The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, October 25, 1978-Page 9 THE SPORTING VIEWS 1 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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Blue had an 18-10 record for the Giants this season, posting a sparkling 2.79 earned run average and 171 strikeouts. Perry, one of the major leagues' oldest pitchers at 40, had a 21-6 record, a 2.72 ERA and 154 strikeouts to show for his year's work. During our sale we'll have special prices on all our black; yellow and orange taffeta shell down parkas. 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. r y 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. 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