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Nationals Seek To Take Ninth Major League Standings

Straight from American Stars

A.L. EAST W L PCT. GB N.L. EAST W L PCT. GB
Baltimore 57 30 .655 --- New York 56 30 .655 ---
New York 56 32 .636 1½ Pittsburgh 50 38 .568 7
By HAL BOCK States and Can- Detroit 43 44 .494 14 Philadelphia 48 41 .539 9½
DETROIT (AP) — The National League will
The Greek Picks N.L. Boston 40 46 .465 16½ Chicago 44 45 .494 13½
ada. He
be shooting for its ninth straight victory against LAS VEGAS (UPI) — Cleveland 37 53 .411 21½ St. Louis 42 46 .477 15
amassed
the Americans tonight when baseball’s best Oddsmaker Jimmy (The Washington 35 51 .407 21½ Montreal 33 55 .375 24
1,119,306
players clash in the 42nd annual All-Star game Greek) Snyder on Monday
votes, beating A.L. WEST W L PCT. GB N.L. WEST W L PCT. GB
tabbed the American League
at Tiger Stadium. out Brooks Oakland 56 31 .644 --- San Francisco 52 38 .578 ---
The Nationals, who once trailed the Ameri- an 11-10 favorite to beat the Minnesota 42 45 .483 14 Houston 49 38 .563 1½
Robinson by
National League in tonight’s California 44 48 .478 14½ Los Angeles 48 42 .533 4
cans 12-4 in this midseason series, haven’t lost 9,000 votes for
42nd All-Star game at De- Milwaukee 40 45 .471 15 Cincinnati 45 47 .489 8
an All-Star Game since 1962 when the A.L. the honor.
troit. Chicago 38 47 .337 17 Atlanta 37 55 .402 16
Stars won 9-4 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. A total of
The American League has Kansas City 34 40 .405 20½ San Diego 31 60 .341 21½
They now lead the series 23-17 with one game 2,396,895 bal-
won one of the last 14 games.
ending in a tie. lots were cast Monday’s American League Results Monday’s National League Results
Managers Earl Weaver of the Baltimore Ori- in what was believed to be the largest com- (No games scheduled) (No games scheduled)
oles and Sparky Anderson of the Cincinnati puterized vote in any sports poll in history.
Reds, who last matched wits in the 1970 World Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers
The other National League starters elected
All times local All times local
Series, will face each other again. Weaver was were San Francisco’s Willie McCovey at first National League (Seaver) at American League
National League (Seaver) at American League
a loser in his All-Star managing debut last year ALL-STARS, Page 2 (Blue), 8:15 p.m. (Blue), 8:15 p.m.
when the Nationals rallied for three runs to tie

New Rules Allow Paige to Walk in HOF’s Front Door

the game in the ninth inning and then pushed
across the winner in the 12th for a 5-4 victory at
Cincinnati.
The American League lineup includes three
starters back from last year’s team and a fourth
player who won an opening berth but missed
the 1970 game because of an injury.
The repeaters are outfielders Carl
Yastrzemski of Boston, Most Valuable Player
in last year’s game, Baltimore’s Frank Robin-
son and Boston’s Luis Aparicio at shortstop.
Baltimore first baseman Boog Powell was vot-
ed to the squad again but suffered a hairline
wrist fracture and was replaced by Detroit’s
Norm Cash.
Minnesota’s Rod Carew, elected to the start-
ing lineup last year but unable to play because
of knee surgery, will start at second base for the
A.L. The other 1971 starters are New York
catcher Thurman Munson (replacing Cleveland
catcher Ray Fosse who will skip the game with
ligament damage in his left hand), and Balti-
more’s Brooks Robinson at third base.
Anderson has a power-packed lineup ready
for the Americans with Pittsburgh’s Willie
Stargell, the major leagues’ home run and runs
batted in leader, heading the N.L. slugging cast.
The other outfielders will be All-Star peren-
nials Willie Mays of San Francisco and Hank
Aaron of Atlanta.
This will be the 12th All-Star start for Mays
and his 22nd game. Aaron, named to the start-
ing team for the 11th consecutive year will be
appearing in his 20th game.
Aaron was the No. 1 vote getter in the com-
puterized balloting by fans across the United
NEW YORK (AP) — Leroy “Satchel” Paige,
the hesitation-pitch ace of the Negro baseball
leagues, and other black stars of the past era, will
be inducted directly into Baseball’s Hall of Fame
rather than be honored in a special section.
Notice of the change came Wednesday in an
announcement by baseball commissioner Bowie
Kuhn and Paul Kerr, president of the Hall of
Fame, spelling out plans to honor the seven new
inductees Aug. 9 at Cooperstown, N.Y.
Paige, probably the greatest pitcher in black
baseball prior to the breaking of the major league
color line by Jackie Robinson in 1947, recently
Satchel Paige, despite logging fewer than 10 years in the majors, will walk in the front door in Cooperstown.
was selected to be inducted into a special section
of the Hall reserved for special stars of the Ne- “I guess they finally found out I was really
gro leagues. worthy. I appreciate it to the highest.”
Paige was the first player so honored and, de- Paige pointed out “you’re supposed to be in
spite some criticism leveled at the Hall for put- the majors 10 years to get in the Hall of Fame. I
barnstormed with top players in the American
ting Negro league stars in a separated section,
and National leagues. I guess they’re putting
said at the time of his selection, “I don’t want to
feel segregated.” that together with five years in the majors.
Now the Hall’s board of directors has ap- “That would make 25 or 30 years.”
proved his election by the special Negro Leagues Also scheduled to be inducted at the Aug. 9
committee into the regular Hall of Fame. ceremonies are six newcomers to the Hall se-
Selection of stars of the Negro leagues for in- lected by the Oldtimers Committee — outfield-
duction into the Hall will continue on the same ers Harry Hooper and Chick Hafey, infielders
basis as in the naming of Paige, by vote of the Davey Bancroft, Joe Kelley and Jake Beckley;
recently created Baseball Hall of Fame Commit- pitcher Rube Marquardt and George Weiss,
tee on the Negro Baseball Leagues. former general manager of the New York Yan-
Paige previously was not eligible for induction In Kansas City, Paige seemed surprised at the kees and Mets. Paige played for Cleveland
into the Hall of Fame because he had not played relaxation of the rules involving the 10-year 1948-49; the old St. Louis Browns 1951-53 and
the required 10 years in the major leagues. requirement and said: the old Kansas City A’s in 1965.

Around Baseball Major League Leaders Tony C. a Victim of Fate

White Sox Ink No. 1 AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB R H AVG. Usually when a press conference is called at
5 o’clock in the morning, it’s to announce war
Draft Choice to Pact Carew, Min.
Cater, N.Y.
80
80
317
277
49
31
112
96
.353
.347
Jones, N.Y.
Sanguillen, Pit.
77
79
282
307
38
46
105
112
.372
.365
or life on Mars.
Tony Conigliaro summoned one to announce
BOSTON (AP) — Peter Varney, Harvard
Murcer, N.Y. 85 324 61 112 .346 Stargell, Pit. 81 273 83 97 .355 he was call-
football star and the nation’s No. 1 baseball
Tovar, Min. 87 364 61 122 .335 Brock, St.L 85 354 62 123 .347 ing it a ca-
draft choice, signed a contract Monday to play
reer. At the
for the Chicago White Sox. Rettenmund, Bal. 73 248 45 83 .335 Beckert, Chi. 85 357 50 121 339
ripe old age
Varney’s attorney, Robert G. Woolf, said the Blair, Bal. 75 307 50 101 .329 Pepitone, Chi. 71 278 41 94 .338 of 26, you
agreement was a “very lucrative contract with a White, N.Y. 80 285 58 93 .326 Alou, St.L 82 344 54 116 .337 don’t bounce back the way you did when you
substantial signing bonus.”
Epstein, Oak. 77 245 45 79 .322 Oliver, Pit. 81 298 44 100 .336 were a kid.
Varney, a catcher, will join the club’s Class
F.Robinson, Bal. 73 267 56 86 .322 Torre, St.L 88 337 51 111 .329
The news was greeted with mixed emotions
AA Ashville, N.C., team in Montgomery, Ala., by the Angels. Some of them thought it was
Monday. Oliva, Min. 74 282 40 90 .319 Aaron, Atl. 85 300 66 98 .327
swell. Others thought it was terrific. A few had
MILWAUKEE — Outfielder Bobby Mitch- HR: Cash (Det.) 28; Smith (Bos.) 26; Nettles HR: Stargell (Pit.) 40; May (Cin.) 27; Aaron
misgivings: they thought Boston wasn’t far
ell was recalled from Syracuse by the Brewers (Cle.) 24; Melton (Chi.) 23; 2 tied with 21. (Atl.) 26.; Robertson (Pit.) 22; 3 tied with 20.
enough. Siberia was more their idea.
and will report to the team in New York on RBI: Smith (Bos.) 67; Bando (Oak.) 66; Net- RBI: Stargell (Pit.) 84; Aaron (Atl.) 73; May Around the better dugouts in the league, al-
Wednesday. tles (Cle.) 65; Murcer (N.Y.) 64; 2 tied with 62. (Cin.) 68; Torre (St.L) 61; Davis (L.A.) 58. most the only person who sees Tony Conigliaro
NEW YORK — The Yankees purchased Wins: Blue (Oak.) 13-3; Kaat (Min.) 13-3; Wins: Holtzman (Chi.) 13-3; Blass (Pit.) 13-3; as a tragic victim of fate is Tony Conigliaro.
southpaw Allan Closter from their Syracuse Hunter (Oak.) 13-4; Coleman (Det.) 12-3; Stot- Seaver (N.Y.) 13-4; Sutton (L.A.) 12-6; Jenkins But, Tony Conigliaro may not be far off when
farm club Monday and optioned pitcher Gary tlemyre (N.Y.) 12-4. (Chi.) 12-10. he observes bitterly that “in baseball, they only
Jones to the same International League team. Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 210; Lolich (Det.) Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 182; Stoneman know you’re hurt when they see the bone stick-
Closter had a 7-5 record with Syracuse while 149; Coleman (Det.) 144; Blyleven (Min.) 127; (Mon.) 139; Jenkins (Chi.) 135; Sutton (L.A.) ing out.”
Jones was 2-2 with one save and a 5.21 ERA in McDowell (Cle.) 120. 134; Kirby (S.D.) 124. There’s an expression in baseball, it’s called
16 games for the Yankees. ERA: Fingers (Oak.) 1.81; Blue (Oak.) 1.94; ERA: Seaver (N.Y.) 1.59; Blass (Pit.) 2.49; Sut- “getting your eye back.” It refers to getting
CHICAGO — Outfielder Walt Williams, hit Wood (Chi.) 2.18; Coleman (Det.) 2.50; Mes- ton (L.A.) 2.49; Wilson (Hou.) 2.51; Walker (Pit.) your two eyes back, or your timing after a
on the right hand by Milwaukee pitcher Marty sersmith (Cal.), 2.60. 2.52. slump, or your reflexes tuned. Unfortunately,
Pattin will be sidelined for two weeks after re- for Tony Conigliaro, it meant exactly what it
ceiving eight stitches. CONIGLIARO, Page 2
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National League Boxscores Starting lineups
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Who’s Hot - Jones, N.Y.: Batting .377 with 17 RBI during 16-game hit streak National League American League
Who’s Not - Bateman, Mon.: Hitless in 16 at-bats since July 2
Pitching Swell - Gibson, St.L.: 3-0, 0.00 ERA, 28 strikeouts in past 3 starts 1. Willie Mays, S.F., CF 1. Rod Carew, Min., 2B
Not So Well - Phoebus, S.D.: 1-5, 7.94 ERA in 8 appearances since June 9
2. Henry Aaron, Atl., RF 2. Bobby Murcer, N.Y., CF

American League Boxscores 3. Joe Torre, St.L, 3B 3. Carl Yastrzemski, Bos., LF

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Who’s Hot - F.Robinson, Bal.: 7 HR, .375, 12 RBI in past seven games 4. Willie Stargell, Pit., LF 4. Frank Robinson, Bal., RF
Who’s Not - Kirkpatrick, K.C.: Hitting .169 in 16 games since June 25
Pitching Swell - Dobson, Bal.: 8-2, in 10 starts since June 2 5. Willie McCovey, S.F., 1B 5. Norm Cash, Det., 1B
Not So Well - Drago. K.C.: 0-4, 5.63 ERA, in 8 starts since June 6
6. Johnny Bench, Cin., C 6. Brooks Robinson, Bal., 3B

All-Stars
From Page 1
base, Glenn Beckert of Chicago
at second, Bud Harrelson of
New York at shortstop, Joe
Torre of St. Louis at third and
Cincinnati’s Johnny Bench as
catcher.
Torre has been named to the
All-Star team six previous
times, but always as a catcher.
He also can play first base and
there was a touch of irony to
the balloting for that position.
The fans elected McCovey,
who has been on the disabled
list with knee problems for the
past two weeks but is now able
to play. The runner-up was At-
lanta’s Orlando Cepeda, also
sidelined with knee problems
recently.
Use Starters 3 Innings
The managers are committed
to use the starting lineups
named by the fans for at least
three innings. Anderson and
Weaver filled out the remainder
of their squads and pitching
staffs themselves.
Weaver was the center of
N.L. Pilot: McCovey is Most
some controversy in the pitch-
ing department. He named
only starting pitchers to the
American League staff last
Tiger Stadium, opened in 1912, will host its third All-Star game.
year and followed the same
pattern this season, again pass-
ing over relief specialists.
Conigliaro
From Page 1
Vida Blue, Oakland’s star
left-hander, heads the nine-
man A.L. pitching staff chosen
by Weaver. The Baltimore
skipper also picked one of his
aces, Pat Dobson, plus De-
troit’s Joe Coleman, Califor-
nia’s Clyde Wright, the Yan-
kees’ Fritz Peterson and Mel
Stottlemyre, Oakland’s Cat-
fish Hunter and Chicago’s
Wilbur Wood.
The eight pitchers picked to
stop the A.L. bats by N.L.
manager Sparky Anderson
were Tom Seaver of New
York, Steve Blass of Pitts-
burgh, Jim Brewer of Los An-
geles, Steve Carlton of St.
Louis, Dock Ellis of Pitts-
burgh, Ken Holtzman of Chi-
cago, Gary Nolan of Cincin-
nati, Don Sutton of Los Ange-
les and Houston’s Don Wil-
son.
said. You see, as far as hitting
a baseball is concerned, Tony
Conigliaro has only one eye.
Oh, he may have an eye and
a half. Or a third. But, to all
intents and purposes Tony C.
was a one-eyed ballplayer. If
he wore a patch over it, he
would get waves of sympathy
and expressions of admiration
from the handicapped every-
where. Some guys hit well off
their back leg. If he took the
batter’s box with one leg, or
one arm, or even one ear, the
world would have been awed.
But, to take the batter’s box
with one eye should be a more
impressive show of courage.
Tony C. made one mistake:
in the two years of his come-
back from a near-catastrophic
beaning on Aug. 18, 1967, he
hit 56 home runs, batted in
has seen sporadic action this
198, hit 41 doubles and drew
91 walks. To baseball, this was
proof there was nothing wrong
with Conigliaro’s eye. The
baseball credo was pretty much
summed up by Casey Stengel
once, commenting on Jimmy
Piersall’s mental breakdown:
“He ain’t crazy. I notice when
he hits a home run, he don’t run
to third.” So much for the depth
of baseball diagnosis. Sick men
don’t hit fair balls.
Of course, you don’t hit a
baseball with eyes alone —
20/20 eyesight is no guarantee
of a .350 average. But it can be
seen where having two eyes is
an aid, more important, for in-
stance, than having 10 fingers.
Ask Carlos May.
It isn’t quite clear to close
students of the game and close
students of ophthalmology that
Tony Conigliaro has been like a
guy bucking a pat hand without
In Wake of Dissension
7. Glenn Beckert, Chi., 2B
8. Bud Harrelson, N.Y, SS
9. Tom Seaver, N.Y., P
a pair since returning to the
game after his near-blinding.
Bill Rigney, for one, ob-
served even in the midst of a
good hitting streak of Tony
C.’s that “it’s not the same
Conigliaro, he’s not seeing
as well as he lets on, he’s
bailing out.”
“Bailing out” in baseball
means quitting in the middle
of a round, declining a duel.
“Chickening out is what
they really mean. Only, To-
ny C. wasn’t bailing out. He
had discovered the eyechart
test that he could read by
shifting his head to one side
to bypass a head-on blind
spot. This jerky movement
in the batter’s box was inter-
preted as pulling away from
the close pitches. He wasn’t.
He was just trying to get a
look at them.
Tony C. could fool the
7. Thurman Munson, N.Y., C
8. Luis Aparicio, Bos., SS
9. Vida Blue, Oak., p
eye doctors and the eye charts.
He couldn’t fool the pitchers
or the curves. The good ones
had no trouble with a one-
eyed man.
The loss is the game’s. To-
ny C. had hit 104 home runs
his first four big league sea-
sons. He was barely 22. Babe
Ruth had only 20. Jimmie
Foxx had 16. Harmon Kille-
brew had only 11. Only Willie
Mays and Henry Aaron had
more, 116 and 110, respec-
tively, their first four seasons.
All were older than Tony C.
when they hit their 100th.
The league can consider
Tony C. stands for Tony Cry-
baby if it wishes. For me, I’ll
take Tony Courageous. Any-
one who doesn’t think so,
close his left eye, and let me
throw him a few high hard
inside fastballs. Or even try to
walk down the stairs.

Feared Hitter in the Majors

season because of an injured
knee. In 208 at-bats he has Kasko, Sox Eager to Blow Beantown
cracked five homers and driv- BOSTON (AP) — As manag- Yastrzemski through sports the road.”
DETROIT (AP) — One of But National League man- en in 40 runs. er Eddie Kasko of the Boston writers, wasn’t expected to Conigliaro touched off the
these days, when National ager Sparky Anderson of Cin- Average total of plate ap- Red Sox put it, “It’s a nice time be invited to join any gather- fireworks Saturday by reacting
League hurlers decide to spend cinnati was lavish in his praise pearances for each position for a vacation.” ings. to news of his brother Tony’s
a season challenging Willie of the hobbled first baseman, player on the N.L. squad for Kasko made the statement General manager Dick retirement announcement. To-
McCovey instead of pitching who has been to bat fewer this year’s game is 316. before he took off with his fami- O’Connell, disturbed along ny, traded by the Red Sox to
around him, times than any McCovey, batting .308, was ly for a couple days of rest and with owner Tom Yawkey the California Angels last Oc-
Roger Maris’ non-pitcher from voted to the starting spot in recreation during the annual over the dissension, had a tober, said he was quitting
record of 61 either squad this nationwide balloting by base- break for the All-Star game. few choice words himself because of poor vision in a left
home runs in a season because ball fans. The break couldn’t have before flying to Detroit on eye injured in 1967 and other
season might of injury. This is his sixth year on the come at a better time for the Monday. problems. Billy blamed Yaz
go out the win- “Here’s a guy National League super team. In strife torn Red Sox. Tempers “The players will have to for the trading of Tony. Billy
dow. who is the most the All-Star game at Washing- need cooling after a weekend of keep their mouths shut and also charged that Yastrzemski,
verbal warfare, featured by play the way they can,” Smith and clubhouse equip-
With much feared in base- ton two years ago the 6-foot-4,
charges and counter charges in O’Connell said. “If they play ment manager Don Fitzpatrick
of the attention ball,” Anderson 200-pound left-handed slugger
the clubhouse. the way they can, they can were part of a conspiracy, call-
on Tuesday explained in the hit two homers to lead the Na-
Carl Yastrzemski, a key fig- win.” ing many shots on the club.
night’s All-Star lobby of the All- tionals to a 9-3 victory over the
ure in the battle of words, Luis O’Connell said he had Yaz denied all charges.
game in Detroit Stars hotel press American League.
Aparicio and Reggie Smith went conferred with Kasko and Smith replied Sunday calling
centered on headquarters. He thus became only the to Detroit to appear in tonight’s will hold a team meeting Billy a “quitter” and saying, “I
such tried and “But everyone fourth player in All-Star histo- All-Star classic. Thursday — the first time the don’t want to play with him
true superstars pitches around ry to hit two home runs in one The rest of the players scat- whole cub will assemble to- anymore.”
as Willie Mays Willie McCovey: an 80-homer man? him. All-Star game, joining Arky tered with many taking their gether. Meanwhile, Tony said he
of San Francisco and Hank “If you’d let him bat 600 Vaughn of Pittsburgh (1941), families to Yarmouth for the “He’ll lay down the law had changed his mind and will
Aaron of Atlanta, Mays’ team- times and pitched to him, he’d Ted Williams of Boston (1946) Red Sox Day on Cape Cod. for the players,” O’Connell undergo an eye examination
mate McCovey has been hit 80 home runs.” and Al Rosen of Cleveland Billy Conigliaro, who ex- said. “He’s the manager. He soon to end speculation on the
somewhat obscured. The Giants first baseman (1954). changed words with Smith and has to get with these guys on condition of his sight.