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Sports Calendar SATURDAY (NBC)BASEBALL Chicago White Sox at Boston Red* Sox or Los Angeles Dodgers at Pittsburgh Pirates. (NBC) GOLF The Mony Tournament of Champions from La Cos­ ta Country Club in Carlsbad, Calif. Charlie Jones, Lee Trevino, John Brodie, Bob Goalby and Jay Randolph will provide the commentary. (ABC) SPORT8BEAT (ABC) WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC) THE KENTUCKY DERBY (CBS) NBA BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS (CBS) NCAA SPECIAL Women's and Men's Gymnastics aired live from Los Angeles. Calif « f QOWDY HONORED -- Curt Gowdy will receive this year's Ford Frick Award at the Baseball Hall of Fanie in Cooperstown, hJ.Y., on Sunday. Aug 12 Gowdy becomes the eighth radio-TV man to receive the award, following Red Barber, Mel Allen, Bob Elson. Russ Hodges, Ernie Harwell. Vince Scul­ ly and Jack Brickhouse. The award was named for former baseball commissioner Ford Frick, who was a baseball announcer long before he was commis­ sioner. Gowdy is one of the sports' most versatile and respected announcers. He was thevoice of the Boston Red Sox tor 15 years before Handling the NBC "Game of the Week ' for the next 10N^eJias also been on hand for TJJ World Series and. in\970. Gowdy won the prestigious George Peabody Award. ^ , * But the way things are going in TV sports broad­ casting, particularly in baseball, the quickest way to the broadcaster's booth is right from the diamond. Almost every major league franchise has an ex-jock helping to describe the action. > _ The Yankees lead the league in form/r ballplayer announcers with Phil Rizzuto, Bill Whjje and Bobby Mercer. The Mets have Tim McCatver and Ralph Kiner. Brooks Robinson is with the Orioles; Don Drysdale and Ken Harrelson do the White Sox games, while Al Kaline and George Kell describe the Tigers. Bob Uecker jokes along with the Milwaukee ' Brewers, and Tony Kubek is very serious about the Blue Jays. Pittsburgh gr6at Willie Stargell does that team's cable broadcasts; and Lou Boudreau. an American League all-time great and a one-time Cub manager, now announces that team's games. Richie Ashburn is a Phillie announcer, and "The Dook of Flatbush," Duke Snider of the late Brooklyn Dodgers, is one of the voices of the Montreal Expos. SUNDAY (CBS) NBA BASKETBALL DOUBLEHEADER Conference Semifinal^. -(NBC) GOLF Live championship-round coverage of the Mony Tournament of Champions from La Costa Country Club in Carlsbad. CA Hosts are Charlie Jones and Lee Trevino. with John Brodie. Bob Goalby and Jay Randolph reporting (NBC) SPORTSWORLD Highlights: Professional Karate Association's U.S. heavyweight kick-boxing championship between Randall "Tex" Cobb and Big Joe Jackson taped from Atlantic City. NJ; Women's World Open Pock- el Billiards Championship also on tape from New York City. Don Criqui and Allen Hopkins are hosts. (ABC) THE AMERICAN SPORTSMAN (ABC) USFL FOOTBALL SATURDAY. 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(Closed Captioned] CD MOVIE: The Adventures ••Hap Baba' A princess diso­ beys her father and sets out to marry a rival prince. John Derek, Eioine Stewart, Amanda Make. 1954. CD A Whole New You CD MOVIE: The Thing' ® ITCOT Magasina QD MOVIE: The PH and the Pendulum' A man's wife and his L^.S Itlm m il enahlne li • • *j Dfli TrWflO COmrlVB CMXJTn OT the wife to drive the husband mod. Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele. 1961 Q| <39 Orculo Tres ̂