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VOL. 2, No. 117 FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1971 TEN CENTS

More High Drama For Andrews, A.L. EAST W L

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

His Game-Ending HR Lifts Sox Baltimore

New York
64
66
37
39
.634
.629
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New York
Pittsburgh
68
57
33
47
.673
.548
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12½
Detroit 50 53 .485 15 Chicago 53 50 .515 16
CHICAGO — The scouting report for Mike innings and three Kansas City relievers hurled
Boston 49 53 .480 15½ Philadelphia 54 51 .514 16
Andrews is as follows: Has the power of a clean shutout ball as the Royals trimmed the Tigers. Washington 42 58 .420 21½ St. Louis 52 53 .495 18
-up man, and the timing of a magician. Butler (2-3) allowed one run — a solo homer Cleveland 42 62 .404 23½ Montreal 37 67 .356 32½
Andrews, the White Sox’s unassuming sec- by American League leader Norm Cash — on
ond baseman called on both his unconventional A.L. WEST W L PCT. GB N.L. WEST W L PCT. GB
four hits. Tom Burgmeier, the last of four K.C.
Oakland 65 36 .644 --- San Francisco 67 39 .632 ---
traits Thursday night, belting a game-ending pitchers, earned his third save.
California 54 52 .509 13½ Los Angeles 57 48 .543 9½
home run to lift his team to a 4-3 victory over Detroit starter Joe Coleman (12-5) allowed Minnesota 47 54 .465 18 Houston 55 48 .534 10½
the Yankees. two runs in seven innings. Coleman, who began Milwaukee 47 54 .465 18 Cincinnati 50 57 .467 17½
At 6-foot-3 and 195 pounds, Andrews is big- the season 12-3, is 0-2 with a 4.40 ERA in his Chicago 47 55 .461 18½ San Diego 40 67 .374 27½
ger than most second sackers past seven starts. Kansas City 40 60 .400 24½ Atlanta 39 69 .361 29
(he occasionally starts at first Cash’s home run was his 35th.
base, as he did Thursday). Red Sox 8, Brewers 4 Thursday’s American League Results Thursday’s National League Results
What sets him apart is not the MILWAUKEE — Carl Yastrzemski lashed a Kansas City 3, Detroit 1 New York 6, St. Louis 4
number of home runs he hits, Cleveland 4, California 3 San Francisco 1, Atlanta 0
game-tying two-run double, then scored the go-
Chicago 4, New York 3 Los Angeles 5, Pittsburgh 4 (10 innings)
but their impact on a game. ahead run in the top of the sixth inning as the Boston 8, Milwaukee 4 San Diego 4, Cincinnati 3
Of his 13 round-trippers this Red Sox overtook the Brewers. Oakland at Baltimore, ppd., rain (Only games scheduled)
Mike Andrews
season, two have been game- Milwaukee took a 3-0 lead in the first inning Washington at Minnesota, ppd., rain
enders and two others put the White Sox ahead. on Bill Voss’ 12th home run. Voss later tripled Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers
Last year he belted 17 home runs; eight put the and scored in the fifth, upping the Suds’ lead to All times local All times local
White Sox ahead. 4-2. Oakland (Blue 15-4) at Cleveland (Foster 6-6), 7:45 St. Louis (Gibson 10-7 and Cleveland 11-9) at Phil-
Thursday’s game was tight all the way. The Luis Tiant (5-2) allowed four runs in five in-
p.m. adelphia (Short 8-9 and Lersch 5-8), 2, 5:35 p.m.
Yankees pushed across an unearned run in the California (Messersmith 9-8) at Detroit (Gilbreath 2 Houston (Forsch 7-9 and Greif 1-1) at Montreal
nings, but got the win thanks to four scoreless -0), 8 p.m. (Strohmayer 6-7 and Stoneman 8-12), 2, 6:05 p.m.
top of the first. Rich McKinney’s RBI double in innings from three BoSox relievers. Marty Pat- Kansas City (Drago 5-10) at Baltimore (Leonhard 1- Chicago (Hands 7-14) at New York (Gentry 10-6),
the bottom of the frame knotted the score. tin, who had won six of his past seven decisions 1), 8 p.m. 8:05 p.m.
Solo shots by Jake Gibbs and Ron Blomberg New York (Bahnsen 8-7) at Minnesota (Blyleven 7- Atlanta (Niekro 5-9) at San Diego (Norman 6-2 or
coming into the game, yielded five runs in six
in the third put New York on top, 3-1. Bill Mel- 10), 8 p.m. Arlin 9-8), 7:30 p.m.
frames and fell to 12-8.
ton evened the score with a two-run blast in the Washington (Bosman 2-11) at Milwaukee (Lopez 3- Cincinnati (Gullett 4-7 or Nolan 12-10) at Los An-
Orioles-A’s, ppd. 5), 8 p.m. geles (Sutton 13-7), 8 p.m.
bottom of the inning.
BALTIMORE — An early evening storm Boston (Siebert 9-8) at Chicago (Horlen 5-4), 8 p.m. Pittsburgh (Kison 2-2) at San Francisco (Perry 12-
Starting pitchers Mike Kekich of the Yanks
A.L., Page 2 7), 8 p.m.
and Tom Bradley of the Sox then settled down,
trading goose eggs until each was lifted after
seven innings. Allen Homers in Dodgers Win, Closes in on Benchmark
New York reliever Lindy McDaniel served
LOS ANGELES — Dodgers fans are in for a first inning gave L.A. a 2-0 lead. The Bucs having allowed four hits (all singles).
up the gopher ball to Andrews, falling to 3-3.
treat they have not enjoyed since 1966. struck back in the third on RBIs by Roberto Atlanta reliever Cecil Upshaw surrendered
Bart Johnson (7-9) hurled two scoreless stanzas
No, not clean air. Clemente and Willie Stargell. Allen and Craw- the game’s only run. Fuentes, who had three
to get the win.
A 20-homer hitter. ford knocked in runs to reclaim a two-run lead. hits, has a 14-game hit streak, three off his ca-
Indians 4, Angels 3
Richie Allen ripped his 19th round-tripper Come the ninth, the Dodgers led 4-3. Down reer high.
CLEVELAND — Jack Heidemann had a
Thursday night and had three RBI as the Dodg- to their last out, Clemente nailed a home run to Mets 6, Cardinals 4
career-high three RBI and Mike Paul scattered ers nipped the Pirates 5-4 on Willie Crawford’s send the game to extra innings. Crawford NEW YORK — Donn Clendenon tagged a
nine hits in his second career complete game as RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning. knocked in the winning run off Pittsburgh fire- game-tying three-run home run and Duffy Dy-
the Indians edged the Angels. Thus the Dodgers, second in the National man Dave Giusti (4-3). er added two RBI singles as the Mets won for
Heidemann’s two-run single was the center- League West, kept pace with the division- Joe Moeller (2-2) threw one shutout inning the 23rd time in 29 games.
piece of a three-run rally in the bottom of the leading Giants. and won his second game in two days. Matty Alou’s three-run home run put the
second inning which erased a short-lived Halos’ Time will tell how that race turns out. But it Giants 1, Braves 0 Birds on top 4-1 in the second inning.
1-0 lead. seems a cinch that Allen will become the first SAN FRANCISCO — Tito Fuentes’ bad- Clendenon swatted the equalizer in the bottom
California scored a solo run in the fourth, Dodger to hit 20 home runs in one season since hop RBI single in the bottom of the ninth gave of the fourth. Dyer’s RBI singles tied the game
which Heidemann matched with an RBI double Jim Lefebvre smacked 24 five years ago. Ron Bryant his first career shutout as the Gi- and provided an insurance run.
in the sixth. An offseason acquisition last winter, Allen’s ants eked past the Braves. New York’s Nolan Ryan (7-5) held St. Lou-
Paul (1-2) struck out four and walked no one. impact on the Dodgers offense is undeniable. The Giants are 15-1 since the All-Star break. is to four runs despite issuing eight walks in
Angels starter Tim Murphy allowed four runs in Last year the Dodgers hit 87 homers, last in the Bryant (7-5) and Atlanta starter Ron Reed eight innings. The Cards’ Jerry Reuss (6-11)
eight innings and dropped to 4-12. loop. Already this year they have 74, and have waged a scoreless duel until Reed was lifted for allowed five runs in 5 1/3 innings. He is 0-5
Royals 3, Tigers 1 moved up to eighth in the N.L. a pinch hitter in the seventh. with a 7.28 ERA in his past 10 starts.
DETROIT — Bill Butler pitched six strong Allen’s two-run shot off Steve Blass in the Bryant was pulled in the bottom of the ninth, N.L., Page 2

Around Baseball Major League Leaders White Catching on

Cards, Brewers Engage AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB R H AVG.
In the Radio Booth
In Five-Player Swap Murcer, N.Y. 102 383 84 143 .373 Jones, N.Y. 92 342 49 127 .371
NEW YORK — Bill White is the first full-
Rettenmund, Bal. 87 301 53 105 .349 Beckert, Chi. 99 423 57 148 .350
ST. LOUIS (UPI) — The St. Louis Cardinals time black announcer doing play-by-play in
Tovar, Min. 101 422 69 140 333 Sanguillen, Pit. 94 364 50 127 .349
on Thursday sent outfielder Jose Cardenal, vet- baseball’s big leagues, and he is a man beset by
eran infielder Dick Schofield and right-handed Cater, N.Y. 91 320 34 106 .331 Stargell, Pit. 97 333 95 114 .342 problems. The problems, however, have noth-
pitcher Rob Reynolds to the Milwaukee Brew- Carew, Min. 93 369 54 120 .325 Oliver, Pit. 95 343 50 117 .341 ing to do with being black.
ers for shortstop Ted Kubiak and right-hander They have everything to do
Blair, Bal. 87 351 56 113 .322 Pepitone, Chi. 83 327 47 110 .336
Charles Loseth, Cardinal general manager Bing with being a full-time play-by-
Devine announced. Cash, Det. 92 311 59 100 .322 Torre, St.L 105 400 61 134 .335
play announcer.
“I’m glad to be going to a good club,” Kubi- White, N.Y. 97 351 68 112 .319 Brock, St.L 102 421 76 141 .335
White is quick to point out
ak said. “Here they don’t let you play — there’s Powell, Bal. 82 281 57 89 .317 Alou, St.L 98 409 65 134 .328 that he is not Jackie Robinson,
too much pressure on you.” Howard, Was. 100 391 55 123 .315 Clemente, Pit. 88 354 51 115 .325 nor is this 1947, the year Rob- Bill White
Cardenal has batted .253 so far this season
HR: Cash (Det.) 35; Smith (Bos.) 32; Nettles HR: Stargell (Pit.) 44; May (Cin.) 33; Aaron inson broke in as the big league’s first black
with the Cardinals, with 11 home runs and 42
(Cle.) 26; Melton (Chi.) 26; Petrocelli (Bos.) 23. (Atl.) 29; Robertson (Pit.) 24; 2 with 23. ballplayer. He is not shut out of hotels on the
RBI. He was not happy about the trade.
RBI: Murcer (N.Y.) 85; Smith (Bos.) 84; Cash RBI: Stargell (Pit.) 96; Aaron (Atl.) 81; May road. Fans do not badger him from behind the
“I enjoyed playing for them,” he said, “but
(Det.) 79; White (N.Y.) 72; Nettles (Cle.) 71. (Cin.) 77; Torre (St.L) 74; 2 with 71. open radio-TV broadcasting booth at Yankee
this trade is terrible. Kubiak? It’s terrible. Why
Wins: Blue (Oak.) 15-4; Hunter (Oak.) 15-4; Wins: Blass (Pit.) 15-5; Jenkins (Chi.) 15-11; Stadium — except to ask for his autograph. In
don’t they get a good relief pitcher for me?”
HIGH SPRINGS, Fla. — Myril Hoag, 62, Kaat (Min.) 14-5; Stottlemyre (N.Y.) 14-6; 2 with Holtzman (Chi.) 14-5; Seaver (N.Y.) 14-6; Sut- his debut season announcing for the Yankees,
13-6. ton (L.A.) 13-7. he does not necessarily consider himself a pio-
who spent 15 years in the major leagues and
played with the New York Yankees in three Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 231; Lolich (Det.) Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 203; Jenkins (Chi.) neer. The primary trail he hopes to blaze is for
World Series, died Wednesday in his home in 169; Coleman (Det.) 164; Blyleven (Min.) 147; 155; Stoneman (Mon.) 152; Sutton (L.A.) 149; Bill White’s second season with the Yankees.
High Springs following a lengthy illness. McDowell (Cle.) 141. Kirby (S.D.) 142. White brushes aside the matter of race in a
SALEM, Mass. — Former baseball star Ken ERA: Blue (Oak.) 2.07; Fingers (Oak.) 2.19; ERA: Grimsley (Cin.) 1.81; Seaver (N.Y.) manner that borders on annoyance. “I don’t
Harrelson has instituted divorce proceedings Wood (Chi.) 2.43; Messersmith, (Cal) 2.60; 1.84; Sutton (L.A.) 2.54; Sadecki (N.Y.) 2.66; know about any of that,” he said when asked
against his wife, Elizabeth Ann, who had been Wright (Cal.), 2.63. Holtzman (Chi.) 2.80. about being the first black man in his field.
his high school sweetheart, it was reported White, a powerfully built, 37-year-old former
Thursday by the Boston Record-American. WHITE, Page 2
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Who’s Hot - Clemente, Pit.: Batting .354, 3 HR, 17 RBI in 25 gms since June 28 Who’s Hot - Cash, Det.: Batting .447 with 7 HR, 17 RBI in 12 gms since July 18
Who’s Not - Concepcion, Cin.: Batting .033 in 10 games since July 8 Who’s Not - Hershberger, Chi.: Batting .159 in 22 games since July 2
Pitching Swell - Gladding, Hou.: 3-0, 1 sv, 0.63 in 10 appearances since June 26 Pitching Swell - Scherman, Det.: 2-0, 2 saves, 1.17 ERA in 10 gms since July 18
Not So Well - Reuss, St.L.: 0-5, 7.28 ERA in 10 starts since June 14 Not So Well - Coleman, Det.: 0-2, 4.40 ERA in 7 starts since June 30
A.L.
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washed out Baltimore’s sched-
uled game against Oakland,
dashing hopes that a crowd in
excess of 40,000 would turn
out to watch Vida Blue of the
A’s try for his 16th victory.
More than 26,000 fans wait-
ed almost an hour beyond the
scheduled starting time before
greeting the postponement
announcement with a chorus
of boos.
With an advance sale of
more than 27,000, the Orioles
would have moved more than
100,000 ahead of last year’s
totals under clear skies.
White
From Page 1
player, was sitting in a corner
of the broadcasting booth be-
fore a recent home game, and it
was the only time during the
discussion that he looked away
as he spoke. For the balance of
the afternoon he couldn’t have
been more candid or pleasant
but he made it clear that he did
not see any connection between
his race and his job. “I don’t
think anyone could’ve been
greeted any better than I was,”
he said. “Just about everyone in
the business has been kind and
wished me luck.”
Fellow announcers have also
been free with advice and
White is happy to absorb all he
can get. The
foremost qual-
ification he
brings to the
microphone is
the knowledge
gained from 14
seasons as a 1971 Yankees broadcast team (L-R): “He has a
Rizzuto, Messer, White and Ford.
good, all-
around big league ballplayer.
The last time announcing
looked easy to him was 11
years ago, from first base. “I
told the broadcaster in St. Louis
that his job was a snap,” he
recalled. “He told me I should
try it. So I did.”
White interviewed sports
figures for five years on televi-
sion while he was still hitting
home runs for the Cardinals
and for two more years at
WFIL-TV in Philadelphia after
he was traded to the Phillies.
Shortly after he quit as a player
in 1969, he became sports di-
rector at WFIL. By this time he
had begun to realize that an-
nouncing wasn’t much less
tricky than hitting a curve ball.
At the station’s request, he was
traveling once a week to Man-
hattan for voice lesions.
The chance to do play-by-
play for the Yankees, joining
veterans Phil Rizzuto and
Frank Messer, meant moving
up to an even tougher league.
When White got a call from
Yankees president Michael
Burke last winter, he didn’t
exactly start packing his bags
before hanging up. In fact,
there were two more lengthy
discussions with Burke before
White agreed to a one-year
contract, and he still hasn’t
moved his wife and five chil-
dren out of their Chalfont, Pa.,
home. That has meant commut-
ing four hours a day when he
doesn’t stay in town.
There were all kinds of con-
siderations,” he said. “I had
never done play-by-play or
radio before. It meant having to
cope with New York. And my
wife wasn’t particularly happy
because it meant going on the
road again. I did that for 17
years.” Still it also meant get-
ting a crack at one of the top
jobs in sportscasting.
At the season’s midway
point, the general consensus of
fans, contemporaries and vet-
eran baseball observers is that
White has shown marked im-
provement after a struggling
start. Those who know him
concede that he still has much
to learn, but to a man they
insist that he will drive him-
self until he succeeds.
“He really works at it,” says
Bob Fishel, the Yankees long-
time publicity chief. “He did
off-the-air tape recording dur-
ing spring training, and lis-
tened to them over and over in
his bedroom. He didn’t like
everything he heard. He
played the tapes for his wife,
for anyone who would listen,
and accepted criticism. I’m
not saying he’s the Mel Allen
of old, but he’s really im-
proved.”
There have
been com-
plaints that
White is too
straight in his
commentary.
good sense of
humor, but you rarely hear it
on the air,” said an observer
who worked with White in his
playing days. There are also
complaints that are generally
applied to today’s breed of
baseball announcers: An over-
concern with statistics and a
hesitancy to criticize the ac-
tion on the field.
The big factor in his favor
is his ability to observe, inter-
pret and predict — a talent
that doesn’t automatically
come from having played ball.
During a recent game with
Cleveland, the Yankees tore
into the Indians’ starting pitch-
er. When the Cleveland catch-
er walked out to the mound,
White said that he would stay
there awhile before going
back, but that Cleveland man-
ager Alvin Dark would then
come out and remove the
pitcher from the game. “This
is to give the relief pitcher a
chance to warm up longer,”
White explained. That’s exact-
ly the way it happened, too,
but White wouldn’t take cred-
it. “That’s not a prediction,”
he said with a slow, wry smile
that is his trademark. “That’s
what is going to happen.”
Burke, the man who has
dedicated himself to returning
life, if not omnipotence, to the
Yankee image, acknowledged
that White’s being black was a
consideration in his having
been hired. “The fact that he is
black is in some sense a bo-
nus, but that would come at
the end of a list of qualifica-
tions,” Burke said. “On top of
the list are his intelligence and
his other qualities as a superi-
or human being. And, of
course, he really knows him-
self. Don’t forget — whenever
people conjecture about a first
black manager, Bill White’s
name is always the first men-
tioned.

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Padres 4, Reds 3
SAN DIEGO — Dave Rob-
erts pitched eight brilliant in-
nings as the Padres squeaked
past the Reds.
Roberts (6-12), who came
into the game having lost eight
of his past nine starts, held the
Reds to two unearned runs on
walked no one.
Pads reliever Bob Miller
allowed one run in one inning
but was credited with his sixth
save in eight opportunities.
Cincy starter Wayne Simp-
son was touched for four runs
in seven innings. He fell to 3-6.
Reds center fielder George Fos-
ter hit his seventh home run.