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VOL. 2, No. 85 MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1971 TEN CENTS

Happy (Early) Birthday to Killer, Major League Standings

His 500th HR Helps Twins to Split
A.L. EAST W L PCT. GB N.L. EAST W L PCT. GB
New York 48 25 .658 --- New York 45 26 .634 ---
Baltimore 45 26 .634 2 Pittsburgh 44 31 .587 3
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — With one swing hitter. He improved to 4-3. Loser Mike Kekich Detroit 37 37 .500 11½ Philadelphia 40 33 .548 6
of his mighty bat, Harmon Killebrew broke a 4- (6-3) yielded four runs in five innings before Boston 33 38 .465 14 St. Louis 36 40 .474 11½
4 tie and launched himself into the pantheon of forced to retire after a rain delay. Cleveland 30 42 .417 17½ Chicago 34 39 .466 12
Washington 29 42 .408 18 Montreal 26 44 .371 18½
baseball’s greatest home run hitters. Howard, homering in both ends of the twin
Killebrew’s two-run blast in the first game of bill, boosted Washington with a two-run shot in A.L. WEST W L PCT. GB N.L. WEST W L PCT. GB
a doubleheader not only propelled the Twins to the top of the first. Oakland 47 26 .644 --- San Francisco 44 32 .579 ---
an 8-7 victory over Milwau- White Sox 4-7, Angels 3-6 California 37 40 .481 12 Houston 39 34 .534 3½
kee, but made him just the Minnesota 35 39 .473 12½ Los Angeles 40 35 .533 3½
CHICAGO — The White Sox swept a twin
Chicago 32 36 .471 12½ Cincinnati 40 36 .526 4
10th slugger to compile 500 bill from the Angels, winning both tilts on their
Kansas City 29 40 .420 16 Atlanta 32 47 .405 13½
career home runs. final swing of the bat and with reliever Jim Mag- Milwaukee 29 40 .420 16 San Diego 27 50 .351 17½
The crowd of 17,122 at nuson getting credit for two wins in one day.
Sunday’s American League Results Sunday’s National League Results
Metropolitan Stadium bel- Carlos May’s bases loaded single scored the
Detroit 7, Cleveland 4 St. Louis 3, Chicago 1
lowed its approval after the climactic run in the bottom of the 13th inning of Boston 8, Baltimore 5 Montreal 8, New York 7
six-time home run champion the first game, a 4-3 White Sox victory. Mag- Washington 9, New York 5, Gm. 1 Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 4, Gm. 1
Harmon Killebrew and 10-time All-Star slug-
nuson (1-3) pitched a scoreless inning to earn the Washington 5, New York 0, Gm. 2 Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 4, Gm. 2
Career Homers ged an 0-1 pitch from Brew- win. Dave LaRoche (2-2), the fifth of six Halos Kansas City 5, Oakland 3 (11 innings), Gm. 1 Los Angeles 7, San Diego 1
1. Ruth, 714 Oakland 5, Kansas City 2, Gm. 2 Cincinnati 2, Atlanta 1
ers relief hurler John Morris hurlers, took the loss.
2. Mays, 645 Chicago 4, California 3 (13 innings), Gm. 1 San Francisco 6, Houston 5
3. Aaron, 618
deep over the left-center Bill Melton punctuated the dramatic afternoon Chicago 7, California 6, Gm. 2
4. Mantle, 536 field wall between the 360- with a two-run homer off loser Mel Queen (2-4) Minnesota 8, Milwaukee 7, Gm. 1
5. Foxx, 534 and 430-foot markers. in the bottom of the ninth inning of the second Milwaukee 6, Minnesota 3, Gm. 2
6. Williams, 521
The milestone home run game. Again Magnuson earned the victory, Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers
7. Matthews, 512
8. Ott, 511
occurred just two days be- boosting his ledger to 2-3. All times local All times local

fore Killebrew’s 35th birth-
t-8. Banks, 511
10. Killebrew, 500 day.
It also gave the Twins a lead they would not
relinquish. Jim Kaat (10-3) earned the victory
despite allowing seven runs in eight innings.
Loser Marcelino Lopez (1-2) allowed five runs
in six innings.
The Brewers, behind a four-hitter by Bill
Parsons, won the nightcap, 6-3. Milwaukee
third baseman Tommy Harper extended his hit
Royals 5-2, A’s 3-5
OAKLAND — Pinch-hitter Chuck Harrison
singled to snap a 3-3 tie in the 11th inning of the
first game, and Diego Segui fashioned a three-
hitter with nine strikeouts in the second as the
Royals and A’s split a doubleheader.
Harrison’s base hit came off A.L. ERA leader
Rollie Fingers (8-4). Jim York (4-1) got the win,
lowering his ERA to 1.91 with one inning of
A.L., Page 3
Cleveland (Hand 0-7 and Lamb 4-3) at New York
(Peterson 8-1 and Hardin 4-2), 2, 5 p.m.
Washington (Bosman 1-8) at Boston (Tiant 1-0),
7:30 p.m.
Detroit (Lolich 6-8) at Baltimore (McNally 8-2), 8
p.m.
Chicago (Johnson 5-7 or Romo 1-2) at Milwaukee
(Hannan 0-4), 8 p.m.
Kansas City (Splittorff 2-1) at California (Reynolds
0-3), 8 p.m.
Minnesota (Blyleven 4-7) at Oakland (Dobson 3-6),
8 p.m.
Los Angeles (Downing 6-8) at Chicago (Pappas 4-
5), 1:30 p.m.
Cincinnati (Gullett 2-6 and Cloninger 5-6) at Mon-
treal (Stoneman 7-8 and Morton 3-10), 2, 6:05 p.m.
New York (Gentry 8-4) at Philadelphia (Wise 4-7),
7:35 p.m.
Atlanta (Nash 1-7 and Kelley 3-1 or Barber 1-1) at
Houston (Wilson 7-3 and Blasingame 6-3), 2, 5:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Walker 8-4) at St. Louis (Reuss 6-8), 8
p.m.
San Francisco (Marichal 8-8) at San Diego (Kirby 6
-4), 7:30 p.m.

streak to 15 games as the Suds out-hit the

Twins 15-4. Twins starter Steve Luebber (0-2)
lasted just 3 1/3 innings, allowing five runs.
Senators 9-5, Yankees 5-0
NEW YORK — Frank Howard’s two-run
home run capped a six-run rally in the fourth
inning of the first game, and Jim Shellenback
fired a two-hit shutout in the second as the Sen-
ators, inhabitants of the A.L. East cellar, swept
a doubleheader from the first-place Yankees.
New York led 4-1 after three innings of the
opener. Del Unser closed the gap with a two-
run single in the top of the fourth. Tom
McCraw and Howard added two-run round-
trippers to help make a winner of Nats reliever
Denny Riddleberger (5-1). New York starter
Stan Bahnsen (5-5) was yanked after allowing
seven runs in 3 2/3 innings.
Shellenback’s second career shutout in the
nightcap mimicked his first in 1970, also a two-
Streaking Sutton Hurls Dodgers to 7-1 Win Over Pads
LOS ANGELES — Don Sutton hit the ground
winning as a 21-year-old rookie in 1966. Yet as
good as he has been at notching wins — he has
reached double digits in each of his first five
seasons — he has been even better at losing.
Through 1970 his record was 66-73.
Sutton has balanced his books this season, as
this is written. Sunday he hurled his third con-
secutive complete-game triumph as the Dodgers
dunked the Padres 7-1. Sutton struck out seven
and lowered his ERA to 2.67, improving to 11-4.
His current career mark: 77-77.
Willie Crawford’s three-run homer in the bot-
tom of the second gave Sutton a 4-0 lead. Wes
Parker added three RBI.
Padres starter Tom Phoebus (4-12) allowed
four runs in four innings. He is tied for the major
league lead in losses.
Phillies 6-6, Pirates 4-4
PHILADELPHIA — Oscar Gamble’s two-
run home run broke a 3-3 tie in the first game,
and Ken Reynolds fired 8 2/3 sturdy frames in
the second as the Phillies swept a doubleheader
from the Pirates by identical 6-4 scores.
Gamble’s blow in the opener came in the
bottom of the sixth inning off Bucs starter Bob
Johnson (5-5). He added an RBI double in the
seventh.
Phils starter Woodie Fryman (4-1) scattered
nine hits and struck out a season-high 10.
Reynolds tied his career high with eight
strikeouts in the nightcap, improving to 5-2.
Deron Johnson and Tim McCarver had two
RBI each for Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh’s Nelson Briles (3-1) allowed six
runs in six innings. He also swatted his second
career home run.
Giants 6, Astros 5
HOUSTON — Fran Healy’s first career
home run, a three-run shot, capped San Francis-
co’s comeback from a 5-0 deficit as the Giants,
temporarily at least, shook off the curse of the
Astrodome.
Down 5-0 after three innings, the Giants
scored twice in the fourth, one run coming on a
Healy single. Bobby Bonds singled home a run
in the fifth, and Healy clobbered his round-
tripper in the eighth.
Reliever Don Carrithers (1-0) got the win
with three shutout innings. Houston starter Ken
Forsch (4-8) allowed six runs in seven innings.
The win was just the Giants’ fifth in their
past 26 games in the Dome.
N.L., Page 2

Around Baseball Major League Leaders Angels Players: Alex

Royals’ Patek Injured, AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB R H AVG. Had it Coming to Him
Exits Game With A’s Carew, Min.
Murcer, N.Y.
68
73
268
281
46
55
100
100
.373
.356
Jones, N.Y.
Aaron, Atl.
62
73
225
259
28
58
84
91
.373
.351
CHICAGO (AP) — “It was unfortunate for
him and the ball club, but the club had no other
ANAHEIM (UPI) — Fred Patek, the fourth- Cater, N.Y. 69 245 27 84 .343 Brock, St.L 73 302 51 105 .348 choice,” said Tony Conigliaro on Sunday about
leading leading base stealer in the American
Epstein, Oak. 66 211 36 71 .336 Stargell, Pit. 69 233 71 81 .348 the suspension of controversial teammate Alex
League, has been sidelined by a knee injury.
Johnstone, Chi. 58 187 29 62 .332 Alou, St.L 73 308 51 107 .347 Johnson.
The little (5-foot-5) Kansas City shortstop
Johnson, who won the American League bat-
was to be examined Monday for ligament dam- Blair, Bal. 62 251 39 82 .327 Sanguillen, Pit. 67 268 38 93 .347
ting championship last year,
age to his right knee, injured Sunday in the first White, N.Y. 68 243 51 79 .325 Pepitone, Chi. 57 222 34 75 .338 was suspended indefinitely
game of a doubleheader against Oakland.
Oliva, Min. 66 268 39 87 .325 Oliver, Pit. 69 251 33 84 .335 Saturday night by Dick
Patek was hurt on a play at second base in
the eighth inning when Dick Green of the A’s Tovar, Min. 74 307 49 99 .322 Torre, St.L 76 287 46 96 .334 Walsh, general manager of
crashed into him. Patek left the game and was the California Angels.
F.Robinson, Bal. 59 212 44 67 .316 Johnson, Phi. 72 259 44 86 .332
used only as a pinch-hitter in the second game. The suspension climaxed
HR: Cash (Det.) 22; Nettles (Cle.) 20; Petro- HR: Stargell (Pit.) 33; Aaron (Atl.) 26;
PHILADELPHIA — Umpire Shag Craw- the situation in which manag-
celli (Bos.) 19; Smith (Bos.) 19; 2 tied with 16. May (Cin.) 21; Robertson (Pit.) 18; 2 tied with Tony Conigliaro
ford, injured during Saturday’s game, missed er Lefty Phillips repeatedly
RBI: Murcer (N.Y.) 59; Petrocelli (Bos.) 58; 17.
Sunday’s doubleheader between the Pittsburgh benched the slugging outfielder for lack of hus-
Bando (Oak.) 57; Smith (Bos.) 56; Powell (Bal.) RBI: Stargell (Pit.) 71; Aaron (Atl.) 67; Torre
Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies. tle.
55. (St.L) 56; May (Cin.) 55; Bench (Cin.) 52.
Crawford, who ran into the retaining wall Most of the players said the action was justi-
Wins: Coleman (Det.) 12-3; Blue (Oak.) 11- Wins: Holtzman (Chi.) 11-3; Blass (Pit.) 11-3; fied but there were several, including Sandy
behind first base while covering on a foul fly by
3; Hunter (Oak.) 11-3; Stottlemyre (N.Y.) 11-3; Seaver (N.Y.) 11-4; Sutton (L.A.) 11-4; Jenkins Alomar and Tony Gonzalez, who refused to
John Vukovich, suffered badly bruised ribs.
2 tied with 10-3. (Chi.) 11-8.
BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox, given a comment.
break from Ol’ Man Weather, drew 112,696 Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 173; Coleman (Det.) Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 156; Jenkins (Chi.) “The club gave him every opportunity,” said
fans for their three-day, four-game weekend 129; Lolich (Det.) 128; Blyleven (Min.) 109; 122; Kirby (S.D.) 110; Stoneman (Mon.) 109; Conigliaro.
McDowell (Cle.) 107. Sutton (L.A.) 107. “I’ve talked to him for hours and liked the
series with the Orioles at Fenway Park.
The Red Sox led the American League with ERA: Fingers (Oak.) 1.75; Wood (Chi.) 2.00; ERA: Seaver (N.Y.) 1.59; Blass (Pit.) 2.23; Wil- man, but he had inner hatreds which were so
a total attendance of 1,595,278 in 1970. This Blue (Oak.) 2.07; Coleman (Det.) 2.40; Wright son (Hou.) 2.30; Holtzman (Chi.) 2.44; Walker intense that he simply couldn’t perform.”
year they have drawn 722,631 for 38 home (Cal.) 2.47. (Pit.) 2.48. Shortstop Jim Fregosi said, “a man gets paid
games on 35 dates. ANGELS, Page 3
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Who’s Hot - Sanguillen, Pit.: Batting .435 with 20 hits during 12-gm hit streak
Who’s Not - Gaston, S.D.: Hitless in 12 at-bats since June 23
Pitching Swell - McGlothlin, Cin.: 7-0, 1 save, 2.77 ERA in past 19 appearances
Not So Well - Reed, Atl.: 2-6, 5.15 ERA in 10 starts since May 2
Wrigley Field, here in 1962, is the only stadium in the majors without lights.
Wrigley Reverts to Normal,
As Do Its Pollyannish Patrons
By IRA BERKOW
NEA Sports Editor
CHICAGO – Wrigley Field
should exist only in that cubi-
cle of the mind reserved for
pure thoughts. It was built in
1916 when baseball was still
considered truly entertainment
and the tentacles of business
had not yet choked the sport
out of the “game,” or “national
pastime.”
Wrigley Field, where the
Chicago Cubs cavort, is very
nearly cuddly. It remains one
of the smallest parks in base-
ball, seating about 36,000. The
stands are so close to the field
that if you’re lucky you can in
fact hear a ballplayer swear at
an umpire. The bullpens are
snuggled in between the foul
lines and the stands; on a lan-
guorous afternoon you might
talk with a relief pitcher sitting
with legs crossed.
Vines grow on the bleacher
walls. The grass actually
grows. And as everyone
knows, it is the only major
league park without light tow-
ers.
The latter is one of sweet
anachronisms of the owner of
the team and the park, Phil
Wrigley. He believes baseball
is a daytime game, a batty
notion at best to the computer-
ized contemporary mentality.
Ads such as “Forget Your
Troubles at Wrigley Field”
and “Have a Picnic at the Ball
Park” were not strictly Madi-
son Avenue, or LaSalle Street
slogans, as the case may be.
And when Jack Brickhouse
the Cubs’ television announc-
er, calls it “beautiful Wrigley
Field,” he seems to speak the
truth even though he does own
stock in the club.
When Ernie Banks, the
ebullient first baseman, tells a
phone caller in the clubhouse,
“Send it to me, Beautiful
Wrigley Field, 60613,” one
N.L.
From Page 1
Cardinals 3, Cubs 1
ST. LOUIS — Steve Carlton
twirled a four-hitter, outdueling
Ferguson Jenkins, as the Cardi-
nals clipped the Cubs.
Carlton (7-3) lowered his
ERA to 2.89. Jenkins (11-8)
lost for the first time in six de-
cisions.
Expos 8, Mets 7
MONTREAL — Rusty
Staub’s two-run single capped
a five-run rally in the bottom of
the second inning as the Expos
senses he speaks from the
heart. That attitude has its light
-spirited effects. Banks is 40,
but looks 30 and sometimes
plays like 20. Banks is also
fond of saying daily that wind,
rain, snow, sleet and cyclone
notwithstanding, “It’s a beauti-
ful day for a ballgame.”
Pat Pieper is similarly and
wholesomely infected. At 86,
Pieper retains the job of public
address announcer that he as-
sumed when the park was con-
structed 65 years ago. His blue
eyes are clear and deep, like
his voice, which continues to
resonantly inform — and, if
your nostalgic soul is in the
right place, to comfort and stir
(“Attention, attention please.
Have your pencils and score-
cards ready. I will now give
you the correct starting lineup
for today’s game … ”).
In the last couple years, a
spurious, ugly thing developed
in the left field bleachers
called “The Bleacher Bums.”
An obnoxious group of hard-
hatted beer drinkers who
hurled beer cans and insults at
opposing players, profanely
screaming the phone numbers
of the rivals’ local mistresses.
Cubs management has
curbed that practice. At last
look, there were kids in the
left field bleachers again, their
unconventionalism has taken
the harmless turn of stringing
pencils and scorecards down
the wall in order to facilitate
getting autographs.
The “Bums” though, might
be excused by the mass psy-
chosis that gripped the city
when the Cubs, after finishing
in the second division for 20
straight seasons, began threat-
ening to win a pennant.
Early this season, however,
the Cubs were back in last
place and the fans had re-
turned to some semblance of
Pollyanna sanity.
topped the Mets.
John Strohmayer (4-3) won
despite allowing six runs in
eight innings. The Mets’ Char-
lie Williams (2-3) surrendered
seven runs in 1 1/3 frames.
Reds 2, Braves 1
ATLANTA — Gary Nolan
hurled eight strong innings as
the Reds tripped the Braves.
Nolan (10-8) allowed one
run — Henry Aaron’s 618th
career homer — on four hits.
Atlanta’s Ron Reed (4-9)
yielded two runs in eight in-
nings.
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innings one season and 126
men in 156 innings another —
they didn’t want a guy who
couldn’t pass an insurance
physical. The Cardinals finally
Hoerner Beats Heart Attack drafted him when he had an
ERA of 1.31 and struck out 71
It’s no secret that pitching is
batters in 62 innings at Okla-
a hazardous occupation and
homa City. With those kind of
can be injurious to your
figures, baseball doesn’t care
health. But the damage is usu-
if you have leprosy.
ally orthopedic.
Joe Hoener
But, where Joe Hoerner sus-
helped to
tained his pitching injury
pitch the
couldn’t be gotten at with ice
Cards into the
packs, sound wave diathermy,
World Series
heating pads or injections of
twice. In
cortisone. You can’t put your
1968, he had
heart in a whirlpool bath. Joe Hoerner
an ERA of
Incredible as it seems,
1.47, won eight games and lost
throwing a curveball proved
two and was clearly the best
very near terminal for the left-
left-hander in the league.
hander one night in Daven-
The Phillies got him in the
port, Iowa, in 1958. Joe broke
Richie Allen trade in which
off the pitch overhand and, the
Allen, Cookie Rojas and Jerry
next thing he knew, he was
Johnson went to the Cardinals
gasping for breath, his heart
for Curt Flood, Tim McCarver
was thumping wildly like a
and Hoerner. The Phillies did-
trapped bird’s wings. His face
n’t hold their breath and
began to turn black, and he
scream when Flood never suit-
passed out cold and was un-
conscious for 3½ hours. He
ed up, because they didn’t
got the last rites of the Catho-
want to have to give Hoerner
back. With a team that no one
lic Church. He was obviously
will compare to the 1927 Yan-
near death.
kees — or even the 1940 New-
The diagnosis was simple:
ark Bears — Joe won nine,
He had had a heart attack, but
lost five last year and had an
the electrocardiogram could
ERA of 2.64.
find no trace of it. He was,
Heart patients jog, ride bicy-
according to the instrument,
cles, take weight exercises.
the healthiest guy in the inten-
But no one ever prescribed the
sive care unit of the hospital
World Series for one before.
— and that included the doc-
Dave Stallworth recuperated
tors.
by playing in the playoffs for
Still, Joe was the first pitch-
the New York Knicks. But
er in the history of the league
facing Carl Yastrzemski with
to have to be relieved because
the bases loaded in the World
of a heart attack. “I had good
Series before 60 million peo-
stuff that night, too,” he re-
ple isn’t restful for the normal
calls.
heart. Even fans get attacks
The doctors thought he
under those circumstances.
should get a job where he sat
Hoerner had one lapse in a
down a lot. Fine, said Joe,
game last year in a game
that’s what you do most in the
against the Cardinals when, as
bullpen anyway.
he was studying the batter, he
He went back to pitching
felt as if a hand had suddenly
even though he did very little
come up and squeezed his aor-
of it in 1959 with the jittery
ta. He got dizzy, broke out in a
docs running him in and out of
cold sweat. He had to leave
the University of Iowa hospi-
the game, but thought he was
tal. He pitched only 28 in-
going to leave life. “Do you
nings. The only place he got
remember the circumstances?”
his picture was on an X-ray.
I asked him. “Yeah,” answered
Medicine was baffled. In
Joe. “I had a one-run lead and
between attacks, the heart was
I was ahead of the batter.”
a model of efficiency. It was-
Years ago, the Athletics,
n’t enlarged, they could detect
Browns and Cleveland Indians
no murmurs, no lesions, no
employed a pitcher named
congenital defects. He had no
Russ Christopher who, Bill
history of rheumatic or scarlet
Veeck said, “had a hole in his
fever or other valve-damaging
heart and had been a blue ba-
disorders.
by.”
About the only thing the
But Russ pitched creditably
Medical Association did for
for years before he left the
Joe was turn him into a
game and, ultimately, died
sidearmer. The docs really
young from his infirmity, as
didn’t believe it, but you try
medial science had predicted
anything when you hit a diag-
he would.
nostic blank wall, and they
Joe Hoerner and Russ Chris-
concluded that, just maybe,
topher give a new meaning to
the overhand pitching motion
the term “faint-hearted.” The
pinched off one of the supply
batter is not the worst enemy
lines to the heart. There was
Joe Hoerner is trying to sneak
no other way to explain how a
a sidearm fastball past.
perfectly healthy young ath-
“Aren’t you scared?” I
lete could suddenly come
asked him. “Scared as hell,”
down with a wildly fibrillating
he admitted. Still, there’s that
ticker, a blood pressure that
travel agency he runs in St.
suddenly soared into the strat-
Louis with Dal Maxvill. That
osphere, a pulse rate that rose
well over 100 and a condition
works best if you’re a big
league pitcher. Anyway, Joe
of anoxia.
takes it easy in the winter. He
Hoerner was inclined to pin-
hunts moose and black bear.
point a horrendous auto acci-
Match that around the cardiol-
dent he had in 1955. “It
ogy ward.
smashed everything else in on
my left side, it just might have
put a crimp in my heart.”
Still, the doctors thought he
ought to get a job guarding a
cannon or as a night watch-
man in a museum. Baseball
was inclined to agree. Alt-
hough he was clearly an out-
standing relief pitcher — he
struck out 132 men in 157
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Who’s Hot - Harper, Mil.: .383 average, 23 hits during 15-game hit streak
Who’s Not - Piniella, K.C.: Hitless in 16 at-bats since June 23
Pitching Swell - Kaat, Min.: 7-1, 6 complete games in past 11 starts
Not So Well - Palmer, Bal.: 2-3, 6.34 ERA in past 6 starts
Angels
From Page 1
to play and hustle is part of the
game. If you don’t hustle, you
shouldn’t get paid. He was giv-
en every opportunity.”
Walsh, who referred to John-
son as a Jekyll and Hyde, said
he had no other choice.
“We took the action after
considerable thought,” said
Walsh, “and certainly didn’t
want to suspend the American
League batting champion but
we had no other course.
“Sure we could have traded
him but it is unethical to trade a
player with a physical ailment
and we couldn’t trade Alex and
promise another team he would
perform.
“I’ve talked with him many
times and when I’d talk to him
he’d promise to go out and do
the things that were expected of
him. But once he got on the
field he’d change just like a
Jekyll and Hyde.”
Phillips said “it was the only
thing we could do under the
A.L.
From Page 1
shutout relief.
Segui (4-3) allowed a single
to Cookie Rojas, the second
man he faced in the nightcap,
and served up a home run to
the next batter, Amos Otis. But
he retired 26 of the final 27
batters he faced.
K.C.’s Bill Butler allowed
three runs while whiffing eight
in seven innings, but lost his
first decision of the year.
Tigers 7, Indians 4
DETROIT — Mike Kilken-
ny scattered seven hits and
fanned seven, outpitching Sam
McDowell as the Tigers ran
their record against the Indians
to 10-2 this season.
Detroit scored in five of the
first six innings, chasing
McDowell (8-9), who allowed
situation which existed.”
Phillips then revealed that
Johnson had been given writ-
ten notification June 16, the
day following the trade dead-
line, that if he didn’t produce
his best effort disciplinary
action would be taken.
“He’s a valuable player and
a good ball player,” said Ken
McMullen, another of John-
son’s teammates. “But the
action had to be taken. No-
body can put out one hundred
percent all the time, but they
should at least try. If you’re
putting out your best and then
see somebody else not doing
so, it wrecks your confidence
and destroys your morale.”
Johnson was not around and
it was assumed he left for his
Detroit home.
The only recourse left for
Johnson, who was suspended
without pay, is to appeal his
case to baseball commissioner
Bowie Kuhn if he is not rein-
stated in 10 days.
six runs in 4 1/3 innings.
Leadoff man Aurelio Rodri-
guez had four hits and scored
three times.
Kilkenny (1-3) turned in his
first complete game of 1971.
Red Sox 8, Orioles 5
BOSTON — Reggie
Smith’s three-run homer high-
lighted a five-run rally in the
third inning as the Red Sox
cruised past the Orioles.
Boston knocked O’s starter
Jim Palmer (8-4) out of the
box in the third frame. Boog
Powell’s third grand slam of
the season was too little, too
late for the Birds.
Ray Culp improved to 5-8
despite allowing five runs on
11 hits in 6 1/3 innings.
George Scott had four hits
for the Red Sox and Joe La-
houd slugged his seventh
homer.
Tribe Ownership Change Could
Leave Dark Outside Looking In
By TOM LOOMIS
Toledo Blade Sports Writer
DETROIT – Alvin Dark is
working under a five-year
contract. He is a couple of
years into a program of re-
building the Cleveland Indians
with youth.
Dark not only is the Indi-
ans’ manager but he also is, in
effect, the general manager,
too, having some time ago
usurped most of the powers of
veteran baseball man Gabe
Paul.
One might think Alvin is
sitting contentedly on top of
the world. Not so.
Dark is up tight — really up
tight.
The Indians came up with a
streak of baseball recently but
then fell back into their regu-
lar, mostly losing, ways. There
are a few promising young
ballplayers on the club, but the
Tribe really has done nothing
to suggest that there will be a
big improvement in the future.
When commissioner Bowie
Kuhn fined the Indians for
making bonus arrangements
with four players, a direct vio-
lation of baseball laws, Dark
was clearly the guilty party.
Alvin’s reaction was to
blame it all on the Cleveland
baseball writer who had, away
back during spring training,
revealed that some of the play-
ers’ pay would be determined
by their performance.
Ownership change?
Attendance in Cleveland
has been poor for so long that
there seems little hope that it
will ever improve, unless
somehow the Indians can get
into a pennant race.
Vernon Stouffer, who may
know how to run a restaurant
chain but seems very much
out of his element as the own-
er of a big-league club, appar-
ently has suffered financial
reverses and rumors persist he
is ready to sell the team.
Former Tribe hero Al
Rosen and friends are waiting
to take over. Wise old Gabe
Paul isn’t saying anything, but
he well knows that should
Stouffer sell out, Vernon’s
boy, Dark, would be out, too,
and the new owners would no
doubt come to him to straight-
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Alvin Dark
en out the mess.
Dark’s frustration at the
whole situation was evidenced
Friday after Bill Gilbreath, a
raw Tiger rookie just up from
Toledo, beat the Indians, 4-2.
The Tribe had won just two
times in 17 games.
Alvin blew his top in the
clubhouse and closed the room
to the press. Much later, when
the doors were opened, the
food prepared for the players
was strewn all over the floor.
Paul Remains Optimistic
Around the major leagues
the rumors persist that the
Cleveland franchise will be
sold and moved, probably to
Dallas-Fort Worth. Gabe Paul
is not a betting man, but he
will wager anything that this
will never happen.
Gabe has always been opti-
mistic about the prospects of
making the red-ink Indians a
paying proposition in Cleve-
land. Since the take-over by
Dark, which had to hurt Gabe
deeply, he has been content to
go through the motions and
wait.
When Dark fights with the
press, when Vernon Stouffer’s
son, Jim, shoots off his mouth,
Paul merely smiles and plays
the good-guy role that comes
naturally to him.
Just what Gabe’s long-range
plans are he certainly is not
saying now. They may involve
building a new ball park out of
the downtown Cleveland area
that suburbanites seem so re-
luctant to visit. So much de-
pends on the financial situation
of the group that will buy the
Indians.
Meanwhile, a desperate Al-
vin Dark, who thought he had
it made for life, is dying a mil-
lion deaths.