The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, October 25, 1978-Page 9
THE SPORTING VIEWS
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Guidry leads American All-Stars
low
Landry rides bench ...
.. , sad, lonely figure
By PETER BORMUTH
WITH LUCID, BLUE-GREY, NORDIC EYES, Greg Landry had just
watched as his team dismantled the San Diego Charges 31-14. Now
in the aftermath of the victory he sat silently in the locker room; a poignant,
lonely figure.
Nearby, the elated reporters gathered around starting quarterback
Gary Danielson like a pack of yelping mongrel dogs. Jimmy Allen, soap suds
trailing him out of the shower, recited teasing verse reminiscent of
Muhammad Ali, while Al (Bubba) Baker chortled with well-deserved joy.
Landry, oblivious to the surrounding celebration, dressed in controlled,
deliberate motions and prepared to leave.
Grey Landry started the 1978 season as the Lions' number one quarter-
back. After an October loss to the Green Bay Packers, Landry was benched
by head coach Monte Clark and replaced by Gary Danielson in the starting
lineup.
Landry was painfully ineffective at the helm of the offense for the Lions,
compiling only 250 net yards passing in the first five games. Much of the
blame can be assigned to the young offensive line, which allowed opponents
to sack Landry a league-leading 21 times.
Never a great passer
Yet it was apparent that Landry was suffering from more than an inex-
perienced front line. Never blessed with a quick release and an accurate
throwing arm, Landry has been rendered virtually immobile by knee in-
juries and advancing age.,
Even in his prime Greg Landry was never an effective passer.
Possessing size (6'4", 205 lbs.), a strong arm, and an unquestioned talent for
running the ball, the Lions had always hoped he could become one of the
league's premier quarterbacks. He never did.
Surprisingly slow to set, tardy in his release, rarely able to find his
secondary receivers and never able to consistently throw what many
coaches consider the bread-and-butter pass in the NL (the pattern across the
middle or to the sidelines 10 to 20 yards downfield), he was the offensive
catalyst for the Lions in the early 70s because he could frustrate opposing
defenses with his ability to scramble for important yardage.
Quite a runner
He became the prototype of the new quarterback: the man who could
deliver that added dimension to the offense. Others, combining his physical
form with the unerring ability to throw the ball, stalked the battlegrounds of
the NFL, casting long, ironic shadows from which their predecessor never
emerged. Terry Bradshaw, Bert Jones, Steve Grogan, even Ken Stabler all
were cast from his mold.
Now in his twelfth season, Landry may never start another game for the
Lions. Monte Clark, although committed to a program of rebuilding with
youth, is, at heart, a conservative coach.
He knows that the two key positions on the offensive squad are the cen-
ter (responsible for the most complex blocking assgnments on the line as
well as the initial snap of the ball), and the quarterback (the focal point of
the club). Clark wanted to fill these positions with competent veterans to
lend stability to his immature team.
Clark's center deserted him, and his quarterback failedhim. Those who
fail Monte Clark do not often receive another chance. If Gary Danielson con-
tinues to turn in fine performances, Landry will remain kneeling or pacing
the sidelines alone.
Pathos is a hard emotion to describe but I shall try. Sunday's scene in
the Lions' dressing room reminded me of another scene from last year's
NFC championship game. From the rain-swept Coliseum at Los Angeles, the
close-up image of Joe Namath flashed across the television screen. Unlike
Joe Namath, Greg Landry never was a great quarterback. Like Joe
Namath, however, Greg Landry has a lot of guts.
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Just as he did during
the season, Ron Guidry led the way for
the World Champion New York
Yankees in the voting for The
Associated Press 1978 American
League All-Star team.
The gifted left-hander, who paced the
Yankees in oris of the most remarkable
comebacks in baseball history was
given his due yesterday as a unanimous
choice on the AP's annual blue-ribbon
team.
GUIDRY POSTED a 25-3 record, the
best mark in history for a 20-game win-
ner, as well as a league-leading 1.74
ERA and nine shutouts as the Yankees
overcame a mountainous 14-game
deficit in the East to capture the
divisional flag and finally, the AL pen-
nant. Guidry also notchedsa crucial vic-
tory in the World Series as the Yankees
beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in six
games.
The left-hander was one of three
Yankees on this year's All-Star team.
Second baseman Willie Randolph and
third baseman Graig Nettles were also
selected by a nationwide panel of
broadcasters and sports writers.
Boston, the team the Yankees had to
catch in the wild East Division finish,
and surprising Milwaukee had two
players each on the team - outfielder
Jim Rice and catcher Carlton Fisk
representing the Red Sox and shortstop
Robin Yount and outfielder Larry Hisle
the Brewers.
THE REMAINDER of the team con-
sists of Minnesota first baseman Rod
Carew, Texas outfielder Al Oliver,
designated hitter , Rusty Staub of
Detroit and Baltimore's Jim Palmer as
the team's right-handed pitcher.
Randolph fashioned a .279 batting
average and had 36 stolen bases for the
Yankees while Nettles hit 27,homers
and knocked in 93 runs. Rice hit .315 and
was the league leader in homers with 46
and RBI with 139. He was the first
player in the AL to.have 400 total bases
in a season since Joe DiMaggio did it in
1936.
Hisle clouted 34 homers and drove in
115 runs while Oliver had a .324 batting
mark and 89 RBIs. Carew led the
league for the second straight season,
with a .333 average.
Yount had his best season for the
Brewers with a .293 batting average
and 71 RBIs. Fisk was a .284 hitter with
20 homers and 88 RBIs. Staub won the
DH position with a 24-homer, 121-RBI
year. Palmer had a 21-12 record, and
2.46 ERA.
Jim Rice
Ron Guidry
NL stars -named
By The Associated Press
The National League All-Stars were also announced. They are first
baseman Steve Garvey and second baseman Dave Lopes of Los Angeles,
third baseman Pete Rose and outfielder George Foster of Cincinnati, out-
fielder Jack Clark and left-handed pitcher Vida Blue of San Francisco, shor-
tstop Larry Bowa of Philadelphia, outfielder Dave Parker of Pittsburgh;
catcher Ted Simmons of St. Louis and right-handed pitcher Gaylord Perry of
San Diego.
Garvey helped lead the Dodgers to their second-straight NL flag with a
.316 batting average, 21 homers and 113 RBIs. Lopes, a .278 hitter, showed
good power for a second basemani with 17 home runs. He also stole 45 bases.
Rose's record-breaking, 44-game hitting streak was the talk of baseball
this season. The Reds' hustling switch-hitter finished the season with 198 hits
and a .302 batting average.
Bowa, long considered by many to be the best-fielding shortstop in the
NL; also was among the best-hitting this season with a .294 mark.
Parker was the NL's unofficial leading hitter with a .334 average and
was second to Foster in RBI with 117. Foster led the league for the second
year in RBIs with 120 and home runs, as he stroked 40. Clark hit .306 and
knocked in 98 runs.
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Perry takes Cy Young.in NL
Simmons led the Cardinals
with a .287 average, including 40
doubles in his hit total, and hit 22
homers and drove in 80 runs.
Blue had an 18-10 record for the
Giants this season, posting a
sparkling 2.79 earned run
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NEW YORK - Gaylord Perry, the 40-
year-old right-hander for the San Diego
Padres, became the first pitcher to win
the Cy Young Award in both leagues
when he easily captured the National
League honor yesterday.
The Baseball Writers Association of
America announced the result, which
came from the voting of two of its
members in each of the NL cities. And
it was a landslide for Perry, the oldest
winner ever of the coveted pitching
award.
Perry, the only pitcher named on all
24 ballots, received 10 first-place votes
and a pair of runner-up ballots. The
five-three-one point system gave him
116 points, far out-distancing Burt
Hooton of Los Angeles, who had 38 poin-
ts, Vida Blue of San Francisco, with 17
points, and J. R. Richard of Houston,
with 13 points.
BLUE AND Richard each picked up a
first-place vote and were followed in the
balloting by relief pitcher Kent Tekulve
of Pittsburgh (12 points), Phil Niekro of
Atlanta (10), Ross Grimsley of Mon-
treal (7), reliever Rollie Fingers of San
Diego (1), Tommy John of Los Angeles
(1), and rookie Don Robinson of Pit-
tsburgh (1).
Perry, 21-6, topped the 20-victory
mark for the fifth time in his
magnificent career that stretches back
to his major league debut with the San
Francisco Giants in 1962. He has also
won 19 games twice and 18 games once.
PERRY, whose NL record is 155-115,
and American League mark 112-91, led
the Padres to their best season ever, a
fourth-place finish in the NL West with
a record of 84-78. Perry also has pitched
for Cleveland and Texas in the AL. His
other Cy Young Award came in 1972,
when he was 24-16 for Cleveland.
The 1972 award came in his first year
with the Indians after he was traded by
the Giants. The Cy Young trophy he
picked up yesterday also came the first
year following a trade.
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National League Manager of the Year
for 1978.
Altobelli was the runaway choice for
the prestigious award in only his second
Iyear of big-league managing, out-
polling Pittsburgh's Chuck Tanner 199
votes to 70.
TOM LASORDA of the National
League champion Los Angeles Dodgers
and Danny Ozark of the Eastern
Division-winning Philadelphia Phillies
finished a distant third and fourth,
respectively, in the voting by a nation-
wide panel of sports writers and broad-
casters.
Lasorda, the NL Manager of the Year
last season, collected 56 votes while
Ozark got 14.
Herman Franks of the Chicago Cubs
finished fifth with 10 votes, San Diego's
Roger Craig was sixth with seven and
Atlanta's Bobby Cox collected two
votes for seventh place.
SAN FRANCISCO was a fourth-place
team in 1977. But with Vida Blue
bolstering the pitching staff, the Giants
were a hot item in the National League
West and the talk of baseball this year.
In fact, they led the division for most of
the season before fading in the final
weeks.
The Giants were division champions
under Charlie Fox in 1971 before losing
in the league playoffs to the Pittsburgh
Pirates, eventual World Series winners.
In his second season, the 46-year-old
Altobelli continued to show the same
"rookie enthusiasm" that marked his
first year in the big leagues. Before
joining the Giants in 1977, he had
managed for 11 seasons in the minors.
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