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VPageij 4,1 1 The Battalion Sports July 14, 1982/Page 11 ^Concepcion’s home run brings NL yet another victory, 4-1 „ dwt WWEAT« HAT l United Press International MONTREAL — American League Presi- S i dent Lee MacPhail may call it one of the greatest miracles in sport, but there was no- I thing wondrous about the National League’s 11th consecutive triumph in baseball’s All-Star ;ame. The National Leaguers, employing a grand :ombination of good pitching, timely hitting and sharp fielding, registered a 4-1 victory over the American League Tuesday night be fore a crowd of 59,057 at Olympic Stadium, pilepsy, t! sxtending their domination of the midsummer old mostol dassic. ibrandnai The victory, the 19th in the last 20 for the •r high | NL to boost its overall mark to 34-18-1, was me oralt imply the product of old-fashioned, hard- nosed baseball — a fact even the beleaguered MacPhail would find hard to deny. Presented with several opportunities to tost sunb icore, the spiritless AL came up empty on almost every occasion, stranding a total of 11 erallv mi runners. Cincinnati ace Mario Soto, who struck out four in two innings, Montreal’s Steve Rogers, who rebounded from a shy first and hurled but noiiiiti :hree strong innings to earn the victory, and iption mt Philadelphia’s Steve Carlton, who fanned four n two innings, admirably carried the bulk of he pitching load for the NL. Shortstop Dave Concepcion, who unloaded exposure ' third-dee first-den water or bandage ledies, burns pluseleva mbs. Bis i two-run homer off loser Dennis Eckersley of Boston with two out in the second inning, sup plied all the offense required, while NL stal- e or charn wart Pete Rose and Montreal catcher Gary Car- e burn shower knocked in the insurance runs. The fielding exhibited by the NL was also not to be overlooked. In the eighth inning, iroken rrns malt ) ice, water ied. ; requires! -bird baseman Ray Knight of Houston turned Calianan has breath the head is more nickel sait given ? juice or olution m; ■I teaspoon I teaspooli |uart ofo Id be allo» every 151 M be givci .onscious 1-0358 f es le Sat ay IS a wicked grounder by Robin Yount into a fiel- ier’s choice and shortstop Ozzie Smith of San Diego robbed Lance Parrish of an infield hit with two runners on and two out to further frustrate their rivals. ‘If we can continue to bring great ball players to the All-Star game and the guys who want to play, we feel we can keep on winning,” said Concepcion, who was awarded the Com missioner’s Trophy as the game’s most valu able player. “This makes me feel like a winner again. I’m really proud to be on the All-Star team. I’ve been in the league for 14 years and played in the World Series, but winning the MVP in the All-Star game is a really big thrill for me.” Montreal first baseman A1 Oliver, who has played for both leagues in the prestigious event, believes the attitude of the NL is the key to its success. “There’s no question about it, there was more enthusiasm on the National League squad,” said Oliver, who chipped in with two hits and a run. Montreal’s Carter, whose single in the sixth inning scored teammate A1 Oliver with the NL’s fourth run, said: “I can’t pinpoint one thing, but there’s a lot of intensity and confi dence in the clubhouse before the game. And when we get between the lines, that has to have an overwhelming effect on our victory.” Kansas City third baseman George Brett, a member of the losing side at the All-Star game on seven different occasions, is still at a loss to explain the reason for the AL’s failure. “It’s a difficult question to answer,” he said. “I know as much about that as I know about the guys who go into space for five days and come back again.” Brett had two hits in the contest before leav ing in the fifth inning. The AL had jumped to an early lead when Oakland speed merchant Rickey Henderson slapped Rogers’ second pitch of the game into left field for the first of his three singles, moved to second an out later on Brett’s single and advanced to third on a wild pitch, before scor ing on Reggie Jackson’s sacrfice fly. But Concepcion wasted little time before striking back, unloading a 335-foot blast just inside the left field foul pole on a 1-1 pitch from Eckersley in the second inning after Dale Murphy of Atlanta had drawn a walk with two out to become the NL’s first base runner of the game. The NL upped its edge to 3-1 in the bottom of the third when San Diego’s Ruppert Jones slammed a pinch-hit triple off the right-center field wall and, after Montreal’s Tim Raines walked and stole second, came home on a well- executed slide on Rose’s short sacrifice fly to right. Chicken ’n rolls 4 All Day Breakfast All Day Breakfast All Day Breakfast Nobody but Tinsley's Chicken 'n Rolls bakes their rolls fresh from scratch and right before your eyes. And nobody but Tinsley's Chicken 'n Rolls has a fresh baked scratch roll filled with grilled ham, sausage or a country fried steak. All served steaming hot with pure country honey or jelly. The All Day Breakfast sandwiches from Tinsley's Chicken 'n Rolls. One bite and you'll know that nobody cooks their All Day Break fasts like Tinsley's Chicken 'n Rolls. College Station Location only. Served All Day from 7 A.M. til Closing Sunday from 8 A.M. til Closing NCAA meeting Final Four sites awarded, tourney expanded United Press International MISSION, Kan. — Reward ing sites that have been profit able to the Division I basketball championships, the NCAA is re turning its finals to popular sites. The NCAA Tuesday awarded the Louisiana Super- dome in New Orleans the 1987 Final Four and booked Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo., for the 1988 semifinals and cham pionship games. The decisions, made by the Division I basketball committee, still must be approved by the NCAA Executive Committee at a meeting next month. “The record attendance fi gures and receipts were evi dence of the committee’s belief that the 1982 championship was the best in NCAA history,” said basketball committee chairman David R. Gavitt, in discussing the return to New Orleans in 1987. “Awarding the Superdome the 1987 championship signifies the excellent manner in which the Superdome administered the 1982 championship and re veals the acceptance of the su per-structure concept by the Na tional Association of Basketball Coaches.” Gavitt also said the committee was impressed by Kansas City’s presentation. “Kansas City made an excel lent presentation of the second year in a row and the committee looks forward to returning the championship to a city that has been instrumental in developing the tradition of the NCAA championship,” Gavitt said. Mayor Richard Berkley said: “Many great basketball games in previous NCAA tournament have been played in Kansas City, including an exciting triple overtime game between Kansas University and North Carolina (1957). We’ll have another great event.” The 1988 game will be the 10th NCAA championship to be played in Kansas City. The date for the 1987 semi finals and final are March 28 and 30, with the 1988 Final Four being played April 2 and 4. Next year’s final will be at Albuquer que, N.M., the 1984 champion ship at Seattle, the 1985 title game at Lexington, Ky., and the 1986 Final Four will be at Dallas. Regional sites for the 1983 tournament will be Syracuse, N.Y., Knoxville, Tenn., Kansas City and Ogden, Utah. The 1984 regionals will be played in Atlanta, Lexington, Ky., St. Louis and Los Angeles. Also Tuesday, the NCAA annouced that, while it will re tain a 48-team bracket for its 1983 tournament, actually 52 teams will have a shot at the title. A total of 28 conferences will send automatic qualifiers to the tournament. There will also be 24 at-large berths. However, eight of the automatic qualifiers will meet in a pretournament eli mination round at neutral sites, with the four winners moving into the regular bracket as the No. 12 seeds in each of the four regionals. The losers, however, would be given a share of the championship receipts equal to a first-round loser. The elimination round is scheduled for March 15. One double-header would pit the representative of the Midwest ern City Conference against the Eastern College Athletic Con ference’s Metro champion and the Ivy League winner vs. the East Coast Conference repre sentative. In the other double-header, the Eastern College Athletic Conference North champion would play the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference representa tive and the Trans-America Conference winner would meet the team from the Southwestern Athletic Conference. “The committee feels this ex panded field provides every conference that meets the criten- ia for automatic qualification a chance to compete for the cham pionship,” Gavitt said. “At the same time, it creates a balance in the 48-team bracket of 24 auto matic qualifiers and 24 at-large selection. “The procedure for selecting the conference that would com pete in the preliminary games would be reviewed each year, and there probably would be different conferences partici pating in these games each year.” Softball pitcher signs with A&M Texas A&M softball coach Bob Brock has announced the sign ing of pitcher Darlene Lowery of Fruitland Park, Fla., to a national letter of intent. The Aggies, who won the final Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women national championship in May, now will have three pitchers on a staff which features senior left-hander Lori Stoll and senior right-hander Shan McDonald. Lowery, a right-hander, earned a spot playing for the Orlando Rebels at the age of 15, and in 1981 led her team to the American Softball Association women’s national championship. Her 1982 Rebel record is 32-3-1 and she will pitch for the Rebels at the 1982 World Games held this month in Taiwan. y. At 16, in order to play winter ball, Lowery joined a men’s fast-pitch team. She was the team’s only pitcher, throwing from a distance of 46 feet instead of the 40 feet thrown in women’s softball. 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