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Gretzky is so cordial, one gets the impression he wants to be better than the sometimes fractious Orr even off the ice, to handle it all as well as the always placid Howe. Gordie is to Gretzky what Brooklyn Dodger Gil Hodges was to Los Angeles Dodger Steve Garvey, a giant he happened upon as a child and who never disappointed either the boy or the man. "Sometimes," Gretzky says, "I think it would be nice just to play the game, take off the equipment and go home. It's embarrassing to talk about records. But then I think...
...INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Rushing Leaders Player G Att Yds Avg Lg TD Jim Callinan 9 188 994 5.3 68 9 Jim Acheson 8 110 423 3.8 15 5 Ron Cuccia 9 94 307 3.3 24 3 Steve Bianucci 7 25 105 4.2 15 0 Jim Garvey 9 17 85 5.0 16 0 Don Allard 7 22 50 2.3 22 1 Scott McCabe 8 13 40 3.1 7 2 Mike Ernst 8 9 37 4.1 9 0 Steve Ernst 6 6 26 4.3 13 0 Passing Player G Cpl/Att Pct Yds Int TD Ron Cuccia 9 48/109...
Callinan's partners in the backfield, halfback Jim Acheson and flanker Steve Bianucci, are both sidelined with injuries today and will probably not play. Jim Garvey--Harvard's fourth-leading ball carrier this year with 73 yards--will fill in at flanker, and Scotty McCabe should sub for Acheson, who has been bothered by a bad shoulder all year...
...INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Rushing Player G Att Yds Avg Lg TD Jim Callinan 8 173 806 4.7 22 6 Jim Acheson 8 110 423 3.8 15 5 Ron Cuccia 8 86 288 3.2 24 2 Jim Garvey 8 15 73 4.9 16 0 Don Allard 6 17 62 3.6 22 0 Steve Bianucci 6 18 60 3.3 11 0 Scott McCabe 7 10 37 3.7 7 0 Mike Ernst 6 4 20 5.0 9 0 Paul Golitz 5 2 6 3.0 5 0 Bill Saleeby 1 2 3 1.5 3 0 Passing Player G Cpl/Att Pct Yds Inf TD Ron Cuccia...
This time, the Dodgers were undaunted by scare stories of New York City or Yankee Stadium, where they had lost six straight games over three World Series. Comebacks against Houston, Montreal and now New York convinced them that they were "destined," as First Baseman Steve Garvey, who batted .417, kept saying. Garvey is the son of the Florida bus driver who hauled the "Boy of Summer," the old Brooklyn Dodgers, around spring camps When Garvey peeled off his Los Angeles uniform top, the undershirt said BROOKLYN DODGERS...