Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 141, Greencastle, Putnam County, 12 February 1985 — Page 10
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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, February 12, 1985
Comebacks may be difference for contenders
By MURRAY CHASS e. 1985 N.Y. Times News Service NEW YORK With snow soon about to give way to sunshine in the world of baseball, teams are scrutinizing ailing arms and legs to determine whether the walking wounded of 1984 will be prepared to play in 1985. The Milwaukee Brewers, for example, have four players returning from injuries and operations whose availability or absence will make an impact on the team’s season. The players are Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, Rollie Fingers and Pete Vuckovich, and among them they won the American League Most Valuable Player and Cy Young Awards in 1981 and ‘B2. The Detroit Tigers, the reigning champions, have two players, Milt Wilcox and Alan Trammell, who had offseason surgery. San Diego, the National League champion, lost Kevin Mcßeynolds with a broken wrist in the pennant playoff. Bob Horner, Atlanta’s slugging third baseman, broke his wrist for the second consecutive season and underwent surgery only two months ago. St. Louis recently acquired Jack Clark, who had knee surgery last season. “Having these guys come back,” General Manager Harry Dalton said of his injured Milwaukee players, “would be like making several major trades without giving up anything.” Here is a status report on some of the more significant players who are coming back from injuries: Milwaukee: Yount (shoulder surgery) had a cortisone shot 10 days ago, then
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began throwing and said he felt stronger. Dalton says the Brewers probably won’t know until late in spring training if he'll be able to open the season at shortstop or if he’ll play left field, be the designated hitter or sit on the bench. Molitor (elbow surgery) has an 80-20 chance to open the season at third base, Dalton says. Fingers (back surgery) started throwing last week but doesn’t want to begin building up his arm until spring training. Vuckovich (shoulder and elbow) has pitched in only three games the last two seasons, is encouraged about prospects of pitching this year, but the Brewers recall he reported to camp a year ago feeling good and never
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made it out of camp. Chuck Porter (elbow surgery) won’t be able to pitch until late in the season. Detroit: Wilcox (shoulder surgery) has been doing light lifting and stretching, and the team doctor says he should be ready to throw when camp opens. But the Tigers aren’t counting on him for the start of season. Trammell (shoulder and knee surgery) is throwing and running and, the Tigers say, is ready to play. Baltimore: Mike Flanagan (torn Achilles tendon) can’t run until July. Scott McGregor (broken finger) is ready. Tippy Martinez (shoulder) has been throwing with no prbblem. Dan Ford (knee surgery.
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broken wrist) is expected to be ready. Boston: Roger Clemens (strained forearm) reports he is ready. Chicago White Sox: Carlton Fisk (pulled abdominal muscle) feels “a lot better,” General Manager Roland Hemond says. “We’ll see in spring training whether he’s fully recovered.” Kansas City: Dennis Leonard (four knee operations) has not pitched since May 1983 and will not be allowed to throw from a mound until Aug. 1. He then may be able to pitch four weeks after that. California: Rick Burleson (torn rotator cuff, dislocated shoulder) has played 51 games the last three seasons, and the
Indiana College Basketball Butler 66, St Louis 61 lUPUI67, lUSE66 Valparaiso 66. Wis-Green Bay 55 Xavier 83, Evansville 63 Monday’s College Basketball Scores Bv The Associated Press EAST Canisius9o, Maine 71 Concordß6, W Virginia St 83, OT Drexel 78, Hofstra 66 Fairmont St 78, W Virginia Tech 62 Georgetown 57. Villa nova 50 N. Carolina A&T 57. Md-E Shore 53, OT Niagara 80, Vermont 68 S. Carolina St 54, Howard 53 St Francis, Pa 98. Mercyhurst 78 Utica 78, Monmouth, N J 77 Wagner 73, St. Francis, N Y 65 SOUTH Alabama A&M 78, Savannah St 77 Alcorn St 88, Grambling St 67 American 79, East Carolina 62 AppalachianSt 76,Tn -Chattanooga6o Cent Florida 55, Baptist 51 E Tennessee St 68, Davidson 67, OT Florida Southern 72. St Leo 55 Florida St 91, S Mississippi 79 George Mason 113, Morgan St. 72 Jackson St 71. Prairie View 65 Louisville 70, Virginia Tech 65 Middle Tenn 65. Murray St 59 Miss Valley St 78, Southern U 72 Samford 78, Florida AAM 56 South Alabama 60, South Florida 59 South Carolina 73, Tulane 65 Stetson 100, Bethune-Cookmanß3 Tennessee St. 65. Augusta 49 Tennessee Tech 87, Austin Peay 65 MIDWEST Akron 54, MoreheadSt. 53 Butler 66, St Louis 61 Chicago St. 78, Brooklyn Coll 69 Cleveland St. 90.111.-Chicago 72 Illinois Tech 85, Concordia, 111 72 NW Missouri 66, McKendree6s Siena Hts. 117, Franklin 54 SW Missouri St 62, N lowa 54 Valparaiso 66, Wis.-Green Bay 55 Xavier, Ohio 83, Evansville 63 Youngstown St. 61, E. Kentucky 60, OT SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 67, Ark.-Little Rock 54 Baylor 94, So. Methodist 90 New Orleans 93, Pan American 76 Oral Roberts 81, Oklahoma City 61 Texas-San Antonio 97, N Texas St. 69 FAR WEST E Washington 66, Gonzaga63 Fresno St 52, Cal-Irvine4o Fullerton St 86. Pacific 64 Washington 81, Arizona St. 63 National Basketball Association .... At A Glance Bv The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE , Atlantic Division J W L.Pct.. GB Boston 41 9 820 Philadelphia 39 10 796 14 Washington 28 24 .538 14 New Jersey 24 26 480 17 New York 18 33 .353 234 Central Division Milwaukee 34 17 .667 Detroit 30 19 .612 3 Chicago 24 25 .490 9 A'ianta 21 29 .420 12 V 4 Cleveland 16 33 .327 17 Indiana 16 34 .320 174 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Denver 31 20 .608 Houston 23 21 .571 2 Dallas 27 23 .540 3Ms San Antonio 25 25 .500 5 4 Utah 23 27 .460 74 Kansas City 16 33 .327 14 Pacific Division LA. Lakers 35 16 .686 Phoenix 25 25 .500 94 Portland 22 28 .440 124 Seattle 21 30 .412 14 L. A Clippers 20 30 .400 14 Golden State 11 38 .224 23 Monday’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games Dallas at Cleveland Philadelphia at Indiana Detroit at Chicago New Jersey at Milwaukee Phoenix at Houston Kansas City at San Antonio Atlanta at Denver L.A. Clippers at LA. Lakers Utah at Golden State Boston at Portland Washington at Seattle Wednesday’s Games Cleveland at New Jersey New York at Philadelphia Dallas at Detroit Atlanta at Utah Golden State at L.A Clippers Monday's Sports Transactions Bv The Associated Press BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Signed Mike Boddicker, Storm Davis, Bill Swaggerty and Ken Dixon, pitchers, and Larry Sheets, outfielder. CLEVELAND INDIANS—Signed Mike Fischlin, pitcher, to a one-year contract NEW YORK YANKEES-Signed Andre Robertson, shortstop, Keith Smith, infielder, and Dan Pasqua and Matt Winters, outfielders. MINNESOTA TWINS-Signed Kent Hrbek, first baseman, to a five-year contract and Frank Viola, pitcher, to a one-year contract. SEATTLE MARINERS-Signed Ed Vande Berg, pitcher TORONTO BLUE JAYS-Signed Roy Lee Jackson, John Cerutti, Stan Clarke, Ron Musselman and Matt Williams, pitchers, Kelly Gruber, infielder, and Ron Shepherd and Mitch Webster, outfielders, to one-year
earliest he is expected to play this year is sometime in May, at which time he would play second base instead of shortstop. Ken Forsch (dislocated shoulder and slight tear) has been throwing well and could return to starting rotation. Oakland: Mike Norris (shoulder surgery) hasn’t pitched since August 1983, but has been throwing well and thinks he’ll be ready to pitch this season. Rick Langford (elbow surgery) has pitched in 10 games the last two seasons and is given less of a chance than Norris to open the season on the A’s staff. Seattle: Gorman Thomas (torn rotator cuff) is not allowed to throw until close to opening day but has been taking batting practice and is expected to be the designated hitter. San Diego: Mcßeynolds (broken wrist) has the splint off, is doing range-of-motion exercises and will be able to hit at the start of spring training if he continues progressing as expected. Atlanta: Horner (broken wrist) had surgery Dec. 18 for the second such injury in two seasons and won’t know until March 4 if he can go to spring training. Len Barker (elbow surgery) will throw from the start of camp and is expected to be ready at or soon after the start of the season. Ken Oberkfell (broken thumb) is ready. Los Angeles: Steve Howe (elbow surgery), delayed in his comeback from drug-induced suspension, should be able to throw early in spring training. Tom Niedenfuer (shoulder and elbow) has been throwing and feels good. Rick Honeycutt
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contracts. National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS-Signed Bobby Castillo, pitcher, to a one-year contract. NEW YORK METS-Signed Rafael Santana, shortstop PITTSBURGH PIRATES-Agreed to terms with Mike Bielecki and Chris Green, pitchers, on one-year contracts SAN DIEGO PADRES—Signed Alan Wiggins, second baseman, to a four-year contract BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DENVER NUGGETS—Waived Russell Cross, forward LOS ANGELES LAKERS—PIaced Jamaal Wilkes, forward, on the injured list MILWAUKEE BUCKS-Placed Mike Dunleavy, guard, on the injured list Signed David Thirdkill, for ward, to a 16-day contract. United States Basketball league USBL—Awarded a franchise to Long Island, N Y LONG ISLAND—Named Randy Feldman general manager FOOTBALL National Football league DENVER BRONCOS—Signed Wade Manning, defensive back INDIANAPOLIS COLTS-Signed Nesby Glasgow, safety, to a series of four one-yea r contracts United States Football League ARIZONA OUTLAWS—Released Wally Kersten and Leroy Robinson, offensive tackles. Bonji Bonner and Dewayne Walker, defensive backs. Mike Caterbone and Oliver Williams, wide receivers, Mike Morris, offensive guard, Jim Portese. center, John Barnett, running back. Mike Saxon, punter. Ken Olson, kicker, and Bill Myatt, quarterback. DENVER GOLD—Cut Jon Poole, placekicker, Larry Jones, wide receiver, Jeff Harper and Dean Moore, linebackers, Greg Horton, guard. Mike Williams, slotback, and Anthony Allen and Terry Love, defensive backs LOS ANGELES EXPRESS-Placed Malcolm Moore, wide receiver, Terry Crouch, offensive guard, Ivan Lesnik and Jeff Chaffin, defensive linemen, on waivers NEW JERSEY GENERALS-Waived Bob Grupp. pun ter, Kim White, wide receiver, Harper Howell, tight end. Bob Knapton, linebacker. Brent Ziegler and Chet Win ters, running backs. Bill Cesare, Heyward Golden and Derrick Hatchett, defensive backs, and Greg Boyd, Greg Murtha. Craig Dunn and Randy Van Dinten. offensive linemen Announced the retirement of Ernie Hughes, center. OAKLAND INVADERS—Waived Mark Reed quarterback, Alvin Baker, comerback. Bob Standifer and Darnel Wall, defensive end, Al Hill, wide receiver, Mike Dotterer Mike Jones. Darren Wilson and Cleo Miller running backs, and William Burse, linebacker. Announced the retirement of Tom Piette, center Traded Jim Merritts, nose tackle, to the Memphis Showboats for a future draft choice PORTLAND BREAKERS—Cut Steve Ballard, defensive end, Jim Beautrow and Fred Worthy, tight ends, Marion Brown, wide receiver. Rich Burtness, guard, Dario Casarino, punter, Garrett Chase, defensive back, Richard Crump, running back, and Bill Gompf, linebacker HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL—Suspended Kelly Kisio, Detroit Red Wing center, for five games in connection with a high-sticking in-
First Citizens Jan. 28,1985 STANDINGS W. L Have Guns Will Trade 108 68 Operation Life 98 78 CCI 90 86 Special T Fair 88 88 IGA 81 95 Taylor Graphics 63 113 High Team Game: Taylor Graphics 759. High Team Series: IGA 2165. High Ind. Game: Linda Pingleton 221. High Ind. Series: Linda Pingleton 537. Series Over 400: L. Pingleton (sub) 537; S. Dickerson, 502: J. Owen 498: M. Whybrew 483: H. Sutherlin 476: L. Underwood 476; D. Gross 473; D. Hamilton 465: J. Dickerson 464; D. Prockford 460; J. Briones 424; V. Miller (sub) 415; A. Lyon 400. First Citizens Dec. 21. 1984 STANDINGS W. L. Have Guns Will Trade 84 60 Operation Life 84 60 Special T Fair 76 68 CCI 74 70 IGA 57 87 Taylor Graphics 57 87 High Team Game: IGA 694. High Team Series: IGA 1947. High Ind. Game: Denese Crockford 212. High Ind. Series: Denese Crockford 571. Series Over 400: I). Crockford 571; J. Owen 471; D. Gross 454; J. Dickerson 444; 11. Sutherlin 439: M. Edged (Sub) 428; R. Sallier 417: C. Pritchard 416; A. Lyon 410; S. Dickerson 409. Varsity Lanes Thurs. Morn. League Jan. 24,1985 STANDINGS W. L. Banner-Graphic 118 50 Clifford Farms 106 62 Cloverdale Bank 102 66 Varsity Lanes Lounge 98 70 Smith Quarter Horses 94 74 Lee Hubbard & Son 82 86 Jo Mar Construction 66 102 Varsity Lanes 62 106 Williams Upholstery ‘62 106 Cunot Bait Shop 50 118 High Team Game: Cloverdale Bank. 597. High Team Series: Cloverdale Bank, 1768. High Ind. Game: Carla Johnson, 199. High Ind. Series: Carla Johnson, 522. Series over 450 (female): C. Johnson, 522; L. Phillips. 498; D. Zimmerman, 469.
(shoulder surgery) has been throwing and expects no trouble. Houston: Dickie Thon still has fuzzy vision, the result of being hit by a pitch last April. He tried playing winter ball, then stopped and limited himself to working out with San Juan. “We’re just going to wait and see how he develops in spring training,” Andy MacPhail, assistant general manager, says. “We’re trying to create the best environment for him to get better.” Bob Knepper (knee surgery) is expected to be ready to throw from the start of spring training. San Francisco: Atlee Hammaker (shoulder and elbow surgery) will be ready to throw from the start of the camp. St. Louis: Jack Clark (knee surgery) passed Cardinals’ medical examination before they completed trade and is ready to play. Montreal: Andre Dawson (knees) has been tested mechanically and, General Manager Murray Cook says, “nearly lifted the machine off the floor. He’ll always have an arthritic condition, but we couldn’t ask for any more.” Terry Francona (knee surgery) has recovered well enough, Cook says, that he should be ready to play the outfield if needed, which wasn’t expected so soon. Fred Breining (shoulder surgery) has been throwing every other day and is well ahead of schedule. Pittsburgh: Bill Madlock (elbow surgery) began hitting recently and plans to begin throwing soon. He says he doesn’t know how his arm will respond, but he’s gearing himself to be ready by opening day.
cident during a game Feb 2 against Quebec PHILADELPHIA FLYERS-Announeed that Mark Howe, defenseman, will be replaced by Brad Marsh, defenseman, in the NHL All-Star game National Hockey League At A Glance Bv The Associated Press WALES CONFERENCE Patrick Division W L T Pts GF. GA Washington 34 14 8 76 237 163 Philadelphia 31 16 7 69 227 17C NY Islanders 30 22 3 63 253 215 NY Rangers 17 29 9 43 191 227 Pittsburgh 18 29 5 41 186 23? New Jersey 17 29 7 41 183 21? Adams Division Buffalo 27 15 12 66 202 152 Montreal 27 19 10 64 214 187 Quebec 26 22 8 60 223 199 Boston 25 24 7 57 209 199 Hartford 17 30 6 40 180 241 CAMPBELL CONFERENCE Norris Division St. Louis 25 19 10 60 208 201 Chicago 25 28 3 53 218 2IE Minnesota 16 29 10 42 187 222 Detroit 16 31 9 41 203 25. Toronto 13 35 7 33 171 23i Smy the Division Edmonton 40 10 6 86 283 185 Calgary 28 21 7 63 256 22 C Winnipeg 28 23 6 62 246 249 Los Angeles 24 22 10 58 250 237 Vancouver 16 33 8 40 194 291 Monday's Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Game All-Star Game at Calgary. Alberta Wednesday's Games Washington at Winnipeg ...international Hockey League At A Glance By The Associated Press . East Division W L T Pts GF GA Flnt 31 21 2 66 240 212 Musk eg n 31 19 2 64 227 180 Kalamazo 24 23 6 56 210 192 To led 21 27 5 47 188 240 West Division Ppori 28 18 6 62 223 179 Fort Wayn 25 18 8 59 216 201 Salt Lak 21 25 5 48 195 195 Indianapls 20 28 3 45 158 199 Milwauke 13 35 5 34 178 237 Two points are awarded for a victory; one point to each team in . . j. . ® tie' overtime winner receives two points and loser receives one P° int Monday's Games No games scheduled Tuesday's Games Milwaukee at Indianapolis Salt Lake at Peoria ...Wednesday’s Games Milwaukee at Fort Wayne Indianapolis at Muskegon
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Putnam County Jan. 24, 1985 STANDINGS W. L. Brannamen Realty 119 51 Greencastle Mfg I 1M 72 Cash Concrete 101 75 Haltom Electric 99 77 B & P Rental 97 79 Taylor Patio 96 80 Fairway Waffle House 91 85 A-H Hoffman 83 93 Butler Rive Stock 81 95 MGM Trucking 77 99 Greencastle Mfg II 75 101 Hassler Trucking 72 104 Carney Chev-Buick 70 106 PM Video 67 109 High Team Game: A-H Hoffman 1056. High Team Series: Cash Concrete 2971. High Ind. Game: Rich Newman 233. High lnd. Series: Mike Johnson 593. Series Over 500: M. Johnson 593; J. Williams 589; D. Sutherlin 577: M. Shinn 568; J. Scott 553; M. Buis 551; W . Crawly 543; P. Zewandowski 541: D. Atwell 540; J. Rice 536; G. Bartlett 529: F. Middleton 527: M. Adams 525: R. Duncan 524; E. Routt 522; D. Cochran 520; M. Rader 517; J. Sutton 514: B. Branham 511; R. Hassler 507: S. Sutherlin 500. Tues. Morn. IBM Jan. 29.1985 STANDINGS W. L. Jordan 98 70 Kendall 98 70 York 92 76 Rolls 86 82 Frost 84 84 Widmann 82 86 Jones 72 96 Johnston 60 108 High Team Game: York. 507. High Team Series: York. 1360. Rhine's Market League Jan. 28.1985 STANDINGS w. R. Furr’s Insurance 102 50 K & W Marine 97 55 l.one Star Pros % 5® Rone Star ~".86 66 Fabricated Metal 77 75 Sportsman's of Cunot 70 82 Cloverdale Raun gj RMS Painting gj 90 Swope Realty and Auc 56 % Ma Stroud's 50 )# 2 High Team Game: Fabricated Metal Prod.. 752. High Team Series: K & W Marine. 1926.