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THE BATTALION Page 15 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1979 nkins still pitching; ngers still winning iM fnited Press International Ferguson Jenkins retires |or league baseball, he plans to his native Canada and la full-time farmer, lul'lie s not ready for the autumn fe| yet. At the age of 37, when or league pitchers’ arms re- roken strings in a windup |kins is motoring along as boat he owns for pursuing ite summer hobby of bass ago in spring training, the asn’t quite so clear for the angers’ righthander. Reac- fom the Boston Red Sox isappointing 10-10 season, had been designated by jr Billy Hunter as his prime |ef man. lidn’t quite suit the man won 20 games in a season les as a starter, so when he Py|( t a chance to start after the mouth of the season he made ( 'j |nos )f it. By the end of the onlenkins had proven himself ia|lub-leading 18 victories. after 14 big league seasons 23] victories, he once again shimselfin a position of respect, ikfew in the back of my mind I a winning pitcher as a lagain if I was given the , Jenkins said. “The big ■ experience. The more ex- Ic you get and longer you Je better thinking pitcher ■bcoine. Dok at Gaylord Perry. He won Kies last year at age 40. That’s ause he knows how to throw and t to throw. He’s a real ‘game’ |r. ecau of his vast experience, ans often finds himself in the role of a resident guru for some of the younger pitchers on the staff. He often is asked for advice and gives it willingly. “If youngsters like to talk about baseball, I’m willing to listen to them and find out what they have problems with. If there’s some knowledge I can pass on to them, I will. “There probably isn’t a situation I haven’t been in. A lot of times a youngster might ask me for advice, like how to pitch to Thurman Mun son with a runner in scoring position or what to throw and what not to throw to Reggie Jackson when the bases are empty.” Sometimes, Jenkins admits, his advice backfires simply because a young pitcher won’t stay with it long enough. “Sometimes you give a youngster a tip that helped you when you were younger and it doesn’t work for him. Then, two years later he’ll say gee, if I’d only stayed with the advice you gave me my game would have come around. It helps to be more pa tient,” said Jenkins. “I can look back at the advice I got from guys like Robin Roberts, Jim Running, Curt Simmons and Chris Short when I first broke in. They were telling me the right things to do. I just had to stick with it longer to make it work.” Because he has accumulated a warehouse full of knowledge and has a pleasant, easy-going manner, Jen kins has had several offers to be come a pitching coach when his playing days are done. However, he doubts he would be happy in such a role. “I don’t know if I could be a pitch ing coach,” he says. “I think maybe the pressure would be too much for me, having to think about 10 other guys. I have enough problems thinking about myself. It’s a hassle trying to get nine or ten guys on a ballclub to do things the correct way and do things your way. “No. When my career is over I m going to go back to Canada and re lax. I have a farm and I’d like to buy another farm, and give farming a shot. I’m called a ‘gentleman farmer’ in my area because I’m only there five months a year during the winter. I harvest my own crops but I don’t plant them. I’d just like to be home more.” But while Jenkins continues to pitch, the Rangers continue to win as Dave Lemanczyk allowed only one hit Tuesday night — a third- inning single by rookie Pat Putnam — in pitching the Toronto Blue Jays to a 2-0 victory over the Texas Ran gers. Lemanczyk, who walked only one, retired the last 14 batters in a row in posting his first decision of the season. He had surrendered 10 hits and four runs in his previous 10 innings of work. Steve Comer, although touched for only five hits in seven and one- third innings, suffered his second loss in three decisions. The Blue Jays touched Comer for both runs in the fifth inning on a walk to Al Woods, a stolen base, a double by Roy Howell, a sacrifice bunt and a suicide squeeze bunt by Rick Cerone. Putnam reached third after his single in the third on an error by Dave McKay — one of two Blue Jay errors in the inning — but he failed to score as Lemanczyk retired the next two batters. ioose’ could lose money I ■ l nil nited Press International IEW YORK — The New York ik|b had better think twice utiocking Rich Gossage’s salary iiie is on the disabled list fol- ing his clubhouse scuffle with m on last Thursday, jt’s the advice Marvin Miller, cutive director of the Players iocjation, has for the world d in feW ioy I.esckit -liller won’t come right out and J, but he indicated that with- ding pay from either man might be a breach of contract that would allow them to become free agents. “I don’t have an official comment yet,” Miller said. “I”ve got a copy of Gossage’s contract in hand, but I’m going to wait and see what the Yan kees will do. I know they issued a written statement to Gossage on Saturday detailing the disciplinary action they intended to take.” Gossage, who signed with the Yankees in the winter of 1977 as a free agent, has a six-year contract worth $2.7 million. If his pay is s finish third rankings! to 31a VQ1FE CITY — Southern the WCpkobist’s Mary Beth Murphy had aks in i ^ P 11 t ^ le fi 1 " 8 * hole of a sudden ok Maw P playoff to win the Texas As- . om Ne» iftio 1 ! of Intercollegiate Athletics ec j _ i [Wpmen state golf tournament esdav. ers 0 f| Meanwhile, her SMU teammates in«mail pled a 920 total to take their i switch« orgtoC “it’s r second consecutive TAIAW title, taking Houston Baptist by 19 strokes. Texas A&M was third at 945, followed by Texas at 948 and Lamar at 950. Murphy won the individual hon ors by defeating Monica Welsh of A&M and Stephanie Farwig of Houston Baptist. withheld on a daily basis until he returns, the righthander stands to lose an estimated $1,800 per day. Gossage and Johnson were in volved in a locker-room fight Thurs day after a game with Baltimore, and the Yankee relief ace suffered a torn ligament in his right thumb which required surgery. He is ex pected to be sidelined for six to eight weeks. The Yankees haven’t determined how severe a fine to impose on Gos sage or Johnson, and club General Manager and Vice President Cedric Tallis said Monday that last weekend’s statement about with holding pay was premature. “The statement we issued over the weekend was a temporary thing pending complete analysis of the situation,” said Tallis. Any disciplinary action levied against Gossage or Johnson is sub ject to a possible grievance and ar bitration with the Player’ Associa tion. It is expected both players will be slapped with stiff fines. 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