European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 29, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 25 yanks throw in Towel after judge s ruling new York a . District judge Constance Baker Motley said no wednesday to the new York Yankees and baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn who asked that she temporarily suspend her earlier or Der admitting women reporters to Yankee stadium locker rooms. Attorney Jesse Chrenko said the Appeal was lodged because Kuhn regarded the business of admitting female reporters to locker rooms where men Are undressing As inimitable by his standards to the Wel fare of organized  he also said Yankee players viewed the decision As a violation of their privacy though some players said after tuesday night s game against Toronto that they did not object to the new order. The application for a stay was opposed by attorney Robert Joffe rep resenting Melissa Ludtke the sports illustrated reporter whose Success Ful sex discrimination lawsuit resulted in judge Motley s decision that cleared the Way for women re  turning Down the latest request continued on Page 26 n. Y. Stays one game up Yankees botox both win by Bill Madden up ports writer their own physical miseries shrugged aside for the time being Catfish Hunter and Luis Tiant a couple of Gritty right handers have prolonged the agony of the american league East Pennant race Down to the final series of the season. Hunter continuing his astonishing comeback from the nagging shoulder injury which plagued him for Over a year stopped the Toronto Blue jays on six hits Catfish Hunter looks Good As new hurling 12th win. It feels Good to be contributing again Phillies Edge expos 5-4, to reduce magic number to 1 bucs top cubs by United press International the Philadelphia Phillies have put themselves in a perfect position for this weekend s four game series against the Pittsburgh pirates All they have to do is win one game to capture their third straight National league East title. The phils Defeated Montreal 5-4 wednes Day night while the pirates stayed alive with an 8-3 win Over the Chicago cubs. The pirates still Trail the Phillies by 31/2 games with the big series opening Friday night at three Rivers stadium where the pirates have won 22 straight. If the pirates do sweep the series they no Roundup still must make up a game with the reds in Cincinnati monday. Jerry Martin had four hits including a double and a single to key a pair of two run innings and Philadelphia survived a ninth inning scare in route to its won Over Mon Treal. Larry Christenson 13-14, scattered eight hits including Andre Dawson s 25th Homer in the fourth inning before yielding to Ron Reed with two on and one out in the ninth. After allowing an rib single to Tommy Hutton Reed struck out Dave Cash and Del Unser for his 16th save. Greg Luzinski singled to open the Phil lies second and Jose Cardenal Drew a walk off loser Ross Grimsley 19-11. Martin then doubled Home Luzinski to break an 0 18 slump and Ted Sizemore put the Phillies ahead 2-0 with a sacrifice Fly. The Phillies added a third inning run when Mike Schmidt singled moved to third on Garry Maddox double and scored on Cardenal s fielder s Choice grounder. Philadelphia s final two runs came in the Madden loses bout with Wall Oakland a the members of the Oakland raiders nursing minor injuries now includes coach John Madden. The coach slammed his left hand into a locker room Wall after sunday night s loss to the new England patriots and the result was a bruised wrist. Sixth inning. Martin singled Sizemore reached on an error and Schmidt walked to Load the bases. Larry Bowa singled Home Martin and Sizemore scored when Montreal catch or Gary Carter dropped Dawson s throw to the plate for an error. In Pittsburgh Phil Garner drove in four runs with an rib Force out and a bases loaded triple that capped a six run sixth inning to rally the pirates. Dave Parker smashed a Solo Homer his 30th, in the third inning and a double to push his league High batting average to .332. Jerry Reuss making one of his Occas signal starts got two hits and drove in a run and scattered seven hits and three walks Over the distance for his third win in five decisions. In other National league games wednesday san Francisco shut out san Diego 1-0, Houston blanked Atlanta 4-0 and Cincinnati dumped los Angeles 5-3. Giants 1, padres 0 Bob Knepper in his final Start of the season held the san Diego padres to five hits in pitching the giants to Victory for his sixth shutout and 17th Triumph. The giants scored the Only run of the game in the second inning on singles by Darrell Evans and Larry Herndon and an infield out by Roger Metzger. Astros 4, braves 0 Vern Ruhle and Joe Sambito combined on a five hitter and Rookie Jeff Leonard capped a four run eighth inning with a three run double to Lead the astros who took a two game Lead Over the braves for the fifth place Battle in the West. Reds 5, dodgers 3 George Foster hit a two run Homer and Champ Summers singled Home the go ahead run during a four run eighth inning rally that lifted the reds. The two Bis gave Foster 114 for the season. Dodger Teddy Martinez smacked his first Homer of the year with two on in the fourth. Wednesday night in pitching the new York Yankees to a 5-1 Victory. It was of course yet another vital win because the Boston red sox behind Tiant and two relievers remained one game behind the Yankees with their 5-2 win Over the Detroit tigers. When i was out there i was t sure How Long i could go with my injured Groin said Hunter who hurled his fifth Complete game and improved his record to 12-5. It feels Good to be contributing again instead of sitting on the Bench knowing you can t do anything. I was doubting i would Ever pitch again the Way i  i be seen Catfish for six or seven years now said the Blue jays John Mayberry Al Roundup and i think he s just about there the Way he was. His fastball is Back and his knowl Edge certainly never went  it was the old Catfish agreed Reggie Jackson who hit his 25th Homer in the fifth inning. I honestly thought before the game he d pitch a shutout if he could keep it in the  he did to however. In the fourth inning. Roy Howell ruined any Hope Hunter had for a shutout by belting an upper deck Homer. But by that time the Yankees Al ready had a 4-0 Lead thanks to Bucky Dent s sacrifice Fly and Willie Randolph s two run single in the second inning and Graig Nettles 27th Homer in the third. Meanwhile in Boston the red sox were winning their fourth straight and hoping it in t really too late to win the division title they seemingly had wrapped up Back in july. George Scott drove in two of Boston s runs with a Homer and a single while Carl to Fisk tripled Home two others. Tiant 12-8, yielded Solo homers to Rusty staub his 24th, and Ron Leflore plus one other hit before retiring after the sixth inning with a slightly stretched hamstring. Andy Hassler and Bob Stanley finished up. I believe we can continue to do it the rest of the  said the 37-year old Tiant who missed almost the first month of the season with a broken Finger. The big thing is we re hitting again the Way we were Early in the  Tiant gave us another Good game and it s Good to see him get a win for a change said Zimmer. As for the race we Aren t gaining ground but we re not losing any either. Ninety five wins with four to play and we re fighting for our , with the Yankees magic number reduced to four the race can not be officially decided now until Friday at the earliest when the two clubs will be in their final series of the season. After thursday night s series wind  the red sox will take on Toronto for the last three games while the yanks finish up with continued on Page 27 Humphrey retirement stuns Falcons Suwanee a. A defensive end Claude Humphrey Atlanta s three time All pro defensive end saying the time has come shocked the Falcons wednes Day by announcing his retirement from the National football league. The 10-year Veter an at a hastily called news Confer ence at the club s training Camp Here said it was a hard decision but it was his own. It had nothing to do with the season the coaching staff or club owner ran Humphrey Kin or. Smith the 34-year-old Humphrey said. The time has  Humphrey who made the National football conference pro bowl team six times including last season said he did t feel he was playing up to his own personal standards. It was hard on my mind during the pre season but i thought the right mental Atti tude would come with the regular season. However i was t getting emotionally ready to do the Job said the 6-foot-5, 265 Pound standout who was the Falcons most valuable player in 1976. You Don t lose a Man of Claude s stat ure without it having an effect on your foot Ball team said coach Leeman Bennett who added that Veteran Jeff Yeates would take Over Humphrey s left end spot for sunday s contest against the new York giants. Humphrey who played at Tennessee state was the Falcons no. 1 draft Choice in 1968 and went on to become the nil s defensive Rookie of the year was one of at Lanta s leaders a year ago when the club set a league record by allowing Only 129 Points in 14 games. Humphrey a native of Memphis tenn., who makes his Home in Atlanta did not say what his future plans were. With the exception of 1975 when he sat out the entire season with a knee injury Humphrey missed Only two games in 1970 during his nil career