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VOL. 2, No. 74 THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1971 TEN CENTS

Blue Blazes Trail to 10 Triumphs, A.L. EAST W L


Major League Standings
PCT. GB N.L. EAST W L PCT. GB

Subdues Senators in 6-2 As Win New York


Baltimore
44
37
18
21
.710
.638
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5
New York
Pittsburgh
37
38
22
26
.627
.594
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1
Detroit 29 33 .468 15 Philadelphia 35 26 .574 3
OAKLAND The ninth time was a charm. Dave Boswell (2-0) got the win in relief of
Cleveland 28 32 .467 15 St. Louis 31 34 .477 9
Starting June 8, eight pitchers took the Dave McNally. Dick Ellsworth (1-4) was the
Boston 27 34 .443 16 Chicago 30 34 .469 9
mound in an effort to become the majors first loser. Washington 22 37 .373 20 Montreal 22 35 .385 14
10-game winner. Twins 8, Cleveland 7
Six lost. Two received no decision. Their CLEVELAND George Mitterwalds RBI A.L. WEST W L PCT. GB N.L. WEST W L PCT. GB
cumulative ERA in those prospective break- single broke a 7-7 tie in the top of the ninth in- Oakland 39 23 .629 --- San Francisco 40 26 .606 ---
through games: 5.26. ning and Paul Ratliff continued his home run California 31 33 .484 9 Houston 34 30 .531 5
Minnesota 30 33 .476 9 Los Angeles 32 32 .500 7
Vida Blue, the Oakland As fab freshman, barrage as the Twins squeezed past the Indians.
Milwaukee 25 32 .439 11 Cincinnati 30 33 .476 8
finally crested the summit Wednesday night, It was the Tribes seventh consecutive loss.
Chicago 25 32 .439 11 Atlanta 28 38 .424 12
turning in his third consecutive complete-game With Ratliff blasting a three-run homer in the
Kansas City 24 33 .421 12 San Diego 22 43 .338 17
victory, 6-2, over Washington. top of the second inning, and adding a solo shot
Blue (10-3) started slowly, in the third, the Twins took an early 5-2 lead. Wednesdays American League Results Wednesdays National League Results
allowing two runs on three hits The Indians tied it in the sixth on back-to- Baltimore 8, Milwaukee 4 Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 3
Chicago 6, Detroit 2 Los Angeles 12, New York 5
in the first inning. But he back round-trippers by Chris Chambliss (a two-
Minnesota 8, Cleveland 7 Chicago 7, Atlanta 6
blanked Washington over the run homer) and Roy Foster. Chambliss added an Oakland 6, Washington 2 Montreal 5, San Diego 2
final eight frames, allowing RBI single in a two-run Tribe rally in the sev- Kansas City 11, New York 0 Philadelphia 3, San Francisco 2
just three baserunners. The 21- enth that made it 7-5 Cleveland. California 2, Boston 1 Pittsburgh 7, Houston 0
Vida Blue year-old finished with eight Pinch-hitter Chuck Manuels RBI double tied Todays Probable Starting Pitchers
Todays Probable Starting Pitchers
strikeouts and no walks. the game in the top of the ninth. Mitterwald fol- All times local All times local
In lowering his ERA to 2.18, Blue, who lowed with the decisive blow. Detroit (Cain 3-1) at Cleveland (McDowell 7-7), St. Louis (Carlton 6-3) at Chicago (Hooton 0-0),
notched No. 10 on his first try, broke a barrier Ratliff, who had six home runs in 79 major 7:45 p.m. 1:30 p.m.
league games before this season, has belted four New York (Stottlemyre 9-2) at Baltimore (Dobson 7 Atlanta (Reed 3-7) at Cincinnati (Nolan 7-7), 8:05
that had confounded nine-game winners Ken
-3), 8 p.m. p.m.
Holtzman of the Cubs (three unsuccessful at- in the past three tilts.
California (Hassler 1-2 or May 2-4) at Kansas City (Only games scheduled)
tempts at win No. 10, including Wednesday Twins fireman Ron Perranoski (3-3) threw (Drago 4-5), 7:30 p.m.
afternoon), the Pirates Steve Blass (two tries), two shutout innings to gain the win. Ed Farmer Chicago (John 4-4) at Minnesota (Williams 2-1 or
the Yankees Mel Stottlemyre and Ron Kline, (0-2) was hung with the loss. Corbin 2-2), 8 p.m.
and Joe Coleman of the Tigers. A.L., Page 2 (Only games scheduled)
Blue briefly appeared to be in the clutches of
the curse, but Washingtons 2-0 lead was short-
lived. The As tallied four times in the bottom
Ellis Interrupts Pirates Road Nightmare, Blanks Houston
of the first on an RBI double by Reggie Jack- HOUSTON The Out-of-Towners, Neil (his 16th) and Al Oliver (his eighth). Houston L.A. led 1-0 before breaking the game open
son, followed by back-to-back home runs by Simons cinematic comedy about tourists who starter Wade Blasingame (6-2) allowed six runs with five runs in the fourth frame, a rally that
Mike Epstein (No. 10) and Sal Bando (No. 9). encounter a ceaseless succession of riotous ca- in 8 1/3 innings. featured two-run singles by Davis and Wes
Epstein singled home another run in the lamities, was released to theaters little more than Cubs 7, Braves 6 Parker. Singer (8-6) singled home two runs in a
third. Rick Monday capped the scoring with his a year ago. CHICAGO Chris Cannizzaros go-ahead four-run uprising in the sixth.
first round-tripper in 29 days. The Pirates seem intent on a remake. With one three-run homer capped a six-run rally in the Singer whiffed six and walked three. Mets
Washington starter Denny McLain lasted just notable exception. bottom of the eighth inning as the Cubs am- starter Charlie Williams allowed five runs in 3
two innings, allowing five runs on seven hits Dock Ellis hurled a four-hit shutout Wednes- bushed the Braves for their fourth consecutive 1/3 innings and fell to 1-2. Catcher Duffy Dyer
and falling to 2-10. day night as the Bucs blanked the Astros 7-0 to victory. homered twice for New York.
Orioles 8, Brewers 4 snap a seven-game losing streak. But Ellis third Earl Williams had a two-run single and a Expos 5, Padres 2
BALTIMORE Andy Etchebarren slugged whitewash in his past five starts only somewhat solo homer as Atlanta jumped to a 6-1 lead af- MONTREAL Bill Stoneman won for the
a game-winning, pinch-hit grand slam in the mitigated Pittsburghs calamitous 3-7 road trip. ter six innings. Chicago rallied in the bottom of first time in six starts and Ron Swoboda had
bottom of the ninth inning as the Orioles You could say a trend has been established. the eighth, with Joe Pepitone, Paul Popovich three hits, including his first home run for Mon-
stunned the Brewers. In mid-May, the Pirates won all five games of and Brock Davis singling home runs before treal, as the Expos defrocked the Padres.
Both of Etchebarrens home runs this season a short homestand. They then hit the road where Cannizzaros blast. Bob Bailey had an RBI single in the third
have been game-ending blows. On May 9 his they lost four out of five. Returning home, they Ray Newman (2-0) was the winning pitcher inning and a run-scoring double in the fifth as
two-run shot beat Vida Blue and the As. won 10 of 13 games. for the second game in a row. Ron Herbel (5- Montreal took a 4-0 lead. Swoboda doubled in
The Os trailed 4-3 after 7 innings despite The just-concluded road trip dropped the Pi- 6), who served up Cannizzaros homer, took the fourth and fifth. His solo homer in the
two solo homers from leadoff man Don Buford. rates from first place in the National League the loss the fourth straight for the Braves. eighth was his first round-tripper since being
Buford doubled to lead off the eighth, and East, 3 games ahead of the second-place Mets, Dodgers 12, Mets 5 dealt to the Expos on March 31.
scored the tying run on Boog Powells sacrifice to second place, 1 games behind New York. NEW YORK Bill Singer scattered 13 hits Stoneman (7-6) fanned 11, one off his career
fly. Ellis (9-4) limited the Astros to four singles, to win for the fifth time in six starts, and Willie high. Pads starter Dave Roberts (4-5) allowed
Etchebarren took it from there with his first lowering his ERA to 2.43, third in the N.L. He Davis singled, tripled, homered and had three four runs in six innings and took the loss.
career grand slam. received home run support from Bob Robertson RBI as the Dodgers mauled the Mets 12-5. N.L., Page 2

Around Baseball Major League Leaders Warring Angels Have


Say Cheese? Detroits AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB R H AVG.
a Devil of a Problem
Horton Skips Picture Carew, Min.
Epstein, Oak.
57
56
223
174
42
31
83
64
.372
.368
Aaron, Atl.
Beckert, Chi.
62
63
221
259
51
35
80
90
.362
.347
By JOHN HALL
The Los Angeles Times
DETROIT Left fielder Willie Horton has Cater, N.Y. 59 217 24 78 .359 Jones, N.Y. 53 193 22 67 .347 (First of a two-part series)
had another run-in with the Detroit Tigers.
Murcer, N.Y. 62 241 46 85 .353 Oliver, Pit. 59 215 29 74 .344 Its time the commissioner of baseball, or
Horton refused to report for a team picture
Johnstone, Chi. 50 162 26 57 .352 Alou, St.L 62 263 40 90 .342 maybe the nearest district attorney, sent the
before Wednesday nights game after an argu-
rescue squad to Anaheim. The Big A (as in ago-
ment with traveling secretary Vince Desmond. McMullen, Cal. 63 237 40 78 .329 Johnson, Phi. 60 217 38 74 .341
ny) is an armed camp about to explode. The
Apparently the disagreement was over com- White, N.Y. 61 230 49 75 .326 Brock, St.L 62 261 43 89 .341 building is on fire.
plimentary tickets Horton was leaving for fami-
Blair, Bal. 50 205 33 66 .322 Garr, Atl. 65 270 42 92 .341 Even those who have been closely watching
ly and friends which were being picked up by
Howard, Was. 59 230 28 74 .322 Sanguillen, Pit. 58 233 32 78 .335 the slow disintegration of the Angels on the
unidentified persons. playing field have been shocked by the latest
He got into a big argument with Vince Des- Northrup, Det. 55 191 23 61 .319 Stargell, Pit. 58 196 58 65 .332
developments behind the scenes.
mond, Tigers manager Billy Martin said. HR: Petrocelli (Bos.) 18; Cash (Det.) 18; HR: Stargell (Pit.) 27; Aaron (Atl.) 24; Somebody has got to call for a fire truck be-
Willies just upset. Itll be OK. Smith (Bos.) 16; Nettles (Cle.) 16; Powell (Bal.) May (Cin.) 17; Johnson (Phi.) 16; Robertson
fore its too late. This isnt just a case of anoth-
The picture was delayed about 15 minutes 14. (Pit.) 16.
er losing team suffering the usual dissension
while Horton remained in the clubhouse. When RBI: Petrocelli (Bos.) 55; White (N.Y.) 49; RBI: Aaron (Atl.) 60; Stargell (Pit.) 58; Torre woes that plague any depressed ball club.
he didnt appear, it was taken without him. Murcer (N.Y.) 48; Bando (Oak.) 47; 3 tied with (St.L) 48; May (Cin.) 45; Davis (L.A.) 45. The mass nervous breakdown of the Angels
NEW YORK Nearly 20 years since Bob- 16. Wins: Blass (Pit.) 9-3; Holtzman (Chi.) 9-3; goes beyond. It is serious, ugly, approaching
by Thomson hit his pennant-winning home run Wins: Blue (Oak.) 10-3; Stottlemyre (N.Y.) 9- Seaver (N.Y.) 9-4; Ellis (Pit.) 9-4; Jenkins (Chi.) 9 tragedy.
for the New York Giants, the New York Mets 2; Kline (N.Y.) 9-2; Coleman (Det.) 9-3; Wright -7. My main concern right now is hardly the
are staging their old-timers day July 21. (Cal.) 9-5. Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 138; Jenkins (Chi.) win and loss column, admitted a grieving
Living members of the Giants and Brooklyn Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 159; Lolich (Det.) 105; Stoneman (Mon.) 103; Kirby (S.D.) 93; Lefty Phillips in his newest appraisal of the
Dodgers of 1951 are being invited to take part 120; Coleman (Det.) 106; Blyleven (Min.) 96; Holtzman (Chi.) 90. disaster area he has been left to command solo
in an abbreviated replay. McDowell (Cle.) 90. ERA: Seaver (N.Y.) 1.61; Wilson (Hou.) 2.03; and single-handed.
When that game ends the Mets will take on ERA: Fingers (Oak.) 1.52; Wood (Chi.) 2.06; Ellis (Pit.) 2.43; Holtzman (Chi.) 2.44; Billingham Im afraid theres going to be real violence
Leo Durochers Cubs. Durocher managed the Blue (Oak.) 2.18; Stottlemyre (N.Y.) 2.24; Dob- (Hou.) 2.51. in the clubhouse, he said. Im afraid some-
51 Giants. son (Bal.) 2.27. ANGELS, Page 2
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1971 Page 2

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National League Boxscores

Whos Hot - Garr, Atl.: Batting .420 during 20-game hit streak
Whos Not - Mason, S.D., 0-for-14 since June 6
Pitching Swell - Seaver, N.Y.: 8-1, 1.54 ERA, 3 shutouts in past 10 starts
Not So Well - Holtzman, Chi.: 0-1, 7.11 ERA in past three starts

American League Boxscores



Whos Hot - Epstein, Oak.: .402, 8 HR, 23 RBI in 30 games since dealt to As
Whos Not - Cullen, Was.: 0-for-12 since June 12
Pitching Swell - Kekich, N.Y.: 6-0, 1.62 ERA in past 7 starts
Not So Well - McLain, Was.: 2-10, 4.66 ERA, in 1971

A.L. and pounded his team-high


From Page 1
seventh home run for the Roy-
als. Ed Kirkpatrick, who came
White Sox 6, Tigers 2
into the game batting .170,
DETROIT Rookie Terry
had four hits, including a pair
Forster fired a five-hitter with
of doubles and his second
10 strikeouts for his first major
homer, and four RBI.
league victory as the White Sox
Dal Canton (2-6) also
won their fourth consecutive
blanked Milwaukee on May
game, tying their season high.
23. Yankees starter Stan
Forster (1-1), in his second Bahnsen (5-3) was touched for
big league start, made just one six runs in 4 2/3 innings. New
mistake which Detroits Al Yorks Bobby Murcer had his
Kaline belted for a two-run hit streak snapped at 13
homer in the sixth inning. games.
Chicago jumped to a quick Angels 2, Red Sox 1
lead, Luis Alvarados three-run ANAHEIM Clyde
double capping a four-run rally Wright hurled eight strong
in the second inning. Rich innings to secure his seventh
McKinneys fourth home run win in his past nine decisions
made it 5-0 in the third. as the Angels nipped the Red
Tigers ace Mickey Lolich (5- Sox.
8) allowed five runs on five hits Wright (9-5) limited Boston
in three innings. to one run on three hits over
Royals 11, Yankees 0 eight innings, lowering his
KANSAS CITY Bruce ERA to 2.71. Reliever Archie
Dal Canton spun a five-hitter Reynolds pitched a scoreless
for his second shutout in five ninth inning for his first career
starts as the Royals routed the save.
Yankees. Boston starter and loser Jim
New York, which dropped Lonborg (1-4) allowed two
two of three to K.C., lost just runs in six innings in losing to
its second series of the season. California for the second time
Amos Otis had two singles in 12 days.

N.L. Philadelphia took a 2-1 lead


in the fourth on a pair of run-
From Page 1
scoring ground balls. San
Angels rections.
Reds 4, Cardinals 3
Franciscos Dick Dietz tied
The mark of a good general
From Page 1 ST. LOUIS Pat Corrales
manager isnt necessarily pop- the game with a solo homer in
body is going to hit somebody broke a 3-3 tie with an RBI
ularity, but the feeling the An- the top of the seventh. But the
else over the head with a stool single in the top of the eighth
gels ball players have for Dick tie didnt last long.
or worse. inning and red-hot Lee May
Walsh has established a new Jim Bunning (5-3) held the
The worse includes guns, swatted a two-run home run as
low. Giants to two runs on four hits
as you may have noticed. the Reds completed a three-
Item: A few nights ago, the over seven innings to earn his
The situation is so distress- game sweep of the Cardinals.
Angel pitchers and reserves 224th career win, most among
ing to Phillips, a patient man of May tagged his 17th homer
were taking their customary active players.
well-trained emotion, that it is in the first inning. For the se-
early batting practice, a rou- San Francisco rookie Steve
making him physically ill. ries he was 6-for-12 with three
tine bit that takes place before Stone allowed three runs in
Phillips, the manager, is a the gates open to the public. round-trippers and nine RBI.
seven innings and fell to 5-4.
man in the midst of deep des- Walsh was also on the field Tony Cloninger (3-6) earned
pair, the fall guy, a lam be- standing beyond the third the win with a scoreless inning
trayed a manager who unbe- base dugout near the left field in relief of Don Gullett. Clay
lievably has had little or no foul line, watching a young Carroll hurled two scoreless
backing, public or private, from pitching prospect demonstrate frames to record his third save.
higher ups in any move hes his abilities. The Birds Al Santorini,
made in attempting to solve the who turned in his first com-
Boyer Signs Minor League Pact With Hawaii Noticing Walsh, each of the
well-documented turmoil that batters in the batting cage plete game and struck out a
HONOLULU (UPI) Although contract terms has rocked his ball club for moved up a few feet and be- season-high six, lost and fell to
Im not sorry I did what I did were not disclosed, both Boy- more than a month. gan to deliberately pull their 2-3.
in Atlanta, said Clete Boyer er and Hawaii general manag- Alex Johnson, the celebrated hits into foul territory, aiming Phillies 3, Giants 2
as he signed a contract with er Jack Quinn seemed pleased. outcast, is only part of it a their line drives at the back of PHILADELPHIA Willie
the Hawaii Islanders of the Boyer had been scheduled smaller part perhaps than most the general manager. One Montanez broke a 2-2 tie with
AAA Pacific Coast League. to play for the Islanders on have suspected. The hate and bulls eye could have caused an RBI double in the bottom of
Boyer, 34, was released by Wednesday night but the misunderstanding is a 25-man serious injury. the seventh inning as the Phil-
the Braves three weeks ago. game was rained out. proposition. It heads in all di- Tomorrow: Part 2 lies edged the Giants.

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