NE regul had t Chica name deal: Harr In t Vick( The Michigan Daily-Thursday May 3, 1979-Page 15 RANGER VICTORY CLOSE Troubled icers shine in playoffs :W YORK (AP)-Early in the night for a 2-1 lead in their semifinal wing Pat Hickey and right wing Ron They are all little pieces in the puzzle ar season, the New York Rangers series. Game Four will be played Thur- Duguay, he has given the Rangers a that forms a picture of success for the raded center Phil Esposito to the sday night at Madison Square Garden. line with enough speed to check any trio Rangers and some real trouble for the ago Black Hawks for a center "At mid-year, I heard for three weeks on any opposing club. Islanders. ed Jim Harrison-only to have the that I was gone," said Vickers, who has Johnstone, meanwhile, has played on "Talent," observed Islanders left scotched when a doctors reported spent his seven NHL seasons with the a fourth line and has teamed with wing Clark Gillies, "can take you only ison's back was unsound. - Rangers. "But Espo's been having that Pierre Plante to help the Rangers kill 20 s0 far. We're not thinking about what the regular season, left wing Steve for three years, soI guess it's OK." of their last 31 manpower disadvan- s We're.d o tig." ers watched 14 Rangers games Esposito, who made goal-scoring tages. we'redoing. from the darkness of Coach Fred Shero's doghouse. Through the regular season, center Bobby Sheehan toiled in New Haven, where the Rangers have their farm club in the American Hockey League. The stories go on: right wing Ed Johnstone dressed for 'just 30 of New York's 80 regular season games. But so far in the National Hockey League playoffs, each of these tales has a happy ending; each player has made a major contribution to the effort that has produced eight victories in 10 games, the most recent a 3-1 decision over the New York Islanders Tuesday history with the Boston Burins before being traded to the Rangers in Novem- ber, 1975, admitted he wasn't about to sign any long-term leases on apartmen- ts. "No way," he said. "I sublet the palce-furniture and everything." But the veterans center is starting to unpack. And Vickers has helped check the Islanders' Mike Bossy into sub- mission as the Rangers have taken command in their best-of-seven series against the NHL's regular-season champions. Sheehand, promoted from the AHL seven games ago, has scored in four straight games. In teaming with left FORSTER, FORSCH GRAB HONORS: Yanks recall Beattie NL tah.% two By The Associated Press NEW YORK - The New York Yankees, in desperate need of bullpen help, recalled right-hander Jim Beattie from Columbus of the International League, the American League club an- nounced yesterday. Beattie, a rookie last year who con- tributed important victories in both the AL playoffs and the World Series, was 4-0 in four starts with Columbus. In 35 innings, the Dartmouth graduate gave up 17 hits and three runs for an earned run average of 0.51, while striking out 34 and walking 17. He had two shutouts, both by 1-0 scores. Beattie is scheduled to rejoin the Yankees in New York for .Friday night's game against Oakland. On the Yankees' current road trip, the team's bullpen deficiencies have been surfacing, particularly durinlg a three-game sweep by the Mariners in Seattle last weekend. Dick Tidrow was tabbed to be the right-handed short reliever after relief ace Goose Gossage was injured. But Tidrow has not been doing the job. SCORES NBA San Antonio 11, Philadelphia 108 * BASEBALL Detroit, Chicago White Sox (ppd) Cincinnati 4, Chicago Cubs 1 Pittsburgh 10, Atlanta 2 Minnesota 7, Toronto 5 Milwaukee 6, Cleveland 1 St. Louis 5, Houston 2 ENERGY. We can't afford - to waste it. NEW YORK - George Foster of the Cincinnati Reds was named player of the month and Houston's Ken Forsch won pitcher of the month honors for April, the National League announced yesterday. Foster batted .383 last month with four home runs, two doubles and a triple. He scored 13 runs and drove in 22 to lead the league in that department. Foster has won the NL RBI title for three consecutive seasons and led the league in home runs for the last two years. Forsch won three games in as many decisions and pitched the first no-hitter of the season on April 7 against Atlanta. He had a 2.31 earned run average for the month. AP Photo SAN ANTONIO Spurs George Gervin 144) tries to get around Henry Bibby 114) of the Philadelphia 76ers in their NBA Eastern Conference semi-final game at San Antonio. With the series tied at 3-3, the Spurs took the crucial game by the score of 111-108. The Athlete's Shop presents.. SPRING CLEATS SALE Softball, baseball-and soccer adirdb-- £ factory seconds nylon $10 leather $12-$15 Regular Cleat Stock-10% OFF OFFER GOOD MAY 3,4, & 5 Thursday 309 S. State St. Fri. & Sat. 10-8 p.m.- 995-1717 10-6'p.m.