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I ~11=1~=l1=1=~=J==.._;__;_~ • ASHEBORO, Jan. 3.-It was a new John O'Quinn I found at 409 West Salisbury Street here today. New in many, many ways, but still the same Red O'Quinn who will rank forever as one of the greatest pass receivers in Big Four football history ... and as one of Wake Forest's all-time football greats.

It was the same Red O'Quinn in that he still has that over abundance of curly red hair, that he's still carrying that 6-foot-2, 190-pound frame, and that he's still a football man born and bred. But it was a new Red O'Quinn in that he's had a full year of experience at the c4hicago Bears' institution of higher football learning, where he discovered, among other things, that it's just as much fun to play defensive football as offensive football ••• that the pro game is not the cut-and-dried "easy" game some collegians would like for you to think it is , •• and that college and pro football are similar only in that you use the same kind of a ball. Red's just sitting around at the present, waiting for his souvenir of "easy" pro football to heal. That's a broken arm he suffered just at the end of the season. He's waiting for it to get out of the cast so he can begin working , .. probably playing basketball for M.cCrary or something like that. O'Quinn's "souvenir" came November 26 at Chicago, with just two minutes to play in a 24-14 victory over the Los Angeles Rams. ''I was forcing Glenn Davis out of bounds, and we both fell over one of those big drums they roll the field canvas up on. "It knocked him out!"

Played Defensive Halfback •.. 'Was Just Lucky'

Biggest change in Red centers around his discovery that defensive football is not so bad. He was strictly an offensive player at Wake Forest, and he and everybody else thought he would carry on the same way in the pass-happy pro ranks. But it didn't work out that way, and Red allows as how he's just as glad. "It made me see football from a broader viewpoint," he confesses, "and it gave me confidence that I believe will enable me to have a much better pro football career." Just what did O'Quinn do with the Chicago Bears? He was a defensive halfback, a regular defensive halfback from September 10 through November 26, when his injury came. How did he do in his new role? Modest man that he is, Red wouldn't elaborate too much on that, only to say that he expected to be back next year with the Bears in the capacity of a regular. But back to defensive football. "I guess that if it were not for defensive football I might not have made the grade. Ken Cavanaugh, who's the greatest I have ever seen, was back again at the position I was striking for, and I faced a virtual impossible task of making the grade as an offensive end as I had hoped. But Coach (George) Halas began working me at defensive half• back from the start ••. and when we got ready for our last exhibition game, my chance came . . "Coach told me to start as regular defensive right halfback ••• to see how I could do. Well, I was just plain lucky. We beat the Philadelphia Eagles 10-0, with me playing every minute at defensive halfback. I knocked down four of Tommy Thompson's passes which were labeled for touchdowns . • • and from that time on I was in."

Has Offensive Hopes ... Out-maneuvered By Weiner

Next season? "I really don't know what will happen, but l have hopes of being an offensive end then. In the pros you have to be able to play at least two positions well to be worth anything, and that's where having a year's experience on defense will help me. I still think I can make it as an €'Ild, and I have already made it as a defensive man. "They told me early in the year to 'watch the old master,' meaning Cavanaugh. He isn't expected to return next year, and ••• well, maybe I'll have another good chance." But more on the '50 season, which found his Bears missing the final play-offs by a single game. "You know," he says, "college and pro football are as different as night and day. Only the fact that you are playing for money keeps you going. You just don't have breathers. You have to be 'up' for a tough foe every single week, and take it from me, that's not easy. "And those big bruisers who play the game! At 190 pounds I'm the smallest lineman on the Bears' roster. I could always block a college player, but it's really a task to move one of those 250-plus guys. It's just an entirely different game . • • but a great one." Quo~ing Red further, "One of the real pleasures I got out of pro football was meeting and playing against old acquaintances. I especially enjoyed playing against Art Weiner (ex-Carolina) twice ... even if he did catch a touchdown pass over me in the game his New York Giants won from us. He's going to be a great pro end. I found out first hand that he's about the hardest man in the business to defend against." Red obviously was overlooking himself .•. as the defensive halfbacks will find out next year if Red O'Quinn gets that chance at offensive end. Seems as though I recall that he was pretty good himself.

(Staff Photo by Irwin Smallwood) RED O'QUINN ••. Wife DOT •.• And "Souvenir" All Five County Prep Teams Play At Home Friday Night/28

01111u111 T__ .=,::;__------~--- ·]l___._~_:_~_~_a~_'u_sR_ep_11~-=-~-~_:_:_~_~_;_E __B~ Overhead & Underfoot'------N.C. Zoo Crowd A Park Record By AMY McRARY brought more revenue to the park. Courier-Tribune Staff Writer From July 1 until Sept . .12 this year, Sept. 5 brought a daily record at• the zoo has brought in $494,248 - a tendance at the N.C. Zoo during a 6~.2 percent increase over last year. weekend that drew 21,300 Fry told the N.C. Zoological Park paying visitors to the state park. Council yesterday the revenue in• About 10,000 people came to the zoo crease comes partly' from the admis• that Sunday of the Labor Day week• sion hike and from improvements at end, a weekend which zoo director the park's fast food restaurant. Bob Fry said taxed the facilities of But he said the zoo must make $1 the park to the maximum. million in revenues to make their op• The three-day Labor Day weekend erating budget this year. "We have to set all-time paid attendance records, make a lot of revenues," he said. Fry said. From July 1 to Sept. 12, the Zoo officials also believe that the attendance at the zoo has increased economy may bring more visitors to 34.5 percent over the same time last the zoo, when people can't afford long year. In 1981, no new facilities opened trips but can spend a day at the park. at the park. Zoo officials believe a large factor IN OTHER business, the zoo coun• in the high attendance is the R.J. cil wwas told that the' state budget Reynolds Forest-Aviary which office had approved the purchase of opened Aug. 27. The aviary is the two new engines for the park's track• park's first outdoor-indoor exhibit. less tram system which started oper .. ation earlier this year. There have WHEN THE aviary opened, admis• been some problems with the present sion to the zoo increased from $2 to $3 tram engines, which operate three of for adults and 50 cents to $1 for chil• the trains. Fry said all three trams dren. The opening of the aviary also operate about 90 percent of the time brought the first admission charge to and that the operating problems are senior citizens, who now pay $1. caused by "over-use and the lack of And more people at the zoo has time to do routine maintenance.'' Murder, Robbery

Photos By Henry King -MARVIN BROOKS WILSON ON 'NOSTALGIA TRIP'; HIS LICENSE PLATE {INSET) Trial Starts Nov. 8 1Hobo' By AMY McRARY those charges at the same time. Courier-Tribune Staff Writer Yesterday the Randolph County He'll Always Be At Heart The first-degree . murder and Grand Jury returned a "supersed• armed robbery trial of Luther Ray ing" indictment charging Wilson ALBEMARLE - Brooks Wilson "I've been in and out of Randolph in Stanly County, just southwest of Wilson Jr. has been set for Nov. 8. with murder. is an ex-hobo but he was never a County lots of times with my car Randolph. He found a steady job at Two hundred prospective jurors Wilson had already been indicted bum. with its Hobo I tag, but I never ho• last instead of the temporary help are expected to be summoned for the for murder by the grand jury last "A hobo was a lone migrant work• boed in Asheboro or Randolph," he stints he'd been picking up for trial, which would be the second first• fall. Yates said the indictment re• er; a tramp wouldn't work, while a said, searching his memory. "But I years. degree murder trial here since Dis• turned yesterday takes the place of burn was too sorry to work," he ex• passed by it ... trying to get to my He started as a laborer with AL• trict Attorney Garland Yates took of• the previous one. The "superseding" plained of the differences between hometown of Reidsville. COA at Albemarle-Badin and fice. indictment charges that Wilson drifters of yesteryear. "I remember the freight train worked his way up to supervisor, "with force and arms and of malice ~~\\, fuat was a\\ a \on~, \o~ was going to fast for me to jump ot1 meanwhile falling for a "nice gal" WILSON, 2.2, of Rt. 7, Asheboro, is and aforethought" did kill Teel. The time ago, oat Marvin Brooks Wilson amt I had to stay on co DanVille, named Sally Whitley. lie vuwed to charged with the Oct. zz fatal shoot• indictment returned Nov. IO did not still gleefully calls himself a hobo. Va., then hop a slower freight marry her. He had her name tat• ing of Asheboro businesman and include the words "with force and "My automobile license plate is back," he said. toed on his arm and wed her in 1944. farmer L.A. Teel. He is also charged arms." one of them special tags. It says, Baltimore in 1971 and drove. This time I flew to the convention. Hoboing was adventurous and They eventually came to live in the with robbing Teel, taking a watch, a WHILE y ATES said thatlaw deal• 'Hobo t.' I get one every year. It · dangerous, he said, and he'd advise small home with the brown asphalt .22-caliber gun and $80 from the 75- ing with previously tried cases sup• costs $10 extra, but I get $10 worth "You know what? I got a han• kering to ride a train after all that young folks against it, because it shingles at 1112 Efird St. His Sally year-old man. ports the first indictment, the words of ego out of it," he said, chuckling was a hard life that outweighed the died in 1956 and Brooks was again If convicted of first-degree mur• "force and arms" are listed in the and flashing his watery blue eyes. remembering the cinder trail days down there with what's left of the benefits of trying to find a job just alone, for the couple never had chil• der, Wilson ceuld be sentenced to state statutes dealing with homicide. by hopping free rides on freights. dren. death or life imprisonment. He said he decided to ask for those AT 77, HIS sparse white hair get• country's old time hobos, so I got a ticket to come back by Amtrak!" "I almost suffocated once, when I Now in that small house that is words to be included in the indict• ting scarcer and his cheeks getting got down into an empty refrigerator delightfully cluttered with hun• Wilson is also charged with four ment out of "an abundance of cau• gaunt, Wilson still thinks about his car and coal smoke from the engine dreds upon hundreds of mementoes break-ins that occurred in the Mack tion" concerning the case. hoboing days, even though he lived THE FLEETING trip atop the Road and South Fayetteville Street glistening rails via a modern Iron kept drifting back and filling that of hoboing, 30 years of local employ• Several motions made by defense .the last half of his life in steady em• car. I almost fainted before I got out ment, and 12 years of married life, areas in late October. Yates said yes• attorney Charlie Browne still must ployment, married and living in a Horse was kind of a reward for his terday Wilson will not be tried for feeling so good about being given a " Wilson has visual reminders in all be heard before the trial begins. permanent residence. He is now a Brooks Wilson lives just a couple directions of were he's been and widower. singular honor of the famed Hobo Jamboree. of blocks from a set of rail• what life has meant. "The train still comes through Al• . Marvin Brooks Wilson was road tracks in Albemarle. He loves For the old times sake, Wilson bemarle about 3 o'clock every night named America's No. 1 Hobo. Yep, to hear the train whistles yet. He donned his second-hand derby and Southern Randolph and lots of times I awake and hear that's his official title now, not just still wonders if there are any active picked up a cane, then we walked the whistle ... oh how hearing that in North Carolina, but across the hobos, though he rightfully knows along the railroad track not far whistle gives me the goosebumps nation. He's Hobo I. there are not. "Whey my car is from his modest home. He idly sometimes," he said. stopped at railroad crossings, I picked up a loose railroad spike Country Days Set "Oh, there's the king of Hobos, looked up and down the tracks and from underfoot and fondled it. Well, Brooks Wilson may be a Gordon (Bud) Filer; and Queen of at the frieght cars, box cars ... to SEAGROVE - The seventh annual 1 p.m. and end at 6. The horse parade "hobo" and still ride trains, but it is Hobos, Garnette Hamilton; and see if there are any signs of hobos WHEN HE LIVED in hobo jun• Southern Randolph Country Days is will start at 2 p.m. a far cry from the 1930s when he Hobo Secretary, Horace Hampton ... , " he said, wistfully. gles and drank creek bank coffee set for this weekend in Seagrove, Music will also be featured was a Knight of the Road and rode who was host for the convention, "Those were the days that were and ate barbecued goat, a railroad according to Mayor Vera Richard• throughout the fair with several the rods of a freight train. who are the real officers of the Hobo real hard. You almost starved at spike was a utensil. It could open a son. Country/Western bands playing on Now he has an auto, has enough Jamboree, but now I'm Number 1 in times, you got cold in freezing tin can, mash a potato, stir the The event, scheduled for Saturday Saturday and several Gospel groups retirement income to travel by rank and file," he said, laughing. weather, you got out of town beans or even be used to hammer and Sunday in downtown Seagrove, is performing on Sunday. plane, and what's most ironic is, he Wilson hoboed from 1922 through lots of times and them old railroad down a nail in a shoe. in its second year of holding two days Country/Western Bands include of activities, said the mayor. can buy the best seat on the best 1935 and "went everywhere. I was bulls (railroad detectives) would "I never thought to keep one of the Statley Family, the Southern passenger trains in the world, if he young then, just 17 when I started you, actually beat you with a A variety of pastimes will be avail• Rounders, · the Timber Ridge Boys, these for a souvenir," he said. able to all who attend, including so cares. looking for work and rode the rails rubber hose, to knock you off the "Maybe the railroad won't mind me Little River Bluegrass, the Randolph He tried out one of America's into the 48 states back then. box cars ... " games, food, arts and crafts and va• Express, the Country Western taking this old loose one out of the rious contests. crack trains just a few weeks ago. Would've gone to Alaska and Ha• side ditch and taking it home. Pardners and the Oak Hollow String "I went down to the 74th Annual waii, but they weren't states in AFTER 13 YEARS of roaming Saturday the fair will start on Main Band. "I'll clean it up and put it right Street at 10 a.m. and continue until 6 Hobo Jamboree in Birmingham, Al• those days and anyway I don't reck• the country by "free railroad," there on the little table where I sit to abama, in July, the second one I on they had freight train connec• .!l.1'_09ks Wilson_ his last p.m. The parade will start at 11 a.m. Seagrove is sponsoring Southern ~~<.L read. It'll be another reminder of Trophies will be awarded to the best ever attended. I went to one once in tions," he )oked. freight in Philadel{lhia and landed those Wandering Willie days." Randolph Country Days and, accord• float and best band. ing to Richardson, 10 percent of the Sunday the festivities will begin at proceeds will go to the city coffers. Andrews: Letter On Dam Insurance For Growers Has Sept. 30 Deadline 'Just A Little Misleading' Randolph County wheat growers Also, an early application allows interested in all-risk insurance for time for growers to verify yield re• their 1983 crops should contact their By JACK LAIL Natural Resources and Community Development, cords that may enable them to qual• Courier-Tribune Staff Writer insurance agent, announced Howard ify for increased insurance and by Mr. Robert Eiland, the President's special Conyers, All-Risk Insurance direc• U.S. Rep. Ike Andrews, D-4th, said yesterday appointee on water projects. protection. his letter to some Randolph constitutents "is not tor. Conyers said the expanded and re• "The study will address the feasibility of the The deadline to obtain wheat insur• ·incorrect, it's just a little misleading." project, the possibility of cost reduction, the avail• vised wheat insurance program now Andrews said the letter, which was written by ance is Sept. 30 and Conyers said in effect provides a variety of ways ability of alternative water supPifes for commu• growers should begin making plans for producers to tailor their coverage an aide, confuses his own overall review of the pro• nities in Randolph County and the cities of ject with a study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engi• now. Early consideration will pro• to their needs for insurance protec• Greensboro and High Point, the possibility that the vide additional time to develop a pro• tion and to their budgets. Policies of• neers only addressing efforts to reduce the scope of the project and the amount of land deemed recreational area costs and land needs. gram of insurance coverege that best fer a choice of production guarantees necessary can be reduced and other pertinent ques• meets the individual policyholder's And it doesn't mean he has initiated a study, tions." as well as a choice of indemnity pay• needs, Conyers said. ments for each bushel of loss. Andrews said. "I have just promised to study all ,, Andrews acknowledges that the corps is not these things people have sent me," he said. doing a "thorough re-examination" of the project, Andrews' letter dated Aug. 26 and sent to some that the corps has only been asked to look at the Randolph constituents seems to imply a different recreational area. Jaycettes To Sponsor Baby Contest situation. And where the letter says study, it meant his The Asheboro Jaycettes are spon• The letter said: "In light of your recent corre• size) with the following information ongoing "review" of the .project begun several soring a baby contest in conjunction on the back: parents' name, address, spondence concerning the Randleman Dam, I be• REP •. IKE ANDREWS months ago after the Randolph County Board of with the tenth annual Fall Festival in phone number, baby's name and age. lieve you will be interested to know that the Corps of Commissioners passed a resolution opposing the Andrews said he has agreed to consider any Asheboro on Oct. 2-3. Information should be mailed to Don• Engineers has been requested to conduct a thor• project. information or studies any groups would send him. ough re-examination of the project. na Miller, 147 S. Randolph Ave., "What happened was over a period of the last "It seems to imply a corps study; the corps is All entrants must be under two Asheboro, or Carol Ayers, 469 Har• "This study was requested by this office, and I several months several groups have contacted me not studying all those things," the congressman understand by the Piedmont Triad Council of Gov• years of age. Parents who wish for vest Circle, Asheboro. Deadline for about the dam," Andrews said, which want to give said. "I was thinking more or less of my own stu• their child to participate are asked to entries is Sept. 30. For more informa• ernments, by the North Carolina Department of him some sort of information . dy." • forward a recent picture (wallet tion call 629-6441 or 672-2523. ~ti: 1tt~ CUURl~R-TRIBUNE, ASHEBORO, N.C. Thursday, September 16, 1982 'Greatest Thrill' Asheboro's Red O'Quinn Joins N.C. Sports Hall of Fame By DAVIDCAMP seasons and his woes were com• Courier-Tribune Sports Editor THE COURIER-TRIBUNE pounded last season by an injury and BOILING SPRINGS - .J.ohn a rumored drug problem. "Red" O'QuinnJ calling it "one of the "THIS IS one of my biggest thrills greatest thrills of my life" was in• in sports," added Thompson, who ducted into the North Carolina Sports was introduced by former State head Hall of Fame along with basketball coach Norman Sloan, now the head great David Thompson, NASCAR's coach of the Florida Gators. and former Duke "And coming at such a young age University sports publicist Ted Mann Tennessee. The loss knocked the Vol• Lisk. Also, O'Quinn's wife Dot and makes it even more meaningfull, No here last night. unteers out of a spot in the Rose sister-in-law Agnes Barnes of Myrtle reflection on you other guys, of Over 600 people, including former Bowl. Beach, S.C. were also present. course," grinned Thompson, glanc• world heavyweight boxing champion The most moving moments of the ing around towards O'Quinn, John• Floyd Patterson and a host of other O'QUINN PLAYED two seasons evening came during Thompson's in• son and Mann. state and nationally known sports fig• with the ChicagoBears under legend• duction. The former North Carolina Johnson, called "The Great Ameri• ures, attended the festive event held ary coach George Halas, but when State All-American and twice NCAA can Hero" by presenter Ralph Sea• in the brand new Lutz-Yelton Athletic Walker became head coach of the Player of the Year, was raised only graves of Winston Racing, won 50 and Convocation Center on the cam• CFL's Alouettes he per• two miles from the Gardner-Webb NASCAR events during his driving pus of Gardner-WebbCollege . suaded O'Quinn to move north. campus and had many of his friends days and is now the builder and own• O'Quinn, who graduated from "I guess I must be the most chewed and family members in the audience. er of the Mountain Dew Racing Team Asheboro High in 1942 and later went out football player ever," O'Quinn "Through the years a person car driven by . Wal• on to star at Wake Forest and in the said jokingly during an afternoon changes a lot," said Thompson, his trip was also on hand for the ceromo• League, became press conference at the Governors voice wavering with emotion. "After nies, along with the rest of the Randolph County's fourth member of Inn in nearby Shelby. "He (Peahead awhile you come to realize that Mountain Dew crew, as well as Bill the state's Hall of Fame. Racing Walker) had quite a reputation as a there's no place like home. The re• France, Jr., president of NASCAR. greats Lee and and slave-driving coach. But four years sponse I've gotten makes me feel Mann served as Duke's sports in• former Asheboro High football coach wasn't enough for me. I was crazy good. Sometimes, when things aren't formation director for 46 years be• Lee J. Stone, who was also in atten• enough to do eight years of post-grad• going too good, it's nice to come fore his retirement in 1973. During dance last night, are past inductees. uate duty under him." home and find out who your friends his years at Duke, the Blue Devils O'Quinn became one of the CFL's really are." had no less than 38 players selected "MY INDUCTIONinto the Wake all-time leading pass receivers dur• Thompson, who played seven years as All-Americans in football and bas• Forest and Canadian Hall of Fames ing his eight-year playing career with the Denver Nuggets after lead• ketball. He was SID for Duke when were great honors for me," O'Quinn with the Alouettes. He caught three ing the Wolfpack to the 1974 national the Blue Devils played in the 1939 Staff Photos By David Camp said in an interview followingthe cer• touchdown passes in the 1954 Grey title, was traded several months ago Rose against Southern emonies, "but coming back here to Cup (CFL championship game), but to the Seattle Supersonics. Thomp• Cal. Mann called the 7-3 loss to the GRID GREAT RED O'QUINN SPEAKS TO HALL OF FAME GATHERING go into the North Carolina Sports his team lost 25-24 to . son had been criticized at Denver for Trojans his most "heartbreaking" Hall of Fame, which encompasses all Following his playing days, O'Q• his lackluster play the past several moment at Duke. ••. O'Quinn Played His High School Football In Asheboro the great athletes in the history of the uinn became a general manager in state, is truly an outstanding honor. the CFL, first at and later at I'm just pleased to have been se• Montreal. He helped direct Ottawa to . lected." a pair of Grey Cup victories and the O'Quinn, who now resides in Toron• Alouettes claimed the title in 1970 to, moved to Asheboro from Rocking• with O'Quinn as their GM. ham prior to his sophomore year in "I have no regrets," O'Quinn said high school and played three seasons when asked about his decision to as a Blue Comet under coach Paul jump to the CFL instead of remain• Cheek. O'Quinn played tackle and ing in the more-publicized NFL. "I fullback in high school and also was a loved playing under coach Walker. standout basketball player. Follow• He was good to me, and the city of ing his graduation from AHS, O'Q• Montreal was good to me. I was play- · uinn went into the Navy and it was ing defensive back with the Bears during a stint on a service team that and going to Canada gave me a he became a wide receiver. chance to play offense again, which "The coaches down there knew I is what I wanted to do. When coach had played basketball and had pretty Walker called me about playing up good ," O'Quinn explained, who there he told me the wide field and stands 6-3 and is now about 20 pounds three downs (for a first down) was heavier than his 195 playing weight. just made for me and I guess he was "They figured I had pretty good right." hands and might make a good wide receiver." O'QUINN WAS presented at last Following World War II, Q'Quinn night's banquet by good friend Pat signed a scholarship with Wake For• Preston, also a member of the N.C. est and went on to set many passing Hall of Fame and a former coach and receiving records for the Deacons un• pro teammate of O'Quinn's. der head coach Peahead Walker. Attending along with O'Quinn from O'Quinn said his most memorable the Asheboro area were his son John -g-a b"\. t \!' """"'" \:_";l,l:fit Q."W:).n.t, "\."\: , =<>\.'<-"-"<: "N.an., anQ. ~"-"~"'""""" 'O=• M SlO"tt \tt"'ll\0\>\)C.l~l>"'l\l> "'l"OMMOtt \>\)l\\ttG C.11\lMO ~ o· l H :UD MAMM the 1947 season when he helped lead gess, sister-in-law Mrs. Vance Ki- the Deacons to a 19·7 upset win over vett, and friends Mr. and Mrs. Tyler ... Former Teammate Monte Towe (L) Affd Sportscaster Jim Thacker Applaud ••. Mann Was Duke's SID For 46 Years Cards Beal Phi/s Again LA's Hooton 'Happy' Again After Shuting Out Astros By The.Associated Press with such a tough lineup" - · · · The call "Ha " , d f to see the performances St. Louis' East, but Just a half-game in back of Giants 5, Reds 4 the last 27. 'f . ppy, It was Hootons . se~on ~hutout ~ hurlers put on in Philadelphia this second-place Philadelphia. Rookie Chili Davis, in his first The triumph kept the Orioles l1h yet this has been anything32-year- oldbut a _hap- the sea~on,. but his firs~ smc~ April week. Joaquin Andujar threw a pinch-hitting appearance of the sea- games behind Milwaukee in the AL PY year for the right- 29. In his eight starts smce his sur- three-hitter Wednesday for his fifth Cubs 7• Pirates 2 son, cracked a two-run homer with East race. The division-leading hander. ~ery,_ he_ has allowed 12 earned runs shutout of the season as the Cardinals The Cubs used the longball to sub- one out in the eighth to boost the Gi- Brewers stopped Detroit 5-3. Hooton~d erwe~t knee surgery on in 49 mnmgs, a 2.20 aver- grabbed a 1112-game lead over Phila- due Pittsburgh as Jody Davis ants to their 12th win in the last 14 In the AL West the division-lead- June 21 missed six weeks and only age d 1 hi · th NL E t It th smashed a three-run homer and Th · d · · Cit R' b now is ~ecapturing the form which "i 't I' 11 th b k " e p ia in e as . was e and contests. ey remame six games mg Kansas I Y oyals eat Seatt1 e has made him a mains ta of the Los . d ~ant say h ma e ;.ay ac3 ~5 second straight shutout for St. Louis . added solo shots. Ferguson Jenkins behind Los Angeles. 5-4 in 11 innings and improved their . . Y ~.a1 ?° on, w ose r~co; is now · - John Stuper and com- lead to two games over the California Angeles Dod~ers pitching ~ta~f. On I can t say that until I ve put a few bined on one Tuesday _ and the gave up 11 hits in posting his 275th IN THE American League Dave Angels, losers to Chicago. Wednesday night, Hooton mdica~ed of,~hes~ (games) back-to-back. . Cards surrendered only two runs in career victory, good for 20th on the Winfield and Roy Smalley a;e on a As they8_3 h ad in the three previous that th~ remaining aches and pains Tonight I had bette~ co~trol with losing to on Monday. all-time list. binge for the New York games with the Orioles, the Yankees are ammo~ annoyance as he blanked my fastball, I was getting 1t wher~ I had a two-run Yankees - but the defending Ameri- took the early lead _ this time the 5-0 on three wanted, and I felt I had more consis- single and two sacrifice flies for St Astros 5, Braves 4 can League champions aren't getting ft . . g _ . f tw5 _2 hits. The Dodgers' sixth straight vie- tency with all my pitches." Louis · Houston severely damaged Atlan- much relief from their bullpen these a er 517,2 mmn s on a pair 0 0- tory upped their Pedro Guerrero slammed his 30th · ta's pennant hopes by sweeping the days. run home~s _by Smalley and a s~lo West lead to 21/2 games over Atlanta, home run to help the Dodgers hand Expos 5, Mets 4 Braves. Dickie Thon's three-run dou- shot by Winfield, all off ~ta~ter Mi~e which lost 5-4 to Houston. San Diego its fifth straight loss. , another player ble snapped a 2-2 tie in the seventh For the fourth straight game Flanagan.S~alley has hit eight of his "It's been a long time for me," be- plagued by injury, ripped his 20th and the Braves couldn't catch up Wednesday night, the Yankee bull- 20. h~mers. m the l~st 1~ games and tween complete games, Hooton Cardinals 8, Phillies o homer of the season in the nth to lift against Nolan Ryan and Dave Smith, pen blew a lead and the result was an Winfield eight of his 34 m the last l3 noted. "And it's especially gratifying If anyone had doubts about the Car- the Expos over the Mets. Montreal is who pitched the ninth inning to earn 8-5 loss to the charging Baltimore games. . to come against a club like San Diego dinals' pitching, all they needed was two games behind St. Louis in the his nth . Orioles, who won their 23rd game in . But the_ Oriole~ca~e ~ack to sc~re six runs m the sixth mmng. Cal R1p• ken Jr., tied the score with a two-run double and then scored the go-ahead run on Eddie Murray's double.

Wildcats Anticipate Orange Aerial Show Brewers 5, Tigers 3 Roy Howell drove in three runs B-y Rt\ Y CRISCOE ers' arsenal is a running back who crossed the practice with several minor injuries. Leading they didn't turn it over but once." with a double and a single to lead Courier-Tribune Sports Writer goal line 29 times and rushed for over 1900 rusher Tony Goss too is suffering the practice He agrees with a comment television com• Milwaukee over Detroit. While all five county teams will play at yards last year as a jayvee. Derrick Thomp• slow-downs with a muscle bruise. mentator Don Meredith made Monday night Howell's RBI double featured a home tomorrow night, none will be facing son is his name, and worrying Baxter is his Asheboro's Eddie Williamson also thinks during the Pittsburgh-Dallas NFL clash. two-run second inning and his two• quite the aerial attack Eastern Randolph ex• game. his players will be ready, especially after last Pittsburgh won 36-28, but Meredith said on run single in the fifth provided the pects to see. In fact, it's doubtful any of the "It's going to take a team effort to stop week's eye opener loss to West Rowan. another night the Cowboys would probably Brewers with a 5-2 lead. county's teams will face a fireworks show as them," said Baxter, looking for the Wildcats But to be sure, Williamson is making some win. Williamson assessed Asheboro in the potentially hazardous as Hillsborough to improve to 3-1and2-0 in the conference. defensive alterations to correct problems that same manner. Played again, the Blue Comets Royals 5, Mariners 4 Orange's all year. Randleman, like Eastern 2-1, will be bat• led to a 34-point letdown last week. probably would come out on top in the game. Steve Hammond lined a one-out, That's not to take anything away from the tling the nagging injury bug as well as an "We made some changes in the defensive "But they've got a good football team with• bases-loaded single off competition invading Randolph County Fri• upgraded West Davidson crew. alignment and we will continue to make out a doubt. They're going to surprise some Jim Maier's glove in the nth inning day. Asheboro is facing a Salisbury team they "This is the most injuries I've had ori one changes until we get the best people in the people." to carry Kansas City over Seattle. beat only 10-8 last year while Randleman en• team at one time in maybe 15 years," Grego• game," said Williamson. "We want to, of As for Salisbury, Williamson expects an• tertains an improved West Davidson team. ry said yesterday. "Right now, we're beat course, try to get better each week." other close game, like last year's 10-8 Ashe• White Sox 8, Angels 3 Andwhil e Cougar and/ or Bulldog',\'in s are not up." boro squeaker. Vance Law stroked a two-run out of the picture, Southwestern Randolph THE POSITION changes Williamson is "It's going to be interesting," he admits. to highlight a five-run fourth inning and Trinity will be weighed underdogs in their FOREMOST OF those injured of course is referring to include moving Keith Coble from as Chicago defeated California and battles with Southwest Guilford and Thom• quarterback Steve Lisk. But the offense has nose guard to defensive tackle and Sam Bos• SOUTHWESTERN IS coming off a 22-6 snapped the Angels' five-game win• asville. missed scarcely a beat behind sophomore song, a backup linebacker, to nose guard. loss, which would make most coaches cry in ning streak. Law's triple in the fourth In fact, Orange, 1-2, may be the worst of backup Chris Wood, pushed into the signal• "He's played fairly well when he's been in their coffee. knocked out Geoff Zahn, 16-8, and the five teams visiting here, but quarterback calling limelight sooner than expected. there, so we'll give him a chance to start," But not Harry Daniel. gave the White Sox a 5-1 lead at the Mark Black's passing attack will keep Donnie "He's doing a real good job for us. He's said Williamson of Bossong. "We probably played the best ball we time. Baxter's Wildcatson their toes. exceeded our expectations of him for this ear• Williamson also initiated a secondary face• played all year," said Daniel, explaining his ly period," said Gregory. lift. Dennis Crowder, an alternating running optimism concerning last week's loss. Indians 7, Red Sox 4 "I EXPECT TO see them put the ball in the Wood completed his first touchdown past back, will be stationed at the strong corner, Mark Moore turned in another bright per• Andre Thornton drove in three runs air 25 times," said Baxter. "He (Black) may last week, a 30-yarder to end Worth Routh. Steven Stout will slide from corner to strong formance for the Cougars, grabbing an inter• with a homer and a single and Larry be the leading passer in the conference." Gregory wants that to be the first of many. safety, Gil Butler will change from corner to ception (his third in two games), recovering a Milbourne and Ron Hassey collected Last week, in a 42-0 draping of Bluestone, "He's a good passer. We just thrust him free safety and either Gary Martin or Randy fumble and making a hit on 13 tackles, includ• three hits apiece, leading Cleveland Va., Black hooked up with receiver Tracy quickly into the varsity lineup in that first Lee will fill the other corner spot. ing nine solo, from his defensive back posi• over Boston. Fowler for over 200 yards. Check that - that's game against Albemarle. He was just not But defense was not the only disappointing tion. And Keith Myers added 73 yards for a over 200 yards passing to just one receiver. quite ready," said Gregory. "But he's coming area Friday night. team-leading 224 total. Blue Jays 3-12, A's 2-11 "We're going to have to put a rush on along." "We definitely have to eliminate turning Opening a conference schedule with peren• A pair of Oakland errors allowed Black, and carry out our assignments in the Outside of Lisk, Trease will be out this the ball over so much," said Williamson. "In nial Central Carolina Conference front runner Damaso Garcia and Al Woods to secondary. The linebackers are going to have game with a virus. He was a starter at de• their first two games, West Rowan turned it Southwest Guilford is no fun, but the Cougars score in the seventh inning and Luis 'o tak\\ their proper drop too," said Baxter. fensive tackle. Another lineman, Joe Naron, over like that and they got beat by teams not do have the homefield advantage while play• Leal scattered four hits in 7% innings As well as the passing attack, in the Panth- will probably play but has been hampered in as good as them. And of course Friday night ing their third straight at home. as downed the A's in the first game of their doubleheader. 2B: THE COURIER-TRIBUNE, ASHEBORO, N.C. Wednesday, September 15, 1982 Sharp Valenzuela Cuts Up Padres

By KEN RAPPOPORT leading 32nd save. AP Sports Writer THE COURIER-TRIBUNE Expos 3, Mets 1 was razor-sharp - and really Al Oliver drove in two runs with a pair of singles cutting it for the . Charlie Lea limited New York to six hits in 61-3 innings "I was really hitting the corners," said Valenzuela Montreal defeated the Mets for the Expos' fourth straigh after pitching the Dodgers to a 1-0 victory over the San victory. Diego Padres Tuesday night. "I got a little tired toward Lea, 12-9, who ended a personal three-game losing the end, but that was from concentrating in such a tight streak, left with a 3-0 lead and one out in the seventh in• game." and Jose Cruz belted a home run to lead Houston over At• ning after singles by Ron Hodges and Brian Giles gave Valenzuela's control was perfect - he didn't walk a lanta. the Mets runners at first and third. batter while striking out six and giving up but six hits. Both hits off Lacoss, 5-6, came in the second inning, Woodie Fryman relieved and pinch-hitter Rusty The performance boosted the Dodgers' lead in the Nation• one of only two scoring threats by the Braves. Lacoss Staub delivered a sacrifice fly that Warren al League West to 11/2 games over the , 4-0 struck out three and walked two before Frank Lacorte Cromartie caught with his back against the fence. Jeff losers to the . relieved and posted his fifth save. Reardon pitched the final two innings and recorded his In other NL action, St. Louis beat Philadelphia 2-0, Houston took a 2-0 lead in the fifth with the aid of a 25th save. · Montreal whipped New York 3-1, Pittsburgh walloped two-out error by Atlanta shortstop Rafael Ramirez that Pirates 15, Cubs 5 Chicago 15-5 and San Francisco nipped Cincinnati 2-1. allowed two unearned runs to score. Cruz's home run, his Richie Hebner and Bill Madlock blasted grand slam Valenzuela, 18-12, snapped a personal three-game ninth, was a solo shot in the sixth and the Astros added a home runs in consecutive innings as Pittsburgh, trailing losing streak with his fourth shutout of the season. The run in the ninth on a saerificefly by Doran, 4-0, stormed back to rout Chicago. Madlock drove in two Los Angeles left-hander retired the first 10 Padres in or• "He has pitched well out of the bullpen," Houston additional runs with sacrifice flies and now has a career der and allowed only one hit through five innings and two Manager Bob Lillis said of Lacoss. "Even though he lost high 88 RBI for the season. through six. The was his 17th, tops in the the last time out, he pitched so well that I decided right The Cubs built their lead in the top of the third, but N.L. then to give him a start. He had good command of his the Pirates retaliated for five runs in the bottom of the "I learned to control myself," said Valenzuela in pitches tonight, good velocity. He's in the rotation the rest inning off Chicago starter , 8-12, with Hebn• pointing out that his losing streak didn't fluster him. "I of the way." er's slam keying the rally. Madlock's slam in the fourth learned you have to forget the past. Don't forget, my tea• Cardinals 2, Phillies o gave Pittsburgh a 9-4 lead. mmates also lost some tight games.'' 's two-run homer in the fourth inning Giants 2, Reds 1 singled, doubled and tripled to lead and the combined five-hit pitching of John Stuper and Dave Bergman hit a two-out, two-run homer in the the Dodgers' attack as they handed the Padres their Bruce Sutter carried St. Louis over Philadelphia and sent seventh inning to lead San Francisco over Cininnati. fourth consecutive loss. The Dodgers got the game's only the Cardinals back into first place in the NL East by a Bergman's third homer of the season came on a 2-0 pitch run on doubles by Landreaux and Pedro Guerrero in the half-game. from Bruce Berenyi, 8-17, who allowed only one hit The Phillies had taken over the lead Monday night be• through six innings. AP Photo first inning. LA DODGER lEFTHANDER FERNAN 0 VALENZUELA Eric Show, 10-5, was the loser. hind Steve Carlton's 20th victory of the season. Cincinnati's Alex Trevino hit his first major league Astros 4, Braves O Stuper, 7-6, was knocked out in the eighth before Sut• home run, on his 1,056th at-bat, in the second inning off ..• He Shut Out The Padres For His 18th Win Mike Lacoss gave up just two hits over seven innings ter came on to shut off the Phillies and post his league- Giants' starter Atlee Hammaker, 10-8.

O'Ouinn's Induction Tonight John "Red" O'Quinn, who grad• uated from Asheboro High School in 1942 and went on to become a star in the , will be one of four prominent North Car• olina natives to be inducted into the state's Sports Hall of Fame at a banquet tonight in Boiling Springs. O'Quinn will be the second Ashe• boro sports figure to be inducted into the Hall. Lee J. Stone, who coached All-American Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice in high school in Asheville and later molded many championship teams at Asheboro High, was inducted several years ago. Stone will be in attendance to• night when O'Quinn accepts his honor along with basketball great David Thompson, NASCAR's Ju• nior Johnson, and former sports publicist Ted Mann. "It's always nice to come back home and see my family and friends," O'Quinn said yesterday. "And being inducted into the Hall of Fame in my home state is a great honor." After graduating from Asheboro High, where he played under coach Paul Cheek, O'Quinn joined the Navy and playd service ball for two years. "I had a number of schol• arship offers, but I wanted to come back to my home state and play," O'Quinn explained. "Carolina, Duke and Wake Forest offered me scholarships, and I took Wake's be• cause it was the best offer." O'Quinn played at Wake under coach Peahead Walker and was lat• er reunited with Walker after going to the Canadian Football League following a brief stint with the NFL's Chicago Bears.