By retiring 27 straight batters, Witt recorded only the 13th perfect game in major-league history and the first in a nine-inning game since Cleveland's Len Barker stopped the Toronto Blue Jays on May 15, 1981. Mater Dei has already won the Tournament of Champions, taking a 13-0 record into the new year. On paper, they look like a bunch of rejects, yet they've been beating teams that are stronger, man to man" True story: The Philadelphia 76ers staged a Charles Barkley Christmas party Dec 21, when they met the Bucks. Milwaukee has been able to thrive without what was considered the heart of their lineup due to excellent all-around play by the 23-year-old Cummings, the leadership and defensive prowess of guard Sidney Moncrief and the surprising play of forward Paul Pressey. Mater Dei High School, off to its best start under Coach Gary McKnight in the past three years, remains the top-ranked team in the Orange County Sportswriters' Assn prep basketball poll The Monarchs (13-0) play host to St Bernard at UC Irvine's Crawford Hall on Wednesday night The writers' poll: Pos.
Mike Witt, the Angels' 6-7 tower of untapped potential, finally had his moment-a 1-0, perfect-game victory against the Texas Rangers on the season's final afternoon, with the American League West championship already in the hands of the Kansas City Royals A meaningful accomplishment in a meaningless game. They finally jelled in time to win the Southern California Baseball Assn. "I guarantee you I'll take a one-point victory, and I won't give a damn about the polls" Until Wednesday. . Byars, 6-2 and 236, the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy, is regarded as the best running back in the country.
Countless times, Oregon State kept the ball alive for second shots. Will Mauch II enjoy a successful run? Only if Gene Autry and new General Manager Mike Port exhibit some patience, because the current Angels-sans Fred Lynn, sans Don Aase-are in need of an extensive overhaul But patience has never been a virtue with the Angels. for the Advancement of Colored People charged the Pacific 10 Conference with racial discrimination because of the lack of black officials in today's Rose Bowl Game. The Islanders, third in the Patrick Division, dropped to 20-15-1. A nonreader essentially, Montana has the ability to quickly find and promptly throw to the primary receiver as designated by Coach Bill Walsh. "We're not a pretty football team" Ditka admitted after his plug-uglies disarmed Joe Theismann and the Washington Redskins Sunday to go into the NFC championship game at Candlestick Park next Sunday.
After Purdue's Mike Rendina missed a 41-yard field goal, Stadlin tied the score, 24-24, with a 19-yarder with 12:59 left. He got to wondering about it this week when a player he recruited 12 years ago surfaced with charges that the coach had tried to buy him off. Larry Driver, Doug Sulliman, Dave Pichette and Aaron Broten scored for New Jersey. Expect Miami quarterback Bernie Kosar to throw for enough yardage to furnish a small golf course. "Perhaps in the next two or three years, perhaps we'll be able to say that all 23 teams are making money in a league where the players will receive 53% of the gross (as a result of the collective bargaining agreement" This was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Milwaukee Bucks. He got to wondering about it this week when a player he recruited 12 years ago surfaced with charges that the coach had tried to buy him off.
His resume: two years coaching at a junior college and two more at a private institution secluded away privately in the city of Orange But Hazzard had results. The Golden Hawks made 21 of 31 shots in the first half to open a 44-33 lead and held on for a 68-56 win over Hacienda Heights Wilson at Wildcat Gymnasium. They never entirely lost their reputation for meanness and toughness, but the game began to pass them by, and they lost their roots somewhat To give you an idea, they let Mike Ditka go to free agency. San Diego State guards Penny Toler and Renee Overton each committed 10 turnovers Toler had nine in the first half The Aztecs (10-2) turned it over 33 times as a team. Officials of the British Amateur Athletics Board are hopeful they can persuade Budd to continue running for Britain-her adopted country.
Additionally, it acts too slowly to deal with the real and significant problems of athletics" In a letter distributed to other university presidents in September, Foote had suggested the creation of an organization to govern intercollegiate athletics. Walden said that WSU's 44-0 loss to Ohio State was a bit misleading in the sense that his team moved the ball but had costly turnovers. It was Chicago's Halloween plays that eliminated the Redskins, who couldn't handle them. Under the basket, the Beavers were in control, outrebounding San Diego State, 49-46. The defense, although led by four seniors in the backfield, is thought to be vulnerable to the long pass, or even the short pass Certainly, it has been beaten on the big play Some attention, deservedly, falls on the coaches. The Big Ten won 12 of the first 13 games played; the Pac-10 has won 13 of the past 15.
-Don't be surprised to see Santa Clara pull off a rare Southern Section double, winning the boys' 2-A and the girls' 1-A titles in basketball. This was a team that used to be "The Monsters Of The Midway" They were representing a town where the municipal symbols were the tommy gun and the bulletproof limo. They say it has existed here since the Cougars began to gain national prominence in athletics 20 years ago. But a weak schedule could scuttle BYU's chances, or at least that's how Switzer sees it In any event, the vote will not be unanimous. "Earnest has been telling us things to do and we just haven't been doing them. "We sometimes consider an Ohio State home game as an away game" Bruce said. The teams were tied, 25-25, early in the second quarter when El Dorado went on a quick, six-point spurt to take a 31-25 lead and then it was showtime.
Even Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne agrees "extraordinary things" would have to happen tonight for the Sugar Bowl to decide a national championship. The lead could have been much greater, however, if it weren't for the sloppy play of Toler, who committed four straight turnovers in one stretch. "I didn't have the confidence we could move the ball with John" Redskin Coach Joe Gibbs said. "There is nothing good any of us can say about cockroaches, and to compare a team that is representing the conference in the Cotton Bowl to cockroaches is something that you can't help but think is pinpointed in a negative way to the University of Houston" But the Cougars weren't nearly as offended by that as they were by a remark from an anonymous Cotton Bowl official. In the top right-hand drawer of the desk in his stable office at Santa Anita, Mel Stute keeps a stenographer's notebook.
Stute and his older brother, Warren, who's also a trainer, were born in Fort Wayne, Ind, sons of a dairy farmer. The Hawks' run-and-gum offense was responsible for a stretch of 13 points that delighted the partisan crowd. Oklahoma's only loss, to Kansas, came when Bradley was out with an injury. "There's still a lot up in the air about what Doug's going to be doing, and where he's going to be". A nonreader essentially, Montana has the ability to quickly find and promptly throw to the primary receiver as designated by Coach Bill Walsh. There, however, this all-star conglomerate which McKnight described as "a once-in-a-lifetime" team, stumbled-losing to Long Beach Poly in overtime, 45-44. From New York Giants running back Rob Carpenter after the 21-10 loss to the San Francisco 49ers: "Bill Walsh is the best coach in football Their offense is so finely tuned it's a Jaguar He makes sure they have no tendencies whatsoever He's the reason they're 16-1.
Murphy's Miracle: The school has no home football stadium, not much of a fan following, a scant recruiting budget and virtually no name recognition outside of California. BOSTON — Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Doug Flutie of Boston College will be taking the plunge with his high school sweetheart, but the time of the play hasn't been called, says Flutie's fiancee, Laurie Fortier. But the board's secretary, Nigel Cooper, said they would have to look closely at the position of Budd's South African adviser, Jannie Momberg. . I don't care how good your defense is, he'll wear you out, keep the pressure on you.