THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1987 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 4 CLARK NORTON mt/ikih9 Outwa This has been called a negative age. Nobody votes for a President anymore, they vote against the lesser of two tragedies. Norman Vincent Peale has a lower rating than reruns of Dean Rusk press conferences. In keeping with this infectuous Spirit of Negativism, I would like to persuade each and every one, or should I say each, of my readers NOT to join the Daily sports staff. First, nobody takes us seriously. When HUAC wanted to investigate certain "subversive" organizations on campus a couple yearst ago, they asked the University to divulge the names of the sports staff. But only after they got tired of taking on the Gilbert and Sullivan Society. This despite the fact that at least two of our members have openly declared their support of the Cincinnati Reds., Second, everyone has it in for a sportswriter. Not just athletes and coaches, who don't always appreciate the penetrating analyses that flow from the typewriter, but even worse, the ever-emotional Yaz Keeps Red Sox on Top By The Associated Press BOSTON-The Boston Red Sox r secured sole possession of firsts place in the American League yes-1 terday afternoon by edging the New York Yankees 2-1. Outfielder Carl Yastrzemski pro-a vided the margin of victory inl the eleventh inning with his 35th home run of the season.; The solo blast came off Yank starter Al Downing (12-8) and gave the win to reliever John Wyatt.; Reliever Eddie Watt, who struck out four batters in the two in- nings he worked, gained credit for the victory. * *' * WASHINGTON-Tommie Agee keyed three Chicago rallies with two singles and a double as the White Sox ripped the Washington Senators 5-1 last night. Fred Klages and Bob Locker combined on the eight-hitter with Klages working the first six innings before leaving for a pinch son and Ron Fairly each drove in three runs leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 9-3 victory over theJ San Francisco Giants yesterday afternoon. Don Drysdale, 10-13, got the; victory, his 32nd career win over the Giants, but had to leave the; game in the seventh because of an arm injury. Sadecki, 6-6, took; the loss. CINCINNATI-Tommy Harper walked and scored on Pete Rose's bloop double in the sixth inning to give Cincinnati a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies last night. Rose's double broke a 1-1 tie and helped Milt Pappas to his 14th victory in 23 decisions with ninth inning relief help from Ted Ab- ernathy. Ci 1 U 11 Major League Standings 11 MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL -hitter. , Frank Robinson's 26th home run ST. LOUIS - Tim McCarver -a two-run shot in the 10th in- dT.vLOin -pTrmfMun arth ri ning-gave the Baltimore Orioles drove in a pair of runs with his a 4-2 victory over Minnesota last 2th homerh a a sacrifice fly nRobinson's homer sailed 370 to a 2-0 victory over the New feet and scored Boog Powell, wh York Mets last night. had singled. It beat Dean Chance, Larry Jaster and Ron Willis 17-10, who had pitched a no-hit- combined for a four-hitter for ter against Cleveland in his last St. Louis. Willis relieved Jaster start. ;-after Bob Johnson had walked ;with one out in the ninth and retired the next two batters. McCarver hit his homer in the SPORTS NIGHT EDITOR: second inning off rookie Danny rn~r t nruFrisella. AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. GB Boston 76 58 .567 - x-Detroit 74 58 .561 1 Minnesota 73 58 :557 11~ Chicago 72 59 .550 2'.- x-California 65 65 .500 9 Washington 63 70 .474 121; Cleveland 63 71 .470 13 Baltimore 59 70 .457 14Y/ New York 59 74 .444 16y, Kansas City 55 76 .420 19!/2 x-Late game not included. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Boston 2, New York (11 inn) Kansas City 6, Cleveland 5 (12 inn) Baltimore 4, Minnesota 2 (10 inn) Chicago 5, Washington 1 Detroit at California(inc) TODAY'S GAMES Washington at New York Baltimore at Minnesota Chicago at Boston (n) Only games scheduled NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis Cincinnati Chicago Philadelphia San Francisco Atlanta Pittsburgh Los Angeles ,Houston New York W 82 72 71 68 70 66 63 60 55 51 L 51 61 62 61 63 64 69 70 70 78 Pet. GB .617 - .541 10 .534 11 .527 12 .526 12 .508 14x .477 181/2~ .462 20% .410 27'2 .395 29 GUITAR STUDIO Cassical , folk, elect rc inst ruments, accessories, private instruction repairs, rentals, instruments from around the world 209 S. STATE ST. 665-8001 ext. 1 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Chicago 4, Houston 1 Los Angeles 9, San Francisco 3 Pittsburgh 11, Atlanta 9 Cincinnati 2, Philadelphia 1 St. Louis 2, New York 0 TODAY'S GAMES Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (n) Los Angeles at Atlanta (n) San Francisco at Cincinnati (n) Houston at St. Louis (n) New York at Chicago JOEL BLOCK SAN FRANCISCO - Lou John- The Daily Sports Staff sports fan. The fan often irrationally blames the sportswriter for a losing Wolverine effort. Obviously, we only help win games. One of the fan's most common methods of revenge is to try to prove his superior knowledge of sports. Often he will ask the sports- writer a trick question, such as "Who went to the Rose Bowl last year?" I know I was tricked on that one. But I have saved the worst for last. The Daily sports staff is traditionally a strange breed. In Salem 300 years ago they would have been burned at the stake. We have more extremists than a KKK rally at a Black Power convention picketed by the Nazis during a love-in at a Timothy Leary fan club meeting. If that sounds extreme, well, I just proved my point. Some of our staff don't even know anything about sports. One, who happens to be a girl, still thinks the Big Ten is a set of religious commandments. Others, of course, are sports fanatics, and think that the Ten Comandments originated with Knute Rockne during an especially emotional pep talk. I lean toward Frank Leahy myself. Whatever your pleasure, there is something we don't have for anyone. Except, of course, the nuttiest time on campus. Come over and stare at us sometime. iscount'records, 1" 1235 S. UNIVERSITY and 300 S. STATE ! 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