks, running back. Placed Mike Dennis, cornerback, on waivers NEW ORLEANS SAlNTS—Signed George Rogers, running back, to a series of one-year contracts SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Acquired Dino Mangiero, nose tackle, on waivers. Released Darrell Irwin, defensive end. WASHINGTON REDSKINS-Acquired Morris Towns, offensive tackle, from the Los Angeles Raiders for an undisclosed 1985 draft selection Placed Curt Singer, offensive lineman, on the injured reserve list. HOCKEY Canada Cup TEAM CANADA—Cut James Patrick, defenseman, Anton Stastny. Brian Sutter and Denis Savard, forwards, and Reiean Lemelin, goaltender.

AA Nashville Sounds. “I hate to see them leave," said John Cox, who said he attended Triplets games about four nights a week. “But I used to come out here when we had a Three-I league team, back in 1959-1960, and there were more people out then than there are now.” Most players said they were happy to be moving to fancier quarters in Nashville, but the team’s manager, Gordy Mackenzie, said he didn’t like to see Evansville left without a pro team. “I hate to see baseball leave anyplace,” he said. Evansville was 71-78 after Thursday’s 7-5 loss to Indianapolis. The Triplets are in sixth place among the eight teams in the league.

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