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THE BATTALION THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1979 Page 9 the sports la losox catcher^ future in question isk fighting anxiety, pain on bench mm United Press International |JEW YORK — If he didn’t try to pel the doubt, ease the anxiety feels in some way, Carlton Fisk cedes he’d go crazy, so next time re watching the Boston Red check the dugout and you’re li- to see how one man keeps from oming a prisoner of his own id. henever the uncertainty of his ation and his own restlessness spire to gang up on Boston’s big ipacitated catcher, he automati- gets up from the bench and jcs over to the bat rack as if that’s at he’s programmed to do. Actu- he’s not. 1 don’t know how many times a ae I get up and go to the bat k, he says, laying aside a pocket ik he is reading in front of his ker. Reading every chance he is another way he seeks to keep from brooding about the muscle tear in his right arm which has inter rupted his career and even threatens to end it. Beyond all question, Fisk is one of the finest catchers in the game. Also one of the most durable, de spite being on the disabled list for protracted periods twice during his career. His present arm trouble first drew attention during spring train ing when it was discovered that a tear in the wrist flexor muscle of his right arm, where that muscle is at tached to his elbow, made it terribly painful for him to throw the ball. What it amounted to is that he could hardly throw at all, so all Red Sox Manager Don Zimmer did was use him as a designated hitter and pinch hitter from time to time. Rest and later exercise were pre scribed for his elbow and Fisk did exactly as he was told. “I was patient for two months,” he says. “I took my time coming back. The elbow was feeling good. What made me feel optimistic was the fact I was throwing well on the sidelines. Two weeks ago, I told Zimmer I was ready to catch and I did in a couple of games, playing seven innings in each game. Out side of my legs feeling a little stiff and my elbow being a little tender, I thought I did pretty well.” Well enough, so that Fisk was ready for his big test 12 days ago. He would go all the way if he could, catch the whole game against De troit, it was decided. “I caught nine innings with (De nnis) Eckersley pitching,” says the strapping 31-year-old New En glander, “and didn’t feel anything when I threw out (Steve) Kemp at third in the fourth inning. The fol lowing inning, though, I swung at one of (Jack) Morris’ off-speed pitches and missed, and I could really feel it in my elbow. A little later, (Ron) LeFlore stole second. I made a throw that bounced and I thought my arm was coming off. I knew then it was all over. I couldn’t lift my arm for four or five days.” The aspect that worries Fisk most is not knowing how long, if ever, it will take for his elbow to be all right again, a day, a month, a year or maybe never again, which is some thing that’s difficult for him to put out of his mind. “They never told me how long it would take,” he says, mournfully. “Yeah, I’m worried. Not so much about not playing at this time as not knowing when the elbow will heal. They said it’ll take time and exer cise. O.K., I did all that. If I listen to the doctors, they say, ‘Take your time.’ ‘Don’t force it.’ ‘Don’t rush it.’ On the other hand. I’m the only one who knows how it feels. It gives you a useless feeling sitting and doing nothing like this. I caught 350 games the last two years and I’m not comfortable when I can’t do any thing.” With his elbow giving him the trouble it is, Fisk still feels he’s ca pable of playing some position. The logical spot would be first base, but the Red Sox have Carl Yastrzemski and Bobby Watson playing the bag. If need be, Jim Dwyer also is availa ble. Fisk has thrown the Red Sox some hints he wouldn’t mind switching to first base. They act as if they haven’t heard him. Their feeling is they have the All-Star catcher and they’d like him to catch for them again before they resign themselves to trying him somewhere else. Can you helieve it? United Press International HOUSTON — July 13 is the last date baseball fans can buy Houston Astros season tickets and have an option to purchase National League playoff and World Series tickets. And talk of the World Series spreads as the Astros keep winning. An Astros season ticket bought before the team returns to begin its next homestand July 10 was $234 for field box, $175.50 for mezzanine and $139.50 for loge. That price included 39 single games and two doubleheaders. One season ticket entitled the holder to an option for one ticket for each game of the playoffs and the World Series. Astros spokesman Ed Wade said a sea son ticket did not always entitle a buyer to an option for the same seat during post-season play be cause of the large number of tickets which go to other ballclubs. imericans pan gold at Pan Am games United Press International IAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The ited States swimming and diving m, after raking in all 12 gold idals during the first two days of mpetition in the Pan American ties took Wednesday off because 'll Independence Day, giving some r American teams a chance to a ^ e Hw'li e young U S. men’s baseball n ea '®fcam, which defeated Mexico, 18-0, cMmedi j„ jt s opener Tuesday, took on ;nts durinQnada at 3 p.m.; the women’s ■tball team, which downed El Sal- J Bor, 10-0, in a game stopped by ■rkness after five innings, faced the , ■ Bminican Republic at 6 p.m., and tie boxing squad sent two members int action with flyweight Jerome I °f Nashville, Tenn. facing ha\e ben®)erto Roman of Mexico and wel- stepin j* we ight Ed Green of Fort Bragg, he teac ; ; tjJdng on Bradley Austin of >racticing|l bados ^ ■The men’s basketball team, fresh from two victories including Tues- ■y night’s 85-53 romp past Cuba, Kk the day off as did the women, lie men’s softball team, which gwned Canada, 3-0, also got a day I rest but competition in cycling, cer, gymnastics, wrestling, row- fiig, softball, shooting, archery and volleyball continued. Tuesday night’s swimming and diving stars were led by 15-year-old Cynthia Woodhead of Riverside, Calif., who broke her own world mark in the 200-meter freestyle. Woodhead’s 1:58.43 beat the 1:58.57 she turned in during the world championships in West Berlin in 1978. Kim Linehan of Sarasota, Fla., finished second in 2:01.92 while Canada’s Gail Anundrud was third in 2:03.38. The Americans apparently finished 1-2 in the 100-meter backstroke when Linda Jezek of Los Altos, Calif, defeated Kim Carlisle of Cincinnati by 1:03.33 to 1:04.64. Carlisle, however, was disqualified for failing to touch the end of the pool on her turn and Canada’s Cheryl Gibson was moved up to second. U.S. Coach Frank Keefe said he would lodge an official protest. Tracy Caulkins, the 16-year-old U.S. star, was upset by 15-year-old teammate Tami Paumier of Colum bia, Md. in the 100-meter breaststroke, with Paumier winning in 1:12.20. Puerto Rican-bom Jesse Vassallo of Mission Viejo, Calif, got an enthusiastic and warm reception when he swam to a nine-second victory over Canada’s Bill Sawchuk to take the 400-meter individual medley in 4:21.63. Alex Bauman of Canada was third and Glynn Perry of Jonesboro, Ga. was fourth. “I didn’t know what to expect,” said Vassallo. “I was apprehensive until this morning’s heats but the crowd was pretty enthusiastic then so I wasn’t worried. I’ve always swum for the United States and I can’t change now.” The U.S. continued to collect gold medals when the men’s frees tyle relay team of Jack Babashoff, David Larson, David McCagg and John Newton defeated Canada to win the 4x100 freestyle relay in 3:23.71. Canada was clocked in 3:29.64 and Brazil was third in 3:30.86. In the men’s springboard diving, 19-year-old Greg Louganis of Mis sion Viejo defeated three-time world and 1976 Olympic champion Phil Boggs of Miami for the first time in international competition. Louganis finished with 627.84 points to Boggs’ 593.24. In roller skating, new to the Pan American games, the United States continued to dominate with Tom m Astros ‘Cruz’ to 2-1 victory over Cincinnati 9 OUT OF 10 PUPPIES PREFER THE BATTALION a gun wMf vanning gunshots ist suffered upper. •ist then got I drove toI Smith fork I United Press International collapsed’ CINCINNATI — Jose Cruz dou- car Autk* N home Rafael Landestoy, took tikenbys* k‘ r d on Enos Cabell’s infield hit entering score d ti* 6 winning run on Jeff Leonard’s pinch single in the benth inning Wednesday to lead Be Houston Astros to a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. I |The triumph was the fifth in a row | Jvpfnam&a Eddie Dominguez ’66 Joe Arciniega ’74 and 14th in 16 games for the Astros, who stretched their lead in the Na tional League West to 10 games. Joaquin Andujar, with relief help from Joe Sambito, notched his 10th victory against four losses. The save was the ninth of the season for Sam bito, who blanked the Reds the last two innings to extend his string of scoreless innings to 32 over 22 games. Bill Bonham, 3-2, took the loss. Ken Griffey led off the game with his seventh homer of the season and the Reds made it 2-0 in the fifth when Dan Driessen doubled and scored on Cesar Geronimo’s single. *★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★* £ HATE DOING * l LAUNDRY? t ¥■ Let Frannie's do it for you ^ £ Aunt Frannies ^ * Laundromat ju ^Hotleman at Anderson 693-6587?r Mckenzie-Ba Idw in BUSINESS COLLEGE Inquire About Our Term Starting July 10 Phone 822-6423 or 822-2368 CAMPUS PEACE CORPS OFFICE Agriculture Bldg. • 103-B • 845-2116 EXT 35 Peterson taking the 5,000-meter speed skating; Ken Sutton, Muske gon, Mich., winning the 500-meter round robin; and Fred Morante of Plainview, N.Y., winning the men’s freestyle figure skating. Argentina’s Nore Vega won the women’s 500- meter racing over Linda Dorso of Kingston, N.Y. and Elaine Coley of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. In shooting, the U.S. took all five medals available. Donald Mygord won the individual air rifle with teammate Donald Hamilton second. Lones Wigger, Camp Perry, Ohio, won the individual English match and in the team competition the U.S. took the air rifle, English match and skeet shooting. The U.S. women’s volleyball team defeated Peru, 15-8, 15-12, 15-13, and the water polo team edged Canada, 6-4. In tennis. Trey Lewis, San Pedro, Calif.; Fritz Buehning, Short Hills, N.J.; Susie Hagey, La Jolla, Calif.; Andy Kohlberg, Larchmont, N.Y.; Mel Purcell, Murray, Ky. and Ann Hendricksson, Mahtomedi, Minn., all were successful in their matches. After the first two days of compe tition, the U.S. held a commanding lead over Canada in medals won, with 24 gold, 14 silver and six bronze for a total of 44. 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The bench-clearing incident oc curred when Andujar whizzed a ball past Joe Morgan’s head in the fourth and Reds starter Bill Bonham re taliated with a pitch behind the Astro right-hander’s back when he came to the plate in the sixth.