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THE ADVOCATE-MESSENGER, DANVJjJLE, KENTUCKY 11 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1979 Streck defending title first time Lowenstein hero as Baltimore wins ft. SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) Forgive Ron Streck if he doesn't act properly at this week's $250,000 Texas Open. He hasn't really had much practice at this defending champion business. In fact, it's his first and only time. The obscure Oklahoman, fighting to keep on the pro tour, captured the fancy of the crowd, writers and his fellow pro golfers last year with a blistering 63-62 finish to capture the $40,000 top prize.

He was back today for the first round of this year's Texas Open, hoping for a 1979 turnaround and not really sure how a defending champion should conduct himself. 'Since I've never been a defending champion, I don't know what it's like. I guess I will find out Thursday on the first he said. 'Oh, I might get teased some. Being the champ will give me a little more confidence.

'I haven't been playing very well in the last few weeks. I need to make a turnaround. I would love to play well here again," he added. Streck, 25, had come into the 1918 tournament ranked 16 th on the tour with only $6,932 In winnings. He needed to hike that in the last few tourneys to $10,000 or finish in the top 160 to earn a third year on the Professional Golfers Association Tour.

He won only $11,000 his first season. He fired a 3-over-par 73 in the first round. It looked like he would miss another cut and his parents even checked out of their hotel the next morning. But Streck hit a pressure-packed six-foot putt on the par-3 18th hole the next day to salvage a 67 and barely make the cut at 140. He then set a PGA record for consecutive rounds with his 63-62 and out-distanced such stars as Lee Trevino, Hubert Green, Ben Crenshaw, Lou Graham and Hale Irwin to win the tournament Streck is in a little better position for the 50th Texas Open, but is still only 91st on the PGA money list with $38,484.

More than half of that came with his fourth-place finish in the PGA Championship early last month. BALTIMORE (AP) The Baltimore Orioles like to finish their games with a flourish, but they can't be accused of getting off to slow starts in postseason competition. When John Lowenstein belted a two-out, lOth-inning pinch homer to give Baltimore a 6-3 victory over the California Angels Wednesday night, it marked the 37th late-inning triumph for the Orioles this season. It also gave Baltimore a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five American League championship series while extending to 10 their string of first-game victories in playoff and World Series action. The series continued here today with 23-game winner Mike Flanagan pitching for the Orioles against 16-game winner Dave Frost.

"When they open the door for us, we're going to step through," said Doug DeCinces, who singled to launch the winning rally. "That's one of the things that has made us successful all year. A team can't let up against us for a minute or we'll find a way to beat them." Lowenstein, used sparingly after severely spraining his left ankle on Aug. 9, batted for Mark Belanger after California Manager Jim Fregosi ordered an intentional walk to Al Bumbry. In his first appearance in postseason play, he hit the first pinch homer in AL playoff history.

During the regular season, he hit 11 homers and drove in 34 runs in 197 times at bat. On an 0-2 pitch from reliever John Montague, the left-handed batting Lowenstein sliced a drive which barely reached the left field bleacher seats near the foul pole, "When I hit the ball, I knew it would at least hit the wall and the game was over," Lowenstein said after returning to the field for a curtain call requested by a record Baltimore playoff crowd of 52,787. Montague came in at the start of the eighth after starter Nolan Ryan developed cramps in his right calf. He said of his third consecutive forkball delivery: "I got this one up. It's a hazard of the pitch." Lowenstein hit only .217 as a pinch-hitter during the regular season, with five hits and one run batted in.

But Manager Earl Weaver, who relies on even the most esoteric of statistics, noted that Lowenstein was one-for-one against Montague this season. Fregosi said he wanted Bumbry walked with DeCinces on second, following a sacrifice bunt by Rich Dauer, because "My feeling was that I'd rather pitch to a guy who hasn't been in the ball game." Fregosi said Montague didn't throw a bad pitch, but that a stiff wind had blown the ball back into fair territory. The California manager also contended that second baseman Bobby Grich had misjudged a pop fly by DeCinces in the third, allowing DeCinces to reach second. John Lowehstein responds to the roar of the crowd after he hit a game winning pinch hit home run in the bottom of the tenth inning to give the Baltimore Orioles a 6-3 victory over the California Angels in the opening game of the American League Championship Series in Baltimore Wednesday night. AP Laserphoto) Pirates win 3-2 in 10 innings CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING RETURNING TO CAMP NELSON JOE CLARK MUSIC HALL WITH BIG DOUBLE MAIN EVENTS Thurs.

Night Oct 4th 8:00 pm Doors Open at 6:30 Main Event 1 Will Be The Watson Brothers Bon and Lon VS. Dale Mann Chuck Conners The Reds scored a run in the second inning on singles by Dan Driessen and Ray Knight and a sacrifice fly by pitcher Frank Pastore. Cincinnati tied it in the ninth on consecutive doubles by pinch hitter Heity Cruz and Collins. With the score tied, one out and two men on base, Don Robinson came in to shut off the Reds after their run in the ninth by striking out Dave Concepcion and getting George Foster to ground out to second base. The Reds used four pitchers, with reliever Doug Bair getting the loss.

Robinson, the sixth and final Pittsburgh pitcher, was the winner. The Pirates flew home Tuesday night while Cincinnati used the off day today for travel. Both teams were scheduled to work out in Three Rivers Stadium. Mike LaCoss, 14-8 during the regular season, is expected to start for Cincinnati in the third game of the series Friday. Tanner said Bert Blyleven, 12-5, would start for Pittsburgh as the Pirates tried to nail down a World Series berth.

CINCINNATI (AP) The Pittsburgh Pirates have taken home a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five National League championship series, but players on both sides agree that the playoffs could just as easily stand at a game apiece or both games could have gone to Cincinnati. The Pirates escaped the second game with a 3-2 victory in 10 innings Wednesday, aided by a controversial call on a fielding play that set up a Pittsburgh score. Second base umpire Frank Pulli ruled that a ball hit by Pittsburgh shortstop Phil Garner in the fifth inning touched the turf before right fielder Dave Collins reached it with a sliding catch. "I did make the catch," said Collins, who argued his case with Pulli. "I said, 'If I hadn't caught the ball, I wouldn't have come up showing it to "I saw the play all the way," countered Pulli.

4 "There was no doubt about it. It's either catch or no catch, forget a bout the trap Garner went to second on a sacrifice and scored what at that time was the go-ahead run on a double by Tim Foli. "Every game seems to be like this," sighed Foli, who also singled and scored Pittsburgh's first run. Dave Parker supplied the winning run with a single in the 10th inning. "I guess they felt they'd rather challenge me than pitch to (Willie) Stargell," Parker said, recalling that Stargell beat the Reds with a three-run homer Tuesday night.

"It's virtually impossible for them to beat us three straight in Pittsburgh." Nobody has ever lost the first two playoff games and won the series, but the Reds said they would come back. "We'll be the first club to do it," Collins predicted. "I believe it can be done." "We got our backs to the wall, but we'll just go out and play the game," said Ray Knight. "This game can change instantly as long as you keep from getting down 6n yourself." Pirate Manager Chuck Tanner said the Pirates were too hot now to worry about a Cincinnati sweep. 2ND Main Event Will Be The Fabulous Danny Fargo VS.

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Second Street 236-2812 FREE: BALTIMORE (AP) Earl Weaver likes to go by the book, although even the Baltimore manager admits that the figures can go only so far before the fates take over. It was a bit of both worlds, however, Wednesday night, and Weaver's late-inning manueven helped to produce a 6-3 10-inning victory over the California Angels and a 1-0 lead in their best-of-five American League playoffs. "You just try to get your best ballplayers ready and into the game," Weaver said. "If you do that, you can't worry about what the other team's manager is doing." Trying to out-think the opposition or not, Weaver's strategy worked to perfection for the Birds, who stretched their winning streak in postseason series openers to 10 games. For instance, Weaver started light-hitting Mark Belanger at shortstop because he has done well against California starter Nolan Ryan.

The same for Pat Kelly, who opened in left field. Belanger, a .295 hitter against the California fastballer, went l-for-4 while Kelly scored once and added a hit. But the biggest use of Weaver's book also proved to be the best for Baltimore. John Lowenstein, a journeyman outfielder, pinch hit for Belanger in the 10th and slammed a three-run homer after Weaver had checked his figures and found the reserve outfielder was one-for-one this year with a triple against California reliefer John Montague. "So now everyone in the world knows about my charts," groused Weaver as reporters pressed him for details after the game.

"The figures didn't hit the home run. You can only do so much. California Manager Jim Fregosi said he stayed with Montague as Weaver juggled his lineup "because John has done a job for us." Montague, in fact, had a two-strike count on Lowenstein before throwing a third consecutive forkball a bit too high. "It's a hazard of the pitch," Montague said. If Fregosi had decided to yank the right-handed Montague, however, Weaver was ready "If he had gone to (left-hander Dave) La Roc he, I probably would have pulled Lowenstein," the Orioles manager said.

"I had told (Benny) Ayala to get warmed up." Fregosi said before the series started that it was not imperative that (lie Angels win the opener, but he acknowledged that he was taking a different attitude into this afternoon's second game. "I'd just like to say I think it's important that we win it," he said. Belanger said the first-game victory was a big boost for the Orioles' hopes of getting into their first World Series since 1971. "It eliminates the situation where you have to win three out of four," the veteran shortstop said. "You don't want to be in that situation." SA VE TIME AND MONEY replace worn cooling system parts when you winterize your car.

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How high is up? Army 24, Duke 15: This is an important one for Lou Saban in Army's comeback campaign. Purdue 38, Minnesota 20: The Boilermakers' tough schedule is putting muscles on top of muscles. Nebraska 26, New Mexico 10: You don't have to be a wino to appreciate the Huskers' Jarvis Redwine and Kerry Winemaster. Texas 34, Rice 7: The Longhorns still play the rhyming game'with "Ram and Jam," the surviving Jones Boys. UCLA 32, Stanford 7: Stanford is showing a lot of consistency, up and down.

Navy 27, Air Force 7: What better name for a ground gainer than Curt Gainer of the Middies. Perm St 28, Maryland 20: Curtis Warner of Penn St is one of the game's top all-purpose runners. Pitt 31, Boston College 13. Pitt is still collecting dividends from its Tony Dorsett years. Louisiana St.

28, Florida 18: The Bengals should have enough from last week's emotional effort to survive this one. North Carolina St. 36, Auburn 21: State has an offensive lineman named Chuck Stone, and that's what he is as tough as. Ohio State 33, Northwestern 13: The Buckeyes are shaking off the traumatic By WILL GRIMSLEY AP Special Correspondent Operative top agent of our fearless prophet, was grumpy about being pulled off the baseball playoffs to make his weekly football picks. "You blew a couple of beauties last week," someone callously reminded him.

"Earnie Shavers to knock out Larry Holmes and Louisiana State to upset Southern Cal." "Not necessarily," the inflexible operative replied. "Both had it in their hands. Earnie had his man out and failed to finish him. Charlie Mac down in the bayous did the same USC sneaked in in the final seconds. "Mysterious.

Outside forces, that's what. But Michigan State against Notre Dame. I can understand that. The Spartans were just looking ahead to Michigan." X-9 refused to make apologies about his score 40-12 for .799. Season record is 155-44, .799.

A new day: Southern Cal 37, Washington St. 10: "Remember what happened to the Yankees and the Dodgers," warns USC Coach Robinson. Alabama 43, Wichita St. 0: The quarterback clubs are giving 56 points. The Bear's not sadistic.

Notre Dame 24, Georgia Tech 14 The Yellow Jackets always play over their bead against the Irish. Michigan St 25, Michigan 20: experiences of post '78. The others EAST Brown 22, Princeton 17; Penn 19, Columbia 14; Cornell 30, Bucknell 15; Holy Cross 29, Dartmouth 13; Harvard 20, Boston U. 12; Temple 25, Rutgers Villanova 21, Youngstown St. West Va.

18, Kentucky 14; Yale SOUTH Clemson 28, Virginia 21; Miami Fla. 39, Florida Florida St. 27, Louisville 13; Miami O. 23, Marshall 16; Georgia 18, Mississippi 14; North Carolina 30, Cincinnati 13; South Carolina 26, Oklahoma St. 18; Tennessee 32, Mississippi St 14; Tulane 20, Vanderbilt Virginia Tech 22, Wake Forest 17.

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