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Oakland Shutout By JOHN G. GRIFFIN -__ UPI Sports Editor OAKLAND (UPIT)-Suddenly, ' defying history, the Cineinnati Reds are alive again in the 1972 World Series. \We're on our way,\ trum- Track Take Down in 72 ALBANY, N.Y. (UPD) - At- tendance was down by 34,732 and the handle was off by $392,- -466 during the Saratoga harness summer meet this year, even though the session was six days longer than in 1971. The State Tax Department also reported Wednesday that the state's pari - mutuel take for the 146 meeting dropped to $2,176,558.93 from $2,215,459.38 during the 140 day meet last year. HUNTING CLOTHES and BOOTS at Discount : Prices Wolk Appare! Nites Open Thus -Fr til. 9 p in \Old Man Wintgr\ has to offer. peted Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson in the wake of Wednesday night's 1-0 pitching battle triumph that cut the A's' lead in the best-of-seven Fall classic to two games to one. \Watch us now,\ said Ander- son. \I still think the same as I did after' we came here to Oakland trailing, 2-0, in games -we are going to win the Series in seven games. They've got a real good club but we've got a real good club, too, and you're starting to see it now.\ For tonight's 5:15 p.m. PDT fourth game at Oakland Co- liseum, Anderson named fire- balling left-hander Don Gullett (9-10) as his get-even pitcher and Manager Dick Williams of the A's also picked a left- hander, Ken Holtzman (19-11), the winner of the opening game of the Series in Cincinnati last Saturday. Reds Buck History The Reds are bucking base- ball history which says that no team ever has lost the first two games of the Series at home and come back to win the world championship. 'Cincinnati scored the game's only run on a single by Tony Perez, a sacrifice by Denis Menke, and another single by Cesar Geronimo. Perez was on second base . when Geronimo laced into a | pitch from A's starter John - 'Blue Moon\ Odom and rapped it into short center field for a WANDST LLY ICHAMPION single. Perez came around third on a wide turn heading for the plate and suddenly he slipped and fell on the. soggy turf. In center field, George Hendrick had run in, scooped up the ball, and threw it to shortstop Bert Campaneris. Instinctively, Campaneris Big Red Comes Alive Again looked to first base to keep Geronimo from advancing-he 'hadn't noticed that Perez had fallen and lie never thought he had a play at home. Campaneris Doesn't Hear Catcher Gene Tenace was screaming for the ball. From the dugout, Williams 'was Buckeyes Favored by Margin of 19 Points By BILL MADDEN UPI Sports Writer Perhaps even more surprising than their uncustomary lofty position in the Big Ten ranks, is the fact that when the Indiana Hoosiers travel to Columbus this weekend for a head-to-head showdown with fifth-rated Ohio State, a lot of people are picking them to win. \This is the best football we've played all year,\ said Indiana Coach John Pont after the Hoosiers upped their record to 4-1 by trouncing Wisconsin, 33-7, last week. \We tried to tell people all summer that we'd be competitive but ap- parently they didn't believe us.\ They're believing now and with Ken Starling averaging 4.2 yards per carry and Ted The Dodge Boys say, winter h Choose either the W100 or W200 power wagon pickup, and you'll be all set to go. So get the full story on the Dodge Sno-Fiters and the other tough Dodge trucks now from the Dodge Boys. There's no waiting. 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In other games involving rated teams Saturday, top- ranked Southern California is an off the board favorite over Washington, No. 2 Oklahoma is rated 16 over No. 10 Colorado, No. 3 Alabama is 6 over Tennessee,, No. 4 Nebraska is off the board over Kansas, No. 6 Michigan is 17 over Hlinois, No. 7 LSU is off the board against Kentucky and No. 8 Notre Dame is likewise off the board against Missouri. If snow is your kind of business, the Dodge Boys want you to take a look at the Dodge Sno-Fiter. This great snow removal package is mounted on a four-wheel-drive Dodge pickup that's tough enough to tackle the hardest job Orleans Dodge Inc. 798-3840 _ RTE. 31, Medina \Depend On Us\ 735-7270 hollering, too. Campaneris nev- er heard 'em-crowd noise. \I - hear nothing,\ _ said Campaneris. \I was looking at the ball and at Geronimo.\ So the moment was lost, and with it the game. Because meanwhile Jack Billingham was mowing down the A's. Billingham gave up only three hits, none of which left the infield, which prompted Anderson to claim with a laugh that he pitched \a no-hitter.\ Only three balls were hit to the Reds' outfield, all of them caught by center fielder Bobby Tolan. ‘ Billingham - needed - ninth- inning relief from Clay Carroll -or, anyway, Anderson thought he needed it-after he had thrown three balls to leadoff batter Mike Epstein. Carroll. threw a strike, then got Epstein to ground out, and got the next two batters, too, to end the game. \Jack was just great,\ said Anderson. \He'll get another start in the Series, probably in the sixth game.\ LAKERS GO HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD (UPI) - Six members of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team will appear as themselves in an episode of Peter Falk's television show this season. . \Meet the on...with the . pointed Todaq f cmm Sperit Parade SPORTS WRITER OAKLAND - (UPI)-Anytime any of the Oakland A's sit down to play poker, Rollie Fingers gets up and goes to a movie or something like that. He's a bad poker player. When you say he's bad, that's giving him all the best of it. Actually, if you ever care to see a stack of chips disappear in no time flat, simply put them in front of Rollie Fingers, lure him into a poker game and then tell him to play. \I don't even do very well when my wife, Jill, and I play penny ante,\ says Fingers, who had 11 wins, 21 saves and a nifty 2.51 earned run average in relief this season for the A's. \I just don't have a good 'poker face.' If I came up with a good hand, I break out in a big smile. I rarely bluff.\ On Wednesday night, Rollie Fingers bluffed. He did it so magnificently that he fooled 49,410 fans sitting in on the third game of the World Series in the Oakland Coliseum. He Had Some Help He had some help in Dick Williams, the A's manager, who didn't do such a bad job of bluffing himself, and although the Cincinnati Reds won the ball game, 1-0, it certainly wasn't the fault of Rollié Fingers. His magnificent deception took place in the top of the eighth inning by which time the Reds were threatening to add to their lead at the expense of Vida Blue, who had replaced Blue Moon Odom in the top of the frame. _ Blue walkedJoe Morgan with one out, Morgan had raced to third on Bobby Tolan's single up the middle and that brought Fingers in from' the Oakland bullpen. With Johnny Bench, the Reds' big bomber, up, Fingers worked carefully on him and Tolan stole second easily. The count went to 3-and-2 on Bench and Dick Williams, calling time, bounced out of the A's' dugout to talk with Fingers on the mound. Catcher Gene Tenace and third baseman Sal Bando joined the discussion and while the patrons edged toward the end of their seats, Williams twice toward first - base apparently instructing Fingers to put Bench on intentionally with the next pitch. Plays Part to the Hilt ~ Rollie Fingers, who wears a handlebar mustache which he has worked on for three lralimths, played the part to the ilt. He didn't ham it up, he didn't underplay it. He was absolutely superb and his performance rated four stars. , His accomplice, Gene Tenace, wasn't half bad, either. The | stocky receiver, whose two homers brought the A's their victory in Saturday's opener, walked back behind home plate, waited for Bench to step back in the batter's box, and then took that one step to the right and held his right | hand out in a gesture which for decades past has meant throw the next one outside. Now let Fingers tell you the - rest. - \Skip (Williams) came out to the mound and said 'We're gonna make like we're gonna put him on base. Gene, I want you to stand up behind the plate like we're walking him, - and as soon as Rollie goes into his stretch, hop down and be ready to catch the ball, Now, Rollie, I want you to throw a breaking ball, not a fast ball, understand? Never Used Before \I have never used the play before; the team never did, but I knew what he - meant immediately. When I went into my stretch I tried to be relaxed. I just came up real nonchalant like and let the ball go. It was a slider like the Skip wanted. I couldn't have thrown it better if I took 15 minutes.\ Even as Fingers was deliver- '. ing the ball, Joe Morgan, on third, yelled to Bench: - \Be ready, John! Be alive. They're gonna pitch to you!\ - Alex Grammas, the Reds' thiird base coach, had seen the play worked in the minors also, the same as Morgan. \I started to holler but all I . could get out was 'uh' ... and by that time the ball was on the MEDINA JOURNAL-REGISTER 7 - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1972 -__ Snowmobile Results RESULTS AS FOLLOWS: POWDER PUFF (1) 0-340cc- Donna Earp, Yamaha, Mid- dleport; Donna Dyrbala, Ski Doo, Batavia; Virginia Meyer, Yamaha, Caledonia. JUNIOR (1) 0-340c¢c-Steve Johnson, Ski Doo, Batavia; Garry Keppel, Panther, Collins; Norm Phillips, Rupp Nitro, Holley. E00, FAMILY SLEDS (A) 0-250cc- Square Wheels, Chaparral, Alden. __ FAMILY SLEDS (B) - 251- 205cc-Jerry Kelly, Rupp Sport, East . Aurora; Norm Walker, Alouette, Lockport; Michael Mackey, Arctic Cat, Eden. FAMILY SLEDS (C) 296- .340cc-Bill MacDonald, Rupp, Barker; Ken Keppel, Panther, Collins; Bill Carpenter, Alouette, Medina. | - FAMILY SLEDS (D) 341- 400c¢c-Square Wheels, Chaparral, Alden; Tom Murphy, Moto Jet, Middleport; Ken Keppel, Panther, Collins. | _ FAMILY SLEDS (E) 401- 440cc-Squar Wheels, Chaparral, - Alden; - Larry Buckley, Alouette, Portageville; Square. Wheels, Chaparral, Alden. STOCK (2) 251-295cc-Donna Earp, Yamaha, Middleport; C. Schiave, Yamaha, Oakfield; Mike Meyer, Yamaha, Caledonia. STOCK (3) 206-340cc-DBDavid Lavin, Arctic Cat, North Collins; Dick Boyle, Rupp Nitro, Medina; Joe Dyrbala, TNT, Batavia. STOCK (4) 341-400cc-Dave Lavin, Arctic Cat, North Collins ; Dick Fry, Ski Doo, Medina; Square Wheels, Chaparral, Alden. - | STOCK (5) 401-440cc-Frank Allport, Rupp, Gasport; Al series | way,\ he said. Bench took the pitch called strike.. \I guess that makes me look terrible,\ he said later. \It makes me look like the 'goat.\' Nobody is the Goat Not really, because when your club wins, nobody ever is the goat. After Bench struck out for the second out, Tony Perez was purposely passed and Denis Menke fouled out. ' For his part, Fingers per- for a formed brilliantly, pever,.per-. mitting the Reds to get a ball past the infield during the time he was on the mound. . \When I played in the Little Leagues with the Cucamonga (Calif.,) 7 Ups 12 years ago, we used to talk about plays like this one,\ said the A's 26-year- old: ace, \but I never tried it was a low thing to do, and I didn't smile or laugh when Bench struck out.\ But now Rollie Fingers was smiling. - ''You take the hidden ball trick,\ he said. \That's 'dirty pool. That's what I would say is as low as you can get.\ Rollie Fingers, that great actor but bum poker player, was still smiling. ' Political Advertisement \FOR AN WEISS & THURSDAY LANCE'S. corneDp C BEEF SUB: ® * Sportsville, ASSEMBLYMAN NOT AFRAID TO SPEAKUP\ Elect Paul J. State Assemblyman FRIDAY: Lyons, Yamaha,: LeRoy; Norm Walker, Alouette, Medina. MODIFIED (2) 251-295cc- Bart Moudy, Arctic Cat, Far- mersville; Wayne Knoll, Arctic Cat, Eden; Bill Habeler, Snow Jet, Lockport. 7 MODIFIED (3) 296-340cc- - John Cowie, Arctic Cat, Batavia; Horace Ivett,. Arctic Cat, South Dayton; Bart Moody, Arctic Cat, Farmersville. MODIFIED (4) 341-440cc- 'Sportsville, Arctic Cat, Alden; Don - Wehrung, - Yamaha, Clarence Center; Horace Evett, Arctic Cat, South Dayton. MODIFIED (5) 441-650cc V - Aretic _ Cat, Alden; Flex Knox, Chaparral, Darien Center. The next snowmobile drag race program is set for Sunday, Nov. 5. Most likely we will have snow. -> . Sports Profiles By United Press International DOMRES WILL START BALTIMORE (UPI) - The Baltimore - Colts have - an- nounced that Marty Domres, acquired this year from the San Diego Chargers, will start at quarterback against the New York Jets this Sunday. The installation of Domres as the first string signal-caller is expected to begin a series of youth-oriented changes to revi- talize the disappointing Colts. ELLSWORTH WINS NAPA, Calif. (UPIT)-Ken Ellsworth, 29, a professional from Harbor City, Calif., shot a six-under-par 66 on the Silvera- do Club's south course Wednes- day to win the $500 first prize in the Kaiser International pro amateur competition. - He was followed by tour regulars Dewitt Weaver and Babe Hiskey, who both shot 67 ° on the same course. Leading the half of the field playing on the longer north course were former Masters champion Charles Coody, and onetime National PGA king -Dave Marr. Both shot 68, two Whalers HOId On To First HOUSTON (UPTD) -The New England Whalers stayed unde- feated in the World Hockey Association Wednesday night, overpowering the Houston Ae- ros, 41, behind the' three-goal shooting of Tom Webster. The loss evened the Aeros' record at 2-2 and boosted New England to 3-0. It was the only WHA game played. Political Advorfiufimt 1 - LANCE's SUBS | P‘héne 798-9825 SPECIAL SATURDAY
