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SUNDAY, MAY 9, 1971

VOL. 2, No. 35

Comeback Continues: Mays HR

Lifts ChiSox to Win Over Yanks
CHICAGO Carlos May was Sporting
News Rookie of the Year in 1969. He was the
Chicago Baseball Writers Comeback Player of
the Year in 1970.
MVP in 71? After what hes been through,
only a fool would bet against him.
May, the White Sox slugger, almost singlehandedly lifted his team past the Yankees 6-4
on Saturday, stroking a game-tying two-run
single in the fifth inning, and belting a
game-winning threerun homer in the bottom of the ninth.
The 22-year-old May
is batting .272. His
Carlos May
team-high 20 runs rank
fifth in the American League. He is second on
the Sox in RBI (17) and home runs (5).
Those would be good numbers for any major
leaguer. They border on phenomenal for May,
who on Aug. 11, 1969 lost most of his right
thumb when a mortar misfired during a weekend detail with the U.S. Marines Reserves in
Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Hospitalized for six months, May worked
with a hand specialist. With a modified batting
grip and a special batting glove, May, incredibly, was in the lineup on opening day in 1970.
Comiskey Park fans welcomed him back
with a standing ovation that reduced the Birmingham, Ala., native to tears. If anything, hes
a better hitter now than before the accident.
A two-run single by New York catcher Thurman Munson broke a scoreless tie in the third
inning Saturday. Mays two-run single in the
fifth tied the score, and Rich McKinney followed with an RBI single to give Chicago a 3-2
advantage.
The Yanks, who have the best record in the
majors, came back to take a 4-3 lead. May
came to the plate against reliever Jack Aker
with two on and the Sox down to their last out.
He pulverized Akers first pitch over the right
field wall for the win.
Chicago reliever Joe Horlen (1-0) earned the
win with a scoreless inning of work. Bill Burbach (0-2), the second of three New York hurlers, took the loss.
Senators 6, Twins 3
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. Tom McCraw
broke a 3-3 tie with a three-run home run in the

top of the 10th inning as the Senators topped the

Twins.
McCraws blast made a winner of Washington reliever Denny Riddleberger (3-1). Twins
fireman Sal Campisi (0-1) took the loss.
McCraw has 10 RBI in his past two games.
Red Sox 6, Brewers 2
MILWAUKEE Sonny Siebert fired a seven-hitter with seven strikeouts and Reggie Smith
slugged his league high-tying ninth home run as
the Red Sox trimmed the Brewers.
Siebert (4-1) hurled his fourth complete game,
outpitching the Brewers Lew Krausse (1-4),
who allowed five runs in eight frames.
Smith has 24 RBI, tied for second in the A.L.
Indians 11, Angels 1
CLEVELAND Supported by Ray Fosse
and Graig Nettles, who teamed for seven RBI,
Ray Lamb improved to 4-0 as the Indians routed
the Angels.
Lamb scattered 11 hits in nine innings, lowering his ERA to 2.25. Halos starter Rudy May (23) allowed three runs in four innings.
Tigers 3, Royals 1
MILWAUKEE Joe Coleman fanned a career-high 14 as the Tigers beat the Royals in a
battle of American League cellar-dwellars.
Bill Zepp got the final two outs for Detroit to
earn the save. K.C. starter Wally Bunker (2-1)
allowed three runs in seven innings.

CINCINNATI (AP) Center fielder Bobby

Tolan, a main cog in Cincinnatis National
League pennant drive in 1970, will undergo
surgery again on an Achilles tendon, the Reds
announced Saturday.
The Reds did not estimate how much more of
the season Tolan would miss, but the fleetfooted outfielder said Friday that if surgery is
necessary Ill be out for the year.
Tolan, who led the National League with 57
stolen bases last year, will be operated on in
two to three weeks.
Tolan re-injured the tendon while running
before Cincinnatis game Thursday against Los
Angeles.
Tolan originally ruptured the tendon in an
exhibition basketball game last January and
underwent surgery shortly afterwards.
CLEVELAND Buddy Bradford on Saturday was sent to the Cincinnati Reds on waivers
by the Cleveland Indians.
Bradford, who joined the Indians last June
after being traded by the Chicago White Sox,
appeared in 14 games this season with a .200
average.

TEN CENTS

Major League Standings

A.L. EAST
New York
Cleveland
Baltimore
Boston
Washington
Detroit

W
19
19
15
13
14
7

L
7
8
10
13
14
19

PCT.
.731
.704
.600
.500
.500
.269

GB
--
3
6
6
12

N.L. EAST
New York
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Philadelphia
Montreal
St. Louis

W
17
16
16
14
8
10

L
8
12
12
11
12
19

PCT.
.680
.571
.571
.560
.400
.345

GB
--2
2
3
6
9

A.L. WEST
Oakland
California
Milwaukee
Minnesota
Chicago
Kansas City

W
21
14
12
11
10
9

L
9
16
14
18
17
19

PCT.
.700
.467
.462
.379
.370
.321

GB
--7
7
9
9
11

N.L. WEST
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Houston
San Diego

W
16
14
14
15
13
10

L
13
13
14
16
15
18

PCT.
.552
.519
.500
.484
.464
.357

GB
--1
1
2
2
5

Saturdays American League Results

Saturdays National League Results

Detroit 3, Kansas City 1

Cleveland 11, California 1
Chicago 6, New York 4
Washington 6, Minnesota 3 (10 innings)
Boston 6, Milwaukee 2
Oakland at Baltimore, ppd., rain

Chicago 2, Montreal 0
San Francisco 13, Atlanta 5
Pittsburgh 9, Los Angeles 1
San Diego 6, Cincinnati 1, Gm. 1
Cincinnati 4, San Diego 1, Gm. 2
St. Louis at New York, ppd., rain
Houston at Philadelphia, ppd., rain

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

All times local

All times local

California (Murphy 1-4) at Cleveland (Foster 2-1),

1:30 p.m.
Oakland (Hunter 3-1 and Blue 4-0) at Baltimore
(Cuellar 2-3 and Palmer 3-1), 2, 2 p.m.
Washington (McLain 1-4) at Minnesota (Perry 2-4),
1:15 p.m.
New York (Bahnsen 3-1) at Chicago (Wood 2-1),
1:15 p.m.
Boston (Nagy 1-2) at Milwaukee (Parsons 2-0), 1:30
p.m.
Kansas City (Wright 0-1) at Detroit (Niekro 1-2),
2:30 p.m.

Houston (Billingham 2-2) at Philadelphia (Lersch 02), 1:30 p.m.

St. Louis (Carlton 2-2) at New York (Koosman 2-1),
2 p.m.
Chicago (Pappas 3-2) at Montreal (Stoneman 4-0),
2:15 p.m.
Atlanta (Jarvis 3-0 and Niekro 2-2) at San Francisco (Stone 2-2 and Robertson 2-1), 2, noon
Cincinnati (McGlothlin 3-2) at San Diego (Kirby 22), 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Blass 3-1) at Los Angeles (Vance 1-2 or
OBrien 0-0), 1 p.m.

Holtzman Zeroes in on Montreal in 2-0 Cubs Victory

MONTREAL The first time he faced the
Expos this season, Ken Holtzman allowed four
runs on nine hits both season highs.
Holtzman was far more miserly Saturday in
Montreal, tossing a four-hit 2-0 shutout to improve his record to 5-0. Revenge? More like a
the continuation of a hot streak that weathered
the long, cold winter. Since last years All-Star
Game the Cubs stylish southpaw is 13-4.
Holtzman, who walked five and hit one,
stranded 10 Expos baserunners in dropping his
ERA to 1.53, third in the National League. His
only 1-2-3 innings were in the fourth and ninth.
Johnny Callisons RBI single gave Chicago a
1-0 lead in the fourth inning. A solo homer by
Joe Pepitone, the leagues top hitter at .393,
completed the scoring in the sixth.
Ernie McAnally (1-2) took the loss for Montreal, allowing two runs in seven innings. Both
his losses have come to Holtzman and the Cubs.

Giants 13, Braves 5

SAN FRANCISCO Rookie Chris Speier
went 4-for-4 and light-hitting second baseman
Tito Fuentes had five RBI as the Giants broke
out their hitting doldrums by routing the Braves.
San Francisco, shut out in its previous two
games, amassed a 15-hit attack, scoring in each
inning from the second to the seventh. Catcher
Dick Dietz added three RBI.
Ron Bryant (2-1) got the win, allowing four
runs in 7 2/3 innings. Atlanta starter Ron Reed
(2-5) lasted just three frames, yielding six runs.
Braves slugger Hank Aaron belted a two-run
home run, his 11th of the season and the 603rd
of his career.
Pirates 9, Dodgers 1
LOS ANGELES Bob Robertson pounded
two of Pittsburghs four home runs and Nelson
Briles went the distance in just his second start
of the season as the Pirates downed the Dodg-

Major League Leaders

Around Baseball

Reds Stalwart Tolan

Faces Another Surgery

Including final
results of all ball
games

AMERICAN

AB

AVG.

NATIONAL

AB

AVG.

Murcer, N.Y.

26

97

23

40

.412

Pepitone, Chi.

28

117

19

46

.393

Johnstone, Chi.

26

90

12

36

.400

Aaron, Atl.

26

87

21

34

.391

Howard, Was.

28

106

14

40

.377

Day, Mon.

18

58

22

.379

Carew, Min.

24

93

18

35

.376

Jones, N.Y.

24

98

35

.357

Tovar, Min.

29

121

23

43

.355

Perez, Cin.

26

101

12

36

.356

Cater, N.Y.

26

105

36

.343

Garr, Atl.

28

120

18

42

.350

Epstein, Oak.

26

87

12

29

.333

Doyle, Phi.

22

80

14

28

.350

McMullen, Cal.

29

100

21

33

.330

Beckert, Chi.

28

126

17

44

.349

Otis, K.C.

28

98

17

32

.327

Stargell, Pit.

28

92

31

32

.348

Mincher, Was.

28

99

18

32

.323

Henderson, S.F.

26

84

22

29

.345

HR: Monday (Oak.) 9; Smith (Bos.) 9; Melton

(Chi.) 8; Powell (Bal.) 7; Nettles (Cle.) 7.

HR: Stargell (Pit.) 16; Aaron (Atl.) 11;

Robertson (Pit.) 9; Torre (St.L) 8; Santo (Chi.) 8.

RBI: Monday (Oak.) 26; Bando (Oak.) 24;

Smith (Bos.) 24; Killebrew (Min.) 22; McCraw
(Was.) 22.

RBI: Stargell (Pit.) 29; Aaron (Atl.) 27; Bench

(Cin.) 24; 3 tied with 22.

Wins: Fingers (Oak.) 5-2; Lockwood (Mil.) 40; Blue (Oak.) 4-0; Peterson (N.Y.) 4-0; Lamb
(Cle.) 4-0.
Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 77; Lolich (Det.) 61;
Hall (Min.) 47; McDowell (Cle.) 43: Fingers
(Oak.) 42.
ERA: Fingers (Oak.) 1.21; Blue (Oak.) 1.43;
Dunning (Cle.) 1.76; Foster (Cle.) 2.08; Wright
(Cal.) 2.17.

Wins: Wilson (Hou.) 5-0; Holtzman (Chi.) 5-0;

Walker (Pit.) 5-1; Jenkins (Chi.) 5-2; Stoneman
(Mon.) 4-0.
Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 67; Jenkins (Chi.)
46; Sutton (L.A.) 42; Holtzman (Chi.) 41; Nolan
(Cin.) 40.
ERA: Billingham (Hou.) 1.15; Sutton (L.A.)
1.42; Holtzman (Chi.) 1.53; Ellis (Pit.) 1.54; Briles
(Pit.) 1.55.

ers.
Robertson homered in the second inning,
had an RBI single in the fifth, and tagged a
two-run shot in the ninth. He is third in the
N.L. with nine round-trippers.
Briles (2-0), who has pitched mainly in relief so far in 1971, fired a six-hitter. Dodgers
starter Al Downing (2-4) took the loss, allowing five runs in five innings.
Red-hot Willie Stargell launched his 16th
home run, putting him an astonishing 20
games ahead of Roger Maris 1961 pace.
Padres 6-1, Reds 1-4
SAN DIEGO Steve Arlin hurled a sixhitter with nine strikeouts in the first game,
and Gary Nolan responded with a six-hitter of
his own in the second as the Padres and Reds
split a twi-night doubleheader.
San Diego staked Arlin to a 5-0 lead after
N.L., Page 2

Upbeat Pilot Tanner

Isnt About to Panic
CHICAGO (AP) The bubbling optimism
and smooth temperament of Chuck Tanner are
as refreshing as his Chicago White Soxs new
image.
The freshman manager, from New Castle,
Pa., former Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee
Braves outfielder, survived an
emotional experience before
the season was 10 games old.
The Sox started the 1971
campaign losing a doubleheader in Oakland and then
won their home opener before
a record opening day crowd at
Comiskey Park. But they Chuck Tanner
wound up 4-7 for the home stand.
This week they returned from a 3-7 road trip,
ready to make amends before the home fans.
Tanner more or less laughed it off. The only
thing that made him mad was any reference to a
panic button.
After all, he had been lifted from Hawaii of
the Pacific Coast League to become manager of
a club that was dispirited, split all the way to
the front office and accustomed to losing.
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Senators Manager Williams

Endorses Deal With Athletics

Tanner
From Page 1

Never A Dull Moment

Weve got speed, he said.
Well run and gamble, and
sometimes make mistakes but
well not be dull that I will
guarantee, said Tanner.
There was no outward
change in Tanners temperament when the White Sox
flopped at home behind a pathetic rash of errors.
Tanner didnt ask players to
give what they dont possess.
Im always for a player if
he gives me 100 percent
thats all I ask of him, he
said. There are .264 hitters
who never make it because
they try to be .284 hitters. If
youre going to be a .264 hitter, hit .264 but do everything
else to make yourself the
best .264 hitter in the league.
Break up the double play,
hit the cutoff man, back up the
throw, take the extra base.
Tanner is a stickler for the
theory that the most important
thing is handling the personnel.
In any business, when
things are going bad, your
men need a pat on the back,

said the 42-year-old skipper.

Then when things are going
good again, a man can take
criticism, whether hes a
salesman or a ball player.
Firm But Fair
I feel that I am a firm but
fair manager but a lot of times
the manager must have only
one eye and one ear.
The players who have the
perfect attitude for baseball
are Henry Aaron and Ernie
Banks. I played with them.
Everyone talks about their
ability, but temperament has
something to do with that ability.
Sometimes guys have a
hot streak and they change
completely they cant handle good going, Tanner continued. They change their
thoughts, their talk, then they
start going bad and they cant
handle that, either.
Youve got to think this is
a 162-game season. It isnt
like having a week between
games like football. In a year a
player and a team will have
ups and downs just like the
stock market.
A manager should ride
with it. Panic buttons, hell.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn.
(AP) Ted Williams said
Saturday he approved 100
percent of Washington owner
Bob Shorts trade Friday night
of first baseman Mike Epstein
and reliever Darold Knowles
to Oakland.
The Senators, in return,
received reliever Paul Lindblad, catcher Frank Fernandez, first baseman Don
Mincher, and an undisclosed
amount of cash.
We gave a pretty good left
-handed reliever for a pretty
good left-handed reliever,
said Williams after the Senators beat Minnesota, 6-3, and
won their seventh game in
nine outings.
We gave up a good hitting
first baseman for a goodhitting first baseman, said
Williams. Plus, we got another player and some money,
which is pretty important to
the club right now.
Williams endorsement of
the trade came on the heels of
a scene Friday night in the
Washington clubhouse that
saw the Senators manager and
Short face-to-face talking
loudly. Williams ended the
conversation by walking out
the dressing room.
That raised speculation that
Williams may have been unhappy about the trade since he
publicly expressed the opinion
last fall that Short had given
up too much to obtain pitcher
Denny McLain from Detroit.
The Tigers got third baseman Aurelio Rodriguez, shortstop Ed Brinkman and pitchers Joe Coleman and Jim Hannan for McLain and infielders
Don Wert and Elliott Maddox.
Its a great opportunity for
Mike and Darold to play on a

winning club, Williams said.

The trade will enable us to
maneuver more and not get
caught short.
That, however, was hard to
understand since the trade
involved a swap of lefthanded hitting first basemen
and a swap of left-handed
pitchers. The only plusses for
the Senators seemed to be an
additional catcher and the
cash which may have more
significance than on the surface.
Short has publicly stated
the Senators are having difficulty financially and said after
the trade cash would be used
to buy players.
In Baltimore, As manager
Dick Williams said he feels
the trade strengthened our
club. Knowles is a stopper,
who is one of the best lefthanded relievers in the league.
We wanted him quite badly.
Our left-handed relievers have
been having some trouble
getting left-handed hitters out.
Im thrilled with the deal.
And we expect them both to
join us right away. When you
go to a club in first place, you
usually arrive there in a hurry.
Knowles, 29, is 0-1 this
year with no saves. Last season he had a 2-14 record, but
a brilliant 2.04 ERA.
Epstein, 28, has been the
subject of trade rumors all
spring. He hit 20 home runs
last season but had just two
while batting .333 this year.
Mincher, 32, cracked 27
homers for the As in 1970
and was batting .323 with two
homers this season. Lindblad,
8-2 last season, is 1-0 in 1971.
Fernandez, 28, was hitless in
four at-bats this year.

N.L.

Nolans win in the nightcap

was his fourth in his past five
starts. Johnny Bench provided
all of Cincinnatis offense
with a three-run home run in
the first inning and a solo shot
in the second. He moved into
third place in the N.L. with 24
RBI.
Tom Phoebus (1-5) took the
loss for the Friars. Colbert
belted his second home run of
the twin bill.

From Page 1

three innings, with Nate Colbert and Dave Campbell swatting two-run homers. Arlin (42) turned in his third complete
game of the season.
Cincy starter Don Gullett (0
-3) was chased after 1 2/3
innings, allowing five runs.
He has allowed 10 runs in 4
1/3 innings in his past two
starts.