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VOL. 2, No. 147 SATURDAY, AUG. 28, 1971 TEN CENTS

Pinson’s Hit Streak Reaches 15; Major League Standings

His 5 RBI Lead Tribe Past Twins

A.L. EAST W L PCT. GB N.L. EAST W L PCT. GB
Baltimore 79 45 .637 --- New York 80 47 .630 ---
New York 81 50 .618 1½ Chicago 72 57 .558 9
Detroit 66 64 .508 16 Pittsburgh 73 60 .549 10
CLEVELAND — When Vada Pinson goes a three-run rally in the bottom of the eighth, giv- Boston 59 72 .450 23½ Philadelphia 62 67 .481 19
on a hitting streak, he doesn’t mess around. ing Coleman (15-7) a four-run cushion. The Washington 56 73 .430 25½ St. Louis 61 71 .462 21½
Take his 31-game streak in 1965, his career complete game was his 11th. Cleveland 53 78 .405 29½ Montreal 45 82 .354 35
high. White Sox rookie Rich Hinton (1-2) allowed
Or how about his 15-gamer in 1959 during three runs in six innings. A.L. WEST W L PCT. GB N.L. WEST W L PCT. GB
which he batted .492? Oakland 79 51 .608 --- San Francisco 83 48 .634 ---
Senators 5, A’s 3
California 67 65 .508 13 Los Angeles 74 56 .569 8½
He’s at it again, as the Twins found out Fri- OAKLAND — Scoring all their runs in the
Chicago 65 65 .500 14 Houston 68 63 .519 15
day night. first three innings, and with starting pitcher Bill
Minnesota 59 69 .461 19 Cincinnati 65 68 .489 19
Pinson had an RBI single in the first in- Gogolewski tossing a steady eight innings, the Kansas City 58 71 .450 20½ San Diego 52 79 .397 31
ning, launched a tying two- Senators tripped the A’s. Milwaukee 54 73 .425 23½ Atlanta 49 86 .363 36
run home run in the third, and Gogolewski, who pitched well in a losing ef-
rapped a clinching two-run fort against Oakland in his previous start, al- Friday’s American League Results Friday’s National League Results
double in the eighth as the lowed three runs in eight innings. He received Detroit 6, Chicago 2 Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 3 (10)
Tribe topped the Twins, 6-4. relief help from Paul Lindblad and Casey Cox, Cleveland 6, Minnesota 4 Chicago 5, Atlanta 2
Pinson’s five RBI tied his who picked up his fourth save. Washington 5, Oakland 3 Pittsburgh 2, Houston 0
career high. A’s starter Blue Moon Odom (6-7) allowed Kansas City 5, New York 2 San Francisco at Philadelphia, ppd., rain
Vada Pinson During his current 14-game five runs in seven innings, walking five and sur- California 5, Boston 2 Los Angeles at New York, ppd., rain
hit streak he is hitting .409 with four home runs Milwaukee at Baltimore, 2, ppd., rain San Diego at Montreal, ppd., rain
rendering five hits — the big blow being a two-
and 16 RBI. run home run off the bat of Del Unser. Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers
Both starting pitchers Friday whiffed 10. The Angels 5, Red Sox 2 All times local All times local
Indians’ Steve Dunning (5-13) allowed three Minnesota (Luebber 1-7) at Cleveland (Foster 7-6), Los Angeles (Osteen 15-9 and Sutton 15-9) at New
ANAHEIM — Andy Messersmith fired a five
runs in eight innings. Minnesota’s Bert Blylev- 1:30 p.m. York (Seaver 15-7 and Gentry 11-8), 2, 2;15 p.m.
-hitter and Jim Spencer belted a three-run home Chicago (Bradley 9-12) at Detroit (Cain 9-7), 2:15 Atlanta (Niekro 5-13) at Chicago (Holtzman 15-5,
en (8-15) allowed four runs in seven innings. run as the Angels eased past the Red Sox. p.m.) or Pizzaro 3-3), 2:30 p.m.
Dunning received relief help from Phil Hen- Spencer’s wallop broke a scoreless game in Washington (Thompson 1-4) at Oakland (Dobson 6- San Francisco (Cumberland 11-4 and Marichal 13-
nigan, who retired the only batter he faced to the bottom of the fourth inning. Ken McMullen 12), 1:30 p.m. 11) at Philadelphia (Fryman 7-5 and Reynolds 7-9), 2,
record his fifth save. added an RBI double and a solo shot. Milwaukee (Pattin 13-10 and Krausse 6-11) at Balti- 5:35 p.m.
Royals 5, Yankees 2 more (McNally 12-4 and Cuellar 16-7), 2, 5 p.m. San Diego (Roberts 6-13 and Arlin 13-10) at Mon-
Messersmith (14-8) beat Boston for the third
KANSAS CITY — Paul Splittorff made an- New York (Peterson 13-3) at Kansas City (Hedlund treal (McAnally 7-8 and Stoneman 10-14), 2, 6:05 p.m.
time this season. BoSox starter Sonny Siebert 8-11), 8 p.m. Cincinnati (Nolan 15-11) at St. Louis (Gibson 12-
other pitch for Rookie of the Year votes, work-
surrendered three runs in five innings. He fell to Boston (Siebert 10-11) at California (Wright 12-11), 10), 6 p.m.
ing eight effective innings and hurling the Roy-
10-11. 8 p.m. Pittsburgh (Blass 18-5) at Houston (Wilson 10-6).
als past the Yankees.
Splittorff made his major debut in June,
throwing shutouts in his first two games. He Pappas Continues Blistering Pace, Beats Braves For 13th Win
allowed two runs in eight innings against the CHICAGO — The 1950s Boston Braves It was Pappas’ eighth win in nine starts dating saw his record fall to 6-8.
Yankees, who have the second-best record in Reds 5, Cardinals 3
boasted the storied pitching duo of Spahn and to July 11. It so happens that Ferguson Jenkins
the American League.
Sain and then, dear Lord, two days of rain. is 8-1 since July 10, making the two aces a com- ST. LOUIS — Tony Perez walloped a tie-
The game was scoreless until the bottom of
The 1971 Chicago Cubs have Jenkins, Pappas bined 16-2 over the past seven weeks. breaking two-run home run in the top of the
the fourth inning when Amos Otis’ RBI single
and … well, they haven’t yet had time to hire a Not coincidentally, the Cubs are 30-12 during 10th inning as the Reds downed the Cardinals.
gave K.C. the lead. He added a three-run double
crack publicity man. that span, tops in the majors with the Giants. The top of the Cincinnati order was potent.
in the fifth and finished with three hits.
It doesn’t seem to be holding them back. On Pirates 2, Astros 0 Perez doubled in the first inning and scored a
Splittorff (8-6) struggled just once, allowing
Friday afternoon Milt Pappas threw eight strong HOUSTON — Pittsburgh’s Dock Ellis fired a run. Lee May smashed his 38th home run, a
back-to-back RBI singles in the top of the sixth.
innings to subdue the Braves, 5-2, and run his two-hitter and Roberto Clemente’s RBI single solo shot in the second, and leadoff man Pete
Reliever Tom Burgmeier retired the final two
Yankees batters to earn his fourth save. record to 13-8. broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning as the Rose singled and doubled, extending his hit
Yankees starter Stan Bahnsen (11-9) was After serving up a first-inning, two-run home Pirates shut down the Astros. streak to 15 games
nicked for five runs and 13 hits. run to Henry Aaron (the 636th of his career) Pap- Ellis (15-8) allowed just a pair of singles, to Lou Brock’s run-scoring single tied the game
Tigers 6, White Sox 2 pas blanked Atlanta on seven hits. Cesar Cedeno in the fourth inning, and Roger 3-3 in the bottom of the eighth inning. It was
DETROIT — Joe Coleman scattered 10 hits He was buoyed by Ron Santo, who swatted a Metzger in the fifth. Brock’s third hit of the contest.
and struck out 10 batters as the Tigers snapped three-run, sixth-inning home run that put the In his past 10 starts Ellis is 6-2 with a 2.33 Perez’s blast made a winner of reliever Joe
the White Sox’s seven-game win streak. Cubs ahead for good, and by reliever Phil Regan ERA, and has hurled a one-hitter (against San Gibbon (2-5), the third of four Cincy pitchers.
Despite amassing 10 hits, including Bill Mel- who hurled a 1-2-3 inning in the ninth to earn his Francisco), and Friday’s two-hitter. The shutout Clay Carroll hurled a perfect bottom of the 10th
ton’s 30th home run, the White Sox never led. 10th save. was Ellis’ fifth of the season. inning to cop his eighth save. St. Louis fireman
They closed to within 3-2 after 7½ innings, but The Braves’ Ron Reed allowed four runs in Astros starter Jack Billingham, who pitched Moe Drabowsky (4-3) allowed two runs in two
A two-run single from Mickey Stanley sparked six innings and fell to 7-15. well (two runs in eight innings, five strikeouts), innings and suffered the loss.

Around Baseball Major League Leaders Fuentes’ Brilliance

Spahn Gets Hooked as AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB R H AVG.
Leaves Them Talking
Minor League Skipper Murcer, N.Y. 128 472 100 171 .362 1
Jones, N.Y. 116 443 67 160 .361
By Ian MacDonald
Rettenmund, Bal. 109 387 67 129 .333 2
Brock, St.L 129 526 94 183 .348
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Warren Spahn, one of The Montreal Gazette
3
of the top pitchers in National League history, Cater, N.Y. 109 389 40 128 .329 Clemente, Pit. 112 437 65 152 .348 Tito Fuentes raced far to the right from his
announced his forced resignation Friday as Tovar, Min. 128 535 88 175 .327 4
Beckert, Chi. 125 535 76 186 .348 second base position for what appeared to be a
manager of the Tulsa Oilers of the American futile attempt to deprive Bob “Beatles” Bailey
Oliva, Min. 112 433 68 141 .326 5
Pepitone, Chi. 107 417 59 144 .345
Association. 6
of the 999th hit of his major league career. This
F.Robinson, Bal. 108 397 73 126 .317 Sanguillen, Pit. 120 462 63 157 .340
Spahn, manager of the Oilers for five seasons was last Sunday in the final game of the Gi-
made the announcement after conferring with Blair, Bal. 103 403 66 127 .315 7
Garr, Atl. 133 548 85 185 .338 ants’ series in Montreal.
St. Louis officials, including general manager May, Mil. 116 401 63 126 .314 8
Williams, Chi. 126 519 91 174 .335 Fuentes reached his target,
Bing Devine. Cash, Det. 113 387 70 121 .313 9
Stargell, Pit. 126 428 122 143 .334 though, and instantaneously
“I certainly respect Bing for flying to Tulsa 1
flipped the ball from his gloved
Kaline, Det. 109 357 54 110 .308 Torre, St.L 132 502 77 166 .331
to tell me,” Spahn said. “He could have as easi-
0
hand to shortstop Chris Speier,
HR: Cash (Det.) 37; Smith (Bos.) 36; Nettles HR: Stargell (Pit.) 54; Aaron (Atl.) 43; May
ly picked up the phone and told me.” who utilized his rifle arm to
(Cle.) 33; Melton (Chi.) 30; 2 tied 27. (Cin.) 37; Williams (Chi.) 30; 2 tied with 29.
HOUSTON — Dizzy Dean and Satchel throw out Baily at first.
Paige will be the managers Saturday night RBI: Smith (Bos.) 103; Murcer (N.Y.) 101; Net- RBI: Aaron (Atl.) 115; Stargell (Pit.) 114; Wil- It was astonishing. Tito Fuentes
tles (Cle.) 92; Cash (Det.) 89; Bando (Oak.) 86. liams (Chi.) 99; May (Cin.) 93; Torre (St.L) 90. The Parc Jarry fans were still buzzing be-
when former major league stars meet in the
Astrodome annual old-timers game. Wins: Blue (Oak.) 19-5; Hunter (Oak.) 18-7; Wins: Jenkins (Chi.) 19-11; Blass (Pit.) 18-5; cause the batter before happened to be Rusty
The event will precede a regular National Kaat (Min.) 16-7; Dobson (Bal.) 16-7; Cuellar Perry (S.F.) 17-8; Holtzman (Chi.) 15-5; Seaver Staub, and he had just slammed a three-run
League game between Pittsburgh and Houston. (Bal.) 16-7. (N.Y.) 15-7. homer which gave the Expos a 5-3 lead. The
Paige’s East team includes such hitters as Joe Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 300; Lolich (Det.) Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 232; Stoneman play silenced them, though. There was a smat-
DiMaggio and Bill Dickey of the New York 228; Coleman (Det.) 214; Blyleven (Min.) 187; (Mon.) 196; Jenkins (Chi.) 194; Kirby (S.D.) 176; tering of applause over the sheer brilliance of
Yankees and Hank Sauer of the Cincinnati Wood (Chi.) 169. Sutton (L.A.) 166. the maneuver, but if the home side had made
Reds and Chicago Cubs. ERA: Blue (Oak.) 1.99; Wood (Chi.) 2.26; ERA: Seaver (N.Y.) 1.91; Grimsley (Cin.) the play, the fans would have been standing
Dean’s West hitters include Joe Medwick, Kekich (N.Y.) 2.42; Shellenback (Was.) 2.72; 1.96; Wilson (Hou.) 2.64; Stone (Atl.) 2.74; No- and applauding for minutes. That’s how good it
Stan Musial, and Enos Slaughter of the St. Lou- Messersmith (Cal) 2.80. lan (Cin.) 2.85. was.
is Cardinals and Roy Sievers of the old St. Lou- “It’s reaction, says Gary Sutherland, the bril-
is Browns. FUENTES, Page 2
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National League Boxscores
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Who’s Hot - Rose, Cin.: .470 avg., 31 hits, during 15-game hit streak
American League Boxscores
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Who’s Hot - Pinson, Cle.: .393 avg., 4 HR, 16 RBI 15-game hit streak
Unpopular Durocher Causing
Who’s Not - Hunt, Mon.: Hitless in 18 at-bats since Aug. 22
Pitching Swell - Pappas, Chi.: 8-1, 3.23 ERA, 7 CG in past 11 starts
Who’s Not - Scott, Bos.: .154 avg., 5 strikeouts in 6 games since Aug. 20
Pitching Swell - Messersmith, Cal.: 5-1, 3.44 ERA in 7 starts since July 30
Friction With Cubs Players
Not So Well - Reuss, L.A.: 0-3, 6.00 ERA in 7 starts since July 29 Not So Well - Siebert, Bos.: 0-3, 5.73 ERA in 5 starts since Aug. 7
CHICAGO (AP) — Owner
Phil Wrigley Friday called for
a halt to discord between
some Chicago Cubs players
and manager Leo Durocher,
which he blamed on the 65-
year-old Durocher’s unpopu-
larity with the press.
“Frankly, there is friction,”
conceded Wrigley, inter-
viewed in the wake of a Mon-
day clubhouse meeting in
which veteran players shouted
criticisms at Durocher. “I
know what’s going on.”
Indirectly supporting Du-
rocher, Wrigley declared the
players should “put out every-
thing they have for the fans.”
He rapped Marvin Miller, lead
of baseball’s player union
regarding player attitude.
The 75-year-old chewing
gum magnate, although stat-
ing he didn’t think “Durocher
was doing as good a job as he
could,” said it was too late in
the season to make any radical
changes.
“Regardless of who likes
whom, it’s up to the players to
go out and put on the show the
fans have a right to expect and
not let petty bickering inter-
fere with their ability to play,”
Wrigley asserted.
“As I see the situation, eve-
ry sportswriter long has been
after Durocher’s hide. The
Chicago press has been no
exception. Players read the
papers and they think they
have to take up the same
theme.
“I don’t think Leo is doing
as good a job as he could, but
I don’t know how he could
with everybody second-
guessing him and barbing him
in the press box.
“Leo is a cool customer, but
even he can be worn down
under those conditions.
“I don’t want to rock the
boat now with a chance the
Cubs still could come out on
top in our division. I haven’t
talked to Leo about the situa-
tion, but John Holland, (vice
president) has done a good job
of talking things over with all
concerned.
“We’ve got all winter to
straighten out this thing.”
The Cubs, with a 1,399,197
attendance to date, may break
their 1969 record.
Some sports writers cover-
ing the Cubs have been sharply
critical of Durocher all season,
contending he has lost commu-
nication with key players and
is making strategy blunders.
But the first display of dis-
cord by the Cubs came Mon-
day as they opened a 15-game
home stand against Cincinnati,
while trailing the New York
Mets in the National League
East race.
It was reported that veteran
third baseman Ron Santo and
flamboyant first sacker Joe
Pepitone, erstwhile Durocher
favorite, hollered criticism of
Durocher’s handling of the
ball club.
In a subsequent radio inter-
view, Santo denied any club
turmoil and said the team mo-
rale was high.
The Cubs lost two of three
against the Reds. Friday they
opened a three-game series
with Atlanta, trailing the Mets
by 9½ games.
Wrigley blamed Miller, ex-
ecutive director of the Players
Association for, he said, mak-
ing the players believe “that
the whole game belongs to
them. The owners, the fans,
nobody else counts.
“Miller is one of our biggest
problems in regard to player
responsibility,” said Wrigley.
“His letters and bulletins to
players make them think
there’s not responsibility re-
quired of them. Everything
should come without any con-
tribution on their part.”

(Wills) worked it a couple

Fuentes
From Page 1
liant second baseman-shortstop
of the Expos who is among the
half dozen best athletes on this
team. “You can’t plan some-
thing like that. It only happens
once in a while. Everything has
to be perfect.”
“You can plan things like
that,” says Expos manager
Gene Mauch, who played sec-
ond base before he became the
boss. “Pete Castiglione and I
worked it at Pittsburgh.
“I’m not saying that we
planned it for specific plays.
But we discussed the possibili-
ties. We knew that situation
might arise and we were ready.
It has to be a fast runner in-
volved or there wouldn’t be
any sense.
“We worked it for the odd
time and people would say,
‘my, what fast thinking.’ It
wasn’t fast thinking. It was just
that we were alert to the possi-
bility and made the play.”
“You can’t practice it,” says
Expos’ superlative-fielding
shortstop Bobby Wine. “You
have to know that the possibil-
ity exists. And then it’s just
reaction
If…
“It was a beautiful play, said
Expos’ catcher John Bateman,
with the extra emphasis on the
adjective because Baily was
present. “It was beautiful to see
– if you wanted to watch it.”
“Yea, if you just stood and
watched number 999 go
through there, it was really
something,” said Boots Day,
applying the needle just a little
further. “From my viewpoint I
couldn’t see it that well.”
“I was watching the center
fielder,” admitted Bailey. I was
certain that it was through. An-
yway, I don’t want to think
about the play. You’re not go-
ing to make a big deal about
that, I hope.”
“I’ve only seen it a couple of
times,” said manager Walt Al-
ston of the Dodgers. “Maury
times, I’m sure. Hey, Maury
come here a minute.”
This was behind the batting
cage prior to one of the Dodg-
er games and Maury remem-
bered one play quite specifi-
cally.
“Yea, it was in a nationally
televised game,” Maury re-
called. “Neal (second baseman
Charley Neal, a former Royal)
flipped the ball from his glove
to me and we threw out Bill
Bruton of Milwaukee. He was
a real fast man. I’m sure
we’ve done it other times as
well.”
Watch Wine
“Look, I’ve played baseball
for 19 years,” said Junior
Gilliam, the Dodger coach
who starred at second for
years and also played for the
Royals. “I’ve been involved in
plays many times. I can’t re-
member them all.”
“You watch Wino (Bobby
Wine) over the years,” said
Bateman, “and you’ll see him
pull unbelievable plays time
and time again. You can’t
name them all. That (Fuentes)
play was great but “Wino”
does that any time the chance
is there.”
“We made one play just like
that,” Wine says, “when I was
with Philadelphia. Ruben
Amaro flipped the ball to me
just like that and we made a
double play. It just happens,
though.”
The play on Bailey’s bid
was probably the best play
that has been seen at Jarry
Park. There was time to think
about it as the rains poured
last night, and perhaps if they
get the scheduled doublehead-
er starting at 6:05 in tonight,
there will be other plays to
remember.