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crowd wont be a factor ’The crowd can't pUy the Some*: "They've still got to win one more, That pvt more playing time to iwrm
If. l ,n°or *nd t** frowd ctnl put the twll in and ain't no way In hetl they're going to do Mitch Kupchak and rookie Greg Ballard wbo
“e"ole'' * that" helped Washington dominate the boards that
Sunday's fame wu the wont Seattle has ‘ WeVe work(d hard to get this home court keyed the running game
played In weeks. The Bullets, who needed the “dvanUge," “ld wuu*™ "n,«re'‘ no doubt In Wilkens tried to counter with four frontcourt
victory to sUy ahve in the UUe chaw »"yone'« mind we ll win Wedneaday Being with men in the game, which MotU thought was fine
dominated in every statistical department ' dill team, l know we'll come through when "By putting John Johnson in to cover
Washington is counting on a carryover from we need the big game. I know we'U come Dandridge, that got a guard out of there. And
its 35-point triumph. The Somes are banking throu*h'' its been there guards who have killed ua "
that they can't play that bad twice in a row and Kevln Grev«y- the Bullets' best hackcourt Motta laid.
<*rt*inly wool look that miserable at home ^rooter, played only the first tin minutes Sun- Wilkens Isn't saying whit countermoves be
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their minds," said Hayes. "It's going to be very
fooW Dandridge into the backcourt, enabling we have to do is use our heads
Astros Tab Southern Cal Star No.l
Sonics And Bullets May Have Saved Best
»y TONY BAKER
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championship scries tonight in the Seattle on which dub*
Center Coliseum.
on which club esecutes its game ptan best If the . i. a,,u
n VT ----- Bullets dominate the boards, get their running t
ar^ wIhul^iLJlf taWkSupwSo,ua ^ winning team In the final game of the game going and work the ball in to their big men *
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.“I think the wventh game wiU be the best of fmd»oliceinthefactthatitiin1ak»eratall; If the Sonia
the aeries." said Bullets forward Bobby it amply will finish second beat.
^dndT 'lthmk it will be even eighth
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Spurs Want To Test
UIL Cage Camp Rule
AUSTIN (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs want to challenge a
Texas high school rule that prohibits basketball players from
attending summer basketball camps and playing on their varsity
teams.
Baytown To Host
Softball Tourneys
A’s Draftee Instant Player
■ The Spurs are conducting weekly camps through July 21, with
members of the professional basketball team assisting in the in-
structions.
Although older teen-agers from 17 states are among the 81
youths enrolled in camp this week, only Texans 8 to 14 years of
age are eligible il they want to play varsity ball.
Bob Bass, assistant coach and assistant to the president of the
Spun, was quoted Tuesday as saying the Spun are prepared to
file a suit to test the rule. Another team spokesman said,
however, no player has yet been found to challenge the rule.
Any Texas high school player who attended the camp would
risk losing high school eligibility. The rule states that if a player
attends a summer camp, the player can only compete at the
junior varsity level.
“We’ve gone past the stage of thinking about it (a suit); we've
budgeted money for it," Bass told the Austin American-
Statesman.
fheUnivcrsity Interscholastic League ban'on summer
camps was adopted after Dallas Jefferson won the Class 4A state
basketball championship in 1962. Coach Afchie Porter had taken
a number of Jefferson players to his summer camp at Buena
Vista, Colo., the previous vear. »
Coach Sonny Allen of Southern Methodist University said last
year he would challenge the rule with his son, Billy, but he did
not do so. Young Allen went on to win all-state honors in 4A and
signed a scholarship to play with SMU. »
The Texas Association of Basketball Coaches polled its
membership last year, and more than 85 percent of those who
responded said they opposed the rule. <
The results of the poll were presented to the UIL’s athletic
committee last June, but nothing came of it.
Baytown will be the site of several
regional and state slow-pitch softball
tournaments in the Texas Amateur
Athletic Federation's playoff format this
summer
At least three Region I tourneys will be
held here and two state meets All of the
meets will be held in the Baytown Sports
Complex on East Road, just north of
Sterling High School. The Sports Complex
is the site of all dty softball play under
the Baytown Parks and Recreation
Department's programs.
The weekend of July 14-18 will be a
hectic one for softball fans, with three
and possibly four Region I meets on tap.
The regional eliminations in men and
boys’ church and women's open are
slated for Baytown, with the region meet
in junior girls' open (for 13 to 15-year-
olds) coming to the Sports Complex that
week if such a tournament is needed.
and men's open will be in Pasadena and
Beaumont, respectively. July 21 and 22.
The state meets in women’s open and
junior girls' open will also be held in
Baytown, both July 29 and 30. Baytown's
city champs will serve as the host team
there, unless the local squad qualifies as
the regional champ. If that happens, the
Baytown runner-up will compete as the
host entry.
In the senior girls’ division (for 16to 18-
year-olds), no region date has been set.
Baytown will probably have the only
entry from Region I.
In men and boys' church and women’s
open, the Baytown dty champ and the
runner-up will both be entered in the
Region I meet, the latter as the host
team.
The church meets are slated to run Fri-
day and Saturday, July 14 and 15, with the
women’s open and junior girls’ open, if
needed, running July 15 and 16.
Region I tourneys in women’s church
The men's open and men's church state
tourneys are slated for Amarillo. The
church meet will be on July 28 and 29,
with the open tournament Aug. 5 and 6.
The boys' church and women’s church
meets will be in Richardson and Grand
Prairie, respectively, July 20, and 29. .*
The senior girls (16 to 18-year-olds)
division will have their state meet in Lub-
bock July 22 and 23. V .
Usually, only the Region I champs will
qualify to enter the state meet, though in
some cases, other teams are added to fill
the bracket.
Baytown's city champs will be deter-
mined as soon as league play is over. If
weather permits, the men’s open dty
playoffs will begin June 19, with the city
eliminations in women's church,
women’s open and men’s church slated to
begin July 5.
All of the tournaments are double-
elimination affairs.
For more information on the playoffs,
call the Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment at 427-7477,
NEW YORK (AP) - Charlie Finley, the owner and manager of mand, take control and challenge the hitters,
the Oskland A's, was barking on the phone to his stand-in ' I think there Is a danger of him getting his head knocked oil.
manager, Jack McKeon. But after talking with the kid, 1 reeuied there was no possibility
"Hey Jack, who you got pitching on Sunday?" of his losing his confidence. He impressed me very much with his
"Broberg," snswered McKeon. cocky confidence."
“Scratch him, I got s replacement." Morgan was the fourth player selected in the draft, which coo-
"Who he?" tinues today. Until Finley went on his youth kick, the major In-
Michael Thomas Morgan." terest of the draft focused on the domination by College World
Yeah'*'' Series contenders, Arizona State and Southern California
"Tfedl!” Arizona State had four players selected, Including No. 1 pick
"That's the way to go boss." Bob Homer by Atlanta, No. 3 selection Hubert Brooks by the
Finley, the P.T. Bamum of the haiebiU world, had done It New York Mets, and Chris Bando by Cleveland Bando Is the
again, creating excitement and interest out of something as mun- brother of Milwaukee third baseman Sal Bando. who alio ohee
dane as Tuesday's free agent baseball draft of amateur talent. starred at Arisona Stfte.
the starting rotation for the A's, leaden In the American League
West. ,
He has a lot of poise," said Finley from his office in Chicago.
"He told me he'd go out there Sunday on that mound, take com-
Homer, the NCAA career home run leader with 56, expects to
come to terms with the Braves after the College World Series this
week. Then he will be serif to Savannah of the Southern League
for seasoning.
The right-handed Morgan, who struck out 111 batters In 72 In-
nings for Valley High School this season, will be thrown right to
, nings lor vauey mgn scnooi this season, win be tnrown rigm to
tmans Grandson]
Playing Pro Baseball
CLORINDA, Iowa (Sp) -
The grandson of Baytonians
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Gerber,
Craig Gerber, is playing short-
stop for the Clorinda Athletics
of the Jayhawk League
of ex-Baytonian Carl “Cookie"
Gerber, recently completed his
freshman season as the short-
stop for Cal Poly San Luis
Craig hopes to follow In the
leaguer out of a high school pitcher. On July 18, 1981, Lew
Krausse pitched a 8-hit shutout for the A s over the that Los
Angeles Angels v
"As soon as the game was over, his fsther snd 1 jumped over
the top of the dugout," Finley said. "J remember it bectuse I
cracked my ankle, rushing out to congratulate the kid.
"The second one was my man CaUlih Hunter,” said Finley,
iwho hadn't planned to be In Oakland this weekend._
Gerber, who is slso the son footsteps of San Diego Padre
rookie sensation Ozzie Smith, 1
shortstop three seasons at
Sun Outdoor Guide
Affirmed’s Trainer Worrying A Lot
By ED SCHUYLER JR.
AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK (AP) - Laz Barrera
had just cleared the cold coffee and
day-old doughnuts from his dak when
someone asked if Affirmed had lost
any weight in his bid to win the Triple
Crown, which he can do by winning
Cauthen, Barrera said it must be that
he came from another planet “in4 fly-
ing sausage.”
Or in talking about the gut-
wrenching tension of training horsa,
on any level; "If you open up the
stomach of every trainer and you find
only one ulcer (apiece), it’s a miracle.
have won 23 stakes and earned a little
of 32 million. The record earnings for
a trainer in a single year is $2.9
million.
“He doesn't -Uke to pass, .up'
anything,” said Barrera’s son Albert,
also a trainer, of his father’s constant
travel and. attention to his job. “He’s
Bold Forbes, Barrera, a dapper figure
in gray, said: “Last time I wore a blue
suit.”
Bold Forbes is the colt that brought
prominence to Laz Barrera. Many
horseman consider his training of
Bold Forba, a sprinter, to win the
Bimile Derby and I
Tennis
Lessons
Offered
Obispo and three summers for
the Clorinda A’s before
beginning his professional
career last year.
By CHESTER ROGERS
I WIND, WATER AND TIDES - Southerly winds will be eight
to 14 mph, Temperature range will be from the low 70s to the
mid 80s. Trinity and Galveston bays will be ilightfy choppy
Offshore wave heights will be three to six feet. Galvaton beach
water temperature is 84 degrees. TwoGelveston beach high Udifea
Thursday will beatl;l» a m and 4:12 p.m. Two lowtldefMfc
Mr. and Mrs Taylor Gerber rhl dl STt9« ZZa
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TRINITY BAY- Mlckev Jenkins finally talked Dick Solvent
into guiding him on a speckled trout expedition then embama-
Correction
Diane Mikulecky will be riv-
ing tennis lessons for the Parks
and Recreation Btpartmeni
Oft Mom
ed him by catching most of the 30 ftodf they brought home.
Fishing interest was wiped out by the squally weather.
GALVESTON - The many flounders caught off the beach
The Dutch Holland Olds
Giants and the Citizens of Tex-
as Savings and Loan Texans
Monday The game was in- whiting and sand trout on the stringers
piers from the Flagship to San Luis Pass is a real pleasure for lots
of fishermen these days. At the 69th Street Pier there
there we$e
et well
“Patrice Wolfson (the wife of the
colt's owner) lost weight. The groom
lost eight pounds.’’
It wasn't meant to be a cute answer.
It was a Barrerism - the trainer’s way
of getting to the heart of a question —
in this instance an explanation that the
Triple Crown taka something out of
any horse person involved in it.
Once when asked to explain the un-
explainable magic ol^-yearold Steve
He’s worked long and hard and now
that he’s on top he continua to pay his
dua in hard work and worry. The
wony isn’t always visible. The hard
work shows.
The Cuban-born trainer, winner of
Eclipse Awards as the nation's top
trainer in 1977-78, is having an incredi-
ble year. In a little over five months
Barrera-trained horsa, including Af-
firmed, J.O. Tobin, Barrera, Sen-
sational, Star Spangled, Mashteen,
And he leava nothing to chance. He
has three assistant trainers, including
his 18-year-old son, Larry, and a
payroll of 812,000 a week to attend to
about 52 horsa for various owners he .
has in New York and California.
A sense of humor has been an in-
tegral part of Barrera's makeup, even
under pressure.
Asked after Affirmed won the
Derby how the victory differed from
the 1976 Derby when he won with
achievements,
Laz was bom in Cuba, one of 12
children, 53 yean ago. Hjs father rac-
ed quarter horsa -/“my horse
against your horse in a field” - and
his mother’s father “used to own a
farm where the racetrack was built
(Havana’s Oriental Park). When my
father married my mother they moved
one block from the race track.
Naturally, the race track was in my
blood.”
"registration being from 8 tiF
to 2 p.m. Thursday at Robert
E. Lee tennis courts.
The beginner and advanced
beginners will be taught from 9
a.m. to 10:30 a.m. with the in-
termediatra classa from 10:30
a.m. to noon. The advanced or
tournament players instruction
will be from noon to 2 p.m.
There is no cost for the
program.
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CHICAGO (AP) - Dave
Kingman, the Chicago Cubs’
home run and strikeout king,
doan’t say much but when he
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speaks, opposing pitchers and
managers had better listen.
“Whenever they walk some-
one to get to me, the ball looks
double in size,” said King-
mat, whose grand slam hom-
er Tuesday powered the Chi-
this season when (Craig)
Swan (New York Mets) walk-
ed a guy in front of me,”
recalled Kingman. “I hit a
three-run homer and bat him.
“I’m a better hitter with
men on base,” said Kingman,
pitcher Dave Roberts who
helped his own cause by drill-
ing two hits including a three-
run double in the second in-
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ring to gain his third pitching
triumph against no lossa
Roberts started the five-run
rally in the sixth with a single
and scored on a double by
Greg Gross before Kingman
unloaded his siam, a towering
400foot drive which landed on
Watson slugged his sixth
homer in the fourth and
Roberts was spinning a three-
hitter going into the sixth
when Jimmy Sexton singled; -1
Enos Cabell bounced into a
double play but singles by Wat*
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over the Houston Astros for
their fifth straight victory.
With runners on second and
third in the sixth inning, Hous-
ton Manager Bill Virdon or-
dered pitcher Oscar Zamora to
walk Larry Bilttner. Kingman
stepped up and smashed his
11th homer of the season and
the seventh grand slam of his
career.
ring for the 49th time this
season. “Moat of my hits come
with men on bite. I don't
know why, I have no ex-
planation, but that’a the way it
is.” .
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Kingman. “It’s a percentage
move. They’re looting for the
double play or strikeout and
then you have the righthander-
righthander situation.
“It happened once before
chance for a strikeout or a pop
up with Kingman rather_I
Biittner," said Virdon, "You
take a chance, ft doesn’t al-
ways work out but Biittner hits
better for average than King-
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"I’m going after Ted Wil-
liams’ record," said Roberts in
reference to the major leagua'
last .400 hitter. Roberts is bat-
ting 417.
"When you’re hitting better
than you’re pitching, you have
to talk about your hitting,”
laughed Robots. “But, really,
I haven’t struck out yet this
year and 1 manage to keep the
hag in riav."
Roberts also pitched well de-
spite a shaky sixth inning. Bob
son, Jay Alou and Art Howe
accounted for another run to |
make it 4-2 before Kingman
exploded in the bottonfroH'
sixth.
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The Astros added a pair of
consolation runs in the ninth
on doubla by Jose Cruz and
Reggie Baldwin and a single by
Terry Puri but couldn’t keep
the first-place Cubs from their
the first-place Cubs from (
13th victory in the last 161
games and 10 straight in the
friendly confina of Wrigley
Field.
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CINCINNATI (AP)
Cincinnati catcher Johnny
Bench, out of the starting
lineup with an ailing beck
since Msy 27, wU be ptiyisg 1"ijJl
regularly again in two or three u a
days, the Red have announced.
Doctors in Chicago confirm-
ed Tuesday that Bench is suf-
fering from a strained lower
Bench was injured sliding on
May 19 but continued to pby
until May 27 in San Diego,
where tiie injury became ag-
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