European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes Friday september 1, 1978 american league East Boston new York Milwaukee Detroit Baltimore Cleveland Toronto West Kansas City California Texas Oakland Minnesota Chicago Seattle wednesday s results Boston 2, Toronto 1,1st Toronto 7, Boston 6,2ndt new York 5, Baltimore 4, night Milwaukee at Cleveland ppd., National league East Philadelphia Pittsburgh Chicago Montreal St. Louis new York w 84 76 75 73 72 56 55 w 71 70 65 62 57 56 49 l pet. Go 48 .636 54 .585 7 56 .573 8 /2 58 .557 loj 59 .550 11 /2 74 .431 27 80 .407 30 /2 l pet. Go 60 .542 63 .526 2 65 .500 Svi 72 .463 10 /2 75 .432 14 /2 75 .427 15 82 .374 22 Pacific a Albuquerque Salt Lake Phoenix Tucson san Jose a Tacoma Portland Vancouver Spokane Hawaii coast league East w 76 72 72 67 53 West w 80 75 73 64 54 l pet. Go 61 .555 65 .526 4 66 .522 4 /2 71 .486 9 /2 85 .384 23 /2 l pet. Go 57 .584 60 .556 4 65 .529 7 /2 74 .464 16 /2 82 .397 25 /2 a clinched division title wednesday s results Spokane 2, Vancouver 1 Hawaii 4, san Jose 2 Albuquerque 6, Portland 4,1st, 7 innings Portland 3, Albuquerque 2,2nd, 7 innings Phoenix 8, Tucson 4 Tacoma Salt Lake 2,1st, 7 innings tacoma9, Salt Lake 3, 2nd, 7 innings West los Angeles san Francisco Cincinnati san Diego Houston Atlanta wednesday s results new York 10, san Francisco 4 Atlanta 6, Chicago 2 St. Lou is 4, Houston 2 Philadelphia 6, san Diego 5 los Angeles 4, Montreal 3 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati ppd., w 71 66 66 61 58 53 w 79 77 71 69 62 59 l pet. Go 59 .546 64 .508 5 65 .504 5v2 72 .459 11 /2 74 .439 14 79 .402 19 l pet. Go 54 .594 56 .579 2 61 .538 7 /2 65 .515 10 /2 70 .470 16 /2 73 .447 19 /2 International league w l 82 53 79 57 70 63 68 65 66 68 66 70 59 75 go Charleston Pawtucket Richmond Toledo Tidewater Rochester Columbus Syracuse wednesday s results Richmond 7, Columbus 5 Toledo 9, Tidewater Pawtucket 6, Rochester 5 Charleston 3, Syracuse 2 3 /2 pet. .607 .581 .526 11 .511 13 .493 15 /2 .485 16 a .440 22 /2 48 87 .356 34 Grid Odds Reno Nev. Up weekend National football league and College Odds As posted by Harrah s Reno Facebook american association Evansville Indianapolis Springfield Iowa Omaha Denver Oklahoma City Wichita East w 77 77 70 65 West w 65 63 62 58 l ret. Go 57 .575 57 .575 65 .519 7 /2 69 .485 12 l pet. Go 69 .485 71 .470 2 73 .459 3 /2 76 .433 7 favorite Dallas Oakland Pittsburgh Houston Cincinnati los Angeles Miami Minnesota Chicago Detroit new York giants san Diego Cleveland new England Alabama College pts Lowa Tevar Baltimore Denver Buffalo Atlanta Kansas City Philadelphia new York jets new Orleans St. Louis Green Bay Tampa Bay Seattle san Francisco Washington 11 4 10 3 7 6 4 7 3 9 e 6 4 9 Mariana Polis Reading West Haven Waterbury Bristol Holyoke Jersey City Reading 4, j Reading 2, j Aba leaders Akron Ohio a the top 10 professional bowlers association Money winners with number of tournaments entered and a mounts earned 1. Mark Roth North Arlington . 21 $110,800 2. Earl Anthony Tacoma Wash. 14 $74,188 3. Marshall Holman Medford Ore. 20 $54,010 4. Larry Laub san Francisco 28 $52,645 5. Nelson Burton jr., St. Louis 26 $47,442 6. Tommy Hudson Akron Ohio 29 $43,815 7. Pete couture Windsor locks Conn. 28 $42,260 8. Randy Lightfoot St. Louis 24 $40,285 9. Dave Davis Hackensack . 23 $39,185 10. Pete Mccordic Houston 28 $38,600 Cousy reports Asl attendance increased by 3 percent in 78 new York a the american soc cer league s attendance for the 1978 sea son increased about 3 percent from last year commissioner Bob Cousy has report the 10 clubs total attendance for 119 games was 313,086, an average of 2,630 per game. Last year when the league began with nine teams and finished with eight the total attendance for 96 games was 244, 212 with an average of 2,542. Thus each team Drew about 88 More fans per game this said he was pleased that Indiana Polis which joined the Asl this year led the league with a total of 46,512 fans for 12 Home games. The Progress we Are making is what we anticipated and with the addition of at least three new members to the league next year said Cousy we should continue on an upward graph so far As Overall at Tendance and average attendance is con the new clubs will be based in Pennsylvania Las vegas and Columbus Ohio. Wednesday s results Wichita 7, Omaha 1 denver14, Oklahoma City 10 Eastern league second half w l pet. Go 42 24 .636 41 26 .612 1 /2 35 32 .522 7 /2 32 35 .478 10 /2 26 40 .394 16 24 43 .358 18 /2 wednesday s results City 0,1st City 1,2nd Waterbury 4, Bristol 3 Nebraska 11 West Haven 10, Holyoke 7 Southern league wednesday s results Savannah 3, Orlando 2 Jacksonville 4, Columbus 3 Chattanooga 5, Memphis 2 Knoxville 4, Montgomery 0 Charlotte 2, Nashville Texas league wednesday s results Midland 8-3, san Antonio 2-5 Shreveport 4, Arkansas 1 Jackson 3, Tulsa 1 eipaso4, Canadian football league Eastern conference w l t of a Ottawa 6 1 0 189 101 Montreal 4 3 0 143 144 Toronto 3 4 0 124 187 Hamilton 1 5 1 104 200 Western conference Edmonton 61 0 103 101 British Columbia 3 3 2 194 163 Calgary 3 3 1 161 171 Winnipeg 4 0 159 132 Saskatchewan 1 6 0 137 216 tuesday s result Winnipeg 36, Montreal 10 wednesday s results Ottawa 27, Calgary 16 Edmonton 18, British Columbia 10 Cosmos tie world stars Ruyff makes his debut by Fred Lief East Rutherford . Up the new York Cosmos fresh off their Nail championship and looking to assert themselves among the world s soccer Powers unveiled Johan Ruyff before an american audience wednesday night and the acclaimed dutchman assisted on a game tying goal with less than three min utes remaining to give the Cosmos a 2-2 tie with the world All stars in an exhibition game. With the All stars leading 2-1, Ruyff dropped a passed to Senino who blasted it in from 20 Yards. Goals by Roberto Rivelino of Brazil and Leonardo Cullati Rivera of Mexico staked the All stars to a 2-1 Lead. In a crisply played game before a crowd of 50,757, the All stars a collection of top International players scored the opening goal when Rivelino drilled a left footer Cosmos Star Trueart Given Nail map new York up Dennis Trueart of the new York Cosmos received the most valuable player trophy of the North Amer ican soccer league playoffs at a luncheon honouring him wednesday. Phil Woosnam commissioner of the Nail and Jules Furth president of the professional soccer reporters association presented the 28-year-old Forward with a trophy. In accepting the trophy the 5-foot-8 for Mer English International thanked his teammates and made special mention of Cosmos medical staff. I want to thank the trainers for getting me ready for the playoffs said Trueart. It was frustrating trying to play with injuries and not be Able to do the Job i Felt i was capable during the season. It s particularly rewarding to be Able to play Well during the playoffs and play like the real Dennis Trueart had six goals and four assists in leading the Cosmos to a second consecutive title. He was directly involved in 11 of the last 13 Cosmos goals including two goals that led to his being named offensive player of the game in soccer bowl 78. Botox bringing up 3 from in Boston up the Boston red sox said they would recall outfielder Sam to Wen from their Pawtucket r.i., farm team and Purchase the contracts of pitch ers Bob Sprowl and John Larose for their stretch run. The three players will join the red sox once the International league playoffs Are finished. Major league top ten american league g a r h pet. Carew Minnesota 125 472 67 158 .335 Rice Boston 132 551 100 179 .325 Oiiver Texas 103 407 48 128 .314 Piniella new York 100 360 47 112 .311 Roberts Seattle 106 365 66 111 .304 Whitaker Detroit 113 400 62 120 .300 Munson new York 123 498 59 149 .299 Reynolds Seattle 119 435 46 130 .299 Yount Milwaukee 99 382 50 114 .298 Lynn Boston 120 440 64 131 .298 Home runs Rice Boston 36 Hisle Milwaukee 29 Thomas Mil Waukee 29 Baylor California 27 Thornton Cleveland 26. Runs batted in Rice Boston 114 staub Detroit 104 Hisle Milwaukee 95 Thornton Cleveland 85 Jthompson Detroit 82. Pitching 12 decisions Guidry new York 19-2, .905 Stanley Boston 12-2, .857 Eckersley Boston 16-5, .762 Gura Kansas City 12-4, .750 Bellingham Detroit 14-6, .700 Hunter new York 9 4, .692 Torrez Boston 15-7, .682 Caldwell Milwaukee 16 8,.667. R h pet. 73 145 .314 61 129 .314 77 125 .311 35 10 .308 62 110 76 149 62 159 62 121 14163 84 .308 .308 .305 .303 .300 164 .300 National league g a Parker Pittsburgh 117 462 Burroughs Atlanta 126 411 Smith los Angeles 113 402 Buckner Chicago 91 344 Madlock san Francisco 97 357 Clark san Francisco 129 484 Bowa Philadelphia 125 522 Whitfield san Francisco 122 399 Jcruz Houston 126 470 Rose Cincinnati 131 547 Home runs Foster Cincinnati 30 Luzon ski Philadelphia 28 Smith los Angeles 28 Kingman Chicago 23 Daw sort Montreal 23 Parker Pittsburgh 23. Runs batted in Foster Cincinnati 96 Garvey los Angeles. 91 Parker Pittsburgh 88 Clark san Francisco 88 Smith los an Geles 87. Pitching 12 decisions Perry san Diego 15-6, .714 Blue san Francisco 16-7, .696 Bonham Cincinnati 9-4, .692 Robinson Pitts Burgh 10-5, .667 Forsch Houston 8-4, .667 Moffitt san Francisco 8-4, .667 Hooton los Angeles 15-8, .652 2 tied with .640. From 20 Yards out by goalie Jack Brand. The Cosmos who beat Tampa Bay 3-1 sunday to win their second straight league title sunday tied it at 59 23 when Franz Beckenbauer sent a shot to the Middle and Giorgio Chinaglia bounced the Ball several times off his Knees before sending a Bicy Cle kick into the upper right Corner of the net past brazilian goalie Emerson Leao. The High priced Cosmos Are hoping Ruyff considered by Many to be the finest player in the world will come out of retirement to join them next season. Ruyff the three time european player of the year was listed As a midfielder wednesday but nevertheless played his customary Forward position. Ruyff 31, looked Sharp in the first half. Although the Cosmos were out shot 19-7 in the opening 45 minutes new York was on the verge of scoring several times. Ruyff who has played for a Barcelona team the past few years took the Cosmos first shot at 14 08. Midway through the half he sailed a shot past the right Post. A few minutes later he led Chinaglia with a Fine pass that the italian striker nearly pushed in. Ruyff scheduled to play in a second exhibition game on labor Day against Atileti co Madrid will return to Europe thursday for personal reasons and will miss the con test. In his place Rivelino will play wit the Cosmos. The game was played under full International rules. The tie breaking shootout and the 35-Yard offside Rule of the Nail were not in effect. Burt defeats Connell in senior Golf tournament Colorado Springs Colo. Up defending Champion Earl Burt of Paradise Valley calif., ousted another former Champion Truman Connell of Pompano Beach Fla., 1-up, wednesday with a Birdie on the 18th Hole in the 1978 world senior Golf tournament. Burt and Connell the 1975 seniors titlist played an even contest on the Broadmoor course until the -5, 554-Yard 18th Hole which Burt birdied. Burt and Connell were members of the . Team that won the 16th annual world seniors International Golf matches last weekend. Former presi Dent Gerald Ford was Captain of the team. The Victory by Burt in the 19th annual seniors meet moved him into thursday s semifinal action against Bill Michaels of Miami Beach Fla. Michaels advanced with a 4-3 win Over Frank Tallman of Pueblo Colo. In other play wednesday Sid Richard son of Pinehurst n.c., Defeated Lew Lewis of Pacific Paradise calif., 2-1. In the longest match of the Day David Goldman of Dallas the 1968 and 1969 seniors Winner Defeated John Morrell Char Lotte n.c., 1-up on the 22nd Hole. The two golfers were even after 18 and parred the 19th, 20th and 21st holes. Goldman got a Birdie on the -4, 367-Yard 22nd Hole to win. Goldman will play Richardson thursday in the seniors which is open to golfers 65 and Over. The finals will be held Friday. Filly sets record Springfield 111. Up Hazel Hanover ran the fastest mile Ever for a 2 year old pacing filly with a world record 1 56.2 in harness racing at the Illinois state fair. Hazel Hanover driven by William Herman and owned by John Simpson of Hanover pa., edged the previous record of 1 57.1 held by three fillies and earned $8,513. The state fair track is considered the fastest in North America
