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Tuesday, June 9, 1987/The Battalion/Page 7 im Sports 3f 11( » see kM ^0?' \ eaver rejoins Mets fter 10-year hiatus ighling i it V|fk-j ;|S similar" xirer. r.rf.fWEW YORK (AR) — Tom Seav- . | er' stoned career with the New ltl . " York Mets has been filled with tears cheers. he l ight-hander, who is bound foi baseball’s Hall of Fame, came back home over the weekend. )( ‘’“‘f'Ht’s the third time he has been em- ployed by the Mels and Seaver III 1^ seems headed lor a happy ending, u even il he can’t make it on the t' II * (:a,ino1 contribute and pitch " 11 cifdibly then I am going to retire,” sel 42-year-old Seaver said. “It u 10 1 wouldn't be fair to the fans or those 1110 , incividuals in the clubhouse wearing ,l(, ^uniforms." ^■)ming the past weekend at Shea ■tlso adcBBdiuni, Seaver was given back his 11 old locker by pitcher Ron Darling, 'gesur a lj ( | onne( l i,j s familiar No. 41 —a uniform number no other Mets’ pk yer has worn since 1967. ■This was not a deal made out of m; rketability or sentimentality,” Mils General Manager Frank Gashen said. “Although parentheti cally, let me add that I have always ■ieved Tom Seaver deserved to eld his career here.” HA lot of good things happened to Hiver while not playing for the Mi ts. ■He pitched his only no-hitter June 16 1978, against St. Louis while a pii Ting for Cincinnati. On April 18, QlfliHl, he became the fifth pitcher in oppress# C(1 Dogllj nunist nt e United Hess opp. nam." major league history to strike out 3,000 batters, again while pitching for the Reds, and Aug. 4, 1985, while pitching for the White Sox, he won his 300th game at Yankee Sta dium. “That’s a day I’ll never forget, it was a beautiful thing,” Seaver said of his 300th victory. “It was great to have it in New York and I enjoyed playing with the White Sox. It was great.” Seaver has always helped the Mets — in the standings, at the gate and in the record book. He helped turn one of the worst franchises in baseball history into a world champion in 1969, and he is the Mets’ all-time winner with 198 victories. Seaver rejected a $610,000 offer from the boston Red Sox for 1987 and became a free agent. But no one was knocking on the door of his Connecticut home and he was ready to retire from baseball. “The only time I did miss it (base ball) was about 10 days ago, when things started to break,” Seaver said. “I picked up the ball and played catch and that got some juices {low ing.” Sure, Seaver came back for the $500,000-$700,000 the Mets will pay him for the rest of this season. But he also returned because he has al ways been a boy at heart — and a Met. Celtics hope to slow Lakers, even championship series BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics stacked up the sandbags in time, but the waters still are churn ing behind them. The Los Angeles Lakers, who seemed unstoppable in the first two games of the NBA championship se ries, remained confident Monday af ter being stopped in the first of three games at Boston Garden. “They’re in the driver’s seat,” Cel tics’ Coach K.C. Jones said. The Lakers lead the best-of-seven series 2-1. Boston must win at home both Tuesday and Thursday night to avoid having to return to Los An geles needing to win two games. “We’re still upbeat,” Los Angeles guard Byron Scott said. “... We’re just a little disappointed that we didn’t do well” Sunday. “We did some bad things in the first two games, but you didn’t notice it because we won. Now you go back and see what you did wrong in those games. We got out-rebounded in Game 2.” Until Boston’s 109-103 victory Sunday, the Lakers had lost only one game in 45 days and were 13-1 in the playoffs. The key to the next game for Los Angeles is improved rebounding, guard Michael Cooper said. Boston had a 48-32 advantage in that cat egory Sunday, enabling it to convert - Statco i low-M learbyr “re, bull l opposeii | they’ve i| •level Rail isal Auiki :e! of stac# of Foitfij ing Huik the autl#' or the miles [rul hority e search p as heard ‘ eauthoritjl renewtij ip sitei and Cot jro's e landotfl AttortieJ ■ filed tlicj c tninc \ icy and ipen. I ig all thtj nit it it'll Judge 1 s high' :r, als« he authoitl ich of I Jones t ite the l office ini priot'it' I dd be t»f i puttin? County- ig inning keys Stanford CWS win OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — While bklahoma State was the team noted for the big inning, Stan- ■ord came up with an even bigger Hne to win the NCAA College world Series. I “I thought the fifth inning was the key,” Oklahoma State Coach Bary Ward said of No. 2-ranked Stanford’s 9-5 victory over the 3 Cowboys Sunday night. [We get back-to-back homers and fjhave a chance to take control. ley come right back and put four runs on the board and went hack in control.” Stanford, 53-17, had a 2-1 lead Ten Oklahoma State’s Benny Castillo and Brad Beanblossom hit solo homers off Cardinal starter Jack McDowell, 13-5, in the fourth. Then Stanford rallied for four runs in the fifth on a walk, dou bles by Toi Cook, Paul Carey and Ed Sprague, two wild pitches and a sacrifice fly off losing pitcher Pat Hope, 13-3. “The turning point was after the two home runs,” said Stan ford Coach Mark Marquess, whose team was making its first appearance in a national championship game. “That was a big inning,” Cardi nal first baseman Ron Witmeyer said. “It really picked us up.” When McDowell walked the first two Cowboys in the eighth inning, Steve Chitren came in to strike out the next two batters, walked another and struck out Oklahoma State’s Ray Ortiz, end ing the threat. “After I walked those two guys in the eighth, I needed help,” said McDowell, an All-American and a first-round pick in last week’s ma jor league draft by the Chicago White Sox. “Steve Chitren picked me up big time,” McDowell said. -At to-1 openinH ollectM jy OVA' lit rtitti'j ie coM icier Pf'j 1 it's ttn f it ha'l t has ie in 1 away*! s," satof technjl on •ed I' apF'tl t togeilj Doittinji'] uisban (l “S we( f I mpa" ie ';'| comp 31 ' tut* 5: OLD FASHIONED QUALITY AND SERVICE DEPEND ON THE TAT,ENTS OF PEOPLE LIKE... 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One of those losses was to the Lakers, who broke Boston’s 48-game winning streak in the building Dec. 12. Ainge said there is a literal advan tage to Boston’s home court that could hurt the Lakers’ running at tack. Hidden within the unique par quet design of the floor are some dead spots. “This is a slow court,” Ainge said. “A lot of times you bounce the ball on a fast break and it doesn’t come up. You never know when you drib ble behind your back when you’re going to come up empty.” James Worthy, Los Angeles’ lead ing playoff scorer, and Scott, who had averaged 22 points in the first two games, came up virtually empty Sunday. Worthy finished with 13 points, only four in the second half, while Scott ended with four. “That happens to everyone,” Lakers Coach Pat Riley said. “Both of them know they can play better and I think they will.” Boston also got a chance Sunday to rest center Robert Parish, who is playing on a weak left ankle. He got into early foul trouble and played only 26 minutes while substitute Greg Kite performed well. Flyers’ Clarke misses NHL PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For mer Philadelphia Flyers center Bob Clarke acknowledged Monday that his induction into the NHL Hall of Fame is the greatest honor an indi vidual can earn, but he said he’d still rather be playing. “I miss it now more than the first year,” said Clarke, who has been vice president and general manager of the Flyers since his retirement in 1984. “I think it gets worse the far ther you get from playing.” As a soft-spoken, 37-year-old ex ecutive, Clarke watched a young Fly ers’ team he built take the Edmonton Oilers to the seventh game of the Stanley Cup finals after falling be hind three games to one. Clarke said retirement meant more than being reduced to a spec tator, though. “It’s not just watching the game,” he said. “It’s the life anti everything else. I really envy what those guys went through this year.” In an informal meeting with re porters before going to Detroit for the NHL draft and next week’s in duction ceremony, Clarke down played his achievements. “I just liked to play,” he said. “I just wanted to play hockey — noth ing else. I didn’t want to go to school. I didn’t want to work. I just wanted to play hockey. So it was easy.” Clarke will become the second member of the two-time champion Flyers to be inducted into the Hall of Fame at Toronto. Goaltender Ber- nie Parent waS inducted in Septem ber 1984. Hextall gets MVP award as rookie NEW YORK (AP) — Philadel phia Flyers goaltender Ron Hex- tall, confessing that he still was carrying the burden of losing the Stanley Cup, settled for a car Monday as a consolation prize. “It hasn’t gotten any easier for me,” Hextall said, alluding to his team’s tough, seven-game loss to the Edmonton Oilers in the Stan ley Cup finals last week. Hextall, named winner of the Sport Magazine Most Valuable Player Award, was in town to col lect his car and the trophy of a sil ver-colored skate that went with it. Losing the playoffs “was like getting hit by a truck,” Hextall said. “It was the biggest disap pointment of my career. It was even tougher to take, because ev eryone on the team gave so much.” Except for the ending, Hextall, 23, had what many would con sider a dream season. The rookie goaltender, whose grandfather, father and uncle also played in the NHL, virtually was handed the goaltender’s job at the start by Coach Mike Kee nan and proceeded to live up to expectations. Hextall played 66 games dur ing the regular season, 92 includ ing the playoffs, breaking the league record of 90 games in a season by former Flyers goal- tender Bernie Parent (1973-74). He led the league in wins (37) and save percentage (.902). “Everyone kept asking me if I was tired,” Hextall said. “I know a lot was written about it. But I wasn’t. Mike (Keenan) gave me rest days when I needed them, and I still felt very strong at the end of the playof fs. I feel I could have played another series.” Hextall became only the fifth goaltender in NHL history to re cord 50 or more wins in a season (including playoffs) and his 37 wins during the regular season was the fourth highest total by a rookie goaltender in NHL his tory. SUMMER SPECIAL ‘ISuT ties, to' art, Battalion Classified 845-2611 Fitlife 1987 Summer Exercise Classes OB ©3® Fresh Start Second Wind - Sweat Shop - Hydrofit Trim Time Pacesetter A low-level beginning aerobics class A moderate paced aerobics class An advanced paced aerobics class An indoor aquatic low-impact aerobics class A highly structured exercise weight control program w/full fitness testing A beginning walk-jog class Enroll Now!!! Classes start June 15 through August 14 call 845- 3997 for further information! 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