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was sass osmdvfi ms HATS OFF TO PITTSBURGH Retiring Pittsburgh Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh tips his hat to the crowd at Three Rivers Stadium that gave him standing ovation between games of double header between the Pirates and St Louis Sunday after noon Murtaugh 58 an nounced his retirement Friday afternoon ending reign that included four separate stints as field general for the National League club AP Photo Pro baseball hitting crowns are decided in final games By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The hit separating George Brett and Hal McRae in the fi nal American League batting race didnt make much of hit with either Kansas City player After 1170 combined trips to the plate for Brett and McRae the batting title teetered on their final at bats in the Royals game with Minnesota Twins on Sunday Going into the ninth inning McRae was hitting 3326 Brett 3322 Brett batting third lofted seemingly catchable fly to left field but the ball fell in front of Steve Brye and skipped past him as Brett raced home with Big day at bat By THE ASST IAIED PRESS The National League batting title became race between Bill Madlock of Chicago Cubs and Ken Griffey of Cincinnati Reds but Griffey was racing from the seat of his pants He was batting 338 going into Sundays final game and Mad lock was at 333 Should Griffey play or sit it out Manager Sparky Anderson assembled the Reds brain trust Pete Rose Joe Morgan Johnny Bench and Tony Perezto plot strategy in closeddoor meeting They decided that Griffey should sit tight Pride is lot of nothing Morgan told Griffey before the game You shouldnt have played yesterday and you shouldntplaytoday And he didntauntil word reached Cincinnati that Mad lock was having big day against Montreal Anderson imA mediately sent Griffey into the game but he struck out in both his appearances Madlock meanwhile turned in clutch 4for4 performance in the Cubs 82 win over the Ex pos and wrapped up his second straight batting crown 339 to Griffeys 336 wanted to play and didnt want to play said Griffey af ter the Reds walloped Atlanta Braves 111 Whatever Anderson says do cant tell him who to play and not to play In Sundays other National League games San Diego Padres edged Los Angeles Dodgers 32 Philadelphia Phillies beat New York Mets 21 and Pittsburgh Pirates beat St Louis Cardinals twice by Hi scores FINAL STANDINGS By THE vllv PRESS ational League Final East ltIiRl Philadelphia 101 01 621 Pittsburgh 92 7t Stilt New York 86 78 331 Chicago it 111 2r St Louis 72 90 144 21 Montreal 37107 No it est Cincinnati 102 titi tiio Los Angeles 12 70 Still to Houston no in wt 22 San Francisco Tl Hit 437 21 San Diego 715 its 431 29 Atlanta 70 92 112 52 Sundays Results Pittsburgh 111 St Louis Philadelphia New York intinnati 11 Atlanta Thicago it Montreal San Diego 31 Los Angelis Saturdays Results Pittsburgh It St Louis ti Atlanta It intinnati Chicago Montreal Houston lti Sari Pranrisio Philadelphia New York San Diego Los Angelis Drop in and see us today 180 Innlsfll St This MonthsVSphecial American League Final ljast lctglil New York 97 612 610 Baltimore itii 3117 10 tleveland Hi TH 300 to Boston in 512 17 Detroit 74 87 to 24 Milwaukee no 93 410 11 est Kansas Ity 9172 771 Oakland 87 74 740 Minnesota H5 77 323 alifornia 76 Ht 4011 Texas 70 Ht 461 14 thitago IN 97 111411235 Sundays Healtlls leveland at New York ppd rain Boston Baltimore Minnesota Kansas lily It Detroit Milwaukee Texas Chicago ti California Oakland Saturdays Results Boston Baltimore Minnesota Kansas ity New York 64 levelantl 35 Detroit Milwaukee it alifornia 11 Chicago Oakland Texas OUTSIDERS Add the look of beauty and performance to your car looks great on any type of car 0r van gt MA installation extra 1262282 an insidethepark home run and 3333 batting average McRae contended that Brye deliberately let the ball drop and Brett agreed McRae following Brett in the Royals batting order needed hit to win the batting title 118 grounded out and finished with 3321 average REST LESS EXCITING The rest of the league ended the 1976 regular season with less fireworks Hank Aaron qui etly ended one of the finest ca reers in baseball history with sixthinning single in his final trip to major league plate but his Milwaukee Brewers lost to Detroit Tigers lti Sundays other games Boston Red Sox nipped Baltie more Orioles 32 in 15 innings Texas Rangers blanked hicago White Sox 30 and California Angels edged Oakland As Saturdays games Boston blanked Baltimore Hi Min nesota shaded Kansas in 32 New York swept Cleveland 65 and 43 Detroit downed Mil waukee 17 Oakland nipped California 98 and Texas topped hicagofiwl The New York Yankees who opened the playoffs at Kansas City on Saturday lid not play Sunday their scheduled double header with the lndiaris at Cleveland cancelled by rain After he grounded out McRac gestured at the Twins dugout shouting that Min nesota manager Gene Mauch had ordered Bryes inisplay Both McRae and Mauch then had to be restrained McRae who is black in dicated that he thought racial motivations were behind the play but he refused to elatio rate Brett and Bryc are both white After the game won by Miri nesota 53 Mauch was visibly upset by McRaes accusations told Steve Bryc before the game to play Brett behind the shortstop said Mauch He was just too far back RENT CAR $7 PER DAY s1795 Friday to Monday Plus Mileage Featuring Chevrolet TILTDEN RENT CAR 341 BAitiiiti St tilt the llayliiilit Siinnrzo lat Wash 7370800 The Barrie Examiner Monday Oct 197611 TigerCats score lastminute touchdown for 2619 triumph against the Alouettes By GLENN COLE The Canadian Press Hamilton TigerCats who many had written off early in the Canadian Football League season are in second place in the Eastern Conference today just three points behind Ottawa Rough Riders The TigerCats butt of many jokes in preseason and early season play as they went win less in their first six games have been scoring recently and now are serious playoff threat Hamilton brought its winning streak to three Sunday before 58730 at the Olympic Stadium with 2619 triumph over Mon treal on lastminute touch down by linebacker Joe Harris In an Eastern Conference game Saturday Zenon Andrusyshyn kicked field goal in the dying seconds as Toronto Argonauts tied Ottawa 2020 in Toronto The Rough Riders have 15 points Hamilton 12 and the Argos and A15 are tied for third with 11 Montreal has played 11 games one behind the other three The Alouettes blew chance to move closer to Ottawa as their offence under Joe Barnes Sweet kicks four field goals to maintain his scoring lead By THE CANADIAN PRESS Don Sweet of Montreal Alouettes kicked four field goals and convert in losing cause Sunday to maintain his lead in the Eastern Football Conference scoring race Sweets 13 points in the Alouettes 2619 loss to Hamilton TigerCats give him 102 for the season Gerry Organ of Ottawa Rough Riders who kicked two field goals and two converts Saturday in the Riders 2020 tie with Toronto Argonauts is in second place with 85 points Zenon Andrusyshyn of the Ar gonauts follows with 80 points Tony Gabriel of Ottawa has 60 points on 10 touchdowns for share of fourth place with kicker Ken Clark of the Tiger Cats The versatile Clark caught one touchdown pass kicked two singles field goal and con verted all three Hamilton touchdowns on Sunday for 14 point day and 60 points on the year Theleaders TDlGS Sweet Mtl 015 28 3102 Organ Ott 34 34 85 Andrusyshyn Toro 21 18 80 Gabriel 0t 10 60 Clark Ham 215 518 60 Green Ott 43 Edwards Ham 42 Dalla Riva Mtl 36 Harveyy Tor 30 Rodgers Mtl 180 26 atwopoint convert Placekicker Bernie Ruoff of Winnipeg Blue Bombers is pressing Bob Macoritti of Sas katchewan Roughriders for the leadership of the Western Foot ball Conference individual scor ing race Ruoff booted 10 points on two field goals three converts and single as the Bombers beat 1his the AMC Gre uemobiles are at your AMC Dealer seethe new AMC Pacer wagon see the restyledsporty And ask your AMC Dealer about Buyer Protection Plan II new for11 the Roughriders 2810 in Win nipeg on Saturday night Macoritti had one field goal and convert giving him total of 97 points just two ahead of Ruoff Meanwhile Lui Passaglia of British Columbia Lions kicked nine points as the Lions tied Ed monton Eskimos 2727 in Van couver While Passaglia re mained in third place Edmon tons Dave Cutler kicked 15 points to move from fifth to fourth place Theleaders TI IGS CFL STANDINGS CANADIAN PRESS FL Eastern Conference By It 01111th 301124915 Hamilton ti 202 21012 Montreal 121217811 Toronto 21H 271 11 Western onference $115k II 3131 16H 16 Editinllltin 1217 27315 Winnipeg 127121212 Macoritti 351711 97 Ruoff 26 20 95 Passaglia BC 12019 89 Cutler 221612 82 McFall 01219 74 Washington 54 Molnar 36 Dawson 36 Harris BC 36 Strickland BC 36 1217 2131 Calgary 010 1160 303 Result Sunday Hamilton 26 Montreal 19 Results Saturday Ottawa 20 Toronto 20 Winnipeg 28 Saskatchewan to Edmonton 27 BT 27 tame Saturday Winnipeg at Calgary Home 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