Page 10 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1974
Hunter gets victory
Oakland squeezes by LA on another 3-2 sco
The Oakland A’s took advantage
of a costly error by Los Angeles
catcher Joe Ferguson for a pair of
unearned runs and a 3-2 victory
over the Dodgers Tuesday night in
the third game of the 1974 World
Series.
The victory gave the A’s a 2-1
edge in baseball’s best-of- seven
series which continues with Game 4
at 8:30 p.m., EDT, Wednesday.
Catfish Hunter earned his fourth
career World Series victory with
late-inning relief help from Rollie
Fingers.
Hunter was chased in the eighth
after giving up a Billy Buckner
home run deep into the right field
seats. And in the ninth, Willie
Crawford brought the Dodgers
within a run when he clouted a Fin
gers pitch deep to right-center for a
homer.
The A’s got the runs they needed
early when Ferguson, shifted be
hind the plate in a lineup switch by
Dodger Manager Walt Alston,
made his crucial error in the third
inning.
Al Downing, the Dodgers’ start
ing pitcher, gave up a sharp single to
left by Bill North.
A hit-and-run play sent North,
displaying some heads-up base
running, to third base.
Downing, the retread lefthander
who won just five games during the
regular season, seemed unnerved
by North’s bit of daring. He walked
Sal Bando on a 3-2 pitch and then
fell behind 3-1 against slugger Re-
Arkansas
preparing
for Horns
(AP) — Coach Frank Broyles de
scribed his Arkansas Razorbacks’
practice as good Tuesday as they
prepared for their annual Southwest
Conference clash with the Texas
Longhorns.
“We had a better practice today,’’
Broyles said. “We ran the second
offense against the first defense and
got good results. The drill really
helped our defense’s adaptation to
the wishbond.”
Injuries continued to hamper the
Hogs. Jon Rhiddlehoover is doubt
ful for the Texas game as are half
backs Ike Forte and Vaughn Lusby.
Broyles said he has not decided who
will fill the right halfback spot if
neither player recovers by Satur
day.
Asked what he thought about the
Razorbacks’ high emotions as they
prepare for the Longhorns, Broyles
replied, “This game is a must for
both teams. We have our backs to
the wall, and Texas has their backs
to the wall. ”
Pokes have
motivation
difficulties
(AP) — Dallas Cowboy Coach
Tom Landry is afraid his team is
being caught in a downward spiral of
cycles that eventually catch up with
all football clubs-like the Green Bay
Packers in recent years.
“We started winning 1965 and
1966 and there’s a lot of self motiva
tion,” Landry said Tuesday. “How
long can this last? You struggle with
this every year. It’s a big fight. . .a
yearly struggle to reach the plateau
to get back in the play-offs.
“Success, of course, causes this
cycle. Look at Miami now. They are
starting to have trouble. It’s a cycle.
Check the history. See what hap
pened to the Packers.”
Landry isn’t giving up on his team
although it’s 1-4 and not far from
being eliminated from the National
Football League playoffs for the first
time in nine years.
“Right now I’m not concerned
about the playoffs or
anything. . .I’m just concerned
about winning a game,” Landry
said. “I plan no changes in this
team. I’m not leaving them. I sup
port them. We’ve come back before
but we are further down than we’ve
ever been before. I don’t know
whether our downward cycle is
here. ”
Landry said the National Confer
ence Eastern Division was much
stronger.
“Philadelphia and St. Louis have
great spirit and enthusiasm,”
Landry said. “Washington is setting
back waiting to make a move. The
division will be won in the second
half.”
ggie Jackson.
Jackson then bounced the ball in
front of home plate, traveling no
more than 15 feet. Ferguson, who
played right field in the first two
games of the Series but was catching
this one, had the ball bounce high
and hit off the heel of his glove for an
error, scoring North and Bando
stopping at second.
Joe Rudi followed with another
hit under second baseman Dave
Lopes’ glove and the A’s had a 2-0
edge.
An inning later, Oakland added
another run. It turned out to be the
winner.
Dick Green opened with a walk
and Hunter sacrificed him to second
base. Campaneris then ripped his
second hit of the game, scoring
Green. When Ferguson let Jimmy
Wynn’s throw get past him for
another error, Campaneris raced to
third.
But Jim Brewer came out of the
bullpen to strike out Bando and end
the inning.
Armed with the comfortable 3-0
lead. Hunter worked easily.
When Hunter pitched his way
out of another two-out, two-on jam
in the seventh, he seemed headed
for the first complete game by an
Oakland pitcher in World Series
history.
He was not however, to accomp
lish that feat. He was replaced by
Rollie Fingers in the eighth.
Jimmy Wynn greeted Fingers
with a single to right, but then Gar
vey lined to Green, whose throw to
first doubled Wynn off the bag, end
ing that rally.
Crawford opened the ninth with
another booming homer and when
Campaneris booted Ferguson’s
ground ball, the Dodgers had the
tying run on first base.
The Dodger shortstop. Bill Rus
sell, swung at the first pitch
it straight to Green, who start)
game-ending double play.
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night in which Green had
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