—The Daily Collegian Thursday, October 20, 1977
Sports page:
A hideaway
for optimists
Autumn didn't begin with the equinox.
It didn't begin when the leaves turned
colors. Autumn began in the top of the
ninth Tuesday night when Lee Lacy
popped up a Mike Torrez pitch, ending
the World Series.
For the true sports follower, the
seasons are not named Spring, Summer,
Autumn and Winter: they are named
Baseball, Football, Hockey and
Basketball.
Ba . seball season has caused more
colds than any virus. There was snow on
the ground this week, but sports fans
walked around in short sleeves it's
just incomprehensible to imagine being
cold while baseball season is still going.
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Same for spring training. The tem
perature hangS around the 20s here in
February, but when the majors open
camp, the fans break out the T-shirts.
Following a team or a league numbs
the senses and plays on the psyche.
Many people's moods are determined by
what appears in the box scores each
morning. For sports 'followers, life is a
crazy emotional roller coaster.
It may sound like a senseless thing to
guide one's life, but consider the
alternatives. Read the front page of the
Collegian some day: "Legislators fail to
appropriate money: Tuition level going
up," "Congress stalls energy plan: "Gas
price level going up," "So-and-so,
running for such-and-such says this-and
that: Bullshit level going up."
It's downright depressing to read news
anymore. Last year, the editorial page
was always good for a few laughs: Wet
T-shirts, beastiality and who-the-hell-is-
Gino-Vanelli?
This year, the Letters to the Editor
come off like dinitig hall oatmeal:
Library hours, football uniforms and
who-stole-my-purse?
News is news and letters are letters, so
they must be published. And they should
be read. But who can blame someone for
checking out the sports page first it's
like eating your dessert first. To put it in
sports lingo, it's reading about the
"thrill of victory" before "the agony of
defeat."
The sports page is a haven for closet
optimists. The sun is, always shining
somewhere, and no matter how badly
things are going, there's always a game
tomorrow, even another season coming
up. Nothing is permanent you always
get a second chance.
Those who confine themselves to the
front page also get their seasons ac
cording to the temperature. Here's what
they'll get for the next four months:
"increasingly colder, cloudy, high winds
and probability of snow." ‘
But for sports nuts, the seasons change
according to the types of uniforms ap
pearing on the sports page. If tbat's a
basketball, it must be cold outside.
Baseball season is over. Let s get
basketball and 'hockey going, let's kick
football into high gear. Let's break out
the heavy coats.
But only until February, when the
teams head for Florida and Arizona.
Then let's break out the T-shirts,
because, dammit, if that's a baseball, it
must be warm outside.
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New York Yankee manager Billy Martin, who piloted his club to a World series
'victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers, got his long-awaited security from
general manager Gabe Paul this week, but according to many Yankee players
the vote of confidence came later than it should have. • .
Yankees don't want
another year like '77
NEW YORK (AP) "I can't go
through another year like this. No way,"
said Thurman Munson, the catcher and
captain.
"This club can't take another year of
this," said outfielder Lou Piniella.
"Whoever can't adhere to the unity of
the ball club, they should get rid of him."
With a world championship to savor, it
should have been the happiest hour of
the year for the New York Yankees. It
wasn't.
"The Series is gonna hit me in a couple
of days," Munson said. "But I was
happier when we won the .playoffs just
because of all the stuff we've been
-through and being under the gun all the
time."
When the Yankees edged Kansas City
in the American League playoffs, the
normally gruff Munson, the team's
finest competitor, broke down and wept.
Now, he was too spent for much emotion.
"I'm happy it's over," he said. "I'm
tired. I don't know how I played the last,
few days. Someone had to help me, I felt
so bad. The man upstairs did, I guess."
The Yankees, , back atop the bqsehall_
world for the first time in 15 years, a
position they once considered their
divine right, should have been ecstatic,
Instead, the feeling that permeated their
clubhouse Tuesday night after beating
the Los Angeles Dodgers, four games to
two, was relief that this turbulent season
finally had ended and they could at last
escape the constant attention and con
troversy that had engulfed them almost
continuously since spring training.
"To be honest," Piniella said. "I don't
think this club can take another year,
another two weeks, another week of all
this. You don't have to be one big,
happy family to concentrate on playing
Intramural scores
VOLLEYBALL Northampton def. Williamsport, 2.1; Washington def
DORMITORY Poplar def. Lackawanna, 2-0; Jefferson, 2-0.
Cameron def. Sullivan, 2-1; Lycoming def. Fulton, 2-0; FRATERNITY Sigma Alpha Epsilon def. Tau
Sequoia def. Leete I, for.; Pittsburgh def. Wilkinsburg, Kappa Epsilon, 2-0; Phi Kappa Sigma def. Phi Kappa
2-0; Mercer def. Hazleton, 2-0; Tamarack def. Tau, 2-0; Delta Kappa Phi def. Phi Gamma Delta, 2.0;
Schuylkill, for.; I3ehrend def Nittany 37-39-40.41, for.; Alpha Sigma Phi def. Delta Chi, 2-0; Delta Upsilon def.
Hershey def. Paradise, 2-1; Watts 1-2 def. Adams, 2-1; Sigma Nu, 2-0; Phi Kappa Theta def. Kappa Sigma, 2-0.
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1977 Thetaman
Russell Hattori
Thanks for everything Russ!
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ball, but if everything isn't gonna .be
tranquil we might as well write off next
year. "
Munson and Piniella were under the
gun again this week, the latest chapter
in what club president Gabe Paul
called, "the tumultuous life of the 1977
Yankees."
• A national magazine reported the two
players met with owner George Stein
brenner in Milwaukee during a July
slump and demanded he fire Manager
Billy Martin.
"I'd never try to get a man fired from
his job," Munson said. "I'm too much of
a family man to ever do that. What we
told George was, 'lf you're gonna fire
him, fire him now or else give him
security.'
"We also talked about a few people
who maybe should be hitting in different
spots in the batting order. I think that
meeting started to turn the meeting
around, but if nothing else came out of it,
I think it got Billy some security."
Martin finally got his security just a
few hours before the World Series wind
up when the Yankees gave him a vote of
confidence for the remaining two years
of his contract.
"They should have done it much
sooner," Piniella said. "It would have
helped much sooner. Everything will be
fine if they leave the man alone and let
him manage. And he can manage, no
doubt about it.
"They hired a manager. Leave him
alone. They hired 25 players who they
think can play and if problems are
caused by any ball players next year,
they should get rid of those players."
Neither Munson nor Piniella was
naming names. The last thing the
Yankees need is more'controversy.
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Jackson
NEW YORK (AP) Still enjoying the
afterglow of their 'first world cham
pionship in 15 years, the New York
Yankees were saluted with a ticker tape
parade up lower Broadway yesterday
after an awesome power display by
slugger Reggie Jackson clinched the
World Series against the Los Angeles
Dodgers.
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Jackson became the first man in the
history of baseball to hit three con
secutive home runs in a single Series
game, smashing the first pitch in each
swing to carry the best team money
could buy to its championship Tuesday
night.
The only other man ever to hit three
homers in a single Series game was the
legendary Babe Ruth, who set the record
51 years ago. But not even the immortal
Ruth ever managed the total of five
Series homers which Jackson socked to
destr s oy the Dodgers.
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It was a fitting climax to a tumultuous
season in which the high-priced stars
assembled in the Yankee clubhouse by
Owner George Steinbrenner often
clashed with each other and with the
club's 'management. Jackson, signed by
Steinbrenner for $2.9 million as the most
expensive player in last winter's free
agent auction, often was the center of the
clubhouse controversy.
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Below is The Daily Collegian's foot
ball forecast for the upcoming week
end. The favorites, underdogs, and
point spreads are the "Las Vegas
Line" odds, while the far right column
are the Collegian's picks, giving or
taking those point spreads. A `plus'
after the team's initials means we are
taking the points, a 'minus' means we
are giving. We stress these picks by
us are made in fun only. This week's
Collegian selections were made by
assistant sports editor Jerry Lucci.
Favorite
Cleveland
Oakland
Dallas
Washington
Pittsburgh
Denver
Miami
Green Bay
Chicago
St. Louis
New England
Detroit
San Diego
Los Angeles
Favorite
Kentucky
Memphis
Southern Cal
Clemson
Dartmouth
Maryland
Purdue
N. Carolina
Yale
Pittsburgh
Florida
Nebraska
Illinois
Oklahoma
Missouri
Michigan
Ohio St. 35 Northwestern
Texas 18 1 2 SMU
Wisconsin 15 Michigan St.
Wake Forest 6 1 2 Virginia
Brigham Young 5 1 , Wyoming
Mississippi 7 Vanderbilt
Miami (Fla.) 17 TCU
Stanford 7 Washington St
Washington 14 Oregon St.
Baylor 13 1 2 Air Force
Florida St. 5 Auburn
Georgia Tech 3 1 , Tulane
LSU 21 1 2 Oregon
Texas A&M 34 Rice
UCLA 3 1 , California
Cincinnati 14 Tulsa
Arkansas
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Football
Forecast
TIIE PROS
Pie. Underdog
6 Buffalo
13 NY Jets
II Philadelphia
10 NY Giants
12 Houston ,
3 Cincinnati
16 Seattle
5 Tampa Bay
7 Atlanta
9 New Orleans
2 Baltimore
2 San Francisco
10 Kansas City
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3 Minnesota
TILE COLLEGES
Pts. Underdog
3 Georgia
3 1 4 N. Texas St.
5 Notre Dame
7 N. Carolina St
13 1 2 Cornell
112 Duke
lowa
S. Carolina
16 West Virginia
11 1 2 Penn
17 Syracuse
12 - Tennessee
2 Colorado
2 1 2 Indiana
15 lowa St.
3 Oklahoma St
12 1 2 Kansas St
21 1 2 Minnesota
1 Houston
on Broadway,
draws curtain
The slugger, a star with three world
championship Oakland A's teams,
simply did not fit comfortably in the
Yankees pinstripe picture. He did not
feel accepted by the players and was a
virtual outcast in the dressing room for
much of the season.
There were problems all year long in a
never-ending soap opera atmosphere
that earned the Yankees the nickname
"Team Turmoil." At one point, Jackson
slugged a home run and ignored the
traditional handshakes of his team
mates. Another time, "Manager Billy
Martin pulled him out of a game for not
hustling and almost came to blows with
the slugger in the Yankee dugout.
The turmoil lasted until August when
Martin, following Steinbrenner's season
long suggestion, inserted Jackson in the
cleanup spot in the batting order.
Jackson responded by almost carrying
the Yankees singlehandedly through the
stretch drive to the American League
East title.
In the playoffs Jackson slumped and
was benched before the fifth and
deciding game. But he delivered a
clutch, pinch single in the eighth in
ning driving in a vital run as New York
came from behind to win the pennant
against Kansas City.
The World Series started poorly for
Jackson. He had just one single in the
first two game's which the Yankees and
Dodgers spill. After Game 2, the turmoil
resumed with Jackson criticizing
Martin's selection of Catfish Hunter to
pitch the second game. Angry words
Collegian
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0-13
D-11
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P-12
D-3
S+l6
GB-5
A +7
SL-9
B+ l l
D-2
Major league standings
National Basketball Association
Eastern Conference ,
Atlantic Division
W , I. Pct.
New York 1 \ 0 1 000
Buffalo 1 0 . 1.000
Boston 0 0 000
Philadelphia 0 0 .000
New Jersey 0 1 000
• Central Division
0 0 .000
0 0 .000
0 0 .000
0 0 .000
.0 0 .000
0 1 000
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Midtt est Division
Collegian
Atlanta
Houston
New Orleans
San Antonio
Washington
Cleveland
K-3
NTS+3 I 2
ND +5
C-7
D-13 1 2
M-11 1 _
1+4 1 2
NC-7
PS-16
Y-IP2
S+l7
T+l2
N-2
If-2 1 2
0-15
K-3
111-121,1
Chicago
Detroit
Milwaukee
Denver
Indiana
Kansas City
Phoenix
Portland
Seattle
Golden State
Los Angeles
1 0 1 000
0 0' .000
0 0 .000
0 1 000
0 1 .000
Tuesday's Results
New York 120, Kansas City 113
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BY-5 1 .2
M-7
M-17
WS+7
W-14
B-1314
Chicago 91, Cleveland 88
Detroit 110, New Jersey 93
Milwaukee 117, Los Angeles 112
Phoenix 100, Golden State 83
Yesterday's Games
Buffalo 112, Kansas City 108
Detroit at Philadelphia
Los Angeles at Indiana
Boston at San Antonio
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Milwaukee at Denver
1 1+34
Ca1+:1 1 1
C-14
H+ll
Chicago at Houston
Seattle at Golden State
Today's Game
Cleveland at New Orleans
I 0 1.000
1 0 1.000
1 0 1.000
0 0 .000
0 0 .000
0 2 000
Pacific Division
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were once again exchanged in priht
between manager and slugger.
The debate caused Yankee President I
Gabe Paul to call a news conference in -j
the hours before Game 3 in an attempt to
calm the troubled waters. Martin and.
Jackson held a pre-game peice con- 's*,
ference and in Game 3, the right fielder
drove in one run with a single and scored
two others as New York won. ...,
But still, Reggie had not managed ad"
extra base hit in either the playoffs coil
World Series and his power was clearly
missing from the Yankee attack.
Steinbrenner wasn't paying all that ..
money for singles and in Game 4,
Jackson stopped hitting singles. If I
He doubled in his first swing, touching
off a three-run rally and then homered , v
later in a 5-3 Yankee victory. In Game 5,,;-1
the Dodgers dominated with a 10-4.1
victory but in his last two swings,. 1
Jackson singled, touching off a two-rung
Yankee rally, and then homered. 4,!!
That set the stage for the sixth game
when Jackson electrified the Yankeeg
Stadium crowd with his three long home; Q'
runs, rewriting the World Series record ,
book.
When it was over Jackson was th&Z
main man in the Yankee dressing room
where once he had been an outcast. But.:
the champagne celebration was -
somewhat restrained because below the ;
surface of championship' joy some
discontent still exists among the
Yankees.
National Hockey League
WALES CONFERENCE
Norris Division
W 1. T Pts GF
Montreal ' 3 0 0 6 14
Los Angeles 2 1 1 5 7
Washington • 1 1 0 2 • 4
Pittsburgh 1 2 1 3 9
Detroit 0 ' 2 1 1 7
Adams Division
Buffalo 2 I 0 4 . 8
Cleveland 2 1 0 4 . ,7
0 1 1 1
0 2 1 1 3
CAMPBELL CONFERENCE
Patrick Division
Philadelphia 3 0 0 6 20
NY Rangers 2 1 1 5 12
NY Islanders 1 2 1 3 7
Atlanta 1 , 0 1 3 5
Smythe Division
Vancouver 2 1 1 5 15
Chicago 1 1 1 3 6
Colorado b 0 2 2 7
Minnesota 0 2 0 0 6
St. Louis 0 3 0 0 3
Tuesday's Results
Los Angeles 0, New York Islanders 0, tie
Vancouver 3, Detroit 2
Yesterday's Games
Pittsburgh 2, New York Rangers 2
Montreal at Washington
Minnesota at Atlanta
Cleveland 3, Los Angeles I
Colorado at Toronto
Buffalo at Chicago
Boston at St. Louis
Today's Games
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia
Colorado at Buffalo
Montreal at Detroit
Cleveland at Minnesota
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