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VOL. 2, No. 154 SUNDAY, SEPT. 5, 1971 TEN CENTS

Brooks Beats Yankees With Bat, A.L. EAST W L

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

Clubs Two Homers in Birds Win Baltimore

New York
86
85
47
53
.647
.616
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3½
New York
Chicago
83
76
54
62
.606
.551
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7½
Detroit 70 68 .507 18½ Pittsburgh 77 63 .550 7½
WASHINGTON — Brooks Robinson is so A’s 10, Twins 2 Boston 61 77 .442 27½ Philadelphia 69 70 .496 15
good with his glove — admit it, his perfor- BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Catfish Hunter Washington 59 78 .431 29 St. Louis 65 74 .468 19
mance in the 1970 World Series is still re- won his career-high 19th win and added two hits Cleveland 59 80 .424 30 Montreal 48 88 .353 34½
running in your mind’s eye — that it is possible and two RBI as the A’s trounced the Twins.
to underestimate his bat. Oakland made it easy for Hunter, with 15 hits A.L. WEST W L PCT. GB N.L. WEST W L PCT. GB
This would be a friendly reminder. Oakland 83 55 .601 --- San Francisco 85 53 .616 ---
— four from Angel Mangual — to augment the
California 72 66 .522 11 Los Angeles 77 62 .554 8½
Robinson slugged two solo homers in the hurler’s two safeties.
Chicago 70 67 .511 12½ Houston 73 66 .552 12½
Orioles game against the Sen- Minnesota starter Jim Kaat (16-9) allowed six
Minnesota 60 75 .444 21½ Cincinnati 72 69 .511 14½
ators on Saturday night. The runs (one earned) on 11 hits in five innings. He Kansas City 60 77 .438 22½ San Diego 55 84 .396 30½
first, in the top of the second is 0-4 with a 4.73 ERA in his past five starts Milwaukee 57 79 .419 24½ Atlanta 53 88 .376 33½
inning, gave the Birds a 2-0 Angels 5, Brewers 1
lead. ANAHEIM — Rudy May fired a one-hitter Saturday's American League Results Saturday’s National League Results
The second, in the top of the through nine innings and Jim Spencer’s two-run Cleveland 8, Boston 3 Pittsburgh 8, Montreal 6
ninth, provided the slim mar- tripled ignited a five-run, 13th-inning rally as the New York 13, Detroit 12 Chicago 4, St. Louis 4 (12)
Brooks Robinson gin of victory in Baltimore’s 4 Baltimore 4, Washington 3 Philadelphia 5, New York 1, Gm. 1
Angels outlasted the Brewers.
Chicago 4, Kansas City 3 Philadelphia 2, New York 1, Gm. 2
-3 win over Washington. May didn’t allow a hit until the bottom of the Oakland 10, Minnesota 2 Houston 2, San Francisco 0
The Senators scored three runs in the second eighth inning when Ron Theobald singled. California 5, Milwaukee 1 (13) Cincinnati 7, Los Angeles 5
inning. Come the ninth, it was a tie game. But The scoreless duel endured into the 13th San Diego 1, Atlanta 0
not for long. frame. Spencer’s triple made a loser of John Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers
Senators manager Ted Williams pulled start- Morris (1-5), the third of four Brewers pitchers.
ing pitcher Denny McLain, who pitched a solid The Halos’ Eddie Fisher notched the win and All times local All times local

eight frames. Reliever Casey Cox (7-7) surren-
dered Robinson’s blast on his first pitch.
O’s fireman Pete Richert (3-0) earned the
win with three scoreless innings of work.
Yankees 13, Tigers 12
NEW YORK — Jake Gibbs and Roy White
sparked loud rallies, and Jack Aker squirmed
out of a ticklish ninth-inning jam as the Yan-
kees outscored the Tigers.
Detroit led 4-3 after three innings, but New
York built a five-run rally on Gibbs’ three-run
double in the fourth inning to take a 8-4 lead.
White belted a three-run homer in the sixth,
the linchpin of a four-run uprising.
Detroit fought back with a five-run rally in
the seventh and cut the deficit to one run in the
ninth.
Aker notched his seventh save while Yanks’
starter Al Closter (2-2) got the win. Loser Joe
Coleman (16-8) was lifted in the fourth, having
been abused for a season-high eight runs.
Indians 8, Red Sox 3
BOSTON — Cleveland’s Rich Hand
snapped a season-long, 10-game losing streak
and Chris Chambliss tagged his second grand
slam in less than a week as the Indians eased
past the Red Sox.
Hand (1-10) held the BoSox to three runs in
7 2/3 innings. Reliever Steve Hargan copped
his first save.
Chambliss belted his slam off Boston loser
Jim Lonborg (4-13).
Boston’s George Scott homered twice.
boosted his record to 6-0.
White Sox 4, Royals 3
CHICAGO — Ed Herrmann tied the game
with a sacrifice fly in the third inning, then un-
tied it with a solo homer in the sixth as the
White Sox edged the Royals.
Chicago starter Tom Bradley (11-13) went the
distance for the 11th time, scattering seven hits.
Kansas City’s Al Fitzmorris allowed four runs
in six innings and fell to 6-11
Chicago has defeated Kansas City 11 times in
14 games this season.
Red-Hot Rookie Keys Pirates’ Triumph over Montreal
PITTSBURGH — As if the Pirates needed
more firepower.
Last season, the Bucs led the National League
in hits, triples, and finished in a four-way tie for
the league’s best team average.
This season, several Pirates have spent quality
time in the N.L.’s compendium of Top 10 bat-
ters.
Now along comes Rennie Stennett, who was
promoted to the majors just before the All-Star
Game and is sailing along with a .427 average.
Saturday, the 20-year-old second baseman
went 4-for-4 and drove in four runs (three on his
third career homer) in Pittsburgh's come-from-
behind 8-6 victory over the Expos.
Montreal struck first and fast, with a five-run
rally in the top of the first inning. Stennett’s
Detroit (Cain 10-8) at New York (Kekich 12-
6), 1 p.m.
Oakland (Odom 6-8) at Minnesota (Blyleven 8
-16), 1:15 p.m.
Baltimore (Cuellar 17-7) at Washington
(Bosman 4-14), 1:30 p.m.
Cleveland (Farmer 3-4) at Boston (Peters 12-
13) 1:30 p.m.
Kansas City (Splittorff 8-6) at Chicago (Wood
16-8), 1:15 p.m.
California (Murphy 6-15) at Milwaukee
(Lockwood 12-10), 1:30 p.m.
homer gave the Pirates a 7-6 lead in the fourth.
Bucs starting pitcher Bob Johnson lasted just
two-thirds of an inning, allowing five runs on
four hits. But five Pittsburgh relievers limited
Montreal to a single run, with Ramon Hernan-
dez (1-0) credited with the win. Bob Miller
nailed down his eighth save.
Montreal’s Carl Morton (9-13) was driven to
cover in 3 2/3 innings by seven runs and 10 hits.
Reds 7, Dodgers 5
LOS ANGELES — Lee May drove in a run
that led to a four-run first-inning rally, then
pounded his 42nd home run to break a 5-5 tie in
the seventh inning, as the Reds beat the Dodgers
for their sixth consecutive victory.
Johnny Bench joined the Reds’ power parade,
tagging his own tie-breaking home run, his 24th
Chicago (Jenkins 21-11) at St. Louis (Reuss 6-
14), 1:15 p.m.
Montreal (Stoneman 10-15) at Pittsburgh
(Kison 6-5), 1:30 p.m.
New York (Ryan 9-6) at Philadelphia (Fryman
9-5), 1:35 p.m.
Houston (Cook 0-2 and Richard 0-0) at San
Francisco (Perry 17-8 and Cumberland 11-5), 2,
noon
Atlanta (Kelley 1-2) at San Diego (Acosta 1-
0), 1 p.m.
Cincinnati (Grimsley 5-7) at Los Angeles
(Alexander 7-2) 1 p.m.
round-tripper of the season.
Reds starter Jim McGlothlin (11-8) strug-
gled, allowing five runs on nine hits in 7 1/3
innings. But Cincy fireman Wayne Granger
retired the final five outs without incident to
secure his ninth save.
Dodgers starter Al Downing allowed seven
runs (three earned) in 6 1/3 innings. He was
hung with his 15th loss, a career high.
Astros 2, Giants 0
SAN FRANCISCO — Bob Forsch fired
seven shutout innings, allowing four hits and
whiffing nine as the Astros blanked the Giants.
The game was scoreless through seven in-
nings. Houston broke though against the San
Francisco ’pen.
N.L., Page 2

Around Baseball Major League Leaders Busy Workload Has

Sack Falls From Sky, AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB R H AVG.
Mays Feeling His Age
Dodger Game Halted Murcer, N.Y. 136 502 109 186 .371 1
Pepitone, Chi. 114 443 64 158 .357
SAN FRANCISCO — Willie Mays, 40 years
Cater, N.Y. 117 419 43 139 .332 2
Beckert, Chi. 133 571 83 200 .350
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A huge sack of 3
and 3 months old, straightened the long socks
Rettenmund, Bal. 118 423 73 139 .329 Clemente, Pit. 119 463 69 162 .350
flour splattered on the Dodger Stadium infield above the black baseball shoes with the orange
Saturday night about 10 feet in front of Cincin- Tovar, Min. 135 566 90 185 .327 4
Jones, N.Y. 126 479 73 167 .349 stripes, surveyed his 21st sea-
nati shortstop Woody Woodward. Oliva, Min. 119 459 71 149 .325 5
Garr, Atl. 139 570 90 196 .344 son in business and said:
There were no injuries. Officials speculated 6 “I’m playing too many
F. Robinson Bal. 113 417 79 132 .317 Brock, St.L 136 559 98 190 .340
the sack was either dropped from an airplane or games — too many consecu-
Theobold, Mil. 121 383 54 120 .313 7
Williams, Chi. 135 558 97 188 .337 tive games. The thing that’s
catapulted into the stadium where about 19,000
fans watched the Dodgers play the Reds. Cash, Det. 121 415 76 130 .313 8
Sanguillen, Pit. 127 486 63 164 .335 different this season,” Mays
The flour landed with a “real slap,” said a Uhlaender, Cle. 115 405 59 126 .311 9
Torre, St.L 139 533 81 175 .328 said, “is that I’m playing
Willie Mays
press box observer. It left an imprint on the dirt 1 games in a row. That’s be-
May, Mil. 125 426 68 132 .310 0 Stargell, Pit. 132 448 123 147 .328
after the groundskeepers cleaned up the mess. cause of Willie McCovey. He’s had the knee
HR: Cash (Det.) 37; Smith (Bos.) 36; Nettles HR: Stargell (Pit.) 55; Aaron (Atl.) 45; May
trouble, so I’ve moved into first base and now I
Dodger officials reported the incident to the (Cle.) 33; Melton (Chi.) 31; Jackson (Oak.) 30. (Cin.) 42; Bonds (S.F.) 31; 2 tied with 30.
can feel it.
Federal Aviation Administration. RBI: Murcer (N.Y.)107; Smith (Bos.)103; Cash RBI: Aaron (Atl.) 123; Stargell (Pit.) 115; Wil-
“We played San Diego one weekend, two
They said that no one reported hearing or (Det.) 95; Nettles (Cle.) 95; Jackson 2 tied liams (Chi.) 103; May (Cin.) 103; Torre (St.L)
doubleheaders and a single — five games in
seeing an aircraft when the flour fell in the bot- with 94. 96.
three days. I played all five. Too much.”
tom of the fifth inning. Wins: Blue (Oak.) 20-5; Hunter (Oak.) 19-8; Wins: Jenkins (Chi.) 21-11; Blass (Pit.) 19-6; Even with the luxury of a solid lead the Gi-
Observers surmised the sack of flour was Dobson (Bal.) 18-7; Cuellar (Bal.) 17-7; 2 tied Perry (S.F.) 17-8; Seaver (N.Y.) 16-7; Sutton ants have not been able to rest Mays
heavy enough to have killed anyone it hit. with 16-8. (L.A.) 16-9.
(batting .273 with 22 HRs) as often as planned.
ST. LOUIS — Cubs second baseman Glenn Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 319; Lolich (Det.) Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 236; Jenkins (Chi.) “I’m not the greatest first baseman in the
Beckert was taken to Jewish Hospital for X rays 245; Coleman (Det.) 224; Blyleven (Min.) 195; 208; Stoneman (Mon.) 205; Kirby (S.D.) 190; world,” Mays said. Joe DiMaggio tried first
after suffering a ruptured extensor tendon in his Wood (Chi.) 179. Sutton (L.A.) 177. base, too, after years in center.
right thumb in a game against the Cardinals. ERA: Blue (Oak.) 2.05; Wood (Chi.) 2.15; ERA: Grimsley (Cin.) 1.85; Seaver (N.Y.) “He had trouble stretching and I do too.”
Beckert, the league’s second leading hitter Kekich (N.Y.) 2.65; Wright (Cal.) 2.73; Messer- 2.06; Wilson (Hou.) 2.49; Ellis (Pit.) 2.77; Stone Of course the other National League teams
at .350, suffered the injury while diving for a smith (Cal.) 2.73. (Atl.), 2.81 feel the same as Willie, that he is playing too
base hit up the middle by Ted Simmons. many games, especially for a 40-year-old man.
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National League Boxscores
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Who’s Hot - Pepitone, Chi.: .481 avg. in 15 games since Aug. 20
Who’s Not - McCovey, S.F.: .143 avg., 2 RBI, no HRs since Aug. 18
Pitching Swell - Kirby, S.D.: 1.60 ERA, 43 strikeouts in 45 IP in past 6 starts
Not So Well - Johnson , Pit.: 0-4, 2-4, 6.79 ERA in 9 starts since July 21
American League Boxscores
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Who’s Hot - Chambliss, Cle.: .385 avg., 16 RBI in past 15 games, 2 grand slams
Who’s Not - Randle, Was.: hitless in 13 at-bats since Aug. 24
Pitching Swell - May, Cal.: 3-1, 3-1 in 6 starts since Aug. 7
Not So Well - Lonborg, Bos.: 0-6, 6.35 ERA in 7 starts since Aug. 4
N.L.
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Reliever Steve Hamilton put
two men on in the top of the
eighth inning, and Don
McMahon served up a sacrifice
fly to Cesar Cedeno.
Houston’s second tally came
on a passed ball in the ninth.
Giants rookie Don Carrithers
almost matched Forsch, hurling
seven shutout innings and
holding the Astros to two hits.
Phillies 5-2, Mets 1-1
PHILADELPHIA — Wayne
Twitchell dazzled in his season
debut, with eight strong in-
nings in the first game, and
pinch-hitter Joe Lis singled
home the winning run in the
second contest as the Phillies
swept the Mets in a twin bill.
Twitchell made his major
league debut last season with
Milwaukee. He was 6-9 for the
Phils’ Triple-A affiliate when
he was called up. He held the
Mets to one run on three hits
and earning his first major
league victory.
New York’s Jerry Koosman
(4-8) gave up four runs in six
innings. He has lost his past
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four decisions.
Barry Lersch was sharp in
the nightcap, holding the
Mets to no runs and one hit in
eight innings.
New York scored first in
the ninth inning. But Phils
catcher Mike Ryan tied the
score with a solo home run
off Mets’ reliever Tug
McGraw in the bottom of the
frame. Five batters later, Lis
poked his game-winner.
Padres 1, Braves 0
SAN DIEGO — Ollie
Brown singled home the win-
ning run in the bottom of the
ninth inning as the Padres
blanked the Braves.
Neither starting pitcher, Pat
Jarvis of Atlanta nor Clay
Kirby of San Diego, allowed
a run. Brown’s heroics made
a winner of Pads reliever Al
Severinsen (3-8).
Cubs 5, Cardinals 4
ST. LOUIS — Johnny
Callison singled home the go-
ahead run in the top of the
12th inning as the Cubs beat
the Cardinals.
There were 30 hits in the
tilt, only two for extra bases.