European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday october 20, 1977 the Star by red Smith new York not it had to happen this Way. It had been predestined since nov. 29, 1976, when Reginald Martinez Jackson sat Down on a gilded chair in new York s americana hotel and wrote his name on a Yankee contract. That Day he became an instant million Aire the big Honcho on the Best team Money could buy the richest least inhibited most glamorous exhibit in Billy mar tin s pinstriped zoo. That Day the plot was written for tuesday the bizarre scenario Reggie Jackson played out by hitting three Home runs clubbing the los Angeles dodgers into submission and carrying his supporting players with him to the base Ball championship of North America. His was the most lurid performance in 74 world series for although babe Ruth hit three Home runs in a game in 1926 and again in 1928, not even that Demigod smashed three in a Row. Reggie s first broke a tie and put the Yankees in front 4-3. His second fattened composite Box new York a the six game composite Box score of the 1977 world series batting summary los Angeles dodgers a r h 2b 3b or rib avg. Lopes 2b Russell is Smith of of Cey 3b Garvey 1b Baker if Burke of Mota pm monday of Yeager c Oates c Landestoy or Grote c Sutton p Rautzhan p Sosa p Lacy pm of Carman p Davalli pm Rhoden p Hooton p John p Hough p Rau p Goodson pm totals Rivers of Randolph 2b Munson c Jackson of Blair of Chambliss in Nettles 3b Piniella if Dent is Johnson pc Stanley is Gul let t p Lyle p Hunter p Tidrow p Zeber pm Clay p White pm Torrez p Guidry p totals Sutton 1-0 Rautzhan Sosa Garman Rhoden 0-1 Hooton 1-1 John Oij Hough Rau 0-1 totals Gullett 0-1 Lyle 1-0 Hunter 0-1 Tidrow Clay Torrez 2-0 Guidry 1-0 tools new York 24 3 4 0 1 1 2 .167 26 3 4 0 1 0 2 .154 22 7 6 1 0 3 5 .284 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 .190 24 5 9 1 1 1 3 .37$ 24 4 7 0 0 1 5 .292 501000 0 .200 300000 0 .000 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 .167 19 2 6 1 0 2 5 .316 100000 0 .000 000000 0 .000 100000 0 .000 600000 0.000 000000 0 .000 000000 0 .000 713000 2 .429 000000 0 .000 301000 1 .333 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .500 500000 0.000 200000 0 .000 000000 0 .000 000000 0.000 100000 0 .000 2082848 5 3 928 .231 batting summary new York Yankees a r h 2b 3b or rib avg. 27 1 6 2 0 0 1 .222 25 5 4 2 0 1 1 .160 25 4 8 2 0 1 3 .320 20 10 9 1 0 5 8 .450 401000 1 .250 24 4 7 2 0 1 4 .292 21 1 4 1 0 0 2 .190 22 1 6 0 0 0 3 .273 19 0 5 0 0 0 2 .263 100000 0 .000 000000 0 .000 200000 0 .000 200000 0 .000 000000 0.000 100000 0 .000 200000 0.000 000000 0.000 200000 0 .000 600000 0 .000 200000 0 .000 205 26 50 10 0 8 25 .244 pitching summary los Angeles dodgers g in h r Erbb so Era 2 16 177716 3.94 1 1-300020 0.00 221-3333 11 12.10 24 20013 0.00 27 42214 2.57 2 12 85529 3.75 16 9 5 4 3 7 6.00 25 3 1 1 0 4 1.80 221-3433 01 12.10 25 11 35 4.09 pitching summary new York Yankees g in h r Erbb so Era 2 122-3 13 10 9 7 10 6.39 2 42-3 2 1 1 02 1.59 241-3655 01 10.38 2 32-3 5 2 2 01 4.90 232-3211 10 2.45 2 18 16 7 5 5 16 2.50 19 4 2 2 3 7 2.00 656 482825 1637 4.02 score by innings 718 432 003 00028 450 532 240 001-26 a Baker Piniella Nettles Dent. Do los Angeles 4, new York 2. Lob los Angeles 31, new York 32. So Lopes 2, Rivers. A Gullett 2, Torrez Guidry. Of Cey Yeager Piniella. Pm Munson. Hip by Gullett bakery Sutton Jackson by John Piniella. A337,708. Bruins Send pair to Ahl Boston up the Boston Bruin shave assigned defens Emen Al Sims and Doug Halward to Rochester of the Ameri can hockey league. Scenario for fantastic one Man show was written in 1976 when Jackson signed Yankee contract the advantage to 7-3. His third completed arrangements for a final score of 8-4, wrapping up the championship in six games. Yet that was merely the final act of an implausible one Man show. Jackson had made a Home run last saturday in los an Geles and another on his last time at Bat in that earthly Paradise on sunday. On his first appearance at the plate tuesday night he walked getting no official time at Bat so in his last four official turns he hit four Home runs. In his last nine times at Bat this Hamlet in double knits scored seven runs made six hits and five Home runs and batted in six runs for a batting average of .667 com piled by Day and by night on two seacoast 3,000 Miles and three time zones apart. Shakespeare would t attempt a curtain scene like that if he was plastered. This was a drama that consumed seven months for Ever since the Yankees went to training Camp last March Jackson had lived in the Eye of the Hurricane. All summer Long As the Spike shod capitalists bickered and quarrelled contending with their manager defying their owner Reggie was the most controversial the most articulate the most flamboyant. Part philosopher part preacher and part outfielder he carried this rancorous company with his Bat in the season s last 50 games leading them to the East championship in the american league and into the world series. He knocked in the win Ning run in the 12-inning first game drove in a run and scored two in the third furnished the winning margin in the fourth and delivered the final run in the fifth. When the last jubilant playmate had been peeled off his neck Reggie took a seat near the first base end of the Bench. The crowd was still bawling for him and comrades urged him to take a curtain Call but he replied with a gesture that said a Fellows Cut it out he did unbind enough to hold up two fingers for photographers in a a for Victory sign. Jackson was the Lead off Batter in the eighth. By that time Martin would have replaced him in an Ordinary game sending Paul Blair to Brightfield to help protect the Yankees Lead. But did they Ever Bench Edwin Booth in the last act for the third time Reggie hit the first pitch but this one did t take the shortest distance Between two Points. Straight out from the plate the Ball streaked not toward the neighbourly stands in right but on a soaring arc toward the unoccupied bleachers in dead Center where the seats Are blacked out to give batters a Back ground. Up the White speck climbed dwindling diminishing until it settled at last Halfway up those empty stands probably 450 feet away. This time he could not disappoint his Public. He stepped out of the dugout and faced the multitude two fists and one Cap uplifted. Not Only the customers applauded. I must admit said Steve Garvey the dodgers first baseman when Reggie Jackson hit his third Home run and i was sure nobody was listening i applauded into my  Torrez greatest game was t a masterpiece Mike Torrez. A struggling Type game by Bill Madden new York up Mike Torrez the product of the ghetto who Learned to pitch while dodging traffic in his native Topeka kan., admitted tuesday night the greatest game of his career was t quite a master piece. It was a struggling Type game said the 31-year-old Torrez who went All the Way in pitching the new York Yankees to their 21st world championship with a nine hit 84 Victory. But no matter what it was still terrific. I made Only one bad pitch the Home run Ball to Reggie Smith in the third inning. Otherwise i was Able to get out of Trou ble when i had to by getting my curve Ball Down Low and getting them to hit the Ball on the  National basketball association smythe division new York Philadelphia Boston Buffalo new Jersey Houston Washington san Antonio new Orleans Atlanta Cleveland Detroit Chicago Milwaukee Denver Indiana Kansas City Eastern conference Atlantic division Central division Western conference Midwest division Pacific division Phoenix Portland Seattle Golden state los Angeles tuesday s results new York 120, Kansas Ltd 113 Chicago 91, Cleveland 88 Detroit 110, new Jersey 93 Milwaukee 117, los Angeles 112 Phoenix 100, Golden state 83 National hockey league Campbell conference Patrick division w l t pts. Of a Philadelphia 300 6 20 3 by rangers 210 4 10 10 Atlanta 1013 $ 3 by islanders 1213 1 a w1 o 0 0 0 w 0 0 0 0 0 0 w1 1 1 0 0 0 w1 00 0 0 to o 0 01 to 0 0 0 01 look 0 01 look 1 1 pet. 1.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 pet. .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 pet. 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 .000 pet. 1.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 go y i Vancouver Chicago Colorado Minnesota St. Louis w 2 1 0 0 0 l 1 1 0 2 3 t 11 2 0 0 pts. 5 3 2 0 0 of 15 67 6 3 a 15 87 14 /3 Wales conference t go i go Morris Montreal los Angeles Washington Pittsburgh Detroit Adams Buffalo Cleveland Toront Boston tuesday s results division w 3 2 1 1 0 division w 21 0 0 l 0 0 1 2 2 l 11 1 2 t 0 1 0 01 t 0 01 1 pts. 6 5 2 2 1 pts. 4 2 1 1 of 14 6 4 7 7 of 8 4 5 3 a 3 2 5 12 10 a 6 4a 7 los Angeles 0, n y 1 slanders 0 to i 1 govt 1 1 Vancouver 3. Detroit 2 world hockey association Winnipeg new England Quebec Indianapolis Birmingham Houston Edmonton Cincinnati w 4 2 2 l 0 1 2 2 12 2 3 t 01 01 0 0 0 0 pts. 8 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 of 26 12 is 9 7a 9 15 a 10 10 12 20a 9 15 17 tuesday s results Quebec 5, Cincinnati t new England 2, indianapolis2, Japan wins in Tennis series Tokyo up Japan made it a 5-0sweep Over Taiwan in the first round East Ern zone Davis cup Tennis elimination series Here by taking the last two singles matches. Torrez who struck out six walked two and induced the dodgers to hit into two double plays said although the world series clinching Victory was the greatest moment of his career he was still not sure he would be with the champions next year. My agent Gary Walker is going to meet with or. Steinbrenner Yankees owner George and or. Paul Yankees president Gabe tomorrow but i m still not sure where things stand said Torrez. I d like to be Back Here but i can t be sure of that  Torrez who was once hailed As the next Bob Gibson when he signed with the St. Louis cardinals in 1965, recalled his childhood in Topeka kan., where he first became acquainted with baseball. Actually the neighbourhood was called Oakland and it was in East Topeka said Torrez a mexican whose parents moved to Kansas because of his father s Job with the Railroad. I guess you would Call it a ghetto. It was t so easy playing Ball. We would play in the streets Between the cars and every so often a Ball would go through one of the car windows and we d All scat. It was hard to Complete games Back  wrecker Reggie los Angeles new York a r h by a r h by Lopes 2b 4010 Rivers of 4020 Russell is 3000 Rndolph 2b 4100 Smith of 4211 Munson c 4110 Cey 3b 3110 Jacksn of 3435 Garvey la 4122 Chmels in 4222 Baker if 4010 Nettles 3b 4000 monday of 4010 Piniella if 3001 Yeager c 3010 Dent is 2000 Davillo pm 1011 Torrez p 3000 Hooton p 2000 Sosa p 0000 Rau p 0000 Goodsn pm 1 0 0 0 Hough p 0000 Lacy pm 1000 total 34 4 9 4 total 31 8 8 8 los Angeles 201 000 001 4 new York 020 320 old 8e-Dent. Do new York 2. Lob los an Geles 5, new York 2. 2bchambliss. 3bgarvey. Or Chambliss 1smith 3jackson 3 5. Of Piniella. In h r Erboso Hooton pm 3 34411 Sosa 12-333 3 1 0 Rau 11-300001 Hough 2 21102 Torrez w.2-0 9 94226 pm Munson. T2 19. A-56,407