Banner Graphic, Greencastle, Putnam County, 14 August 1974 — Page 12

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Banner-Graphic, Greencastle, Indiana

Wednesday, August 14, 1974

Nothing Like A Brawl To Wake Up A Pirate

By NORM CLARKE A P Sports Writer CINCINNATI Ohio (AP) — “This club is putting all the gears together.” It sounded like Sparky Anderson talking about Cincinnati's Big Red Machine. Nope It was Sparky Anderson talking about the Pittsburgh Pirates. The anxiously-awaited rematch between the two clubs, who staged one of the more memorable brawls of iccent years, turned out to be a slugfest—this time with bats instead of fists. Willie Stargell and utility

man Ed Kirkpatrick slugged two-run homers to offset five doubles by the Reds for a 7-4 nationally-televised victory Monday night. Stargell, who is bearing down on his first .300 season in five years, said winning—not personal goals—is all that matters. “Producing for the team is what this game is all about,” said the Bucs' strongman, who has been hitting .400 the past three weeks. First he produced with his bat, then his glove. With the Pirates leading 5-3 in the sixth. Reds pinch hitter Dan Driessen drilled a long fly to deep left field to open the inning.

The burly Stargell stole an extra base hit from Driessen by racing headlong into the fence. Stunned by the impact, he fell to the ground but held onto the ball. “When the trainer gave me smelling salts, I told him to check the fence too," said Stargell. “I thought l ran into Mean Joe Green of the Steelers.” Stargell’s homer gave the Pirates a 3-0 lead in the third off Reds starter Clay Kirby, now’ 77. Kirkpatrick’s two-run blast made it 5-0 and proved to be the winner. The triumph lifted the Bucs to the .500 mark for the first time this season. “I like going down the stretch

under pressure,” said Stargell, whose homer was his 20th of the season. “It was a dumb pitch with nothing on it,” said Kirby. The only fireworks in the game came when Anderson stormed onto the field to protest what he felt was a balk by Pittsburgh starter Jerry Reuss. “I was so convinced it was a balk that I figured they couldn't insult my intelligence," said Anderson. “But they did.” The Reds had runners at third and first during the controversial call. A balk would have tied the score at 1-1. Pittsburgh Manager Danny Murtaugh attributed the earlier

free-for-all for rekindling pride among the Pirates. “That fight could have been the ballgamc that finally brought togetherness to this team,” Murtaugh said. Monday’s victory was Pittsburgh’s 21st victory in 30 games since the brawl The Pirates’ recent resurgence had boosted them into the thick of the tight National League East pennant chase. On July 14 they were wallowing in fourth place, seven games out; today they are third, but trail front-running St. Louis by just I'/i games. The Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 6-5 in 13 innings Monday night, while the sec-

ond-place Philadelphia Phillies remained Wt games out by beating the San Francisco Giants 4-1. In the only other National League game played Monday, the New York Mets trimmed the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1. Phils 4, Giants I Hot-hitting Willie Montanez hit two doubles and drove in a pair of runs to pace the Phillies past the Giants. The 26-year-old outfielder, on the trading block last winter and in a slump earlier this year, now has hit safely in 32 of his last 33 games,

dating back to July 13, when Montanez cracked four hits against San Francisco. Cards 6. Padres 5 Bake McBride’s bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the 13th inning drove in the winning run for the Cardinals. Danny Godby singled to lead off the Cardinal rally and was sacrificed to second base. Lou Brock beat out a grounder to short, Godby dashing to third. Ted Sizemore was walked intentionally walked to load the bases, setting the stage for McBride's RBI fly ball

Mets 3, Dodgers I .

John Milner slammed hi? 18th homer, a tape-measwc shot off the scoreboard behind the fence in right center, fcr power the Mets past the Dodders, who blew a chance k> stretch their S^-game 1 over Cincinnati in the NT We:

Milner jumped on an A

Messersmith pitch in the six 1 inning and sent it crashing off the scoreboard some 435 feet away. It was estimated to bg the longest homer ever hit to right field in Shea Stadium's 10-

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year history.

SCOREBOARD

Ryan Equals Strikeout Record

National League

BATTING (275 at batsj

ANAHEIM AP - On Sept. 15, 1969. Nolan Ryan, a New York Mets pitcher, watched Steve Carlton, then of the St. Louis Cardinals, establish a major league record by striking out 19 New York Mets. On April 22, 1970. Ryan saw Tom Seaver of the Mets equal Carlton's record against the San Diego Padres. On Monday night at Anaheim Stadium, Ryan watched with something resembling bemusement as he etched his name into

baseball’s record book with a 19strikeout performance. “I guess I’m the only guy in the world to have seen all three of them,” Ryan drawled in his Texas twang after his performance defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-2 “I’ve always felt that if all the conditions were right and everything fell into place that I might have a chance at the record," he observed matter-of-factly as he gazed into the sea of inquiring reporters after the

game. “I really wasn’t thinking much about the record until I noticed something on the scoreboard in the seventh or eighth inning." he said. Elsewhere in the American League, Detroit thumped Kansas City 5-1. Oakland edged the New York Yankees 3-2, and Milwaukee beat Texas 5-1. Ryan threw 170 pitches-! 15 of them for strikes-as he won his 15th game of the year. He erased the unhappy memory of his last

Aaron On Hand For HaH Inductions

COOPERS IOW N. N Y AP - Six persons were honored here in the Hall of Fame ceremonies, including New York Yankee greats Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford. The six entered the shrine in commemoration of their baseball achievements. Anolher special person was here as a dry run for the day w hen he will be honored. Actually, Hank Aaron could have used the day off. “1 he legs are a little sore 1 wobble a little these days," he said But Aaron’s popularity forced an appearance as his Atlanta Braves drubbed the Chicago White Sox 12-9 Monday in the 32nd Hall of Fame Game. So while the Yankee stars joined former umpire Jocko Conlan and Negro League star “Cool Papa” Hell at the ceremonies, Aaron did a little sightseeing at the museum where he will be a fixture when his playing days are ov er “It’s a touching thing to see this place.” said the all-time home run king wtio broke Babe Ruth's record in April “Ten years ago. 1 wouldn’t have thought much about coming here, but as you get to the end of your career, you really wnat to be a part of this.” There was a time when Aaron was reluctant to have anything to do with the museum, where 119 players are immortalized The troube! came as he approached Ruth's record but hardly could find mention of his exploits in the Hall of Fame’s Souvenir book. “There was an oversight. They said they don't usually put mementos in the book w hile the player is still active," Aaron said. “But 1 saw Willie Mays' bat, Don Drysdales’s glove and 1 couldn't figure out why none of my stuff w as in there.” But Aaron will not have to wait as long to be immortalized as did “Sunny Jim" Bottomley and Sam Thompson Monday’s two other inductees did not live to see their greatest achievement. Aaron will be eligible for the Hall five years from the end of

this season, when he will retire as an active player. Yet it’s possible the committee might waive the by-law to grant him the honor before that time is up. If they do. though, they might have to wait for the bat and the ball that climaxed the chase after a once unbreakable record. The bat and ball from home runs 714 and 715 are the property of a major firm under a five-year contract w ith Aaron. So apparently, it will he easiei to get Aaron into the Hall than the record-breaking hits themselves. Still, he’ll be more than proud once his name is called. “Ihese days kids-black or white-they’re looking for a hero,” he noted “I’m just happy 1 can do something.” If Aaron is admitted before his five years are up he will be the first black player to be so honored. There are only seven blacks in the Hall now. and the first-Jackie Robinson-was enshrined mx years after his career ended. There is no mention or Robinson's plaque that he was the first black in major league baseball and further, no mention that he was the first black in the Hall of Fame. Aaron didn’t know that. He was speechless when he found out “Jackie Robinson went through hell,” he said. “How can I explain to my child!en that the only place you can go in basesball if you’re black is on the field' r ' “Cool Papa” Bell refiected that sentiment in his acceptance speech Monday. “I thank God, who enabled me to smell the roses while I was yet living. The sportswriter will come up with a whole lot of names of great black ballplayers, but I'm just one of the lucky ones to be honored this way ” Beil used his flashing speed during 29 years in the Negro Leagues Conlan thought he'd help his

club by filling in for an umpire felled by sunstroke m 1935. But he called the game’s potential winning run out on a close play, and that runner happened to play for Conlan’s team Mantle used power and Ford pitched the Yankees to glory in the 1950s and 60s. Thompson and Bottomley were two of the game’s great hitters. Thompson hit .333 over a 14-year career which ended before 1900. Bottomley batted .310 in 17 pro seasons

start when he held the Chicago White Sox hitless for 8 1-3 innings before blowing the third nohitter of his strikeout-studded career and eventually lost the game 2-1. Sixteen of the strikeouts were swinging. Although he only tied the major league single-game strikeout record, Ryan did succeed in erasing the hallowed name of Bob Feller from the American League record book. Feller had the old AL mark of 18 strikeouts in a nine-inning game. Ryan also tied Luis Tiant’s major league standard of 32 strikeouts in consecutive games Ryan said he still considers his two no-hitters of last season a greater achievement than his 19 strikeouts of Monday night. Tigers 5, Royals 1 Rookie Ron Leflore's two-run

homer keyed a three-run third inning against Nelson Briles and sparked Detroit over Kansas City. Mickey Lolich. 13-14. scattered five hits for Detroit as the Tigers snapped Kansas City’s winning streak at three games A’s 3, Yankees 2 Jim “Catfish” Hunter notched his 17th victory of the season with a five-hitter, pitching Oakland over New York. The A’s won the game on a pair of unearned runs in the eighth inning scored on an error by Yankee third baseman Craig Nettles. Brewers 5, Rangers 1 George Scott’s two-run single and Darrell Porter’s two-run double helped Milwaukee beat Texas. Jim Colborn. 7-U), and Tom Murphy combined to stop Texas on five hits.

St. Louis

East

W L 61 56

Pci. .521

Garr, Atl, .368; Montanez, Phi,

,324.

RUNS-Morgan, Cm, 84;

Philaphia

.509

Bench, Cin, 81.

Pittsburgh

.500

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Montreal

.487

Phi. 88; Bench. Cin, 88; Ce-

New York

.438

9 Vi

deno, Htn, 84; Wynn, LA, 84.

Chicago

46 66 West

411

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Los Angeles

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148.

Cincinnati

.598

5 Vi

DOUBLES—Cardenal, Chi,

Atlanta

.530

13 Vi

27; Stargell, Pgh, 27; Morgan.

Houston

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Cin, 27; Bench, Cin, 26.

San Fran

.453

22Vi

TRIPLES-Garr. Atl, 15;

San Diego

.393

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Monday's Games Philad31phia 4, San Francisco

New York 3, Los Angeles 1 Pittsburgh 7, Cincinnati 4 St Louis 6. San Diego 5. 13 innings Only games scheduled Tuesday’s Games Houston (Roberts 6-10) at Chicago (Bonham 10-14) Montreal (Walker 2-10) at At-

HOMERUNS Wynn, LA, 27; Schmidt. Phi. 25. STOLEN BASES Brock, StL. 79; Morgan, Cin. 47; Lopes, LA,

47.

PITCHING (12 Decisions)John, L A. 13-3. .813. 2.58 Caldwell. SF, 11-3, .786,3.15. STRIKEOUTS—Carlton, Phi. 181; Messrsmth, LA, 162. American League East

Series Tickets Ok’d

NEW YORK (API — The Oakland A’s, Los Angeles Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds were given permission Tuesday by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn to start printing league championship and World Series tickets immediately. Oakland leads the American l eague West while Los Angeles

leads Cincinnati in the National League West. Boston leads Cleveland in the AL East and St. Louis is ahead of Philadelphia in the NL East. The best-of-five league championships will start Oct. 5 and the best-of-seven World Series will start in a National League Park Oct. 12.

ianta (Reed 7-6). N

San Francisco (Barr 10-5) at

Boston

63 52

L Pet.

.548

Philadelphia (Ruthven 4-9), N

Cleveland

58 54

.518

3 Vi

Pittsburgh (Demery 2-4) at

Baltimore

57 57

5(H)

5 Vi

Cincinnati (Billingham 14-7), N

New York

56 58

.491

6Vi

Los Angeles (Downing 4-5) at

Detroit

55 61

.474

8'6

New York (Matlack 10-9), N San Diego (Romo 5-5) at St.

Milwaukee

54 62 West

.466

9 Vi

Louis (Siebert 7-6), N

Oakland

68 49

.581

Wednesday’s Games

Kan City

60 54

526

6 Vi

Los Angeles at New York

Chicago

58 56

.509

8 Vi

Houston at Chicago

Texas

60 58

.508

8 Vi

Montreal at Atlanta, N

Minnesota

57 60

.487

San Francisco at Phila-

California

46 71

.393

delphia, N

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, N San Diego at St. Louis, N

Monday's Games Detroit 5, Kansas City 1 Milwaukee 5, Texas 1

California 4, Boston 2 Oakland 3, New York 2 Only games scheduled

Tuesday's Games

Chicago (Johnson 4-0) at Baltimore (Palmer 3-8). N Kansas City (Fitzmorris 7-5) at Detroit (Coleman 10-9). N Milwaukee (Champion 6-2) at Texas (J. Brown 9-8), N Boston (Tiant 17-8) at Califor-

nia (Figueroa 2-3), N

New York (Medich 13-10) at Oakland (Holtzman 12-13), N Only games scheduled

Wednesday’s Games

Chicago at Baltimore. N Minnesota at Cleveland, N Kansas City at Detroit. N Milwaukee at Texas, N Boston at California, N New York at Oakland. N BATTING (275 at bats)- , Carew, Min, .368; Hargrove;

Tex, 344.

RUNS D. Allen. Chi, Grich.Bal. 71. RUNS BATTED IN—Burroughs, Tex, 95; D. Allen, Chi.

83.

HITS Carew, Min, 165; Rivers, Cal, 133. DOUBLES Rudi, Oak, 31. Scott, Mil. 28 TRIPLES Rivers, Cal. !!: Otis, KC.9. HOME RUNS D.Allen, Chi 31; Burroughs, Tex, 22. STOLEN BASES North Oak. 42; Rivers, Cal, 30. PITCHING (12 Decisions)G. Perry, Cle, 15-7, .682. 2 43 Tiant. Bsn. 17-8. .680,2.9.3. STRIKEOl IS N.Ryan G) 260; Blyleven, Min, 170

Conners Dumps Borg; Shares With Nastase

Woman Umpire: An Object Of Curiosity?

STRATFORD Conn. (AP) Women softball players are providing the action this week in their international championship but, with two exceptions, men are calling the shots. Those exceptions are the two women umpires working with a crew of 16 men during the nineday tournament. Umpires Viv Trcplett of Australia and Merrell Ferguson of New Zealand said they had received a good reception from spectators but nonetheless feel like objects of curiosity on the diamond “We have fairly good fans in the past, but 1 have heard a few negative comments.” Mrs. Ferguson said. “In (anada. during our warmup tour, I heard them say: 'Hey. what’s that dame doing out there’’ “1 just concentrate on the game and not the crowd.” said the seven-year veteran umpire. Although women's softball is a long established sport in many countries, women umps at high-level competition appear to be as relatively new as

the sport's World Series, in its third year. The 18 officials were recommended by umpire associations from five competing countries and come from 13 different nations. Five, all men, are from the United States, the host country. Both women were players before turning to the play-calling side of the action, but each made the switch for a different reason. “I just knew 1 would never really be a great player," said Miss Triplett, “so I decided to be a better official.” Mrs. Ferguson, 32. made the switch after becoming a mother. She now has two children. The 29-year-old Australian said she felt she had an edge over the male umpires because of her past experience. “I have only officiated women’s softball so I feel I know the pace and style of women’s teams without having to adjust from working men’s games,” she said.

INDIANAPOLIS - (AP) tired but elated Jimmy Connors eased himself into a chair and said. “1 won the tournament on clay here and a lot of people feel I can’t play on clay including myself.” However, the 21-year-old Wimbledon champion from Belleville, 111, played well enough Monday night to beat Bjorn Borg, a flashy young Swede with a power game, in the champio ship match of the U.S. Clay Court tennis championship. He won 516,000 by dumping Borg. 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. Connors said, ”1 said earlier in the day I might not play tonight because I didn't feel like it. But I’m a strange guy. “Sometimes you want to find everything wrong and sometimes you want to find nothing wrong. I guess today I was just nervous and wanted to find things wrong, but 1 didn't let it bother me when 1 went out to play.” The fiery tennis superstar enjoyed his sudden success on clay and said it probably was attitude. “I just went out there with confidence and patience. I was prepared to go four hours if necessary.” Connors, who played Borg only once before-losing to the 18-year-old blond almost two years ago in Sweden—said Borg played very well. “I’d say the guy is one of the top five of six players in the world now.” Asked how good Connors is, Borg replied. “He’s a lot better now than the last time we played. For the moment. I'd say he’s No. 2. (John) Newcombe and then Connors.” It was the second straight tournament in which Connors and his 19-year-old fiancee.

Chris Evert, swept the singles titles—the first was Wimbledon. Next major tourney for the pair i(AP) AHills. which starts the last week of August Connors said, “If we both win at Forest Hills, that would be great. But if one wins and the other doesn’t, that's great too. The important thing is that we’re pulling together.” The singles title match was a wild show for a sellout crowd at the Indianapolis Racquet Club. Connors raced to a 5-2 lead in the first set, but Borg reeled off five straight games to take the lead “After I got ahead 5-2,” Connors said, “I began rushing too much, trying to get the points too soon I should have relaxed and played the same way I did making it 5-2. “Then, 1 managed to settle down again and stopped hitting all the shots the same way. I began mixing them up and kept doing it the rest of the way." Connors and his pal. Hie Nastase of Romania, then combined for a late night 6-7, 6-3, 64 victory over Germans Hans Pohmann and Jurgen Fassbender in the doubles finale. The winners split 56,000, and Connors said Nastase likely will share in his singles winnings as well. Nastase was eliminated from the singles competition Sunday on a controversial default after an argument with the referee. The default is being appealed to the U.S. Law n Tennis Association executive committee. Meanwhile, Connors said he was “playing for Nastase” and Monday night said, “I probably will share the money with him I think maybe I should. The whole thing just isn't fair.”

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Hunting Seasons Set

INDIANAPOLIS (AP)-The State Natural Resources Department announced these 197475 seasons for upland game hunting; Pheasant—Nov. 8-Dec 21; limit two cocks per day and four in possession; no open season in the counties of Carroll, Clinton, Fayette, Hancock south of U.S. 40, Henry, Greene west of Indiana 157, Knox, Rush, Shelby, Sullivan and Vigo because of experimental pheasant releases. Rabbits—Nov. 8-Jan. 31; daill bag limit five with 10 in possession. It will open Oct. 1, however, at Atterbury. Crosley, Glendale, Jasper-Pulaski, Kingsbury, LaSalle, Pigeon

River, Tri-County, Willow Slough and Winamac State Fish and Wildlife areas. Quail—Nov. 8-Jan 15; bag limit eight with 16 in possession. Put-and-take pheasant hunting on state fish and wildlife areas will run from Nov. 21 to Dec 11. The charge will be $8 for two pheasants of either sex. The areas will remain open until Jan. 15 with a limit of two cocks after the put-and-take hunts. Hunting hours for upland game begin at 9 a m. on the first day of the season with no hour restrictions after opening day.

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