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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1977
Page
3
Los Angeles slugged four homers led by Ron Cey and Davey Lopes, overpowering Catfish Hunter in a 6 1 victory over New York. Burt Hooton pitched nine strong innings for the Dodgers as the series shifts to Los Angeles for Game 4 with Tommy John set to oppose Mike Torrez.
Dodgers pitcher Mike Garman called the Yankee Stadium crowd animals after a 6 1 victory over the New York Yankees. Security chased several intruders onto the field as fans tossed objects and a smoke bomb drifted over right center. Reggie Smith was struck by a rubber ball as the chaos erupted with nine arrests for criminal trespass.
LA right-hander Burton Hooton dazzles with a knuckle curve that confounds New York as the Dodgers even the Series at one game each. He says the pitch was his out pitch, used in early innings to jam hitters and mixed with fastballs later. Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda and teammates praise the unusual offering, while Yankees players admit they struggled to pick it.
In New York the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Yankees 6-1 to even the World Series at one game apiece. Catfish Hunter struggled, yielding three homers and five runs in 2 1/3 innings before being lifted. Dodgers knocked him around as Steve Yeager and Reggie Smith homered, while Ron Cey opened the scoring with a first inning shot. Hunter reflected on his uncertain future and hinted at farming after baseball, noting his 1977 woes and potential 1979 free agent ending.
AP Sports Writer Herschel Nissen on Arkansas Texas game and season picks. Wiry prose notes coaches retired, ABC national telecast, and score predictions for Arkansas, Texas, Wisconsin, Michigan, Kentucky, LSU, Alabama, Ohio State, Iowa, USC, Notre Dame, Army, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Nebraska with upset calls and season record context.
Hope Iowa State travels to Nebraska and Oklahoma while Nebraska faces ISU Colorado and Oklahoma. Nebraska 27 Nebraska 10. Colorado at Kansas ends 24 17. Penn State at Syracuse Penn State 35 Syracuse 14. Texas A M at Baylor Texas A M 27 Baylor 10. A long list of other game results follows with multiple college teams and final scores.
On September 28 the Gas Light Bowl hosted a bowling night where The 40's led with 13 wins and 3 losses while Wolves Drive-In posted 10 percent wins and 54 losses. Meyer's Bakery stood at 10 and 6, Team 2 at 9 and 7, Corn Belt 8 percent and 7 percent, Prescott Insurance and Realty 6 and 92, KXAR 6 and 10, KCA 6 and 10, Tom's 5 percent and 10, Massey's 5 and 11. Mary Johnson led women with 184, George Mathis led men with 222. The 40's' standings for October 5 show 15 percent wins and 4 percent losses, Meyer's 13 and 7, Wolves Drive-In 12 and 8, Team 2 10 and 10, KCA 9 and 11, KXAR 9 and 11, Massey's 9 and 11, Corn Belt 8 percent and 114 losses, Prescott Insurance and Realty 74 percent and 12 losses, Tom's 64 wins and 13 percent losses. Belinda Miller top women with 210 and 576, Billy Johnson top men with 231 and 595.
The Los Angeles team won 6-9 in a low scoring contest with Hooton and Yeager contributing. The New York team lost 15-0 after failures by Hunter and Lyle, with Yeager and Cey hitting home runs in the game. In the 1958 NFB title game the Giants defeated the Browns 100-0 with Charlie Conerly scoring the only touchdown on a handoff play to Giffora.
University of Houston freshman quarterback Darrell Shepard refuses to name schools but says he was offered cars and money under the table by some programs. He asserts UH never gave him anything and calls the NCAA probation a railroad job amid recruiting allegations. He visited SMU Baylor Nebraska Oklahoma and Texas and briefly considered Texas before choosing UH.
Buffalo AP writer Dan Sewell reports O J Simpson aims to prove acting talent beyond football. He discusses his roles from minor parts to A Killing Affair with Elizabeth Montgomery, notes favorable reviews, learning from stars like Paul Newman and Richard Burton, and weighs politics and family life while denying Communist ties. He and wife Marguerite reportedly have a third child, a girl, after marital strains earlier.
The schedule of Solunar Periods from Richard Alden Knight's SOLUNAR TABLES helps plan days for fishing in good territory or hunting in good cover. Use these times to seek the best sport each day offers.
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