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acPhail overrules umpires; restores Brett's homer
By JOHN NELSON
AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK George Brett and
the Kansas City Royals won base
ball's version of "'far Wars" yester
day when American League
President Lee MacPhail overruled
the umpires and restored Brett's
homer against the New York Yan
kees.
MacPhail's ruling upheld a protest
by the Royals, who said the two-run,
ninth-inning homer at Yankee Stadi
um last Sunday should not have been
nullified just because Brett had used
too much pine tar on his bat.
"The important thing is something
should be done before the bat is
used," MacPhail said. "The pine tar
was excessive, but the fact that it
was beyond the 18-inch limit is not
sufficient reason to call him out."
Under MacPhail's ruling, the
game now must be treated as though
it had been suspended, with the
Royals batting with two out in the
top of the ninth and leading 5-4. The
game originally was ended by the
umpires with Brett's homer nullified
and the Yankees winning 4-3.
The game could be resumed on
Aug. 18, an open date for each club,
or played after the season ends, if it
has a bearing on the "first-place
position in either division," Mac-
Phail said at a news conference.
If, for any reason, the game is not
resumed, all players' statistics will
be counted, including Brett's homer,
but there will be no winning or losing
pitchers and no result.
• MacPhail admitted the umpires'
judgment in nullifying the home run
was "technically defensible," but it
was "not in accord with the intent or
spirit of the rules . . . " He said
there was- no evidence to show the
pine tar gave Brett an unfair advan
tage, or that it had even been a point
of contention.
In addition, MacPhail said the
umpiring crew, headed by Joe
Brinkman, may have applied one
•
• Patty Sheehan watches her tee shot on the 15th hole yesterday at Cedar
Ridge Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. Sheehan's 71 tied her for the U.S.
Women's Open lead with Betsy King.
Sheehan tied for Open
By DENNE H. FREEMAN
AP Sports Writer
- TULSA, Okla. Patty Sheehan,
the current LPGA champion, and
4 , unheralded Betsy King survived
" the 103-degree heat and bermuda
rough of Cedar Ridge Country
Club yesterday, to match par 71
.. and share the first-round lead of
the 31st U:S. Women's Open.
, • Sheehan, a former LPGA Rook
• ie of the Year, played in the af
ternoon when the heat was most
intense but offset two bogeys with
" two birdies.
"It's the first time I've ever hit
15 greens in the Open," she said.
"I feel' very drained. You don't
find many tournaments where the
lead is even par. I'm just very
thankful I survived."
: Both Sheehan and King, who had
the blessing of an early tee time,
had even par nines of 36-35. They
owned a one-shot lead over seven
other players.
rule improperly in concluding that
Brett should be called out. If the
proper rule had been applied, he
said, the bat merely would have
been removed from the game.
MacPhail's decisionjaking a vic
tory away from the Yankees at least
for the time being, dropped New
York out of a first-place tie with
Baltimore in the AL East.
"If the Yankees should lose the
Eastern Division race on the ruling
of American Legue President .Lee
MacPhail," said Yankees owner
George Steinbrenner, "I would not
want to be poor Lee living in New
York City. He better start house
hunting out in Missouri, close to
Kansas City."
•
"It's just a matter now of getting
back in it," said Yankees General
Manager Murray Cook, who at
tended MacPhail's news conference.
Steinbrenner: 'very poor
By FRED GOODALL
AP Sports Writer
TAMPA, Fla. ( AP) New York Yankees owner
George M. Steinbrenner 111 said yesterday that Ameri
can League President Lee MacPhail's decision in'the
George Brett bat controversy "undermined" the um
pires.
Major league baseball will have to live with the
consequences of the ruling, Steinbrenner asserted.
"This thing will come back to haunt us," Steinbren
ner said in an interview at his Tampa office. "Lee has
opened Pandora's box and it's going to be interesting to
see what happens now."
Earlier in the day, MacPhail reversed the umpires,
letting count a two-run homer that Brett hit against the
Yankees With a bat coated with tOo much pine tar.
MacPhail said the "intent or spiiit" of•the rules "do not
provide that a hitter be called out for excessive use of
pine tar."
Steinbrenner said he felt MacPhail was "caught in a
box" because of a 1975 ruling in which the AL president
turned down a protest by the California Angels in a
similar situation
"I just feel it's a very, very poor ruling. We can't
start to talk about philosophy and intent and spirit of
"Even par for four rounds would
look mighty good," said King.
The heat and the perils of the
6,298-yard tightly trapped layout
inflicted disaster on numerous big
names, including defending cham
pion Janet Anderson and LPGA
Hall of Famer JoAnne Carner.
Anderson unraveled with an 11-
over-par 82, including a 10-over 45
on the back nine.
Carner shot the worst U.S. Open
round in her career, a 10-over-par
81 which included three water
balls and a four-putt green.
"I played like I was pregnant,"
said Carner, 44.
Just one shot back were former
U.S. Open champion Pat Bradley,
U.S. Amateur champion Juli
Inkster, Jan Stephenson, Janet
Coles, Becky Pearson, Lauren
Howe and Debbie Meisterlin.
Stephenson said, "I want the
U.S. Open so bad I started choking
two weeks ago. However, this is
my best start."
"Hopefully, this will provide incen
tive for our guys, and by the end of
the season this will be of no conse
quence at all."
MacPhail said the Yankees have
no right to appeal ; and Cook said the
club was not contemplating drag
ging out the matter any further.
"I don't think there's anything in
the rules that provides for legal
action," Cook said. "We feel we can
police our own league. That's why
we have a league president."
Cook said he could understand
MacPhail's decision and "appre
ciate his views. We just don't agree
with him."
Steinbrenner, interviewed. at his
office in Tampa, Fla., said the deci
sion really had not surprised him:
"As much as I hate to admit it, I
figured he would do just what he did.
lead
the rule if it's (written) there in black and white," said
Steinbrenner
The Yankees were declared the winners of last
Sunday's game, 4-3, when the umpires disallowed
Brett's two-out, ninth-inning home run because his bat
was coated with pine tar more than 18 inches from its
handle.
Now the game must be picked up in the top of the
ninth with Kansas City leading 5-4. The contest was
ordered completed before the close of the season or
after the season if it has a bearing on division races.
"The rule on this instance is clear and the umpires
interpreted it as it reads and made the proper call,"
said Steinbrenner. "I feel sorry for them. This is where
I think baseball is in serious trouble."
Steinbrenner said several umpires have told him in
the past that they don't like to make controversial calls
on illegal pitches, bats and delays of games because
they know they won't get the backing of the league
office.
"I have been a pretty harsh critic of umpires in the
past, but here is a place where I really feel for them,"
said Steinbrenner. "I noticed in Lee's decision, he
makes a futile attempt to appease the umpires •by
praising their actions, while at the same time overrul
ing them.
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WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) expected to be sidelined at least six round draft choice in 1982. Dr. Vincent DiStefano, the team ci
Two weeks into training camp, two weeks —two weeks into the regular "We might bring in another tight physician, will perform the surgery, ' ,
injuries have created a shortage of season. end," coach Marion Campbell said. and Sampleton will wear a fiberg- i
tight ends for the Philadelphia Ea- Free agent Scott Nizolek, a rookie Sampleton turned his ankle last lass cast for about three weeks. , 1
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gles, team officials say. from Boston College, will be out a spring while working out on Astro- ~.
Lawrence Sampleton; a second- few days with rib and shoulder turf at the University of Texas and "He would probably just prolong , 4
round draft selection in 1982, will injuries, team officials said. the ankle kept locking during prac- the problem if he kept playing on it '
undergo surgery today for removal The injuries leave the Eagles with tice last week, Campbell said. now," trainer Otho • Davis said.
of a bone spur on his right ankle, the only two tight ends starter John "I can't cut the way I want to," "This way, he'll be out the shortest ‘ , l
NFL team said Wednesday. He is Spagnola and Vyto Kab, the third- Sampleton said Tuesday. length of time." 1
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If you are asking for one word to
describe the rationale behind that
decision, in my mind, the word
would be 'ridiculous.' "
Brett, who earlier said he had
little hope the ruling would be over
turned, was golfing and did not im
mediately comment. Yankees
Manager Billy Martin went fishing,
and he also was unavailable to com
ment.
Royals General Manager John
Schuerholz, however, responded to
the ruling by saying: "I was delight
ed. I thought all along we had a
chance to win."
He said the decision was more a
clarification of the rules than the
reversal of an umpire's decision.
"The sovereignty of the umpires
has not been damaged whatsoever,"
he said.
ruling'
The bat that George Brett used to hit a controversial home run against the
New York Yankees on Sunday leans against the podium while American
League President Lee MacPhail talks with the media during a press
conference yesterday in New York. MacPhail ruled that Brett's homer
would count even though the bat was coated with too much pine tar.
The Daily Collegian
Friday, July 29
PSU Tennis Championships open today
By STUART FELDMAN
Collegian Sports Writer
Some of the best collegiate tennis players on the
East Coast will be in State College this weekend to
compete in the Penn State University Tennis
Championships.
Tournament Director Doug Collins said there
were only 26 players registered to compete this
year, "but we have our strongest field to date."
Collins said this year's competition will be just as
'excellent and even more competitive than 1980's
'tournament, which drew 32 players.
t: 1 In 1980, Charles Parkhurst won the singles and
teamed to win the doubles titles playing indoors in
3 100-degree heat. In his championship effort, Park
hurst won six singles and three doubles matches.
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The players from this year's tournament come
•
Vermeil talks about
~By BEN WALKER
;AP Sports Writer .
A couple of weeks ago, Dick Ver
meil went to visit the training camp
of the Philadelphia Eagles.
He went there to watch and stand
on the sidelines, no longer the NFL
•;1 .team's leader. He was away from the
; ',cf field, away from football and away
from coaching, a job that occupied
many said possessed half his 46
years.
Now, six months after, he's talking
in New York about that particular
visit to the Eagles' camp.
"I was excited," he says. Then he
pauses. "No, I don't think that's exac
tly what I mean."
, Another pause as he grasps for the
right words.
"I didn't look at it from a football
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from the Middle State Tennis Association (MSTA),
which is a seven-state area made up of Pennsylva
nia, Maryland, Ohio, New Jersey, New York,
Delaware and West Virginia.
"Mainly players from Pennsylvania will com
pete along with several members of the Penn State
tennis team," Collins said.
One of the Penn State tennis players expected to
compete in this weekend's tournament is Bill
Pilardi, who will compete in the men's singles and
doubles events. Pilardi will be playing doubles with
teammate Ben Shobaken.
"I believe there's a good chance that someone
from Penn State will win the tournament," Pilardi
said. "Ben's good in doubles because he is a strong
and aggressive player."
Other area competitors include John Setticerze
from Oklahoma, who is a former Pennsylvania
standpoint. I didn't look at it as a
football practice," he says. "I looked
at it from a people standpoint. Here
were a lot of friends of mine. It was a
warm feeling."
He stops again, looking off in the
distance, perhaps thinking of what
coaching the Dick Vermeil way
meant, perhaps about the things that
convinced him it was time to get out.
"I mean, I was extremely happy
driving there and being there, but I
felt good about driving away."
Burnout.
For several months, the word
might as well have been part of
Vermeil's name.
During his seven years as coach of
the Eagles, his practices, preparation
and games were almost legendary.
There were stories of constant 18-
hour days, of sleeping overnight at
ur Mark
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his Veterans Stadium office, of ignor
ing doctor's orders and working while
having hepatitis
He took the Eagles from the dol
drums to the Super Bowl, and when
he announced his resignation one
week after last season ended, people
pointed to him as a classical case of
an overachiever who had run himself
into the ground.
The way he sees it, the decision to
leave coaching was difficult, al
though not as some people had
thought a nearly impossible one.
"I really didn't think I had a
choice," he says, casually munching
some nuts. "The
,way I was going,
something had to change.
A big question, asked by his family
and himself, was how well Dick Ver
meil, the coach, would adjust to being
Dick Vermeil, the person.
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MSTA member. Settircerze was formerly ranked
No. 1 in the MSTA.
Also attending the tournament will be Tom Mas
tromarino, who defeated No. 1 ranked David Kraus
in a tournament last week.
To round out the field, three players from
Bloomsburg State University will also compete.
Bloomsburg, known to have a well-structured ten
nis program, has split matches with Penn State in
intercollegiate competition.
In addition, there will be a new 35-year-old men's
division. Collins expects about eight to 12 players to
compete in that category.
"The 35-year-olds are not over the hill they are
seasoned players," Collins said.
The tournament will begin with men's singles at 4
today. The matches will resume at 9 tomorrow with
the men's semifinals and finals to be held on
Sunday.
coaching
"I don't think about doing things
differently. It's not a conscious thing.
My wife says it took me about four
months.
"I find myself doing things that I
haven't done in years," he says,
smiling. "Odd jobs, working on the
cars, things like thatf Just plain con
versation. People used to talk to me
at home all the time and I never
heard what they said."
"I'm happy. I used to be happy only
if we won. And that wouldn't last very
long. There was always another
game the next week."
Vermeil admits he will miss some
aspects of coaching football, and
hopes his new job as a game analyst
for CBS-TV will help keep him close
enough to the parts he enjoys.
"The thing I'll miss most is not the
game, but the people," he says.
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major league baseball
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EAST DIVISION
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50 47
50 48
47 47
46 53
37 62
PIRATES
Montreal
St. Louis
PHILLIES
Chicago
New York
WEST DIVISION
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56 42
50 48
49 50
48 52
45 56
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Houston
San Diego
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Wednesday's Games
Atlanta 6, New York 3
St. Louis 7, San Francisco 6
Chicago 2, Los Angeles 1
Montreal 6, Cincinnati 3
PIRATES 10, San Diego 1
PHILLIES 3, 1-louston 1
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St. Louis at Montreal, 2, (t•n)
PIRATES at New York, (n)
PHILLIES at Houston, (n)
Only games scheduled
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St. Louis (Allen 7.8) at Montreal (Smith 1.4),
PIRATES (Candelaria 9.6) at New York (Seav
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Chicago (Noles 3.6) at PHILLIES (Bystrom 3
6), (n)
Atlanta (Dayley 2-3 and P.Perez 11-2) at San
Diego (Lollar 4.8 and Monte( usco 8-2), 2, (n)
Cincinnati (Price 10.5) at Houston (Madden 3•
0), (n)
Los Angeles (A.Pena 8.4) at San Francisco
(Krukow .5.6), (n)
Tomorrow's Games
PIRATES at New York
Los Angeles at San Francisco
Chicago at PHILLIES, (n)
St. Louis at Montreal, (n)
Cincinnati at Houston, (n)
Atlanta at San Diego, (n)
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Milwaukee 13, Minnesota 9
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Baltimore 10, California 4
Oakland 7, Boston 6
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Mllwaukee (McClure 7.7) at Boston
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Kansas City at Detroit
Milwaukee at Boston
Texas at Baltimore, (0)
New York at Chicago, (n)
Seattle at Minnesota, (n)
Oakland at California, (n)
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55 40 .578 V 2
55 41 .573 1
55 42 .567 1%
53 43 .552 3 .
50 48 .510 7
40 58 .408 17
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51 47 .520 -
46 46 .500 2
49 50 .495 2 1 / 2
48 51 .485 3 1 / 2
45 56 .446 7 1 / 2
42 59 .416 10 1 / 2
38 62 .380 14