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Under the voting system conducted
by the Baseball Writers Association
of America, a first-place vote is worth
five points, second place three and
third place one
Vuckovich, a 6-4, 220-pounder who
was obtained in a multi-player trade
with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1980.
rattled off eight straight victories
the date of the college
draft from late April to
Feb. 1 (right about the
same time the United
States Football League
holds its draft) and a
major upgrading of post-
season pay are also
being discussed.
< Graut Teaff, Baylor football ceach, after his
" Bean had nine turnovers in a 28-23 loss to
Toom ABM: "I feel like the federal govern-
city, Vuckovich had 14 out of a possi-
i ble 28 first-place votes. Vuckovich al-
I so received four votes for second and
I five for third. Palmer had four firsts.
12 seconds and three thirds.
NEW YORK (AP) - Right-hander
Pete Vuckovich, a model of consisten-
cy on Milwaukee's American League
championship team, today was
named winner of the AL’s 1982 Cy
Young Award.
The mustachioed pitcher, who had
two eight-game winning streaks as he
carved out a nifty 18-6 record, be-
came the second successive Milwau-
kee hurler to win the award. Reliever
Rollie Fingers was last year's AL
winner.
The 30-year-old Vuckovich beat out
Baltimore's Jim Palmer for the prize,
recording 87 points to 59 for the Ori-
oles' right-hander Kansas City relief
the Brewers' run for the East Division
title.
Vuckovich pitched 223% innings,
compiling a 3.34 earned run average
and hurling nine complete games. In
the past two seasons, Vuckovich has
piled up a 32-10 record for the best
percentage in major league baseball.
A native of Johnstown, Pa , who cur-
rently lives in Conemaugh, Pa., with
his wife, Anna, and their two sons,
Vuckovich completed his sixth major
league season in 1982 Before coming
to Milwaukee, be played for the Chi-
cago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays
and the Cardinals, where he won 39
games in three seasons For the Brew-
ers last year, he was 14-4.
Palmer, a three-time winner of the
Cy Young Award, had a 15-5 record
for the Orioles in 1982 and a 3.13
ERA. Quisenberry, accorded four
first-place votes, had a league-lead-
ing 35 saves for Kansas City while
Stieb, who received five votes for
first, posted a 17-14 record with To-
ronto.
Cleveland's Rick Sutcliffe, the AL
ERA leader at 2.96. got the remaining
vote for first and finished fifth in the
voting with 14 points
Others receiving votes were Cali-
fornia's Geoff Zahn with 7 points, Bos-
ton's Bob Stanley (4), Bill Caudill of
Seattle (4) and Dan Petry of Detroit
(1).
it That was the biggest giveaway program
ever laid eyes on."
Somewhere out there, a bright, ar-
ticulate man with a love of baseball
and a dollar sign for a brain is sitting
in an office wondering how be can im-
prove himself.
He may not know it, but he is a can-
didate to be new commissioner of
baseball. But would be be improving
himself? As ex-commissioner Bowie
a ball of fire. After dismissing the old
commissioner, the owners empowered
the 10-man executive council to set up
procedures for finding a new commis-
sioner.
That all sounds very nice until you
realize that all 10 men on the execu-
tive council are probably as close to
Kuhn as any of his relatives. This is
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to ask to get the proba- filed against a Harrah
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And to do that, Harrah ing the official and
must beat Millwood at breaking his jaw.
home Friday night to Heritage Hall won the
clinch a playoff spot. contest, 19-14
The Panthers were Harrah must ask the
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winners' paychecks Now that idea, too. has salaries. But it relented
would go from $18,000 to been set aside by the un- a bit. saying the owners
$36,000; the Super Bowl ion.                       could administer it. To
losers' from $9,000 to What it wants instead the owners, however. a
$18,000; division playoff is a guarantee that if the central fund was still ob-
winners' from $5,000 to league receives more TV jectionable.
$10,000 and wild-card money than the $2.1 bil- Now it is missing from
winners' from $3,000 to lion due from the three the union's latest pro-
$6,000                   major networks (from posal.
The union, when it the lucrative cable TV- And the union also
opened negotiations market, for example), says it is willing to ac-
with the league last Feb.  the union will be able to  cept management's call
16, demanded 55 percent  reopen negotiations to  for a five-year  agree-
of all NFL gross reve-  bargain for a share of  ment instead of a three-
nues. That, Upshaw said,  the additional monev.    year contract, in a
was "etched in stone” The central fund — trade-off on another un
The owners flatly reject- the lumping together of specified issue and if
ed the concept.           all player related mon- management includes a
On Sept. 17. four days ies to be iadependently reopener clause" to re-
before the strike began,  administered — was an-  fleet   unusual  cost-of-
the union modified its  other basic part of the  living increases, ac-
demand to 50 percent of  union's initial demands  cording to a  union
the NFL's television  And it, too, was anathe-  source.
revenues. The owners ma to the owners.          One major point still
were equally opposed to On Sept. 17, the union to be negotiated is the
that.                      said it still wanted the See NFL-Page 24
NORMAN - Barry Switzer's weekly press confer- But the best came from the newsman who asked Switzer is getting like ousted Arizona State coach Johnson told mediamen "Most of you are, or will
ence usually is good for a couple of surprises The Johnson, "Did Barry miss practice and is being dis- Frank Kush in dealing with his players.                be, parents. It s a tough decision to handle. You ve
™ hera b,   cplined"by,not being allowed to come to the press •He hasnrnit any of em Merv said, drawing got 10 think about theendiwhoyartereeceed:YdudonM
Oklahoma's assistant head coach, Merv Johnson. That got a laugh, too. But that last subject was - another laugh. "Tm had heswanted 18 an",times,   ant to d° anything to diminish your chances to win
"You enjoy coach Switzer's candid remarks. It's and is - a serious one. Quarterback Kelly Phelps Anybody.wh:seyerhadtudenlith                 but you can ‘ just turn your back on corner cutting,
very difficult for the rest of us (coaches) to be quite . .   .           AA"                 olds has had to want to a few times                   or a thing like this, or it will just get worse.
that candid. When you talk about his football team, VOineV MGeCe                Johnson said, "Heavens, no." this was not a mali-
you have to kind of be careful what you say. So ----  cious thing on the players' part. "I can think of  Disciplining a player is one of the most difficult
you're not gonna get quite the copy today you nor-  and fullbacks Stanley Wilson and Weldon Ledbetter  about a million things that are worse than that, he  decisions a coach has to make, said Johnson, who
mally get.                    • 2                     missed Sunday's running and film viewing and will  said. "But you can't just let this go on, especially  added. "Nobody likes to kick a player off the squad
"But that's too bad. That's your problem."           be held out of part or all of Saturday's game with  from senior, established players I think not being  The young man, his family, their hopes and their
Thus, Johnson got the first big laugh of the lunch- Kansas State here as punishment.                     able to start a game, when you ve been starting all dreams are all tied up in it. Many times it’s a player
eon. However, there’d been smaller ones as diners it would seem two of the three had good excuses, year — particularly a televised game — is some who's vitally important to the success of the squad,
followed a writer’s suggestion, "Let's start a rumor Wilson took his wife, who is exporting a baby soon, measure of punishment."                             But you reach a point where you have to consider the
about why Switzer isn’t here." A few offerings:          to the hospital because of minor complications. Led- If things go well for the Sooners against K-State other 90 guys more than that one individual."
“He’s in Lawrence interviewing for the Kansas better went to his mid-afternoon Bible study meet- with sophomore Danny Bradley at quarterback and
job." "Hethad to take those cowboy boots Marcus Ing. Their real crime, of course, was not getting per- Freddie Sims at fullback, the punishment might last The three hookey players have practiced very well
Dupree bought with the Texas coach's money to the mission Phelps just made "a wrong decision" by de- the entire game But Sims has a sore shoulder if he since having their sentences pronounced. "I think
cobbler for repair.” “He and Gov. Nigh are confer- ciding to skip his first Sunday session in five years can’t start, Johnson said, “I wouldn't be surprised if they're embarrassed," Johnson said. "You know, the
ring about starting their own newspaper." Et cetera. Since it seems the punishment might be a trifle Stanley Wilson might. We'll cross that bridge when best thing you can do when you screw up is just ad-
Et cetera.                                            stiff for the crime, Johnson was asked, jokingly, if we come to it."                                       mit it and work like the Dickens."
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win re-election on Monday, the own- missioner in his room Monday night
ers might finally agree on a succes- and told the man it wanted him to re-
sor, but the person could very well main in office until his term expired,
say no, thanks.                          Instead of trying to resurrect Kuhn,
No, thanks, because no matter bow these men should have accepted the
much the job pays and how much in- decision — right or wrong - and
urged to Kuhn to resign quickly.
Commentary bali nlegsSamesanasoe’ant.kann
stant fame it brings, it may not be owner. "I think he sincerely feels it
worth it. What man in his right mind can t get along without him. But it
would want to take a position where can, and I wish beand the executive
the man he is replacing refuses to council would see that.
leave? Kuhn is now a lame-duck com- The four owners on the executive
missioner, but he has vowed to stay at council from the American League
his post until next August Not even are Edward Bennett Williams of the
defeated presidents remain more Orioles. Bud Selig of Milwaukee, Hay-
l than a few months,                     wood Sullivan of Boston and and Ew-
No, thanks, because the people the ing Kauffman of Kansas City If
new commissioner would have to there s an anti-Kuhn man in this
work for despise any kind of leader- group, ‘ben somebody is doing a great
: ship and can never agree on anything, job as an imposter
no matter bow large or small.             The four from the National League
“What we have is a small group of are Bob Lurie of San Francisco, Ba                                                                     ap L.orphot.
owners who favor extreme laissez-   ard imith o.sanDeg° -ana     The 1982 American League Cy Young Award winner, Pete Vuckovich, delivers  early in the season and then eight
faire," said John McHale of Montreal,   breath of Pittsburgh and Bow     pitch during the third game of Worid Series.                                 more from July 24 to Sept. 20 to help
There are some clubs that just don't  Howsam1 Cincinnati. Again..these    "..Sm
want any reatrictuions or discipline. are all Kuhn supporters Cincinnati s _      w                 -           wwwww        ■
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yoqat is what baseball is up against can League president Lee MacPhail The National Football
iThisiswhattbasndmguLsypramnd nd National League president Chub League players union is
" wts out to find Kuhn s rtf iac<N                   ACE_page 26 sending out signals to a ted and could become of the Super Bowl could
ment. It certainly didn t start out like See REPLACE—Page 24          both sides in the 44-day- an integral part of the be changed (he said no).
ig---         *                                                   old strike.          • agreement: severance And he met during the
■ v        '■   " f,                I .A To the Management pay for all vested play-. afternoon with mediator
\\aacii aner eooa excuse Council, representing ers and collectively bar- Sam Kagel. The sub-
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some big concessions. performance bonuses. was not known.
i”: a                      1     _ •        1 24 I Now it's your turn.         The league, which the Kagel also met with
FA n H VO nmahm1Ion iLTKeO, To the striking play- past few weeks had been the owners' executive
UO IUUU6 VIUV------ ------    ers: We’ve made some  calling off its weekend committee and, later,
-                                                   big promises to you. We  games on Tuesdays, held  with union chief Ed Gar-
: By Dave Peg*       placed on probation au-  Oklahoma Secondary  can't keep them all.       off this time because  vey and union president
Staff Writer        tomatically when a  School Activities Associ-    The union. In its latest  commissioner Pete  Gene Upshaw
.Harrah coach Gerald  game official at a Heri-  ation to lift the proba-  package of proposals,   Rozelle "Is determined    The New York Daily
Cbeek says he is not wor-  tage Hall football game  tion if it captures a play-  excludes previous de-   not to influence the talks  News reported in today's
ried about whether his  alleged he bad been  off spot. Cheek said the  mands fOr a percentage  by cancelling the games  editions that a change in
in • -                                   Panthers undoubtedly of television revenues too early," said Don
will do that, but said he  and a central fund.        Weiss, the league's exec-
isn't worried about that These had been major utive director.
— or the incident at Her- parts of the union's Rozelle had a busy
itage Hall - just now. promise to its 1,500 play- Tuesday He met with
•Tve absolutely wiped ers to dramatically re- groups of players who
that out of my mind," structure control of the asked that he take an ac-
the first-year coach game                    tive role in the negotia-
said. “I honest to God Other changes, tions (he said no) and
don't know a thing. though, are being negoti- asked whether the date
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sportingeeyentsuntilthe                    By Ross Newhan                   an environment suggesting "World Series or Bust" rookie second baseman Tom Lawless and ordering
matters Setedamchoo ANAHEIM, Calif - When John McNamara be- I thought about it," McNamara said, "but Tm not him into the lineup, forcing Ron Oesterrto third, Paul
further hAVet excent   came Sparky Anderson's successor as manager of  unfamiliar when it comes to dealing with it I mean.  Householder to right and Bench to the bench. The
urthf repoi after   the Cincinnati Reds after Sparky was fired following  coming in here (Cincinnati) wasn't exactly a day in  Red-'’ were 34 58 when McNamara was fired and 27-
those regu r d          second-place finishes in 1977 and '78, a newspaper  the park. Sparky had been very successful and very  53 under successor Russ Nixon.
every uame, , sg   headline said he was "A Nice Guy Who Has to Finish  popular                                            There were too many changes, too many new •
TheHarrahcoachsaid First                  •-                          P°McNamara‛s 245-186 record in his 31 years with faces for the Reds to have expected anything but the
hethogghtsth in a 19 i    The old headline would be apropos again today the Reds was the best in the majors. He won a divi- kind of season they had," McNamara said Tuesday,
hadta hv ng.ini  hk   since McNamara has stepped into another win-or-  sion title in his first year, finished third with an 89-  "If ultimately there was any vindication for me. it
pasting byStroud  his  else situation                                        73 record in his second and was a frustrated 46-42 in  was in the fact that the club didn t play any better
ant after the visit to     Considered for virtually every major league man- 1981 when the split season deprived the Reds of a afterI Was fired
‘ JL,,             agerial vacancy this winter. McNamara accepted  playoff berth despite baseballs best record.            The Orioles Brewers and A s all had varying de-
Heritagedau citg hk   his only offer Tuesday and became Gene Mauch s   Then, in a winter of discontent for the outvoted  grees of job talks with McNamara, the A s as recent-
But-nfeK S 4 D.   successor with the Angels, the alub’s 10th manager manager, McNamara watched a penurious and con- ly as Saturday, by which time McNamara knew he
Payesae DHn in 22 years and the ninth in the last 15               servative organization deflate both its budget and was going to get the one he wanted.
centatihgon.Pt- McNamara, 50. agreed to a one year contract title hope? The Reds lost an entire outfield (George "Like everyone else.’ he said, "I was startled
100 Da ano100 \n 15 after a series of weekend phone conversations with Foster, Ken Griffey and Dave Collins), traded Ray when Gene decided be wasn t coming back. I had
the °      5.   executive vice president BuzzieBavasi.             Knight to Houston, moved Johnny Bench to a new talked to a lot of clubs, but from the time Buzzie first
w M/.I iil victory Mauch had rejected the same offer 10 days ago, position and opened the season with five new regu- called, this is where I wanted to manage. I’ve worked
over Met “In nnt t choosing to resign after leading the Angels to an lars and a sick and ineffective pitching ace named with and for Buzzie before, I know how Mr. (Gene) ,
wJrv .L ten,oy- American League West title                      Tom Seaver                                    Autry supports the operation and I was attracted by :
"oyaI luohkini Reached at his Cincinnati condominium Tuesday, Inevitably, McNamara paid a price simply be- the outstanding talent                            t
n4n oacn wo-hd   McNamara, who also previously managed San Diego cause the Reds had not. He was fired on July 21 after In the wake of Gene William Mauch's resignation,
32.290           5 and Oakland, was asked if he was at all apprehen- he voiced his discouragement to the media, accusing John Francis McNamara was attractive to the An- A
sive about the pressure that awaits him in Anaheim, club president Dick Wagner of arbitrarily recalling             See McNAMARA—Page 24           W