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16 ALBANY DEMOCRAT-HERALD. MONDAY. OCT. 6, 1980 year yet: .300, 41 homers, NY title Major league baseball 1977 and 1978, finished with 23 saves and 11 wins, while Hume had 25 saves and victories. Bruce Sutter of the Chicago Cubs, last year's winner, finished with 33 points on 28 saves and five wins.

Quisenberry collected 45 points on 33 saves and 13 victories to finish six points ahead of Rich Gossage of the New York Yankees. Gossage had 33 saves and six wins. BRETT ENDS AT .390 KANSAS CITY "I backed into it," said George Brett with a defiant grin. "I back-doored It." Brett finished his brilliant season Sunday in a car In the Kansas City bullpen listening on the radio as the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 4-0, His batting average remained at .390, highest In the major leagues since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941. Manager Jim Frey called htm aside minutes 1 KC'a Willi Wllaon finished sssson leading AL with 133 runs, 230 hits and sat major league rsoord with 70S Dodgers' Ron Cey.

PHILS' GREEN TO QUIT PHILADELPHIA Dallas Green says that If his Philadelphia Phillies win the National League pennant and the World Series be prefers not to come back as manager. "I'm not a career manager," said Green, whose Phillies won the National League East with a (-4 victory Saturday in 11 Innings over the Montreal Expos. "The owner asked me and that's the only reason I'm here (as manager)," said Green, who has been part of the Phillies' organization for 25 years as player, farm system assistant and finally the director of minor league operations. "A lot of people in this world are doing things they don't enjoy. I just happen to believe I was the best guy for the job In this particular year." PADRES FIRE COLEMAN SAN DIEGO Jerry Coleman la back in the press box and out of the dugout But at least he appears optimistic.

After the San Diego Padres confirmed over the weekend that Coleman, 56, had been fired as the National League team's skipper, the club also announced that he would be the team's director of broadcasting. That spurred Coleman, who was the Padres' play-by-play announcer for eight years before being named manager last Oct. 1, to say, "At kastl'U know the pUyen." METS REHIRETORRE NEW YORK The New York Mets announced this morning that they have rehired Manager Joe Torre for the 1981 season. Torre took over as manager in 1977. In his first three years the Mets finished last In the Eastern Division.

They ended this season three games ahead of the Chicago Cubs. QUISENBERRY TOP RELIEVER ST. LOUIS Tom Hume of the Cincinnati Reds and Rollle Fingers of the San Diego Padres tied for the Fireman of the Year award for 1980 In the National League, the Sporting News said Sunday. Dan Quisenberry of the Kansas City Royals captured the American League honors. Hume and Fingers each accumulated 34 points to tie for the NL honor.

The magazine awards one point for each save and for each relief win. Fingers, who won the NL Fireman Award in Final standings. leader, p. 17 Playoff schedules, p. 17 lyTlwAiwtltmfiiii Ben Oglivie went out with a bang Reggie Jackson just went out The result was a tie (or this season's American League home ruB title.

"I don't want to try to hit one out every time, but I did try for it today," Ogllvle admitted Sunday after his 41st homer helped the Milwaukee Brewers win a 5-4, 15-inning game against Oakland. Oglivte's blast tied Jackson for the league lead and came while the New York Yankee slugger was in the clubhouse, having departed early from the regular season-ending victory over the Detroit Tigers. Yankee Manager Dick Howser lifted Jackson after his right fielder tripled In the second inning, pulling his batting average up to .300 for the first time in his 15-year professional career. Howser, In fact, phoned the pressbox from the dugout to make certain the hit put Jackson's average at .300. The triple was a drive to left off Detroit's Dan Schatzeder on which left fielder Steve Kemp missed a diving attempt Jackson wasn't too concerned about his milestone hit though.

"The ball I hit the guy could have caught It Does that mean I'm not a .300 hitter?" said Jackson. "To me, JOO Is not where it's at unless you hit .300 with 30 home runs and 100 RBI." Jackson hit 41 homers with 111 RBI along with his .300 average. "It's not Just .300, you have to take into consideration what a guy does with It" added Jackson. "I can hit .300, yet there are ballplayers who can hit .300 and can't hit 40 home runs, or 30, or even 20. To me, a guy who hits .230 with 30 home runs is a lot more valuable than a guy who hits .307 with two home runs and 41 RBI.

I just can't believe JOO is such a big deal. "Did Ogllvie hit a home run? That's my main concern." Informed that Oglivie had homered, Jackson's reply was not printable. Although he did say "statistically, and maybe emotionally, this has been my best year but we've still got the playoffs before I can qualify that" Oglivle's homer was a dramatic one, a solo shot in the ninth that pulled the Brewers into a 4-4 tie. Then they won It In the 15th on Vic Harris's RBI single. Ogllvie'i co-home run title was one of two hitting championships won by Brewer players.

Cecil Cooper wound up as the AL's unofficial RBI leader with 122 after lashing a run-scoring single Sunday. In Sunday's games of note: YANKEES 2, TIGERS 1: Rookie Tim LoUar, making his first major league start, allowed two hits in six Innings and Eric Soderholm slammed a two-run homer, as the AL East champion Yankees beat the Tigers. The Yankees, who start the AL playoffs In Kansas City on Wednesday, finished with a 103-59 record by winning 17 of their last 24 games. The crowd of 35,879 enabled the Yankees to set an AL attendance record of 2,627,417, breaking the old mark 2,620,627 by Cleveland. ROYALS 4, TWINS 0: Paul Spllttorff and Rich Gale combined on a one-hitter and Hal McRae hit a three-run homer to help West-winning Kansas City close out Its regular season with a shutout of Minnesota.

Kansas City's George Brett did not play, leaving his average at .390, highest in the major leagues since Ted Williams hit .406 In 1941. ORIOLES INDIANS 1: Scott McGregor gained his 20th victory, the 22nd Baltimore pitcher to reach that plateau in 13 years, as he hurled the Orioles over Cleveland with late-inning relief help from Dennis Martinez. EXPOS PHILLIES 7: Jerry White hit a three-run homer In the bottom of the 10th to lift the Expos over the Phillies, who had clinched the NL East title the day before with a 6-4, U-inning victory in Montreal. Phillies third baseman Mike Schmidt wound up the season as the NL home run (48) and RBI (121) leader. -r before Sunday's game.

"He asked me If I wanted to play," Brett said. "He told me, 'You can sit out today and be Earanteed of hitting .390, and that's a hell of a better than We talked about It and then he Mid, 'Go out to the bullpen and horse around some." BUCKNER WINS NL TITLE PITTSBURGH The Chicago Cubs finished the 1980 season with the worst record in the National League, but first baseman Bill Buckner finished with the best batting average. And though the Cubs lost 1-0 Sunday to the Pittsburgh Pirates, they whooped It up about an hour later when the word came that Buckner bad edged Keith Hernandez of the St Louis Cardinals (or the batting title. Hernandez, who won the title last year with a .344 average, went l-for-4 Sunday against the New York Mets and finished at .321. Hernandez could have caught Buckner with a S-for-4 day Sunday.

Ben Oglivie: Ties Reggie with 41. REtTZ SETS ERROR RECORD ST. LOUIS Third baseman Ken Reiti of the St. Louis Cardinals set a National League record Sunday by winding up the season with only eight errors. The total set a standard for fewest errors by a player performing at the position In at least 150 games.

Reltx set the old NL record at nine in 1977. It was tied In 1979 by the Los Angela Unbeaten USCand UCLA continue to dominate the Pac-10 and Big 10 Pac-10 standings, collage cores, 17 vTtM 7fX A I UCLA Coach Terry Donahue gets a victory ride. Bucs, Bears meet tonight in TV game Ch.S.lp.m.; Ch.2.7p.m. CHICAGO AP) The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Chicago Bears, a couple of NFL playoff teams last season, clash in a nationally televised contest tonight before a capacity crowd of 64,154 in Soldier Field. Both teams are saddled with two-game losing streaks, but the Bears' situation is desperate considering not only are tbey 1-3 for the season but have been routed in their last two games.

The Buccaneers are 2-2 and coming off 21-17 and 34-27 losses to Dallas and Cleveland, respectively, in which quarterback Doug Williams was outstanding but the defense, uncharacteristically, suffered letdowns. Against Cleveland, Williams set Tampa Bay records with 30 completions in 56 attempts for 343 yards and three touchdowns. Defense was a different story and Coach John McKay said, "We played defense very, very poorly. We have better athletes than the way we are playing. Guys who should know better are missing assignments." The Bears have shown little defense in the last two games end virtually no offense for the season.

Their only victory came against New Orleans when Walter Paytoo rushed for 183 yards. Other than that Payton has been held to 65, 39 and 60 yards rushing. Quarterback Mike Phipps has not shown the proficiency be displayed when the Bears made the playoffs by winning seven of their last eight games in 1979. Twice he has been yanked in favor of Vlnce Evans and together they have completed less than 44 percent of their passes with only two touchdown passes as against a total of nine interceptions. "I don't like to call the fifth game of the season our most important but that's what It looks like at this point" said Coach Neill Armstrong.

"I don't think our record should be 1-3. We have to play better." General Manager Jim Finks, convinced earlier that this would be the big year for the Bears, said, "We can't be looking back and feeling sorry for ourselves. We've got to look at this week as the start of a 12-game season, forget about the last couple of weeks, and put everything we've got into getting ready to play Tampa." loss to the Buccaneers could lead to total disaster for the Bears. Armstrong noted, "We have to beat Tampa Bay. If we i i 1 -ii i i in I Vo i ii ii ii ii It's the same old story In college football these days.

(JSC Is unbeaten and In charge of the Pac-10 race. And the Pac-10 Is dominating its old whipping boy, the Big 10. Arizona State's Sun Devils had an upset on their minds, but they couldn't quite convince fourth-ranked USC Saturday. ASU trailed by two points with less than five minutes to go, but the Trojans mained that narrow margin for a 23-21 Pac-10 victory and their 24th straight triumph. Quarterback Gordon Adams threw for 226 yards in the game, completing 20 of 29 passes.

The Sun Devils, 2-2, got their last touchdown on quarterback Mike Pagel's 14-yard heave to tight end Ron Wetzel. Meanwhile, No. 11 UCLA creamed second-ranked Ohio State 17-6, ISth-ranked Stanford got by San Jose State 35-21, Michigan thumped California 38-13, Washington beat Oklahoma State 24-18 and Arizona shimmied by Iowa 5-3. Also, Pacific narrowly defeated Washington State 24-22. The slaughter of the Buckeyes surprised even UCLA Coach Terry Donahue.

"I didn't expect to dominate them," Donahue Mid. Two third-quarter touchdown drives led by quarterback Tom Ramsey keyed the victory. Ohio State threatened only once, but Tom Sullivan Intercepted an end-zone pass. The Brulni went to 4-0 with the victory. At Stanford, It was a father-son show with a bit of a twist.

John Elway threw three touchdown passes for the Cardinals, 4-1, but he did It at the expense of his father, San Jose Coach Jack Elway. San Jose, 2-2, did outgaln the Cardinals 267-163 yards In the first half, but the Spartans had trouble holding onto the ball as they were Intercepted three times and tost two fumbles. Playing at Ann Arbor, Cal remained wtnless after a fourth-quarter blitz by Michigan, 2-2. Lawrence Ricks and Stanley Edwards eacbed scored two touchdowns In the victory. Mick Luckhurst kicked two Held goals for CaL while quarterback Rich Campbell passed to Michael Buggs for the Golden Bears' sole touchdown.

Two second-half touchdown passes by Tom Flick led Washington, 3-1, to victory over Oklahoma State, 0-3. The Cowboys pulled within six when Jim Traber threw a TD pass with 2:36 remaining. Neither side managed a touchdown, but a field goal and a safety enabled Arizona to defeat Iowa as defense dominated the coo-test. Elsewhere In college football Saturday, three other members of The Associated Press Top Twenty were beaten. Third-rated Nebraska was knocked off by No.

16 Florida State 11-14, No. 9 Missouri fell to No. 17 Penn State 29-21 and Louisiana State trimmed No. 19 Florida 24-7. However, 12th-ranked Oklahoma, smarting over Its loss to Stanford and subsequent drop out of the Top Ten, stormed back with a vengeance, a wild, record-setting 12-42 rout of hapless Colorado.

The Sooners rolled up 751 yards rushing and 175 In total offense both NCAA records while the combined total of 124 Pastorini: Broken leg Oakland Raider quarterback Dan Pastorini is carried from the field Sunday after he suffered a broken leg in a loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. Pastorini war injured in the first quarter of the game and will be out for the season. points set a modern standard. Fourteenth-ranked Arkansas, which piled up 610 yards In a 44-7 triumph over Teiu Christian, didn't even bother to look for a place in the record book. Fifth-rated Texas fried Rice 41-28.

No. 6 Pitt msuled Maryland 38-f, seventh-ranked Notre Dame edged Michigan State 26-21, No. 10 North Carolina hammered Georgia Tech 33-0, No. 18 South Carolina smashed North Carolina State 30-10 and No. 20 Baylor clawed Houston 24-12.

Eighth-ranked Georgia and No. 13 Miami, were Idle. Oklahoma and Colorado bettered Furman's 63-55 triur ih over Davidson last year. Led by David Overstreet's 258 yards and freshman Buster Rhymes' four touchdowns, the Sooners erased the old NCAA marks of 748 rushing yards by Alabama In 1973 and Wyoming's 871 overall In 1941. Nebraska blew a 144 lead against Florida State when the Semlnoles rallied on four field goals by BUI Capece and Sam Piatt's 8-yard run.

"We played a very good football team, maybe the best team we will play all year," said Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne. Penn ended a 17-game wlnlesa streak with a 24-13 victory over Columbia, the same team the Quakers beat on Oct. 7, 1978, for tbetr last success. Portland State, meanwhile, lost its second game of the season, bowing 44-20 to Idaho In Moscow. It was Idaho's fourth win of the season.

PSUIs 2-2. Oregon and Oregon State were Idle Saturday- The Ducks, 2-1-1 overall, resume play Saturday In Berkeley against the 0-4 Golden Bears. The Beavers, 0-4 overall, play their first home game of the season and first under new Coach Joe Avezzano Saturday when Washington visits Parker Stadium. do, both of as will have the same record and we'll have to take It from there." McKay doesn't appear to be that desperate and said, "I don't know if we nave to win in Chicago but It is important. At 2-2 we're really about where I thought we'd be." Sunday's stars RUSHING: 1.

Ottit Andenoo, St UuH. 8 (tarries, jtrta; I EWb Peacock, Lot Antele. 11 lor U4, 1 TD; S. Ljrva Cain. Atlanta, II tor It); 4.

franco Harrta, Ptttabtirgh, a (or 101. 1 TD; S. Wayne Morris, St. Lout, 21 lor 1(1, 1 TD. PASSING: 1.

VtDC rerratafflo. Los Angeles, of 17 for JM yards, 4 TDs; 1 Bert Jones. Baltimore. of for yards, TDs; 1 Danny White, DaUaa, a of for M4 yards, TDs; 4. JuaZora, Seattle, of a form S.

Gary DanJdeea, Detroit, a ef 24 for Ml yards. TDs. RECEIVING: I. James Lofton, Green Bay, for 114, 1 TD; Z. Roger Carr.

Baltimore, I for 17. 2 TDs; S. Sam McCuUum, Seattle, 4 lor 10, 1 TDs; 4. Tony Hill. DaUaa, for IS.

I TD; I. Lyaa Swam, Pittsburgh, for 117. Phyllis George returns to CBS' NFL Today show NEW YORK (AP) For the first time this year, CBS' "NFL Today" show brought the house hairdresser to the program. No, It wasn't for Jimmy The Greek's locks but for Phyllis George, returning to the football ratings wars after two years of politics and pregnancy. After two years with Jayne Kennedy as the resident window-dressing on the pro football sandwich show, George has come back to reclaim ber position as "First Lady of Football." On Sunday, she was reunited for the rest of the football season with the old gang of Brent Musburger, Irv Cross and Jimmy The Greek Snyder.

"I feel as though I'm back where I belong," George told the television audience. But later, she confided that she felt a little bit awkward, coming back as the conquering hero when the show has been doing well this year. vWyHHnnHHHHUHHHHHHWV See us First! For Quality osu Is Home Saturday, October 11 Make Your Dinner Reservations Now! 7 The LBCC men finish 2nd in cross country COOS BAY Linn-Benton's men's track team finished second In a 4-team Oregon Community College Athletic Association meet Saturday. Lane won both the men's and women's races handily. L-B freshman Nick Stewart finished fifth overall to lead the Roadrunners in the 5-mile race; the Sweet Home runner covered the distance in 27 minutes, 11 seconds.

Albany's Keith KUlgore was the second L-B runner. He was 9th overall in 27:40. Jim Jeter was 11th. Linn-Benton was fifth among five women's teams with Lane taking the top seven places. L-B sophomore Debbie Prince of Lebanon tu the top Roadrunner, taking 8th In 20:58 over 3.1 miles.

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