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D^TRIBUME-EXAMINER DUlon, Montan» ' Page 6 Thursday, August,1974 22 Coach different, result sai> 1* for last-place Jacksonville By BRUCE LOWITT showed they still have the knack.Portland Storm 11-7. The Chicago AP Sports Writer Reed, Birmingham’s rookie Fire visits the Detroit Wheels Welcome to the World Football quarterback from Gramblingtonight. League, Charlie Tate. who has his own knack of taking Grant Guthrie had kicked field And welcome back, Matthew over in style when veterangoals of 31 and 51 yards to give Reed. George Mira gets hurt, did it the Sharks a 6-0 lead going into Tate coached his first game again. He drove the Americans tothe final period. But Reed threw a Wednesday night—and musttwo touchdowns in the fourth27-yard touchdown pass to Alfred knbw exactly how Bud Asher felt.quarter—the second one comingJenkins to put the Americans Asha* was fired by Jackson with barely a minute to play— forahead. ville last Saturday after thea 15-14 victory over the Sharks. Thai, after the Jacksonville Sharks, who had a knack of losing In Wednesday night’s othertouchdown moved the Sharks close games in the closing WFL games, the New York Stars back in front, Reed mounted the minutes, had dropped to a 2-4 demolished the Houston Texanswinning touchdown drive. mark. 43-10, the Memphis Southmen Stars 43, Texans 10 Tate's debut came against obliterated the Hawaiians 60-8, New York’s Bob Gladieux unbeaten Birmingham. the Southern California Sunmade it look easy. He ran for 84 The result: The Americans bested the Philadelphia Bell 31-18 yards and three touchdowns and stayed unbeaten and the Sharksand the Florida Blazers beat the caught a Tom Sherman pass for a fourth score in the Stars’ rout of Houston for their fifth straight victory. The Texans gave up 231 rushing yards. Southmen 60, Hawaiians 8 Quarterback John Huarte threw four first-half scoring passes and Dick Thornton and Bobby Majors turned inter ceptions into touchdowns in Memphis’ rout of the Hawaiians. Thornton took his 54 yards, Majors 55 yards. Huarte clicked on 14 of 21 passes for 264 yards, then sat out most of the second half. Sun 31, Bell 28 Alonzo Emery’s third one-yard MONTANA ‘REPORT TO THE STATE’ 4-H TEAM PICKED—A “Report to the State” team for 1975 was picked at Montana 4-H scoring run of the game with 52 Congress at Montana State University, and immediately began working on how to tell about 4-H during Montana 4-H Congress. seconds remaining had the SunWorking with the team of 12 is Andreen Hubble, state Extension 4-H and other youth specialist at MSU. Left to right, seated, are Denise shining in Philadelphia. Diane Fryhouer, Helena; Bill McLean, Brady; John Sweeney, Belt; Phyllis Wilson, Trout Creek; Marilyn J. Leazenby, Geraldine; and The touchdown offset the Marla Hall, Pablo. Standing are Maureen Keating, Molt; Kristin Walters, Dillon; Dennis Portra, Froid; Don Nicholson, Corvallis; passing of Jim "King” Corcoran, Steve Oiestad, Big Timber; and Harold Armstrong, Havre. who threw three Philadelphia touchdown passes. And he wanted to go for a ‘Almost’ no-hitter doesn’t count fourth one, but was overruled. The Bell went for a tie instead By ALEX SACHARE Wood 18-15. majors. It was his 25th homer of phy on a three-hitter, pitching with three seconds to play. But AP Sports Writer And if Moret’s fielding was as the year and the 25th given upMilwaukee by past Oakland. Jerry Warren’s 36-yard field goal “He looked like Cy Young outimpeccable as his pitching, the Baltimore’s Ross Grimsley, 14- Kobel, who pitched because attempt was blocked. there today.” White Sox would stUl be looking 11. Blazers 11, Storm 7 Wilbur Wood, the busy knuck-for their first hit. The only safety Texas starter Jim Bibby, 18-14,Jim Colbom came up with a Greg Latta scored on a second- leballer of the Chicago White Sox, was a slow grounder by Dickblanked the Orioles on four hits pulled hamstring muscle, period 20-yard toss from Bob could only stand back WednesdayAllen in the seventh inning untilwhich the eighth, when he neededallowed just two hits in seven Davis, then caught his action-and admire the performace rolled off the tip of Moret’s glove, relief help from Jim Merritt and innings—a leadoff single to Bert point pass, to lead Florida past turned in by Boston’s Rogerthen was fielded by secondthen Steve Foucault. Campaneris in the first and a Portland. Moret. baseman Doug Griffin too late for Indians 7, royals 6 two-run homer by Reggie The winless Storm came within Moret, a tall, lean left-hander, a play at first. Consecutive two-out ninth-inJackson in the seventh. one point of the Blazers early inlimited Chicago to just one hit— Elsewhere in the Americanning singles by Joe Lis, FrankMurphy gave up an eighth in the fourth period when quaran infield single—and struck League,out Texas beat Baltimore 5-Duffy, Rico Carty and Charliening homer to Gene Tenace’s. terback Ken Johnson ran the ball12 in pitching the Boston Red Sox1, Cleveland edged Kansas CitySpikes 7- lifted the Indians past Angels 2, Tigers 0 in from the one. But comerback to a 4-0 victory over the White6, New York defeated Minnesota Kansas City. Andy Hassler’s four-hit pitch Billy Hayes intercepted JohnSox, foiling Wood’s third try for 4- 1, Milwaukee trimmed Oakland The Royals had jumped in fronting and run-scoring hits by Denny son’s action-point pass. his 19th victory. Moret is now 7-5,5- 3 and Detroit blanked6-5 with five runs in the seventh California 2-0. inning, four of them on VadaDoyle and Bruce Bochte gave the Despite Allen’s single, Moret Pinson’s grand slam homer. California Angels a 2-0 decision was given the no-hit treatment byYankees 4, Twins 1 over the Detroit Tigers. the Boston front office—his Graig Nettles drove in three contract was torn up and he reruns with a double and a single toNational League scores: Los WILLIAM'S LAWN AND ceived a $1,000 raise. lead the Yankees to victory.Angeles 7, Chicago 5; Atlanta 5, Rangers 5, Orioles 1 George “Doc” Medich, 15-11, St. Louis 4; Pittsburgh 4, San Jeff Burroughs slugged a two-scattered six hits for the victory.Francisco 2; New York 10, run homer to power Texas to Brewers 5, A’s 3 Houston 2; Philadelphia 10, Cin victory, raising his season total of Kevin Kobel, a last-minutecinnati 3, and Montreal 8, San runs batted in to 102, tops in thestarter, teamed with Tom Mur Diego 7. 683-2221 Scientists to measure Fall is the best time to improve your lawn! Ryan’s fastball speed Take advantage of our By RON ROACH Score, Ryne Duren and Bobsixth at 93.5. Fall Sale Fall Sale AP Sports Writer Turley all were involved in Afteran Koufax, comes Duren of ANAHEIM (AP) - What bat experiment in Miami, utilizingthe a Yankees, 91.1; Score of the ters have wondered about in rehigh-speed movie camera White Sox, 91.0, and Turley, 90.7, fall prices cent years will undergo scientificshooting 60 frames per second. from the Miami experiment. scrutiny early next month: Barber,The then a Baltimore Dalkowski, a left-hander who speed of Nolan Ryan’s fastball.rookie, threw 95.5 m.p.h. to rank had struck out 1,396 and walked and California Angels’ Managersecond behind Feller. Drysdale,1,354 ‘ batters in nine years of Dick Williams says he’s neverex-Dodger and now an Angelsminor league baseball, never seen a pitcher throw harder than broadcaster, ranks third at 95.3. pitched an inning in the big :Ul Ryan, and pitching coach Tom Fourth is Atley Donald, Newleagues. He was tested at the Build up your Lawn Morgan believes there’s noYork Yankees, 94.7, in 1939. InAberdeen Proving Grounds and, harder thrower around. 1958, the Yankees’ Turley had theaccording to one sports Faster than Bob Feller? Faster all-time fifth-place mark of 94.2, magazine, threw for 40 minutes than Sandy Koufax? measured by an electronictrying to get within range of the All Scotts grass seed 99.9%is weed-free Nobody has staked that claim oscillograph. The Orioles’ Steve device and was exhausted by the and is guaranteed to satisfy, or money back! for the 27-year-old strikeout king Dalkowski, also in 1958, ranks time his pitch was clocked. of the big leagues, but the questions of just how fast he can throw a baseball is expected to be From August 15 through September 30, 1974 answered by an infra-red radar Public Auction device. Saturday, August 24, 11:00 a.m. Rockwell International scien Lima, Montana tists, who tested the device Located on So. Main St. last house on right. Personal Regular Sale Tuesday night when Ryan struck and Real Property of the Herman and Jeanne Gayhart Retail * Price * out 19 Detroit Tigers, will set up Estate will be sold to the highest bidders. for an official clocking of Ryan’s Real Estate: Nice 2 bedroom home w-garage. FAMILY SEED 1,000 sq ft $ 5.95 $ 3.95 pitches the next time Nolan Personal: Curtis Mathes Color TV console, CM 2,500 sq ft pitches in Anaheim, Sept. 6 or 7 console stereo set, Esley electric organ, Formica 13.95 9.95 against Chicago. dining room set, GE refrigerator-freezer comb., GE The fastest pitch ever gauged double oven elec, range, GE washer and dryer.