European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 16, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 21 coach still Brewers still in Contention feels Walton yanks win. Red sox lose  a m it Al m m Btl a May return Bubo Baump Portland Ore. A the coach of the Portland Trail blazers Jack Ramsay says he still thinks Bill Walton May return to the blazers when he is physically ready to play basketball. But the National basketball association team s general manager Harry Glick Man says the blazers will continue to accommodate the former team Captain s desire to be traded. However Glickman said the response to the blazers Trade inquiries was not Over whelming and there Are no Walton Trade talks in Progress. Ramsay and Glickman representing the blazers management lifted the organization s veil of silence on the Walton affair at a thursday news conference. It still lingers in the Back of my mind that if Bill gets Well and is ready to play a lot of this will be forgotten by him Ramsay said. Bill loves to play Basket Ball. He gets very depressed when he s injured. That is the Only explanation i can think of for what has  Glickman read a 13-Page prepared statement outlining events leading to and following the aug. 1 meeting where Walton said he wanted to play for another team. Ramsay said he was surprised and puzzled at Bill s change of  he said he thinks Walton will be physically Able to play sometime during the coming season and the coach said he feels it would be possible for Walton to return to the team despite what has been said in recent weeks. The Only Way for Bill to rejoin the group would be for him to have the same attitude and enthusiasm he had before Ramsay said. I think that s possible. Any thing less than that and his presence would be less than  Walton was in Egypt thursday accompanying the Rock group grateful dead at a concert at the pyramids. Glickman s prepared statement included several excerpts from Jack Scott s recently published Book Bill Walton on the Road with the Portland Trail  Scott an outspoken critic of the sports establishment was Walton s agent and adviser during much of the recent controversy. He also lived with Walton for three years. Several times Scott criticized Blazer management particularly the team s continued on Page 22 by Bill Madden up sports writer the new York Yankees opened up a Ivy game Lead Over the Boston red sox in the Al Roundup american league East with a 4-2 Victory Over Detroit while Boston was losing 4-3 to Cleveland. Meanwhile the surprising Milwaukee Brewers stayed in Contention in the East race with a 4-3 Victory Over the Baltimore orioles As Mike Caldwell notched his 19th Victory against nine losses. The Victory enabled the Brewers to stay an awful angry a Oakland s Tim Hosley fumes after fail ing to tag Kansas City s designated hitter Hal Mcrae who scored second on a High throw to first. From a first meeting Ever of triple Crown winners affirmed is favored to beat slew by Dick Joyce new York a affirmed was in stalled As the 8-5 Early line favorite thursday with Seattle slew listed at 2-1 for saturday s $300,000 Marlboro cup invitation Handicap at Belmont Park first time in thoroughbred history two triple Crown winners will meet. The absence of Lydar runner up in each of the triple Crown events this year to affirmed has stripped some of the Gla Mour from the sixth running of the Iofe mile event which Drew a Field of nine. Affirmed is in top form. Exactly the Way i want him said Trainer Laz Berrera. He s in better shape than he was for the Belmont stakes. And this time we won t have to worry about Lydar coming from  Lydar who suffered a hairline fracture in his left foot during a workout monday and will be sidelined the remainder of the year beat affirmed on a disqualification in their last meeting the travers stakes aug. 19, at Saratoga. In 18 career starts affirmed has failed to win Only three times each time finishing second to Almadar. Steve Cauthen will be Back in the Saddle aboard affirmed who was Ridden by lafitt Pincay in the travers because the 18-year old Cauthen was injured. The question re Mains about the capability of Seattle slew who swept the triple Crown in 1977, but has been to races Only three times this year winning two allowances tests and finishing second to or. Patches in the Pat Erson Handicap on sept. 5. Seattle slew got a new Trainer in Doug Peterson and just this week his regular jockey Jean Cruguet was fired and replaced by Angel Cordero. Cruguet lost Confidence in the horse said Mickey Taylor one of the owners of Seattle slew. But he s an easy horse to ride. Just Point him in the right direction and hell get there hopefully  Seattle slew was Ridden for the first time by Cordero in a workout thursday and turned in 49 1-5 seconds and Cordero said afterwords he Rode like a  affirmed owned by the Harbor View farm will go from the no. 2 Post position and will carry 124 pounds. Seattle slew earring the colors of Karen l. Taylor Drew the no. 5 and will tote 128 pounds. Cox s Ridge owned by the loblolly stable and a Winner of five of nine starts this year was rated at 5-1 and will carry 126 pounds including Eddie Maple leaving from the Post no. 8. The rest of the Field with Post positions and Odds consisted of no. 1, top of the Marc stables sensitive Prince 20-1 3, Meadow Hill stables Nasty and bold 10-1 4, Rokeby stables upper Nile 10-1 6, Joseph Allen s Darby Creek Road 20-1 7, Lazy f ranch s Blue Baron 20-1 and 9, Elmendorf s text 10-1. Nasty and bold who finished third in the travers and has five triumphs in nine starts this year May pass up the Marlboro for sunday s Lawrence realization at Bel Mont. I know i can t beat affirmed said Phil Johnson but second Money $55,000 in t  first prize is Worth $180,000 for the nationally televised lbs race with Post time scheduled for 5 30 . Affirmed continued on Page 22 four games behind the Yankees and just three games behind the red sox. The fast fading red sox 12 losses in 15 games and red hot Yankees 18 wins in 21 games were to open their final series of the year Friday night at Yankee stadium with Ron Guidry the top Pitcher in the majors taking his Gaudy 21-2 record against the sox. Caldwell the 29-year-old right hander who struggled to a 5-8 record for Milwaukee last year spaced six hits in pitching the Brewers Over the Baltimore orioles. It was Caldwell s 19th win against nine losses.  Guidry has More wins but Caldwell s 21 Complete games Are tops in the league while his 2.31 earned run aver age is second Only to Guidry s 1.77. I Don t know where we d be without him said manager George Bamberger of Caldwell. He s been our Best Pitcher and if we did t have him we d probably be in fourth or fifth place. It would be awfully hard to find another Pitcher who is 19-9." Robin Yount drove in two of the brew ers runs with a Lead off Homer in the first his eighth and a single during a three run second. I was t real Sharp said Caldwell. Who walked five. But i kept the Ball Down and we kept making the plays. It was a Good Chance to get closer to the top. I d like to win 20 because that would pull us closer. As for any personal awards i guess i la have to Settle for comeback of the year since Guidry is putting me in the shadows As far As everything else  Graig Nettles hit his 24th and 25th homers while driving in three runs and de Figueroa 17-9, notched his fifth straight win by pitching four hit Ball for seven innings in the Yankee Victory Over Detroit. Nettles is the most valuable player on their team in my opinion said Tiger Man Ager Ralph Houk. " he s the one Guy who if they lost him they could t replace. He s especially Tough this time of year and he could be the most underrated player in the league too. He drives in 85-90 runs every year and they re usually All big  the slump Ridden red sox were victimized by an sex teammate right hander Mike Paxton and a Rookie Wayne Cage. Paxton a Central figure in last Spring s Dennis Eckersley Trade combined with Jim Kern to Check the red sox on seven hits. Cage supplied a two run Homer. In 14 september games the red sox have hit .190 As a team. I Hope we can turn it around in new York said red sox manager Don Zimmer. I know one thing we can t split a three game series and at this Point we have to  elsewhere in the Al Kansas City downed Oakland 5-1, California trounced Texas 16-1 and Chicago put away Seattle 6 5. Royals 5, a s 1 Amos Otis homered and singled twice driving in a pair of runs to help the royals maintain their sva game Lead in the Al West by completing a four game sweep of the a s. Otis who has hit in 14 of the last 15 games with five homers and 24 Bis capped a string of five straight singles during a three run second and added his 21st Homer leading off the fifth. Angels 16, rangers 1 Rick Miller and Lyman Bostock each had three Bis during a major league record 13-run ninth inning for the Angels. Before the ninth Joe Rudi and Ron Jack son each homered to Back the five hit pitching of Don Aase 11-8. Both Miller and Bostock had two run doubles before coming to Bat for the second time in the ninth and delivering rib singles. White sox 6, mariners 5 Chet Lemon s two run Homer highlighted a 16-hit Chicago attack. Lemon also had a sacrifice Fly. Steve Stone 11-12, combined with Lerrin Lagrow on a four Hitler. Leon Roberts singled Home two of Seattle s four runs m the ninth