European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1977 me stars and stripes Page 21 Umpire gets flattened Pitta Barth Pinta Ai  restrains Ai Oum u aspire Brace for among net flying when Oliver patted Moo dui Kunto the Oliver became tace cd when Fen Raton it Tod him for Dot tour Rimling bust alter famine u Oliver we Bier rut dead suspended bugs Oliver feels he maybe should have hit Umpire Pittsburgh a Pittsburgh pirate outfielder Ai who confirmed Friday that hed been suspended and fined by the National said that maybe he should have gone fallout in his Confron tation with Umpire Bruce now that the Fine and suspension have both been thrown upon 1 have second thoughts about not hitting Oliver said while seated on a table in the pirate locker room before a doubleheader with the new York if youre going to be fined and sus you might As Well be doing it added whose penalty was meted out by league president Charles on tuesday of this the pirates lost shortstop Frank Taveras when he was sus Pended for five games for throwing his Bat junkyard dogs to carry fight for Georgia in Sec Grid race by de Shearer a Vince Dooley football survival kit undergoes a drastic change in 1977 As he attempts to attain a second straight Southeastern conference championship for his Georgia who has never experienced a losing season during a 13year career that has steered Georgia to three Sec titles and 10 bowl opens preseason drills next week relying on a seasoned defensive unit to offset the inexperience of a revamped we Are without that which has characterized us for so Long the Strong offensive Dooley for the first time i can weve got the although the bulldog defense has been a highly publicized unit because of its Nick the junkyard it Seldom was tested because of an exceptionally Strong kicking game and a High powered attack that specialized in High scoring and Ball seven charter members of the junkyard dogs so the defense should be heading the list of returnees Are linebacker Ben Strong safety Bill Krug and tackle Ronnie Dooley expects the unit to be better than nobody May Ever know that there better than last year because  be playing defense with their backs to the Wall More so than any defensive team weve the offensive woes Arent restricted to replacing such stars As Al America tackle Mike Wilson and Al Sec guard Joel Par also missing is quarterback Ray Goff voted the secs most valuable player after leading the bulldogs to a 102 including a loss to National Champion Pitts in the sugar a defeat that dropped Georgia to the 10 spot in the final associated press Allan the kick scoring Leader in the conference with 70 also has de one of the major Early chores will be deciding on a quarterback among a Trio that finished Spring practice in a virtual dead heat sophomores Jeff Pyburn and Steve a Transfer from and Junior Tony a two year starter on georgias basketball the key figure in the attack will be All Sec halfback Kevin who last year became the first Georgia player to Rush for More than Yards since former heis Man trophy Winner Frank Snowich did it in another runner with experience is Willie Mcclendon giving Georgia a pair that Dooley says can play and run with any there no depth behind the top Hilton was declared ineligible after it was discovered he had used a year of eligibility in 1974 participating in four Junior varsity like Many Dooley tabs perennial Champion Alabama As the team to beat in the Sec followed by a team thai never has claimed a it looks like about a seven Way scram ble after Dooley it should be at Pitcher Joe Hoerner last weekend in Cin Oliver was fined an undisclosed sum and he received a fou Day it will run saturday through tuesday and cause him to miss three in a the suspension came at a Good time for me due to the fact that i have a bad Oliver i was hit on the Kneecap by a pitch in last nights Friday Ball i wont be Able to play tonight saturday and i probably would not have played tomorrow olivers clash with Froemming came during a game with the Chicago Oliver hit what appeared to be a double to but he was called out after from Ming upheld an Appeal by the cubs that he had tailed to touch first the instant he was called Oliver bolted full Speed from second base toward the Stocky pirate first base coach Ai Monchak stepped Between the two at the last and grabbed whose momentum pushed Monchak Back into Froemming was jolted several regained his balance and instantly threw Oliver out of the at first when i started from second i did have intentions of hurting Oliver when i got within 10 feet of suspension crossed my i began to pull i never did touch 1 know i can whip the i would have Hurt him Froemming said after the game that the Jolt he got via Monchak was the hardest hed Ever been bumped As an 1 think i was fined and suspended due to the fact that Froemming report to the league was probably very much Eagger said who rarely has ruins with us has said often through his career that his trademark is hitting the Ball hard but right at i have a lifetime average of which is definitely but Ive always been a lot better hitter than Oliver that Long time conviction apparently helped set Oliver off during the from Ming i know 1 touched first and to have an Umpire take a hit away from i really found that hard to Deal Oliver pistol inks million jazz pact by Austin Wilson new Orleans a High scoring pistol Pete Maravich signed a million contract with the new Orleans jazz package that probably makes him the second highest paid player in the National basketball although terms of Maravich contract were not discussed by either the Alliba guard or team a source close to the negotiations said the amount is in excess of a but the source said the figure was Leas than the amount earned by Kareem Abdul Jabbar of the los Angeles Maravich was in the final year of his contract with the but he had said he would retire his contract were not Rene Maravich led Aba scorers last season with an average of 3ll Points per both Maravich and general manager Lewis Schaffel described the contract negotiations As it want All said Maravich at a news he signed his con tract in one Comer of a Mississippi River front restaurant before Down to answer 1 spent a great part of my life in Louisi it s Only natural for me to want to live in this said Maravich led the nation in scoring while playing for and Hes been with the jazz for three he turned 29 two months there were a few difficult times in the but that part of negotiations in the business world As Well As the sports he several times last Maravich said his one remaining goal in basketball was to win an Aba he indicated he might insist on being traded to a if the jazz didst do something to improve the the jazz signed big Forward truck who was a standout rebounded for Atlanta last he adds a huge said mar he can and he can help on the Hes very because he can Block 1 still dont that were in tie category with Portland and Phila Facebook tabs rams As Loop choices up1 Harrah Reno Tahoe Facebook has tabbed the Oakland raiders and los Angeles rams As favor ites to win their National football league the winners of last january super bowl were made a 95 Choice in the american conference and the rams were picked As 21 favourites in the National second choices were the Pittsburgh in the american and the Dallas in the Complete Odds for the upcoming season american Oakland Pittsburgh 52 Cincinnati 72 new eng land 51 Baltimore 61 Miami 101 Denver 151 Houston 201 Cleveland 201 Kansas City 251 san Diego 401 Buffalo 501 new York jets701 National conference los Angeles 21 Dallas 52 Minnesota 41 Chicago 61 Washington 81 101 san fran Cisco if 1 Detroit 121 new York giants 201 Green Bay 301 Atlanta 301 Phila Delphia 401 new Orleans 501 Tampa Bay