European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes wednesday october 19, 1977 Davis cops 16th Aba meet title Reading a. Up Veteran left hander Dave Davis of Hackensack n.j., won his 16th career professional Bowler association title monday night with a 117 pin Victory in the $42,500 am regional champions classic. Davis 35, began the sixth and final round of the tournament with a 34-pin Lead and never faltered As he gradually pulled away from the Field during each of the final eight match play games and won the $5,000 first prize. Davis finished with a 42-game pinball of 9,575, including 510 Bonus pins for an Over All match play record of 17-7. It feels Good to finally win again Davis said. But to be honest i Don t really think i bowled that Well. I made a lot of bad shots More than i usually make when i m in Contention. Maybe you could say i was  the win Davis first in two years boosted his earnings for the year to More than $25,000. Mark Roth of Staten Island n.y., this year s leading Money Winner on the Aba tour finished second with 9,458. The $3,000 he won increased his earnings to More than $88,000. De Ditolla of Maywood n.j., who began the final round in 20th place jumped to third by averaging 240 for his final games to win $2,600.gary Patterson of St. Louis finished fourth and Jim Hills of Blue Springs mo., was fifth. How they stand National football league american conference East Baltimore Miami new England new York jets Buffalo Houston Pittsburgh Cleveland Cincinnati Denver Oakland san Diego Seattle Kansas City Dallas Washington St. Louis by giants Philadelphia Minnesota Detroit Chicago Green Bay Tampa Bay Atlanta los Angeles new Orleans san Francisco w l t 5 0 04 1 0 320 230 1 4 0 Central 320 320 320 230 West 500 4 1 0 320 1 4 0 050 National conference East 500 320 230 230 230 Central 4 1 0 320 230 1 4 0 050 Western 320 320 1 4 0 050 monday s result pet. Of a 1.000 128 74 .800 108 84 .600 130 97 .400 83 107 .200 42 80 .600 93 71 .600 92 71 .600 91 107 .400 79 84 1.000 110 33 .800 110 75 .600 81 58 .200 77 149 .000 65 121 1.000 144 78 .600 77 74 .400 75 91 .400 74 120 .400 71 71 .800 74 49 .600 77 82 .400 107 123 .200 54 82 .000 36 85 .600 47 22 .600 97 62 .200 88 99 .000 46 107 Pittsburgh 20, Cincinnati 14. Chison Pilot lauds orioles up picks Bob Lemon Al manager of year manager Bob Lemon. The fans got behind us by Fred Down new York up Bob Lemon s first thought when he Learned he had been elected the american league s manager of the year was to say thanks and his second was to Praise Earl Weaver. The Chicago White sox manager was chosen for the Honor by an 11-7 vote Over the Baltimore orioles Pilot in up s annual Post season Survey. The White sox finished third in the Western division while the orioles tied the Boston red sox for second place in the Eastern division. It s a great Honor to win this year especially in View of the Job Weaver did in Baltimore Lemon said. He did a really Fine  orioles looked like they did t have a Chance to be contenders in Spring Hubbard Dies Umpire was in 2 Halls of Fame St. Petersburg Fla. Up Cal Hubbard Veteran major league Umpire and the Only Man Ever elected to both the professional football and baseball Halls of Fame died monday night. The 76-year-old Hubbard s son or. Robert Hubbard of suburban Gulfport re ported his father died of cancer after a Short illness. Hubbard a 6-foot-5, 250-Pound tackle in an Era when most lines averaged 200 pounds played 10 years for the new York giants Green Bay packers and Pittsburgh Steeles. He was elected in 1963 As a charter member of the pro football Hall of Fame. Hubbard who began umpiring pickup baseball games at age 18, became a professional Umpire in the Spring of 1928 with the Piedmont league following his first season in pro football with the giants. For 10 years he played pro football and Umpire baseball. Hubbard joined the american league Umpire corps in 1936. He worked four world series in 1938,1942,1946 and 1949. In 1951 he was involved in a Hunting Accident in which a gun Pellet lodged in his right Eye. That ended his career on the Dia mond. The american league kept him on As an assistant supervisor of umpires and in 1954 he was named Umpire supervisor for the league. He retired to Milan mo., in 1969 and on doctor s orders moved to treasure Island near St. Petersburg in january 1976. That year he was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame Only the fifth Umpire chosen for that Honor. Hubbard was born at Keytesville to. He lettered in four sports in High school and then attended Centenary College at Shreveport la., and Geneva College play ing football at both schools. He also was elected to the College foot Ball Hall of Fame. When i tune in football games these Days i Don t understand the Lingo said Hubbard in accepting his induction into the baseball Hall of Fame. The announcers Are always saying now Here comes the Kickoff team. Here comes the Kickoff receiving team. The punting team. The offensive team i can t keep track off them  heard the other Day they Are going to have 47-Man squads he continued with a chuckle. In my Day we had 15 or 18 on a team and everybody played about 60 min  Hubbard always gave the same answer when asked How he handled the Tough Guys he encountered As an american league  Good Umpire really has to unders tand Only two things Hubbard said. How to maintain discipline and How to read the  i always hated to throw a Guy out of a game Hubbard added. But sometimes it is necessary to maintain discipline and when it was their time to go they went. An Umpire owes it to the fans and players to understand every nuance of every  Hubbard also always paid tribute to former Al president will Harridge for protecting Al umpires during a period when Tough Guy managers like Leo Durocher Charlie Dressen Frank Frisch and Casey Stengel were running roughshod Over National league umpires. Coach defends fans Elliott denies Hawkeye fans unfair to Osu Iowa City Iowa up Iowa athletic director bump Elliott said monday Hawkeye football fans Are no different than anybody else when it comes to cheering and were not unruly during a goal line stand in saturday s game with Ohio state. Elliott took exception to remarks by Ohio state coach Woody Hayes that Iowa fans were totally unfair unsportsmanlike and downright dishonest when Ohio state tried to score from Iowa s 1-Yard line. Hayes said the cheering of the fans pre vented his team from hearing signals. Ohio state was stopped four straight times at the 1 by the Iowa defense but the buckeyes still prevailed 27-6. In every football game there Are times when the crowd is very enthusiastic especially during a goal line stand Elliott said. Our people Are no different than anybody else. They get excited. I can cite several instances where this has happened  said it often is difficult to run plays near the goal line because of crowd noise. But he said he always had High regard for the Iowa fans and called them  certainly they reacted like other fans would in that situation he said. Al though i was in the press Box and some times Don t get the same feeling As being Down on the Field i Don t think they were that noisy. Our fans Are just As enthusiastic As anyone. I like to see the  Hayes who had his Cap stolen by an Iowa fan after the game did not mention the noise when he talked with reporters saturday. Instead he praised the Iowa de sense saying there Aren t Many teams that could Stop us Down there on the 1-Yard line or 1-foot line or whatever it  Elliott also praised the Hawkeye defend ers for the goal line stand. I thought it was excellent he said. For a team to stay Tough in there like that was a magnificent piece of  training Lemon said. But Earl used a combination of Young players and veterans to stay in the race right Down to the  the White sox bowed out of Contention in september and wound up 12 games behind the first place Kansas City royals in the Western division but were contenders for 4vz months and in first place As late Aslaug. 14. The season was both an artistic and financial Success for the White sox who finished sixth and Drew a Home attendance of Only 914,945 in 1976 under manager Paul Richards. We had key additions in Oscar Gamble Richie Zisk and Eric soderholm Lemon said. They were Strong contributors throughout the season. The fans got behind us after about three weeks Lemon continued. They had a lot to do with our Success. It also was very enjoyable working with club presi Dent Bill Veeck and vice president Roland Hemond. They Are outstanding baseball men who understand a manager s  despite their late season slump the White sox wound up the season with a 90-72 record and their Home attendance in creased 741,190 to 1,656,135. Lemon whose patience with Young play ers is one of his outstanding attributes managed the royals to one second and two fourth place finishes from 1970 through 1972. He managed Sacramento in the Pacific coast league in 1974 and Richmond in the International league in 1975 before joining the Yankees As a coach in 1976. Lemon who was inducted into base Ball s Hall of Fame in 1976, pitched for the Cleveland indians from 1946 through 1958 and compiled a 207-128 won lost record. He had seven 20-Victory seasons pitched a no hitter had a 2-2 Mark in world series com petition and pitched in four All Star games. Billy Martin of the Yankees finished third in the balloting with three votes Gene Mauch of the Minnesota twins had two and Whitey Herzog of the royals and Don Zimmer of the red sox had one each. Solomon upset in Sydney Tennis Sydney Australia a third seeded american Harold Solomon was a major casualty in monday s first round of the $125,000 australian indoor Tennis championships. He was beaten 6-1,7-6 by former australian Davis cup player Colin Dibley in another match three time Wimble Don Champion John Newcombe on the comeback Trail scrambled to a first round Triumph Over american Steve Krulevitz 2 6,6-4, 7-5. The australian was playing Only his third match since retiring Early this year. In other first round matches Britain s Richard Lewis beat Australia s Ray Ruf Fels 6-4, 6-2 dutchman Louk Sanders Defeated czechoslovak s Jiri Hrebec 6-4,6-3 american Tim Wilkinson downed former australian open Champion Mark Edmond son 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, and american Hank Pis Ter ousted australian Bob Carmichael 6-3,?. In another development tournament organizers announced that audible profanity would Lead to fines of up to $270. There were at least two swearing incident during play monday. Lbs gets Sun bowl contract new York a lbs announced monday that it had signed a contract to televise the Sun bowl postseason College football game for the next three years. The network televised the game which is played in Elpaso tex., for the first Tim last fall