European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                San Francisco apr Joe Montana s Elbow injury might require season ending surgery according to a published report. Surgery appeared Likely after the 35-year-old san Francisco 49ers quarterback experienced pain throwing passes on saturday the san Francisco chronicle reported in mondays editions. Montana could not be reached for comment sunday night the newspaper said. Team owner de Debartolo or. Said a decision about surgery would be up to Montana and the teams orthopaedic surgeon or. Michael Dillingham. A this has to be strictly a personal and a medical decision a Debartolo said. A the club surely does no to have any input into that decision. I know How bad he want sunday in the nil on pages 22 and 24 to play and come Back but there s some things you can to  Montana has a torn Tendon near his right Elbow and was placed on injured Reserve at the Start of the season. He was ordered to rest his Arm completely in Hopes that the Tendon would heal itself. He resumed throwing 15-to-20-Yard passes at less than full velocity Early last week but minor pain returned wednesday and the Elbow was swollen on thursday. On saturday while trying to throw passes of 30-35 Yards with conditioning coach Jerry Attaway Montana had severe pain similar to August s. He was forced to quit and coach George Seifert ruled him out for next sunday s game against Atlanta. Dillingham said sept. 9 that if rest failed to cure Montana a Elbow the next alternative was surgery. The possibility that an operation would not cure Montana a problem was in a the 20-percent Range Quot Dillingham said last month. Montana who has taken rehabilitation of slowly so As not to aggravate the injury also has indicated readiness to undergo an operation the chronicle said. A Joe s feeling has been that if it does no to get better with rest let s do the surgery a a source close to Montana told the newspaper. Pendleton sits on Bat Crown Atlanta apr Terry Pendleton of the Atlanta braves won the National league batting title sunday by doing nothing. Pendleton was Given the Day off after the braves clinched the no West on saturday by manager Bobby Cox. Quot he deserved a Day off a Cox said. Pendleton won despite Cincinnati a Hal Morris going 3 for 4 to finish at .3is, or broken to another Decimal .3179. Pendleton finished at .3191. And it came Down to Morris who came into the final Day at .314, needing a one More hit to win the title at .3194. Fie was standing in the on deck Circle in the ninth inning of Cincinnati a 3-1 loss to san Diego As Bill Doran made the final out of the game. The last braves player to win a batting title was Ralph Garr in 1974 when he hit .353. Just the mention of the batting title a makes me smile a said Pendleton who also hit a ear eur High 22 Home runs while driving in s it runs. Quot the biggest thing was winning the West a Pendleton said after the braves lost the regular season finale to Houston n-3. A but believe me id take winning the batting title Over the map award. That would probably be at the top of my list. A to win the batting title you have to beat out everybody. The map is a vote and the writers decide  it was an amazing turnaround for Pendleton in an amazing season for the braves. The 31-year-old Pendleton signed a $10 million four year contract with the braves during the Winter As a free agent after 6>/2 years with the St. Louis cardinals. He had a career batting average of .259, but hit Only .230 last season. In 1985, Pendleton had his Best year offensively hitting .286 with 12 homers and 96 this. The stars and stripes october 8,1991 c Page 28 Pendleton had a simple explanation for his average improving 60 Points Over his career Mark and 89 Points from a year ago. A i relaxed More and swung at strikes a he said. A a in a a very aggressive hitter and at times had a tendency to swing at some bad pitches. The key for me is to swing at  As for the map race there a no question who would win if it were up to the braves. A the deserves it a Cox said of one of the top defensive third basemen in the league and the team Leader off the Field. A Barry Bonds of Pittsburgh deserves it and so does will Clark of san Francisco Quot Cox said. A but Pendleton son my club and he gets my  a a it a gotta be Terry a Pitcher Tom Gla Vine said. A we got him for his defense and leadership but he did a great Job offensively. Pendleton a said As tar As the map is concerned he does no to believe pitchers should be considered. A a you be got to look at Pittsburgh a Bobby Bonilla and Barry Bonds and will Clark a he said. A and you could say that my name should be  no batting Champion Terry Pendleton rests sunday in preparation for wednesdays  homers twice As cubs dump cards by the associated press Chic ago a Andre Dawson hit two Home runs raising his total to 31, the 33rd Multi Homer game of his career As the cubs beat St. Louis 7-3. It gave him his third 30-Homer season. Greg Maddux pitched a six hitter for his 15th Victory As the cubs finished fourth in the no East at 77-83. Omar Olivares 11-7 lost As the cardinals finished second at 84-78. In other late season ending no games sunday pirates 7, expos 0 Pittsburgh John Smiley 20-8 joined Atlanta a Tom Clavine As Nln a Only 20-game winners pitching seven shutout innings. The pirates finished 9864, the major leagues Best record. Astros 8, braves 3 Atlanta a t he astros snapped the braves eight game winning Streak and also ended a 10-game losing skid to Atlanta. Pete Larnish 12-9 pitched five innings. Charlie la Hrandt 15-13 was the loser. Padres 3, reds 4 san Diego a Hal Morris went 3 for 3 and finished second in the no halting race at .318. A fourth hit would have raised his average to .320, edging him past Pendleton. Quot a Jose Rijo 15-6 allowed three runs and seven hits losing the no Era title to Montreal a Dennis Martinez 2.39. Andy Benes 15-11 won for the 10th time in 11 decisions allowing eight hits in 6-g innings. Larry Andersen pitched the ninth for his 13th save. Dodgers 2, giants 0 san Francisco c Hris Gwynn singled twice and scored a pair of runs and left hander Dennis Cook 1-0 boat Bryan i lick son 2-2 inside sports Franco wins so do rangers a Page 21 pirates drop Heaton off playoff roster a Page 25 american league playoff preview a Page 26 Colbert hits prime in seniors a Page 27