APRIL 5,1984 to-SPORTS THE 8EAR TIMES

From the Cheap Seats Don Schilling SPORTSNEWS·

Veterans should tell the tale Rose hustles into Montreal Montreal Expo Pete Rose, 43, needs just 10 hits to become the Baseball is here. The long else. Nolan Ryan has 3,677. "old men" will probably tell the second player in major league baseball history to collect 4,000 total wait is over, and shorts and Phil Niekro is 88 shy of 3,000. tale. Rose has a habit of playing base hits. Rose is also chasing Ty Cobb's record of 4,191 career shirtsleeves cannot be far Carlton leads the win list with with winners. hits, needing 202 more to break that record. behind. 300. Tom Seaver has 283. Jim The young rookies with This season should be an Palmer has 268, along with promise seem to be Juan Lady Trojans win again Neikro. Samuel of the Phillies. Brad exciting one. Several players, The University of Southern California captured the women's The White Sox finished last Komminsk of Atlanta, Doug mostly veterans, are preparing NCAA Championship for the second year in a row in . season with the best record, Frobel of the Pirates, Ron Dar- to reach milestones in their USC defeated Tennessee 72-61 in the finals last Sunday. careers. 99-63. The Orioles won the ling and Dwight Gooden of the Pete Rose, at age 43, is now Series. Mets and Argenis Salazar of the Brett out, but Royals win playing with the Montral Expos. Youngsters such as Wade Expos. Kansas City Royal George Brett will sit out six to eight weeks of Rose is 201 hits shy of Boggs and Cal Ripken look to American League first- Ty the season with a partial tear of a ligament in his left knee. Cobb's all-time hit record of continue their successful ca- rounders Mike Young, Gerry reE'''....Old veterans look for one Willard and Roger Clemens The third baseman suffered the injury during the last weekend of 4,191. spring training. In spite of Brett missing the first Royals' game the Rod Carew needs just 168 last day in the sun. should show their stuff. Kansas City team beat the New York Yankees 4-2 on Tuesday.' hits to reach the magic 3,000. The seasons of players such And don't forget, Peter Ve- Steve Carlton has 3,709 as Rose, Carlton, Niekro, Reg- berroth has a rookie season as Cards win in L.A. strikeouts, more than anyone gie Jackson, Seaver and other commissioner coming up. The St. Louis Baseball Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 11- 7, as they opened their season in California. Danny Wrestler looks forward to Olympics Cox was the winning pitcher Tuesday afternoon. by Frank Barnas the third toughest in the nation, two real quick. You learn to be Baseball begins series Senior wrestler Norm Dahm Dahm says, behind only the humble," Dahm says. The baseball Bears begin an eight~game stretch today that will has posted a 48-9 record and Big Eight and the Big Ten. The major difference be- placed in each of his tour- Only 35 individuals in Division I tween collegiate and the Olym- end Sunday. This series includes both home and away games. Today the Bears meet the University of Missouri at St. Louis at naments this season except for qualified, Dahm says. pic freestyle methods is that Meador Park in a doubleheader. Game time is 1 p.m. for this nationals. Now, Dahm has a In addition to his collegiate freestyle tends to be much chance to participate in the record, Dahm received second faster-paced, with more throws contest between the two Show Me universities. Following the Meador games, the Bears make tracks to Joplin for 1984 Summer Olympics. place in the Junior World Meet and faster pins. It is not unusual their double battle with Missouri Southern at 2 p.m. Friday. Then it's The l Oth child in a family of in the 20-a rid- u nde r c ut- for a wrestler to be behind by back to the Queen City to host Southwest Baptist on the Bear's 14, Dahm started wrestling in egory. In this tournament, the five or six points with 10 sec- home field Saturday. Sunday the SMS team finds themselves the seventh grade. After wres- wrestling style is termed "free- onds remaining in the match tling in high school and junior style," as opposed to the regu- and emerge as the winner, wrapping up the eight-game series with a doubleheader against the college, he started grappling lar collegiate style, Dahm says. Dahm says. University of Missouri at Rolla. Both Saturday and Sunday's games for SMS in the ISO-pound Freestyle wrestling is the carry a scheduled 1 p.m. opening pitch. weight division, later moving International style of wrestling One of the main reasons up to his current 158-pound which is used in the Olympics. Dahm likes wrestling is be- Arbitrator reinstates players level, Dahm says. The first Olympic preliminary cause it is such an indi- Baseball players Jerry Martin and Willie Wilson will be reinstated His season record of 48-9 for Dahm will take place start- vidualized sport. "Wrestling May 15 under the decision of a baseball arbitrator. shattered the previous school ing April 8. After the pre- gives you confidence. You've Bowie Kuhn, commissioner of baseball, suspended the two play- record of 41 wins, which had liminary rounds, the winners felt defeat or you've felt victory. ers after their conviction on drug charges. been set by Scott Lowry, and will advance to the finals which But you did it, and you know Wilson is playing with the Royals, while Martin has joined the he was close to beating the will eventually determine the how you lost or won. You can't Mets. national record of 55 wins, says U.S. Olympic representatives, blame anyone for your mis- Coach Mike McCarty, adding, Dahm says. takes," Dahm says. Lettermen grapplers named "He's a very aggressive An of the prestige, however, The prime age for freestyle wrestler." has not affected him adversely, wrestlers is approximately 25- Coach Mike McCarty recommended 15 members of the SMS To qualify for the National he adds. years-old. If Dahm does not wrestling team for varsity letters. Among them, Norm Dahm, the tournament, Dahm had to sur- "Wrestling is one sport qualify for the 1984 Summer on!y SM~ wrestler to qualify for the NCAA Division I championship, gamed second SMS letter as senior. vive the regional Division I where if you've got a big head, Olympics, he will be prepared his a competition. This division is you get taken down a notch or for the 1988 tryouts. Team members receiving their third varsity letter included Nas- ser Anssari, Ken Poole, Gary Messenger and John Shumate. Sec- ond time lettermen this season were Dahrn, Mike Goodwin, Vince Stout. Jim Fox and Mike Rooney. Jeff Giles, Shannon Shy, John Taylor, Jon Frangoulis, Kent Maris and David Pollich .round out the lettermen squad that helped put the Bears to rest Witha record of 11-1 1-1 for the dual meet season. 5MS wins golf relays The SMS golf team edged Drury by three strokes to claim the 12th annual SMS Gold Relays at Grandview Municipal Golf Course Tuesday. Wayne Fredricks and Brett Radle each shot 75, Jay Williams and Bill Ryder 77 each and Craig Kennedy 81 for a 304 total. Drury finished at 307 with Jim Dunlop and Kevin Moten leading the way each with 76. Missouri-Rolla, led by medalist Kent Dinsdale's 71, finished third

Clothes Post at 309. , SMS hosts Arkansas in a dual match Monday at 2 p.m. at Introductory Grandview. Yacht club challenges Australia Offer The New York Yacht Club, which lost the America's Cup last year for the first time in the Cup's 133-year history, issued a formal All l st Quality challenge Wednesday to Australia's Royal Perth Yacht Club as the first step in getting the trophy back in 1987. The club filed the entry fee of $12,000 on behalf of seven other clubs that have joined with the NVYC. Players invited to tryout A total of 74 players have been invited to try out for the U.S. Olympic basketball team. Heading the list was 7-foot of national champion Georgetown. Hegular Price Other pre players invited include Michael Jordon and Sam Per- Men's Sizes Up Lo ,":~O()() kins of North Carolina, of Oklahoma, Chris Mul~ 12 Colors, 2 Styles lin's of St. John's, of Cal-Fullerton and of Merllphis State. , , Kenny Walker and rep- CLOT)fES POST resent the Kentucky squad. 10 a.m. The Olympic trial will be held April 17-22. ~~ ... ST(;IES ~ to 9 p.m.