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VOL. 2, No. 153 SATURDAY, SEPT. 4, 1971 TEN CENTS

Suddenly Sam Loses No-Hitter, A.L. EAST W L

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

Shutout, Game in Extra Innings Baltimore

New York
Detroit
85
84
70
47
53
67
.644
.613
.511
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3½
17½
New York
Chicago
Pittsburgh
83
75
78
52
62
63
.615
.547
.547
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9
BOSTON — When is a no-hitter not a no- as the White Sox swept a doubleheader from the Boston 61 76 .445 26½ Philadelphia 67 70 .489 17
hitter? Royals. Washington 59 77 .434 28 St. Louis 65 73 .471 19½
Ask Sam McDowell. Do not expect a jocular John (12-13) allowed three runs in six in- Cleveland 58 80 .420 30 Montreal 48 87 .356 35
reply. nings, aiding his own cause with an RBI single
A.L. WEST W L PCT. GB N.L. WEST W L PCT. GB
Sudden Sam, the Indians’ flame-throwing in the bottom of the second inning.
Oakland 82 55 .599 --- San Francisco 85 52 .620 ---
left-hander held the Red Sox hitless through Melton’s decisive single was his third hit of
California 71 66 .518 11 Los Angeles 77 61 .558 8½
nine innings Friday night. All that bought him the game and made a winner of starting pitcher Chicago 69 67 .507 12½ Houston 72 66 .552 13½
was a scoreless tie heading Joe Horlen (8-7), who allowed four runs (one Minnesota 60 74 .448 20½ Cincinnati 71 69 .507 15½
into the 10th inning. earned). Kansas City 60 76 .441 21½ San Diego 54 84 .391 31½
There the Tribe was set Ken Wright, the second of three Royals re- Milwaukee 57 78 .422 24½ Atlanta 53 87 .367 33½
down 1-2-3 by Boston reliev- lievers, allowed two runs in 1 2/3 innings and
Friday’s American League Results Friday’s National League Results
er Sparky Lyle, with McDow- dropped to 3-6.
Boston 1, Cleveland 0 Pittsburgh 4, Montreal 2
ell whiffing for the final out. Tigers 9, Yankees 6 Detroit 9, New York 6 St. Louis 14, Chicago 7
McDowell struck out Rico NEW YORK — Al Kaline scored four runs, Washington 3, Baltimore 2 New York 6. Philadelphia 4
Sam McDowell
Petrocelli leading off the bot- drove in three, and had three hits, including the Chicago 4, Kansas City 3, Gm. 1 San Francisco 9, Houston 4
tom of the frame. Then things began to unravel. 362nd home run of his career, surpassing Joe Chicago 5, Kansas City 4, Gm. 2 Cincinnati 5, Los Angeles 0
Oakland 9, Minnesota 3, Gm. 1 Atlanta 5, San Diego 2
Boston’s George Scott singled, spoiling DiMaggio on the all-time list as the Tigers out-
Minnesota 6, Oakland 5 (10), Gm. 2
McDowell’s gem. McDowell fought back to slugged the Yankees. California 5, Milwaukee 0
strike out Billy Conigliaro — his 13th strikeout The Tigers jumped to a 7-1 lead, driving Yan-
Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers
of the contest — But Duane Josephson singled, kees starting pitcher Fritz Peterson (14-4) to the
moving Scott to third base. dugout after 3 1/3 innings. All times local All times local

Red Sox pinch-hitter Joe Lahoud then
grounded a single into right field, driving in the
first, last, and only run of the game.
McDowell, who has four one-hitters to his
credit, saw his record fall to 9-13. He is 1-6 in
his past 12 starts.
Lyle (4-2) earned the win with two scoreless
innings in relief of starter Roger Moret.
Senators 3, Orioles 2
WASHINGTON — Del Unser lofted a game
-tying sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh
inning, and Frank Robinson’s throwing error on
the play paved the way for the game-deciding
run as the Senators clipped the Orioles.
Birds starting pitcher Dave McNally carried
a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the sixth, where
Jeff Burroughs drove in a run with a ground
ball out to cut the O’s lead to 2-1.
McNally, working on a personal three-game
win streak, allowed three runs in seven innings
and fell to 13-5.
The Sens’ Pete Broberg (5-5) hurled seven
effective innings, allowing two runs (one
earned). Washington reliever Paul Lindblad
worked the ninth inning for his ninth save.
White Sox 4-5, Royals 3-4
CHICAGO — Tommy John, aided by a ster-
ling relief stint from Vicente Romo, notched his
third consecutive win in the opener, and Bill
Melton singled home the game-deciding run in
the bottom of the seventh inning in the nightcap
In addition to his milestone home run, Kaline
slugged two doubles. Tigers starter Mike Kil-
kenny allowed five runs in 6 2/3 innings and
lifted his record to 3-5.
A’s 9-5, Twins 3-6
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Reggie Jackson
walloped a three-run round-tripper in the first
game, and hammered his 30th homer of the sea-
son in the second as the A’s and Twins split a
twin bill. Jackson’s three-run shot capped a five-
run rally in the top of the fifth inning in the
A.L., Page 2
Bonds Away! Nascent Superstar Helps Giants Bop Astros
SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants are in an
enviable position, and a ticklish situation.
They have a solid lead in the National League
West, but have their two best bats tied behind
their back.
Coming into Friday night’s game, Willie Mays
hadn’t homered since July 28 (81 at-bats). Willie
McCovey hadn’t gone yard since July 30 (70 at-
bats).
Fortunately, they have a superstar in training.
While Mays (triple, two-run double) and
McCovey contributed to the Giants’ 9-4 win over
the Astros, it was yet another big bat that keyed
the win. Bobby Bonds slammed two doubles and
tagged his 31st home run.
Houston led 4-2 after 5½ innings, but Bonds’
Cleveland (Farmer 3-4) at Boston (Lonborg 4-
12) 1:30 p.m.
Detroit (Coleman 16-7) at New York (Closter
1-1), 2 p.m.
Oakland Hunter 18-8) at Minnesota (Kaat 16-
8), 1:15 p.m.
Baltimore (Palmer 11-10) at Washington
(McLain 5-15) 7:30 p.m.
Kansas City (Fitzmorris 6-10) at Chicago
(Bradley 10-13), 8 p.m.
California (May 8-8) at Milwaukee Parsons (7-
8), 8 p.m.
leadoff homer in the bottom of the frame
sparked a three-run rally that gave the Giants the
lead for good. Supported by 16 hits, Juan Mari-
chal earned his 14th win with relief help.
Astros starter Wade Blasingame (12-8)
allowed five runs in 5 2/3 innings.
Mets 6, Phillies 4
PHILADELPHIA — Duffy Dyer pounded a
three-run, tie-breaking home run in the eighth
inning that launched the Mets past the Phillies.
Phils starting pitcher Ken Reynolds retired
the first two New York batters in the top of the
eighth inning. But he walked the next two bat-
ters, bringing up Dyer.
New York reliever Dan Frisella (5-3) threw a
scoreless inning. Charlie Williams, despite al-
Montreal (Morton 9-12 or Strohmayer 8-9) at
Pittsburgh (Ellis 15-9), 2:15 p.m.
Chicago (Pappas 13-9) at St. Louis (Carlton 10
-8), 1:15 p.m.
Houston (Forsch 11-12) at San Francisco
(Carrithers 6-1), 1 p.m.
New York (Koosman 4-7 and McAndrew 7-5)
at Twitchell 0-0 and Lersch 7-10) at Philadelphia,
2, 5:35 p.m.
Atlanta (Jarvis 7-5) at San Diego (Kirby 8-10),
7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati (McGlothlin 10-8) at Los Angeles
(Downing 11-14), 8 p.m.
lowing a run in the bottom of the eighth, earned
his first save. Reynolds (7-10) has lost seven of
his past eight decisions.
Pirates 4, Expos 2
PITTSBURGH — Steve Blass fired eight
strong innings and inched closer to the first 20-
win Pirates pitcher since 1960 as the Bucs
topped the Expos.
Blass (19-6) held Montreal to two runs and
seven hits, lowering his ERA to 2.92. He got a
late boost in the bottom of the eighth inning
when Al Oliver broke a 2-2 tie with a two-run
single.
The Pirates have not had a 20-game winner
since Vern Law turned the trick in the champi-
N.L., Page 2

Around Baseball Major League Leaders

Slumping Bench Set
DC Official Seeks to AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB R H AVG.
For Winter Tune-Up
Keep the Senators Put Murcer, N.Y.
Rettenmund, Bal.
135
117
498
419
107
73
184
139
.369
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Pepitone, Chi.
Beckert, Chi.
113
133
427
571
62
83
154
200
.352
.350 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cincinnati Reds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gilbert Hahn Jr. 3
catcher John Bench, the Most Valuable Player
D.C., council chairman said Thursday he will Cater, N.Y. 116 414 42 135 .326 Jones, N.Y. 124 476 72 166 .349
in the National League in 1970, plans to go to
file suit to enjoin the Washington Senators from Tovar, Min. 134 562 89 183 .326 4
Clemente, Pit. 118 462 69 161 .348 the Florida Instructional League this winter to
leaving the nation’s capitol during litigation Oliva, Min. 118 455 71 148 .325 5
Garr, Atl. 138 566 90 195 .345 work on his swing.
involving past-due rent off RFK Stadium. 6 Bench hammered 45 home runs and drove in
F. Robinson Bal. 112 409 79 132 .320 Brock, St.L 135 553 98 189 .342
Hahn told a news conference at the district 148 runs last season to go along with a .293
building that his suit, to be filed on Friday, Uhlaender, Cle. 114 400 59 125 .313 7
Williams, Chi. 134 554 96 186 .336 average. But this year he has
would also seek to attach the assets of the Sena- Cash, Det. 120 411 73 128 .311 8
Sanguillen, Pit. 126 486 63 163 .335 only 23 homers and 71 RBI.
tors until the rent, about $155,000, is paid. May, Mil. 124 424 68 132 .311 9
Stargell, Pit. 131 444 123 147 .331 Before Saturday’s game at
Hahn filed suit against the Senators owner 1 Dodgers Stadium he was bat-
Kaline, Det. 115 379 60 117 .309 0 Torre, St.L 138 527 80 174 .330
Bob Short last week for the rent owed the city ting only .202.
HR: Cash (Det.) 37; Smith (Bos.) 36; Nettles HR: Stargell (Pit.) 55; Aaron (Atl.) 45; May
for use of RFK Stadium during 1970 and 1971. He currently is mired in a
(Cle.) 33; Melton (Chi.) 31; Jackson (Oak.) 30. (Cin.) 41; Bonds (S.F.) 31; 2 tied with 30.
BOSTON — The Baltimore Orioles recalled 10-for-90 (.111) slump.
Murcer (N.Y.)106; RBI: Smith (Bos.)103; Cash RBI: Aaron (Atl.) 123; Stargell (Pit.) 115; Wil- Johnny Bench
righthander Dave Boswell from Rochester of Bench said he plans to
(Det.) 95; Nettles (Cle.) 94; Jackson (Oak.) 93. liams (Chi.) 103; May (Cin.) 100; Torre (St.L)
the International League. spend about 10 days to two weeks in Bradenton
Wins: Blue (Oak.) 20-5; Dobson (Bal.) 18-7; 96.
Boswell, 26, began the season with the De- Fla., to see if he can detect what flaws he has
troit Tigers. In 19 games with Orioles, 18 in Hunter (Oak.) 18-8; Coleman (Det.) 16-7; Wins: Jenkins (Chi.) 21-11; Blass (Pit.) 19-6; picked up in his swing this year.
relief, he has a record of 4-2 with two saves. Cuellar (Det.) 17-7. Perry (S.F.) 17-8; Seaver (N.Y.) 16-7; Sutton The instructional league normally is de-
Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 319; Lolich (Det.) (L.A.) 16-9.
BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox an- signed for the most part to help speed develop-
nounced the purchase of outfielder Rick Miller 245; Coleman (Det.) 219; Blyleven (Min.) 195; Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 236; Jenkins (Chi.) ment of young players in the majors.
from their Louisville farm in the International Wood (Chi.) 179. 208; Stoneman (Mon.) 205; Kirby (S.D.) 184; Other Reds planning to play in the league are
League. ERA: Blue (Oak.) 2.05; Wood (Chi.) 2.15; Sutton (L.A.) 177. pitchers Don Gullett, Gary Nolan, Ross
DETROIT — The Clinton, Iowa, Pilots will Kekich (N.Y.) 2.65; Messersmith (Cal.) 2.73; ERA: Grimsley (Cin.) 1.85; Seaver (N.Y.) Grimsley and Wayne Simpson.
replace the Batavia, N.Y. Trojans in the Detroit Shellenback (Was.) 2.79. 2.06; Wilson (Hou.) 2.49; Stone (Atl.) 2.81. The first three said they will work on such
Tigers’ farm system, the system’s director, fundamentals as pickoff moves and will spend
Walter “Hoot” Evers, announced Thursday. about two weeks in the league.
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National League Boxscores
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Who’s Hot - Rose, Cin.: .426 avg., 40 hits during 21-game hit streak
American League Boxscores
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Who’s Hot - Pinson, Cle.: .417, 35 H during 18 game hit streak.
Who’s Not - Bench, Cin.: Hitless in 19 at-bats since Aug. 29 Who’s Not - Fosse, Cle.: .187, 18 Ks, in 18 games since Aug. 12
Pitching Swell - Wilson, Hou.: 2-1, 1.15 ERA in six outings since Aug. 13 Pitching Swell - Wood, Chi.: 8-1, 2.06 ERA, 2 shutouts in 12 starts since July 25
Not So Well - Gentry, N.Y.: 0-4, 4.22 ERA in five outings since Not So Well - Hedlund, K.C.: 1-3, 6.58 ERA in five outings since Aug. 15.
AL
From Page 1
opener. Oakland’s Diego Segui
(7-4) turned in his fourth com-
plete game. Reigning A.L. Cy
Young Award winner Jim Per-
ry allowed five runs in 4 2/3
innings and fell to 7-19.
1971 Cy Young hopeful
Vida Blue was lifted after nine
innings (and 10 strikeouts) in
the nightcap with the game tied
5-5. A’s fireman Rollie Fingers
(9-7) allowed the wining run to
score on a sacrifice fly by
George Thomas.
Twins reliever Steve Lueb-
ber fired two scoreless innings,
improving his record to 2-7.
The A’s Dave Duncan lined
into a triple play in the second
N.L.
From Page 1
onship campaign in 1960.
Pittsburgh fireman Dave
Giusti logged his 15th save.
Expos starter Steve Renko
worked six innings. The loss
went to reliever Claude Ray-
mond (2-8) who allowed two
unearned runs in the sixth in-
ning.
Reds 5, Dodgers 0
LOS ANGELES — Don
Gullett spun a seven-hitter for
his first career shutout as the
Reds subdued the Dodgers.
Gullett, 20, allowed at least
one runner in eight of his nine
innings, but stranded seven
men on base.
L.A. starter Bill Singer, who
came into the game with five
wins in his past seven deci-
sions, allowed five runs in sev-
en innings.
The Reds’ Pete Rose ho-
mered to lead off the game and
extend his hit streak to 22
games.
Braves 5, Padres 2
SAN DIEGO — Phil Niekro
snapped a personal five-game
losing streak and Henry Aaron
knocked in two runs to pad his
major league RBI lead and the
Braves handed the Padres their
fifth consecutive defeat.
Niekro (6-14) went eight
innings, allowing two runs and
striking out six. Cecil Upshaw
pitched the ninth inning for his
10th save.
Aaron provided insurance
with a two-run single in the top
of the ninth inning.
game. It was the sixth triple
play of the season.
Angels 5, Brewers 0
MILWAUKEE — Clyde
Wright hurled eight dominat-
ing innings as the Angels
blanked the Brewers.
Wright, winless in his past
eight starts, allowed no runs
and two hits. He struck out
seven, walked no one and
improved to 13-12.
The Halos led 1-0 after
eight innings. Syd O’Brien,
batting for Wright in the top
of the ninth, broke open the
game with a bases-loaded
triple.
Milwaukee’s Jim Slaton (5
-10) took the loss, allowing
five runs in eight innings.
He leads the majors with
123 RBI.
Friars starter and loser Ste-
ve Arlin (14-11) held Atlanta
to three runs on four hits in
eight innings.
Cardinals 14, Cubs7
ST. LOUIS — Joe Hague
and Bob Burda, reserve left-
handed swingers, led a rous-
ing comeback as the Cardi-
nals outslugged the Cubs.
The Birds were down 4-0
after one inning, but Hague
ripped a three-run homer that
fueled a five-run rally in the
fifth. Burda had a two-run
single in a six-run uprising in
the seventh, and worked a
bases-loaded walk in the
eighth.
Cards reliever Frank Linzy
(2-6) got the win. Chicago’s
Bill Bonham (2-3) allowed
seven runs and took the loss.
Rocky Bridges Still Possesses
The Fastest Laugh in Baseball
KANSAS CITY (WP) —
Rocky Bridges, a coach with
the California Angels, always
has been a man who preferred
laughter to contention. Bridg-
es, who looks something like
Popeye the Sailor, was as-
sessing the Angels’ traumatic
season when the club was in
Washington.
“You notice,” he
said, “the halos on our
caps used to go all
around our heads.
Now they’ve been
reduced to a circle the Rocky Bridges
size of a wedding
band. Maybe they’re trying to
tell us something.”
Bridges insists that stories
were exaggerated when Alex
Johnson and Tony Conigliaro
were with the club. The two
outfielders made no lasting
friends, and no one has given
recent testimonials for either.
Johnson has been suspended
for “lack of interest” and Co-
nigliaro, bothered by an eye
problem, quit the club.
“That story about guys car-
rying knives and guns into the
clubhouse was not true,”
Bridges insisted. “We have
guys writing in California who
are miscast in sports. They
should be writing scenarios. I
won’t say that there wasn’t a
lot of feuding on the club, but
I will say that it’s all over
now. But the damage has been
done. It’s hard to get back on
track again.”
Jim Fregosi, team leader
and shortstop, has been trying
to quip his way through a dis-
astrous season. Fregosi had a
tumor removed from his right
foot this year, but he played
earlier with the pain and is
playing with it now.
Looking for Trouble
“They call these batting
averages?” Bridges sighed
going down the list of wing-
less Angels. “Our batting av-
erages look like earned run
marks for Vida Blue and
Sandy Koufax, and vice ver-
sa.”
Fregosi offered a story.
“Some reporter came over to
me the other night,” he said,
“and I could see he wanted to
provoke me. First he asked me
what a .200 hitter like me (he
was giving me the best of it)
was doing batting cleanup.
“Then he started bad-
mouthing Denny McLain.
‘Bad guy, right?’ he asks.
‘No,’ I says, ‘Denny is a fine
human being. He’s a friend of
mine.”
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“’Denny has lost his speed,
right?’ the guy asks me next.
“Wrong,” I says. “I think he’s
as fast as he ever was. Maybe
he’s faster. What did you ever
hit against him?” That’s when
I lost the creep.”
The Angels insist they no
longer have a morale problem
but many act as if they
are puppets anxious to
end the act.
Nothing seemed to
work for the Angels
this year. Their boss,
Gene Autry, the for-
mer cowboy singing
star, always wrapped up every-
thing neatly just before he fad-
ed into the sunset on his horse,
Champion. Life has not been
quite that simple for the base-
ball team.
At one point the Angels
were so torn by dissension that
Autry wanted to get them a
“counselor.” He could have
done worse than appoint
Bridges, a genuinely funny
man, as club comedian.
Quick Line
Once, while playing for the
Senators, Bridges was hit by a
pitch thrown by Detroit’s
Frank Lary. Bridges’ jaw was
broken but when Dr. George
A. Resta, the team physician,
rushed to home plate, Bridges
screwed up his craggy features
and whispered: “Doc, will this
hurt my movie career?’”
The Senators were playing
an exhibition game in Ports-
mouth, Ohio, one spring and
the team bus passed a school
being rebuilt. Half the old
building had been torn down
and that prompted Bridges to
observe:
“Somebody must have
flunked chemistry.”
Players like Bridges are
swapped frequently. Bridges
was an infielder, usually a util-
ity man.
He came up with the Brook-
lyn Dodgers in 1951 and then
played for Cincinnati, Wash-
ington, Detroit, Cleveland, the
St. Louis Cardinals and the
Angels.
He was with Washington
two years and in 1958 was
traded with Eddie Yost and
Neil Chrisley to Detroit for
Reno Bertoia Ron Samford
and Jim Delsing.
“There was also that mys-
tery guy, ‘a player to be named
later,’” Bridges recalled. “I
guess Washington got rid of
me for tax purposes.”
A lot of sour-puss clubs
could use a guy like that.