European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 3, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Yanks in monday october 3, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 21 by United press International the new York Yankees won the Ameri can league East Pennant for the second straight time thanks to Baltimore s 8-7 Victory Over Boston earlier  watching the orioles win on Tele vision in the locker room the Yankees sip Ped Champagne from paper cups during a 2-hour and 42-minute rain delay before los ing 10-7 to the Detroit tigers in what had become a meaningless  know they re Gonna say we backed into it said Yankee manager Billy mar tin during the rain delay but it does t make any difference what they say. We won it and that s  in the seventh Jason Thompson who new York clinches Al East title in dressing room As o s Down Boston earlier had driven in two runs on his 31sthomer and a bases loaded walk tripled with one out and scored on Ben Oglivie Sinfield grounder which George Zeber fielded and then threw wildly to first for a two base error. That tied the score 7-7 and Aurelio Rodriguez promptly broke it with an rib sports double off losing Rookie reliever Larry Mccall. Rib singles by Steve Kemp and Oglivie accounted for two insurance run sin the eighth. Thurman Munson Graig Nettles an Elrod Hendricks drove in two runs apiece for new York. Hendricks hit a two run Homer his first this year to give the Yan Kees an 8-7 Lead in the  s two Bis gave him his third straight season of having driven in 100 or More runs. The Veteran Catcher also went 3-for-3 to lift his average to .308 in his bid to become the first player since Ted Wil Liams in 1947 through 1949 to hit Bette than .300 and drive in Over 100 runs in three successive seasons. Yankee president Gabe Paul holds Champagne bottle or slugger Reggie Jackson. Clubhouse Celebration after backing into american league East title wildcats Surprise Perm St., 24-20 University Park a. Up underdog Kentucky rallied in the second half behind senior quarterback Derrick ram sey and a stingy defense saturday to score a stunning 24-20 Victory Over fourth ranked and previously unbeaten Penn state. The wildcats two touchdown underdog coming into the game came Back from a 20-14 halftime deficit with a very Brilliant Ball control attack in the third Quarter when they held the Ball for 10 minutes and25 seconds. Ramsey engineered an la play drive on the wildcats first Possession of the half that resulted in a 30-Yard Field goal by Ger Ald Bryant. Later in the Quarter Ramsey completed passes of 17 and 13 Yards to Reserve split end Dave Trosper to put the Ball on the Lions three. The 6-foot-5, 220-Pound ram sey carried it in himself from one Yard out three plays later. Middle guard Richard Jaffe led a Ken Tucky defense that held the Kittany Lions to just two first Downs in the second  state s final drive of the Ball game was stopped when fullback Matt Suhey fumbled and Kentucky linebacker Kelly Kirchbaum recovered on the wildcats 48with 3 06 to play. The winners ran out the  state s Chuck Fusina who completed 12 of 20 passes for 195 Yards in driving rain in the first half completed first Downs rushes Yards passing Yards return Yards passes punts fumbles lost penalties Yards Kentucky Penn state 14 14 60-142 41-62 85 230 59 98 8-11-0 17-32-3 8-41 7-38 0-0 1-1 2-20 5-52 just 6 of 12 in the second half for 38  wildcats led 14-10 in the second Quarter taking advantage of two interceptions of Fusina passes. One was re turned 23 Yards for a touchdown by Dallas Owens and the other resulted in a one Yard scoring plunge by Chuck  hit passes of 16 Yards to Bob Bas sett and 15 Yards to Scott Fitzkee to set Upa 29-Yard touchdown pass to Mike Guman that put Penn state ahead 17-14 at the time. Matt Bahr kicked a 25-Yard Field goal on the Lions next Possession with 16 seconds left in the half. Bahr opened the scoring on Penn state initial Possession with a 20-Yard Field goal after pass completions of 37 and 29 Yards to flanker Jimmy Cefalo put the Ball on the Kentucky one. The Lions were severely Hurt in the drive by an illegal procedure  ran three plays after the kick off and Kevin Kelly s punt was returned 75yards by Cefalo who split two defenders and sprinted Down the left sideline for touchdown. Kentucky 1 7 it Penn state 9 10 to Psi Fig Bohr 20 Psi Cefalo 75 punt return Bahr kick Ken owens23pass interception Bryant kick Ken Servino run Bryant kick Psi guman2f pass trom Fusina Bahr kick Psi Fig Bahr 25 Ken Fig Bryant 30 Ken Ramsey 1 run Bryant kick a 62,19 i be played on six championship teams said a noticeably subdued Reggie Jackson. This one is the most Gratifying because it s taken so Long to wrap up. Every game has been the biggest game of the season. Now it s Over and we have time for a sigh of Relief. We can rest for the last two Days now before going Back to work next  new York was forseen As winning the Al East Pennant last Winter when Princi pal owner George Steinbrenner spent nearly $6 million to sign Jackson and Pitcher Don Gullett As free agents. But nobody thought it would take the Yankees this Long to Garner the title. Although they started an All Star at every position the Yankees began the sea son slowly and played Well below their potential for the first half of the year. At the All Star break they were Only 50-42 and As late As aug. 10 they trailed the first place red sox by five games but they won 40 of their next 50 games to build an insurmountable Lead. During the first half of the season the club was torn by dissension much of it triggered by the emotional and outspoken Jackson who feuded with Munson. Martin came close to being fired three times in the first four months of the season but each time managed to get a reprieve. Ironically the key Man for the Yankees Down the stretch turned out to be Jackson. Promoted to the no. 4 spot in the batting order aug. 10, the bespectacled slugger hit 12 of his 32 homers and drove in 49 of his 109 runs during the last seven weeks. The red sox who homered their Way into Contention in the Al East this season were eliminated from the race at Home when the orioles hit six homers two by Rookie of the year candidate Eddie Mur Ray. Boston and Baltimore were to play sunday to decide second place. In other games Minnesota humbled Mil Waukee 9-1, Seattle split a doubleheader with Chicago winning 5-3 before losing 6-1, California downed Kansas City 4-1, Texas nipped Oakland 6-5, and Cleveland s twin Bill at Toronto was postponed because of rain. Twins 9, Brewers 1 Rod Carew and Lyman Bostock collected three hits apiece and Larry Hisle slammed his 28th Homer As the twins routed the Brewers. Carew singled twice and doubled to boost his season hit total to 236 and his major league leading average to .386. Mariners 5-1, White sox 3-6 in the opener Dan Meyer s two run single highlighted a three run seventh that paced the mariners Over the White sox. In the Nightcap Lamar Johnson homered and Ken Kravec went the distance for the sixth time to Lead Chicago Over Seattle. Angels 4, royals 1 Rusty Torres and Ike Hampton hit Solo Home runs and Mike Barlow and Dave la Roche combined on a three hitter giving the Angels a Victory Over the royals in Barlow s his first major league Start. Rangers 6, a s 5 Rookie Pinch runner Lou Beasley scored the winning run on a suicide squeeze bunt by Pinch hitter Bert Campaneria with one out in the Bottom of the ninth to give the rangers a Victory Over his former team the a s. Adrian Devine pitched 2 2-3 innings of Relief to boost his record to 11-6. Brock registers 900th stolen base St. Louis a Lou Brock of the  cardinals reached another base stealing Milestone Friday night by stealing his 900th career base in the first game of a twi night doubleheader with the new Yor Kmets. Brock stole second base in the eighth in Ning against met Catcher Ron Hodges after singling Home the fifth run in the cardinals 7-2 first game Victory. Earlier this season Brock surpassed Tycobb s All time Mark of 892