The Michigan Daily-Thursday, October 12, 1978-Page 11 DODG CeyIea4 By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES-Ron Cey drove in four runs with 0 single and a homer, and rookie Bob Welch came qoit of the bullpen in the ninth inning to save th- e ;victory as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the D-w York Yankees 4-3 last night in the second game cfthe 75th anniversary World Series. The come-from-behind victory gave the Dodgers a:2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series which switches tqNew York for Game 3 Friday night, when Don Si'tton will pitch for Los Angeles against New York ace Ron Guidry. CEY, WHO DROVE in the first Los Angeles run ,idth a fourth-inning single, turned the game around iohis next at-bat in the sixth. He drilled a 2-0 pitch from Catfish Hunter into the left-centerfield seats tth two men aboard. 't was the second time Cey had tagged Hunter for a:Series:!home run. He also connected last year in the second game of the Series. In that game, the Iodgers began their string of seven consecutive eries games in which they have hit at least one homer. That is two short of the Series record set by tIe Yankees in 1936-37. Welch replaced reliever Terry Forster in the ERS TAKE 2-0 LEAD INTO NY 70 '1" 1 Ks A'pas second. Welch got Thurman Munson on a soft-liner to right field for the second out and then ended the game by getting Reggie Jackson - who had driven in all three Yankee runs - to strike out on a 3-2 pitch. It Yanks JACKSON FOULED off four pitches before Welch fanned him on a swinging strike, sending the roaring Dodger Stadium crowd to its feet in ovation for the rookie right-handed pitcher. Cey's three-run homer in the sixth put the Dodgers in front 4-2, but the Yankees came back in their next turn at bat. Roy White's second hit of the game knocked out Los Angeles starter Burt Hooton, and Forster, who had saved the Series opener for Tommy John Tuesday night, marched in from the bullpen. Pinch-hitter Paul Blair tagged his first pitch for a double, but then Forster retired the next three batters - striking out Munson and Graig Nettles on three pitches each. SANDWICHED around the strikeouts was an infield grounder by Jackson that delivered the third Yankee run. Jackson also had driven home the first two New York runs with a third-inning double that staked Hunter to an early lead. Jackson's RBI increased his career Series total to 19, tying him for 13th place on the all-time Yankee list. ln th inning with one out and runners on first and Early-season Blues 5W F IT'S UCTUER and the Worm Series, then it must ne Reggie. nere JacKson connects for a two run double that gave the Yankees a 2-0 lead over Los Angeles in the third inning of the second game of the World Series last night. LA FAVORED IN PACIFIC: for Red V By JAMIE TURNER Special to the Daily DETROIT - Twice overcoming two goal deficits, the St. Louis Blues spoiled the 1978 season opener for Detroit, dealing the Red Wings a 5-4 defeat before 14,872 fans. UNGER TAPPED in the winning goal with ten minutes left in the game on a rebound off the pads of Detroit multi-million dollar goalie Rogie Vachon. The game marked the disappoin- ting debut of Vachon as Red Wing netminder. Though the Blues ;managed only 14 shots on goal during the game (as compared to Detroit's 42), five went around, :through or between Vachon's pads. Detroit coach Bobby Kromm was ;bitter in defeat. "I thought we Splayed like hell," said Kromm, "but Vachon was certainly not sharp. I thought we should have blown them out. "I THOUGHT there was a lot of bright spots, but we got outplayed in goal and at the blue line. I didn't think St. Louis belonged on the same -ice with us." The. turning point of thoe game ,came early in the third period. Curt Bennet bounced/a shot between Vachon's pads at 4:30, tying the game at four and erasing Detroit's 4- 3 lead. This culminated the St. Louis comeback, something the Blues had been forced to do since early in the game. ings, 5-4 The Wings dominated the first period, scoring twice on St. Louis goalie Phil Myre. Newcomer Dan Labraaten took a Dennis Hextall pass and buried it in the net only 74 seconds into the season. After a Blues penalty, Vaclav Nedomansky was sent inall alone by a picture feed from Reed Larson, giving the Wings a 2-0 early lead. IN WHAT WOULD be all too familiar, the Wings were caught twice up ice in the period, and both times St. Louis capitilized. Center man Mike Walton slipped one past the helpless Vachon at 7:18 and Bill Fairbairn did the same five minutes later. Both teams began the secondq period as if tired from the previous stanza. The Wings got the first break of the period when the Blues' Neal Comodowsky and Barry Gibbs were sent to the penalty box, giving Detroit a two man advantage at the nine minute mark. THE WINGS made the most of it, first with Reed Larson blazing one in from the point. Prodigal son Dale, McCourt slapped home an Errol Thompson rebound 90 seconds later for Detroit's final tally. Despite spending the majority of the time in their own zone, the plucky Blues wouldn't quit. Brian Sutter deflected a Walton shot past a confused Vachon for the Blues third goal-accomplished on only eight shots through two periods. Tall ad By GEOFF LARCOM In the steamy, cavernous NBA kitchens across the country, there is one ingredient necessary in all recipes for cooking up a championship team. The NBA's answer to paprika is the man , who plays the pivot, the "big man"-the center. A healty, talented center can make a season for a club, or through an injury, plunge it into a sea of second division sorrows. Ask any club in the Pacific Division. They know only too well after the last two -years, when Seattle's Marvin Webster and Portland's Bill Walton led their clubs through torrid stretch runs into the NBA finals. (Seattle last year and Portland in 76-77.) But Webster has gone the free agent route to the New York Knicks, while the injured Walton (broken foot) has still not come to terms with the Trailblazers after asking to be traded for "medical reasons" over the summer. All of which could spell paydirt for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the Los Angeles Lakers this year. With Jabbar playing at his peak, -Los Angeles is a championship team. When Abdul-Jab- bar is hurting, so are the Lakers, as was the case last year. "Kareem is the key to our team," states Laker coach Jerry West. "We rise and fall with his performances. When he comes to play, we're outstan- ding." Abdul-Jabbar couldn't come to play at the beginning of last season, as an opening game hand injury dictated a 20- game respite. The Lakers slipped to a 45-37 record to finish fourth in the Pacific Division after winning the title the previous year with the best record in the league. However with a healthy Abdul-Jab- bar anchoring a front line of 76-77 rookie of the year Adrian Dantley and smooth-shooting Jamaal Wilkes, the 1978 Lakers are again legitimate title threats. LA's legitimacy will depend on the amount of playing time Bill Walton puts in with the Trailblazers, which could vary from half a season to none to all. "Bill is still on our roster. We haven't been able to trade him, and his leg remains in a cast," said Blazer coach Jack Ramsay. "The earliest he could play would be in late January or early February." vantage, In addition to Walton, all-NBA for- ward Maurice Lucas is out for at least two weeks with an injured hand as is Bob Gross, Portland's other starting forward. Yet Portland's misfortunes will plummett them no lower than second place, courtesty of the division's most solid backcourt combo, high-scoring Lionel Hollins and defensive specialist Dave Twardzik along with swingman Larry Steele. Ramsay expects Tom Owens to fill in adequately for Walton, while number- one draft choice Mychal Thompson of Minnesota receives a crash course in Larcom S Lies: in king big blond second year forward, to cen- ter and starting former Boston Celtic workhorse Paul Silas at forward. Without the dominating force at cen- ter, the Sonics should not reach the playoffs this season. Their fans should turn out in record numbers though, simply because the team plays in the 40,000 seat Kingdome, largest capacity in the league. Both the Golden State Warriors and the San Diego Clippers are in for a long season. The free agent game dealt Golden State the summer's cruelest blow, as Rick Barry jumped to the Houston Rockets, throwing a giant wrench into the Warrior scoring machine. Center Bob Parish and guard Phil Smith will inherit Barry's scoring chores during a Warrior rebuilding Kareem year. Like the Warriors and Sonics, the Sari Diego Clippers (formerly the Buffalo Braves) lack a top-notch center to con- struct an offense around. Swen Nateri (center), Kermit Washington and Sid= ney Wicks are in the front court, while all-NBA guard Randy Smith will gun from the outside. This is the third in a series of four NBA pr'riews which will cbruinoae Friav with at in-depth look at the Pistons. Kickers click The Michigan soccer club defeated the Toledo Rockets by a score of 6-Ilast night in Toledo, raising its record to 5-3- 1. Dave Ritchie paced the Blue booters with a pair of goals and an assist. The Wolverines next take the field this Saturday when they entertain Oakland 2. Los Angeles Portia ndE 3. Phoenix 4. Seattle 5. Golden State 6. San Diego 4GRIIJIE 'PICKS ' x3. Northwestern at Indiana "This is Vick Ditale of the Fort 4. Iowa at Minnesota Wayne Pistons and let me tell you good 5. Ohio State at Purdue pgople in Ann Arbor that if I had time to 6. USC at Arizona State stop my big mouth from yappin I'd sit 7. Pittsburgh at Notre Dame (own and win-I mean win!-myself a 8. Washington at Stanford two item pizza from Pizza Bob's! How 9. Washington State at UCLA azi I gonna do this you say!? Well I'll 10. Florida at Alabama tell you baby, all you gotta do's sit down 11. California at Arizona and enter the Gridde Picks contest by 12. Duke at Navy 1 o'clock Friday down at 420 13. U. of Pacific at Fresno St. Maynard." 14. Texas A&M at Houston 15. Yale at Dartmouth 16. Ball State at Louisiana Tech * 17. V.M.I. at Richmond -1 Michigan State at MICHIGAN 18. Pennsylvania at Brown (pick score) 19. Kent State at Bowling Green Wisconsin at Illinois 20. DAILY LIBELS at Willy Milly's ARMY SURPLUS LEVIS SNORKEL PARKS Straights, Flares, Cords RATED 40 BELOW Values to 17.50 Reg. low price 65.98 NOW 12.50 NOw $58.98 ' playin the pivot, NBA-style. "Bill is the best at what he does in the game," said Ramsay, "but without him, we're still a very good team. We know Tom can do the job for us." The Phoenix Suns, Ramsay feels, have the best chance of unseating Por- tland from the regular season Pacific throne. John McLeod's squad finished second to the Blazers last year, before bowing out at the playoffs in two straight games to the Milwaukee Bucks. The Suns' early season success was triggered by rookie forward Walter Davis. Davis averaged 24 points per game in forming the division's premier one-two scoring punch with guard Paul Westpahl. Alvin Adams, a fine passing center, will handle the rebounding chores along with forward Gar Heard. Sonic's coach Lenny Wilkens' attem- pt to compensate for the loss of Webster consists of inserting Jack Sikma, the What would Socrates think of Cinci? If you question long enough and deep enough, certain truths about Cinci become evident. It has a heartv, full-bodied flavor. It is smooth and easy going down. And, the quality of its head, is fact rather than philosophical conjecture. We think there's one truth about Cinci that Socrates would not question: It s too good to gulp. As any rational man can taste. , 111,111LAL.Igh.1LIL 7 ,fit , .., fr ( TOUCH I FOOTBALL i- -- .: - - OFFICIALS NEEDED tact: Sandy Sanders / I I --VW414WL--Il 1 911.1 , 4 N H1 % I V ,rra ~ A-'' o-