Battalion/Page 1 October 21,1 sports r emotional aspotil in will begin to no the latter pan he said. ‘‘Welt pretty low-key IxtB all the excitement»v us and aroundton I f t. Our job is ton®'' it up in the excitera when you do, you that you re ^lp United Press International than you reallyattfST. LOUIS — He had been ut overall I thinUMBned off once before, com- etty well against Mtetely disenchanted with the ant to go out and pb Hodern-day ballplayer. I football and lettk||Not anymore, though — this ake care of thenK: «de up for everything, nation is thatthe(«“l’ve never been happier in is going to bethel* whole life,” bubbled Gussie Two years ago whsch, the St. Louis Cardinals’ >lockedandgotof[«year-old owner, and it was turn which hurtussOTten clearly all over his face. Temple just hadifthehad waited for it 15 years, g game than wedidB r since his Cardinals won I a field goal riglii ^ eu i ast w °rld championship ill that proved *y beating the Boston Red Sox ng factor.” BI96V- inc ouarterbad «S * was sure this team could rs also said he is 11 an , d the y didn,t let me the upcoming frfH” , he glowed “Wasn’t it led that should Bn*> la t el y wonderful the way ■ason is far frollB ,( i' t i■’ , . Bit was if you were a Cardinal an. But, it wasn’t so wonderf ul II year long the on B, ou were rooting for the ; have been talk®; irewers. nple, but we still Ipjjgy struggled so hard vo games after the past three weeks, first to cap- 1. "But we doha't ^ re their division title on the if we want togd stday of the regular season by fs. Everybody has hriing from the Baltimore titude on the p c Brioles after losing three in a we can win." tow to them, then nailing down nstine agreed: “ItiF ii rst pennant in their history n a rivalry for:hP svvee P in g three straight from ince they’ve beatfi le California Angels, after {lit years, but it is 1 ro PP in g the f' rst tw o to them. vays the biggest? ir. All we want tod d play a this time. But the Brewers finally were pped by the Cardinals after iey had led in the Series three es to two, and if that didn’t it especially well with all those ' ignificently enthusiastic sup- rters of the Brewers in Mil- aukee, it was positively perfect Air Line ResenuPfor all those pulling so hard for (Free Ticket D# : ! the Cardinals, particularly Cus- sie Busch. (713) He never talks about it, but nany in baseball still remember known 10 years ago with a public statement, and subsequently approved the deal which sent fu ture Hall of Earner Steve Carl ton to the Philadelphia Phillies. For a time Busch had his fill of baseball. Later, however, his en thusiasm for both the game and his players manifested them selves again. You should have seen him Wednesday night in the Cardin als’ clubhouse, proud as punch over what his “boys” had done. He glowed as he stood on a raised wooden platform along with his manager, Whitey Her zog, catcher Darrell Porter, the World Series MVP, and General Managerjoe McDonald, waiting for Bowie Kuhn to present the ornate world championship tro phy to the winning World Series team. “I don’t know what to say,” said Herzog in accepting the tro phy. “I feel about as good as you can feel. I’m just happy to bring the championship to St. Louis and Mr. Busch.” Porter hadn’t had time to take off his catching gear yet. “This was the most fun I’ve ever had in baseball,” Porter said. Someone told him that he had been named the World Series MVP. “I appreciated it,” he said. “I love it. This whole thing is so exciting, so wonderful, I can’t believe it.” Later, after the presentation ceremony was over and he had stepped down from the plat form, Busch was confronted by Bud Selig, the Brewers’ owner. Selig, 48, looks like a boy along side Busch. His eyes were misty Your team played very well and you, your manager and your players are to be congratulated.” “Thank you,” Busch replied. “You are a great sport to come over and tell me all this.” On his way back to the Brew ers’ quarters, Selig, who brought major-league baseball back to Milwaukee 13 years ago, said he was disappointed but very proud of his team. “It was a great year for us,” said the Brewers’ owner. “We won our division, we won the pennant, and we went to seven games in the World Series. We came within one game of win ning it all. I guarantee you there will be another time. We’ll be back.” Among the celebrants in the Cardinals’ quarters was Red Schoendienst, a coach with them now who managed them the last time they won a world cham pionship in 1967. “This has been my seventh World Series and every one of them has gone seven games,” he said. “There’s no feeling in the world like winning a World Series.” as he congratulated the older how disgusted he was with what man - EL COUNSEL!^ perceived as the greedy and venal attitude of big-league ball- RESERVATIOUPh'yers. He made his feelings TS Not Try The Bti' 1 PAM HALL >BBY tAS 77840 AS ND E AVAIL MAS Alt ER EE CUBICLE I MSCTK “Tm glad for you,” he saief, shaking Busch’s hand. “I know how much this means to you. FREE APARTMENT LOCATOR SERVICE • Apartments • Duplexes • Houses • Fourplexes • Townhouses Now leasing for summer and fall. Special sum mer rates now available. Walking & biking dis tance to T.A.M.U. HOMEFINDER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 696-1005 1055 S. Texas C.S. 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Martin was fired twice by the Yankees and now once each by the Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers and A’s. Oakland President Roy Eisenhardt gave Martin, whose contract runs through 1985, the bad news Wednesday and said he would honor their agree ment. So Martin is not exactly pen niless. Over the next three years, should he decide not to work, he will collect a total of $750,000. In addition, there is a $600,000 home in Blackwood, an Oakland suburb, that was given to him outright by the A’s a year ago in a gesture of gratitude for turn ing the Oakland franchise around. But as in every other city where he has managed, Martin wore out his welcome with the A’s and Eisenhardt, in announc ing his firing, said “one must recognize the inevitability of change as a solution for difficult circumstances, even when no party may seek or want a change.” That was Eisenhardfs polite way of saying the A’s no longer could afford Martin’s behavior no matter how much he had done to improve the club. At the bottom of Eisenhardt’s decision to fire Martin was the latter’s insistence on keeping old players past their prime because they were his friends, an inci dent in which he walked out in the middle of a game because he was upset at the way the A’s were playing, and, a temper tandrum in which Martin wrecked his ballpark office when the club re fused to renegotiate his con tract. So, now Martin is gone from Oakland, and the search begins for a replacement. 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