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Penn State sweeps 3 from Dukes
By RON LEONARD!
Collegian SpOrts Writer
For two weeks, the baseball team sat idle,
its inactivity interrrupted only by an Atlan
tic 10 victory last week in which the rain
drops stopped long enough to allow it to play
a game.
The scenario looked unpromising. Early
season rains had washed out 11 of the Lions'
past 12 games, forcing them indoors and
hurting their timing. Throw, in a rash of
double-headers to be made up and a pitching
staff which Lion Head Coach Shorty Stoner
said might regress due to the lengthy inac
tivity and the situation looked downright
bleak.
Yesterday, the sun popped out of its two
week hibernation, shining brilliantly, and
the Lions responded by sweeping an Atlan
tic 10 triple-header from Duquesne, 6-5, 7-2
and 6-1.
The sweep evened the Lions' record at 10-
10 but more importantly, upped their Atlan
tic 10 chart to a perfect 4-0. Today, Penn
State will get an opportunity to improve that
mark when it takes on West Virginia in an
important early season double-header at
Morgantown.
The Lions, winners of four straight games
and six of their last eight, got complete
game victories from right-handers Kevin
Ferringer and Ray Moyer in yesterday's
second and third games and some timely
clutch hitting to turn back the Dukes.
"We needed a complete game out of
Ferringer and Moyer very badly," Stoner
said. "The thinking there is if you get a
pitcher in and he goes at least four innings,
than you're in good shape. When you go that
four, then we hope you can go all the way so
we don't have to use another pitcher, which
helps." -
Stoner .got his wish thanks to the duo.
Ferringer, a 6-2, 185-pound right-hander
from Cogan Station, Pa., coasted to an easy
win, allowing two runs on six hits while
striking out five and walking two.
Lions Mike Obeid, Ed. Washell and Roy
Walker each chipped in with two RBIs.
Washell, who continues to be one of the
Lions' most consistent hitters, laced three
hits, including a double in the seventh inning
that broke open a 3-2 Lion lead.
Moyer, 1-0, making his first start since the
Lions' southern trip, had an even easier
time disposing of the Dukes despite the low
run production of his teammates, who gar
nered only three hits.
"Ray was coming into relief before,"
Stoner said, "but we've always been in a
situation where we never had to throw Ray
Martin-led Yankees picked to
Editor's Note: This is the last of a
two-part series previewing this sea
son's major league baseball pennant
races.
By MATT MICHAEL
Collegian Sports Writer
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The Calfornia Angels may have Reggie Jackson (44, above), but the Kansas City Royals, led by third baseman George
Brett (sliding), are the team to beat in the American League West. '
Whoever said "managers are
hired to be fired" must have had the
American League in mind.
Half of the 14 teams in the junior
circuit will be starting the 1983 sea
son with a different manager than
they had a year ago. Of the seven
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Penn State's John Tarley (right) tries to break up a double play in yesterday's triple•header sweep of Duquesne at. Beaver Field: The
baseball team is off to Morgantown today to take on West Virginia in a double•header.
on'the moundas a starter."
With the upcoming heavy schedule, Moy
er has fo . und a permanent home in the
starting rotation, but could jockey back and
forth between a starter and the bullpen later
in the year depending on the staff's condi
tion, Stoner said.
In the meantime, Moyer, who stymied the
Dukes on three hits with three strikeouts
and four walks, doesn't care where Stoner
puts him just as long 'as he can play.
"I was anxious to get in there and I'm just
happy to pitch," Moyer said. "I was a little
tired and struggling at one point but I was
very happy with myself and my perfor
mance."
The one point Moyer referred to occurred
in the fifth inning when the Dukes loaded the
bases with one out, trailing 6-1. Moyer, who
said he could have been "a little smarter
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with some of my pitches," slammed the
door shut on the Dukes with a forceout at
home plate and a strikeout to end the threat.
In yesterday's opener, Stoner elected to
start southpaw Jim Harry (1-0), who hadn't
pitched since developing elbow tenderness
from overworking during the Lions' south
ern trip.
Harry, who did not figure in the decision,
surrendered three runs on eight hits and
was lifted after five innings in favor of
righty Bob 'Zonis.
"I felt real good considering I hadn't
pitched in a while," Harry said. "I ran out of
gas toward the end and I wish I could have
lasted a little longer, but my fastball was not
as sharp as it was earlier and they were
timing it better. "
Stoner agreed; "Jim, pitched effectively
for the first three innings but then he got into
new skippers, only Harvey Kuenn,
who replaced Bob Rodgers at Mil
waukee, took over his club during
the course of last season.
Joe Altobelli (Baltimore), Mike
Ferraro (Cleveland), John McNa
mara (California), Steve Boros
(Oakland), Doug Rader (Texas) and
Billy Martin (New York Yankees
again) have been thrust into the hot
seat in 1983.
These men and their clubs will be
involved in tight divisional races
that should result in two new
champs replacing the American
League Champion Brewers (AL
East) and the California Angels (AL
West).
Here are' my predictions for the
American League:
AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST
1. New York Yankees There's
something about Billy Martin that
always enables him to bring out the
best in his team. This time around,
Billy won't have to rebuild his squad
because the talent is already there.
Ron Guidry (14 wins) and Dave
Righetti (11 wins) are the stalwarts_
of a thin pitching staff that is made
strong by the presence of relief ace
Rich "Goose" Gossage.
Free agents Steve Kemp (19 HR,
Zonts, who notched the win, was touched
for two runs and four hits in the three
innings he worked, benefitted from some
clutch power-hitting late in the game. The
Lions trailed by two entering a do-or-die
seventh inning, but quicky tied it when
center fielder Mike Obeid ripped a two-run
homer over the 405 foot sign in center field.
The Lions added the winning run an inning
later to set the stage for the sweep.
LION NOTES: Stoner says he will start
right-handers Mike Bellaman and Tom Bart
today against the Mountaineers, owners of
an overall 13-5 mark, a' 3-1 conference slate
and last year's Atlantic 10 Conference
Champions . . . Bellaman has been named
the Atlantic 10 pitcher of the week for his
five-hitter against Dusquesne last week.
98 RBI with the Chicago White Sox)
and Don Baylor (24 HR, 93 RBI with
California) will look nice sand
wiched around left fielder Dave Win
field (37 HR, 106 RBI) in a lineup
that will score enough runs to offset
any pitching deficiencies . .
2. Milwaukee Brewers What,
you ask, could possibly stop. this
offensive machine from winning the
division again? The answer lies in
the arm injuries to Cy Young Award
winner Pete Vuckovich (18 wins)
and relief ace Rollie Fingers (29
saves).
American League MVP Robin
Yount (.331 BA, 29 HR, 114 RBI) and
first baseman Cecil Cooper (.313 BA,
32 HR, 121 RBI) lead an awesome
offensive attack that will need to
score many runs to help a depleted
pitching staff.
3. Baltimore Orioles = It remains
to be seen whether or. not Altobelli
can work the same magic that his
predecessor, Earl Weaver, did in his
many years with the Birds. Pitching
has always been the Orioles' strong
suit and this year is no exception.
Dennis Martinez (16 wins), Jim
Palmer (15 wins), Mike Flanagan
(15 wins) and Scott McGregor (14
wins) give Baltimore a fine starting
rotation.
But its offense, led by first base
man Eddie Murray (.316 BA, 32 HR,
110 RBI) and shortstop Cal Ripken
(28 HR, 93 RBI), may not supply
enough runs to support the staff and
lift the O's past the Brewers and
Yankees.
4. Boston Red Sox -The addition
of outfielder Tony Armas (28 HR, 89
RBI with Oakland) gives the Red
Sox another big bat to go with boo
kends Jim Rice (.309 BA, 24 HR, 97
RBI) and Dwight Evans ( .292 BA, 32
HR, 98 RBI). Although the offense
will be potent, manager Ralph Houk
will have nightmares about his
pitching staff.
Relievers Mark Clear (14 wins, 14
saves) and Bob Stanley (12 wins, 14
saves) will be kept busy bailing out a
starting rotation that is weak behind
Dennis Eckersley and John Tudor
(13 wins each).
5. Detroit Tigers The Tigers
have a talented pitching staff, led by
starters Jack Morris (17 wins) and
Dan Petry (15 wins), and a solid
everyday lineup that includes catch
er Lance Parrish (32 HR, 87 RBI)
a little bit of trouble in the fourth and ran out
of gas." •
win AL East
Meanwhile in the Al. East; Yankees Oscar Gamble (right) and Dave Winfield
should be doing plenty of smiling this season as New York returns to the
division's top spot.
and left fielder Larry Herndon (.292
BA, 23 HR, 88 RBI).
But for years now Tigers' fans
have been waiting for this crew to
jell into a contender, and it looks like
they'll have to wait a little longer.
6. Cleveland Indians Ferraro is
faced with the task of building an
offense that has little firepower be
hind third buseman Toby Harrah
(.304 BA, 25 HR, 78 RBI) and desig
nated hitter Andre Thornton (32 HR,
116 RBI).
7. Toronto Blue Jays The Blue
Jays had their best year ever in,'B2
(78 wins) and they'll continue to
The Daily Collegian
Thursday, April 14
Damages total
$49 million
in Raiders-NFL
jury decision
By JACK STEVENSON
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES A federal jury awarded
damages of $11.5 million to the Los Angeles.,
Raiders and $4.8 million to the Los Angeles,
Coliseum yesterday in their antitrust suit
against the NFL, with the amounts automat
ically trebled to about $49 million total. , •
The verdict in U.S. District Court came in
the damages phase of the antitrust suit won ,
by the Raiders and Coliseum against the .
NFL last spring.
The Raiders had asked about $2O million
from the league and the Coliseum asked
approximately what it was awarded.
In antitrust cases, damages awarded by
juries are automatically tripled unless re
duced by the presiding judge. They were not
in this instance.
The damages phase of the antitrust trial„
with Judge Harry Pregerson presiding,
lasted 17 days and the jury of six women
deliberated 24 1 / 2 hours. That was more than
four, times longer than it took them to find
last spring that the NFL had violated feder
al antitrust laws by blocking the Raiders'
move from Oakland in 1980.
The Raiders managing general partner,
Al Davis, was in the courtroom when the
damages verdict was announced.
Maxwell Blecher, attorney for the Col
iseum, appeared well satisfied, but he had
said, "It's a certainty the NFL will appeal."
Last May 7, the same jury found the
NFL's rule 4.3 was in violation of antitrust
law. It also determined the league had not
acted with "good faith and fair dealing" in
handling the Raiders' situation.
The rule required a three-fourths favor
able vote of the 28 NFL members before one
of its teams could move.
Even with the damages verdict, the liti
gation in the bitterly fought case continues.
The original verdict is on appeal and the
City of Oakland has brought an eminent
domain action against the Raiders seeking
to force them to return to Oakland for the
public good there. That case is scheduled to
begin on May 17 at Salinas.
NFL public relations spokesman Joe
Browne said that there would be no com
ment from the league on the damages ruling
until Thursday.
improve this season, but they'll still
be stuck in last place in the compet
itive Eastern Division.
AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST
1. Kansas City Royals Relief
ace Dan Quisenberry (9 wins, 2.57
ERA, 35 saves) is the key to the
Royals' success. If he can repeat his
fireman-of-the-year performance,
Quisenberry and the big three of
Larry Gura (18 wins), Vida Blue (13
wins) and Dennis Leonard (10 wins)
should be able to pitch Kansas City
to the top of the West. , •
Please see AL West, Pep 11.
Kansas City picked
io capture AL West
Continued from Page 10
B As usual the Royals will dent home
plate often, with designated hitter
Hal Mcßae ( .308 BA, 27 HR, 133 RBI),
American League batting champ Wil
lie Wilson ( .332) and third baseman
'George Brett ( .301, 21 HR) leading
The attack.
2. California Angels McNamara
inherits a strong offensive chit) that
shouldn't suffer from the loss of Bay
lor. Designated hitter Reggie Jack
son (39 HR, 109 RBI), third baseman
Doug DeCinces (.301 BA, 30 HR, 97
RBI), first baseman Rod Carew (.319
iBA), left fielder Brian Downing (28
HR) and center fielder Fred Lynn
:(.299 BA, 21 HR, 86 RBI) lead an
:explosive attack.
I The pitching staff, however, is old
(Tommy John is 40, Ken Forsch and
deoff Zahn are 36) and will lack . a
bullpen '
ace if Doug Corbett (1-9, 11
saves); can't come back.
-3. Chicago White Sox The addi
tion of free-agent prize Floyd Bennis
ter (12 wins, and a league-leading 209
:strikeouts with Seattle) gives the
!White Sox another excellent starter to
Igo with LaMarr Hoyt (19' wins) and
:Britt Burns (15 wins).
'Right fielder Harold Baines (25 HR,
'lO5 RBI) and designated hitter Greg
!Luzinski' ( .292 BA, 18 HR, 102 RBI)
'give Chicago an adequate offense, but
:poor defense (especially in the in
field) and .4 questionable bullpen (Sa
:lome Barojas had 21 saves but tailed
'off at the end of last year) will pre
vent the White Sox from reaching the
:top
.
1 1 . 4. Texas Rangers Rader has
instilled confidence in a team that
'completely fell apart last year and
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the Rangers should move up a few
notches (from sixth place) in 1983.
Knuckleballer Charlie Hough (16
wins) and reliever Danny Darwin (10-
6) are the nucleus of a decent pitching
staff.
Third baseman Buddy Bell (.296
BA, 13 HR, 67 RBI), designated hitter
Dave Hostetler (22 HR, 67 RBI) and
outfielder Larry Parrish (17 HR, 62
RBI) give Texas some offensive
punch.
5. Oakland A's— Third baseman
Carney Lansford ( .301 BA) came
over to the A's in the Armas deal and
he should help solidify a shaky in
field. Lansford, speedy Ricky Hen
derson (130 stolen bases to break Lou
Brock's all-time record) and center
fielder Dwayne Murphy (27 HR, 94
RBI) will supply most' of the offense.
The pitching staff, ' the best in the
American League, two years ago, will
need comebacks by Rick Langford
(11-18) and Mike Norris (7-11) if it is
to carry the A's into the second divi
sion.
6. Seattle Mariners If it weren't
for the Twins, Seattle would finish in
last place in the West. Although it
won 76 games last season and fin
ished in fourth place, the Mariners
will be hurt in 1983 by the loss of their
best pitcher, Bannister, and their
best hitter, Bruce Bochte ( .298 BA),
who retired.
7. Minnesota Twins Youngsters
Gary Ward ( .289 BA, 28 HR, 91 RBI),
Kent Hrbek ( .301 BA, 23 HR, 92 RBI)
and Gary Gaetti (25 HR, 84 RBI)
experienced good seasons last year,
but their statistics were inflated by
the cozy confines of their home park,
the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
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Lady taxers host No. 2 Temple
Last year's AIAW championship loss not forgotten
By SANDY KNAISCH
Collegian Sports Writer
Time heals all wounds? Maybe,
but as far as . the top-ranked wom
en's lacrosse team is concerned,
last year's: loss of the AIAW Divi
sion I crown to No. 2 Temple (6-5 iri
overtime) has not been forgotten.
Penn State's Marsha Florio (left) bats the ball away from a William & Mary
defender last week. Florio and the rest of the women's lacrosse team will
host No. 2 Temple at 3 this afternoon at Lady Lion Field.
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Penn State has the opportunity to expecting a well-rounded opponent.
get the revenge it has been waiting "With the returning players, they
for when it faces the Lady Owls at 3 are a very seasoned team and a
this afternoon at Lady Lion Field, very experienced team," she said.
but that will be no easy task. Offensively, the Lady Owls (7-0-
Temple has returned eight se- 2), like the Lady Lions (5-0), aver
niors and seven juniors from last age 15 goals per game. Rattray said
year's championship team. Penn Temple has a sound line of attack
State Head - Coach Gillian Rattray is and Penn State's primary objective
will be to keep Up with its oppo
nent's running
"They're a fast offense," Rattray
said. "Jennifer Gowan is on the
United States squad, she has 28
goals and eight assists. Sue Yeager
has 22 goals and 10 assists. We'll
have to stop their running game.
"They like to run. But we can't
just key on the attack wings.
They've got strong homes. We'll
have to slow them down. Another
important factor will be (Temple
leading scorer) Marie Schmucker,
she's got 34 goals and six assists.
We'll have to hold her down."
Penn State senior defense wing,
Jane Koffenberger gave an outline
of what the Lady Lions will have to
do to stop Temple.
"They are .really fast," Koffen
berger said, "We'll have to deny the
attack wing the ball. She'll have to
move the ball back to someone and
then run the ball downfield. That
should slow them down. We'll just
totally pressure them until their
midfield doesn't exist."
Koffenberger also said the Lady
Lions are well prepared for
Temple's explosive offense.
"We've prepared by playing tight
man-to-man" Koffenberger said.
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"We've been doing zone work. If
they get momentum we can break
into a zone."
Temple's defense will also place
an obstacle before Rattray's squad.
"The defense is pretty solid,"
Rattray said, "It's really strong.
The position of goalie was up for
grabs but (Laurie) Wambold won
out, and she appears to be doing the
job."
Wambold has allowed 42 goals in
nine games and has
. a save percent
age of 62.2. Although Penn State's
goalie position is still in the air,
Lynn Mattson and Sally Ratcliffe
are sharing the duties in the cage.
They have save percentages of 61.8
and 75.8 respectively.
The Lady Lions are coming off a
14-11 win over 10th-ranked William
& Mary last Sunday on a sloshy
Lady Lion Field. The unsatisfactory
field conditions led to the postpone
ment of Tuesday's game against
No. 6 Delaware.
Rattray would have preferred to
play the Delaware game last Tues
day, because she felt it might have
better prepared the team for
Temple.
"It's tough," Rattray said, "We
had to forget about Delaware and
prepare for Temple. They (Temple)
played (No. 5) 'Penn (on Tuesday) .
and we haven't played since Sun
day. We wanted to get in a tough
game (on Tuesday).
"We've been working the offense
on taking. shots from the eight-me
ter mark and the defense on reposi
tioning and coming in ."