European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 02, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 2, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 23 was despite the Boos after double loss ready to Lucchesi says he does t expect a get out1 continued from Page 211icatly was the big Guy outfielder first baseman Dave Kingman. Who drove giant wedge Between Grant and himself with his unrealistic original demand for nearly 3 million Over five years. Kingman never got the Money and never signed saying he could t wait to leave the it was kind of like a cancer that spread All Over the club said Frazier. About Kingman s  was the second major league manager fired within four Days. Johnny Mcnamara was the first. His san Diego padres had just come of the Field after having beaten the Houston astros and Mcnamara was sitting in his office trying to enjoy the Victory a few minutes and get the nerves in his stomach to quit bubbling when the phone rang. The padres manager picked up the receiver last saturday night and Bob Fon Taine the Man in charge of san Diego player personnel was on the other end. Buzzie wants to see you upstairs he said meaning padres president Buzzie  this it Mcnamara inquired Sens ing the  hesitated momentarily the Way most people do when they have an unhappy message to convey. It in t Good news he  was still in his uniform. He peeled it off. Showered put on his Street clothes and went up to see Bavasi in is office. Bavasi had been the no. 1 Man in his Comer during the three years plus Mcnamara had been managing the padres the one who had saved his Job More than once when team owner Ray Kroc had wished to make a change. Bavasi was occupied with some other matter when Mcnamara reached his office and told him he d be with him in a  he finished what he was doing he came Over to Mcnamara and put his Arm around his manager s shoulder. Mcnamara understood i Don t have to Tell you Why you re sphere he said. Mcnamara understood  know he said quietly. It s All  manner in which he accepted his dismissal by the padres tells you a great Deal about Johnny Mcnamara. It does t begin to Tell you now utterly disheartened and disappointed he was not being permitted to finish a Job he started but it Tell you something about his Way of always conducting himself like the Complete professional he is. Even in those difficult times when everything is going against him. He knew it was t easy for Bavasi to Tell him what he had to and could be made it much More difficult by going Over All the padres problems for which he was t a fault but he did t. Buzzie was great to me says Mcna Mara. He fought for me tooth and Nail All along. I Admire and respect him and con Sider myself a better person for having been associated with him More than three years mat Hurt me most though were some of the statements saying i was to easy and the team had become lackadaisical a Bavasi was t the one responsible for those statements Kroc  resent the word lackadaisical be cause my players were anything but that said Mcnamara. They had excellent spirit and gave me everything they  because there was no bickering or dissension among them does t mean they did t care or that they were lackadaisical. I m nut the Type to holler scream or make headlines by running to the Media with everything i do. I fined some of my players and i chewed their Butts out but i did t make a big thing about it. By Denne h. Freeman Arlington Tex. A Frank Luc Chesi has said managers Are hired to be fired but despite monday night s Boos from the fans and rumblings from the front office he does t believe his time has come  Texas Ranger manager spoke calmly about Texas humiliating double header loss to Seattle with Ace pitchers Bert Blyleven and Gaylord Perry on the Mound admitting in my four years with this club this is the toughest night i  the 48-year-old Lucchesi who took Over the club after Billy Martin was fired said i have a two year commitment and i not fearful for my  Lucchesi said he did t blame the 17,844memorial Day fans for booing. It was Normal for the fans to be hos tile said Lucchesi. We lost a double header with two of our aces. They paid their Way into the Park so they have a right to  was the first time in memory of writ ers covering the team that fans had become disenchanted with Lucchesi. Despite the double loss the rangers still Are Only 5 i games behind Minnesota in the american league  be been riddled with injuries said Lucchesi. " left fielder Claudell Washington has been out with a bad wrist i right fielder Ken Henderson has a pulled hamstring. Designated hitter outfielder Tom Grieve has been below form because of a rib injury and censer fielder Juan Beniquez Hurt his Arm sliding into second base against  the rangers Are spiralling downward atthe Gate drawing Only 302,922 fans in 19 dates which is 45,005 below the Sam number of Home games in 1978. Besides the barrage of Boos Lucches iwas the apparent target monday night of some second guessing on his strategy bythe front office. Lucchesi s clubhouse Telephone rang after the first loss to Seattle and executive vice president Eddie Robinson was on theline. The feisty Lucchesi was livid after the conversation. That Bleep should be general Man Ager instead of executive vice president said  if he meant Robinson and if he meant manager instead of Genera manager Lucchesi stonewalled the  m going to be like former president Nixon. I Don t recall said  on the matter Lucchesi said i m a Brick Wall tonight boys i have Ajob to do. A lot of people want to manage this  some of the fans an the  it s been a rough year for Lucchesi who was punched and beaten up in Spring train ing Camp by Lenny handle. Ranger owne Brad Cornell already has Given Lucchesi a vote of Confidence which is Tanta mount to a win or else edict in major league  was in Europe and not immediately available for comment on the latest troubles at Arlington stadium. Frazier fired As manager of mets Torre gets Job has winning debut i continued from Page 21 most valuable player leading the league with .363 batting average and 137 run batted in his third straight year with More than 100 , 54, who resides in Tulsa okla., became the mets manager at the Start of the 1976 season. He replaced interim Man Ager Roy Mcmillan who stepped in when Yogi Berra was fired ironically also aftera doubleheader loss to Montreal. The mets finished in third place in the National league East in 1976 with an 86-76 record second highest Victory total in the club s history. This season however the met struggled to a 15-29 record before tuesday night s game worst in the majors and fell Halfway to twin kill Pittsburgh pirate infielder Frank tavern and Philadelphia politic Ted size More both watch Tavera � throw to first to see u it was in time to Doubleday Johnstons. It was but the Host phils still took the contest -5. A i3 4 games behind the front running Chica go cubs in the no East. Frazier played professional Ball for 20years, mostly in the minor leagues As an outfielder. He made it to the major league briefly with Cleveland in 1947 and came Back again in 1954 with St. Louis batting.295 in 81 games. He was with the Cardi nals As a Reserve in 1955 and was traded to Cincinnati in 1956. After 24 games with the reds he went to Baltimore where he appeared in 45 games and hit .257. His major league playing career ended in 1960 at Spokane of the Pacific coast  Best year in the minors was 1953 when he led the Texas league in batting hitting .332 with Oklahoma City. He was the league s most valuable player that year. National. Continued from Page 22 Kent Tekulve and Dave Johnson singled. Maddox who led off the phils first with his fourth Homer then ripped a shot to the right Field Comer that scored both runner for a 6-5 Lead. Cardinals cubs 0bake Mcbride scored on a wild pitch and Ken Reitz followed with a two run single keying a three run rally in the first inning that led St. Louis Over Chicago. St. Louis John Denny backed by the opening burst pitched a five Hitler for his seventh Victor without a loss this season. Reitz also hit his seventh Home run. Met to expos John Milner drove in three runs with a pair of singles As new York ended a six game losing Streak by defeating Montreal in Joe Torre s debut As  singled Home two runs in the third helping the mets lie the score 2-2,then gave the mets an insurance run with an rib single in the seventh. Padres 4, giants 2third baseman Bill Madlock s eighth inning throwing error gave san Diego it two winning runs Over san Francisco. Three of the san Diego runs off Jim bar were unearned As the padres posted their fifth straight Victory including thereunder new manager Alvin dark. Dave Tomlin was the Winner with last inning Relief help from Rollie fingers who recorded his fifth straight save and 13th of the season