University Daily Kansan, November 5, 1981
Martin chosen top manager
By United Press International
NEW YORK-Billy Martin, who continued the revitalization of the Oakland A's by leading them to their first division title since 1975, has been named the American League Manager of the Year for the second straight season.
Martin captured 17 of 39 votes cast by a nationwide panel of sports writers to easily beat Ralph Hawk of the Boston Celtics in the first round. Sparky Anderson of Detroit was third
with three votes, while Buck Rodgers of Milwaukee had one.
Whitey Herzog of the St. Louis Cardinals won the honor in the National League.
Martin, who took the Oakland job two years ago after being fired by the New York Yankees, was the first-half title in the Western division by having the A's in first place when the players' strike hit on June 12.
second place, one game behind the Kansas City Royals.
He also assembled the best second-half finish of any of the first-half champions by pushing the A's into
The A's avenged the near-miss by mauling Kansas City, three games to none, in the mini-playoffs, and reached the playoff for the first time since 1975. The A's championship series, they were out of three games by the Yankees.
"I'm very surprised I won it two years in a row with the same club," Martin said when told he had won the award. "That usually doesn't happen."
EARL RICHARDSON/Kansan Staff Billy Martin
EARL RICHARDSON/Kansas Staf
Kings' last-second shot defeats Clippers, 129-128
By United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. --Meggie King hit an eight-foot jump shot with five seconds to go last night to give the Giants a 20-18 victory over the San Diego Clippers.
The Clippers, who trailed 121-116 with 3:33 left, went ahead 128-127 on a hook shot by Swen Nater with 10 seconds remaining.
Phil Smith keyed the late San Diego rally with three field goals but was called for an offensive foul with 38 points. The defense missed a desperation shot at the buzzer.
Ernie Grunfeld led the Kings with 25 points and Phil Ford and Joe Meriwether earned 18 each. The Kings had seven players in double figures.
The victory was the first in three starts for the Kings and was the 400th victory in the career of Kings' Coach John Pawlenty. Williams had 25 points and Nater had 19
for the Clippers, who had eight players in double figures.
Elsewhere in the NBA, San Antonio crushed Cleveland 128-102; Boston topped Chicago 115-83; Philadelphia downed Indianapolis 107-97; Atlanta beat Washington 96-48; Denver beat Houston 112-100; Los Angeles bested Seattle 106-103; and Portland edged Golden State 109-108 as former Kansas guard Darnell Valentine chipped in 12 points, hitting 5 field goals. The defense gave up eight points. The victory gave the unbeaten Trail Blazers their fourth straight trail.
SAN DIEGO (18): Bryant 6-12, Chambers 6
Bryant 7-12, Cameron 4-12, Anderson 4-2,
P-23, P-18, P-4, Dawson 10-2, Winstead 10-
4, 13-8, Brooks 5-17, J. Smith 6-0, TOTALS 52
Robinson 6-12, Browning 4-12, Robinson 6-
18, Johnson 6-12, Mierbach 9-12, Trohn
11-2, 32-25, 9-12, Trohn 10-2, 34-25
Loomis 10-2, Lammert 4-18, Totals 17-19
San Diego 34 14 28 32-12
Kansas City 34 21 29 32-12
Three-point game—Williams. Foul-out one.
Kansas City 75, Bay Area 8, Kansas City 32.
Technique—aon A. Siegel B. 8,7:17
HOCKEY
POSTERHAUS RESULTS
Chicago 5, Los Angeles 4
Edmonion 6, Toronto 4
RESULTS
National Hockey League
Quarterback 6, St. Louis 2
Defenseman 3, Minnesota 6
Washington 1
Vancouver 4, Hartford 1
Detroit 5, Detroit 1
TOADY'S GAMES
Vancouver at Boston
St. Louis at Notre Dame
Rocky Mount at Philadelphia
Los Angeles at Detroit
Armas. Dawson Plavers of the Year
By United Press International
ST. LOUIS- The Sporting News Tuesday named Tony Armas of the Oakland 'A's its American League Player of the Year and Andre Dawson of the Montreal Expos as its National League Player of the Year.
Armas and Dawson, both outfielders were selected in a poll of major league players.
The AL Sporting team news features Cecil Cooper of Milwaukee at first base, Bobby Grizzle of California at second base, Budy Bell of Texas at third base and Rick Burleson of California at shortstop.
of the Oakland A's—Armas, Henderson and Dwayne Murphy. The catcher is Jim Sandberg of Texas and the defense hitter is Riche Zisk of Seattle.
The AL pitchers are Morris and Ron Guidrv of the New York Yankees.
In the AL outfield are three members
The NL team includes three members of the Philadelphia Phillies infield—first baseman Pete Rose, second baseman Manny Trillo and Schmidt at third. The shortstop is Dave Concepcion of Cincinnati.
The NL outfielders are Dawson, George Foster of Cincinnati and Pedro Guerreiro of Los Angeles. Gary Carter of Montreal was selected as catcher.
Pitchers for the NL are Valenzuela and Tom Seaver of Cincinnati.
Cincinnati trades Griffey to Yankees for pitcher
By United Press International
NEW YORK-Fleet veteran outfielder Ken Fitzgerald, one of the National League's four active players. 300 hitters, was acquired by the New York Yankees from the Cincinnati Reds yesterday in the first move of club team Skidmore's promised remolding of the American League champions.
Griffey, who became a regular with the Reds in 1975, immediately downplayed speculation that he had been acquired by Steinbrenner as a replacement for controversial slugger Erik Højglund. He was earlier had declared his free agency.
In exchange for Griffe, who has a lifetime .307 batting average and played on two Cincinnati National League championship teams, the Yankees sent Brain Ryder, a young, hard-throwing right-hander, to the Reds along with a player to be named later.
"I did not come here to play right field or to take Jackson's place," said Griffey. "I came here to play where the pitcher was." I play all three outfield positions."
Steinbrenner was represented at the press conference by Lou Saban,
ATTENTION BIOLOGY MAJORS
An extremely fast base runner, Griffey was believed by many to be a key acquisition in Steinbrenner's announced plan to put more speed and aggressiveness into the Yankee offense. Steinbrenner criticized Yankee playmaking throughout most of this year's playoff and World Series competition.
president of the Yankees, who said Griffey "is a premier player who does many things—all of them extremely well—and contributes to a winning team in every way possible. We are also appreciative we were able to work out this trade with Cincinnati. They were very cooperative."
Ryder was described by the Yankees as one of the best pitching prospects in their organization. He had an 87 record at Columbus in the International League this year and struck out 113 batters in 157 innings. He was a first-round selection in the June 1978 free agent draft.
Griffey said that his primary goal "is always consistency. The thing I set out to do is hit, 300 every year."
Griffey comes to the Tankees after hitting .311 in 101 games during the abbreviated 181 season. He scored 65 runs, had 44 RBIs and 12 stolen bases. He has hit over 300 every year except 1978 and 1980, with a high of .383 in 1976.
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