European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes saturday september 9, 1978 american league East Boston new York Milwaukee Baltimore Detroit Cleveland Toronto w l pet. 86 s3 .619 83 56 .597 80 60 go West Kansas City California Texas Oakland Minnesota Chicago Seattle thursday s results Seattle 5, Chicago 3 Toronto 5, Milwaukee 4 new York 15, Boston 3 California texas6 National league East Philadelphia Pittsburgh Chicago Montreal St. Louis new York 3 .571 6v j 78 62 .557 8 a 75 64 .540 11 60 78 .435 25vj 56 86 .394 31 a w l pet. Go 76 61 .555 75 65 .536 2vj 68 69 .496 8 64 76 .457 13 62 78 .443 is a 59 81 .421 18 a 52 85 .380 24 West w 75 74 69 67 61 56 w 84 80 76 72 64 61 l pet. 63 .543 65 532 71 .493 74 .475 79 .436 85 .397 l pet. 56 .600 60 .571 63 .547 69 .511 75 .460 79 .436 go Ivy 7 15 20vj go 4 7vi los Angeles san Francisco Cincinnati san Diego Houston Atlanta 6 7 6 23 thursday s results Philadelphia 5, Chicago 3 new York 9, Montreal 4 atlanta6, san Francisco Cincinnati 6, san Diego 2 los Angeles 3, Houston 2 St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 4 International league playoffs Best of five wednesday s results Charleston 4, Richmond 2 Toledo 5, Pawtucket 3 thursday s results Richmond 4, Charleston 1 Richmond leads series2-1. Pawtucket 2, Toledo 1 Pawtucket leads series 2-1. Southern league playoffs championship series Best of three thursday s results savannah6, Knoxville Savannah leads series 1-0. Pacific coast league playoffs Best of five East division Albuquerque won series against Salt Lake 3-0. West division wednesday s results Portland 5, Tacoma 3 series tied 2-2. Thursday s results Tacoma at Portland Ppd. Rain California league playoffs Best of five thursday s results Visalia 11, Lodi 1, 1st visalia2, Lodi 1, 2nd Visalia wins series 3-2 and Cai league championship top ten r h pet. 73 167 .340 106 187 .325 54 136 .313 55 129 .309 56 120 .309 60 119 .300 81 144 .298 68 137 .295 62 135 .295 48 135 .294 american league based on 350 at bats g a Carew Minnesota. 132 491 Rice Boston. 139 575 Oiiver Texas. 110 434 Yount Milwaukee. 107 417 Piniella new York. 108 388 Oglivie Milwaukee. 109 397 ask Boston. 133 484 Lynn Boston. 127 464 Carty Oakland. 123 458 Reynolds Seattle. 125 459 Home runs Rice Boston 38 Thomas Milwaukee 31 Baylor California 30 Thornton Cleveland 29 Hisle Milwaukee 29. Runs batted in Rice Boston 121 staub Detroit 107 Hisle Milwaukee 99 Thornton Cleveland 93 Carty Oakland 89. Pitching 113 decisions Guidry new York 20-2, .909 Stanley Boston 13-2, .867 Gura Kansas City 134, .765 Eckersley Boston 16-6, .727 Billingham Detroit 15-7, .682 Knapp California 14-7, .667 Gale Kansas City 14-7, .667 2 tied with .654. National league a r h pet. Parker Pittsburgh. 126 499 78 158 .317 Burroughs Atlanta. 133 426 64 134 .315 Buckner Chicago. 99 369 38 116 .314 Jcruz Houston. 133 496 68 153 .306 Clark san Francisco. 136 516 81 159 .308 Madlock san Francisco. 104 385 66 118 .306 Smith los Angeles. 119 423 79 128 .303 Bowa Philadelphia. 133 559 67 168 .301 Rose Cincinnati. 137 569 90 171 .301 Whitfield san Francisco. 128 413 65 124 .300 Home runs Foster Cincinnati 31 Lutinski Philadelphia 29, Smith los Angeles 28 Kingman Chicago 25 Parker Pittsburgh 24. Runs batted in Foster Cincinnati 98 Garvey los Angeles 97 Parker Pittsburgh 94 Clark san Francisco 93 Smith los Angeles. 69 Winfield. San Diego 89. Pitching 13 decisions Perry san Diego 16-6, .727 Bonham Cincinnati 10-4, 714 Robinson Pittsburgh 12-5, .706 Blue san Francisco 167, .6% Hooton los Angeles 17-8, .680 Grimsley Montreal 17-9, .654 Knepper san Francisco 15-9, .625 2 tied with .625. Bugs raiders dolphins bengals picked to Bounce Back in nil tilts byjoe Carnice Linew York up the earliest Start in National football league history last weekend resulted in one of the biggest col Lection of upsets in recent years. Who for instance would believe that the new York jets coming off consecutive 3 11 seasons would be in sole Possession of first place in the rugged acc East after a weekend that saw favored Miami and new England both lose also in the acc Cleveland Long the Doormat of the Central division is tied with Pittsburgh for first and in the West Kansas City another of the whipping boys last season is in a three Way tie with Denver and san the pfc the punch less new York giants Are tied with Dallas and washing ton for first Green Bay another club which has seen Only lean years lately is tied for first in the Central with Chicago while Atlanta and new Orleans Are tied with los Angeles in the West. It s still Early but there could be a Pat Tern. In the 14 games Over the labor Day weekend 12 favourites either were beaten or did not win by As great a margin As expected. It could be the shortened exhibition season or the new Rule changes designed to open up the offence but whatever a lot of highly touted clubs came Down to Earth with a thud last weekend. Here s the Way the nil shapes up this weekend saturday night Tampa Bay 20, Detroit 13 bucs got Spinks has loosened tooth pulled by dentist by John d. Mcmillan new Orleans up a trip to a dentist thursday Cost heavyweight boxing Champion Leon Spinks another tooth. Spinks had his right canine tooth pulled As the result of a blow received in a spar ring session with Leroy Diggs earlier this week. The session with the dentist caused him to bypass sparring thursday As he prepares for a sept. 15 championship bout with Muhammad Ali in the super dome. Photographs of a grinning jubilant Spinks following his Victory Over Ali ear Lier this year revealed to All that he was missing two front photos led Ali to dub him the said the tooth he had removed had been Loose for several weeks. Then i was boxing with Leroy and wham it got real talked about it and decided to go ahead get it pulled and get it out of the said a Doc pulled it. You Don t think i did it prior to Spinks Impromptu news Confer ence it had been reported the Champ would dodgers pad Lead in West continued rom Page 23 Lenge has been there All the time. We be been waiting for this team to play Well and now we re doing cardinals 5, pirates 4 Ted Simmons blasted a two run Homer with two out in the eighth to Power St. Louis Over Pittsburgh stopping the majors longest winning Streak of the year at 11 games. Simmons Wallop off pirate reliever Grant Jackson temporarily derailed Pitts Burgh s surge in the National league East. The defeat dropped the pirates Ivy games behind the division leading Phillies. Mets 9, expos 4 Nino Espinosa scattered nine hits and Willie Montanez drove in four runs As new York hammered Montreal. Espinosa gave up one sacrifice Fly and struck out two on the Way to one of his easiest victories of the season. The mets led 9-0 after the third inning. New York Catcher John Stearns established a National league record in the first inning when he stole his 24th base of the year. That erased the previous Mark of 23 steals in a season by a Catcher set by John Komg of the Chicago cubs in 1902. Kling equated his own Mark in 1903. Not show up at his municipal auditorium training , he arrived dressed in a Black silk open Collar shirt and a Brown striped suit. He apologized to the crowd of onlookers who paid to see him train. Then after what appeared to be a reluctance to talk with reporters Spinks finally sat Down with members of the Media. Once his tooth problems had been explained the heavyweight Champion an swered questions about his training diet which he said consisted of two meals a Day. Breakfast he said is six eggs Over Light some sausage Orange juice and then i drink a raw egg and a Beer. I take the egg raw and Chase it with the he said he drinks two or three Beers a Day the one in the morning and then one or two after his training sessions. Then i turn in he said. Earlier thursday Ali sparred for five fast rounds. Swelled Heads Over successful exhibition season and handed win to giants. They should get Back on right track against Lions porous offensive line. Sunday Dallas 31, new York giants 10 cow boys awesome in steamroller Victory Over Colts. Giants showed no offence in gift wrapped Victory Over Tampa Bay. Los Angeles 20, Atlanta 10 rams have never lost to Falcons in los Angeles. At Lanta defense still awesome but offence is 27, san Diego 17 raiders get Back to winning ways after Tough loss to Denver. Chargers improved but still not in Oakland s class. Cincinnati 24, Cleveland 17 Bengal of sense came to life too late in loss to . Browns defense set up All 24 Points beat ing 49ers and offence must contribute. Miami 27, Baltimore 0 dolphins with out Bob Griese Are a much better club than Colts without Bert Jones. Baltimore could be out of race before their quarterback gets England 23, St. Louis 14 Chuck Fairbanks has More horses than Bud Wil Kinson in Battle Between former Oklahoma York jets 27, Buffalo 13 jets big Gest enemy is believe it or not Over Confidence after ripping Miami. Chicago 24, san Francisco 10 Walter Payton Over . Simpson in first Duel Ever Between nil superstar backs. Philadelphia 17, Washington 16 much improved eagles finally win a close one. New Orleans 20, Green Bay 16 saints showed lot of spunk in upset of Minnesota. Packers can t count on eight sacks every week. Pittsburgh 31, Seattle 20 Steeles still dynamite at Home. Jim Zorn May get sore Arm trying to keep sea Hawks in game. Houston 27, Kansas City 10 chiefs won t trample Oiler 34 like they did Cincinnati. Monday night Denver 16, Minnesota 13 Duel Between last two super bowl losers. Bronco defense solid As Ever while vikes looked like a Sieve. 1 the buc stops Here Frank Taveras of the Pittsburgh pirates finds himself All wrapped up and delivered to Umpire dutch Rennert by Cardinal shortstop Garry Templeton during thursday night s game at St. Louis. Taveras was trying to steal second but Ted Simmons throw nailed him. The cards won 5-4. A photo i
